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I picked this offer, because I am also interested in such plugins. The ones I have now: ERA4 Voice Leveler, TBProAudio DynaRide, Waves Vocal Rider, SonicAnomaly TriLeveler (free) and SonicAnomaly VOLA2 (free). I demo-ed some others above-mentioned, too. I made a lot of tests in Audacity, because there you can see the result very quickly in a visual way and that's extremely interesting. With some settings many of those plugins increase the esses and such stuff immensely and that's not what you want! That's why I compared "usual" compressors to them and with some of them I got better or equal results (TokyoDawnLabs Kotelnikov (free), PSP FETpressor, Lindell 254E, Nomad Factory LM Amplifier LM-662, Cakewalk CA-2A). One of the positive surprises was TriLeveler of Sonic Anomaly, although free it is one of the best Levelers around IMO! Though I have to do deeper tests once more, because the results are extremly setting dependable and I am not yet satisfied with any of those plugins. Yes, you are able to match one short phrase with some of the above plugins, but it is rather difficult to have generalized settings that match the vocals of one song or album, even if you first adjust the loudness (LU) of the phrases. The best levelling is still "doing it manually", but it is so time-consuming! ?5 points
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Just a quick tip on a much more functional marker arrangement alternative to what's currently offered in Cakewalk. The marker situation that's been offered in Cakewalk since forever isn't as useful as it should be imo; too small a font to read, text from one marker within proximity will actually superimpose on the text of another.. I found this video maybe a year ago and I'm sure many of you are already hip to this, but for those who aren't.. The guy in the video explains it well, but in a nutshell you use track 1 as your marker track, you input a MIDI note on bar 1 where it's only function is to give you a MIDI clip to stretch, split, color-code etc - it's not set to trigger anything, and in the track view on that MIDI track in that gray bar area immediately before the clips pane (don't know what it's called) where you see some numbers listed vertically.. you click and drag up in that area as far as it will go until the numbers become an enlarged piano roll and this will hide the MIDI note so you just have a clean clip to manipulate into markers, similar to the built-in marker feature in Pro Tools. Just thought I'd post this here real quick because.. well there's no Techniques section. Start @ 1:02:204 points
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Sweetwater already has a place reserved for it! https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EZBass--toontrack-ezbass-download4 points
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There's also a 100+ preset freebie called Darkscapes for Sektor available from them. https://sounds2inspire.com/darkscapes/4 points
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I've found using a simple filter or eq plugin can work, with a very narrow eq. Basically knock out everything at 50Hz (or 60Hz if you're in the US). The free Melda MEqualizer is perfect for this. With bass however, it can get tricky... you may need to add automation to bring some of it back in on certain notes (low Bb / B for 60Hz) so you don't get quiet spots. If the bass doesn't have a low B, you might be fine tho.4 points
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Superior Drummer 3 is so good, that I couldn't bring myself to spend the money on Modo Drums. But Modo Bass? Woo howdy, that's sweet. Sweeter still will be building the bass line in EZ Bass and playing it through Modo Bass. Or CoreBass Pear. Or one of the many other bass VIs, sampled, modeled or synth.3 points
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I used to get this a lot with old CRT monitors and laptops. I ended up having to turn CRT monitors off during recording, or in the case of laptops run them on batteries. In either case, moving well away from the PC helped tremendously.3 points
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+1 You might even be able to narrow down the frequency using the QC EQ (Pro Channel)./ Just set a very narrow notch and start sweeping. Mark has the sweet spots above (50-60 cycle) but I find with active Basses, it's higher. 50-60 is what I typically see in "Stratocasters". Single coil pick ups.3 points
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If the bass track has a region of the waveform which contains only humming noise (no electric bass sound), Noise Reduction in Audacity may be works.3 points
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Pretty sure that both patience and forgiveness will be required, whether it's cheating or shitting ?3 points
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Finally, for the month of November, we have a special Thanksgiving MiniPak bundle at 50% off. This gives you all seven drum-set MiniPaks (including DarkSide) for just $29! www.rayzoon.com2 points
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I have 2 basses. Maybe I should spend some time playing them. The only cost is time. With today's software you can edit the suck out of your playing.2 points
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I will probably wait till the next TS MAX upgrade sale, then I'll get it. *This was the question I was watching this thread for. Thanks Larry. Haven't really got into MODO Bass yet, so I didn't know if it came with any midi. Bee using ST4 for my bass sounds lately. And ST4 has midi loops with it. To use them is a PITA though. But it does work. You have to work at it to get it to fit in your song. Groove Monkee has bass midi loops too. And they are not bad. use them with ST4 and get good results. But there is nothing on the market that will do for your bass what EZD does for drums or EZK will do for you keys/piano parts. Glad to see this really.2 points
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I ended up getting Modo Bass on the $99 deal. When Modo Drums hits that price point I'll probably bite too. BUT, EZ Bass seems to be far more appealing. The ability to pick from preset MIDI to build a song is IDEAL. Modo Bass COMPLETELY missed the game on that. But it does sound good for being such a small footprint, which is one of it's only advantages.2 points
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It works well for me. I don't have any other "leveler," vst, so I'm pretty happy, for the cost of one craft beer in NYC. (tip not included)2 points
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This is the message thrown by the permissions problem. Either run CbB as administrator or perform the registry edit detailed above.2 points
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An alternative to EQ is a FIR filter plug-in, a decent free one is available in ReaPlugs.2 points
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I actually found it quite good on sung vocals, also it`s quite good for leveling out frequency differences. As a real life example, I`m currently working on a remix using a home made acapella (Rx7`s music rebalance) although the extracted vocal sounded decent, there were some areas that had tone changes because of frequency differences, obviously due to the nature of the extraction, but by using Voice Leveler I was able to minimize that effect by using the "Emphasis" button, which leveled out the tone quite nicely. All in all for the price of the Voice Leveler is well worth it. To me the compression part of the plugin sounds similar to the compression in Waves R-Vox, but with a couple of extra features, namely emphasis and breath control.2 points
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Still available here : https://web.archive.org/web/20190429113503/http://sonic.supermaailma.net/plugins2 points
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I was hoping for something else instead of having 72 copies of Nectar.2 points
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Haven't used Oracle, but the reviews are honestly suprisingly poor (not the ones on plugin boutique). I have Nebula, I tried it out a couple of times but not sure if it ever actually was used on a project. Unrelated, I've used both Firefly and Glitch on final projects. Other bus comps are better than Firefly but the fact I can install it on multiple machines I own can make transfering projects much easier than some of the alternatives. Glitch was indespensable in getting this "lead/melodyish track" I thought my guitar take was pretty much mundane and worthless without it.2 points
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And now you’re feeling veeeeery, veeeeery, veeeeery sleeeeeepy... When this clip ends you will go to the Cakewalk Deals forum and buy plugins you don't need and will never use, until your credit card limit is seriously overdrawn or someone hits you in the head with a persuader.2 points
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Very nice. I've always envied good watercolorists. She's definitely a talented one. Nice music to go along. Are those all samples?1 point
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I laugh at that in Live's forum. That's basically what their software is all about. Years ago someone mentioned they like Acid for mixing because of the GUI. People forget there's many people out there that picks something up for their own personal pleasure instead of "you'll never be a producer using Acid". There are hobbyist that can play the shit out of a Squire or Epiphone. I still am amazed the music cranked out using FL Studio, 3xOsc, and stock plugins. Modern Reason users never heard stuff cranked out on Reason 4. I admire those who don't have the arrogance and the gear insecurity.1 point
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Those free presets have been out for a long time. But you have to load each one manually, it's a very painful to use collection.1 point
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I got the two new EZXs and the SDX. SDX needs to download overnight. Claims 4 hours to download. It's HUGE.1 point
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Soundspot plugins are nice. I particularly like their Velo and FireFly.1 point
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Well, I finally updated to BandLab Assistant v5.10. Thanks for all the suggestions. Here's what finally worked for me. (1) Find where BandLab Assistant is installed; run the uninstaller. (2) Using Opera (which I hardly ever use, but it seems to be a bit "lighter" than other "full-featured" browsers), I went to BandLab and downloaded and ran the current installer. (3) When "Windows Defender" protected me (just one of several pieces of protection software/apps I use), I allowed it (as Administrator of my PC). That seemed to solve the problem for me as it allowed me to OK the new/newest "consent" and now BandLab Assistant seems to work again (without the nag to update/endless fail loop). I had no need to turn off various other protections (which can sometimes be time consuming). Also, no need to power-cycle the PC!!!!! ?1 point
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I went into demo mode on an old laptop yesterday. BA also needed updating. I disabled my AVG protection , update from app failed , manual instillation from app also failed. One thing I did notice was it was using an Avg secure browser I didn't open to communicate with bandlab. After 4 times I got it by bypassing the app , turning off my firewall and using chrome browser. It showed up a couple times , but couldn't log in. I will also uninstall first next time. Thanks for the info .. mark1 point
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Unfortunately this comes up any time someone uses the word loop. Calling somebody else fat won't make you any skinnier. Calling someone stupid doesn't make you any smarter. And dissing people for using samples doesn't make you a better musician.1 point
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Fantastic concept song. Everything is so fake, fake fake, isn't i. The truth is in the margins!1 point
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I still have some upgrades I can buy, although not exactly plugins that I'm eager to get (and not because they are bad plugins but because I already have loads of similar ones). But the GAS makes it hard to simply let a $50 voucher expires so... I ended up buying the Elysia's Phill's Cascade for $49 in the last minutes.1 point
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The craziest thing is that they forces you to auth 2 plugins transfer or pay full price fir one .... fuk that 20 $ for bluechorus transfered ? Nah ... they will never learn , chaging policies 4 time a year ... Dirk is cool , he s simply killing the resell market and the " i don t need it but for 4€ let s get it " basically they done last sale to check , some stuff at 29 some stuff at 39 ...and guess what , we all went 29 with our 25 € vauchers and if the minimum is 32 aka 39 in store since 32 never happens , they tjink yep we will get like a one month sub value out of the sale : wrong ! We re simply not gonna buy , period !!1 point
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Screw all of the philosophical stuff. It's a great piece of software. I finally removed AP7 and no longer need 32 bit plugins.1 point
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Yeah PA's prices have just in general gotten largely out of control imo. From this customer's perspective this perceived value they and others place on their plugs, such as $150 for a single amp, falls dramatically in my eyes when that $150 bassdude can have a resale value of literally $5 lol. Speaking only for myself of course, but respectfully, when I see a lot of these PA prices I perceive a gat dang rip off, not an upper tier product due to the high price tag. Like w/ that Subway footlong, that thing will never be worth more than $5 to me lol. Anyway I gotta get my costume together, Happy Halloween from H.I. McDunnough!1 point
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Maybe now... but once upon a time, before subscriptions were available, and before someone got greedy, it was probably more around $6,000 at full price. It only got that way because for some reason, a new line of thought came along that also deemed $300 a good price tag to put on a flanger. Good thing it's a really good flanger… or at least it should be for that much.1 point
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pretty poor IMO - I don't think I've ever (ab-)used a voucher - and it would be fairly trivial to lock a particular voucher to a specific account to stop the abusing they are accusing their customers of. It's basically blaming the customer - and certainly doesn't make me feel good about being a PA customer. I bought the plugs that I did on the deal that was offered at the time - they are retrospectively changing the terms and conditions on that....by all means do that for NEW customers but don't apply that retrospectively. Fortunately I think I have most of the PA plugs that I want - but if they want me a subscription customer they need to offer me a MUCH better deal, considering most of the stuff I don't have is of very low value. Also $17,500, c'mon who is he trying to kid - that's assuming we buy the plugs at full price. Using that method of pricing I have approx £100,000 of waves plugs - anybody want to buy them off me at that price ? rant off1 point
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Interesting to read this. I just upgraded to the pro 9 version from an older version. Admittedly I was reluctant to do so. If you think of "loops" as simply building blocks to a song. Loops which you can create yourself BTW. It isn't a bad thing. I can play guitar but it seemed I wasted hours on end when live tracking making sequential verses exactly the same. Sure they would always be close, but often not close enough for me to accept. One would have a little extra something in it while finger picking. If you make a loop of the verse/chorus and bridge that's locked to tempo you save TONS of time. I haven't used the program in awhile so I'm still feeling my way around making loops well. Loops can be sent to a folder and seen easily in the explorer. After that it's simple drag and drop. Don't forget that any of it can be pitch or tempo adjusted. If I'm playing guitar and changing keys it's a whole can of worms to open for me. For me, I think making my own loops is the way to go. Yes it can also be done in several other DAWs including Cakewalk by Bandlab. I just prefer the user interface in this DAW. Also records audio and sees all of my Waves plugins. Not too deep to get your head around it really. Well worth this pittance if you fancy making your main song parts into loops and rearranging them at will.1 point