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  1. In his guide, Pete sez... <<I beg forgiveness for the marketing-like blurb, but please do check [Edge] out.>> I know he can't shamelessly promote Edge without looking like a shill, so I will. Edge is fast and efficient, and improvements like Collections shows someone at Microsoft is thinking "hmm, I wonder what would actually help users."
    6 points
  2. Not sure why they decided it`s a leap year. Hope the 3rd code isn't on the 29th. Just saying😁
    4 points
  3. This guide was written by @Pete Brown from Microsoft who is also an active DAW user. I thought I'd post it since it takes a common sense approach to getting the best performance from a PC, rather than some of the stuff out there with outdated nonsense that dates back to the XP days https://aka.ms/Win10AudioTweakGuide
    3 points
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  5. Got it. I don't agree with the decision to disable Defender, but I get where you're coming from. What you don't end up protected from, however, are drive-by malware installs that use browser exploits to install software on your PC, Mac, Phone, etc. The owners of the sites often don't even know that the malware distribution is happening there, because it comes through compromised ad networks, hacked sites, posted comments, etc. You can still manage a lot of that by being careful and aware, but some of these things can be tricky. I still use Defender, but I've also done a few other things in this house to help keep all the PCs safe (I have a 12yo and 15yo, each with their own PCs since they were 6, and my wife also has her own PC) Ad-block. I felt guilty at first, but ad networks were a primary distributor of drive-by malware, so I gave up, That, and the ads that were pushing content all over the page were so distracting that I just couldn't function anymore. Pi-Hole. I have a pi-hole for the house. Originally, I installed it so I could actually surf the web with my iPad Air. It was otherwise choking due to all the supplemental ad/tracking/scripting going on on pages. It really made a huge difference. I've unblocked the domains for xbox achievements, and some telemetry, but otherwise, it blocks a ton. Before it was mandated, uninstalled and disabled Flash on all the PCs in the house. Way too many exploits Way back, completely disabled Java on all browsers on all PCs. Hot mess of exploits that was. The only reason Java was on any of the PCs was (is) for Minecraft. Since then, there's only been one instance of malware in the house, from when my son was trying to download a Minecraft texture pack, and clicked the wrong download button (I hate those sites). He learned a valuable lesson that day, and no one has had problems since. There's a person on Gearslutz who PM'd me about malware they got. The vector there was their router, which has apparently been compromised. Again, didn't require any bad behavior on the part of the user, other than not making sure the router was up to date (and even then, not sure that would have stopped it). One thing I did recently enable is Windows Defender Controlled Folder Access. The first time you enable this, it's a bit of a pain as file access starts silently failing for some apps. But once you let them through, it's all good. Given the massive rise in ransomware, this seemed prudent. Defender is pretty low-touch and low resource usage. Worth a try if you ever decide to give it another shot. Pete
    3 points
  6. My home page says 371,592 trackers and ads blocked, 5.2 hours time saved. But they could be just making that up. It's not like I've been keeping track. A more useful metric would be how many hours I've wasted watching cat videos.
    3 points
  7. I've had some time to play with Legendary Low Strings. Didn't take long to figure it out, as it's one of those one-trick libraries that just sounds great with zero effort. And golly, does it sound good. We're talking animated Disney princess-movie good.
    3 points
  8. I finally got bass mint. At $29 it’s lowest it’s ever been as was always an exception to these voucher codes.
    2 points
  9. For those not old enough to get the reference...
    2 points
  10. I picked up the bx_console SSL 4000 G. It just seemed too hard to pass up. I wasn't going to let software gas get in the way of saving up for my new guitar amp but here we are. 😆 Rocky
    2 points
  11. It sounds great, no denying....but I find it sad that fewer and fewer people are playing real instruments. Just sitting down with an acoustic and twiddling around is so therapeutic, just as putting pen to paper beats typing on a keyboard every time, plugging in an electric and pretending to be Hendrix....how you gonna pose in front of the mirror in your spandex with this VST? I guess this is why I gravitate towards 'left-field' music that could not be reproduced on a VST. I'd love to hear someone try and pull off Thurston Moore or the Pixies Debaser on this thing The same with virtual drums or Piano - they sound great for certain genres, but try and do Elliot Smith...nah! Nothing beats a real instrument sound
    2 points
  12. FWIW I really wouldn't recommend the Realtek ASIO drivers (unless they've been updated/overhauled recently). I had no end of problems with sluggish UI and hangs using it on one of my laptops (it's a pretty high end i9 laptop too). Switching to WASAPI solved all my issues.
    2 points
  13. I feel that way by 6:00 AM. Most mornings I'm up at 4:00, for no particular reason. Well, actually tbh it's because I have a self-imposed rule of no cannabis until an hour before bedtime. So bedtime has been coming earlier and earlier.
    2 points
  14. You too can be Ray Manzarek! Very nice modeled bass piano.
    2 points
  15. Maybe I'm amazed or maybe it's very sad, that people don't need to master real instruments any longer as they can simply draw and readjust rectangles in the dadgum piano roll.
    2 points
  16. BTW we pushed an update to our installer that detects and shuts down the Waves Local server until this is fixed by Waves. So it should at least temporarily resolve this from our end.
    2 points
  17. Oh those girls just love cosmetics .....Re-mix bottom of the page .
    1 point
  18. Extended DAW Compatibility Ableton Live 10, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Cubase, FL Studio, Studio One, Reason, Reaper, GarageBand, Bitwig, Digital Performer This may be the best way to collaborate during covid, and beyond.
    1 point
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    1 point
  20. Enjoyable pop song. great performance and sounds.
    1 point
  21. Thanks so much @PavlovsCat - made my day Thanks Jack
    1 point
  22. I think the amount a developer has to pay to NI for having a Kontakt library available to Kontakt Player is just over $20 for each sold item. My guess is based on information at RealiTone who sells the Full Kontakt version of RealiVox Blue for $149.95 and the Kontakt Player version for $169.95. And they say: I might add that RealiTone currently have a deal selling the Full Kontakt version of RealiVox Blue for $99.95 and the Kontakt Player version for $119.95. Also, the Full Kontakt version of RealiVox Ladies is currently sold for $199.95 (regular price $300) and the Kontakt Player version for $219.95 (regular price $320).
    1 point
  23. This has been a mystery to me since BandLab took over Cakewalk. You'd think they'd be looking for ways to make money off their now-free product. As a standalone VST, it's not tied specifically to Cakewalk. It also happens to be one of the best LA-2A emulations around. I really expected to see several Cakewalk products offered for sale, such the Adaptive Limiter, which is also very good. At first I wondered if it's because CA-2A had been licensed from a third party, but that seems unlikely. The DLL properties say "Copyright 2016 Cakewalk Inc.". When BandLab bought Cakewalk's assets, my understanding is that included all of Cakewalk's intellectual property. That in itself does not definitely prove Cakewalk owned it outright, though. It could still rely on some licensed library. But looking at the DLL's dependencies, I see nothing listed beyond standard Windows files and the C++ runtime. No obvious third-party components. Even if it had been developed by a contracted third party like, say, Rapture, I'd think that any ongoing revenue sharing agreement could be revived. But I have asked Noel about it in the past, and all he'd say is that it was developed in-house. So it remains a mystery as to why this great and potentially lucrative plugin hasn't been made available for sale again. But I'm guessing it is not a technical issue.
    1 point
  24. When I make tutorials using OBS I have to switch to WASAPI SHARED driver mode so OSB will capture Cakewalks output as well as my mike. Otherwise you need an external mixer. I end up with 2 input faders in OBS which is great so I can balance the mix between the narration and Cakewalk playback. Only issue is I have not figured out how to monitor this. The other bummer is you cannot demonstrate an ASIO set up in Cakewalk. So for that I use an external mixer. I have 4x4 interfaces but you could get by with a 2x2. I run interface output 3/4 into a stereo channel of the mixer. This will be my Cakewalk playback now.. I also plug the mike into the mixer I connect the mixers output to input 3/4 of interface. and then set inputs 3/4 as desktop audio in OBS. I like the mixer best as now I can also monitor the balance using either the mixer or my interface headphone jack. I can also monitor the signal level more accurately. OBS meters are sort of off the mark.
    1 point
  25. I'm on Vegas Pro 16. You know one of my computers very well, because you built it! I'm currently running Vegas Pro on that computer and another very powerful one (my previous music/video computer) rs now with the same exact problems. I've had the same problems with six computers over the years, including only very powerful gaming laptop. My YouTube videos are very heavy on visual FX. So getting more plugins is a big deal to me. I am always shopping for stuff, and when I find something I love, it is made for Premiere. It is impossible to make them using Vegas Pro. So I do very brief chapters at a time. Sometimes a chapter is only one clip and the editing mainly involves finding the best part and adding some alpha to it. Working this way, it crashes very little and I get work done. But eventually I have to bring everything together. My latest video is a half hour. At this point it crashes very quickly. As I put in a new chapter I try to save immediately before it crashes and then I close it. Sometimes it crashes within ten seconds. One thing I've learned from many posts about how to keep Vegas from crashing is that you should never drag anything onto the timeline., So what I have to do is output each chapter into a final file and then import that file into my full file. Losing quality of course. So all Vegas has to do is hold a number of finished video files with associated audio together in a line. I don't think this is a lot to ask a video editor to do, but it can't do that. Maybe it is simply not able to handle a very long video. My last video has horrible sound. This had nothing to do with the recording, which was fine. The default setting is that Vegas puts EQ, Compression, and Gate on each new audio track. There's probably an easy way to shut this off, but I have always handled it by remembering to turn it off. But if you forget and a track gets double--processed (because I'm coping for Vegas crashing) it can be disastrous. This time I forgot and there was some double processing which made my voice sound flanged,all thanks to Vegas. I compounded this error by changing the names of the tracks, which made it impossible to get back to the source material without starting from zero and re-editing stuff that took days to do. So I just put it up and feel awful about it. Weeks on a video and it sounds like crap thanks to Vegas. I was coming up with some idea of how to stop this problem for the next video, but I'm done. I am sure there are some great Vegas features I use all the time that Premiere Pro won't have, but I'll just have to cope. If it will be possible to make one of my videos on a single timeline it would be like going to heaven.
    1 point
  26. Only thing I can think of Larry is you must have not updated when you thought you did. I thought I had my main music PC updated more than my Surface. But evidently, that wasn't the case. We are getting a little older now.... : )
    1 point
  27. I too have played the guitar for decades. But in my maturity I realize there is some social and cultural value in others not having to constantly hear me say, “I can’t hear the guitar”.😁
    1 point
  28. @Pete Brown I just went through your guide and it is excellent and thorough. Great stuff! One setting I haven't seen talked about in your guide, or I simply missed it, is the game mode. Since I do absolutely no gaming on my DAW's PC (I have a PS4 for gaming anyway), I turned that off. But I wonder if it has any real impact, negative or positive? I will put my vote in with @Craig Anderton comment: I use Edge exclusively on my DAW's PC. I did not see the benefit in installing a second browser and Edge has filled my browser need without a hitch. I started using Edge on my other, much older PC, where the fan would just run wild with Chrome opened. I was surprised how well it ran and never looked back.
    1 point
  29. that's my plan too - (great minds think alike.....or idiots agree ?)
    1 point
  30. Kid Loco- Lucy's Talking Live
    1 point
  31. Exactly, being able to define what strings and what articulation is played for every beat is very useful. The NI guitars sound good but they are more limited, particularly if you venture into odd time signatures.
    1 point
  32. I have a self-imposed rule of no cannabis until I want some. Even then, I find myself frequently breaking this rule.
    1 point
  33. Not only that but it typically refers to alo a playback where you click on camera shots from a multi cam view and each switch creates a cut and switch in the timeline. This dramatically reduces editing time with multiple realtime sources. Many people use 4 or more cameras to capture an event. Non video centric folks don't have several cameras so the concept makes less sense to them. I consider it essential.
    1 point
  34. If Vangelis played guitar................ 😀😀
    1 point
  35. Oh, there are still plenty of remote, unincorporated spots to build your house without gummint interference. When the Nazis moved out they left behind some verdant, low-tax, isolated properties. At least, I think they've gone. But then that's what they'd want you to think.
    1 point
  36. hi marc! steely dan, i love a lot of steely dan songs, almost all of Aja... so, yea, maybe. thanks for listening!
    1 point
  37. I’m a good drummer, ok bass player and mediocre keyboard player but terrible guitar player and I love the session guitarist series. I can’t see anything negative about having tools like this available for people like me.
    1 point
  38. Very nice ... but I wish you would stop arpin on about this stuff 🙂 You have to be from the UK to understand the above slang 🙂
    1 point
  39. cool song/chords and recording job.jack c.
    1 point
  40. I Am an expert water 💧 boiler! at least till Saturday and maybe more amazing how unprepared everyone was considering how much advance notice there was. Power and water companies assured everyone they were ready turned into a fiasco
    1 point
  41. "Lucky Man" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
    1 point
  42. Would be cool also Shared audio clips where i made some editing in one shared copy then editing changes also applies on other shared copies. Maybe already its possible?
    1 point
  43. @Mark Morgon-Shaw when you say track outs do you mean to capture the output of the tracks themselves or the output including downstream effects and automation on buses? The former is already available by exporting with source category set to tracks. Its the latter case that we are discussing here.
    1 point
  44. yes.. imo these are better than the cajón libraries by NI
    1 point
  45. Free updates for Vahalla Supermassive & Valhalla Delay https://valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-supermassive https://valhalladsp.com/shop/delay/valhalladelay Valhalla Supermassive updated with four new modes! Our latest plugin, ValhallaSupermassive, has been updated with 4 new reverb/delay modes: Triangulum is perfect for huge long reverbs, looping delays, and massive slabs of sound. Great Magellanic Cloud is designed for enormous reverbs, long delays, and sonic clusters that hang in spaces for a seeming eternity. Cirrus Major is designed to create sparse and spacious echos and reverbs. Cirrus Minor is also designed for sparse and spacious echoes and reverbs, but on a smaller scale. Very nice for mid-80s "digital room" reverb sounds. ValhallaSupermassive, in case you haven't tried it, is an experimental effect we designed from the ground up for MASSIVE delays and reverbs. Supermassive features 12 original reverb/delay reverb algorithms, and is great for getting strange echoes, sparse multitap patterns, looping delays, and massive lush reverbs that send your sound to the furthest reaches of space. And Supermassive is FREE! No strings attached. Just download, install, and start making music! Valhalla Delay Updated with two new modes: LoFi and PitchDuck! We’ve added two more modes to the 1.8.2 release of ValhallaDelay: LoFi is maybe our favorite delay algorithm ever. Based on Sean’s crusty old Univox tape delay, the LoFi mode adds tons of wow, flutter and jitter to your sound, with the results sounding like a cassette that got stuck in your Walkman. Use the Age, Mod Rate and Mod Depth controls to dial in the amount of damage. The Era control allows you to adjust the brightness of the signal, from dark and murky cheap tape to shiny chrome tapes. The aural equivalent of family photos from the 1970s, LoFi is a way to instantly add warmth and mystery to your music. PitchDuck is a pitch shifting delay, with ducking. Turn up the diffusion, and use this to get adaptive shimmer sounds, where your pitch shifted reverb tail fades in at the end of your musical phrase. These modes are a FREE update for ValhallaDelay. If you own ValhallaDelay, just log into the user account and grab the latest installers. Everyone else: check out the demos!
    1 point
  46. Recording at higher sample rates gets you more headroom with equivalent fidelity. Most vsts for audio will sound the same at 44.1 as at 96. Using all available bits (loudest moment in the song hits 0), 44.1 can theoretically reproduce everything a human can hear up to around 108 decibels at 16 bit. At 24 bit 44.1, there is enough information to reproduce everything a human could hear if one could listen at 160 dB. Thunder is 120 dB. (This doesn't guarantee your stereo does a good job of reproducing.) Now soft synths are different. Guitar amp simulators may be different. Those may audibly benefit from a higher sample rate depending on how they are written. To this end, you can choose to have cakewalk run any vst at a double rate without altering the project. Bouncing a 44.1 Recording to 96 will likely have no detectable benefits imho.
    1 point
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