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I'm ba-ack!!! Will be playing catch up and back to regular posting by tomorrow! SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Happy that's over!

I just wrote to Terry's wife Joan to give her Larry's email address (with his permission) so she can tell him the best way for her to receive the funds. I also told her that if she'd rather communicate through me I'll pass along her details. Will update if/when I hear back.

Ok...if anyone would like to now contribute (or for those who took refunds - recontribute) before I send this money on to her NOW is the time. I'll be sending it today. 🥺

https://www.samplescience.info/2021/04/rusty-piano.html NOTE: does NOT require Kontakt

I knew you must be back, I caught my wallet taking the knee and swearing fealty! Welcome back mate, I put on a stone in weight whilst you were gone, buying food instead of vst's.

So your dreams were your ticket out. Nightmares are still dreams. Oh well, nice to have you back. And I like a bunch of America songs. My first concert was Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Trilogy was just released and a 12 year old version of me loved prog rock. Still do, I just don't live with anyone else who also does.

Her email is joan.bufton@gmail.com. I didn't think to ask whether I could pass it along, but I imagine she wouldn't mind. She gave me her PayPal, and I've forwarded it to Larry.

@cclarry You’ve come back too late!!. I’ve spent all of my money on actual instruments and mics etc.. oh well.

ELP is amazing!

Sounds great.

Welcome back Lar. Now rest your fingers tonight you have a lot of typing to do tomorrow

I decided not to just tack on to my throne thread. On Monday I said goodbye to my Roland TD17 KVX kit... and hello to this. Hendrix Bubinga 6 piece 2 up 2 down with Paiste Big beat cymbals mounted on a Yamaha hex stand setup. Last but not least I have a set of 6,8 and 10 original Remo Rototoms.

Thanks y'all! Cleaned up the mix a little, and made a video - any comments are most welcome! If you can take your Youtube resolution up to 1440p, maybe let me know how crisp it looks? Experimenting . . . Would love any mix comments or anything else - thanks! cheers, -Tom

So I rejiggered this a little, re titled it. The symbolism is less offensive. :D:D

Many updates..Core 17/ DirectX should help with the Cubase hang/ freeze problems. Run Aquarius

Desktop Processor $5,489.99 For you next DAW - 64 cores! https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-threadripper-pro-3995wx/p/N82E16819113675?Description=Threadripper&cm_re=Threadripper-_-19-113-675-_-Product&quicklink=true

Get it here https://joeysturgistones.com/products/jst-gang-vocals

Naiz. This is my kit. Zildjian S series cymbals. Mapex Kit same barrel sizes as yours. I added a china under the splash. Mics are: OH (X/Y), Hats and Ride: Sennheiser e604 Toms: Sennheiser e614 Snare Top: SM57 & Earthworks DM20 Snare Bottom: SM57 Snare Side: 1980s AKG C414 (transformerless) Kick (left to right): 1970s refurbished D12, Audia-Technica Pro 25, Telefunken M82 (in) & Solomon Sub Mic

I keep hearing Speed Racer music in the background playing. Go AAS Go AAS Go AAS Go I'll get my coat

I doubt that games would really take advantage of multi-core CPUs that much; 3D graphics and video rendering definitely would though. ... come to think about it, that CPU just might be the answer to finally being able to put an instance of IK's excellent-sounding tape machines on each track and bus 😜

Sure Larry we know you off in the Bahama's on a photo shoot. Time to spend some of that money 😆

A DAW is not this processors intended market. But heck talk about bragging rights for a mixing machine

And comes with no fan...at that price that seems a little mean 🙂

And would you believe a $400 CPU bests it at ultra low latency performance?!?! 😉

@Bill PhillipsExactly. The template is a cwp file. I don’t use the cwt extension. All my templates are saved as “read only”, then when I save I’m prompted to “save as”. I don’t have anything near as comprehensive as Decker, but his work flow makes perfect sense. I have a basic 8 buss template I work from. As I said above, six months ago I could have thrown some energy into this. t

They also have a 40% off upgrade to Cubase 11 Pro special until May 2nd. I'm still on Cubase 10 Artist and normally it would cost $129 to upgrade to Cubase 11 Artist. With this special I can get Cubase 11 Pro for $149. Good deal for someone wanting to upgrade to Pro. https://new.steinberg.net/promotion/cubase-upgrade-offer/?utm_campaign=337520078237_cubase_pro_11_upgrade_sale&utm_content=cubase-pro-11-ug_us-eu-row_en-de-es-fr-ja&utm_medium=promo&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=4EYZ0GE7-4B1YQN4T-1BH7163T

That's 128 threads!!! How would a DAW report the cpu usage for a chip like that?!!!

Get it here https://www.blinksonic.com/2017/11/17/processorzv_2-free-download-for-reaktor-6-owners/

As usual Tom you have picked out the hardest things to change LOL. As said I will re-work the song with you observations very much at the forefront. I tried a different method in the recording and mix, in that the main song was recorded and mixed separately from the vox ( recorded in a different session). It seemed to give a lot more CPU space when recording the vocal bits with FX, and that bit worked but I think I got a bit cocky and in the first take and used 'air' far too much! This 2nd attempt seemed better but I needed a little help with the song in general ...and now with your comprehensive comments I have it. I always enjoy your input here on this site and I thank you for taking so much time with this work 😉 Stay well Steve

Welcome back.

welcome back my liege - glad you're back safe and sound

It was suggested to just go ahead and give the money to his family now. I am sure they could use it. That's how this got started. Him trying to sell stuff to get money for his family.

I like this...nice drone melody.... olafur arnalds vibe.... Well done!

I have always used 2 monitors and keep the multi dock there as I will use the PVR a lot while recording and then the Console view for mixing. I made a Workspace that most times will set all this up for me nicely. Workspaces are your friend. One click and what used to take 30+ moves is there. What I always tell newbies is to open the Help module and cruise around the workspace. The help module will tell you what everything is. Which brings me to this: Here is a solution to 99% of the dumb question we get from newcomers: Don't know how hard this is to produce,, But example I'm new to the world of Video. The first time you open Movie Studio ( Vegas) there's a short on screen animated navigation tutorial you can go though. Talk about a time saver for me. Movie Studio is equally as complicated as Cakewalk. I had the software figured out in a very short time because of that tutorial. And there is a legacy of help Tutorials on any given task. Most are well done. But the--- I was told to not waste my money on Movie studio and try the Free Resolve video editor. I spent a good 3 hours before finally giving up. I couldn't get anywhere and I watched tutorials which were not ever about what I wanted to do.. and tried the help files. I could not add new tracks , add texts edit anything. All things I did in Movie Studio right away or easily found info about. That experience might be the same experience a newbie would find with Cakewalk. Complicated Software and scattered information. Including a lot of very outdated stuff. We can't tell everyone to RTFM and most even need help finding the correct version-- and pointing people at tutorials is almost as complicated because most of them look to me to be like the ones I found for Resolve. Over my head, outdated and assuming I know the language. Probably because Cakewalk is free it has changed the dynamics of who the new users are. You can tell most have no money to spend on proper studio gear. SO it's all USB mikes and On board sound now. Its a big reason I thought I'd give a shot at making some simple tutorials as I get pretty tired of trying to solve the same issue over and over. # 1 Question " I can't hear any sound from Cakewalk" There are actually very few people helping answer question and it most likely because it's pretty boring stuff for experienced users.

Excited you’re back Larry!

My wallet has started crying again...

Love the song, the structure of the parts, the lyrics too! Your vocal has a very genuine quality to it. For me, the drums are letting the side down a bit. They are mixed well back yet they are quite busy. That's an odd combo that might be addressed. But here's what jumped out at me right away, listening to the first section around :30, you have your vocal, and a lot of other elements - buzzy power chord guitar, an arpeggiated guitar, a synth pad doing some little melodic noodles occasionally, and the drums buried far back, along with the bass. That's an awful lot of stuff right away all in competition, and kudos for making your vocal stick out amongst all of that!!! You might drop the big fuzzy distorted power chord guitar out of things completely? Just as a trial? That's a wall of distant fuzz that if removed could let the drums back in, and things might breathe a bit. Believe me I know it's hard to say goodbye to a beloved part, but my vote would be "less is more" in this case. This song comes across as a cool concept, especially with the nifty female vocal coming in - and the lyrics are really quite good, sung with feeling. Nice! cheers, -Tom

Final piece of the puzzle came yesterday. 2 hours yesterday and 3 hours today on Jamulus so far. Mics all work great. Apollo Quad being fed with Unison preamps in play. Matched pair Rode NT55s with cardioid modules on.

And the Rototoms.

Hence my "$25,000" statement!

It is a powerful DAW but I realized CbB gets the job done for my needs.

And what are the new features of version 6? I only see version 5. Magix as always.

This is a great sounding plugin. And the TMT is a very nice addition.

Still am tempted by this. Don't know if I should thank you or curse you 🤓

I absolutely sure I subscribed, but now I found Product Emails was turned off in my profile somehow. Oh well. That's disappointing, but at least I didn't loose money when missing the free gift 🙂