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I would say not always, but music is a form of communication. As such, after people have used certain sounds to communicate, they become part of the feeling that's being communicated. The first time this argument came around was 60 years ago, when transistor amplification came out and was said by everyone to be "superior" to tube amplification in every way. Less harmonic distortion, transistors "never" wore out, were lighter, gave off less heat, used less electricity to put out more audio level, were much cheaper to manufacture. You name it, the transistor did everything tubes did, better. My electronics books from the era concur: tubes are gone, transistors are better in every way. The big blind spot in this was that the people (who dealt mostly in theory) making these statements didn't know how musicians were actually using instrument amplifiers. The venues at the time didn't have "house PA's" where all the amps and drums were mic'd up, they were big halls with, if you were lucky, a mic each for your singers. So the amplified musicians were cranking their amps up way into clipping just to be heard over the 500+ kids in the ballroom. Under these conditions: Tubes: still sounded okay, because the harmonic and clipping distortion was already recognized as part of rock 'n' roll. Could handle being run past clipping all night long without burning up. Sounded louder because their clipping waveforms were comparatively rounder than the transistor amps'. Could be easily serviced. If one power tube blew up, the amp would still make sound without the missing power tube, and then just plug in another one, and if you knew what you were doing, adjust the bias, if not, well, it'll probably be at least okay. Since they are imperfect, do not reproduce extreme highs as well, adding pleasing softening and compression effects. Transistors: sounded buzzy and thin, because they clipped hard when driven out of their linear region. Burned up because while they initially run cooler, once they start heating up, they really heat up. Much harder to service, because when an output transistor fries, it often takes out the rest of the output transistors AND the driver circuitry, all of which is likely on a printed circuit board that has to be completely removed for servicing. Are very accurate at reproducing higher frequencies, which can come off as shrill. Can produce unwanted phase shifts and group delay when used in the massively fed back designs that most high-powered SS amps use. Even if the difference in price between a tube amp and a transistor one were substantial (and of course at first it wasn't, because the makers of them needed to keep that money to cover their development costs), who cares if you saved $200 if the thing goes up in smoke in the middle of the first gig and you can't be heard over the drummer? As we now know, if you understand the application, you can design and build solid state guitar amps that sound great and are reasonably rugged and serviceable (overdesign your heat sinks and socket the transistors, please). I've serviced 50-year-old Acoustic SS amps that could still be working after I'm dead. We're now generations into electronics engineers who wanted to both play rock 'n' roll and design amps starting when they were kids. Understanding the differences in the technology is critical: tape has similar charms to valve technology, when it gets too hot a signal it's more forgiving, it has a harder time reproducing high frequencies, which we experience as pleasant, it has a built-in compression, very much similar happy accidents that these technologies' shortcomings happened to do things that turned out to be pleasing to the human ear, and that we've incorporated into how electronically reproduced music is "supposed" to sound. So we put computers inside solid state guitar amps to make them sound like tube amps, and we have little plug-in programs in our DAW's to make them sound like tape recorders. There's no paradox there, just us making our new stuff sound like older stuff that we're used to and still think sounds good. That old gear colored the sound. A lot of smart people put a lot of work into making sure that if it couldn't reproduce 100% accurately, at least when it fell short it would sound good doing so. I don't think most people are going to use the IK Tascam package to create the hissy frequency-choked over dbx'd sounds that we felt were holding us back. But it turns out that our brains do like a bit of constant white noise in the background (like those rain machines that people buy to help them sleep, maybe because nature always has background noise, who knows?). And our ears like a bit of compression and harmonic complexity. And different tape decks had different sonic signatures. Nothing weird about sprinkling some of that on our modern productions. The ear likes what it likes, even when our minds don't fully understand why.

Helping the cause... Did my 3rd Buy yesterday. Just wanted to scoop up the complete (22) Syntronik Synth libraries, adding 75Gb to my Sounds/Samples Drive. So this 25th GB has (so far) netted me 69 promo products and 3 Buys , 72 total products to keep me busy exploring my treasures! Thank you IKMultimedia and Peter!!!

FYI There was a major update to the Pianobook site yesterday to V3. Easier navigation, interaction, review system, forum, etc. Pianobook was started by Spitfire founder Christian Henson. It is a site where you can download for free. samplepacks for Kontakt ( full, not player), Decent Sampler, SFZ, EXS24. All instruments are uploaded by members for use without restrictions. There are currently 650 instruments available. Ranging from obviously Pianos (in various tastes from felt, upright, processed), Synths, Orchestral, Ambient, Experimental. And downright odd. It's a huge resource for free. And worthy of your time. Members are encouraged to submit there own samples (I'm going to try and sample a West African Balafon, and Kora I picked up when encountering music out there a very long time ago). https://www.pianobook.co.uk/

I've been told we need to have a full version T-RackS update for the installer to allow you to choose and that is slated for the next full version release.

Change log https://s3.amazonaws.com/uvi/Release_Notes/uviworkstation_changelog.pdf

The hardware device registration is the qualifier so you'll be fine. You can install on up to three machines, just not for simultaneous use (like you said, "not to be using multiple installations at the same time for different purposes" basically). Our EULA and other legal information is at https://www.ikmultimedia.com/legal But 1. who wants to read that and 2. why would you because I gave you the answer and I hope it helps.

run the IK manager thing to update this update is to add the 4 new tascam tape emulators note: if, like me, you thought you had ALL the t-racks stuff due to the recent GB, which meant you could happily open up and use ANYTHING you had installed - this means your back to having to remove the unlicenced vst dll/vst3 files by hand. They have pretty much fixed it in AT5 with the 'hide stuff I don't own' option, wish they do this with the t-racks installer /RANTOFF

Wouldn't it be easier to just leave your coat on?😝

oh man. this totally blows. i was so looking forward to T-Racks being complete and not prompting my for stuff I dont own. I will try to hold off updating the Product Manager.

... slap an instance on every track of a 20-40 tracks Made me laugh. Wasn't the Porta One a 4 track?

I also checked with the Performance Meter in Studio One Pro 5. It gives the actual use of each plugin. There is a marked CPU increase with the recent AT5 updates.

Now, I'm gonna test the Porta One this way. Get a digitized version of one of my Porta One (I still have it). Then use IZOTOPE RX-8 Advanced to clean it up to a new copy. Then run the cleaned up copy through the IKM Porta One VST. Then null test the two. I'll get me coat.

From: Applied Acoustics Systems <support@applied-acoustics.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 12:03 PM To: theSteven Subject: Multiphonics CV-1 v1.1.0 Update 279550 Hi Steven, We’re writing to let you know that we’ve just released the Multiphonics CV-1 v1.1.0 update. You’ll find what has changed as well as a link to the latest installers below. PLEASE NOTE—This update is recommended for all users on all platforms. Best regards, The AAS team Additions Added Ladder Filter module. Added Low Pass Gate (LPG) module. Added new patch collection: Factory Add-on v1.1. Fixes Improved on-screen keyboard behaviour. Fixed VST3 plug-in editor resize in Acoustica Mixcraft. Notes This installer can simply be run over your current installation to perform the update. This installer is a full installer so you can use it as a starting point if you need to reinstall from scratch in the future. Applied Acoustics Systems 451 W. Ste-Catherine St., suite 201, Montreal, Quebec, H3B 1B1 Canada tel. 1 888 441-8277 (North America) / +1 514 871-8100 (Worldwide) www.applied-acoustics.com

Ganymede Ganymede is one of the four Gallilean moons of Jupiter. You can actually see them with binoculars on a clear night. So far, astronomers have discovered 79 moons of Jupiter, Ganymede being the largest. So now I'm thinking of writing spacey pieces for the other three Gallilean moons, sort of like Wookie's gas giants theme. One of the tracks has what I call Klaus Schulze noise effects, for example at 0:10 and 0:19. I've been trying to get that sound from my synths for a long time (years actually) and finally I figured out how to do it! Close enough anyway. Thanks for listening/commenting Omnisphere Pigments u-he Repro u-he Zebra Kontakt Wide Blue Sound Orbit Cherry audio Memory Mood

Him in 1986 at 15 years old and 2021 at 50 years old playing the same guitar. What a jerk!

Join us for a special time with Tracy Collins of Indiginus. You will be able to ask questions vis chat as well as enjoy learning more about the work Tracy has done over the years. Hope to see you there: https://youtu.be/u1PNJr9hAjU

Personnaly i would love another layer of control to hide what i don't use !!! because it soonn gonna become another Amplitube mess lol

Next update will have a registry setting to make it auto fade out.

You buy the 150 Gear Credits at the IK Store for $134.99, plus you can apply up to 30% of that using Jam Points (so for as low as $95 if you have 40 Jam Points). >>> https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/index.php?R=INIT&FV=all-credits-family-related-products&CV=Other Filter&PSEL=allcredits Then you purchase your qualifying item in the Custom Shop using these 150 fresh Gear Credits! You are in the GB at the $149 level.

Same song? Any skillz improvements? FYI: Chickz dig guyz with skillz.

You can't use samples derived from S+S synths (copyright). And anything that would have rights ie.dialogue, filmscore, etc. People are banging traffic signs, cutlery, false legs. Sampling their guitars, pianos, cellos, burps etc. It's now possible to alter with outboard and within an application beyond recognition.

That was fascinating, thank you for posting this.

You can use it for most things you'd use Izotope's RX for. I use it for audio restoration or subtle noise/hum reduction on individual tracks/recordings. Comes with the typical modules (de-noise, de-hum, de-clip, de-click). Not as fully-featured powerful as RX Standard/Advanced, but it's excellent at what it does and has a very nice/intuitive interface. Great price, too, I bought it during a Black Friday sale for abour $60.

totally sensible IMO Only really worth paying to update if you need one of the fixes that are listed or if some new plugins are added to any bundles - and you want them. For windows users there isn't a huge amount of changes.

Recently, I had the privilege of doing a review for IK Multimedia’s “SampleTron 2” an awesome VSTi with all of the feel of the 60’s and 70’s under the hood. I shared the review with my audience and tagged IK Multimedia in the social posts. To my surprise they made a front page article about the review and gave Cakewalk some love in the process! Check out the link below to see their write up about it all: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?item_id=11665 Viva La Cakewalk!

Same here. The version 13 plugins that I've tested seem to work exactly the same as when they were merely v12. As such I'm not going to pay to upgrade any of my v12 plugins not currently eligible for the free update.

Yes, you're right. You can de-authorize in the Product Manager. And it brings the number of available authorizations back up when you do it so you can see how many you have available.

Go big, or go home! LOL! 😎

Sometimes I wonder, if digital would have been invented first and now we where just starting to get analog gear. Would people complain that analog is not as crisp as digital? That it introduces distortion that we didn't have before and therefore not as clean as we are used to? Is the human such a creature of habit and nostalgia that whatever it has been accustomed to for years is always better? Hum, I wonder... 🤔

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InstaScale is such a weird beast. It requires you to learn a whole new way of playing a keyboard. I am not sure who the target audience is. InstaChord is a strumming engine. However there are better, more versatile and easier to use strumming engines that come with OTS, Indiginus and other virtual guitars.

Thanks for listening all, and for the comments. Thanks - and that's a good idea; I might do another version adding other libs to the mix too. Thanks Mark. I did it in HitFilm Pro - Humble Bundle ran a deal a few years ago where they offered it for a very low price. I've heard it crashes a bit for more complex videos, but I've not had any problems while doing my relatively trivial videos. There's a free version available, but I think you'll need to buy an addon pack for the spectrum analyser. I got the pic from Pexels.

Hi everyone, Josh from W. A. Production here! Appreciate all the positive discussion here! I came across this forum and saw there were a few things I could help clear up, and have done so in no particular order, below: There is in fact quite a bit of AI in this plugin, and we will be updating our manual to include more details about how it works. The countdown indicator in the bottom-left is a limitation of the demo version. You are limited to 10 generated melodies. It is not intended to freeze the DAW once you hit the limit, and if it is doing so, I apologize. There have been no reports of this happening in the full version. We are hoping to improve visibility/text size in a future update. We have already released an update that fixes the MIDI drag problem some users were having (1.0.1) The chord track will not generate a new pattern unless you hit "generate new progression". This is because the other tracks (bass, melody, etc.) are built around the chord progression (even if no chord progression is visibly generated) Liquid Notes and some other tools were indeed acquired by us. However, it seems those talking about it did not see (or remember) the latest update that was sent to all Liquid Notes users several months ago. I have pasted it below. These updated tools are still in process and were delayed due to Covid and some other factors. I know this is mostly Cakewalk users, but I am hearing some people discussing setup in other DAWs. We have instructional videos for most DAWs here. If anyone would like to send me instructions or a video showing routing with Cakewalk, that would be great, as we do not typically test on Cakewalk and are not Cakewalk users ourselves. My email is josh@waproduction.com VFX Color Mapper is the easiest way to set up FL Studio, as per our instructional video. VFX Color Mapper comes with FL Studio natively... I hope this helps those of you who had questions/trouble! - Josh -- Previously sent Liquid Notes email: Hello, You are receiving this email because of one or both of the following reasons: - You bought Liquid Notes software from Re-Compose in the past. - You own Liquid Notes software and opened an account with WA Production because of Re-Compose’s customer transfer campaign. Regrettably, Liquid Notes has reached the end of its lifecycle. The software has an eventful history. Originally, it was only a by-product of research in the field of generative music around a complex music engine. We found that the chord logic we developed in that wider context was powerful and unique enough to be turned into a useful tool for music producers. However, we did not anticipate how laborious it would become to implement a plug-in with multi-track MIDI communication across various DAWs on several, constantly evolving operating systems. Being a research-driven team, we decided to use Java, which added an extra layer of instability to the process. Overall, it was actually a fun ride to figure out how to overcome various technical obstacles. Last year, we made a final attempt to upgrade the installer and revive Liquid Notes so that existing customers could make it work on the latest operating systems. It did not go as planned. The effort turned out to be enormous, as the inner workings of the program are extremely intricate. Plus, unfortunately, we got hit hard by the Covid pandemic, which temporarily froze all further development in midstream. Long story short, we ran out of breath. The cost-benefit analysis turned out unfavorable. So eventually, we decided to discontinue the product and have its sales stopped by the end of 2020. However, we are in the process of restarting the MIDI/chord line afresh. A new team is already busy with the design and realization of MIDI utilities that will incorporate some of the fundamental aspects of Liquid Notes, which will be rolled out over the course of this year by our partner WA Production. We will be mainly catering to a crowd producing EDM genres and thinking in looped structures. But then that was our original plan right from the beginning of Re-Compose. As a courtesy to you, our valued customers who have accompanied us on our way, we are offering you our first MIDI utilities incorporating logic parts from Liquid Notes for free. You will be informed when they are available. If you want to benefit from this offer and have not yet signed up at WA Production, it is still time. Please visit this link. We wish you a happy, healthy and successful New Year! Stefan Oertl (Re-Compose), Roman Trachta (WA Production)

iZoptope Vinyl is free, and has a "spin down" effect, like a turntable coming to a stop. https://www.izotope.com/en/products/vinyl.html

The compressor is analog, not DSP. Excerpt from the Sweetwater review: "The Volt 76 models include built-in FET compression modeled after the UREI 1176. Best of all, these are real-world analog compressors, not a digital emulation."

Great idea, but not to burst anyone's bubble, but the resale demand for IK products may be low for the foreseeable future, since this group buy very likely saturated the resale market. So let's do the math so far... As of today there are 23,437 participants who will receive 23 free products each. That's 537,051 IK products that people will not be planning to buy, either new or used. Supply vs. demand. Econ 101.

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Aquarius! I will be doing all 12 Astrology Signs by 3min music arrangements for a bit of fun. Anyone want me to nudge their sign in front of the queue, has ive not started the next one..... This ones full of energy... won't be spending much time on them, but its given me some goals to do a Astrology album, why not!

Thanks for raising this issue and for all the comparative responses including the screen shots. I am finding the discussion not only interesting, but very useful as I use older PCs and have only recently (last year or so) decided to make a large-scale move away from hardware (e.g., multiple sound modules, etc.) to soft synths and FX plug-ins.

"Paint It All The Colors Mixed Together".

I was thinking it might be nice to have another "flavor" of restoration stuff besides Izotope. You can use a PA $25 voucher to get this for $19.99 instead of $29.99 too..

msmcleod probably will fix sends in HUI part. Theoretically, everyone is free to do this (the source code is on GitHub). HUI is even more archaic then Automap and Windows 7. And it was not invented to have cross-DAW compatibility nor to support different controllers. It just happened one particular DAW was (is) a "standard" in "professional studios". This DAW was almost refusing to use anything not "specific for me", hardware manufacturers was proud to claim "market leader compatibility" and other DAWs (with way more bright controllers support) could gain some users by "you can use pro hardware". BTW mentioned DAW has other owner and own controllers with new own protocol now (Cakewalk partially supports these controllers) Novation Impulse comes not even close to the capability of original "HUI device". It simply has way less physical controls (and those which are there are of lower quality...). So, it is "usable" with HUI software but functionality and usability is not at the level of specially build for such controller solutions. "InControl" on "Newer devices" is just... yet another MIDI button. The rest is up to particular DAW plug-in for particular device. I guess they was tired supporting Automap and decided to sell "MIDI controllers" instead (Automap devices was not standard MIDI class devices for OS). HUI protocol use 2 MIDI messages for most controls and is not symmetric (controls and feedback messages are slightly different). In contrast, Logic protocol use 1 MIDI message per control and is symmetric where possible (so except for encoder rings). There is a good reason to use 2-4 MIDI messages per control, when the number of such controls is huge (f.e. to map all parameters of digital mixers to the MIDI world). For dedicated DAW controllers it make no sense.

When I started using CbB, recording was flawless. It was only with playback that I experienced the very rare pop and click. That was usually when notes requiring CPU heavy synths (MSoundfactory comes to mind) kicks in. In my case, the setting that fixed that, was to disable C-States and Intel Speedstep. That's basically telling the CPU to run at full speed at all times rather than stepping down the clock speed when a higher speed in not needed. As you can imagine, this can play havoc for DAW use that needs a batphone to a full speed CPU. What you can also do is set CPU min and Max to 100% These days, it's not just the shear power of PCs that makes for flawless DAW operation. It's more how they are optimised. Remember, on my lowly, 2014 i5 4670 CPU, I do not get clicks and pops during playback within CbB. For me, 256 samples seems to be my sweet spot. I do play VSTis inside CbB in real-time and I do not notice the very slight latency. Remember, if you are 2 metres from your monitors, the delay there is 5.8 milliseconds.

…at an average investment of $199 to enter GB that is a total of $4.7M gross profit. 10% cut for members of this forum who worked hard to promote this GB puts us at a commission check of $47K. Peter, when should we expect the check?

Yes, what @Brian Waltonand @abacab say is exactly what I tried to say (perhaps a language barrier), it sounds very integrated and not like an added effect. It's a room simulation and does something very well.

I think that is because Sunset is using impulse responses of the actual rooms in the studio. So your sound should reflect like you are actually in the "room".

Great products ruined by poor licensing.

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