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Again, thanks to all for such a warm reception and from such beautiful locations (East coast upstate NY Ft. Edward region here). That’s the wonderful thing about the internet. Like minded people can converse, in a civilized fashion ideally, and I find it personally enriching getting so much insight and knowledge from the various people that I encounter and befriend. Never too old to learn. And concerning King Larry, I might as well let my wife know now that I’ll most likely be getting a part time job as we certainly didn’t discuss Larry and his Deals with our financial advisor when reviewing our retirement portfolio! 😂😆 Steve

Welcome Steve. Since no one has said it yet... "Pay no attention to Bapu, he's a w@nker"

Larrys’s new setup because not letting things slip up again haha

IK MULTIMEDIA SYNTRONIK 2 J-60 with 4 new sample packs free with Computer Music magazine May 2022 https://pocketmags.com/de/computer-music-magazine/may-2022/articles/1124813/computer-music

Still working on the sale price notification feature now. It will allow you to get an alert when the product does one of the following (you choose which one): 1. Hits a custom price that you choose 2. Has a new historical low price 3. Has any price drop 4. Hits the same lowest recorded price Hopefully people will find this useful. Are there any other features people would be interested in seeing? After this we can start improving the look and layout of the site.

Upgrade is $79 with your personal upgrade code if you own 32C V7 $349 otherwise https://harrisonconsolesstore.onfastspring.com/mixbus32c-8 Mixbus32C v8 is a significant new advancement in Mixbus's evolution. The Mixbus community was drawn together because of Mixbus's sound; but we've received many requests for creative arrangement tools like those found in products like Ableton Live and Apple Logic. You wanted to use Mixbus for the entire creation process, not just mixing. Our job is to meet your expectations, and version 8 delivers! With the new Cue page, Mixbus supports 4 distinct workflows: Launching Clips, Multitrack Band Recording, Professional Editing, and "True Analog" Mixing. Some of the refinements that separate our Clip-launching implementation from other DAWs include: A 'Cue Marker' concept which allows you to trigger a Cue (row of clips) from a marker on the timeline Simplified 'Follow Options' with a Jump action that can include multiple random targets Menu actions to set slot properties for rows, columns, or the entire grid with one click Audition MIDI files with our built-in General MIDI Synth or your preferred synth Override a MIDI file's program-changes, per-slot. Change those boring MIDI drums to 808's ! Multi-timbral MIDI files can be loaded in a slot: layer a regular kick with an electronic sub-kick, support a true snare 'flam' by playing the same note on 2 different channels, or stack multiple channels of string pads into a single region. Import dozens of file formats from nearly any loop provider, including the Apple .CAF audio loop format. Our selection of bundled material is usable in a wider range of popular music than is found in most DAWs. We provide great material to kickstart your arrangements but leave plenty of room for your own creative ideas and execution! The new "Cue" page is a dedicated space for non-linear clip-launching Learn more about the new Cue page in the manual Clip Launching Drag and drop loops and one-shot samples into the Grid Select from the bundled content, or use your own library of loops and effects Audio clips are automatically time-stretched to fit the tempo of your timeline. Or change their tempo for artistic effects! Trim the length of clips and choose how many times they will repeat before they trigger a Follow Option Develop an automated sequence of clips using Follow Options: Forward, Reverse, and Jump Select multiple targets for the Jump action, to introduce random fills and unexpected twists to your arrangements. MIDI clips can have 16 midi channels, and every Clip can have its own patches (sounds) assigned Bundled Content The new Clips tab, found on both the Cue Page and the Editor Page, provides over 5,000 Bundled Audio and MIDI Clips. Use your own loop content that you purchased or downloaded from the internet Add folders to your Clip Library by navigating to them, or drag&dropping the folder on the Clip tab. Generate your own loops and drop them onto the Clip tab to store them in your User Library for use in other sessions or to distribute. Bounce from the linear tracks into your User Library, and use your own tracks as clips in the Cues grid. Cues Cues (the orange circles on the left of the grid) allow you to launch a row of clips with one click Combine Cues with Follow Options to trigger complicated arrangements on-the-fly Combine Cues with Cue Markers (below) to create a repeatable, linear arrangement that you can jam with Set the Cue Isolate on any clip so it won't play (or launch) when you fire that Cue row. This allows you to generate quite complicated arrangements using Follow Options and Cues together. Capture a live multitrack band recording, and then bounce live tracks to a Cue row A,B,C so you can trigger those parts like a sampler, program them with Follow Options, or stick them to the timeline with Cue Markers. Cue Markers Cue Markers are incredible! Once you've built your Cue rows on the Grid, you can arrange Cue Markers to fire your clips from the timeline. Build your arrangement with Cue Markers, and then replace or tweak your clips until they fit perfectly. Cue Markers can be recorded live onto the timeline, or placed manually from the editor ruler. Cue Markers are shown on the mini-timeline in the Cue and Mix page, so you can see your song structure everywhere: Cue playback is continuous: you can even locate between cue markers, and the entire arrangement is calculated up to that point: so even if you start your session with only a single drum clip, you can locate anywhere on the timeline and hear your clip playing! There is a Stop cue marker which stops all of your clip playback on the timeline. Then you can re-start it with another cue marker later! Individual clips can be assigned Cue Isolate which prevents them from firing (or stopping) with Cues, allowing you to fire those clips manually even if "Play Cues" is enabled. Why didn't anyone think of Cue Markers before? Improved MIDI Editing Mixbus32C v7 had powerful MIDI editing features. But it wasn't always clear what was happening. Now in v8 the new MIDI Draw tools allow you to specify exactly what notes you will draw in the editor. When you select the Draw tool, you'll see 3 new menus appear; you can choose the Channel, Length, and Velocity of the notes you will draw. Or select 'Auto' to use the previous behavior, where Mixbus guesses those values from the surrounding notes in the Region. Improved Ripple Editing New Ripple Editing Modes: in Ripple All, a Range selection will always propagate to all tracks; and deleting the Range will both ripple the tracks and the timeline markers in that time range. Ripple Interview is an exclusive Mixbus feature that is intended for podcasts and interviews: if you delete time from only one track, the edit does not ripple. This lets you cut out a cough or 'hmm' during an interview without affecting the overall timing. But if you select more than one track, your changes will ripple across the later regions on all selected tracks! Version 8 adds several improvements for devices that use the Mackie MCU fader protocol as well as new, dedicated support for iCon devices including the iCon ProX.

Do you mind if I use that in a song? And, I hate to be the contrarian here but... NOT ANOTHER OLD GUY!! This forum is turning into a stairway to heaven.

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For der Strummster (and anybody else who likes a cracking tune) The Stranglers - Nice & Sleazy

$200 for BBC core is tempting...

Cheat sheet for a few common home studio issues . Kenny

Oh now I'm getting it, you want everyone else to do your leg work for you.......

I was close to jumping at Whitacre last time and then remembered I haven't even touched Insolidus for a project yet. I did get Albion Tundra with this sale, though. Love it.

Super excited to find out how I'm going to pay for it.

@SPool You've created the feel good thread of the day! Nice job, Steve.

Hi Steve, Welcome to the club (from me here in Warwickshire UK) Rule #1 - you can never have too many plugins Follow Larry and kiss goodbye to that credit card. Jerry

TOWN & COUNTRY: NATURALISTIC FEEL & HUMAN TOUCH TOWN & COUNTRY is packed with varied ambient recordings of nature sounds connected with man-made noises. Most of the files are loopable. It is the perfect sound library for scenes far outside the city that take place in rural areas. Use one of the most flexible ambient libraries for an organic and natural acoustic surrounding for all possible settings of TOWN & COUNTRY scenery. Design organic and grounded acoustic backdrops while keeping a naturalistic feel and human touch. https://www.boomlibrary.com/free-sfx-mar-urxkk/

Paul Simon: "punk was invented for those who can't play a musical instrument, rap for those who can't sing." Now there's a third option for those who just can't be bothered, period. It's called "democratization". The same process that turned millions of people into infectious disease and/or international relations experts, strippers with an iPhone into millionaires, named a Royal Navy ship "Boaty McBoatface" and gave "Keeping up with the Kardashians" a Peoples' Choice award. Everybody gets a Participation Trophy! Of course none of that applies to those of us enjoying a million-dollar recording studio in a laptop, pretending to command a full orchestra, pretending to have perfect pitch, pretending to know what an oud is, taking credit for some loops we found online, and generally letting software polish our turds for us. No, that's completely different.

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Who uses this ? We talking about the #cakewalk synth rack.. what it is and how to use it.. comment below or in the video if you use the synth rack

NI are getting closer to justifying the update price for the next Komplete 14CE. Almost.

I just renovated my studio. Even Larry can't get an extra nickel out of me now.

34.65 GBP Kontakt Version Required: 6.7 Full Version (Not for Kontakt Player) https://www.lootaudio.com/category/kontakt-instruments/ergo-kukke/aleatoric-keys

And he’s not alone. Oh no, he’s not alone.

Randy Rhoads left this earth 40 years ago today as a result of a senseless accident. Hard to believe it's been so long. His style had evolved quite a bit between Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman. He had so much more to give. Crank up some Rhoads today in his memory.

My mental block was cleared about 25 year ago...

I have kind of a mental block against spending more than $200 on any single transaction for music software... her name is Andrea.

Don't even ask, that one's mine!

@bdickens - FWIW, I have my nanoKONTROL Studio plugged into a hub, and I've got no issues with it. My nanoKONTROL 2 isn't plugged into a hub, but I can give it a try... of course USB cables can be problematic too, so it's worth trying another cable if possible.

Lucky for me all the stuff I might be interested in is excluded haha

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There are 8 billion people on the planet and you have fixated on one who simply asked a question you cannot answer. No need to go all crash in speakers. Good boy. I am hoping that someone has tried installing V Collection 8 on Win 7 x64 and can share their observation of the results. Thank you.

The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice

Small Faces - Here Come The Nice

Also, default front page is now randomised deals as suggested by another member on here (can't remember who) so you won't see 400 Waves deals one after another

John Cooper Clarke - I Don't Want to Be Nice

The single ASIO audio device limitation in Windows was imposed by Steinberg, not Windows itself. In the past, I used to switch to WDM to record on multiple audio devices. On Windows 10, WASAPI Exclusive mode will also allow you to select more than one device, and also has the advantage of being low latency. You do however have the issue of sync'ing the word clock - I was lucky in this respect that one of my sound devices had a word clock out, and the others either a word clock input, or the ability to receive one through ADAT or SPDIF. Not being word-clock sync'd may not be a huge issue for recording (it's really not a lot different from different mic placements when recording a band), but be aware that using multiple interfaces can result in the tracks recorded from different devices being slightly misaligned. The differences aren't usually enough to hear as such, but could potentially introduce phase issues.

@Starship Krupa - have you installed the very latest Korg USB drivers? The drivers have broken at least twice over the years due to Windows updates, and Korg have normally released a new version a few months later. Personally, I've just uninstalled the Korg drivers altogether and use the nanoKONTROL 2 as a class compliant device. This has solved the issue for me, however it does mean I cannot use the KORG CONTROL Editor ( not a problem for me as I'm using it in Mackie mode ). The latest drivers should be ok though - just uninstall the old ones first before installing the new ones.

Like I said...Install the trial.

Watch it Steve! These guys all play nice to the new guy on the forum. As soon as you turn your back they will be stealing your vouchers and making you buy a bunch of crap you do not need. 🤪 Welcome

And I remember getting Tundra this way.

Smiling as I read all the kind words and responses - Thanks Steve!

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tl:dr takeaways "great songs are not enough" you need some sort of lcd (lowest common denominator) click bait focus! on one sm channel could be a good point time spent on one will lead to a better sense of what works vs scattering the same ineffective content across all channels ok, but -which- channel? especially when starting out with no following at all (the point, right?) YT is a good place to start as you can post a range of content with visuals vs... AppleTunes/Spotify/SC/BC, etc. which only post audio Agreed FB is pretty beat (hardly any of my peeps use it) IG has potential, haven't jumped on TikTok yet Twitter -might- work once you have some momentum, otherwise hard to get traction didn't post any music until he had 7,000 subscribers ya right... still need a dancing monkey of some kind the post that turned the corner for him tagged an Oasis tune ime this is a key. YT algos seem pretty efficient at picking up on hit counts (existing ruts) and why your YT feed is jammed with endless variations of the exact same thing (smh) ime covering a song has proven to be quite effective for an emerging original act people like to hear something new/but familiar at the same time and apparently YT algos can help "great songs are not enough" ya, but without them, what do you have?

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You Sir have made this old(er) man blush! Going into our retirement my wife told (threatened?) me that I can grow old alone and grumpy or embrace our new lives and be happy to share it together. Of course I opted for the latter! I also made it a life choice to better myself all around as a person and this very much includes positive interaction with all that I know an meet. 😀 Thank you SO MUCH for the kind words and by all means moderators, please move these posts to the appropriate forums if need be. Steve

Someone is sure to come along and complain that you posted this in the wrong forum. And technically they're right. But before that happens, I just want to say hi back, because I love your very friendly, unpretentious hello and I think the world can use all the kind and friendly, unpretentious people it can get and I'm grateful for every one I meet. Nice to make your acquaintance, Steve! Welcome.

Can't help you, but wanted to share my favorite handpan video:

40 years??! Wow... I was just playing Crazy Train on my roommate's guitar last night...