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Tone Empire: SoulSquash Vintage Audio Compressor Pedal (FREE @ Plugin Boutique - Save $39) https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/8-Compressor/11093-Soul-Squash Soul / Funk Vibe Compressor Pedal Introducing the SoulSquash Vintage Audio Compressor Pedal: A sonic time capsule brimming with retro allure and modern finesse. Sampled and accurately replicated with Tone Empire's proprietary NM2 Neural Network technology, this pedal embodies a pristine and clean solid-state sound, adding a touch of nostalgia to your audio. Its intuitive design and minimalist controls channel soulful and funky vibes, ensuring effortless integration into any setup. From pianos to clavinets, orchestra to bass, vocals to drums, the SoulSquash pedal delivers an enchanting compression that enhances every note with a touch of soul. Elevate your sound with a pedal that captures the essence of vintage punch and versatility, inviting you to infuse your music with a dash of timeless charisma. Controls Compressor: Control the input gain into the compressor processing . Output: This is the control for output attenuation after the compression processing. Thick: This switch adds a Lo Eq Bump post compression for a "thicker" sound! Input Adjust: Use this control to further adjust the input signal gain before processing. Output Adjust: Use this control to trim the final output of the processing after the dry mix . Dry Mix: Add the original unprocessed signal to the mix as parallel processing. System Requirements Mac macOS 10.13 or later (Intel / Native M1 supported) (64-bit only) VST3, AU, or AAX Intel i3 / AMD Ryzen or equivalent 2 GB RAM / 300 MB HD Required Screen resolution - 1024 × 768 Note: M1 Mac users running Logic Pro (10.7.2 and above) or Ableton (11.1) please use the 'M1' installer. For all other DAWs please use the regular 'Mac' installer. Windows Windows 10 or later (64-bit only) VST3 or AAX Intel i3 / AMD Ryzen or equivalent 2 GB RAM / 300 MB HD Screen resolution - 1024 × 768 Also free at Tone Empire: https://tone-empire.com/shop/soulsquash/

Downloaded and tried it. It sounds truly excellent lol. It does use a fair bit of CPU. It's neural/sampling tech, similar to Acustica. But I never heard an Acustica compressor that sounds as good as this one.

Hi there nice forum folk I've been awol recently and I apologise for that. I've had a bit of a lean period creatively. Here's a new song that I wrote - it is intentionally a bit of a retro thing and never meant to be too deep. Lyrics are below the link - nits and crits ok. Middle of Alright Written and recorded by Staypress V1 Blondie's on the radio Singing bout a girl I know Waking painful memories I expected the worst and it was worse than I expected V2 When i walked into the room no atmosphere just like the moon Predictably I crashed and burned I expected the worst and it was worse than I expected Chorus I'm gonna make my case so tight There's a nut in every bite In the Middle of the night In the Middle of alright V3 I'm trying not to tempt defeat Our love is like a one way street Nowhere but we're getting there I expected the worst and it was worse than I expected Chorus Repeat V1

Yeah the Firechild has a mix of Algo and Impulse response for a pretty authentic sound. Saying that I dont really use it due to latency

"This plugin uses an online-based license registration system that requires an internet connection. When in trial mode, your computer needs to be online to use the plugin. Once the plugin is registered, you no longer need to be online to use it."

You should only scan locations where VSTs are installed and you should never scan anything else.

New songwriting course from Joe Gilder (Home Studio Corner): https://www.homestudiocorner.com/songwriting I really like his approach. I got all his courses so far and I'm a VIP member of his community. He has a 1 year long "satisfaction guaranteed or ask for a full refund" after purchase Free masterclass bonus video: https://www.homestudiocorner.com/plc-50-song-challenge

Hi i have done a new song , its a bit different than my usual chill out style this has a Melancholy feel to it . Its uncomplicated & i have tried a guitar type solo in the middle soundcloud link Lost Thanks for listening subvibe

It's just a duo, meaning it's only got two cpus on it. But still, it will help anyone who is using a lot of UAD stuff at mixdown. It's being sold by Sam Ash!! So you are assured it will work. I would get it myself, but as you can see in my sig, I got enough UAD processing power. And I don't have another PCIe to slot to put it in. https://reverb.com/item/79734063-universal-audio-uad-2-pcie-dsp-accelator-card-audio-interface-new-york-ny?utm_content=feed_listings&utm_source=braze&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily-Feed-Email&utm_term=Feed Email

I bought it - had some credit on PB so was $8 plus I chose UA PolyMAX as freebie. I usually use modeled pianos, Mrs Mills is the only sample based piano I use regularly. This piano was on my short list because so many people on music forums have mentioned they like it. Did you guess I'm not a concert pianist? ?

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I (luckily) got in when they were doing the "lifetime" deals, almost on a "whim." Probably the best purchase I've ever made for my music hobby. A permanent license for all of what is included in Musio today for $199 is no brainer territory.

The first one I played was one of these: It was a lot easier to schlep than a real B3. We were in a group, the keyboard player also played guitar. We learned Psychotic Reaction, and there wasn't a sax part we could force in the song, so he played guitar and I doubled on the organ. At the end there is a 'psychedelic' 2-beat section. I would kick off my boot and play glissandi the organ with my foot. More than once, a gal from the audience commented that I was such a good organ player, that I could play it with my foot. Ah. Show-biz rules. Notes ♫

Jump?

I tired the neural EQ when it was released for free. It was the most CPU hungry nonsense I'd ever tried. I heard they may have made it more efficient but for me the ship sailed. Haven't seen anything interesting enough for me to try something else yet.

If you already have it, then do you not already have it ?

Exactly!

I was Ruffin it on the streets last night. Also a met a Fats Domino player and tripped on a Rare Earth magnet because the Foundations where not good. Met a black guy called James and a Gaye guy called Marvin. Stevie wondered why Gladis was eating all the pips in the melon. While Charles was a Ray of sunshine. BUM BUM!!

I'll see you in the community @Yan Filiatrault IOW, Installed!

Another free update to an already great product!

Thanks for mentioning our plug-ins. Fader Hub is actually also available as a plug-in too. Connector is a point to point connection plug-in so it will let you stream to /receive from one other machine (even remotely thru the Internet), while Fader Hub can connect to multiple other machines at the same time to do real time collaboration. When you want to share a session "live" with others, we now have Freeceiver that can be installed freely (no fee) as an app or plug-in on the destination machine, so that listeners do not need to acquire a license for either Connector or Fader Hub. I hope this clarifies. BWT all these tools use a direct peer-to-peer connection, so there is no server in-between.

Already covered, although not by much! ?

I hear ya. I've been trying to resist The Temptations to keep the thread alive, but here I am.

It's a Miracle this thread has gotten any laughs!! Like we been to Mars and back.

Updated to 29.09.0.098 This build contains the following improvements: CbB has been updated to work with the new Cakewalk Product Center. Offline activation is now available via Product Center. Improvements to sign in process with new activation response and error pages. Signing in to BandLab no longer redirects you to the BandLab portal after sign in. Cakewalk no longer automatically launches the browser to sign in at app startup. The Sonar promotional window should not appear when running CbB offline (at this time). Updates for Sonar promotional window content. Fixed problems with unresponsive Sonar promotional window. Fixes for analytics and app startup. Fixes for in-app updates. Run the Product Center to Update! New Cakewalk Product Center The new Cakewalk Product Center application has been released. This app will be the central portal to install and manage all future Cakewalk products going forward. Offline activation for Cakewalk and future products is available via Product Center. Click the link below to read more about Cakewalk Product Center.

Lunaris 2.3 is out: 50 New Presets, Free Update! Lunaris 2 has been updated to version 2.3, adding 50 new ambient and cosmic-inspired presets in folder ’16. New in Version 2.3′. The update increases the total number of pads in Lunaris 2 to over 580. Listen to some of the new sounds in the video below. These new presets complements the optional ‘Retro Moonstation’ user interface, which was introduced in version 2.2. The 2.3 update is free of charge to all users, who can update via Native Access. https://www.luftrum.com/

Running the latest Cakewalk by BandLab app on Windows 11... After activating CW using BandLab app, I was able to select the headphone output from within Cakewalk. Testing with a midi device (after Edit|Prefs|Midi|Input selection) worked great, sounded great, midi interface worked great, all smiles… Now for the full shutdown startup test…. smiles gone, frustration building….. 1) The chosen midi interface midi inputs had to be reselected as they were not saved (even though the project was saved after activation and selected as the project to load after startup) yet now numbered with the same interface name preceded by a 2. So CW thinks there is a previous interface but it is not shown in the Midi device list??? This is now the ghost interface numbered 1. 2) CW does not show ‘not activated’ as it was officially activated or it thinks it is activated... 3) Most importantly and critical to using CW, the headphone jack is disabled! The choices under preferences only lists the ‘realtek’ speakers associated with the laptop. (After the initial activation, Edit|Preferences|Audio showed not only the realtek speakers but the headhpones jack as well) This is no longer the case. No headphone out is even listed. And YES the wasapi shared is and was already chosen, so that is NOT the issue. Further, going out to u-tube via browser and playing some video and the sound IS available thru the headphone jack, no problem. This clearly points to CW disabling the headphone jack even though it is activated. So without another solution that involves a set of steps going thru Edit|Preferences|Audio etc… what is the overall issue? This should have and should be a slam dunk! The docs say activation is good for 6 months, well, CW is still activated (3 hours) but after a full shutdown and start, it fails to allow one to use the headphone jack! So what say you BandLab CW? What are the specific steps or Win API reasons that an activated copy of CW that did fully function with headphones now will not allow or even list the realtek headphones option? yet when going out to use another audio source such as u-tube, the headphone jack works just fine. Also please understand that the BandLap app launches at startup so I am logged in at Win bootup (even though the docs say this is not necessary) I await your dtailed solution…... Thank you.

Hi Daryl I really like this - drums / bass sound great - well tight I love those synths - the one starting at 0.50 is just so eighties but it sounds so right here. Brilliant track - loved it Nigel

Some good comments here, Supremes even! Some real Originals.

Been using CW with Kontakt forever. Been on 7 since it came out. No issues at all. It's not CW obviously! Just sayin. If it's YOUR system, why would you expect a difference in Sonar? I hope you get it worked out!

Might as well...

I've managed to exclude th Epson directory. So, all is good. I removed C:\program files (x86) And then had to add the specific folders for each vendor : focusrite, groove monkey, etc. This seems to have done the trick. Hopefully, I haven't overlooked anything useful. ?

MIDIOX can help as well as any number of other filtering products.

positive review: Been a user since the intro. While multi-mic positions has been something they’ve been putting off now for a long time (really wish it would come sooner), they did promise keyswitching, then introduced it which i appreciate, and the entire system is super low latency and low storage space compared to kontakt. On an 8gb ram machine i’ve been able to run multiple 16 output/instrument instances of the plugin without overload. Lots more on the agenda/stuff to be excited about per their youtube podcasts. I don’t have spitfire libraries to compare it to, but to my ears quality is good enough, the potential is big, they are kind of just doing their own thing. Honestly, when each instrument is routed to its own track, there’s enough tweaking I can do with that type of workflow to get the exact sound i want. I have used at least one musio instrument in every project since getting it. The customer service is also one of the better ones for a music software company

Probably assault & battery. He's a bad dude......just like Cornpop.

AmpliTube 5 49.99 (nice to get some more "core" gear if you're buying any/some of the collections that are currently on sale) https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?id=AmpliTube5Deal2024 T-RackS singles that aren't in T-RackS 5 v2 which is 49.99 now, each 29.99 (great for those that still haven't picked up Sunset, FAME, Chiccarelli, Comprexxor, or any of the 31 singles not in the base T-RackS 5 v2) https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?id=T-RackSSingles$29Deal2024 MODO BOGO - A BOGO with MODO BASS 2, MODO DRUM, and the single instruments for each https://www.ikmultimedia.com/modobogo2024/

It's easy to forget that we have a FREE version of REmatrix in Cakewalk as a Pro Channel module called REmatrix Solo which is better that the free version but not the full version. It has a lot of presets and can even import IR's (cant do it on free version) and has a lot of IR's already and you can edit Delay which you cant in the free version.

No...it's been replaced by the Product Center

That'll be a DX7 with the Gray Matter E! card... https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/grey-matter-response-e/2082

I think I have it working. A few more tests to be sure! I will let you know. Thanks

install MIDIOX and see what is coming across from the controller or MIDI interface. if it is sketchy - as John noted - time to replace it if there is no option to update or reset it.

To be Franklin... that was not funny! ;.)

Initial Audio are currently giving away their Dynamic EQ for free. https://initialaudio.com/product/dynamic-eq-equalizer-plugin/

I dropped a “like” early, and it’s just got better. Nicely done Barry! Left a like and comment over at YT, y’all should too… t

I was about 12 1965 and that was when every 4th house in the suburbs had a band practicing in the basement or garage. Everybody had electric guitars from Sears. Some odd ball types had drums. Even odder was a Italian Combo Organ. Nobody had a bass at first and we didn’t really notice. This friend came over one day with a Canora Short Scale bass. I said what the heck is that thing? He said a bass! Like Paul McCartney plays. I said no he played a weird violin! He handed it to me and in no time at all I was playing the bass line to like a Rolling Stone and Mr Tambourine man. I started saving my paper route money and bought a Bass made in Italy that looked like the Hofners. But every time I’d joined a band as the bass player I was always the better guitar player so they make me play that instead and I wanted to be left alone and play bass and stare at my feet. The stupid thinking was the worst player in the room should play the bass. In my humble opinion the drummer and bass player should be the best players in the band. That is a good band.

@craigb

Did that just Dawn on you? ?