dubdisciple

Not sure if you have been keeping up, but Ai can now identify one shots and very talented creators like Venus Theory have been flagged. We are no longer talking about hacks who lazily loop as is. You can chop and flip anyway you want and still be flagged.

I'm aware they have more than loops, but thanks for the reminder. Loops are still their bread and butter. It's literally in the name lol. I'm not bashing them. I just found it wasn't for me. As far as the licensing, I believe they have done their homework and they are truly royalty free, but no one has fully solved the problem of AI thinking your usage of the sample you used is not a sample of other copyrighted material using same sample. As for the other features. I found them ok but was not blown away. Again, I think some people love these fearures and I would encourage people test for themselves I was speaking strictly from my own experience.

Another reason I have cooled on sample sites is the licenses are often ridiculous. I have read small print on some samples (including the midi) that require full production credit and absurd split of royalties if placed. When I read one license agreement, I realized that all these vintage instruments, scaler type products and sound degrading processors made it kind of easy to "make" vintage sounding samples. Not only does this work well, but this is how a lot of these sample loops are made. It's actually less time consuming to make samples than to search through hundreds of thousands. With that said, some don't feel like doing all of that so services like Loopcloud are helpful to them.

I pass on it annually! I tried trial and the sounds are good. It does, however, suffer from the Splice Paradox( I should trademark that l); the tendency for the best sounds to be overused to the point where algorithms on platforms like Youtube and Spotify think you are infringing on the other 3,000 people who used loop before you did. Algorithms are getting to the point where they are picking up if you glitch or change key. I would see if you could give trial a speed run before sale ends and see if it is for you.

Good find. Installing now

I realized i had two other ssl plugs i never use and updated those too

Big thanks!

I'll be damned. I just downloaded installer and it updated

Another workaround is using soundfonts in Presence XT. I converted multiple drumkits to soundfonts and also some 808 samples, including the grossly overused Spinz 808.

Another workaround is using soundfonts in Presence XT. I converted multiple drumkits to soundfonts and also some 808 samples, including the grossly overused Spinz 808.

Hmmm i should check

I got this deal before but it was version 1. Great deal but doesn't seem to be an upgrade path

This makes a huge difference along with the mai tai add on. I got each on sale for $5 each once

This channel is useful. I figured a lot of this out by the time these were published (like how to cheat the lack of busses with fx channels)

I was able to do quite a bit with prime. Yes, there are better options imo, it offers a lot for free and the limitations are less than what I started with ( a drum machine, a cheap keyboard, a few stomp pedals, a dj mixer,a radio shack spring reverb and two tape decks😂). The channel strip is garbage, but I find beginners tend to absolutely use EQ and compression wrong. I find I can get a better results from a beginner by teaching them good sound selection and a balanced mix than I can from them butchering eq and compression settings. The average middle school kid i find simply cranks bass on eq and struggle mightily to even understand what a compressor even is.

For my usage it was. This was for an afterschool program for middle schoolers. No serious mixing was going on. Any of the kids that showed interest beyond the most basic concepts was able to come to my other studio and work on st1 pro or logic. The other kids were introduced to the concept of a DAW amd taught about tracks , how to record etc. We didn't dive into mixing beyond a conceptual level

I found it useful as a teaching tool. It was much easier to introduce basic concepts to my students with prime than more featured. DAWs

The biggest issue with studio one prine for me is the lack of compressor.

Might be time to upgrade

I got my plugins to work by following the advice posted, but I find myself hesitant to use them. Losing that weekend left me very unmotivated

I think the most effective way to use AI for myself is to use it to speed up processes I can do just fine in my own but more efficiently with AI.

You are likely right. I think it was the annoying ilok nags every time i started my daw that annoyed me

I think there is some middle ground between being reliant on AI and being a ludite. We use AI all the time but we don't necessarily call it that. Automatic transmission on an automobile is to a degree AI. There are some functions that are simple enough to be automated like initial levels.

These mix checkers are at best very general and not meant to be the final word on a mix. Even within a genre, the "ideal" mix is subjective and will sometimes be way off of what these tools suggest. I do think where these tools come in handy are when you find yourself not able to work with your usual setup (particularly your room and monitors) and you need a little assurance that where you are provides a similar sound reference.

I got this free and have never used it