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WUP doesn't bother me because plugins I got over 10 years ago still work on windows.  I never bothered installing my waves plugs on Mac.  In fact, I use very few third party plugs on Mac . 

Anyway, sorry to get caught up in the OS fanboy tangent. I use both Mac and windows and have my share of headaches with both.  Back to topic.

For those who are having trouble picking 4, the crispy tuner is a damn good alternative to autotune. It's superior to Antare's stripped down version and imo also on par with and possibly better than Waves variant.  

At this point it is possibly feet dragging, but the whining about m1 compatibility started only weeks after they launched.

 I wish this only happened when cpu architecture changed. This has also been an  issue a lot when MacOS changes.  We bought an intel mac right before they started putting out M1s and felt kinda stupid. 

 I wish this only happened when cpu architecture changed. This has also been an  issue a lot when MacOS changes. 

I also struggle to understand why people get mad at software companies instead of apple when they intentionally flex their power by forcing developers to jump every few months to make plugins compatible. 

I get that the weird perpetual sale/ voucher thing was a little annoying, but sadly, it seems to be an effective strategy for the many companies playing catchup with Waves. Their plugins are good.  I'm caught between grabbing a few former maybe plugins i passed on in the past (the neve chwnnel strip and the 4000e) and "i rarely use the ones i already own"

Darn, nothing for us owners of hard tubs!

1 hour ago, Fleer said:

But. It’s. Free. 

You can get something free  by spending money that you weren't going to spend!

I find it fascinating that people will look for things to buy to get things that are probably duplicates of something they have .  Unless an owner wants to correct me, there seems to be nothing special about this plugin. Most of us have multiple variations of samples/ emulations covering same territory.  

I just tried Gaudio Studio. Has some potential but has trouble distinguishing keyboard instruments and guitars. I took a simple song with two guitars, drums, electric piano and vocals. It put all instruments as "other instruments" the vocal separation was pretty smooth.  

I do this a lot and it works great. 

Happy birthday larry!

On 12/25/2022 at 9:59 AM, Technostica said:

Seasons greetings to you all. 🙏

Would someone please advise on compatibility as I have String Studio VS-2 and it's not clear whether some of them will only work in preset mode with VS-2.
For example Journeys states the following:

What’s included with my purchase
128-preset pack for String Studio VS-3

Compatibility
Compatible with String Studio VS-3, String Studio VS-2, and the free AAS Player. Created with String Studio VS-2, but remastered for String Studio VS-3 with added performance macros.

Works two ways
Journeys was created with the String Studio VS-3 string oscillator synthesizer. You can obviously play and edit the sounds in String Studio VS-3, but you can also access and play them via the free AAS Player 

That's a bit vague to me.
Anyone still sober enough to share a coherent response! 😁
 

 

I have 2 or 3 expansions for String Studio VS-3 that I use on VS-2 including Masala 1 and Journeys. Works fine

To each his own. I find LABS stuff useful

I uninstalled 6 for two reasons:

1) my previews stopped working

2)storage space was an issue.

I decided i would rather figure out missing instrument than download and install 6 again. Lesson learned to start finishing stuff

Worth it. Good plugs for the price

1 hour ago, telecode 101 said:

what does it do different?

I think it's more of a HOW it does things than what it does.  It is for the most part a compressor/limiter/saturation device that can do a little of all three at once. It makes use of ai and works best as a glue bus processor. I have it and i like it already, but does take some getting used to

I ended up getting analog orchestration. I was initially unimpressed with demo but instead of looking at these as actual sounds that could be used for replacing acoustic orchestral libraries, I listened to them for unique sound possibility options.

19 hours ago, Esteban Villanova said:

Thing is, if you run any "analog emulation" saturation plugin through Plugin Doctor you'll get an EQ curve. Does that make them snake oil?

I think the marketing is overhyped, but I also find that using Plugin Doctor has become the equivalent of the mother in law with white glove. Dirt will be found no matter how clean your home is.  Audio snobs will often say mix with your ears and not with your eyes. Many of these companies have decided that the extra GPU hit going overboard to produce great Plugin Doctor readings is not worth it if it sounds good.  As a person who has produced hundreds of tv ads, I know that marketing is going to be full of hyperbole. That doesn't mean they all are attempting deception.

12 hours ago, John Bradley said:

Any influencer who tells me "no, seriously, you don't need to buy any more plugins" is a saint in my book.

Normally I would agree if I believed for a second he was doing it for any other reason than to feed his own ego. All of already know we don't need more plug-ins. He just ads the torch and pitchfork element lol

Graillon 2 is worth it at this price if you don't own a similar plugin and have need. It's better than the free options but not on par with the big boys

I kinda liked Paul Third at 1st but I am convinced he is too in love with the attention he gets from the role of contrarian to be worth watching most of the time.  He's becoming the Skip Bayless of plugin reviewers jus not as clueless.

I love Pigments. Arturia's decision to keep rewarding early adopters with free updates has made this my goto synth

F___ loopcloud!