dubdisciple

37 minutes ago, abacab said:

I honestly don't think inMusic is even trying hard to deliver.

Compared to  when IKM messes up with a new release, at least they try to fix it and Peter@ IK usually does his best to communicate in both directions.

 

 

It took me almost two years to get a question answered for me. I would hate to be someone heavily invested in something like an MPC. Owners tend to be very loyal.  Imagine being reliant on that as primary means of production and dealing with their service. IK has always been easy to work with even when there is a glitch.  

I think the sonible option may be better if you don't have ozone. I have ozone 10 so it's a no brainer. I am going to see if their are any non-izotope use hacks

37 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

Does this actually do anything useful if you don't have Ozone or Neutron versions that support the "integration?"

I suppose you could use as visual reference.  Considering Izotope made visual mixer free, it may be worth it to get license in case they open up later.

I occasionally get decent service but it is so inconsistent. I think it is a crapshoot. 

21 minutes ago, abacab said:

I bought into the full AIR instrument collection 6 years or so ago. Their marketing guy Simon later stated that new larger GUIs were under development, and he was seeking beta testers at one time. Updates that never happened. Then AIR dribbled out a few new instruments at full price, including Loom II without a scalable UI... then a few more... now it looks like inMusic have merged bits of the former AIR instrument tech into their AKAI MPC lineup. The original AIR instruments were a Pro Tools exclusive until inMusic bought them and released them as standard plugins. It seems now they have all but abandoned them, except for picking the bones for useful tech.

I also bought into the AKAI VIP system including a VIP integrated keyboard controller with color LCD. It offered mouse-free workstation type control over your plugins with front panel LCD controls, including preset multis and FX. Unfortunately VIP 3 only supported VST2, and they never developed it beyond that, and then quietly dropped the VIP lineup from production.

So yeah, I'm a bit cynical about inMusic now. 🙄

I got roped into VIP. Thankfully my Alesis VX49 ended up being a decent controller. I don't use VIP at all.  I find that Arturia's sust and Komplete do a better job with instruments I actually use.  I use my Air plugins, particularly when using MPC, but wouldn't actually buy any of them aside from  Loom II though. 

I always regret passing on sonible products but feels redundant with audiolens being free

I have tried to like WA plugins but I end up not using them. At this point, I don't even want as freebies.

I think Air plugins are great....as stock plugs for systems like pro tools and MPC hardware. The limitations of MPC hardware incentivize user to reduce reliance on third party plugs.  They are also decent as low cost- or better still, free -add ons for non-MPC users.  Fabric XL is damn good but for the money, nowhere near the best buy at regular price. Even at the recent 99 dollar sale price, I would rather upgrade my v collection.

2 hours ago, telecode 101 said:

Its a good DAW. Easy to make stuff in. But not for rock music. I use my kids copy and I try to teach myself stuff on it when I have free time. Which is rarely. Too busy making rock. What it lacks is the advanced midi of Cubase. I feel it's more of loop and sample music makers DAW.  

I used to think that until I saw a guy making high level classical music on it.  Granted, I think it is still inferior to Cubase in that regard, but each version adds more functionality.  I respectfully disagree about it being a loop and sample music maker's DAW.  I think it's more of a drum sequencer and piano roll composer's DAW. FL is very popular in pop music in multiple genres that rely far more on sequencing than sampling. It is the DAW for trap and drill and hybrid pop like k-pop or  Arianah Grande/Justin Bieber type composition.  I think Ableton is superior for sample based production. I think certain genres have made lo-fi methods that oddly enough emulate sample loops sound so degraded that they get mistaken as such. When I think of genres that still heavily sample (90s style boombap or retro sounding acts like Griselda) I find more MPC hardware,  Maschine, Ableton and retro gear ( Kanye uses mostly hardware) with some FL.

On 11/9/2022 at 1:45 PM, Max Arwood said:

FL Studio (previously known as FruityLoops before 2003)

I went for the lifetime  FruityLoops update 2002. Soon after, they discontinued FruityLoops and all updates were stopped. They changed the program name to FL Studio. Everyone that bought the "Lifetime" version was screwed. It is the same program just renamed. A technicality use to get out of the "Lifetime" updates.

Hmmm. Everyone i know says they got free update and that it was a name change rather than product change. People still call it fruity loops 🤣 They could be lying.

I bit. I doubt I will ever bite on the WUP, but I am on windows. I used Rbass for 8 years or so without updating . These are among the most reliable go to plugins year after year. 

This is a game changer and brilliant in that it removes the barrier of copyright infringement . I hope it doesn't give RIAA the idea of trying to claim rights to "profiles". As far fetched as it sounds, the number of copyright claims that are little more than common chord progressions and motiffs makes it less farfetched than it sounds 

Hmmm to increase or not to increase my WUP? On the other hand this restarts the clock on my current waves plugins for little more than what I would likely pay

What I love about scaler is that it is useful for beginners and advanced alike. 

I think they gave it out earlier this year

On 9/30/2022 at 8:35 AM, batsbrew said:

i NEVER want to listen to music on a cell phone! 🤢

No one really wants to, but every now and then it is the only option in a situation.  I have seen opportunities acted upon because a person was able to play a song on the spot

22 hours ago, El Diablo said:

Hi,

Any idea why Scaler 2 is 1 GB??  It's a plugin for crying out loud!

If you know why, please explain.

Thank you!

Because the built-in rompler eats up space

I use this a lot. Prefer bettermaker as far as pultec emulations but I don't have that at one studio i work out of.

I stole their products and then felt so empowered that I bought them. Paid for this one too

Sample tracks were thoroughly underwhelming

I'm not mad at Izotope for abandoning these products. Many are old and /or not very popular. I'm assuming they cannibalized exponential audio code and what is useful will be in products going forward. I am more annoyed at the fact that they have included some of these products in recent bundles knowing they were on chopping block.

21 minutes ago, Fleer said:

I looooooove Macs. 
 

 

 

 

Kill me

I like Macs, but hate Apple's continual cycle of milking customers with intentional crippling of products

Despite having v collection 8, I find myself using this more often than not. There's usually something for most occasions.

Doesn't help that I am literally working on a song where I am not liking my piano

This one is so tempting.