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  1. I used to work for a herman miller dealer and one of the things I noticed is that people will sit in an aeron chair, not realizing that a reputable dealer is going to adjust chair so that it conforms to your exact body. It still may not be your preference, but you will have a much more accurate sense of what you are making decision based on.  

  2. 15 hours ago, ALC said:

    I connect with Mixbus having learned sound on old analog sound boards (lower end Mackie, Yamaha, Soundcraft).  I purchased V6 and 32C V7 (having spent a grand total of $19 + $49), but haven’t completed a project with them yet.  I hope to actually finish a project to justify a future upgrade.

    Who’s using Mixbus?  My main DAW is Studio One Pro (which I’m comfortable with).  How’s the transition between other DAWs and Mixbus?

    I will preface this by saying I never updated past v4 so I am far from an expert.   With that said, the main appeal is the sound, which I am still not convinced is as magical as people make it out to be.  It sounds good, but for me that comes down to a combination of the consistency of having same channel strip and saturation on every channel.  I have templates in studio one and Cakewalk( since this is a cakewalk forum) that have simple console style channel strips on every channel and buss.  Harrison even sells channel strip plug now.  

    I have tried the bounce stems to mix in mixbus approach and the time never seemed worth it.  If Mixbus did AAF import natively it would be an improvement, but as it stands, the process now involves having to delete silence on every track I import. I will occasionally mix a project I received as stems on Mixbus, but the colorization I get in Mixbus is just not worth the process to move from another DAW. Part if the results one gets when using Mixbus are a result of following a simplified workflow. This workflow can be achieved in any DAW after a one time template setup. My newest ST1 template is Amex 9099 on all channels and busses with a Softube Drawmer 1973 on my mixbus. I have Echo Boy on 2 effects sends ( one ping pong and one set to 1/8s). I have three verb sends( little plate, supermassive and stock). I also have a sort of sizzle buss with new fangled audio saturate and a high pass filter and boost( I use very little since Amek has saturation).  No, it doesn't sound like Harrison , but the simplified workflow gives me something similar to what my main purpose if using Mixbus would be. I will concede that there are setups that would come closer to that sound( perhaps Harrison's strip and even that has an asterix), but my way too long point is I struggle to find scenarios that make DAW jumping a better use of time than creating your own simplified workflow where your work is already living.  Here is an interesting take on Harrison's marketing:

     

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  3. On 8/21/2022 at 10:29 AM, abacab said:

    This guy has the right idea, but even though he's aimed his idea at the professional orchestral  or cinematic composer, the principle applies to anyone making music.

    Select effective instrumental combinations and keep it focused and simple! Templates, or songwriting pallettes! :)

    Hilarious intro here on collecting libraries (recovery  plan for Deals forum addicts):

     

    Funny intro. We have all been there. Good share. Thanks

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  4. After having some real world time to incorporate everything into my workflow, I have no regrets on decision. I now have most of my templates setup with arturia synths and Kontakt. Pigments is my primary synth and Analog Lab 5 is my default when I don't know quite what I want from the beginning.  I spend less time trying to decide which synths to use since there is generally a suitable placeholder that allows me to focus on creating. 

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  5. I remember when Propellerhead created the 303/808/909 emulation Rebirth, the reality of decent tr recreation became reality.  It wasn't long after that I realized that 808 emulations were just not worth buying since the sounds have been duplicated to death and even improved by Roland and everyone else.  I think a smarter strategy would be to give the 808 away the way Arturia gives away things like Juno Chorus for limited time.  Just about anyone wanting an 808 doesn't really need a demo.   I'm not trying to sound ungrateful. Just saying this is not really the enticement that it could be. I already know I am not buying an 808 so see no reason to go through install process

  6. 2 hours ago, Fleer said:

    That CZ in the Arturia bundle is quite something. 

    I find myself using it for sounds that conventional wisdom says the DX7 would be the right choice. One example is lead RnB keys

  7. 1 hour ago, LAGinz said:

    For those desiring to pay even less than $10 ….actually zero….for some nice FM sounds, don’t forget about Dexed. Definitely one of my favorite free synths.

    I have Dexed and it is awesome for free but head to head it falls very short.  The $10 is an absolute and audible upgrade that is worth it.

  8. 23 minutes ago, User 905133 said:

    I never cared for the sound of the DX7 and the others in the DX line.  Too boring for my tastes.  I opted for Casio's iPD [interactive Phase Distortion] in the form of the VZ-8 which was the same as FM or was totally different depending who was making the legal argument. 

    From what I have seen, yup!!  Even though I have found FM8's implementation to be quite intuitive, I found a number of very helpful videos to fill in some gaps in my personal knowledge base and hands-on experience.  

    I owned a cz3000 which was basically two cz1000's. I found it possible to get FM like sounds.  It was also the secret weapon to getting a particular type of bass sound popularized in Jersey house. I do appreciate those DX electric pianos though.

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  9. I think there is a similar nostalgia based reason for the popularity of both 303 and 808 over the years.  The 808 was never really great and had a limited soundset.  It was , however used in a ton of 80s and 90s music. Granted that soundset is so ubiquitous it is still used today...except for that's not entirely true. The term 808 has become one of the phrases like Jello or Zipper that is used even when we are not referring to original sound. "808s" are all over modern pop, EDM, Hip-hop , etc, but except for niche artists looking to showoff vintage gear, the sounds are made with other synths. the original 808 kick sample struggles to make melodic gliding bass sounds used in Drill or Grime. Much easier to make in Serum( or similar synth) or even a sampler. I remember when Roland owned cakewalk and reminded us that they gave us " the original samples" used from their drum sounds. I thought that was so cool ..and never used them because other products out Rolanded my original samples. people forget a lot of engineering went into getting that sound. the same tricks (layering a sub sine wave  for example) sound even better with other sound sources.

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