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6 minutes ago, DeeringAmps said:

If memory serves, you are Canadian, non?

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please forgive me if I have that wrong…

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I absolutely am. 🇨🇦

In true stereotypical Canadian fashion, I must say that I am sorry for indeed being Canadian, thereby rendering your preemptive request for forgiveness unnecessary. That was uncharacteristically rude of me, and I apologize.

Dammit, why can't I be censored?!

Gonads?

2 hours ago, craigb said:

I was actually LMAO that I had to hack that "T" word to make it appear since it's on the censorship list!  REALLY??! 😂

You hacked the T word? You got balls, sir.

Mucho cojones, señor. 

Kenneth, is that you?

I believe Dan Rather may have an explanation for that. 

I've been working with the same DAW for over a decade and there are lots of stock plugins I've never ever used, so I guess not.

5 minutes ago, pwal said:

i was going to say similar - - they're all paid not free, but then gb is free with mac, maybe mac users are more likely to spend money on stuff?

On their computer at the very least - that I can personally confirm.  

4 hours ago, Mark Morgon-Shaw said:

Was filling in a survey and surprised to see Cakewalk not even mentioned in the survey list. Surely there must be a huge user base, I can't see a DAW like Bitwig having more users than Cakewalk.

Part of me thinks because it's been free for 5yrs it's been marginalised to the extent we are considered also-rans. I hope this changes when the new Sonar is released. My controller keybaord for example has presets for most DAWs except Cakewalk which is annoying.

At a glance, all these apps have a Mac version.

Seeing how relatively extensive the list is (it even includes the iPad versions of certain apps as separate entries), I'd say that they may be biased a little.

20 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:

I'm not going to say "   "

That's alright because... 

19 hours ago, Sheens said:

+ only few mins walk to pharmacy, optician, trainstation,massage, church...

(church to brothel = 2,25 mins @ normal speed walk, I heard someone say).

I'm in Vegas.

I pretty sure we have a casino that's also a church, a brothel and a wedding chapel, somewhere.

Wouldn't be Christmas without these. In fact, I've been known to play them at the most random times of the year. Putting up a Christmas tree in the middle of the summer can be quite therapeutic.

Merry Christmas, you guys.

And remember - if you eat fiber on Christmas Eve, he might come to your town...

What is "it"?

I wish! lol 

That's roughly $20 plus tip a week- to the grocery and back.

20 minutes ago, Sistine said:

It's not all about money!

There are times when I enjoy driving my car more than playing my guitars! 😉

But actually you're right, it's hard to beat! 👍

I can imagine yes, and a lot of people have told me so, but I never even got my license. Ironic considering my line of work.

Grew up in a small town where I could walk everywhere, then moved to a city where public transportation was adequate and where owning a car can be a PITA, especially during winter months - driving around the block for half an hour to find a parking spot and then having to wake up at 4 am to move your car because of snow removal (which probably means that your car is also buried under the snow and you'll have to spend some quality time with that shovel.)

I thought of getting my license when we were thinking of having a kid, but otherwise, it's never been something I was interested in. And the world probably is a much safer place because of that. 😁

7 minutes ago, craigb said:

Do you own a cement mixer instead? 😆

🤣

I'm actually the proud owner of a cell phone with the Uber app installed on it.

My transportation budget is roughly $90-100 a month. Hard to beat.

Phew.

Sure glad I don't own a car. 

2 hours ago, craigb said:

From a Chemist's point of view, alcohol IS a solution! 😁

Ozzy's lawyers will back you up on this.

That being said, I believe it's time someone said it out loud.

Enough with mankles, already! You ain't 4 and this isn't cute. 

41 minutes ago, craigb said:

 

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Two can play that game, sir.

duplicate

I could have used 8.5 forever, with only minor adjustments here and there, and tiny cosmetic tweaks to the GUI, but really nothing drastic. In terms of layout and functionality, it felt very comfortable. If I had a powerful enough machine to run it, with the plugins I need, I'm sure I could work with it. As of right now however, it will load projects and let me export them, but that's about it.

I feel the same way about Logic 9, which is the software I switched too. 10 came out over 10 years ago but it's always a pleasure to go back and work with 9. It's so lean and clean. It feels a little more transparent to me. 

I love 10 as well, but I'm not really a fan of the way developers always make everything bigger, with big buttons, and I abhor stuff like track icons. Which is ironic since Logic has had those from as far as I can remember - even in the late 90's - but they were a little more subtle and easier to ignore.

3 hours ago, craigb said:

Problems are just solutions on drugs. 😁

I always thought it was the opposite - solutions are sedated problems.

I've been working remotely since 2019. I had done that for a year before moving to the US in 2010-11.

A lot of friends reached out when the pandemic hit because they had trouble adjusting to remote work.  I couldn't imagine why they had so much difficulty - for me it's the best possible scenario, short of earning a living with music and books. I never have to leave the house except for groceries, once a week.

I have my work laptop and display on a file cabinet on wheels, tucked by the side of my desk. Come the weekend, it takes me less than 40 seconds to clock out, close everything and roll that thing out of sight in another room for the next couple of days. Otherwise, it can always be tucked in a corner when I work on music on weekdays.