antler

I 'bought' a free plugin a while back, and more recently decided to (actually) buy a bundle during a sale; the discount code worked for me.

11 hours ago, bitflipper said:

crushes sibilance like a cartoon piano

For some reason, I really like this one

Hi Craig

Make sure that when you edit a clip, the edits end up on a zero crossing - when audio clips play through, they won't click if they end and start on zero crossings. If that's not possible, try to introduce a crossfade (or increase the crossfade time) between the two clips.

If the click is recorded into your audio, you'll need an audio editor to cut out that section - Audacity is a good free one:

https://www.audacityteam.org/

If you're serious about removing clicks that are recorded into your audio (and you're prepared to pay), check out something like iZotope RX (there are usually some deals around Black Friday/end of year)

https://www.izotope.com/en/products/rx/features.html

I wonder if behind the scenes, it's just got several MIDI files grouped by genre and it picks a random one (or drum part of one) every time you click the button.

Of course, if you've already bought it and find it useful, more power to you.

2 hours ago, Reid Rosefelt said:

Guitar?  Hint: Plugged by me all the time here.

Something by OTS?

3 hours ago, Reid Rosefelt said:

And the weird thing about it was that, compared to the book project, the whole course looked dull.  This was something nobody wanted but me. 

I was actually kinda looking forward to the course, but you've got to do what you feel most enthusiastic about; the book sounds very cool too by the way.

I think that when we go about our lives, we get used to the daily grind, thinking that they're just ordinary everyday events. We forget that other people may not have had the same experiences, and we don't give much thought to the skills and stories that we've picked up along the way that other's might like to hear about. I'm glad you've found a project that you're excited about - best of luck with it!

1 hour ago, bitflipper said:

Waves needs your help, antler.

How would you fill in the blank - "crushes sibilance like ________"?

 

hmm... something crushy, not at all suitable/useful/applicable for sibilance, but yet offering fine control of how much to crush, and a good metaphor... crushes sibilance like a vice/vise*

* regional spelling variations may apply

45 minutes ago, PavlovsCat said:

On the same note, being a marketing professional, I was always amused that there are products called "dandruff shampoo" and "diarrhea medication" and would side with the folks selling "anti-dandruff shampoo" and "anti-diarrhea medication."

I suppose in one case it's being descriptive of the product (e.g. anti-dandruff shampoo) and the other describes the target that the product aims to reduce (e.g. dandruff shampoo).

The marketing line that I saw once and always thought was silly was for a cloth that soaks up water like a magnet: a magnet is a block of non-porous metal; it's the last thing you'd want if you needed to clear up a spillage!

55 minutes ago, chris.r said:

Unison MIDI pack might get you there even quicker 🤣

For Pro-Level chords 😜 (whatever they are)

I saw something on Twitter the other day (which was a joke) that said something along the lines of the next MIDI chord pack should be a pack containing notes lasting 4 beats, 2 beats, 1 beat, 1/2 beat, in all 12 keys - just drag and drop.

3 hours ago, simon said:

great - and do you need to buy all 3 at the same time or can you hold one or two back for the future ?

I haven't bought so can't say for sure, but I guess it's like buying a MIDI-6-pack: you'd get three generic serials that you can use to each activate a product at your convenience.

Is this thing iLok? The FAQ reads

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Plus, Drum Monkey is protected by PACE Fusion Technology which has not been compromised since its existence 20 years ago.

I think I'll pass personally, but glad too to hear that this might be useful. Not sure why they'd limit the purchase to 3500 licenses only though - makes sense that if you've truly made a really good product, you'd want to see as much as possible - unless there's something a little janky somewhere and they want lots of purchases before news gets out.

Also, marketing like

doesn't really help - nobody would advertise a product by saying 3000+ shoddy samples; not commenting about their product (don't have enough info to make a judgement), just their marketing.

Thanks for the input @StefanoM. It looks really good, by the way!

Really nice of you include a loyalty discount - thanks again.

Not quite sure what PG's trying to say, but their marketing image has quite nice colours.

26 minutes ago, bitflipper said:

Holy crap, antler. Where did that come from? It's a joke, right?

Nope - or at least if it is I've fallen for it. It's Pitch Innovations' privacy policy

https://www.pitchinnovations.com/privacy-policy/

You can get to it by going to their site, clicking on the three-lines menu in the top right, and clicking Privacy Policy near the bottom of the flyout panel.

I'm sure this is just part of a boilerplate privacy policy, but I'm not quite sure how providing medical records and history, sexual orientation, and biometric information will offer a more user-friendly experience.

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USER INFORMATION

To avail certain services on our Websites, users are required to provide certain information for the registration process namely: – a) your name, b) email address, c) *****, d) age, e) PIN code, f) credit card or debit card details g) medical records and history h) sexual orientation, i) biometric information, j) password etc., and / or your occupation, interests, and the like. The Information as supplied by the users enables us to improve our sites and provide you the most user-friendly experience.

All required information is service dependent and we may use the above said user information to, maintain, protect, and improve its services (including advertising services) and for developing new services

Such information will not be considered as sensitive if it is freely available and accessible in the public domain or is furnished under the Right to Information Act, 2005 or any other law for the time being in force.

Wow - they look amazing!

Hey Reid, can you give us any clues about your new mystery project? Don't worry if you don't want to/can't though. In any case, Good Luck!

Has anyone tried HitFilm for their videos?

Full Kontakt only

https://soundiron.com/collections/best-sellers/products/desk-bell

The Soundiron sale just gone wasn't that appealing to me (Soundiron make very good libs, btw) as I already had a number of the libraries and the cost of buying the whole bundle (wasn't eligible to upgrade) was a bit too high. On this occasion I have no libraries in this bundle, so this looks quite interesting...

15 minutes ago, jesse g said:

The SDX's are only between 20 -25 GB each roughly

The older ones maybe - Legacy of Rock wants 180 GB for a complete install! 😜

2 minutes ago, jesse g said:

I purchased a 2 TB drive for Komplete

I dare you - buy Superior 3 and a couple of the newer SDXs, and tell me you still have space 😁

Interesting... though I wonder whether this will still get support now that ROLI has ceased trading. It's replacement company (can't remember its name - begins with L) is alive and kicking, though it wasn't clear whether they'd support ROLI products.

10 hours ago, Grem said:

And MODO bass comes with... nothing!!! Not one groove!? WT*? That makes no sense.

IIRC, MODO bass came out first. They probably received feedback that grooves were good, and then decided to add that feature to their newer products instead.

Being modelled, I bought MODO drum thinking that IK would/could easily add new kits and tools (e.g. brushes); think about how many different sounds Modartt can get out of their Pianoteq engine - piano variants, glockenspiels, steel drums, marimbas. I suppose the cymbals in MODO drum (being sampled) present a challenge though.