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  1. Free upgrade to v2 and three models in one - thanks Overloud!

    (some companies charge you $100 as an introductory price for just one flavour of their dynamics processor, which also lives as a completely separate plugin 😕)

    and thanks too for the review Zo!

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  2. Sounds really good, though is it just me, or are the Best Engine libraries a little twitchy about activation/machine detection? I had a library a while back that I installed but didn't get around to using straight away; tried to open it up a while later on the same machine, and I needed to reactivate.

  3. 41 minutes ago, tom said:

    I'm looking for a comprehensive non-melodic percussion library e.g. shakers,  tambourines, maracas, cowbell, etc.

    For tambourines/shakers, I'd highly recommend Shimmer Shake Strike

    https://insessionaudio.com/products/shimmer-shake-strike/

    The website says their winter sale is over, but the prices still seem relatively low: you might get lucky if you're quick. Because of the way in which shakers are played, one-shots like in most other sample libraries don't sound quite right, but SSS does shakers quite well. If you want cymbals/drums though, you'll have to look elsewhere.

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  4. 2 hours ago, Simeon Amburgey said:

    I have Forzo, Novo, Vento, Ascend and picked up Mosaic Keys during Christmas.

    If you've used any of the 8Dio/CineSamples libraries, do you have any opinions on how they compare against Heavyocity?

  5. My mindset when making a song usually goes:

    Have what seems like a great idea in my head; record a single line melody so that I commit the idea; play it back, think it sounds rubbish, and then get demotivated; slug away at fleshing out the sections; play it back and think 'hey, this actually sounds ok'; continue until I've finished/given up.

    Don't give up; something good will come of it, even if it isn't immediately apparent

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  6. On 1/26/2020 at 1:19 PM, Jesse Screed said:

    Paul, I hope you find the key.

    According to Faith Hill:

    The secret of life is a good cup of coffee
    The secret of life is keep your eye on the ball
    The secret of life is a beautiful woman
    ...
    the secret of life is in Sam's martinis
    The secret of life is in Marilyn's eyes
    The secret of life is in Monday Night Football
    Rolling Stones records and Mom's apple pie
    ...
    The secret of life is there ain't no secret
    And you don't get your money back

    The secret of life is gettin' up early
    The secret of life is stayin' up late
    The secret of life is try not to hurry
    But don't waitDon't wait
    ...
    The secret of life is nothin' at all

  7. This is a really nice piece. It has a very spacy/ethereal atmosphere, with good combination of 'build up' (especially with the pulsing bass) and 'release' sections. My only comment would be that most of the sounds feel like they've had the top end rolled off; some of the more open sections might benefit from having some 'sparkly' sounds/percussions.

    In any case, I do like the synths in this composition - which one/s did you use?

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  8. On 1/24/2020 at 5:50 AM, noynekker said:

    Also, I find it very interesting since you posted to You Tube and Soundcloud . . . that the You Tube mix to my ears just sounds much rounder and warmer.

    I'm assuming you uploaded the same version of your mix to both ?

    Pretty much... I uploaded a copy to Soundcloud; I used the same file as the audio layer for a YouTube video. I assume both services process their files for their output requirements, so my guess would be that the YouTube audio actually went through one more processing pass (i.e. audio mixdown -> audio layer of video encoding -> YouTube processing) than Soundcloud. That said, I think Soundcloud re-encodes everything to 128kbps. The output level of the original file was -14 LUFS; I don't know if either service does any internal audio processing to get the volume level to their targets.

  9. 42 minutes ago, cclarry said:

    Which makes it $24.99 if you have a $25 voucher...sadly those with $50 or $75 vouchers get the shaft

    Ah yes... forgot about the voucher minimum spend 'to combat voucher swapping'

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  10. 5 hours ago, Reid Rosefelt said:

    As a guitar player for decades,  in my opinion, the most authentic sounding ones are made by Orange Tree Samples and Ample Sound.

    I really like the Ample Sound acoustics. For electrics, I think that ISW Shreddage 3 is pretty good too.

    PS. I love AAS's stuff. GS-2 is good, but to my ears it isn't the most realistic sounding guitar. As Reid suggested, the best thing might be to give it a demo.

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