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  1. 8 hours ago, Reid Rosefelt said:

    I ... know from being on VI:Control that a lot of people think my music is crap, and that's fine.

    On the contrary Reid. I’ve found many people on VI:Control hold you in some reverence and are often very complimentary. It’s a top forum and has some of the biggest names in music as members (though they don’t always reveal who they are). Unfortunately there are some others that are unable to articulate politely nor sensitively.

    Personally I always look forward to your posts, videos and to hearing your music. Your appreciation of melody matches mine - and hopefully many others. I  like Ujam too although I find their interfaces unconventional and hard to operate, particularly  in real time. 

    I also share your enthusiasm for BIAB (and Henry Clarke’s, unfortunately he only appears to post on PG Music forums).

    Finally I think you are a true practioner of the old adage “10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration” and should be admired for it.

    ATB

    Ric

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  2. Can’t see an issue with this developer alluding to the names of artists. They emulate the sounds very well plus the playing’s very good. One wonders how they put it all together though.

    Also in a post a few months there was an inaccurate statement that the developer was using commercial vinyl for their vinyl samples. However, their website only admits to ‘vinyl’. No mention of commercial.

    BTW Alan White was the drummer on Imagine, Andy White (no relation) played on on Love Me Do.

     

  3. 16 minutes ago, PavlovsCat said:

    For you guys who know your stuff (regarding mixing), how would you rate this compressor? As someone who's not savvy about mixing and own Izotope's compressor,  I'm just looking for advice from more experienced mixers the kind of situations where I should give this a try. 

    Dancetech on YouTube provides an in-depth review plus explanations re Comprexxor https://youtu.be/oxQwPI8cil8

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  4. From the M-audio sign up form:

    1. First and foremost, do you own an M-Audio Oxygen Pro controller?

    Please note, if you do not own or have access to an M-Audio Oxygen Pro controller, you cannot take part in this beta programme.

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  5. There’s a whole thread on this at Gearspace: AnyDayLong

    The drums are good-sounding and are very similar to the styles/eras they represent. I like the Stones one but do not feel entirely comfortable buying. Even at these ultra affordable prices.

    Are there known copyright or other issues, is there proof the samples are being pinched from elsewhere?

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  6. 7 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

     I would LOVE a library that has male background vocals of oohs, ahhs, do-do-do-dos, etc. and a gospel or a Motown background vocals library with something similar. 

    You probably know this already but scroll down to Voices in this ST4 Max list. They have limited manipulation and no phrases or complex adjustments like East West's Hollywood Backup Singers but they do the job IMO.

  7. 3 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

    Just curious, and completely unrelated to your conversation with Philip, as you are a very experienced engineer from the industry, do you use Cakewalk mainly to record your own music or to record others? 

    Just a short thought with regard to Philip's post, as you said you left the music business prior to the Internet (I'm sure you meant web launching, which occurred around 1994),  it is entirely possible that the practices Philip mentioned, as they allegedly occurred during the web era, with a completely different generation of record company employees in place. I have heard of some of the things Philip mentioned, but I never worked in the record industry and have no inside knowledge. 

    I’m a Mac user and work, generally, in Logic Pro X. I say generally because I like Reason for the rack and other technological simulations. However, its complexities and sequencer graphics are off-putting, although from Reason 11 onwards the rack plug-in can be used in other DAWs.

    I didn’t actually leave the business pre-web. My biog is titled 1969-1979 because it encompasses a decade+ and I ceased working for a company in ‘79. I went on to do other things on a freelance basis and they’ll be detailed in the 2nd volume’s lengthy postscript.

    As regards distasteful aspects of the industry: much of this is idiocy and incompetence; sometimes just plain ignorance and naivety. But one cannot ignore that there was nastiness practiced by a few unpleasant people and unfairness perpetually dished out by record labels and music publishers.

    Some useful informative insights to ‘the business’ can be found by subscribing online (for free) to:

    The Lefsetz Letter and Music Business Worldwide

    ATB

    Ric

  8. 3 hours ago, Philip G Hunt said:

    However, are you seriously telling me you never saw any underhanded tactics?

    I can tell you some direct accounts of underhanded tactics if you'd like. Especially when it came to demo deals.

    You’re not obliged to tell of things you know of although they may well be interesting.

    The 2nd part of my biog (to be published in November) will talk about negative occurrences I witnessed or experienced in the business.  But, no I didn’t personally see any underhand tactics, there is plenty of that sort of thing revealed in artist biographies or autobiographies.

  9. On 3/10/2022 at 10:24 PM, Philip G Hunt said:

    I know there are ways to pay for listens (just like the old trick the record labels used to get their artist into the charts). 

    21 hours ago, Philip G Hunt said:

    Back in pre+internet days, big name artists would be in the top ten, not because of sales but, because of pre-orders made by the label itself.  This was an old trick to get the song onto radio and hopefully recoup losses once the public became aware of the song. 

     

    I was in the UK industry - records and music publishing - in pre-internet days and worked with some of the biggest artists in the world. I never witnessed any of the type of unscrupulous activity described regarding big name artists. Record labels in those days couldn’t pre-order their own product nor could they buy radio play. No offence but it’s this type of misinformation that breeds inaccuracies all around the ‘net  and in the media.

    The only real radio influence  in Britain was BBC Radio One and where it was very hard to get plays. Sure there were more than a few commercial stations and BBC local radio but they didn’t create sales. You had to be on Radio One and even then on the ‘A List’. Being on the B or C list was nice but didn’t ensure plays.

    It was different in the States whereby all sorts of tricks were tried including the provision of entertainment for record dealers and radio personnel, plus the placing of reports in trade papers Billboard, Cashbox, and Record World advising that such and such an album had ‘shipped gold (or even platinum)’. Well, it may have shipped gold/platinum but not sold those numbers. The returns quite often would have totalled as many as were shipped out ... but they would have received  a few radio plays.

  10. 15 hours ago, Reid Rosefelt said:

    Now  I am pursuing music which was the thing I always loved and kept for myself. 

    Good. Then we can hear some more material like that “Abingdon Square” song (which is on the way to completion, yes?).

    re the movie recollections: you have a great memory and background Reid. Revelations such as yours puts things on record properly, from one who knows and was there. So much misinformation gets put out by people who weren’t there, don’t know, are guessing or just making it up.

    Keep going!

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  11. 4 hours ago, paulo said:

    Some days I regret not getting AL4 upgrade when it was available at similar price.

    Same here.

    4 hours ago, paulo said:

    AL5 seemed like a downgrade of AL4 to me. Not sure that the new UI improved anything and they considerably reduced the soundset.

    Agree 100%.

  12. Merry Christmas to all! My gift to you is the Kindle edition of Part 1 of my biography.

    These recollections of my time as a UK recording engineer look back on an era where capture of a performance and a good sound were paramount. They could only be achieved using ‘ears’ and ingenuity supported by minimal technology, unassisted by computers, sequencers or plug-ins, none of which existed in studios at the time.

    Download it for free on Amazon  24th, 25th and 26th December 2021. Start and end dates are midnight Pacific Time.

    Amazon UK

    Amazon Germany

    Amazon.com

    Amazon Canada

    Amazon Australia

    Amazon Japan

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