Last Call

1 hour ago, Brian Walton said:

Did you grab the Plugin Alliance Focusrite console for free when they had the soundwide intro bundle?

Yes, love, thanks, but for some reason my soul wants an SSL or something, like the AMEK.
Then there's Analog Obsession's own console plugin.

As everyone, I love having lots of plugins, lol.
 

Is this the end of freebies?

I was hoping they gave away eventually the SSL console, or any console 😇

4 hours ago, Jacques Boileau said:

It always did and still does.

Whoa. That's great to hear.

Looks great I think, does it support 3rd party plugins? Vst3?

On 3/14/2023 at 10:36 AM, ALC said:

This is similar to TONEX, except the captures are amp only—you’ll need to load an IR (but it’s integrated in the plugin).  It compares very favorably in terms of accuracy in YouTube comparisons.

Currently, only 48 kHz sampling rate is supported.

Such a great free option.

Too bad, I only work with 96Khz and above... (not really, just 96Khz)

Wow, lol.

A new ilok serial so I can use it on more locations? Nice. 🤗

Thanks for saying Win only. Respect.

8 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

I use AD2 a lot. But I don't love most of the toms in AD2 kits -- it reminds me of sound pros I've worked with that want the toms to have zero ring and basically have you tape them up. I greatly prefer the sound of Toontrack kits -- they sound more like the way I've historically tuned my drums, with a lot fuller sound. That said, AD2 often sits really well in a mix and I've had a bunch of compliments on drums sounded good using AD2. Although I never see anyone mention it as a favorite, I think the kits in NI's Studio Drums sound really good. If anyone here owns KOMPLETE and hasn't tried these out, they're worth a second listen.  

I don't know what drugs I was on, but I tested it today again, and loved ADDICTIVE DRUMS (sometimes I am a mo r on 🤧😞
Made a raw kit, no effects, played with the OH and Room Sends of the Toms (they were too much, specially on the Room Channel),
and realized there is a KEY for every tom that hits the side or the rim or whatever and that was what was driving me CRAZY!
(I am using a previously own made Tom riff, where the kits used didn't have this feature).
Finding where to change the Midi mapping to GM was irritating, although found it quite fast.
I've got like 6 kits or so, and tested so far 3 brands of toms, fave so far are the DW Collectors. Wacco ones are pretty nice too.Gretsch (blue) the least fave but
modding them with the Volumen envelope so they don't have too much attack was such a great solution.
My fave so far are the DW Collector's Series (I own a real DW Collector's Snare and Performance 24" Kick).

I find now that AD has weight (body) on their percussion pieces (Snare, Kick, etc).
Cymbals are kind of hit and miss so far, or maybe for what I want them in my head they suck, but don't suck per se.
Fave Hihats are Zildjian A Custom, the other cymbals are Zildjian (weird, I used to have a K set but didn't like them, switched all to Meinl).,
but here they sound very very good I think.

The most surprising thing to me was that Addictive Drums has aged gracefully, or not aged at all, meaning they still sound great these days.
And that it has this 3D thing that not even SD3 has (even when I like SD3 a lot, but it's like they are more like left and right) as if not only there is left and right but there is a lot of depth in it, maybe it's the room channel, or OH and Room combined, idk.

(I am crazy and I might change my opinion in the next 3 minutes, haha)

Idk, I hate the snare in You Could be Mine (GnRoses, love the song but I don't listen to it because of it), but love the snare in Some Kind of Monster, Frantic, All Within My hands (Saint Anger, Metallica, love those songs).

One was recorded in  10000000000 bucks studio, the other is a sample replacement, lol.

With my DAC and headphones, lots of stuff is clear to me: bad sound vs great sound. (Thank god I ditched output wise all these audio interfaces).

2 hours ago, Fleer said:

Well, there’s a guy over at VI Control who did a blind test with four or five strings libs and the Aria strings came out best. Go figure. 

I want to see that, lol.

This Choir though is complete g......ge

4 hours ago, abacab said:

Those are things that can be fixed in the mix.

How do you fix a snare with no weight (body) ? I sometimes give it a try with an eq and compressor or limiter, but it just sounds worse.

Shit, looks amazing, I got 25% discount over the discount, lol, very very awesome looking.

3 hours ago, locrian said:

Does offline give you a serial? If not, it is still online in a way, isn't it? (Haven't found one in my account)

Genuinely asking. Haven't installed yet.

1 hour ago, abacab said:

Bottom line is that nobody listening to your music will know what drums you used in a mix. It all comes down to whatever is easiest for your workflow.

If it sounds good, it is good!

I would usually agree with this kind of comment , and still, in a way you're right, but quality still projects in a mix:

In my example GGD is full of fizzy harshness, usually on the high end,  in the cymbals, drums have no weight, even when their samples are super compressed or limited.

Mixwave is not that bad, maybe in some genres you could get away with it (they just released a Benny Greb kit but judging by the past I am not gonna bother)

Analog Drums don't deserve a comment nor NDK (2006 library).

Addictive Drums have no weight either, I mean the snares. Toms sound like I am hitting my desk with anything. Cymbals are just ***** compared to SD3. Maybe some kick drum is salvageable.

And in SD3 SOME toms in the direct mikes sound so weak... not even a limiter saves them. Still SD wins for me.

Haven't tested more because it's tiresome, lol

(Forgot some Legacy Drums that are absolute garbage, Wavesfactory or something )

On 3/10/2023 at 10:44 AM, jngnz said:

Do yourselves a favour and never try BFD or SD because going back to AD2 or Modo Drum is like going back to toys and nothing will ever be the same.

Edited out, sorry, I was on drugs (not really).

Needs online activation.

Has the PA THD thing or am I misunderstanding?

It doesn't sport a new interface?

Why skip Mark VI?

Meh meh meh... lol

I expected M1 support finaly for my bought plugins....

ARM compatibility?

Quad Cortex Mk II?

38 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

Not resizable though....?

Nope, but I feel it has a very decent size. 

And very sharp text.

Success!

ARM compatible! Who would've known!!!

BEST plugin company ever!!! 

2 hours ago, Zo said:

Like ya said same old scheme just modern tools  .... the world is moving forward , sad thing is that we're not in the good side , we will have to fight for our right and fior a better world , in any form , we , as artist have a great power , we need to use it wisely and use our "voices " to good use imho ....

I 110% agree.

Glad we started this small convo.

32 minutes ago, Zo said:

..i know americans are not their gov , same as isrealis , french ect ... 

This double  standard and hypocrisy .... the whole world exept the west knows and sees it

I am glad, very glad you know this stuff, and I hope lots of people know it or start to get it (as in understanding it).

On my end I am tired of this bullshit, and I think it's a never ending story...