Tezza

So 10 pro to 11 pro should be $100 US but it's telling me $248.00 AUD. at the current exchange rate it should be $128.00 AUD, I don't get it. What they are actually charging me is $193.00 US.

What your describing sounds to me like some sort of compressor problem, are there any compressors in the recording signal chain anywhere (software or hardware)? Does the audio interface have one hiding inside it?

Upgrade from 10 to 11 is $238.00 AUD. Not worth me doing at the moment, 10 is running fine and has all I need. The biggest upgrade I could make to my system at the moment is some great, clean and dry acoustic drum samples to run in Battery so I think my money will be going in that direction.

Yes but the console updates don't cause problems because they know what they are updating. Windows updates especially Windows 10, it's not so clear what they will do to the different hardware/drivers/software that you have on your system, many third party bits in there. Most problems can be fixed of course but it can be an added running around and cost to find out what may be the problem. Not so bad if you have just one computer, but if you then have a few.... Some may not mind the possibility of that happening but I like hassle free gaming away from the computer rather than having yet another high maintenance computer child to look after. I also do not mind thrashing the console but when I was gaming on my music/video computer it didn't feel right to game on it as well. I guess if you are buying a computer just for gaming, it might be different.

Avoid the building, upgrading and windows updating madness, get him a Playstation or X-box. Where is he going to play the games and with whom and what does he already have in terms of screens/computers/TV's. What are his friends using. I run a tower for music and video that is not connected to the internet. When I'm using it, I can only do music/video, cannot be distracted by internet/business or games. Then I have a docked laptop for internet/business and when I use that I cannot be distracted by games, music or video. They share the same monitor and keyboard/mouse through a KVM switch. For games I have a Playstation that is connected to the TV. When I'm using that, I can't be distracted by internet, business or music/video. If the computer is going to be used for other things aside from games like homework, then he probably won't get much homework done and having a monster computer running all the time to surf the internet or to use Microsoft word is a bit overkill. If the functions are separated out, you will know how much time he is spending on what. Also, as Abacab suggests, going outside once in a while can also be good. I've found it pays to separate these things out to avoid distractions. Computers, internet, games and music/video can all be addictive like drugs, easy to get addicted and lost. Consoles are easier to move around and set up as well. He might come into the family room and use the big TV and everyone can play together and then can just take it back to his room and plug it back into his monitor/TV.

If the source has a horrid frequency attached to it, I like to notch that out on the way in. Doing that acts a bit like a compressor anyway. For example, with my vocals and mic setup there is a predominant and ugly frequency at around 2.6k. If I record that straight in then I can hear the annoying frequency but it also causes spikes in the waveform and makes the recorded performance more jagged in terms of volume which can prematurely trigger an overload when mixing. If I notch out that frequency a bit on the way in, the vocals sound much smoother and the waveform has less severe transients and also looks smoother. I do the same with the guitars. I don't compress on the way in unless it's part of the tone of the guitar ie a pedal. I do the same with mixing, like they say with eq, cut before the compression and boost after, unless your tone shaping ie the eq and compression is intended to deliberately color the sound. I think your working against yourself if you have a loud unwanted frequency and you run that to a compressor without notching it out first, you will need less compression if you notch it out.

I've always had problems with the high G pole, so I go for the so called "modern stagger", which lowers that. The high E and B are about the same, (slightly lower B), the G is lower than the D and the low E and A poles are about the same, (about the same as the lowered G). On your pickups, they look more like the "vintage stagger". These have a the higher G, and a more recessed B. In the end it's about the sound, if you don't mind the sound then there is no problem, if you don't like the sound then there is a problem, regardless of what the poles look like. While it is physically possible to lower or raise the poles, it carries a risk that you might ruin the pickup. If you don't like the sound then you might look at getting some different pickups with the modern stagger, those being Seymour Duncan will probably have good resale value. I thought this guy explains the situation quite well:

I'm not really a microwave person, the only thing the microwave gets used for is to reheat coffee, tea and milo that has gone cold because I didn't drink it in time.

Good point! I have a similar situation as I am sure many do but we can learn from the cooking example, your music needs to be both "cooked" and "served". you have to pick one of the "recipes" that you have and bring it to fruition one at a time, then you will both cook and serve more songs. More of your recipes need to make it on to the plate. Otherwise you risk overwhelming listeners with half baked songs.

Yes, if I do eat chicken or fish, I normally boil it in one of those steamers, bottom pan has chicken or fish in it with boiling water and then the one on top that acts as a steamer has whatever vegetables in it. You can put 1cm triangular cut potatoes in it together with a few 1cm thick slices of sweet potato and a couple of peeled small size carrots, let that steam for about 5 mins then add broccoli, zucchini, cauliflower or cabbage/beans and half a tomato, let that steam for another 5 - 10 minutes while you do the gravy in another saucepan and then serve. "Roast" dinner in 15 minutes, with the saucepans washed in that time as well, then some balsamic vinegar on the greens and some mayonnaise for the carrots....anything can be cooked in the steamer in 15 minutes. The key is size and hardness, cut chicken or fish into 1cm slices so it cooks faster and the harder vegetables go in first, softer don't need as much. Gravy takes 5 minutes with the powder dissolved in cold water first then added to the water in the pan (that you got from the bottom steamer) then dilute a couple of teaspoons of cornflour in tiny amount of cold water and slowly add that till you get thick gravy. Whole thing takes 15 minutes, can also put eggs in bottom or the vegie patties in. If I'm making rice dish, I boil that in a pan and use the wok for the vegies and sauce, again, 15 minutes. I only cook for 15 minutes at the most to make 1 or 2 meals.

With jingles, commercial, video accompaniment and EDM it's a bit like that for me, but with my old originals, they are like a fine wine that has aged, sometimes for 40 years, and are only now being savored.

Cast iron, stainless steel, anything except dementia causing aluminum or cancer causing non stick frypans. I've had cast iron but man they are heavy, I bet you never got into an argument with your mum while she was cooking in the kitchen.

I don't know but in bands, the term "cooking" is sometimes used when the band is gelling together well and pumping out a great sound ie "we are really cooking now".

Yes thanks, Antler also told me about this. In version 4 can you continuously cycle a looped midi part smoothly while cutting/moving/pasting notes?

Yes, thanks, switching the chase long notes on fixes that problem, there is a setting in S1 ver 3. However, the timeline doesn't play back smoothly when I am looping a midi part and cutting/moving notes around while it cycles. Keeps stuttering. I don't think there is a setting for that. Maybe the new version is smoother, don't know.

Just hit the record button. If you don't hit the record button at least 80 times in one sitting then your not doing it right.

There are definitely similarities between cooking a meal and writing a song on a DAW, probably too many to list.

Non stick frypans, I hate them and they are completely unnecessary but if you go to a shop to buy a frypan, they are all coated with these cancer causing chemicals. I won't use them, just use uncoated skillets and woks which I have to get from special shops. I worked in a Chinese restaurant from about 14 to 18 and that influenced the way I cook. I've always enjoyed cooking whether by myself or for others. With woks, it's about knowing how to treat the wok and with non-coated pans it's about olive oil and heat control. If you use the heat correctly, you won't get sticking.

If you've got laminate and vinyl on the living room floor, how did you put an underlay underneath that? I would be carpeting the living room and putting a decent soft underlay underneath the carpet. When you carpet the room, you have to nail in the wooden risers all around the skirting board which will take it up about a centimeter or so, then you place the underlay in between the wooden risers and then place the carpet on top of that so you end up with about 2 centimeters of sound proofing but even if sound does get through, the carpet deadens whatever sound is in the room. Vinyl or laminate flooring is going to magnify whatever sound does get into the room from any source. A rug might help but it won't be as effective as professionally laid carpet. I cannot see how placing hard underlays or lead underlays under vinyl or laminate is going to do anything to stop the sound getting through and even worse, the high frequencies ricocheting around the room once they get in, which magnifies it. Just wait till the baby starts screaming and the domestic violence starts, hopefully, being an apartment, you won't have to put up with the barking dog to add to the chorus. Oh, the joy of apartment living. Seriously though, they can be very different. I lived in high rise apartments for a while and they were dead silent, couldn't hear a thing above, below or sideways (they were also fully carpeted) but then also a unit block that was terrible (also had hard flooring). You might need to consult a sound proofing expert to get their opinion before spending huge dollars on something that to me anyway, sounds as if it will do nothing. I can't see how more hard layers is going to change anything.

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That's what turned me off their stuff, the push selling and annoying crippleware. Together with the interface. I'm happy with S-Gear, Kuassa and even Guitar Rig at times, they all have a place on my DAW. Real looking amps with knobs that turn like real amps without all the bells and whistles and no nag screens. Nag screens are from the 80's, someone needs to tell IK that.

So much for the "enhancements"!

Don't know much about this, maybe someone else does? Going out for $79.00 instead of $199.00, could be a good deal. https://drumforge.com/products/drumforge-classic