Marc Cormier

He's just a mile or so down the road from me...but if the guitar isn't wailing, I'll have no way of finding him...

Plugin vendors: the end is nigh.

Welcome back, Larry! Plugin vendors: it's gonna be OK.

The bank buttons stopped functioning a long time ago, so yes!

I've been using my K1 as a MIDI controller from the day I bought an Atar1 1040STE and started down this road. Its right in front of me but I haven't heard its actual sounds in 20 years. Looks like I'll be able to hear it again!!!

Yep - that Portal deal was awesome. I love that plugin like I actually paid full price.

Totally agree, Piotr. I stopped buying rigs months ago - it gets expensive after a while, and some just don't sound that good.

I have Guitar Rig but haven't used it much so I can't really tell how different the CPU typically is but a project I have open at this moment shows 4 instances of TH-U and none of them move beyond 2% CPU hit for the duration of the song. i7 4790, 32 Gb RAM, Studio One 4.6. I haven't found many amp sims that do Fender better than Amplitube!

THU is my main amp sim. I have Neural Plini, Amplitube, S-gear, etc., etc., but it is BY FAR the lowest CPU impact plugin of any own. By a mile.

Plini has some of the most gorgeous clean tones I've ever heard, especially with the reverb and delay plugins that are included.

Here's pullin' for you, sir. The circle of life is both awesome and unforgiving. Control or influence what you can, and observe the rest at a distance with humility and grace. Glad to have you here for however long you want to rejoin the banter or...just be around. That's what I like to think of as the "therapeutic" part of the forum.

Thanks, Kevin. I have a deal on Metal Room pending in KVR for $40; if the update is $29 I'd save a bit of coin and pick up the Marshall cabs, too. CPU is a real problem, though.

All the best to you. I've learned a few things from your posts - everything except which amp sims you DO like but in retrospect, I really appreciate that, actually. Because you're right - its so subjective. And it really isn't that important given the circumstances. So safe travels when they come, and strength when you need it most. I hope we see you back here someday.

Anyone find an upgrade price from Metal Room or other legacy Amp Room product? I don't have an account but might pursue the upgrade path if I find one of those cheap.

Hey, Zo. So I can drag MIDI from a windows explorer window into the bottom of the Song Track timeline in EZB. Midi imported via the Open File option in EZ Bass doesn't work in 1.3 but it did in 1.0. I'm in Studio One 4.6, Windows 10. No drag and drop working from within EZB.

Yes! That's the frustrating part, Zo. They fixed one bug and introduced another.

Sorry, misspoke: this morning I could import both MIDI and audio but the audio only worked if I select the file through the "Select Audio" drop-down. Just updated to the most recent version and still no drag-and-drop AND I can't even select a MIDI file from a project to import into EZBass let along drag it into the UI.

I got a crash in one Studio One project whereI was trying to edit MIDI and it killed the session. Notified Support. I haven't been able to repeat it in other projects.

Yup. I've done both in Studio One 4.6 with really good results. MIDI editing is a royal P-I-T-A until they fix the sensitivity of the notes. Nearly impossible to lengthen or shorten individual notes without a ton of trial and error. How does something like that slip through QA??? Zo, I'm getting a pretty nice tone just using Ignite Amps SHB-1 with the EZBass picked DI patch. Even better with other sims.

I've been putting phantom "meetings" in my calendar all day so I can poke around in the UI and the presets. I agree that MODO beats it on sound but if you take the DI preset and feed it through a decent sim, it definitely breathes life into the sound. To my ears, the biggest advantage MODO has is it's use of synthesis to create a ton of variation of transients and pick attack. I like to track with a live bass but for sketching, this is a GREAT tool. Just having editable MIDI of your own bass track for an entire song that you can then create sectioned MIDI clips for is super cool. I've already created a ton of MIDI files. I also like having a starting point for a bass line either using their stock MIDI files or through importing guitar DIs to at least get chordal changes represented in MIDI. Nailing your bass track before importing it definitely helps cut down on editing once its rendered on the MIDI grid editor. So much more to explore but definitely one of the better purchases this year. Well worth the money, especially if you can get it for $135 at Best Service.

I'm just suffering from Rig burnout. I haven't bought any more since the first time they release 4 over the course of a couple of weeks. It's probably how I was able to buy EZBass at 4:00 AM this morning.

The discount code works on the Producer Pack which is marked down from $149.95 to $99.95. Using the code at checkout, it reduces it further to $60.00.

That's the only bummer about not going direct. I'm going back to bed.

$135.63 at Best Service...waiting for the download links...

Holy crap this thing is deep. CET officially stands for Cash Escaping Today. Bapu...it's an Alembic!!!