PavlovsCat

I wonder,  how many other Evolution  library owners use presets more than guitar amp sims when using the libraries? I find it's a blast to use with guitar amp sims, but most of the time I  can find a preset that suits my needs and look at it  like I'm saving computer resources by not adding additional VST effects. 

Some products in this business are so  poorly named, and as I'm considering buying a second library in this series,  I  can't help but think all it takes is someone asking, "What do you think of your Ethra? " to see why this name was a bad idea.  

@cclarry, for once. I  was in the right place at the right time and grabbed the library. Do  they release these freebies and promo offers at the same time every morning  (around 9AM CST/10AM ET)? 

Okay, I just went through all the presets for the first time and I absolutely love this library! It's a contender for my second favorite electric guitar library (I'd put the Les Paul Evolution Rock Standard as my absolute favorite and Strawberry or the Archtop as my second favorites). 

I recently came across some of your books from early versions of Cakewalk I had in storage, @Scott R. Garrigus. I think it may be time to move on, recycle and just focus on your writing for the latest version of Cakewalk! Thanks for sharing, I've always enjoyed your writing and am looking forward to the new articles.  

11 minutes ago, Fleer said:

I’d love the OTS treatment on a Taylor 814ce Grand Auditorium 

I love the tone of Taylor guitars. I don't really know the models, but I can totally get behind the idea of a beautiful sampled Taylor guitar. 

What guitar and bass would you most like to see as Orange Tree Samples next library?

I've been begging OTS for a Hofner violin bass for forever!!! I picked up IK's  Modo, which has a very nice modeled Hofner, but it still falls short of the realism of an OTS library, and I always end up replacing it with OTS's Evolution Flatwound Bass's James Jameson patch (McCartney modeled his tone and style after Jameson). Although,  I've always acknowledged that my request for  the bass has been personal, and not the result of any research. Is anyone else with me?

And yes, I'm a huge Beatles fan (big Zeppelin and Radiohead fan too) that loves the sound of their gear (hence  why the guitar they just released reminded me).  The other guitar instrument I'd love as an Evolution library is a Dobro. Anyone else who agrees or has something different they'd love to see in the near future?

I was thinking about Ethra Soul. Does anyone who owns these give some insights on how useful they are for  background vocal ooh and ahh parts and which ones are best suited for that?

All of these small devs I was previously unfamiliar with. Until now, if you had asked me what Klive was, I would have guessed a breakfast cereal or a pop radio station (K-LIVE, playing today's fresh hits!). Larry's knowledge of not just deals, but of so many developers never ceases to amaze me. 

1 hour ago, kitekrazy said:

XO is probably their new flagship.

Yeah, I suspect you're right. 

16 hours ago, cclarry said:

40% off XO
including new XO expansions

Sale ends December 13th

https://www.xlnaudio.com/products

I have a friend who loves XO, but I still haven't bitten yet. So, @cclarry, I suppose it's a positive sign that at least the XLN folks are working on something. While I'm not upset at them for not doing anything to AD2 for so long like you are, I do hope that AD3 is in the works. It would be nice if XLN at least communicated about it with customers. It is strange to see a developer not do any major updates to its flagship product for what seems like a decade. I suppose at some point I'll pick up XO, but I'm mainly a rock musician (a former pro drummer) who primarily uses acoustic drum sample libraries and VSTs, so XO would be something I would use a lot less often that AD2 (or hopefully, AD3 someday soon). 

Early this morning a friend of mine from the UK, also a musician,  but not a member of this group, PMed me about this freebie. I felt like he was trying to move in on Larry's territory and wanted to say --- "Thanks,  but I already have a guy!"  (And yes, I  realize Larry didn't start this thread,  but 9 out of 10 times he is the one who does). 

I missed this freebie two Black Fridays in a row! I'd be interested in what people think of the string library. 

7 hours ago, fitzroy said:

I heard of this theory, I think it was a famous politician, that if you stop looking for viruses, maybe they won't be there? So you could just disable Bitdefender for 5 minutes and whatever it found might actually be gone. Worst case scenario, if your computer does get infected, you could simply inject some disinfectant into the RAM, I hear that might work, too. 

Fortunately though, people realize that your computer virus advice is utter nonsense. don't follow it, and three quarters of a million computers won't be destroyed over it. 

I changed my account info from my last name to my last name's initial. But Bandlab really should do a much better job with privacy. This really should not be okay for any brand. I run a dot com, I've led major brand digital marketing, including websites and e-commerce, and I can tell you that if we exposed sensitive information like that, it would be no small issue. It wouldn't even be with my dot com, which is much smaller than the company that owns Bandlab. If there's a suggestion box somewhere, someone let me know. I'm very happy with Bandlab and Cakewalk overall, but privacy is much more important than the way they are presently treating it. From this point forward, I won't use my full name when dealing with Bandlab after realizing that it has regularly been exposed in the past and that even one of  their forum moderators recommends not doing so. That's an FYI to anyone else who doesn't want their full name exposed on the forum without their consent. 

13 minutes ago, scook said:

Why not use your forum name in the BandLab account?

It's from the field for your actual name,  not your username. Of course,  some people  use fake names when registering software. I use my real name, like most people. 

10 minutes ago, Fleer said:

I don't even see where I could have put my name. There's only a Display (user) Name mention in My Profile.

It's from your Bandlab account.  

3 hours ago, Doug Rintoul said:

Back when Google was in its infancy, I search my name and Google pulled up posts I had made back in 1983 to an obscure news group. Fortunately it was nothing embarrassing. Back then I was the only Doug Rintoul on the net. Now there are dozens of us.

My last name is pretty distinctive-- a not very common Italian  name. So if people search on it, they easily can find info on me. I just don't want music forum posts popping up as results. Not that it's so incredibly personal, I just prefer to keep my personal life personal. 

20 minutes ago, Peter - IK Multimedia said:

I come because those a-hole company reps don't ruin perfectly good threads. Ah crap, never mind.

Seriously, though, I see "not a deal" and I'm even happier to participate.  Or non-audio deals, general spouting of BS or obscure (or just corny) references, all being welcome.  I enjoy talking about any audio software (or hardware) I use or with which I'm familiar if it adds value to the conversation and still feel like part of the gang even when Larry is mad at me.  Actually, he understands the difference between person and employer as is the general vibe here most times and that's the TL;DR of what I like about it here.

Also, I don't recall it happening to me but this is probably the only forum where I would be fine with my real name popping up due to some rando forum bug.  Can't say that it wouldn't worry me elsewhere...  I'm sure some of you (definitely @PavlovsCat) know it already anyway.

Ah, the other Peter with an Italian  last name everyone mispronounces. I really just don't want my posts showing up in Google search if a client  is googling  my name. But I suppose since I  really don't post anything  controversial, it's not a huge thing. It's just not reassuring with regards to Bandlab's privacy practices. 

7 minutes ago, Grem said:

Pavlov, meet your first mod!! : )

Also, I'm not Pavlov, I'm his cat. That's the joke. Pavlov's dog could be trained but I  doubt he could do the same with a cat. 

4 minutes ago, Doug Rintoul said:

Meet the new mod, same as the old mod.

That's  good on two levels. 

3 minutes ago, Grem said:

Pavlov, meet your first mod!! : )

Hahaha! Unlike KVR I've never bothered a mod here! The only thing I wish could change would be showing my real name every few weeks. 

Just now, abacab said:

There's rules? ?

Seriously,  does  anyone administrate  this forum? Every once in a while I  see one of Larry's threads marked  delete and I assume that someone eventually deletes them,  but it seems pretty quiet for a forum. Also,  if there is someone  I'd  love it if they  could  fix the glitch that results in some of our real names being  displayed from time to time. I know I'm not the only one it happens to because I've seem Larry mention that it happens to him too. 

1 minute ago, Doug Rintoul said:

I like how you can say "Not Deal" when posting in the Deals forum and that makes it okay,

I think most of  us regulars  are prone to tangents. Hopefully we can all agree that friendly tangents showing gratitude are  cool with all of us even though they're clearly not in sync with the forum rules. 

2 hours ago, Doug Rintoul said:

Before finding this group, I was a KVR junkie. But it was so toxic at times, I just did not have the nerve to post much there. Here at least, when you upset someone, there is still the possibility of coming out the other end with your sanity intact and relationships restored. Not to say there haven't been the good popcorn moments here and there.

The only solution I can see to controlling my GAS is to get my wife to join this group. There is absolutely no way I am going to suggest that to her.

I was a KVR regular in the early days. I actually made some real life friends I visited on three continents  that I met at KVR. But I got sick of the regular trolling and mean-spirited  folks that were becoming  more frequent there and these days I'm mainly here and stop at VI Control (which has some regulars that  can be clickish,  arrogant  and toxic at times) once in a while. Social media has already become so toxic from people who hold extremist positions but have no understanding of political ideology  or policy, this forum is my break from that (I'm stuck dealing with mainstream social media  as  dot com, business owner; hence why I'm vocal when folks start injecting politics into this forum -- that can only diminish what makes this forum so pleasant).