Magic Russ

SynthMaster CM

It's been a while since I used those, but both are pretty good

Even if you got it free, it isn't a deal if you never use it. You lose time downloading, space storing it, and often end up with another person spamming you. Over the years I have gotten a fair amount of usage out of Triangle II, Synth 1, Crystal, etc. Some of the Cymatics freebies have, if not found my way into projects, have provided the basis for inspiration. Various freebies from Arturia and NI over the years have also proved useful. Some other freebies such as OGrady's Wurli have seen action as well. On the other hand I have six years worth of Heavyocity holiday freebie packs I haven't used. Similar with the Ghosthack samples I have downloaded during their advent calendars. I don't think I have used any of those freebies from Acustica either. This is not to say these aren't quality products, I just haven't found use for them yet. So what are the freebies that have been worth it and which haven't?

That controller probably helps a ton with getting realistic bends and vibrato. The keyboard player has more of a "guitar player face" than the guitar player.

Live (2001) actually came before P5 (2003) or Kinetic (2004)

As someone who used to use Project 5 a lot, Bitwig had a similar look and feel when it came to workflow. I've tried Ableton a few times but could never really get on with it. That may sound surprising considering that BW developers came from Ableton, but Bitwig has for me been a bit more intuitive than some of the other things I have tried. Of course they do have a few weird things, like Tap Tempo being only accessed through a weird shortcut, but overall a good mix of simplicity and power. Apparently Bitwig also imports FL and Live projects now. Another thing you may want to look at is Mixcraft. It's a good hybrid of linear and pattern based. I considered it as well during the Great Panic but there were a few things which annoyed me, most of which I have heard have been fixed.

Turns out the problem was an old version of their download manager.

During the Dark Times, I looked at a lot of other DAWs. There were a lot of things I liked about Studio One, but it didn't click. I also picked up Bitwig as a replacement for P5 and I use that from time to time. However, CWBL has stayed my primary.

Apparently everyone wants the creamy vintage mojo because I can't connect to their server.

I'm guessing 3 LO-FI FX YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE ... the other 2 would be vinyl and bit reduction.

Took about 15 minutes after registering to show up in my account. Still waiting on the download.

Me either.

That's definitely "What's Weak This Week"

Are these standard MIDI files or in some proprietary format like the EZ Keys MIDI?

There are a lot of suprisingly good ones in here and some letdowns. One thing that's a little surprising though is the usefulness of some of the rhythmic sounds near the end of the bank. They are a fun little surprise you probably shouldn't expect from a collection like this.

That's odd, it's the other way around for me. Edit: Apparently I already have Humanized.

Yes, this is the Gem Mod Dimension that they gave out over the summer - Not the full Gem Mod. It sounds pretty good, so good luck to everyone who hasn't gotten it yet.

what does Audiority do that Turbo Delay doesn't?

It really gets hard to justify spending money on delays once you have MTurboDelay.

I have two of them and don't see any further discount. It may not count if you got the other turbo products through bundles.

I contributed a ding sound that happens when I accidentally bump my lamp in the middle of the night and they took that. However, I contributed a few other things that I'm pretty sure nobody else did, and I hear nothing like that.

I'm not a fan of the "Steinberg" folders either, but you could always just make that a symbolic link to your regular VST folder. Would it be possible to have your Avid folder be a symbolic link to the Recycle Bin?

That's interesting because the change log discusses bugs with AU versions for most of these, and also fixing pops when using the phaser in the Replika effects.

This implies that a VST3 version of Guitar Rig 6 is coming soon.

Run Native Access. Adds new Apple and Windows 11 compatibility. Also adds support for newly added and soon to be released VST3 versions of plugins.