Starship Krupa

Whether they fall short is a matter of opinion. I don't agree that they "often" make things sound worse. As with any effect you put on a track, it's up to your ears whether they make the audio sound "better" or "worse." Most of them are pretty subtle, like the console emulation in Cakewalk's ProChannel. Since a well-designed physical analog channel strip shouldn't add much color to whatever audio is sent through it, the same goes for an emulation. The design goal of a channel strip is usually to color the sound as little as possible. Accurately emulating a piece of hardware that is designed to have as little effect on the audio as possible seems like it wouldn't be that big a job.

What are you recording? Music, voice over, etc.? How many tracks?

It's my favorite clip of theirs because it shows them on the threshold, so to speak. They've just made the major shift in direction from trying to be a white blues band to experimenting with the prog direction? "Peak Hour" is sort of a Who-ish track, but "Nights" and "Tuesday" point to where they're headed. Here's another of my favorite Moody Blues tracks. "Lovely to See You" is their most "what if the Men of Gondor had a rock band?" song, IMO. And a beautiful, open hearted lyric. When I started writing lyrics myself it helped show me that writing emotionally honest and vulnerable lyrics, especially positive ones, is really hard to do. In the little sketch at the beginning, it's Mike Pinder who comes in with the "there you go, man, keep as cool as you can" bit. Here's another favorite clip where they're miming for a TV show. Still showing the beat influence, but now has the 4-voice male choir lead vocal, and is a showcase for Justin Hayward to rip an Indian-flavored guitar solo. I love their clothes and hair and the way they move.

You mean video products? Surely Samplitude, Sequoia, Music Maker and Sound Forge would have their futures secured.

AIEEEEEEEEEEE! Justin is one of my few musical heroes I'd be interested in meeting. Oy, that Graeme grudge. I guess he really felt like Mike pulled the rug out. So you must have lived in Santa Barbara? I lived there from 1981-1983. My hippie period. Worked on an organic farm, took LSD, got WAY into The Moody Blues (Long Distance Voyager was just out).

It's kinda turning into a romano clef.

Fears, realized. Why would I want a license that expires after a year? There goes my update-by-Humble Bundle routine....

The thing that confuses me is that since Windows 10 is malware, and Windows 11 is even worse malware, why wouldn't Microsoft want the worse/better malware on the greater number of systems? Or do you suppose that they make more money off of kickbacks from the hardware manufacturers than they do from the improved data gathering? Data mining vs. kickbacks. I'd hate to be the one who had to make that decision over at Microsoft!

That's already my plan. Anyone who wants to freak out and wring their hands before then, go right on ahead without me.

Here's a clip I find interesting, must have been just after Days of Future Passed came out, they seem to be on a European TV show, and from what Pinder is saying to them, the audience must have been rude to them before the tape started rolling. When he asks them how many people can make their dickie-birds go 'round, for the non-Brits, "dickie-bird" is a slang term for....well, say it without the "ie bird" part. Kinda clashes with their mellow hippie image. Anyway, they do pretty well with "Peak Hour," Tuesday Afternoon," and "Nights in White Satin" from the new-at-the-time album. When John Lodge was still able to hit those wailing high notes.

Sounds like one of those times when you know you're doing something right if you're p'ing off certain people.

He's magnetic ink. Huge fan here, both of The Moody Blues and of Mr. Pinder's contribution to same.

I don't need to travel to their world, they seem to be determined to endlessly try to bring it to mine. The point that most don't seem to get is that in order for a switch to make sense, the target OS would have to work better than Windows 10. It's not like Windows 10 is going to stop working. As far as malware paranoia, there's too much 3rd-party malware protection software to even list.

Isn't Matrix a clip launcher? It seems like the biggest missing feature from Matrix is the ability to record directly into a Matrix clip slot.

Hey, staying an absolute lurker for 4 years and breaking your silence to say thanks is a nice step.