Lizzie Foster

3 hours ago, Reid Rosefelt said:

I'll still come here 400 times a day.   🐸  

 

Yeah, me too.....

30 minutes ago, Fleer said:

“Residents of the city were encouraged to drive as slowly as possible”

in Italy

sure

Hey, this was a big thing for them.  

I actually heard something about this when they initially started. It was kind of a cool thing to get these old violins and celli recorded.  

3 minutes ago, paulo said:

Did you say $759?????

It was.....

.....ten years ago.

Good libraries if you don't already have them all.  They used to come with ProTools, though only the AAX version.  I actually find both Xpand and Vacuum useful. 

How many growling car sounds do you need????

I have a few programs, including PhotoShop Elements.  But I usually end up back with Microsoft Digital Image Suite (2006).  It still works on Windows 10 and is easy to use, for the most part.  That said, I would love to have PhotoShop, but buy the time I could talk myself into buying it (hobbyist, not pro) it went subscription.  No, just no.  If I were a business? Sure.  It is deductible.  It is probably worth it.   Corel was on my list to try, so I ordered this.  Hopefully the suggestions above will work to remove the pop-ups and it will be useful.  If not, back to Digital Image Suite......

21 minutes ago, cclarry said:

I can carry it's Name...LOL!  That's my last name...Shelby!

That works too! 

2 hours ago, Reid Rosefelt said:

When I think of all the "free" stuff I've downloaded over the years, I know that some of these libraries were a lot of gigabytes.  So I wonder if I had to buy an SSD just to house them.  And they were a lot more expensive in those days.  "Free" is only $100 a TB nowadays. 😃

And why I have the majority of my stuff still on spinning drives.  Only the "good" libraries that I use and really need SSD to run make it to the SSD drives.   Though it is getting harder to find 7200 RPM drives over 2 TB.  Though every time I see a really good sale on an SSD, I try to pick one up.

I do get what you are saying.  I was a lot more picky when I had money problems.  I don't think you should be going crazy buying when you have to decide between a library and eating.  Or paying your electric bill.  Contributing to an IRA or 401K is also important.  But if it is between a library and taking peanut butter sandwiches to work instead of eating lunch out?  Or hitting Starbucks twice a day for a $4 latte?  That's okay.  You choose your priorities.  But Reid is right.  Buying a lot but never using them doesn't really make sense.  I usually have a monthly experiment going.  I try to use libraries I don't normally use.  Most of my experiments never get finished because the libraries don't quite mesh or I am still learning how to write music.  But I do have fun and learn things.  And? If you really have GAS? There are a lot of free, but good, libraries out there. 

But? If you have the money and it sounds good?  Go for it!  8Dio does do good choir libraries.   But they can be limited, so make sure it is what you want. 

So, though I can't own a Shelby, I can own the sound of it......

Well, darn.  This is really cool.  And, you know, I think I only have about 10 prepared pianos.  

I keep saying I'm not going to buy anything else.  Except maybe a couple more AA effects.  And OT's Tableau strings.  And now this.....

You all are a very bad influence......     😉

13 hours ago, Carlos said:

O-M-G !!! You're so lucky, lol.

I don't know.  I'm a bit of a pack rat, and in the last few years I've had extra disposable income and there have been a lot of sales.  It is kind of crazy the number of really good sales in the last few years.  I think VSTBuzz and APD started a lot of it. 

But it is a crazy mess to keep organized.  Most are not resellable. And I barely use half on a regular basis. 

8 minutes ago, Hidden Symmetry said:

Here's a tip:

When you download a new release keep the backup files in the repository for a few weeks or so. There can be quite a few updates in the first month. ( I refer to AA's new releases as 'working betas' with us customers  finding & reporting bugs)

Since the main files are still in repository only the necessary files needed for the update (usually much smaller size) will be downloaded. If deleted Aquarius downloads the full file & as you know they can be several GB's.

When the update cycle seems to quiet down then either purge them using Aquarius or by hand.

 

I just moved the AA staging file to a different drive.  Now I will probably keep them for a while.  I'm currently updating Pink and it is taking much longer than usual, probably due to my trashing it all. 

1 hour ago, antler said:

If you can't be bothered to reinstall, a symbolic link might work - you move the actual directory, but create a link to it in its place:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mklink

Thanks - great idea!

Thanks for finding this!  Lets me try it out. 

I'm actually okay with the drum kits.  I have a number of them.  They do add new ones on occasion.  I would like more midi packs and maybe more ethnic extras.  

I actually have SD3 and EZDrummer 2 and end up using AD2 more often.  I do have more of their kits though. 

I just realized a bunch of N4 libraries are on sale as well.  Just can't use my coupon with them.  🙁

Still, I might try something like Brass at 35 Euros.  

Thanks.  That is what I thought.  I was trying to find it in the Solutions area, but hadn't found it yet. Might be worth reinstalling if it gets too big.  

41 minutes ago, scook said:

Settings (the gear in the upper right)

Installation tab

Stage Area Path

Can I move the N4 temp repository like this also, or will it mess up the program?  It isn't urgent yet.  It takes up about 34GBs.

Part of my problem is I run both ProTools and Cubase.  So I need AAX and VST.  Each plugin is small, but it adds up after a while. 

4 minutes ago, antler said:

That's what I used to think... then I had to buy a new samples drive shortly after a 'few' libraries

Let me preface this with I know I own too much stuff.  I probably have about 7.5 TB of Kontakt libraries and another 1.5 to 2 TBs of EW and UVI stuff.  Granted, it started getting out of hand when I got into the orchestral libraries....  And there's a lot of free stuff on spinning drives. There may be more, as I'm not really counting all my drives.  Just the ones I regularly use....  

1 minute ago, scook said:

Settings (the gear in the upper right)

Installation tab

Stage Area Path

Great! thanks! 

8 minutes ago, Carlos said:

I sooo want Gold 😁

You must get it then.  

Though it is only 60% off.  Now that I've been spoiled, I usually wait for the 70%, though I will do 65%  🤣

Just now, Carlos said:

1tB!? That's a lot! 😆 30 GB is nothing

Not when you only have 250GB free...... it is my OS drive or I wouldn't care

2 minutes ago, Carlos said:

Very true, but if you update it will do so very quickly if you don't delete said files.

They were taking up about 30GB of my 1TB SSD.  If I could put them somewhere else, it would be okay. 

As a note, after you update this stuff, hit the trash can to delete the download files.  They take up a lot of room. 

Or even UJam.  Though only if you want to do rhythm guitar. 

1 hour ago, Hidden Symmetry said:

SALE EXTENDED ANOTHER 48 HOURS- Until June 26, 2020 (11:59 pm - UTC+2)

Nooooo...  I already have enough.  And they sent me another coupon....