Brian Walton

Yeah different theme. The one I posted is a standard one. I usually use my own custom theme but didn't want to confuse matters with a screen shot of that.

Does clicking this button work? With the result of mono:

Had it for a year+ but haven't taken the time to figure it out. So money wasted so far but heard good things about it. Think it needs a resizable interface last I checked.

It will collapse a stereo image but something like Boz Mongoose will let you collapse the stereo image at any frequency cut off to be mono - thus pushing the "pan" to center. instead you might want to test this and see if it does what you want: https://www.meldaproduction.com/MAutoStereoFix No computer can judge the stereo field better than your ears. With MAutoStereoFix you can easily put on your best headphones and listen to individual channels, swap left and right, check the mid... and create a perfect centered stereo field everyone will envy you.

Windows is still the biggest market - the issue I think has more to do with the fact that Windows allows you not to go down the "certification" path and still release something. Anyone that has released iOS apps/products knows Apple requires a fair amount of hoop jumping. You can release something with Windows to a wide audience without any interaction with Microsoft or giving them a dime. The "warning" pop-ups for unsigned applications seems pretty new in the long history of MS where you really feel like MS is telling you it might be blocked or is a potentially bad idea to install something.

While anyone and everyone can create recordings now, it has also never been easier to simply "change the channel" after 3 seconds of hearing something. In fact, even music people like might only get a 30 second listen with the attention span these days! There has always been a small signal to noise ratio, for recorded music there simply used to be a larger financial gate keeper for mass public consumption. I think anyone with something to offer can get an audience, but with so much to chose from - it is also less likely that the audience is going to stick around for the next song let alone album form an artist or group statistically speaking. It seems like there is even more pressure to put out track after track spread over time now to keep relevant and maintain your audience as the next shinny single release comes along. Even "album" bands are stuck with this piece meal track at a time mentality based on current consumption patterns. Pretty sad when someone like Derek Trucks has to have those conversations with his label about how the music gets released.

In the music business, talent usually isn't the direct correlation to sales. Many classical and jazz musicians are certainly more musically knowledgeable/gifted than the average pop star. Sharing music is quite simple these days - reaching an audience that is willing to pay for your work - well that is the challenge but I think it has less to do with ones ability to reach a few listeners. The majority stream instead of purchase now and the perceived value of owning a recording is next to non-existent for the average individual. Music streaming doesn't seem to be getting people rich - even successful acts complain about how much it pays them.

I am under the impression this is the case for every avenue/platform out there.

It is resizable in Reaper when pulling the corner, FYI

I am too, but $30 is crazy for such a tool with other options on the market.

Warning on my system if you click and drag a corner Cakewalk and the plugin freeze requiring force shut down. Seemed to work ok in Reaper in a 5 sec test.

I'm not, IKM seem to like massive libraries resampeling things that effects could have done without taking up large HD space. That being said related to multiple mic sets, if I'm paying that much for a VSTi you better believe I want real mic recordings and not a sim of a mic that wasn't used. Most of us likely have the IK Amp Locker thing already and therefore could use that with other piano VSTs let alone IKM's one. Take a look at Melda's Meldway grand and all the Mic sets they used. Some might call it overkill, but it certainly makes for a very versatile instrument that does sound crazy good. It is also 40GB I think, and has quite a few mic sets...and unlimited authorizations....unlike this change of plan with IKM putting even more restrictions on the end user.

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/userarea/my-products/ Then click on serials under each product:

Could have bought a James A Olson guitar for $4K in the late 1990s. It was out of my budget but would have ended up a fantastic investment. Settled for a Taylor that has also appreciated in value but no where near what an Olson has

See my website screen grab from yesterday and what I grabbed from the same site today. It was clearly intentional. (on top of that they also change the authorization counts in the user area - in addition to the public website I posted - the counts there were different yesterday too)

Some real BS is going on

In my online portal view it seems like I have 8 authorizations left (instead of the 3 the product manager says) But I also haven't try to deauthorize and re-authorized anything to test if it shows up and changes. I'll let someone more brave test.

Because we don't know what is behind door number 2 yet.

Well that part is just crazy talk. 🤣

Yeah, something changed. I'm down to 3 authorization left across all my products which is certainly inaccurate as the base used to be 10 as of the last time I ran this. Hopefully a temporary mistake on IKM part as this would be a major move in the wrong direction.

That has been the case for a number of years. Only plugins like Melodyne can justify that price point. But yes, we had dramatic market saturation with far too much buying during the pandemic and now the economy pushes plugin spending into needless or luxury spending even if they plugins are $10, as a larger whole - we just don't need more.

Nope, but only the affordable version is. I personally wouldn't even put PT on the list of options.

Honestly seem like the least interesting thing they offer The one EQ you can get a good one for free. https://www.patreon.com/posts/rarese-71320561 https://www.igniteamps.com/#pteq-x https://sonimus.com/products/soneq https://www.kiiveaudio.com/warmy-ep1a-eq and I assume the Pun is still free: https://www.acustica-audio.com/pages/plugins-installation

Melda has saturation. I agree that Kirchoff doesn't have saturation. Those that have analyzed hardware EQs, the distortion is usually pretty transparent overall.