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Brian Walton

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  1. BUMP for confirmation that this Melda 25% off coupon DOES stack on top of current deals at Melda, making this $1 well spend if you are buying something of value over there.
  2. Would be nice it it worked that way but they are enforcing a cut off of when redeemed.
  3. There is some proximity stuff in the MReverbMB that I don't know how to do in Turbo (see edit tab below) . I'd keep both.
  4. Well IF that Melda coupon stacks on top of existing discounts - it could be quite a deal for some....especially those that just got a bunch of credits for guitar/bass recording submissions.
  5. www.humblebundle.com FL Studio, UVI & Friends - Hitmaking Bundle (pay what you want and help charity) (humblebundle.com) If this Melda 25% off (at the $1 tier) stacks with the current discounts......?
  6. It doesn't even look pretty, hard pass.
  7. They ended up adding a few more days to it about a day before it was supposed to end.
  8. Painter 2023 at Humble Bundle is also $30.
  9. You can batch import presets from 3rd party vendors, by selecting them in the windows explorer after you do the right click and import presets (which in and of itself isn't 100% obvious. I've imported 75+ in one click before so know it works.
  10. Run the free version and see what you think. (maybe look for a free Amalgam Audio capture on ToneNet in an amp style you like as a test) I had the same fear with Tonex, but the EQs are just like what happens in a recording studio...eq after your "recorded" tone hit the board. If you have done real amp recording before you have an idea of what to expect from the MIC. Now if the gain structure of a preset isn't want you are looking for, the gain knob more or less feels like increasing or decreasing the signal going into the amp. So yes it does distort or clean up but it doesn't have the same interaction between EQ and gain settings like you find on some amps. There is some hunt involved, but if there is stuff that sounds as authentic as it gets for a digital emulation of it.
  11. Not that bad. Meldway itself is The other piano is under 4GIG And then there is an essential download, don't remember what it is, but pretty sure it is more like 3 GIG
  12. That's true (I even posted about - woops), though buying straight from Melda here you can also potentially get discounts if new to the newsletter and grab a referral code, with for a new users makes this thing almost free. I've mentioned it elsewhere, the Meldway Grand is an amazing piano that alone is easily worth it if you have the HD space.
  13. Best I've seen before this was $50 after any into pricing, etc. Seems unlikely it will go to $26 in any kind of reasonable amount of time again.
  14. Well the amp "sim" part - where the device is simulating an amplifier (well amp - speaker - mic in this case) is in fact the best I've heard/felt. The effects Fripp/Eno use are not "amps or amp sims" to get the weird stuff (yes, they have both used Amps and Amp sims as part of the rig over the years). So to the point/question - yes, ToneX is arguably the best amp sim on the market - but as you point out one needs to be aware it isn't a modeler that gives you the same Amp EQ tone stack when making adjustments or have the full gain range of an amp in a single profile. But for all intents and purposes, it is simulating the sound and feel of an amplifier being recorded with a speaker and microphone(s). Once can easily use ToneX and add effects before and after it to make the crazy stuff and I find it easier to do that than a traditional amp - which is going to be limited where you put an effect "after" the speaker/mic. (note in the box you could disable cab sim in Tonex, run the IR in another loader to also put effects between those points as well). I'm not going to call it the end all be all, because eventually I'm sure someone is going to make something that better captures the knob interactions, gain range, as well as more accurate representation of harmonics, decay, etc and interaction with the tone and volume knobs in addition to figuring out how to get latency below 3ms. Which seems imperceivable to most, but when you AB all this with playing a Trainwreck - there is a difference in how the amp responds and how ToneX does. That said, so few people get to experience something of that caliber, I can tell you that ToneX is still amazing and getting something that close to the sound in the box (and pedal) is a wonderful thing.
  15. Don't need max, but be prepared to buy some 3rd party pack. SE version gets you unlimited user downloads (which one includes samples from a number of the 3rd party packs. Honestly SE and some tonenet hunting provides a pretty crazy amount of good tone options. Advantages of 3rd party is quality of capture combined will full gain range of the amp. There IS some of this on tonenet, but may or may not be for the amps you are most interested in. At this price, it is a no brainer if you simply enjoy playing.
  16. You might want to do some more research. They make some of the most advanced plugins on the market and they just had an update today and if history is any indicator, there will be yet another update shortly again. The UI is simplistic but fully resizable and generally speaking this cuts down on cpu consumption.
  17. I also use iLok, but one install is problematic for me. I have two iLoks (and certainly prefer a min of 3 installs). Need the authorizations in the same account as I'm not about to buy a crazy number of plugins twice. I certainly agree with having more than 1 saturator. But everyone is going to have different stuff. I find that there are a few that get installed and have never made it to a project adn keeping track of them and uninstalling is more hassle than the freebie was worse. This was simply in response to a "why not." And for me, these were my reasons on this one. I do like Slate's Air plugin and it gets used.
  18. List of reasons 1) ilok - guessing this is like "Air" where they only give you 1 seat 2) another plugin to scan 3) Function covered by something else 4) More clutter in the VST folder 5) I'll never actually use it other than to open it for the first time 6) revisiting projects in the future if I accidentally do use it becomes a hassle 7) Think Slate uses a manager / not just an individual installer?
  19. They were there for about a month or so, then all disappeared into one singular MComplete file
  20. It was more about making sure if this becomes some useful playground of sounds, that I'd have access to my guitars (and bass) in there. Honestly don't think you can really do anything with credits once you have MComplete, which one could argue isn't fair in the event you would want to transfer a purchase to someone else. In fact, before I got MComplete I actually had a duplicate of a plugin. Once I got MCOmplete, it removed all my licenses other than MComplete. Not complaining at this point as I never thought I'd be able to get MComplete, and with the transfer costs - it seems like it would be an unlikely sell of non-complete items to someone else. And by instruments, I meant guitar and basses.
  21. Ahh, yes. I've submitted about 18 sets or so already from a number of instruments. Already have MComplete, but was curious if there was another deal on the table to pass on to some friends.
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