John Maar

4 hours ago, audioschmaudio said:

The official Scaler 2 course at School of Synthesis has been updated and now has a new module, module 9, which covers all that's new in Scaler 2.9.

I already owned this course. I checked, and this new material is included at no charge for existing owners of the course.

LOTS of them around Philly Cheese Steak shops in Philadelphia. About the only optional ingredient you can order is a cheese steak "wit Wizz". 😅

Read this 2022 thread in the JUCE forum. Unfortunately, the .VST3 folder structure is the wave of the future. The non-folder installation of a .VST3 plugin in the /Common Files/VST3 folder was deprecated since the VST3 v3.6.10 SDK release (now on v3.7).

JUCE forum thread on the .VST3 folder name extension

Steinberg shows once again that they could not care less about users of non-Steinberg apps, which have already or will be forced to update their plugin scanners and plugin handlers.

8 hours ago, davidec said:

I wouldn't even begin to be able to quantify the new, free features we have added since Scaler 2, so whilst I'm always on the hunt for criticism that helps us improve and see things from a different perspective I wouldn't agree with you there. As for the extra content, our users demand it, and I am sick of seeing chord packs here and there which many people spend hard earned money on and get nothing out of. I am hopeful our users don't and that's because of the stuff we put in there.

Not sure what that it is but it doesn't sound good!

I can see your point that's fair enough. As the Creative Director at Scaler it's my role to decide what goes in and what doesn't. That's kind of how we develop it rather than an overall strategy, it's done on feel and need. I only make decisions on Scaler when I am using it as a writing tool on a project which I am emotionally invested in. Moving forward your correct in that I am wanting a more complete song writing tool that does more, but that doesn't abandon it's raison d'être which is to identify scales and keys and offer me an insight into those moods and help me build a track from there. The audio detection in 2.9 is much, much better that what it previously was. Maybe that may allay your concerns of abandonment towards chord and scale analysis. Besides, maybe I am not as naturally gifted a musician as you but for me it does the job - that will only get better. Thanks for making us think anyways. 🙂

I come from the olden days of Scaler v1. I was more than happy to pay for the v2 upgrade, and I'll be more than happy to pay for v3 when it arrives.

There is absolutely no reason that I can't use v2.9 the way I used v1.x. You haven't taken any of that away. The tons of new features you add to each major version before releasing the next major upgrade is astonishing. Super good value for the money.

I had Captain Plugins and upgraded to Captain Epic Plugins.. Didn't use CP. Don't use CEP.

I have Orb Producer and Orb Composer. I not only couldn't get into using them, I uninstalled them because of the crazy MIDI crap they added in the background, but didn't give you any control over (at least I never found out how).

But Scaler? It was and remains a super useful tool to me. Right up there with Gig Performer and Studio One Pro.

As soon as I heard about v2.9, I started pinging Plugin Boutique this morning every hour or so, looking for its release. I'm on Central European Time, so it was a few hours after I got up and going before it showed up.

Thanks for all of your hard and thoughtful work!

Now, I've just got to get my arms (mind) around Scaler EQ. The added features in the v1.1.1 update, like the sidechaining and  input and output limiters, also seem really useful.

13 hours ago, Brian Lawler said:

25 Gigs for a flute?

 

I guess so!

 

 

Wow! Right out of Blue Man Group!

Hey @Fleer. Ever play one of these? 😉

Usually, you just drag a .dspreset file into Decent Sampler to install it. When I dragged the dozen or so pad preset files into DS, they were available in the browser for that session, but weren't saved when I reopened DS. I suggest the alternate (and actually easier) install method. Click on the "Brower" button top left and the select the Earthquake Sounds from the Sample Store tab. They will install from there and be saved into a folder in the browser.

What may have happened is that I dragged all the files as a group into DS, and wasn't offered the Install option. I didn't try dragging the folder itself into DS. It's not worth spending any more time on it since the alternate method worked.

BTW, there are some nice, interesting pads included. Worth the free download and use in the free sampler! 👍

17 minutes ago, craigb said:

Yep.  People are so messed up here that some consider this chemical concoction cheese! 🙄

You can see how they had to sell it back in the day! 😆

I heard that the manufacturing process was so gross that employees had to sign non-disclosure agreements before starting on the job. Velveeta may look yellow, but a process controls engineer who had to enter the plant for some repairs/upgrades told me he saw a lot of "green". That's all he would say.

2 hours ago, pwal³ said:

your town needs more glaciers

Oh, hell no. Arcachon is at the same latitude as Boston, but in my 3 winters here, it has snowed only once, with zero accumulation except on the edges of roofs of buildings and cold cars. Gone in a couple of hours.

But we have a lot of glacesiers. 🍨

The PapiLLus Fromagerie here in Arcachon is one block from my apartment. My dogs love the place. The owner will occasionally give them a cheese treat when we pass by on one of our daily walks. The dog in the photo is always there or across the street by their son's shop. They have a huge selection of French and a couple of Basque cheeses. The first time I went in there after moving here, I thought, dang, they're as or more expensive than what was imported to the States. Then I remembered that the prices were per kilogram (about 2.2 pounds). Whew. Cheese heaven.

As long as we're talking about dairy products, the glaces (ice creams) here are superb. Lots of small shops sell cones and cups. My favorite is just around the corner from my apartment. This guy has the best glaces, gives you more per scoop than the other shops and charges less (2,50 € vs 3 €). Here's a photo I took at 10:30 pm during the summer vacation period (July and August). Arcachon is a popular holiday and vacation destination in France. It becomes a ZOO in the summer. Just look at the line all that way across the street that late at night.

Have they no shame? The v3.10.3 installation was just as broken as the previous ones. Twiddler stuck in a forever loop. Close NA. Restart NA. Install Kontakt v7.10.0 update after the 17 updates from yesterday using v3.10.2. Since there was only one program to update, the Update window actually managed to keep up. But, why oh why do I still get the message that they're sending usage data back to their servers when I've disabled that "feature". NI, this isn't hard.

Way back in the day (the 1980s), when I did both hardware and software development for use in the oil and gas industry, I couldn't afford such simple mistakes. The only saving grace was that if I blew something up, the explosion also blew up the cause of the explosion.

OK, I admit that one time I did blow something up. My product group in Amoco Oil (now BP) had just be authorized to sell outside of the company. The city of DeKalb, IL was installing two new huge elevated water tanks and several new wells. They wanted to switch to off-peak pumping to save significant money on their electricity usage. I was tasked with writing the PC app to control the 10 well pumps while monitoring the levels in the 4 water towers, including the 2 brand new big boys.

I coded the app based on the specs written by the city's engineering consultants, the ones who designed the potable water distribution system. After the 14 RTUs (Remote Telemetry Units) were installed on the 10 pumps and 4 tanks and the MTU (Master Telemetry Unit) plus the PC were installed, I showed up with the app I'd written, installed it on the PC and sat with it for a couple of hours (along with the city and engineering bosses) after its 10pm startup (the beginning of the off-peak period). Everything ran great. We shook hands and I drove back to Chicago and went to bed. I was awakened at 3am by a phone call telling me to get back to DeKalb. Apparently, the system had over-pressurized and an old clay pipe from the 1920s had ruptured, blowing a hole big enough that three of the four lanes of the main highway through town were gone. Good lord, but they were angry with me.

After a thorough review, the design engineers finally took responsibility, agreeing that my code perfectly conformed to their specs, which they agreed were way too agressive and that they didn't really understand what the hydraulics of the system were after the addition to the 2 new huge towers and 4 new wells.

But the explosion revealed a shovel from the 1920s that the director of public works mounted on the wall behind his desk, and they found a "pig" (a large rubber ball that you would insert into the system and run it through to remove buildup in the main water pipes (we used pigs in oil pipelines, too)) that had gone missing decades before.

And my reputation was not only intact, but enhanced, so all good for me.

On 4/15/2024 at 9:39 PM, SmokeyJ628 said:

Is Native Access working correctly these days?  I haven't opened it in weeks based on the many terrible reports.

Depends what you mean by "working correctly." NA updated before I could run the product updates. The NA update installed, then went into a forever loop spinning its twiddler. I closed it, then restarted it, then clicked on "Update All" to install the 17 updates shown. The updates downloaded and installed quickly, but NA's UI couldn't keep up and got lost. I got a message that all updates had installed correctly, but the twiddler top left by the "Native Access" text kept spinning and the update list info was all over the place. I closed NA again and reopened, then the Update page was correctly empty and no twiddlers to be seen.

So, updates installed, but NA's UI is still an f'ing mess.

15 hours ago, cclarry said:

Join the waitlist

https://www.labscommunity.com/

That landing page reminds me of the TV ads for the Infinity car brand that ran for a year before their launch with no cars in them, just scenery seen through a windshield. Except that the landing page looks like it was made with an 8-bit Atari running Basic. That's so "special".

1 hour ago, Shane_B. said:

So far since the commercial thing started with Prime, the commercials have been at the beginning of the movie. There haven't been any commercial breaks during a movie. I always see 2 short commercials before the movie starts, then they are uninterrupted. If they insist on commercials, this is the way to do it. 

 

I'll wager that fast-forwarding is disabled while the commercials play.

Also, are the "ads" for other movies/series still there, in addition to the new commercials? At least you can skip those teasers.

18 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

 People are ditching Prime.  In the sub pandemic era many subs have almost doubled.  Amazon now wants you to pay more for commercial free content.

I've had Prime since Day 1 (2006?), when they comp'd me the first year. I use in mostly for shipping and Amazon Music. I also agreed to the 1,99 €/month fee for commercial-free Video, but I use Prime Video the least of all of my streaming apps. Here in France, there are too many movies that are only offered with French dubbing of the original audio, without even French subtitles. If Prime Video was the only reason I sub'd Prime, I'd drop it in a heartbeat.

12 hours ago, satya said:

https://www.antarestech.com/products/auto-tune/pro

The latest major update to Antares’ hugely popular pitch-correction software has arrived, delivering a set of completely new features along with enhancements to its existing capabilities and a number of GUI improvements. 

Auto-Tune Pro 11 is available now, and is available as part of Antares’ Auto-Tune Unlimited subscription, or as an individual perpetual license. Subscriptions are priced at $24.99 / month or $174.99 / year. A perpetual license costs $459, and includes a six-month trial of Auto-Tune Unlimited.

Way too expensive. In fact, FREE would be too expensive.

There's a new McDonald's ad on French television with a horribly autotuned rap song whose lyrics are basically a list of every item on the menu. The song's also got a false ending. You think the pain is over. And then it's NOT. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. 😠

One Knob compressor. One Knob equalizer. One Knob saturation. One Knob reverb. One Knob...you get the idea.

Too many knobs for me. I want One Knob to rule them all!

Think of it. One plugin instead of the 900+ I have now.

I have one for my bass guitar pedal board. Why not for my DAW? 🤪

12 hours ago, RSMcGuitar said:

Drums plz?

There's something happening here

But what it is ain't exactly clear

My fav Oingo Boingo concert was the Farewell Tour in 1995. Five nights, ending on Halloween with a 4 hour show. Here's a good portion of it.

I verified the issues with the VST3 version of Scaler 2 in SO v6.6. The VST2 version worked just fine, so there's the workaround for the time being.

I dislike having to remember that Scaler 2 is an instrument in the Plugin Boutique folder. PITA, when you don't use it often in SO.

The VST3 version of a plugin is listed first, followed by the VST2. With Scaler 2, the VST3 version is "Scaler 2" and the VST2 version is "Scaler2". Go figure.

1 hour ago, bjornpdx said:

Studio One 6.6 hangs when I open a project with Diva so I had to roll back SO to previous version.  Apparently Scaler doesn't work either per Presonus forum discussion.

U-He has updated version of Diva. I haven't tried it  yet.

https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=603439

Thanks for the heads-up on the Diva update. I installed it, and it worked fine in SO v6.6 in a new song with just a single track with Diva on it.

Thanks for the head's-up. All 5 of my voicebanks had updates, so I'm going to guess that all of them have updates.

I live in France, so I changed to the .de/fr/ website and saved one whole euro! So, 73 € in France.

This is a nice update. Hauke Menges is a terrific dev and a heck of a nice guy. Buy once. Get the license code. Use on as many computers as you own. At the same time! Updates free for life, including new major versions like this one. I have most of his products: Sundog Song Studio, Chord Potion, Trance Engine, House Engine and Chillout Engine. BTW, his company name is "Feel Your Sound" as in the URL for his website, not "Hauptwerk" (those are some EXPENSIVE virtual instruments).