michaelhanson

The June 6th announcement kicked me in the pants to upgrade from v3 to v6.5 and truly learn Studio One. Im happy as a clam and I’m not going back. I’ll keep a free version around if I need to work on a collaboration.

I get what you’re saying Rain. The fan in me wishes for Rush to remain the image of what they’re where and to leave it at that. However, they do what they do, because they love music and it’s in their DNA to write, record and perform. I turned 62 today and I’m planning to work until I’m 65. I’m excited t be moving towards leaving the work force and an occupation that I’m not entirely thrilled with. I’m equally excited and anticipating having more time to engage in the things I love, music being one of those loves. These guys are doing what they love and live for already. They are some of the lucky few who were able to combine a passion with a career. Why would they want to quit? We view through the lens of a fan while they view the lens of their lives.

I think the public and the market determine what lives on. Hey, if it sells, why not. It’s a nice retirement plan .

You got that right!

This describes me to a tee! They were over with by the time I was old enough to listen to music and then when I discovered them, I couldn't get my hands on anything Beatle related fast enough. Me with my first electric guitar.

Maybe I’m in the minority, but I like it a lot. The minute I heard John’s voice and his natural ability to make his voice the hook. I smiled from ear to ear upon first listen. John sounds sooooo good. It actually reminded me how awful modern music is.

I’m still thinking….

I wouldn’t personally say the Who sucked, but I have never been a fan. They just doesn’t do anything for me.

EVH probably had the biggest impact on me of the 80’s guitarists. He changed everything, from the innovative mix of rhythm and lead, to the tapping, to the brown tone he was getting from his rig. It was the first time I started changing pickups in my Les Paul trying to get the tone. We were all trying to learn to tap. A close second for me was Alex Lifeson. I was more a product of the late 60’s and 70’s, however.

Post humorous.

These lists usually are compiled of the writers personal favorites and those writers are typically too young to understand the history of guitar playing in relation to its evolution. It’s the YouTube generation.

Most excellent!

I’ve already used this on a Bass track and I’m extremely impressed. Very smooth!

Maybe this is a silly question, but as another Bass player who also plays guitar when needed, won’t the Kemper capture a Bass head and cabinet well? I ask because I have seen other players use a Helix, Sansamp or even now Tonex has captured Bass amps and cabs. For me my Bass came out of my Markbass head direct out and to front of the house most of the time. I usually ran it low volume through the cab, even while going to the mixer, just so I could feel some vibration.

Wish I still had my first Les Paul Standard, bought new in 1981.

Did the update this morning.

Do you do this in Project mode of Studio One, Shane? I have just begun to dabble in Project since upgrading to V6 and it seems to lend itself to importing an entire album to work on. I have yet to even figure out 95% of its capabilities. Seems like it is set up to Master and prep entire album to be burned to a CD.

No SGs in this house.

This has been the first time that I’m really giving Studio One a fair shot, after upgrading to V6. I agree, Ed, I’m looking at it in a different light and there’s definitely some thing’s I’m actually liking better. It takes some time to break old work flow, but now I’m actually preferring the new.

Strange days, indeed.

I’m sitting in much the same spot, except I’m no where near 11 different DAWs. When the Bakers announced their new plans, my reaction was to upgrade my Studio One v3 to v6 Pro and get serious about learning the program. I’m struggling a bit to make the conversation, but I’m not giving up this time and going backwards. Hopefully I’ll be saying I’m most comfortable with Studio One one of these days, in the near future . I have no complaints either about Cakewalk, it has served me well for the past several decades. If the pricing is right, I will maintain a paid for version as a back up plan. I also collaborate with several that run Cakewalk, so it would be handy to maintain a version.

Martin, I've seen others calling Lifetime subscribers as fools, naive or having some general lack of wisdom.....as in what did you expect. I suspect that most assessed the situation as I did. We were paying for regular updates anyway or we were on the current Gibson subscription model. I knew it was a gamble, but no more than buying into any piece of software. For the price at the time, it was a reasonable gamble that the company "could" stay alive, but if it didn't make it and honor, it wasn't a huge monetary loss. The odds were certainly better than betting in Vegas. To your point though about cynicism, I can relate. Burn me once, not to get burned twice. Incidentally, my Gibson LP's are still my best instruments and since new management took over Gibson, the 2019 to present guitars are pretty spectacular.

The Lifetime subscription topic was debated heavily back when it was introduced. It might have surpassed the 33 pages currently posted here. All of the same worries and comments were made about the "what if's". Both sides of the debate were well represented and most knew that it was a gamble. For the price of admission, it was worth the gamble for me. However, it turned out to be...exactly what the nay say'ers predicted. I have forgiven, but that doesn't mean its forgotten.

My point exactly. I wasn’t making fun of Windows 7. Fact is that it is obsolete.