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Simeon Amburgey

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  1. Here is an article I posted on my website with more detail: https://praisetracks.com/?p=5138 Pre-Order: October 16th, 2023, 5pm BST Release: October 26th, 2023, 5pm BST If you own the first Eric Whitacre Choir you can get 40% off for a limited time and then it goes to 20% off for previous users. Intro Promo Price: £199 / $239 / 219€ Regular Price: £249 / $299 / 279€
  2. Just posted the edited feature from the live stream, indexed and hopefully more FTC friendly ;^)
  3. Yep, for the most part, I do not click the "Paid Promotion" box unless I have been compensated monetarily in some way. Thursday's live stream was one of those occasions where Lunacy Audio sent a token of financial support to feature the new artist pack and Paid Promotion or Endorsement was checked, you can see the YouTube notification when the video begins. I also work on including acknowledgments in each of the video's descriptions regarding NFRs, affiliate links, and compensation when relevant, there of course can always be improvement to remove any suspicions. Woody's Piano Shack addressed this in a video a few months ago and I appreciate his approach to some of these same issues. Thank you so much for the encouragement. I have had the "s" word (similar to shell) tossed at me a few times and this is absolutely something that I am definitely not about, so your reminder helps a lot. Being on YouTube does not pay the bills as there is actually very little that actually comes through, realistically on average under $200 a month, and that is including those who are channel members. My thing is I am an in-the-moment person who loves being a musician, loves helping other musicians any way I can, and attempts to let the instruments speak for themselves. I will never sell my soul for an NFR, nor will I take payment to present something in a deceitful way, or deliberately hide anything, the cost is much too high and I am not willing to sacrifice my beliefs, name, and integrity to pay such a price. I would much rather shut the channel down and be done with it and focus on producing more personal and client projects. Thanks again for the kind and thoughtful support. I will take a look at the link to see how I can improve things and I look forward to continuing to take more Joyful Journeys with all of you. Joyfully yours, Simeon * I just read over the PDF in your and will work to incorporate the suggestions going forward. Thanks again, my friend. Here is Woody's video:
  4. Thank you Jason. Yeah, I have to tell you that I was not expecting "THAT" kind of mansion ;^) I have to say there is so much more to be explored here and I will do my best to try and cover more aspects in the coming days. I am also working on an edited segment from the live stream so stay tuned for that.
  5. I had fun exploring CUBE again today and taking a look at some of the artist expansions, including the latest one released today CANOPIES from Ben Jordan. Into PIANOVERSE | CUBE Canopies | News and More Canopies is on sale for $19 and if you add CUBE mini to the cart as well, you get CUBE mini free. Check it out here https://lunacy.audio
  6. I just touched the surface during the livestream earlier today. You can check out the replay below. IK has been a great supporter over the years and sent me Pianoverse with the four available pianos. I always want to represent myself with the highest level of integrity so you will not hear overinflated claims or hype, just my honest first impressions here are some of my takeaways from today. These pianos were captured what I would call bone dry and in this case, it is what makes them not only work inside of Pianoverse but also in some rather unexpected applications (VSL MIR and immersive audio applications I am pondering exploring). The SPACES for the most part can come across as gimmicks and some definitely are while others grab you and put you there. I need to definitely spend some time learning more but I am finding this very interesting. The playability reminded me of what I enjoy when playing Keyscape (I purchased my copy), you open it up and play and it sits right there in a comfortable place without having to do much to it. You can hear at the opening and closing jams during the livestream that I used the dry stereo AB mics for the most part and they sat quite well. I was also concerned about the sterility that using the robotic approach might bring but I was pleasantly surprised to hear some nonperfect aspects of how the notes interacted. Storage speed. Loading times seem to take a little longer than I would have liked to see and it seemed that the audio engine was interrupted near the end of loading a patch. I installed the content on a few different SSDs, even trying one of my NVME m.2 drives during the livestream. At first, I was bummed about the lack of mic positions but after getting into playing it more, I found that I did not miss them and stayed on the stereo pair. Using the Timbre Shift on the upright was beautiful, it took the tone in a very warm and dynamic place for me. I felt like I went into today’s stream so underprepared but that is the fun of exploring on my Joyful Journeys. I can tell you this, there will be more, so please let me know if you have any questions or suggest things to try and I will do my best. Joyfully Yours, Simeon Into PIANOVERSE | CUBE Canopies | News and More
  7. OMF was something that Cakewalk supported many years ago, and I just checked that it is still an export option. This was an attempt to try and help create some form of project interchange between Cakewalk products and ProTools, what ended up happening is that mostly we just exported wav files from start to finish and provided a tempo or even a midi file that was imported. I could see where an update to this as well as possible wider spread adoption of a realistic interchange format would be a win win for everyone in the longterm. I look forward to seeing how this works out.
  8. I am so excited to see a new series of instruments coming from Fracture Sounds. Check out their premiere below: More information here: https://fracturesounds.com/product/blueprint-electric-keys/ After their Premiere, swing by and take a ride with me (I have already taken care of the fare) #codename_angela
  9. My thinking is that they are taking what they have learned from The Orchestra, Elysion, and even the East West Opus Orchestrator and possibly pooling those resources, we shall see. I will keep you posted with any news I discover, Sonuscore and Best Service have been great to work with in the past. Stay tuned! 📺
  10. I picked this up after actually looking at RESO, and thought that Fuser looked very interesting as well since I have been a huge Trackspacer user over the years. Looking at the crashing posts, we shall see what might be up ahead. Joyfully
  11. Here you go: Let's Play Chamber Strings Essentials From Spitfire Audio
  12. Oh yes, it looks amazing and has some very interesting potential. I have had a very different month during August which has had me working my way out of finishing up some really big projects so I have been away from my channel for the past few weeks. I am hoping to get things ramped up soon and of course will be taking this one for a spin. Thanks for the support and stay tuned!
  13. I have been picking up a few more of the Hornet plugins and have to say they really do pack a punch. I have most recently been using their mastering tool and have to say I have been impressed by the results. I also grabbed their VHS speaker emulation plugin while I was there and will be interested to hear how that works with my Beyerdynamic headphones and a pair just arrived iLOUD MTM monitors. Joyfully! Simeon
  14. Did you call??? Let's Explore Vocal AI From Sample Logic
  15. Reid, Thanks for the reminder. It looks like the original video was set to private due to still remnants of the channel hack earlier this year. Here is the live replay. https://youtube.com/live/xpFSwEkOzls
  16. Here is the edited and indexed segment. I hope to do more of these in the future. Thanks everyone for the kind support. Maxime Luft Iconic Violin | Developer Spotlight
  17. Thursday's Joyful Journey is going to be very special as I welcome as my guest Maxime Luft. Maxime has developed several beautiful libraries under his Organic Samples label as well as his work with Orchestral Tools, this time he has started a brand new adventure in launching his own sample library company Streamtech Music. His first release under the new company is Iconic Violin and it is a very beautiful and inspiring instrument to play. Join me as we get a chance to talk with Maxime about this journey and the release of this new instrument. If there are any specific questions you would like me to ask Mxime during the livestream, please send it to me through a private message so that I can compile them and present them on the livestream time permitting. I will also be taking a look at the new POSTFELT Piano from Jon Meyer, and who knows what other stops we might make along the way. I look forward to seeing you:
  18. Edited. I guess trying to figure out the best way to describe things. So, the titles are new, so not on sale but currently have introductory pricing. Joyfully, Simeon
  19. I am excited to share my next Joyful Journey with all of you. Some of the titles are still at introductory pricing so some possible deals to be had. VSL was kind enough to let me try the new Duality Strings. I will be playing through the sounds and giving away a copy of Duality Strings Standard during the livestream. Joystick is a new patch library from Online Sound Foundry for Padshop 2 which I think is an exciting granular synth. GForce have updated their M-Tron virtual Mellotron which I am also excited to share. I look forward to seeing you later today: *I am very grateful for each developer that supports my Joyful Journeys by providing copies of the libraries for me to discover, many thanks. Also, these particular titles do not have any affiliate association, I thought some would be interested in coming along. I am thankful for the amazing community that we have here.
  20. I am looking at trying to capture the Piano Roll Scrolling to try and do a video capture of it. I can get the Scroll lock function to work but the piano roll instead of scrolling per se, jumps to the next page instead of something like a flowing piano roll. Any suggestions? Thanks, Simeon
  21. This was actually a soft release by Modartt as no official word on the website until next week. I have been playing with it and featured it on today’s livestream. It is pretty amazing. Pianoteq iOS, Water Piano, Sonixinema New Instrument | Giveaways and MORE!!!
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