Simeon Amburgey

I only have experience with iZotope (Ozone 8 and Neutron 3), Hornet's 31 and Gullfoss. I am really liking Gullfoss as once you understand the paradigm it becomes easier to use. What has really helped me as well is iZotope's Tonal Balance Control as you can see how the frequency balance is working. 31 is a very interesting EQ as well and as with anything there is a personality and learning curve that helps you figure out the strengths and weaknesses and how best to use it in a particular project. I will have to check out the others you mention.

I have an interesting theory behind the concept of how it functions and if I am correct it would make total sense. So many have tried the “mixing by Pink Noise” approach and that is what I think is the principle behind Gullfoss. It was something I read on the website that was explaining the naming behind the EQ. So this would make total sense as the controls of Gullfoss are sort of referencing some sort of Pink Noise algorithm against the input signal and doing its magic. I have been using the trial version and it is indeed a very interesting plugin. I also have paired it with iZotope’s Tonal Balance Control and it is impressive to see (and hear) the results. p.s. Gullfoss has nothing to do with dental hygiene 😳

It was an honor to participate in this. We often forget how fast time flies by and songs like these help us to not take for granted the simple moments that are so valuable. I look forward to working together again.

OK, I found a thread over on the deals section. I would still love to hear your feedback on this. *disclaimer: I promise I tried searching before posting this 😎

I have been looking at this a little bit today, it looks very interesting. I would love to know if any of you are using it and what your experiences have been? Appreciate the help.

MODO Drum features an exciting new breakthrough; "virtual masking tape" for naming and organizing your tracks providing an unparalleled realistic mixing experience! 😎 I like it !!!

What an am seeing is that there are NO discs but a USB eLicenser and activation code in the boxed version. This seems unfortunate really as it would be nice to have a disc or drive option as the download is around 10 gb. So There would be no point in purchasing the boxed version unless you just wanted an additional eLicensor,

@Zo, they send you the code and you use the Steinberg Download Assistant to install them. There is box 📦 option for the FULL version of Cubase 10 and no mention of it being available on a drive.

Confirmed here in Cakewalk by BandLab (current version). * Draw 4 16th notes into a measure * Playback * Only 2 notes sound * As you mention this is not patch specific Steel Drums: I loaded most of the Steel Drums patches and all seemed to work as expected.

Steinberg just released Vibrant which is an amazing collection of vintage electric pianos along with an absolutely killer Clavinet! 4 beautifully sampled electric pianos 40 sound presets for different genres 12 GB compressed samples Works with nearly every DAW (AU, VST, AAX) HALionSonic se included i have spent just a short time playing through some of the presets and my first thought was “this is vintage gold”. The instruments have a warmth, depth and just the right amount of dirt to take me back to my high school days playing that suitcase Rhodes in Jazz Band, which was amazing. Intro pricing is $99 (regular price $129). Check out Vibrant here!

Just got an email from Steinberg announcing their release of Spectral Layers. Just reading briefly through the info but it looks like it will be an amazing release and to top it off Spectral Layers with be ARA2 compatible which really is exciting. Here is a link to the official product page. https://new.steinberg.net/spectralayers/

I picked up Thirty One yesterday and it is a very interesting EQ. I tried using it along with iZotope’s Tonal Balance plug-in.

Yep! Available in August but pre-orders are being taken now. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/mododrum/

Output has just released an amazing and fun Granular Synthesis Effects plugin. I have been playing with it a little bit today and have been really enjoying the amazing creative possibilities. PORTAL is available now from Output . More information can be found here: https://output.com/products/portal I have been experimenting with this and put a short video together just improvising and playing around a little; enjoy

I have been pondering attending GearFest this year and was wondering if any other forum members would be attending? A couple of the presentations look very good especially the ones featuring @Craig Anderton. It sounds like a very fun and interesting event. It would also be great to hear from those of you who have attended past Gear Fest to share your experiences. Thanks so much!

Thanks for the link! I had been using Neutron 2 advanced in a project I am currently working on and Neutron 3 will be interesting to see how things go.

Recently I was wanting to try NOIRE and one of the requirements was Kontakt 6. It did work in the free Kontak 6 player but at this sale price I can now upgrade Kontakt 5 to K6 for $49 which opens the door for future compatibility with new libraries.

I just downloaded and installed this and it seems they have addressed the issue. I noticed the version number was something like Musicbox v1.0.3. These are indeed very interesting instruments . Thanks Spitfire Audio!

I have also been using SampleTank 4 MAX and like @Craig Anderton the library download and installation is not for the faint of heart. Once successful I recommend saving the installation files on a separate drive in case you ever need to install them again. SampleTank 4 SE is a nice way to get started at this price however and you have the option to upgrade to the larger libraries in the future. There have been no issues using it with the latest version of Cakewalk; you have settings that help you customize some of the streaming and sample memory options to tailor it to your individual system.

YES !- This was the technique I was trying to remember. I tried backing up to DVD several years ago and something must have happened to the DVD-R Drive as some of the discs I burned would not read in other drives and such so always verify the backup you burned on another drive just in case. Also the bank deposit is a good idea. A favorite YouTube channel I watch sometimes EposVox has done a lot on some offsite Synolgy (I think that's the company) offsite NAS drives as a backup (he has them at someone else's house) Thanks for all the responses, keep em' coming it is very helpful not only for me but information we should all put into our toolbox.

Absolutely! and that is a whole new spin to this issue . We were complacent enough with spinning platters and multiple terabytes and now with Solid State drives it ushers in a whole other layer of complacency we need to really be aware of and all the more reason to start good data management habits and routines.

I would be one but as a paraphrase "to him who knoweth to backup and does not do it, to him it is...well you know." Yes, I am one who tends to be a little scattered and very unorganized and as you mention this has caused me to take a very hard look at changing that. I am also reminded of your thoughts on doing an IronClad Backup referenced here: http://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2653514/Ironclad_Backup_by_Craig_Ander It is something like I said know we should do but like flossing it is hard to really get into the habit. 😎 Thanks so much!

As I am sharing this the words of @Craig Anderton are singing in my ear but did I listen? Well it's not that I didn't want to or knew that I needed to, it was just that I never thought it would actually happen like it did. I was about to get a very important wakeup call. I had a Project Archive consisting of many years of my personal work as well as my clients on a 2tb Seagate Free Agent USB 2.0 external hard drive. Needless to say I would always brag about how long I had the drive and kept putting more and more of my files there for safe keeping; then it happened. I noticed that things were not running as smooth as they used to and that the drive was all of a sudden not being recognized when I booted into Windows, I went through the normal sense of concern and tried different USB ports, etc. but nothing. I then went to the extreme length of opening up the Free Agent enclosure where lo and behold I discovered the 2tb drive attached to a SATA to USB interface. I removed the drive and connected it to an open SATA port and tried again. This time Windows was a little slower but then ChkDsk came up and looked like it found the problem with the drive and booted as usual with the formerly entombed USB drive now showing. Wow, that's great I thought so I shut things down and then proceeded to re-connect the drive to the USB interface. Now when I tried booting to Windows again all I got was spin, spin, spin...nothing. So I went through the process again; removing the drive and attaching it to the SATA port and tried booting into Windows. This time there was a little whine from the drive and me staring at a black screen with no ChkDsk, no Windows, nothing, just a cold, empty feeling inside. I then realized I might be looking at losing years of not only my work but clients as well. needless to say I was very concerned. I then stopped to consider my options. I did have some success in the past messing around with DOS and one case long ago restoring a Master Boot Record but I felt this was a little more serious so I took a shot and called a local computer system builder near me and they said they would give it a go. Well as you can see from the picture things went great after a lot of prayer and waiting (the process of scanning the defective hard drive, recovering and copying the files to a new drive took the whole of an entire weekend). The were able to recover ALL of my data and transferred it to another drive. One thing they mentioned was it was good that I did not try to continue attempting to recover things on my own as it could have resulted in further damaging the drive. Why am I going into all of this detail? I just want to be a friendly reminder that if it spins, it can die and die at the moment you least expect or want it too. I am hoping to come up with a better strategy and workflow so i do not have to lose any sleep at night wondering if today will be the day I will lose everything. So if your hear a tiny voice during your tracking sessions, it might be myself or Craig reminding you IT"S TIME TO BACK UP! 😀 I would love to hear other users experiences and backup solutions that are working for you? Best regards from someone very grateful as the story could have been a lot different.

I posted this in an earlier thread but thought I would share it here as well. Really discovering this fun instrument.

The initial release versions of SampleTank 4 made me take a hard look at how my audio PC was performing and actually helped discover a lot of potential issues that were causing me to take some unnecessary hits performance wise. Just spent a lot of time using Latency Mon and some other tools to help pinpoint my particular issues. Here are some additional things I found on top of those I mentioned in an earlier thread. Possibly failing external USB 2.0 backup drive Making sure my USB 2.0 and 3.0 drivers were current Isolating my Presonus Studio 6|8 on its own dedicated USB Root Hub Looking at overclocking and CPU power settings at the BIOS level Not trying to do too much such as video recording/capturing which pushed things to the very edge CPU wise 😳. This afternoon I had possibly my best experience yet with ST4 and captured a little of the fun I was having. Just started noodling with one of the Rhodes patches and thought; "Hey, I need to capture some of this". I hope you enjoy. I want to do a more detailed walkthrough and I am more confident than ever that it will be very soon.