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Just out of curiosity, does anyone NOT use auto tune on pop songs these days. Is there a Dogma movement for music production, like there used to be for movies?

Just to give some feedback - I downloaded a version of Fruity Loops for Linux and Reaper. Both load up just fine with their demo projects. The problem, as everyone mentioned, is the Audio drivers. I could get my Behringer UMC22 to work, but not in any useful sense. The audio spluttered and stuttered continuously. I'm too old and tired to go down the troubleshooting route in the world of Linux. I'm going to nip this in the bud now before I waste any more time whipping that dead donkey. Thanks for all your input guys.

Hi guys, This is totally unrelated to Cakewalk (unless they plan on going Linux) but I recently resurrected my old HP Pavilion laptop (which was my main DAW for years) and installed Linux. It's powerful enough to run the most recent Ubuntu release without trouble. I'm interested in whether anyone is using a Linux system as a DAW, and if so what might be some recommendations to install. I'm going to give Ardour a try, maybe Reaper. Any other ideas. I like the idea of getting away from an advertising centred OS, which is what Microsoft, Google and Apple have all become. All suggestions happily accepted. P

I'll second this. Once I got Acon Digital Acoustica, I never needed to open Sound Forge ever again. 👍

If I were making string music, I might well get this. As it is, I've got so many string vst that I don't use, I cannot justify even 28 bucks.... which makes me sad. 😞

From what I can quickly gleam, they are still operating but they will be a narrowing of product development. I found this on the Vegas forums concerning that particular product.

...sniggers Avid.

Reaper users are like lynx users....or People's Temple converts. Come on and drink the kool aid! 🧉

Correction of my own mistake.

Wait! Is Tonex from ik multimedia? I used to use IK plugins years ago but I moved away from their ecosystem because I found them too resource heavy and glitchy. Have they improved any?

I agree, and I raised this with Nembrini myself. Unfortunately, they are based in Italy and the taxation on on-line transactions by the government is very high compared to other countries (I know, I live here). It's one of the reasons Italy is an unattractive country for foreign investors.

I've started using Nembrini more in my mixes. I use the Lo-fi vintage clipper to add a little je ne sais quoi to my mixes in the same way Air adds a certain lift in the final mix. I recently started using the Acoustic Voice Guitar Amp. It doesn't work well with a plugged in acoustic guitar, but it works great with a DI electric. It also means I can get down a decent acoustic track without having to pull out the mics. Definitely worth a look.

Poll time - Instrument or form of torture?

I write almost exclusively in alt tunings on acoustic guitar, and I use a lot of alt barre chords up and down the neck. I tend to down-tune my strings, which means the tension is a bit more forgiving on the fingers. Try tuning down. My best advise for playing barre chords is to build up your finger muscles. The fact I also play piano might help with that. There was a time when I did boxing, which helped build up hand muscles (I favoured bare knuckles against a punch bag) or you could use those finger strengthening tools for guitarists. Ultimately, the best way is to work through the pain until you're comfortable with the chords.

It sounds like Phoebe Bridge's guitar sound. Very nice

@ralfrobert Previous sfx / loop packs on humble bundle have been zipped folders of single sound files. You would have to download the whole pack to get the single sound out.

I saw this - crazy low price, but is it worth getting if I already have an Audio-Technica 2020USB+ ? The 2020 is great for Zoom calls and laying down 1 track tacks, but it doesn't work well with multi part productions (latency issues, no dedicated drivers). How does the Mackie stand up as an instrument or vocal mic in music production?

True story. The bigshot A&R uncle of a friend of mine - "This guy should not be allowed to make music." I might get t-shirts printed with that quote.

Update to the copyright debacle: After nearly 30 days I got contacted by Landr (who I use to release my music) informing me that the copyright claim is because FUGA is the collection agency they use. This is on the one hand good news because it means it wasn't a random scammer. On the other hand, it's not great because I could find no mention of this partnership on Landr's website when it first happened to me, hence my concern. However, there is now an article on their blog site answering this question posted 19 days ago: https://support.landr.com/hc/en-us/articles/15442436320791-Why-is-FUGA-claiming-my-tracks-on-YouTube I cannot say I'm super pleased to learn about this partnership considering the negative reviews online concerning FUGA, but I guess this is the new norm. Now all I have to do is sit back and watch those pennies roll in. Correction: roll by.

Stumbled across this post and I think it's actually a good idea. So, I've give ahead and subscribed to your channel. Here's mine: https://youtube.com/@53mph

This got me thinking....has CbB been putting hidden coding into mixdowns to make them copyright traceable? This might explain why FUGA auto-detected copyright content in my music when uploading to YouTube.

Out now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7jurYdTHa3PwvRzk4JgsDv?si=kC1I9yD8TyenqlBkt9P5Yg

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Just a few hours away from my music video premier on YouTube LOST COWBOY - 53mph Catch the full-screen Premier on YouTube 17 Feb 2024 A cowboy stumbles into town from the desert. He's got one thing on his mind.....vengeance. But, it's not going to end the way you think. I wanted to see if it would be possible to make an engaging music video using only Ai generated images. All images in the video were generated using the BING Copilot image generator and were then animated in either Pika or Genmo. Some zoom and lighting effects were added using Vegas Pro. ************ Tools used to generate images and animations: - BING Copilot - Pika.art - Genmo Video fx & editing - Vegas Pro. ************ X (Twitter) /@53mphband Bandcamp / 53mph.bandcamp.com/

Thinking about it, they may have actually developed a great mastering tool. After all, unlike iZotope, Landr have required people to upload their music to their site for mastering and they also have been releasing the music. This means, they might have some deep learning embedded into the tool that can tell what works (distribution stats tracking what gets the most plays) and what doesn't (my distribution stats, for instance). With all the material uploaded to Landr, they will have had a huge archive for machine learning. I don't know if iZotope do this as their mastering is offline and not directly linked to distribution. Just a thought.