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My teenage son tells me that these films are faked.

He read it somewhere on the internet....so it must be true!  

27 minutes ago, bluzdog said:

This thread and the one upstairs is like "Nextdoor" on steroids. People bitching about hypotheticals and other people bitching about the first bitchers. 😁

...and then those bitchin about the bitchers bitchin...

...anyone for a brew?

I know that the old Cakewalk Sonar was Gibson, and that Bandlab don't owe old users anything....but it would still be nice if the new pricing policy took into account loyal customers.

I (like many others) paid for the older products, I even bought the Platinum lifetime upgrade, and it would be nice if Bandlab gave a discount to users such as myself.

That said, we have all been extremely spoilt over the last years, receiving a free daw with free updates. If the new daw is worth it, why not pay for it. 🤷‍♂️

On 5/26/2023 at 10:10 AM, pwalpwal said:

worth asking zedd records, if it's their pdf? (and if they're still sharing it online, they should update it to remove the bad link)

I've let them know.

They said they'll be updating the info this year.

16 hours ago, Bruno de Souza Lino said:

Buying a domain name doesn't give you ownership of the site it was attached to.

Yeah, thanks for that. 

Still don't know what happened to YouLicense though.

So, I was reading through an old pdf called The Indie Artist Guide, a free pdf put together by Zedd Records, and in one of the sections on Music Licensing there is a link to YouLicense.com ..... however, when you click on it, it now takes you to some scam site called Free Credit Card Rush, which tells you how to generate Fake Credit Card numbers !!!!

This is one pf the things that scares me most about the internet. Somewhere along the line YouLicense has gone ***** up (as we say in the UK) and the site has been taken over by some scammer (or worse) - so what happened to all the data submitted to YouLicense by artsist and musicians over the years? If users of YouLicense had to make payments via credit card, are these the credit card details that the scammers are giving out?

It makes me sad how often scammers take advantage of artists' dreams and aspirations.

Hey guys,

I've made a music video 🥳

If you enjoy Monty Python animations, cowboys, and jellyfish, you should like this video.

Link you YouTube here: 

Hmmm!

I've got a few WA plugins, but I rarely use them. The 9 bucks bundle does contains an orchestra synth though. Anyone used it?

On 3/10/2023 at 7:00 PM, jngnz said:

What are some of your favourite libraries? Must-haves? Secret weapons? 

One thing to remember about sample libraries is that when a new 'magic bullet' comes out, it's used to death on productions (especially TV scores). Sometimes while watching TV shows with my wife, I drive her mad by naming the sound libraries used in the soundtracks (I suppose it's a step up from naming nuts). 🐶

With that in mind, a different approach is to make your own libraries. What a lot of people never seen to get into is using Kontakt in this way. My last few songs have all contained my own bass instrument (made from a detuned flamenco), and my own drums (Cajon). This will make sure your sound is at least as unique as your sampling ability. 😉

Leading on from this: check out Pianobook for some interesting DIY Kontakt instruments.

On 4/19/2023 at 8:36 AM, mettelus said:

I cannot remember offhand exactly which, but MS ..

Yes, the msWord reader is not bad. It is, in fact, one of the voice options on the site I mentioned. The female voice is definitely better than the male one (UK).

20 hours ago, pwalpwal said:

yes, and then you need to set up a desktop recorder that records "what you hear" to get the output? good luck!

I've been using the computer output jack to digital recorder in. All I need is MP3 quality, so it works fine. It's as difficult as putting a jack in a socket....so no biggy.

I'm going to answer myself here.

I found a fantastic Ai text to speech site called https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/

Some of the voices are so close to realistic (US Male Davis & US Female Nancy) that, if you punctuate your text well enough, they sound real.  I think Davis is the voice they use for all the Radio and Podcast ads recently.

The site gives you 5 minutes of free text per day. So it's good for short text.

I haven't used their MP3 conversion tool, because I don't want to sign up to another service, so I'm recording to a digital recorder and editing the files. 

I must say, this one service blows all the other ones out the water.

Does anyone know of any others?

2 minutes ago, paulo said:

What that video mostly made me wonder is .....

How many people actually make it past the first 6 seconds of it ?

Over 367,000 it would seem. 😱

11 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

How is BFD3 coming along? It's been out for more than a decade, right? And 9 out of ten posts I've seen about it have been about problems with the plugin.  It's kept me from upgrading from BFD Eco even though it would only be $49 USD. 

It's worth the upgrade.

Bfd3 got an update after the InMusic acquisition, which fixed a lot of the issues people had. I find it stable enough now. There is always an issue with occasional need for activation, but it's no worse than other companies.

Also, if you're into endlessly tweaking your kit then bfd is great for that. Some other drum VSTs are a bit limited in that respect. I personally think you can get closer to a 'realistic' clean drum sound with bfd. But that's only my HO.

Hi guys,

In my day job, I'm a language teacher and I've got a lot of students who need to practice their listening skills. I've got this book that I use all the time which, unfortunately, is missing the audio cd. There is an audio script for the listenings which I usually read out, however, I want them to hear voices other than mine. It's a very old book and out of circulation, but I was thinking of recreating the audio tracks using the audio script via a text to speech converter.

I can see that there are a number of paid services online that do very good readings. Microsoft Word also has a pretty good Audio Reading tool. However, to get the MP3, you either need to pay or I would need to record the audio onto an external MP3 player (not too hard, but a bit time consuming).

Does anyone know of an easier method?

Cheers 

Btw: I hope I've been clear in my explanation.

Are these playable instruments or just sample packs?

I've never used the company before.

It looks really nice. The only thing stopping me from getting Mixbus is that I work on a laptop and I imagine the layout would be way too small to use on a laptop screen.  I may be wrong though. Is anyone using it on a laptop?

1 hour ago, Technostica said:

I bought it using PayPal with a UK address but it rejected payment with a UK card.
The irony being that my PayPal account uses a UK card anyway!

But how did you get through the payment process. It asks for either your Magix account, or it asks you to sign in as a guest....and then you have to provide your address, in which case it will be rejected.

Just a little note: This offer is only for US customers.  I'm based in the EU and it wouldn't let me fulfill the purchase.

8 hours ago, ALC said:

UJAM Groovemate ONE mentioned before is currently on sale at Plugin Boutique for $11.  https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/64-Virtual-Instrument/7575-Groovemate-ONE

 

I actually have this....just never used it. 😆

In the end I used 5 different vst instruments all playing tiny variations on the tambourine. The end result is quite pleasing. It sounds almost natural.

Perhaps I should just buy a tambourine 😆

5 hours ago, paulo said:

I find that understanding that nobody at all is even going to notice the tambourine part helps me.

"What I really love about that song was the imaginative playing of the tambourine" said Nobody Ever.

This made me laugh. 😆I  know what you mean.

However, I can think of a few songs where the tambourine is integral to the groove, and a so-so tambourine playing would have ruined the track.

@Canopus yeah I found those, but they are not very inspiring or varied. I was hoping for something with a bit more variation or syncope.

Not a deal: This is a request.

Does anyone know of any MIDI grooves that could work with either BFD 3 or Addictive Drums tambourines?

I'm looking for some great tambourine variations, perhaps a little bit groovy or Mazzy Star like. Something that sounds real, without sounding too much like a machine.

Thanks for any help.

1 hour ago, satya said:

This thing is too costly . Really not recommended 

To be forgiving, it's a group of guys trying to make some passive income from their music. Can't really blame them for trying.