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10 hours ago, Heath Row said:

Even the Waves people must eat. I'm not ashamed to say that I am a huge Waves fan, awaiting the next plugin, hopefully free again to Mercury 😁

I used to be a big fan as well.  I still have a ton of them, but when they did the subscription switcheroo I bailed.  I keep thinking I might get back in, but I guess I have enough residual fear that they might do it again that I can't quite pull the trigger.

19 hours ago, cclarry said:

Lucky you!  I guess us plebes only get 35%

As much as you advertise for these guys they ought to give you free libraries.

On 2/12/2024 at 9:59 AM, Daniel Hulse said:

I was just playing with Portatron yesteday. It's nothing that you can't do with samples and effects in a DAW, but the nostalgia factor is pretty high. I kind of miss my 4-track Portastudio. There's something about the hands-on simplicity that keeps your concentration focused. And this plugin replicates that really well.

Any instrument that ends in "tron" must, de facto, be cool! 

12 hours ago, Doug Rintoul said:

I don't think this video is relevent anymore. At least the version I downloaded didn't have a demo mode.

Good to know.  Thanks for the update.

2 hours ago, Niky Serrano said:

The worst company in every way from my point of view.

Well, there's always Waves . . . .

Here's a video I found on YT that may, or may not, help you decide about Tonocracy:

5 hours ago, satya said:

I registered, I downloaded , and not installed

That's like bapu in negative.

1 hour ago, cclarry said:

$99 is for Software and the MEMS Mic
$49 is only for the Software

They always find a way to get into everybody's pocket!

last week it was $99, now, voila, it's down to $49.99

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/arc3/

17 minutes ago, Patricio Campos said:

If you switch you will not look back

Years ago I tried Reaper and  one thing I absolutely LOVED about it was the was tons of GUIs that are available.  when I demoed it I used the Abbey Road REDD console.  It made me feel like George Martin!  @satya definitely give Reaper a spin.  I think you'll love it.  BUT if you switch you still have to come back here and post deals!

I was interested until I saw the Word That Shall Not Be Spoken, the evil "S" word.  Not doing any s*bscriptions!

1 hour ago, Nick Blanc said:

Already using it. I have my studio in my very suboptimal living room. I'm not putting up ugly (or less ugly but still nothing to look at) soundproofing.

Your curve doesn't really look that bad compared to the one ARC showed for my room.  It sort of reminded me of the Swiss Alps on a sunny day.

The JRRshop price is great!  Thanks for posting this.

Your trip looks fantastic!!  I hope you had a blast.

18 hours ago, craigb said:

If you must "Stay Seated" then how do you get off the bus? 🤔

You don't.  It's sort of like the Hotel California and that check-out thing they have going on.

14 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

The more I research this, the more I question if this is a scam.  

A few months ago I DMed the developer of AcousticSamples and asked him why he removed his Wurlie library from his site. He told me that he was contacted by a man out of Germany who claimed to be the heir of the Wurlitzer company.  I knew the story was pure BS because my late mother worked for Wurlitzer and I knew they were an American company that Baldwin purchased maybe a few decades ago and then Baldwin was later purchased by Gibson. Anyhow, the guy claimed he owned the trademark and basically was trying to scam the developer for money. 

I told the dev this was almost certainly a scam and conducted a USPTO trademark search. It turned out the guy registered a trademark for Wurlitzer for use in sports entertainment. The last owner of the Wurlitzer trademark was Gibson.  I doubt this guy even used a lawyer to file that trademark. So I went back to the developer and told him to ignore the scammer. 

Today,  Music Radar published a story that the Wurli is back but stated it didn't know if its part of Gibson or they sold it. I am really surprised their editor let that get published without even checking the source. This would normally come In a press release and they always feature contact info. A journalist could also easily call Gibson. It appears that none of that happened. 

So, suspecting that this could be the same scammer creating this site to extort sample developers,  I checked who was behind the website. It turns out that the Wurlitzer Company lists a residential address, a single family home in Germany,  no business address. Yes, it could be a wealthy businessman, but wealthy businessmen have business addresses.  

Therefore, my current take on this story is that I question its authenticity. I asked my friend Dave Kerzner -- owner of Sonic Reality, musician and fellow Wurli enthusiast who is well connected in the music industry-- what he thinks and he finds I've raised some serious questions. I'll update this as I learn more.  

That was some amazing detective work!  Very impressive.  I hope you never decide to investigate ME!

On 1/24/2024 at 6:59 AM, Soundwise said:

Compressor plugins are like ampsims - they all basically do the same thing slightly differently, still you always crave them and need "one more".

That's the truth.  When I first saw this I thought "$45 for another compressor, I'll pass."  Then I looked again and said, "But wait, you get FOUR!  Sure I've got 85 compressors already but this is a great deal."   Marketing Departments know how to make that "crave/need" factor itch!

3 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

AI definitely can be very useful in any DAW, especially for cleaning up audio.  I would expect in less than a decade from now, AI functionality will be part of every major DAW.

The reaction to AI today reminds me a lot of the reaction people had to the Web in the early days (1995 -2000). It was misunderstood, overhyped by some, and written off by many. AI is a tool and it absolutely has great application for audio, as many of us have experienced for years using Izotope and Sonible tools. 

Personally, I'm pretty excited about AI.  IMHO It's here to stay so we may as well start making our peace with it.  In terms of its application in music I have some plugins that already use a form of AI.  When I use them I find they sometimes make suggestions that are fairly strange and not at all useful, but I also find there are times they make better moves than I would have (which, given my skill level, isn't hard to do) and really improve things.  As this stage in the game I'm seeing AI plugins/DAWS/composition software etc. as offering a starting place and I can either take its suggestions or not.  For me, it's just another tool that sometimes does better than I could and sometimes doesn't.  I'm waiting to see what's next.

On 1/12/2024 at 10:35 PM, Rain said:

I was looking for a French translation of a book by Nietzsche

Good Lord!  I'm impressed.  And to think I was proud of myself for reading the Cliff notes to Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

With the world as it is, the question might also be "Is there anything left of me?"  Seems like everyday something else takes another bite!

18 hours ago, Fleer said:

Luckily there’s @satya and some other minions (like myself) but it’s already getting pretty chilly out here without Larsy. 

Lars is most definitely the King.  Satya is clearly the Crown Prince, and the rest of us are expendable serfs laboring in the fields.

Is $19.99 becoming the new $29?  Let's hope!

There are quite a few review videos on YT (whatever a review video on YT is worth).  I downloaded the demo and it's pretty impressive, especially for less than $20.

https://www.voosteq.com/model-n-channel/

Have a great time!

5 minutes ago, DeeringAmps said:

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Create a “junction” and get this beast off the C drive. Totally unnecessary for it and TRackS et al to “hog” so much space. Lazy design (typical) on the part of IKM. The installer could just as easily ask where you want this data to reside (on your sample drive; duh!) Drives me nuts!
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