jude77

I grabbed a pair of Blue Lola's on Ebait for $85 new (regular $250). They sound nice, have superb isolation, but can feel a bit clunky when you wear them. if you have the chance to audition they're definitely worth a listen.

Wait. Stop. I'm reeling. Is this possible! Can we actually have TOO MANY plugins?

I remember when these were all introduced in the $400-500 range. My how times have changed for the better.

This is excellent advice. I bought a copy at X'mas (for $49!) on impulse and just don't care for it. It doesn't sound "bad", but it just isn't my cup of tea.

Scott G: Good to see you here. I still use my SONAR Power books.

Recently I grabbed a copy of their AutoGain plugin. Makes gain-staging easy-peasy.

It's in the same install package as the VST3. When you install you get the usual choice of installing AAX/VST2/VST3. just make sure only VST2 is checked.

I think if we wait long enough eventually everything will be part of the Slate Everything Bundle.

Really, really good song here. Very pro sounding. Very strong vocals that are, like everyone else said, immensely sincere and heartfelt. I could hear Sting doing this.

Bob, you beat me to it! Perfect description. I really liked this song. Very fun!! Thanks for posting!

As a long shot maybe uninstall everything and just reinstall VST2. I had problems getting VST3 to install correctly.

As always, you consistently do professional sounding material in terms of composition, arrangement and performance. I'm listening on tiny computer speakers so take this comment with a grain of salt, but it sounded to me like the vocal got lost a few times. I noticed no one else mentioned this, so again, it might just be my speakers. It's good to see you here and that you stayed with CW.

Hello Michael, I listened to your songs (albeit on small computer speakers) so I can't comment on the mixes in depth, but I do think the vocals tended to be a little too dry. Try some reverb/delay and I think you'll be happier with them. Also, I think your mixes are better than you think they are. In my opinion, part of your perception that they aren't that good is because your comparing your material with other material that's been professionally mastered. Good mastering can bring the best out of a track. There are several mastering services online that are not terribly expensive. You might try one of them and see if you're happier with your material. If you want to try your own hand at mastering Izoptope has Ozone 8 on sale right now and Waves has Abbey Road TG Mastering chain on sale as well. Both have demos if you're up to it. Best of luck with you music.

Mibby, me too. I'm hoping this is a "teaser" and that others in the same vein will follow.

When I tried to install it I kept clicking VST3, but it never installed. Finally I clicked VST2 and in installed right away. Maybe it's just my machine, but I just wanted to help people avoid any confusion if they were trying to install VST3 but nothing showed up. I hope I answered your question.

Just to return this thread to the actual topic for a moment, I downloaded and installed this thing and it is quite potent. A little goes a looooong way. It's not bad, but you don't need to use much of it. And, for what it's worth, if you install it if gives you a choice between VST2 and VST3, but, in fact, will only install VST2. Anyway, I think it's definitely worth a demo, and I look forward to what they do with it next.

Fleer, I'm with ya. I don't quite understand the iLok hate. In the early days there were problems, but I haven't encountered any snags in the last 6-7 years. Two years ago I had a HD collapse and had to reinstall everything. With my iLok stuff I got my backup HD out, reinstalled everything, plugged in my iLok and was off and running without a snag. Maybe I'm lucky, dunno.

it looks like Plugin Alliance has caught the Waves $29 bug, I hope it spreads to other developers.

Considering they're free, these things look really good. Using just stock DAW plugins and the better free ones anybody should be able to do some serious mixing work these days. As always, thanks for posting this stuff.

It is indeed a good deal; but be prepared to spend some time with it. At first I was baffled, but as with most things, the more you work with it the more sense it makes.

I totally agree. It's all coming down to processing power. More and more I see that the only limitation on software is the developer's imagination. It makes me wonder where things will be in 10 years or 50 or 100.

Good grief. You realize now there is absolutely no limit on what software can do, and even if this doesn't nail the tone, one day there will be a software package that does.

Yes, it is. I have only scratched the surface with this thing and it and give you some great results.

there's some good stuff there. Thanks!

This is all very disheartening to read. I remember ST3 having problems at the beginning to. I was going to pull the trigger, but I'll wait. Thanks for the posts.