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Jim Roseberry

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  1. I've moved to Reflect Home v8 (from True Image). If you create a bootable rescue disk (USB Flash Drive), you can actually uninstall Reflect. You can boot any machine from this disk... and backup/restore with all the primary function of Reflect.
  2. If quality of experience is worth anything, forget about USB>Audio Cable as an "audio interface". Latency will be terrible, audio quality sub-par, and you may encounter stability issues. Aside from the computer itself, the audio interface is the next most critical factor in a rock-solid recording (or amp-sim playing) experience. As was mentioned, the Behringer UMC series is inexpensive... and will be an infinitely better solution.
  3. Big shoes are hard to fill. Drummer is literally the heart of it all. Positive thoughts/vibes for your drummer to make a full recovery.
  4. Yep, that Generic ASIO Driver is annoying. You can uninstall it... but it should be an option. Sad to see Magix having financial issues. When SEK'D America was the distributor (Titus and Tilman the main developers), I almost took a job working with them in Santa Rosa, CA.
  5. I've got a pair of WA-273-EQ units. For the cost, I think they're great.
  6. Intriguing at that price point. If it's anywhere close to the 1073 sound-wise, it's a fantastic deal.
  7. If you get into video editing, a RTX-4xxx card is nice. I've got that mini-ITX build with 14700k and a RTX-4060Ti (16GB). Amazing performance for the size...
  8. If low latency performance is important to you, DP is the worst low-latency performer of all the major DAW applications.
  9. The smallest PCs are using mobile CPUs. In short, they'll have the same performance limitations of a typical laptop. If you can work with a slightly larger Mini-ITX build, you can have a i7-14700k CPU... with zero performance limitation. As a point of reference (using Cinebench R23 multi-core benchmark): i9-14900k scores 40k i7-14-700k scores 33k You get most of the performance of the 14900k... at significantly lower cost... and zero performance compromise.
  10. Friends don't let friends use USB Mics. 😁 Much better off with a decent audio interface (with robust ASIO driver)... and dedicated microphone/s.
  11. Sounds like moderate gain tone... with chorus and delay (as was mentioned above). Alex Lifeson used a ton of chorus in the 80s... Andy Summers did as well. Probably be easier to list who wasn't using chorus in the 80s. 😁
  12. Go to register for an account Enter information Click the Register button The fields go blank... no confirmation that an account was created (or an Email verification link was sent) Been several minutes... no Email verification link. 👎 Edit: Turns out you can't have a space in your User Name. Edit2: Installed the plugin, it asks to login to my account. I enter my login credentials... and it says they're incorrect. So... I click on the Forgot My Password button... to sent a link to change the password. Haven't received an Email.
  13. Atomic is ultimately going to release a hardware version.
  14. FWIW, You do NOT want to disable Hyper-Threading. That was necessary many years back... with the very first implementation. Hasn't been necessary since Steinberg and other developers caught up (shortly after).
  15. To each their own. The Montage M8x is a great piece of hardware. Only downside is the size/weight (it's HUGE). The ESP plugin adds even more value to the Montage M (allowing multiple instances, taking out just the VSTi to gigs, etc).
  16. Note that this isn't an Editor, ESP has the full Montage M synth engine. At least currently, you have to have a Montage-M hardware synth to access the download (the download key comes in the bag with the manual). As Yamaha mentioned previously, this first version is limited to Quick Edits (can't do full/deep editing). Full editing will come in a second update release. Not a big deal as it's easy to transfer from ESP>Montage and vice-versa. I loaded my Montage-M backup file. Loaded super quick. All my custom samples and programs are now in ESP. Pretty cool to have them virtualized. ESP allows running multiple instances. This is especially nice with the AN-X engine... as the hardware is limited to 16-voices. It'll now be easy to work around this with a DAW. I've been busy today... so I haven't had a chance to thoroughly check it out... but what I've seen/heard thus far is impressive. It's nice to *finally* have a 1:1 virtual equivalent to a top-tier keyboard workstation. Sampletank and HALion are OK. This is an entirely different beast. The Montage M8x weighs over 60 pounds (sans case). Not super keen on schlepping it to shows. I may take out a mini-ITX build just to run ESP. That combined with the Nord Stage 4 (my normal gig keyboard) would feel nearly unlimited.
  17. Some newer tech trickling in from the Nord Stage 4 (aside from the key-bed)
  18. We opened for Dokken and Enuff Z'Nuff a couple years back. Opened for Lynch Mob last summer. Most of the guys are pretty stand-off. Don was more talkative than George. Jimmy (drummer for Lynch Mob) is a friend of a client. Got a pic with him... really cool guy.
  19. For SSL subscribers, this and many other Harrison plugins are included. I know many aren't into the subscription model, but this (IMO) is one of the better offerings.
  20. Nicest Gibson that I've played recently was a Les Paul Axcess Floyd Rose (at Sweetwater). Played and sounded (to me) better than several R9s... which were more than double its cost. While not cheap (in any sense), that Axcess was $3k (two thousand off normal price). Amazing deal for a Gibson Custom (about same cost as a Standard).
  21. Haha! "Politicians, the Dung-Beatles of humanity."
  22. LOL! The year is young... let's see what else it brings.
  23. Nothing lame about it. What problem/s does a Linux DAW solve? Latency? Compatibility? Performance? The short answer is none of the above. What is "Lame ***" is Linux as a DAW platform. 20+ years behind Mac and PC Far fewer developers Miniscule user base (Mac/PC DAW user base in tiny compared to general-purpose users. Linux DAW users are a tiny percentage compared to Mac/PC). Low demand (vs Mac/PC) 101 different OS variants Near zero one-on-one support for less tech-savvy users What does a miniscule user-base, few developers, and low demand result in? You guessed it, no significant profit. The reality of the situation is that (especially in today's economy), companies can't afford thousands of man-hours (development)... for something that's not going to pay for itself. If your life-savings was invested in a DAW software company, would you honestly think it a wise investment to develop a Linux DAW? Lets say you've got 10 thousand man-hours in development cost (at $50/man-hour). That's half a million dollars. I don't know about you, but I'd want that $500,000 to generate a decent return on investment. Mac/PC is going to have a much better ROI... because the user-base is much larger (far more potential customers). Say Company X compiled the ultimate Linux DAW. Legitimate support across the many different variants of Linux would be a nightmare (money and time). Why do you think many laptop developers choose to hide BIOS parameters from end-users? It's not because it's beneficial from a performance standpoint, it's to save them from potential tech-support nightmare. If you want to run a Linux DAW "just because you can"... more power to you. For someone who has everything they want/need in a current Mac/PC DAW, where's the impetus to make a (less than lateral) move? Emotional/philosophical reasons aren't going to motivate folks to take a significant step backward. Remember when Mac/PC DAWs were starting to come about? Oh, this new DAW software is going to be the "ProTools killer". Just because someone created an alternative (even if it's completely equal in features/function), that's not enough of a reason to get many folks to switch. Linux as legitimate DAW platform (to completely rival Mac/PC) faces a nearly vertical slope.
  24. In later versions of Win10, Microsoft broke the ability to disable CPU Core Parking (when running 12th or 13th Gen CPUs). That was that pivotal moment I'd been waiting for to move to Win11. I've heard that's since been fixed... but I'm not going back with any new builds. For a new build, I'd install Win11 Pro. Pro lets you fully disable Automatic Updates (Home does not). You also have the Group Policy Editor (which allows shutting down Cortana, OneDrive, etc). As @DeeringAmps mentioned, the Pro version just gives you more control.
  25. The Poly D does have a Juno chorus effect. I'm pretty sure that's the reason for the balanced L and R outputs.
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