Nick Blanc

Nice, will get this with the forever 29.

I haven't checked out the sounds yet, but it looks like this is right up my alley. Now the question, in what Komplete tier will it be?

I don't know, but if that's true, it seems really weird that the compressor has a list price on PA of €299 and on PB €36.

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🤣 The last one. Buuuut, I bought it especially with synthwave in mind. Streichfett + Baby Audio Super VHS seemed like a match made in heaven. But I didn't have the time yet as I've been a bit busy with my livejam setup. I will get around to it. I'm sure...

Ah, one of my Black Friday buys which I haven't used yet 😅

Thanks! I can leave the house, but not willingly 😋. The main 'problem' is, I have an hour to kill, so I start jamming and before I know it, I'm 3 hours in. I think the keyboard you're referring to is the Arturia Microfreak. It's an awesome little digital synth (analog filter). The patch is called 'Far Away'. The keybed of the Microfreak is touch sensitive and responds to how much of your finger is on the key. That in turn controls modulation, in this case the filter envelope. I then put it through the free Valhalla Supermassive for a huge modulated reverb. It also adds stereowidth which adds a little extra because the Microfreak is mono.

Alright, my best one yet. I really happy with this! I was playing around earlier this week with the Novation Peak and I stumbled upon a nice sound after some tweaking. Then I lost that sound because I didn't save. 😶 But luckily I did record it. Then I thought, screw it, I'll build from here. Doubled it up with another arp sound. Decided last minute (almost literally) that I needed a lead sound. And boy oh boy did the Microfreak deliver.

It may be silly to 'kick' an old thread up, but I remembered this and I finally got the Lyra-8 this week. Jammed a bit just now. Decided halfway through to put a beat under it and I think I created a pretty decent techno track. Just instant vibes.

No I haven't. I have the plugin (who doesn't at this point) but I have never used it.

Oh yeah, it can be really resource heavy.

Lurssen is a good one and worth the $29.99. I often use it to get a (very good) ballpark master sound. Then I can compare it with what I get from Ozone. And then I can try to recreate it with other plugins. Or when I'm just jamming and don't want to bother with spending too much time, I just slap it on. Don't expect magic, but it is a nice tool to have.

I find myself in this weird situation in my productions lately, where I tend to bury my transients. Could be I'm overdoing my clipping, could be I'm not sidechaining enough, but this could also be the moment I have to saturate my drums some more. And more is always better, sooo....

No! 😝 Well, it just works great on a drumbus. If you need some grit and/or aggression. For me, it's a mojo box, it adds a certain character. And I think it works best on drums. I don't bother with the presets because it's very easy to setup and to find your sweetspot.

Get Loc-Ness 2, use it on drums, thank me later.

Great price, for now. It was at this pricepoint about a year ago? It recently made a huge jump.

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New week, new jam. I was having a lot of MIDI issues I couldn't really figure out (I also didn't take the time). Although the Novation Peak is on another MIDI channel than the Moog Subsequent 37, when I was changing parameters on one, the other would react. Very weird behaviour. Perhaps some signals were on an "all" channel? Changing presets was fun. I had made a good one on the Sub37, changed the preset on the Peak and gone was my Sub37 sound. So I ended up just not using the Peak and sticking to Moog. I have to fix this MIDI mess I created for myself. Anyway, used a new camera but I'm not happy with the quality. It could be that it just sucks going against the light (normally I have the curtains closed), so I have to fiddle with the settings and lighting a bit. Editing was (again) a real b*tch. Somehow I keep messing up things in Davinci Resolve so I have to invest some time into that and make my own tutorial. It took me hours while it should only take about 30 minutes or so. All in all, a bit frustrating jam, also because I messed up the filter settings on the Matriarch which resulted in a huge difference between left and right. I had to overdub the take. Oh and I had a bit of a hangover, that didn't help. At least I look pretty in pink, so that is nice. 😝

I see people worrying about these kind of mergers, but I have to wait and see. In other lines of business, a merger can have consequences for quality because there is almost always some 'streamlining' to be done. I wonder how and if this is the case in the music software business. I think it is a pretty unique market. There are A LOT of independent developers who keep on making amazing products, rivaling the big names in popularity. The couple of big names became this way by delivering quality. And they can't drop that. Image Line can't drop the ball, because the switch to Ableton is made overnight (and a month or so to get up to speed). NI can't drop the ball because Orchestral Tools is right behind them. Izotope can't drop the ball because there are a bazillion other products which do the same. Every UVI product has an amazing counterpart. But they all co-exist because we can use them all together. And we do. I see people use FL for making beats, using Ableton the next day for a live setup and in the weekend they are in protools mixing and mastering. I can use Falcon in project A and Omnisphere in project B.

As a very recent impulse buy, I'm absolutely loving the MS-20 mini. I knew Daft Punk used an MS-20 on Da Funk, so I tried something similar. The cadence is pretty much the same (melody, bass and those stabs). I still have some gainstaging issues when I sum the TR-8S and the Arturia Drumbrute Impact, but that's for another day. Lighting is updated with ledstrips under each crossbar of the stand so I can see what I'm doing, BIG improvement. Still figuring out the camera angles, the one from the front (sort of) is a test, it's better than before where everything was from the back/side, but it still leaves things te be desired. I'm checking out a new cam for that angle because this is a 10 year old, at that time already budget-, action cam. Let me know what you think!

The Newfangled Audio stuff (you mentioned Equivocate) gets a lot of use here. Saturate is my clipper of choice for tonal material, Elevate finds its way on my master more and more, Punctuate is great on some material and will fail on other and I'm just trying out Invigorate which I am growing very fond of. It has to go a bit higher in my TOMA, because now I tend to use it too much towards the end and the effect can be a bit much at that point. But still, at very low mix settings it adds a great edge.

Thank you for watching and your comment. Appreciate it. Total gear list (just synths and drummachines): Roland SE-02 and TR-8S, Behringer TD3, Crave and 2600. Arturia Microfreak and Drumbrute Impact. Korg MS-20 mini and Minilogue XD. Novation Peak. Moog Matriarch and Subsequent 37. PWM Malevolent.

I'm very happy to see you back. I like your videos and enthusiasm. I even watch when I have absolutely no interest in the product. Now I'm no IT expert, but it seems to me that just taking over cookies for acces to your account is not exactly watertight. In my opinion, a better solution would be that the "is this you?" email would require you to take action and not just "ignore if this is you". Then again, if they have your email, that would render it mute. Hmm 🤔

My first time out of the deals forum, be gentle 😝. I recently rebuilt my studio to accommodate a setup more suitable for live jamming. I still have to hunch a bit, but ok. Also my first try at a multicam setup. I feel like the angles don't really complement each other so I will probably move one camera to behind the gear. Lighting is pretty ok, a bit 'kitsch' with the disco light and I know the led strip came loose. I'm overall pretty pleased with the result. Enjoy.

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