Soundwise

When I saw a free product from Behringer, it didn't trigger my interest, despite the "FREE" label. Seeing an ongoing discussion already two threads long got me curious, whether the product might actually be good. Nope.

Hi Saverio,

It's a nice plugin which can produce interesting results with various sources. However, compared to real pedals and other plugins, it's not in the ballpark tonewise. I'm not here to criticize it, although a few suggestions from users wouldn't hurt, right?

The gain staging seems to be off. Is it possible to add an input gain knob?

Also, the tone knob range is too broad. Can you add a toggle to narrow the sweep?

The plugin is properly registered yet somehow limited in functionality. Can't make it do its thing - set settings automatically. Is it just me?

Installed!

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Shredder the GOAT

When I tried Reaper for the first time, v2 or v3, it was a little less than 5MB in size. Now, quite a few years later it's only 15MB, which is pretty amazing.

IME, running Reaper is like using FreeBSD for desktop - not for everyone.

Quite an eye candy this new DAW! 

Revenge of  the Sith Dirk.

11 hours ago, Heath Row said:

I purchased DIFIX a month or so ago, didn't seem to do much of anything for me, guess I might spend a few minutes on it again and see what gives, I think I even read some documentation on it, didn't seem to help. I have found that with United Plugins and W.A. and the like, cheap sort of interesting kinda plugs, some work real well, others although they appear to work, just seem to, well I don't know what. I just put them aside and have a look again sometime in the future, might have been just having an off day . . .

It doesn't do anything obvious, pretty much like in some cases it's hard to tell whether a DI box really does something or it's kind of a fifth leg in the signal chain. Since I live in exile, far from home where I had mountains of gear, this plugin seems like a viable substitute for normal DI boxes, which IME help to go from good to great tonewise while recording high impedance sources like guitars and basses with traditional passive pickups.

Cool little plugin. Nice update, although now it's a bit more CPU hungry.

I wonder if DIFIX ever goes on sale.

Heck! I paid $30 and thought it was a good deal. 🫠

Nembrini Audio has arguably the best rendition of this pedal in a plugin. And it's free.

3 hours ago, Per Christian Frankplads said:

Could you share how to? I would like to get this working, since I miss Pro-53.

I have Ableton Live 11 on a MacBook Air M1.

Easy! You just load the plugin, then it prompts you to drag-and-drop a patch file onto it. It's a simple file

But you need to download the zip archive from Github and unzip it.

On 1/29/2024 at 12:04 AM, Michael A.D. said:

I like the Ugritone drums, but I recently purchased their TRVE Cab bundle (an impulse response player and a collection of IRs). 

It does not work properly (weird beeping sounds and sliders that are too sluggish to use), so I emailed them about the problems.   I didn't hear back from

them, so I emailed them again.  And again.  And again.   Yes - 4 times (and over the course of several weeks), and yet no response from their support email.

Their website says they offer a "no-questions-asked" refund policy within 6 months of a purchase.   In my emails to them I even said a store credit would be fine if they can't fix the problems.  

Does anyone know how to reach them other than their support email?

I don't want to write a bad review, but maybe that's the only way to get their attention?

 

I had a similar experience with Ugritone in the past, so now I just steer away from them.

They probably are in the process of changing prices. A few minutes ago Shibalba was $10, now it's $5.

7 hours ago, audioschmaudio said:

It's bad? Why is that?

It's not bad bad, IMO. But if you compare size (disk space + memory footprint) vs instrument options and/or sound quality, you may start questioning the rationale behind acquiring this tank of samples. In that regard, ST3 was much better.

It's fairly easy to load it within a DAW. No programming skills required.

Came for a deal but found a new programming language. 

On 3/12/2024 at 8:58 PM, TheSteven said:

Wow a PA update!

Looks like Dirk Ulrich is back and determined to push his brain works up the hill.

I own licenses for Action Strikes and Action Strings 2.

However,

As per Marcellus, something is rotten in the state of Denmark (c)

No wonder, Mr. Ulrich was upset with NI.

Looks like a small step in the right direction. I wonder if it is able to correctly detect the key for the "Flight of the Bumblebee" or "Prelude No. 1" (BWV 846).

2 hours ago, DeeringAmps said:

That’s what the Celestion Speaker Shaper is for. Guitar >amp>speakers. Each and every component is vital.

let’s not even add the player to mix…

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Wait! Do you mean, that I also have to actually play the guitar?

ST AmpRoom presets sound great. However, when I run any of the included amps in isolation, it's a far cry from what a good amp sim should be like.

UPD. I think I know what you mean. This seems to plague AT5 when it's copied across multiple channels. When you add instances one by one - no path toggling is needed. That being said, it's worth noting, that up to five instances of AT5 take about 13% on my machine, each. However, with six or more, CPU usage rises significantly, going over 20% per instance on my machine.

1. Default AT5, no changes. CPU load 11-13%

https://pasteboard.co/OhwIDvzQO07Z.png

2. Split path, CPU load 16-18%

https://pasteboard.co/PUlH8DyPRymk.png

3. Back to the single path. CPU load 11-13%

https://pasteboard.co/O2eqccEexiVa.png

Am I doing something wrong?