Bruno de Souza Lino

Despite owning a few Waves plugins myself, I'll probably never use them because they're spread across different versions and installing those is a hassle and a half, as you have to download all plugins from that version (each being several Gigabytes in size) even if you're gonna use one or two of them. Waves only gives you the option of picking and choosing individual plugins if you have the latest versions of those plugins...Which are exactly the same as the old ones except for a version increase.

8 hours ago, Terry Kelley said:

After a bunch of testing, I agree ... it's hype. There are certain things I like about like the three band EQ and the limiter/compressor/leveler being on each track (albeit rather hindered.) The saturation controls are interesting but not a must. But I can essentially achieve the same thing in Cakewalk even though the ProChannel takes up a lot of room. I also notice that most people record in their favorite DAW and then mix in HMB. They don't record on it.

Based on a small amount of experience I have with using Ardour with the plugin suite Linux has available, the DAW is decent for audio centric stuff but not so much MIDI. In order to use Ardour on Windows, you either have to donate or subscribe to Ardour, buy Mixbus or compile Ardour from source.

Uh....Isn't the whole point of indie music doing things your way rather than sticking to guidelines and established formats?

1 - Double, tripled and quad tracked guitars. You're a guitar player, we get it. Now leave space for the other instruments to be heard in the mix.

2 - Songs which have tons of bass everywhere, yet you can't hear a single note of what the bass player is doing.

3 - Everything has to be layered, epic, hit you like a truck and other adjectives. Well, if everything in your song is massive, nothing is massive.

4 - Despite several advancements in sampling technology and plugins, some people just manually place samples in the grid, then spend hours getting them to line up right, slice them, and so on. And no, you don't get more control by doing that.

3 - Some tutorials or hacks will teach you how to make your drum sounds more realistic by telling you to shift everything by an exact time figure. There's no difference between being locked to the grid and locked to the grid + some timing offset. Your drums still sound fake, but now they're 10 ms off or something like that.

5 - It's a bit sad there are still people asking how to make drum parts that sound more realistic when the vast majority of drum sounds in the last 20 years is gated and isolated to the point it sounds like a drum machine. And these people are gonna take their realistic drum parts and do exactly that anyways.

6 - The cicada hi-hat. It's in everything everywhere nowadays and it's always the same pattern.

7 - Beat producers. So, you're gonna tell me you spent all that time, money and effort learning how to make music only to produce 30 second loops just like the ones you keep buying off the internet to produce more loops?

8 - Endless talk about dynamics this and dynamic that, then you just shove at least 2 compressors in every track, including fx sends.

On 4/9/2023 at 12:15 AM, Terry Kelley said:

Is there any sonic difference? I hear some people claim "it's got the sound of the original analog board" but what little I've played with it, the results sound no different than Cakewalk.

Those claims are simply confirmation bias. If anything, I wouldn't trust any claims of Harrison sounding "just like their analog board." Not after the whole 32C Channel plugin which claimed "Every resistor, capacitor, and transistor is included in the model," and when Dan Worrall tested it, he discovered the plugin was just a bog standard digital EQ with no emulation at all.

As per MIDI sequencing in Harrisson, Pro Tools has a more developed MIDI sequencer and that's considering PT's MIDI sequencer is primitive at best, just like REAPER's.

One of the things having loads of old inefficient electronics, especially tube ones, is the amount of money you'll save on central heating in the winter.

13 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said:

Studio time at Abbey Road Studios must be really expensive if you have to sell the shoes off your feet to be able to book and afford studio time over there

Since you have to ask and they might not want to book you or your choice of engineer, it may not even be worth it. It's not a surprise many of these large studios (like Steve Vai's Mothership) have closed.

8 hours ago, abacab said:

Yes they do. Mine have expired...

 

Who thought this was a good idea and why are they allowed to live?

2 minutes ago, Byron Dickens said:

So he's supposed to pay studio time for a f***ing tour?

Considering he's filming it for his YouTube channel as a for profit thing, sounds fair enough for me.

On 4/9/2023 at 12:36 AM, Rain said:

him touring with those guys is a bit like putting a Ferrari engine in an old Pinto

In this particular case, it's like inviting a real singer to perform at a Milli Vanilli show

Rick would probably have entered Abbey Road sooner if he actually paid to use the studio just like everyone else which managed to enter before him. Doesn't look like a hard concept to grasp, especially as a studio owner.

Only Waves is capable of making their users worry about a point point update.

10 hours ago, chris.r said:

@abacab you're right, but with Modo Drums update to v 1.5 it was a bit unusual thing where the whole samples database got updated as well, first the whole sampleset was packed into 3 files (mododrumdata_000 to 002.pak), then after the update it's got changed into something like 10 smaller packs, plus the update supposedly brought a new kit in (where? I don't have it in any download tab unless it's in the installer). But my registered version 1 samples are already locked, did anyone notice that it will get unlocked after authorizing the 1.5 update? I didn't install the update yet.

I don't believe the samples which compose MODO Drum (which are cymbal samples, since the drum sounds are synthesized) fall into that 180-day BS window thing, as you can't use MODO Drum without them.

20 hours ago, TheSteven said:

 <sigh> I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Modular is not everyone's cup of tea and I'm sure a lot of people jump in and then never come to terms with it and then at some point look to sell it. 
 

 

It doesn't help that Cherry is not a heavy hitter when it's competing against Reaktor, Softube Modular and VCV Rack.

If Bandlab has their own online Mastering services, why CbB points to the subscription only LANDR service in their menus?

3 hours ago, dubdisciple said:

I am not a fan of installation process

While the product manager is useful for keeping track of and managing your authorizations, the fact you have to be present to click on the installation buttons for each of the things you install defeats the purpose of it. Even Waves with its convoluted Waves Central thing only requires you to choose what you want to install and does the whole thing by itself.

On 4/6/2023 at 4:32 AM, Fleer said:

But where’s that Montage successor?!

I think they ran out of "M" words to name their flagship workstation. Although they don't command as much of an audience in that market segment because everyone sold their soul to get a Korg Kronos in the last few years. Now they're trying to compete with Nord in the stage piano segment...And invented the YC series because they needed to do something about the surplus of parts they had because they took too long to release their Reface line.

On 4/6/2023 at 7:24 PM, mibby said:

I don't get this. Do you feel like IK doesn't provide quality software??  I mean, you bought TS3.5 for some reason.  Do you feel like it wasn't worth what you paid?   

IK is famous for being very attractive price wise when it comes to new customers. Once you're already in, you're constantly shafted by new customers getting better deals than you. User retention doesn't seem to be a priority for them as it stands out.

AI is very good at shallow type knowledge. Once you get past that, you're better off doing the thing yourself. AI lacks the understanding of context, cause and effect, on top of being limited to what its dataset can provide and not being able to create data from different media or abstractions. Humans can do all of that and more without much effort or computational power. The scenario where AI is gonna replace humans is just a pipe dream at this point and may not happen in our lifetimes.

Don't be afraid of AI. Use it as a tool. Take advantage of it. Don't let AI and people who have a vested interest in selling you AI using shady and dishonest methods (which is essentially every single AI content creator) put fear in your mind that you'll become obsolete. Don't let AI use you as a tool like it's using them.

9 hours ago, Old Joad said:

KISS is going through the same thing, The problem is these old bands can't move on to new music and the fans don't want them to.

A bigger problem is that these old bands should get a grip at this point and understand that everything has to end at some point, especially if they're not releasing new material. There's little point in paying to watch live versions of songs which get worse as the time progresses, IMO. Imagine if Neal Schon suddenly decided that Arnel Pineda should get the boot and Steve Perry get the position back as the main Journey guy when his drug abuse destroyed his voice to the point he can barely sing in tune.

Uh...There's already a 50th anniversary unit for sale on Reverb.

10 hours ago, hockeyjx said:

Oh, I know how bad based on shows from 15/20 years ago. But it is claimed that what you are hearing ARE pre-recorded vocals now ...if so, I'd hate to hear actual live ones, because pre-recorded sound AWFUL!

It's Milli Vanilli 2.0 except they let the models sing instead of hiring actual singers.

If they don't provide a video demo with Johnny DeMarco, I'm not even looking at it.

2 hours ago, hockeyjx said:

I wonder how bad Vince Meal would sound if he was really sing live!

A quick YouTube search will show you that. Or at least how it sounds nowadays.

On 4/6/2023 at 1:08 AM, John Vere said:

Yes I don't look forward to the day it dies as I use it like many people just to pre view downloaded midi files. I guess you could use the dreaded MS wavetable out of desperation. I also have a real Sound Canvas as well as my Korg 05R/w has a GM mode. And my Yamaha DTX drum module has a GM player built in. 

Cubase has the Halion Synth which is GM and I also have that somewhere as I own Cubase 5 on a DVD I never bother to install anymore.  I think I can just install Halion and it gets licensed via the Dongle I have plugged in so I can use Wave Lab. So I have a few options. Seems the only GM synth you can purchase is the Roland Cloud version of Sound Canvas VST. If it sounds anything like my hardware version it would be a waste of money. I like the Korg much better. 

 

Halion Sonic is the free version of it. I don't know if it comes with everything or if it still requires the dreaded eLicenser BS. Another alternative would be a sampler like TX16W with some GM soundfont like Fluidsynth of Arachno.