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Michael A.D.

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  1. There's a WONDERFUL book called "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid" that discusses the concepts of logic, order, symmetry, inversions, etc in music, art and literature.    And it does so in a very entertaining way! 

    It's the kind of book that you can pick it up, read just a few pages, then come back to it in a few days for more insights.   Great stuff to ponder!

    Check it out:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gödel,_Escher,_Bach

  2. Chord Potion is my favorite plug-in of 2019.  

    I am a crappy keyboard player, but I know how to play chords and I know how to voice lead from one chord to another.  If you can do that, then Chord Potion will make your crappy keyboard playing come alive.     Check out the demo and you might be shocked at what it can do.

    And of course  you are not restricted to keyboard sounds - I can make elaborate symphonic stuff using Chord Potion to trigger programs like Amadeus, The Orchestra, Elysion, etc.

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  3. Is it just me, but I don't think Quadravox sounds very good.   I've tried it on varying sources and the harmonizing algorithm they use does not impress me.   It just strikes me as a quick way to create a harmony, but that quickness comes at the cost of quality.  The best use I could find was to dial back the harmonies so they could be heard very (very!) softly.  I appreciate that they offer it as a freebie, but I can't see a use for it.

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  4. 3 hours ago, Matthew Sorrels said:

    Perhaps the count down is incorrectly using the user's local time and not the server's time?

    I lost out on a deal at NI last year because I thought I had time left to make the purchase.    And for exactly the reason you stated - the web clock was referencing my local time, not NI's time in Germany.  When I went to make the purchase the page no longer existed, though the clock on my browser said I still had 2-3 more hours to make the purchase.

  5. You can get the Kontakt 6 player (and some other freebies) with Native Instruments Komplete Start:

    https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/bundles/komplete-start/

    Note that this includes the Kontakt player - for most instruments you will need the full version of Kontakt.

    I would suggest you wait for NI to have a sale on one of the Ultimate collections as that will include the full Kontakt 6 and lots of other stuff you will probably find useful.

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  6. I'm with Fleer on this - the Blue 3 from GG-Audio is fantastic, the best I have found (and $99). 

    I have not even listened to IK's B3, but I can't see how it can be better than Blue 3.  

    But I'll keep an open mind and I look forward to the inevitable comparisons.

     

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  7. So using the above payment schedule, if you had 1 million listens to your tune you would make $193.

    If every single person in the US (329 million) listened, you make about $63,000.

    A Gold record (single) is 1 million sales.

    A Platinum single is 2 million sales.

    I would think that someone who has a Gold or Platinum record would be making much more than the streaming payments. 

    Of course, Gold and Platinum are for sales, but still it would seem that streaming should be more lucrative than it is.

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  8. Kontakt Hub has been running a 50% off sale on all Hideaway Studio stuff.  I should have mentioned this sooner, but there's only 2 days left. 

    These are LOW cost, HIGH quality, analog Kontakt instruments. (Full Kontakt only.) 

    I highly recommend String Studios 1 &2,  Orbitone Collection 1 &2,  and the Pentodian Resonator Choir.  Check them out:

    https://www.kontakthub.com/label/Hideaway-Studios/

    Don't just take my word for how good these are - check out these articles & reviews from Soundbytesmag:

    https://soundbytesmag.net/?s=hideaway

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  9. 28 minutes ago, Peter - IK Multimedia said:

    Another vote for Jamstix here.  Ralph makes a fine product (and hopefully it will be mapped to MODO DRUM soon too!).

    The latest Jamstix Beta version has been mapped to MODO DRUM, so it's only a matter of time for the official release.

    (And users are allowed to try the Beta version if they are so inclined.)

    https://www.rayzoon.com/updates.html

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  10. I too have a Crucial MX500 2TB... it's worked perfectly - I use it exactly for the OP's intended use - sample storage.  And $183 is a GREAT price.  I thought I had gotten a good deal last year for much more ($265?).    It's nice to see SSD prices keep dropping - eventually, they will be the standard drive format.

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  11. Clerk: Do you swear on the Constitution of the United States to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

    Witness: Ain't no thing. [slaps the clerk's book and the clerk uses his book to slap the witness's hand as if "giving fives" to each other]

    Defense Attorney: [approaches the witness as he sits down in the witness stand] Would you describe in your own words, what happened that night?

    Witness: Yo! Check it, bleed. Bro... was on! Didn't trip. But the folks was freakin', man. Hey, and the pilots were laid to the bone, Home. So Blood hammered out and jammed jet ship. Tightened that bad sucker inside the runaway like a mother. Shit. ["Mr. Striker performed exceptionally. The passengers were very concerned. The pilots were incapacitated. So Mr. Striker took control and landed that plane safely. Golly!"]

    [the stenographer wears sunglasses and sways back and forth as he types]

  12. I had some funds at PluginBotique, so luckily InstaChord (and expansions) only cost me $7.

    Let me say this - I wasted $7.  

    Do not buy this product if you know anything about music.    I will never use it again.

    BTW, I have Scaler and that has some good uses.

    And Cthulu for $39 is FAR more useful/powerful than InstaChord.

    And if you can play basic chords (but not much more than that) on a keyboard, then I highly recommend Chord Potion.

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