aidan o driscoll

Interesting times ahead I reckon, as this whole AI thing develops. Could happen sooner than we think. Already in Japan re Manga Comics apparently an AI made a Manga Graphic comic in 6 weeks that would take a human artist 2 years https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/japan-first-ai-generated-manga-art-intl-hnk/index.html Here is a new AI DAW based on Chatgpt: https://www.audiocipher.com/post/ai-daw Recently, a whole new OASIS album was released with an AI Liam Gallagher .. called AISIS. Is this just the beginning? https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/04/20/someones-made-a-new-oasis-album-with-ai-and-liam-gallagher-thinks-it-is-mega Are you a DJ? Well SPOTIFY has got your number it seems: https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/13/spotifys-new-dj-feature-is-the-first-step-into-the-streamers-ai-powered-future/ "The AI DJ’s voice, meanwhile, was created using technology Spotify acquired from Sonatic last year and is based on that of Spotify’s head of Cultural Partnerships Xavier “X” Jernigan, host of Spotify’s now-defunct morning show podcast, “The Get Up.” Surprisingly, the voice sounds incredibly realistic and not at all robotic." So let the discussion begin PS - Mmm ... will we have an AI Cakewalk?

Found Augmented Strings to be a bit of a resource hog on my core i5, 16GB Ram SSD system. Augmented Brass etc the same I assume?

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For the uninitiated whatever plan you sub to you get monthly points that can be used to buy individual loops/samples or sample packs. At the moment i have amassed 9947 points so must make good inroads to getting a load of stuff You also get a daily FREE SOUNDS thing that resets every 24 hrs. So outside of your points you can download 25 samples daily to add to your collection

Not sure what you mean. They are samples in that they are audio and downloadable. The loop thing only comes in if the sample can be seamlessly looped start to end and around again. Most of the Drum samples are loops. Single hits are not and most of the keys, vocals etc may not be loopable. However alot of Bass are. Loopcloud is not just a huge selection of random samples, its alot of sample packs which would have loops and samples that can work together. They are "curated" in that fashion. You can download individual loops, samples hits OR download a "currated" sample pack that has samples that work together, similar genre The magic happens in the loopcloud 8 track daw where you can live audition and mix samples and loops together. This also has effects per track and you can change the tempo and pitch of the samples live also. The plugin in say Cakewalk/DAW will auto set the samples you have in the loopcloud tracks to the tempo of your project Thats my take on what you ask

@MusicMan All fair points BUT I found the way around this is first audition and build the loops in the loopcloud app with the 8 track in there along with your DAW project. When happy you have the FINAL sounds you want you can then add / export them via the loopcloud app to tracks in your project. No need of the loopcloud app any more With respect to the plugins eg loopcloud drums, same thing - once happy with the loop and sound you created in there convert to wav on track in the project. Then no issues with the sub being kept up. Its a mindset thing i suppose. I would only use the loopcloud app and plugs to create the ideas .. when happy I would do above and detach all from the project, no big deal at all Nothing stopping you from downloading all your owned loops from loopcloud also and archive. I think it downloads them anyway to local drive

From Loopcloud webite: Are all of Loopcloud’s samples royalty-free? - Yes. You’ll have a full royalty-free license for every sample that you download from Loopcloud. Any samples that you purchase with points - or through your free quota - are yours for a lifetime. ====================================================== This from here - Loopcloud 6.0 Review: Changing the Way You Produce Music Loopcloud is a DAW-integrated sample subscription service. It lets you audition, chop up, and tweak over 4 million loops and one-shots, all of which are 100% royalty-free. That means you can use them however you’d like without risk of owing a copyright owner money! As I said in my post above you have to stop viewing loopcloud as JUST LOOPS. The app and tools around it and integration with your daw turn this system into having the ability to make original instruments from loops .. Also keep in mind its not just loops, its one hit sounds too for example full one hit kits They also have worked alot on the search algorithm system to really narrow down a search for loop types you are looking for.

I have it -- yearly sub. I usually cancel it just before sub up and they come back to me with similar offer as in the title. Yes I like. The following: - Its integration into your DAW via loopcloud plugin - The extra plugs you get - Loopcloud Drum, Loopcloud Play, Bass Master, Khords LoopCloud Drum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4cUaP59iNs LoopCloud Play - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=579hBO9cphw - The 8 track DAW inside the Loopcloud app that syncs with your track in say Cakewalk, so you can live audition up to 8 separate samples in that DAW along with the track playing in CW and can chop change the samples while the track is playing live. Also in the LC Daw you can chop, effect and lots of other stuff to turn the loops into original sounds - The LOOPCLOUD Cloud space where you can save your loops - The free loops you can add to your collection - every 24 hours the clock resets. So pointless just viewing this as a huge selection of loops ONLY .. its the tools around these loops and the integration with your DAW. I find it also a great thing to use as a start point creatively

Just installed NA2 .. and indeed, relative to NA1 it is a resource hog cpu wise etc. BUT I did see updates not in NA1 and we really only use NA to update, add new or uninstall so its not on all the time

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For ages i have been keeping an eye on ECHOBOY and thinking some day Is it def worth the purchase? I hear good things about it, our kybrd player swears by it

So as we near bid farewell to this PA sale. Whats left in the $5.99-$19.99 section thats worth picking up for FREE and doesnt bork your CPU OR in the $24.99 - $29.99 section https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products.html

Yeah, I uninstalled and even deleted the download of a few gigs. I could put the space to better use

Yip @rasure ... as @simon said. I will say this, I think I now know why Wedge Force Keemun was left in the $5.99-$19.99 bracket. I found it to be a resource hog, also takes ages to load and criples my core i5 system anyway. I uninstalled, luckly I got it for free. The down load / install is about 3GB I think So my 2 cents is dont bother "buying" it

Just tried to update MASSIVE X and got a trojan alert from Windows Defender: So went looking via google and got this very recent post at NI Forums: https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/11586/microsoft-defender-detects-trojan-script-on-update-file-of-massive-x Seems other "legit" applications are suffering from same issue when updated etc

In comparison to same item here in EUROPE considering $99 is €92 / ST£80: At AMAZON M-Audio Store: https://www.amazon.co.uk/M-Audio-AIR-192-Studio-Grade-Instruments/dp/B07YZLN475?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1&psc=1 ST£152 or $186 plus shipping if you dont have prime Then at THOMANN: https://www.thomann.de/ie/m_audio_air_192_8.htm €179 or $193 plus shipping So someone is making really nice margin it would seem. Unfortunately we here in Europe wouldnt buy from US due to shipping costs and excise duties and VAT added. probably end up well over the high prices above

Just to make sure people are aware. Vegas, Soundforge and other magix apps turn up quiet regularly in Humble Bundles. Typically you will pay about $25 for a bundle, never more really. The versions of Vegas, Soundforge etc would usually be 2 or 3 behind the latest version. So I imagine the next audio bundle from HB will include say Soundforge 14 Pro and/or Vegas Pro 19 ( Last HB Audio or Video bundle had SF 13 and Vegas 18 Pro So do keep an eye out. For last good few years this is how I have been upgrading SF and Vegas. Cannot argue with the price. Of course the HB with SF, Vegas comes with other software on top also that maybe useful https://www.humblebundle.com/software

Same here, though I am on 13 and see no reason to upgrade from that. As with 13 i will wait for 14 or 15 to come out on Humble Bundle for $25 or so

My upgrade from 8 is $99. Is it worth the upgr from 8 to 9.2? Im not sure it is. I already have SQ80 V and the augmented strings and voices I found to be resource hogs. I think Ill pass

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Well @Wibbles you are getting $400 worth of software for $25 AND alot more in that bundle besides Sound forge, but for the $25 SF alone is well worth it

@Wibbles I would keep an eye on HUMBLE BUNDLE so - https://www.humblebundle.com They WILL have an audio bundle at some point in a while with Soundforge Pro 14 in it along with possibly a newer version of ACID and VEGAS .. all for around $25 or so. Always an absolute steal and a no brainer. Last HB Audio bundle had Soundforge Pro 13 .. it always 2 or 3 steps behind the current version which is SF Pro 16 at the mo.

TBH for years now I have been "upgrading" Soundforge, Acid and VEGAS via regular HUMBLE BUNDLES featuring all of them of a reasonably regular basis .. for princely sum of approx €25 Now at VEGAS 18 Pro & Soundforge Pro 13