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@Reid Rosefelt Thanks. I get you now, thought you had somehow managed to move the samples themselves across

@Reid Rosefelt "I'm not crazy about Spitfire's player, so I loaded everything but Bronte in Unify. " how did you manage that? I also own Darkstar but he samples folder is proprietary files - .spitfire? Nice entry BTW, well done

@abacab Hurling .. probably the fastest field sport. All players amateur, but wow, what skills. Lots of people initially see it and say it looks dangerous ( due to hurlies and players knocking into each other ) BUT it isnt, it just looks that way, injuries etc very low ... players do not get violent with the hurly ever. Fantastic game to watch .. its constant end to end stuff. See 3 mins or so below Biggest days are in September when you have the All Ireland finals in the premier stadium In Dublin called Croke Pairc. Holds about 82,000 .. packed to the rafters

Sort of that way in Gaelic football / hurling too. In hurling the small ball called a sliotar ( "slitter" ) is hit from outfield from all angles to score a point over crossbar tween uprights or above. But doesnt always happen however more often than not succeeds. When it doesnt succeed its a punt also .. same in gaelic football which uses a ball similar size to soccer ball

Yes, here in Ireland it would be similar in that PUNT & kicking Ball in Gaelic Football. Taking a chance kick from outfield to score a POINT over the cross bar ( below crossbar is a defended by keeper goal. Score a goal is worth 3 points ). Gaelic football and hurling goals look like a combined soccer and rugby goal/posts in one BUT BUT, I will give you all a lesson in Irish. Pre the EURO our currency was the Irish pound IR£ ... In Irish POUND is PUNT ( with whats called a FADA over he U - Púnt ). The Irish Pound - punt Éireannach ( "air-an-knock" ) So now

No but the sample sounds sound good. For that price ESP for ultimate you are getting alot .. worth a punt Id say .. same price as 2 pints of Guinness in Ireland

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Adjusted my post accordingly - "big one for us is ITS FREE FOR A DECENT PERIOD - 60 days evaluation". My main point was when working with a group of people .. cost will always be a factor to get people to buy into something usage wise .. initially and longer term. The least number of barriers to get people onside the better in a group. This of course is where Cakewalk comes into its own, but its PC based and not on MAC .. which is in my case for the band with mac users and pc users the reason I use reaper for band purposes. Outside of that I use Cakewalk as always

@jackson white As well as Reapers cross platform / customizable / compact advantages another big one for us is ITS FREE FOR A DECENT PERIOD - 60 days evaluation. That can a biggy when getting people to buy in. They can try it without costing them bar a bit of time. So when you are working with a group a big barrier is cost .. Reaper doesnt have that issue. And then even with the purchase price after 60 days its only $60. You can use it for 60 days evaluation with only a small temp nag screen popping up for a short period at load. After that its $60 to buy if one makes use of it which is not a deal breaker

@jackson white To start you off on common plugs cross platform we have started using the FREE Steve Slate Drums. Not bad at all, similar to XLN in a way. https://stevenslatedrums.com/ssd5/#SSD5FREE This is good for a drummer to noodle with for ideas before actually doing the lines on a kit proper. Another thing we did was the drummer initially recording "loops" with correct bpm/time sig which allows us to use these ideas as loops initially while building out a track

We are using REAPER default vanilla whichever you want to call it .. no extensions or customizations needed. If I could I would use CW all around but not possible as its PC only. So Reaper just as another tool makes it easier to work with Mac people without getting into exporting wavs back and forth and having to change the originating midi track and resend etc. As is reaper, the reaper project file is cross platform AS IS. Obviously if using plugins try stick with the ones that come with reaper so all singing from same hymn sheet while developing a track. Otherwise before sending the project file make stems out of the tracks with plugins other dont have ( right click track .. Render/Freeze tracks .. Render tracks to stereo stem tracks ) ( I use CW & azslow3s reaper util dll which allows CW projects to be opened in reaper, but thats again optional. ) Are you maybe over thinking this with regard to others finding challenges that are not there? You only need to use as much of reaper as ye need. If members are reasonably proficient with other DAWs I dont think they would find it very difficult. Take Lanes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hrr5QrjgqM Ripple Editing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFSJEt3VOic Comping - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zyld5BicWQ BTW .. not trying to convert you from CW to Reaper. Just use it as a another tool while working with your MAC people to make things a bit easier I think anyway .. or at least until Bandlab bring out Cakewalk MAC

Bought it .. with my monthly loyalty coupon got it for €15 converted from $. Nice synth, unusual.

REVIEW from Aug 2020: https://www.attackmagazine.com/reviews/gear-software/knif-audio-knifonium/ THE VERDICT The Knif Audio Knifonium is surprisingly deep. There’s plenty we haven’t even mentioned (noise, unison mode, polyphony, and aftertouch and modulation wheel functionality). This is a synthesizer to explore and get lost in. It’s also one to luxuriate in. With all those tubes warming things up, the sound is smokey, characterful and classy, like an aged single-malt whiskey. There are notes of classic analogue synths yet also hints of Novachord and other early, pre-synthesizer electronic instruments. Here’s the bad news: although it’s much cheaper than buying the hardware version, Knifonium retails for $299, although at the time of publication it was discounted to $199.99. (It’s also part of Plugin Alliance’s Musician and Mega Bundles.) It’s also not easy on the CPU, particularly with TMT mode engaged. However, the sound is jaw-dropping and there really isn’t anything else like it on the market. Knifonium is a special synthesizer. The original is made entirely by hand, with a fanatical attention to detail. The plugin version is equally unique, with its mix of traditional synthesis and modern stereo imaging functionality. And it sounds divine. They say that you get what you pay for and in this case it’s true. Video Review and hands on: @ZincT Id say def another to add to your 80s arsenal of synths

Your Jan $25 Loyalty Voucher also works bringing price to about $18 ( inc tax if applicable, yes in my case - VAT $3 )

@jackson white do the Mac only members of your project use Reaper as a main DAW or is it only for shared tasks? Yes .. both are as you said "pretty much done with PT going forward" .. so Reaper now main DAW and havent looked back ( Keyboard Player also a techy, pro sound engineer for years .. said its best move he has made, glad to see back of PT ) And out of curiosity, do all members use the same theme? Yip .. the basic out of box theme, finding no problem with it. As with me, found it easy to transition. In many ways a DAW is a DAW once you know what similar features in general you are looking for. Took me about an hour and then all good. Youtube reaper channels are your friend. I just pretty much search for How to do xyz in reaper and its easy from there tbh. Getting by with transferring audio files atm, but wondering if bringing everyone up to speed on Reaper -might- be more productive In a word YES. Shifting OMFs and Wav files back and forth was a pain in the ar*e and just led to slowing down productivity and confusion. We have even got to point of streamlining plugins, keyboard player and myself have similar. For drummer to mess with ideas before committing to real drums we are using the FREE Steve Slate Drums plugin ( sort of similar to XLN Drums but gratis ). Singer and bass player are happy with full track WAV w/o Vocals/Bass lines + bpm .. load that into CW and record respective lines. Send back the vocal / bass recorded wavs, we drop into Reaper then. And elsewhere, initially anyway for EFX sticking with Reapers native plugs. If the odd track needs a plug either of us has but other doesnt we use the right click FREEZE/STEMS feature which is real nice. We dont freeze the track, the stems feature creates a 2nd track as an audio version of the midi while leaving both in the project with the midi muted. Also then use the track folder feature to tidy up the project .. so if a few midi tracks muted as they are now also stemmed, I put the midi tracks in a track folder out of the way ( but still there if needed ) TBH we have all been at this craic for a long while and beyond getting sidetracked in all this flexibility/customization thing. Its a side show really. Best leave reaper as is out of box. After that its just open up tracks, add vsts, efx and record. For us its about the cross platform thing and being able to share common project files via cloud w/o having to mess with 3rd party export niceties and the like. I only switched to that CW theme to have a look. I like it but can easily work with the original theme, its not a bother, after all its only aesthetics

@ZincT Recently changed the theme in REAPER to one called ECHOLOT 1.10 ... It basically turns Reaper UI into CW UI, here you go. Track called INTO THE BLUE we are working on at the moment - http://www.colourtide.com Requires cross platform DAW as keyboard player and Drummer are on MAC. SO this Reaper proj file is back and forth between 5 on Google drive

@ZincT Not sure where I got saviour from Its a utility made by @azslow3 .. I posted about it recently here: The direct link to the DLL / Util is: https://www.azslow.com/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=57 It works fine. Its a DLL added to a folder for Reaper. Then OPEN in Reaper and choose a CW file. It does interpret some tracks, maybe routing as folder tracks but thats easy to clean up after.

Been using REAPER alot recently .. very nice DAW tbh. Reason for usage .. Drummer and keyboard player are both on MACs so cant use Cakewalk .. There is a nice utility that allows one open CW native files inside Reaper

Of them all when on offer I would pick up the PX Memories .. have a listen to the soundcloud demo further down https://www.uvi.net/en/vintage-synth/px-memories.html

Have you got ENERGY @ZincT .. as in the instrument ( $49 ) https://www.uvi.net/en/vintage-synth/energy.html Or the U1250 .. ($49) .. love the 5th one in on the demo track - ryuichi sakamoto https://www.uvi.net/en/vintage-synth/u1250.html

Being an 80s fiend like me @ZincT .. the following Program 24, UVX670, PX Memories, USQ 1, Synthox, Emulation 2+, Kroma, Darklight IIx

And I have 15 soundbanks

10 dolla for me

Yes I notice that for alot of mags, ZINIO can be very slow with latest issues