aidan o driscoll

Rather than bitching about AI destroying music .. Just wondering has anyone come across some nice AI tools that would assist with writers block or where you could feed a verse chord sequence into it and it would spit out a few options for chorus chords and so on? Aidan

"This collection includes 80 Serum presets, 80 Sylenth1 presets & 75 Spire presets. " Interesting they dont have KONTAKT presets

On a more curious point .. the forum down for the weekend with 502 error. Any idea why?

In reaper one has the ability to right click on a midi track or an audio track with EFX and to create a duplicate stem track while it mutes the original in the process, all within the project. I dont think CW has this ability from a right click menu? Yes it has freeze the track which is a different thing So I can see 2 ways as a workaround: 1. Duplicate the original track and them FREEZE the 2nd one 2. Select the original track, go to File, Export - create the wav version of the orig track, then drag drop the resultant wav back into the project in its own track Is this it? Any other ideas? Cheers - Aidan

Yip - To date I think, nothing has come close to HalfLife game universe, in my view anyway. Its got something very unique about it, the atmosphere etc. I would really love if NETFLIX or other streamer picked up an option to actually make a series or a movie out of it. I would say it would attract a big audience

The HALF LIFE Complete pack is also available at Knockdown price - about €6 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/231/HalfLife_Complete/

Great games .. AND I have the actual tee-shirt to prove it also .. still wear it, got it in an actual boxed edition of Half Life way back

Playbeat is $37 at JRRSHOP with the coupon GROUP https://www.jrrshop.com/audiomodern-playbeat One wonders with many of these BLACK FRIDAY deals at the mo is one better waiting for the day itself where you might get an on the day further reduction %. Especially as most are now coming out early with there BF deals

This is true .. 22 efx in 2, 30 in 4 I think

I have V Collection 8 and also have SQ80v. The augmented stuff doesnt interest me, I also found them system hogs, so for $99 upgrade I would get KORG MS-20 V + a few of the existing instruments upgraded. Its a hold off for me anyway I also have FX Collection 2 and can upgrade to 4 for $69 .. seems it has 4 new additions https://support.arturia.com/hc/en-us/articles/9023960780700-What-s-new-in-FX-Collection-4- Again I dont think so However for €87 I can upgrade my ableton 11 to the new v12 .. so most likely thats the choice I will make

I have Live 11 Standard so my upgrade to 12 standard is €87 ( €109 )

Also remember if you have a version of reason, even reason intro 11 and the like you would have got the REASON RACK PLUGIN, so you can use Reason plugins inc this inside Cakewalk and any other DAW

And they can be a cpu hog, i think, for one reason in certain presets - when it has this MAX VOICES option or similar and its dialed up: Otherwise I find there vsts quiet good and dont take up too much resources inside projects vs other vsts like say Arturia

I have CW and then also have Reaper, Ableton, FL Studio, Reason Intro 11. I ended up with Reason Intro 11 purely because it has a plugin where all its instruments and efx can be used inside other DAWs. I use Reaper because other band members have MACs and cannot use CW so great to pass projects from CW to Reaper on there MACs and back. I bought ABLETON at a reduced price, probably via Black Friday because I really like its Session view for creating ideas. Closest in CW is the matrix view but that needs alot of attention still I think. I then picked up FL STUDIO, again at a sale like currently .. I like some of its internal EFX and instruments and again use it for creativity. I think its worth the punt for the price and lifetime updates, new versions etc

FOR WINDOWS USERS - The download you get via email ( earlier anyway ) was for an INMUSIC download util BUT for MAC only. Way around this is go here https://www.airmusictech.com/virtual-instruments/bassline.html Scroll down to the download links for PC/MAC. Once installed you need to either register or login to an INMUSIC account when you open the plugin in standalone mode

To get the windows installer go here: https://www.airmusictech.com/virtual-instruments/bassline.html Scroll down and download the "Bassline Version 1.1.0 Update for PC" .. you will be asked to login / create an account at INMUSIC The email you get ONLY has links with INMUSIC MAC installer app

And also remember if you do use loops and FL Studio Cloud does not cut it as good as Loopcloud, you can still use loopcloud in FL Studio via its usual VSTs. So integration of Loopcloud is pretty much sameas FL Studio Cloud really

@satya Just had a look while installing fresh copy of FL Studio on a system with new SSD. From inside FL STUDIO it Looks like I get FL Studio Cloud ANNUAL for €19.99 ( vs the €49.99 ). Bit of a no brainer considering I dumped LoopCloud recently as the best they could do was €80 for the year Mmmm thats interesting. If i click on CHOOSE THIS PLAN on right I get this:

@GoncaloL I have a good few of there plugins for drums, bass, Guitar etc. I find them uselful for ideas creation and started things. A recent synthwave track we are doing - it started with a drum groove from the obviously 80s VICE ( drums ) plugin. Synthwave style being what I call new 80s music ( eg the 1975, The Midnight, FM-84 etc ) https://www.ujam.com/beatmaker/vice/ I am a guitarist but like the idea of again using them for even guitar ideas / inspiration - even the presets - which I then might transfer to me actually playing a similar line after or a mix of both.

I have sparkle 1 .. interestingly the upgrade to Sparkle 2 on UJAM site is €49 .. while a full version on PB is €29 Anyone here upgrade from Sparkle 1 to 2 .. are the changes worth the upgrade?

In a nutshell @PavlovsCat .. the music industry in general got repeatedly destroyed from late 90s on once the MP3 ( Napster etc ) came to the fore. The concept of FREE Music was born. The rot set in further as the years passed and Music as a product lost its value completely. The expectation of Music being FREE is now well and truely embedded. Why should I spend my cash on Music i can get it FREE at xxxxxxxxxx ... I dont think there is any way to turn this around now

Got this email this morning from https://www.wusik.com The email content is at that link above, front page. the gist is: "The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented challenges for people around the world, and the music industry has not been immune to its effects. Sales of virtual plugin instruments and synthesizers on Wusik.com have seen a significant decline since the pandemic began. This decline has had a profound impact on my ability to sustain and grow the business .. .. I need your support. My goal is to raise at least $1,000 per month on Patreon. This financial support will not only help me maintain the existing projects and plugins but also enable me to invest in the growth of Wusik.com." It is interesting and def seeing it here in Ireland ( major center for all the biggest tech companies in the world - Dublin Silicon Docks etc ) .. all these tech companies are aggressively downsizing staff wise. So much empty office space in Dublin now, there are moves to convert it to private use converted to appartments etc. Recently saw that EPIC announced a good few 100 layoffs. One thing covid period did is see a certain irrational exuberence in the tech industry who for some reason went off on huge recruitment spree's and now, having employed too many, are cutting just as fast. I imagine Wusik and other plugin developers at the smaller end of the market are suffering with this cost of living squeeze going on globally where discretionary cash is what gets hit first, especially in the hobbiest end of things I have a feeling WUSIK is not the only biz of its kind finding it tough now ( I can put my hands up and say I am finding the going tough particularly since early 2023 ), I imagine more will surface in 2024

Dont know what it is tbh. Via ASIO or WASAPI exclusive I get the same thing. CW audio glitches, gaps and eventually falls over with Audio Engine drop out - on various project files with midi, just wavs, both. Pre this version I had no issues for a long long time, worked like a dream. It seems I am not alone here either. I am also noticing presets, particularly in ARTURIA vsts being dropped / reset every time I open the project I also have Ableton 11 Standard and Fruity Loops .. along with Reaper, all working perfectly. I even recreated the same project in all 3 DAWs and they all work fine with it - 3 audio guitar tracks, 4 midi tracks using Arturia synths and efx. So for now, sadly, Ill have to stick with Reaper & other DAWs listed to get work done. In CW I have over 50 projects at various stages over the years. Im just hoping another bug fix turns up for CW or the new version comes along soon, sub or otherwise SPEC - Core i5, 16gb Ram, 2TB Samsung Evo SSD, Audient EVO 4 I/F ( Asio )

Just like me, many here seem to have issues with Audio dropouts and the like since recent update. I wonder is it a Audio I/F diver thing that it and CW latest update are not playing nice together? We all use an Audio I/F but different ones. For example i use an Audient EVO 4, other Focusrite and so on. Are people who are lucky enough not having problems using an I/F thats plays nice with the latest CW update? Might be helpful if people w/o issues and with mentioned there Audio I/F and spec maybe? Besides the audio dropouts this new update seems to have screwed up my VSTs, started getting errors in projects that the VST could not be found. Have had to reset and rescan. Also the presets originally selected get lost.