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    Reaper updated to 6.45

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    Posted · Edited by Bapu

    On 1/11/2022 at 12:12 PM, ZincT said:

    Do CW files translate well to Reaper?

    In the 4 or 5 tests I did back in the dark days of Gibson shut down, I'd say yes.

    One caveat. Others have said frozen Instruments tracks (and maybe unfrozen too) did not translate well. I never use instrument tracks so I cannot confirm or deny this.

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    Studio One 5.5 is out NOW!

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    2 hours ago, locrian said:

    With each new release it becomes more difficult to stick with Cubase...

    I have Cubase 11.5 and still have not cottoned to it.

    In one instance it did a really great job of (literally) automatically creating a tempo map for 4  songs recorded live in 1974 off a two track digitized master from a cassette.

     

    After that I just exported the tempo map so I could import it into Studio One.

    Voices for cloud-based singing synthesizer Emvoice One are half-off.

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    9 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

    From all my years on the music forums, it seems a heck of a lot of us are decent musicians, but can't sing well. I think there should be some kind of forum connections between people who can play or play and write music well and good vocalists interested in singing on others' productions. Maybe there is and I just don't know about it? 

    ircam trax v3 has the ability to take a male voice and transform into female (or vice versa) based on source and result type.

    Tis expensive ($399). I've used it with moderate success. Of course you can't expect lead vocal quality but 'sit the mix' bg vocals are quite acceptable. 

    You can try it for free.

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    FREE Mixbus Training + Multi-tracks with Purchase

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    Posted · Edited by Bapu

    I don't see 12 buses in Mixbus 32C as any kind of limitation at all.

    In <daw of choice> mix and pre-production (i.e. EQ, automation etc.) with your favored workflow. Export tracks/and or stems and import them in Mixbus 32C. Then, as stated above, mix like you are on a real (warm) analog console.

    I tend to export live drums as:
    1) stereo WAV of toms

    2) stereo WAV of OHs

    3) mono kick (maybe even Kick in, out, sub)

    4) mono snare top and bottom

    Those Mixbus 32C tracks now send to one Mixbus 32C drum bus. 

    MIDI drums such as Superior, AD2, BFD3 can be a different animal and should be handled accordingly by either exporting stems (similar to live drums) or load the VSTi and export/import the actual MIDI used. 

    5) stereo mix of rhythm guitars

    6) stereo mix of solos

    7) stereo mix of acoustic guitars

    😎 stereo mix of synths and/or orchestrations

    Those Mixbus 32C tracks are sent to one 'music' bus

    9) Vocals as needed are sent to one Mixbus 32C bus

    10) Bass tracks (dist, clean, DI) are sent to one Mixbus 32C bus 

    That's only 4 of the 12 fixed Mixbus 32C buses. Vocals could be broken out into lead/bg/gang using 2 more buses, if desired, leaving 6 more buses available.

    IIRC Harrison has finally allowed delay compensation on their AUX buses so there is that luxury albeit they are not true buses with the mojo that comes with them.

    One man's opinion.

    <edit: wrong bus count fixed>
     

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    Things You Like About CbB

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    2 hours ago, Tim Smith said:

    This leads me to another thought, how much longer do you think we will continue to use 32 bit plugins?

    I stopped using 32bit plugins around about 2016.

    Sometimes they still get installed when the vendor has not updated their installers to opt out of 32bit, but I never point my 64bit DAWs to a 32bit VST path.

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    Tascam To Release New Cassettes For Portastudio

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    Posted · Edited by Bapu

    On 1/5/2022 at 2:24 PM, Shane_B. said:

    The best sounding LP I ever played was an Epi stripped down Studio. That thing sounded and felt great. But I didn't take your advice. I walked away and came back the next weekend to show my wife and beg her to let me get it and it was gone. I think it was like $299 or $399? It wasn't very much at all. It was smaller and light but it sounded and felt great.

    Next time at least give them a $20 hold until your wife approves the sale. Absolute worst case you blame her if they won't refund the $20 when she says no. Then again if she's in the store with you she won't leave without the $20 and then, of course, you're still out the two sawbucks.

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    Jimmy Durante - I'm The Guy Who Found The Lost Chord

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    5 hours ago, craigb said:

    Yep!  During the Del Mar in San Diego.  Held at the Del Mar horse racing track which, I believe, is on Jimmy Durante Blvd (he used to live in Del Mar, where the "Turf meets the surf!").  I was so far up in the stands that I could only see his nose though... 😁

    A group of us went to a restaurant in DelMar one night and nearly every type of "surf" the group ordered they were out of. So much for the surg meeting the turf.

     

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