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    I wonder if the next CbB update is going to be a biggie!

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    21 hours ago, Magic Russ said:

    I'd also like the ability to replace old versions of plugins with new versions with little to no effort. For example if I have Amplitube 3 with a Clean Twin patch, and no longer have A3 installed, perhaps give me the option to replace it with a Amplitube 5 and use the same patch if it can find it.  Same for Kontakt.

    It seems to me that falls to the manufacturer. but I could be wrong.

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    RIP Jim Gordon

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    1 hour ago, ptheisen said:

    Some say it was actually Rita Coolidge that came up with that piano part, and Jim Gordon. her boyfriend at the time, appropriated it for Layla without giving her even partial credit.

    An eventual murderer appropriated his girlfriend's piano part and was credited for it on an Eric Clapton song and dissing her.

    As Hunter S. Thompson (may or may not have) said: “The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.”

     

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    UAD $50 Coupon Code

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    1 hour ago, Tommy Byrnes said:

    I have to admit, I'm not that interested in UAD at this point other than for the Unison preamps in my Apollo. I use them to track with all the time but there are so many native alternatives to most of their other plugins, and at a much more friendly price, that unless it's a useful Unison plugin or truly unique I don't feel compelled to pick up more of their plugins.

    I've recently built a new main studio computer and I'm going to get the new RME UFX III USB 3 when it comes out. I'll connect the Apollo via ADAT and clock it to the REM. I should then be able to run just about any session natively without any real sacrifices any more regarding CPU management.

    UAD's commitment to Thunderbolt and their treatment of Windows users as a second thought (uh, where is Luna for Windows?) kept me from going with a newer Apollo instead of the RME. I figured USB has been around and will be around forever and RME's drivers are second to none. We've had 4 iterations of TB already and since Apple owns the tech I don't have much faith in the future of it. Firewire is now obsolete but not too long ago it was going to replace USB.

    I replaced by RME UFX and my 2 OctaMICII units with 3 Apollo x8p units and an Apollo Twin Duo. I own every released UAD plugin except the Spitfire libs for Luna (I'm not on a Mac). I also have an 8 channle Berhinger light pipe unit for line inputs . That's 34 inputs.

    And I have 2 USB 3 OCTO Core Satellites.

    I guess you could say I'm a full on UAD guy now.

    Next weekend I'll be doing my first live drum tracking using 16 unison channels of API Vision Strips  (2 OH, 2 Snare, 4 Kick, 4 toms, and 4 spot mics on hats, ride and 2 crashes). Should be interesting.

     

    OH = AEA R88
    Snare = Earthworks top, AKG C414 bottom
    Kick = 1970's D12, Lewit DTP 640 dual capsule (cond and dyn), Solomon SUB mic
    Cymbals Spot mics = 4 Sennheiser e604 
    Toms = 4 Sennheiser e614 mics

     

     

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    One of my oldest friends is dying

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    2 hours ago, bitflipper said:

    I've met many people before who have a parrot. But no one with FOUR of them. Sheesh. Do they all talk at once?

    In my previous life (marriage) we had three parrots: an African Grey, a Yellowhead Amazon and a Yellow Crested Cockatoo. It was pure chaos (hell) when they all three started talking (and /or screeching too).

    PA_EXT AYAIC Mix Monolith ⚡️ Automatic Mixing System

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    3 hours ago, Pollux said:

    I got the two out of curiosity on a previous sale. Never really used them, but I'll give them a try.

     

    If I get it right, the workflow is:

    1. gain stage and phase align

    2. pan

    3. auto level tracks with MM

    4. auto level busses with MM

    5. add FX

    6. EQ

    7. auto level tracks and busses again with MM

    8. tweaks and automation

     

    does this make sense?

    #6 can either be whatever plug you prefer for eq or COS Pro with its extensive list of presets.

    #9. Gain stage Master Bus using MM with the Master Bus preset (-20) and they suggest that goes into CLA Mix plugin. After that either send that to mastering or use bx_masterdesk, IK's Lurssen or Slate FG-X2 for at-home mastering.

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    PA_EXT AYAIC Mix Monolith ⚡️ Automatic Mixing System

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    So here is an update: I spent half of Saturday and most of today (Sunday) re-mixing and older project using these two tools.

    I watched the Monolith tutorials for drums, master bus  and the vocals. as well as some generic COS Pro  vids.

    Tomorrow I'm going to do an a/b test of the old mix versus the new bearing in mind that in the old mix I did heavy handed Trigger2 sample augmentation by almost entirely replacing the kick and snare. In thie new mix I'm using all the live drums without any Trigger2.

     

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    One of my oldest friends is dying

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    Sad news about your friend, collaborator and business partner Dave.

    Of all the musicians I ever played with about the only that has more "stuff" than me (musically speaking) is Chas Sandford.

    As long as my son is around when I press on to the other side, he'll know what to do with everything in my studio.

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