MusicMan

12 hours ago, husker said:

Its so nice to hear stories like this.  I really struggle to even finish a song.  Its been awhile since that actually happened.

This is totally me too! Haha.. that's why I just picked the one I was working on at the time and went with it. Otherwise another year would've passed and I still wouldn't have released one. I seem to learn more in that final push as well and having to complete it, so I'm just trying to do that now.

But a lot of songs just grow out of jamming with a new synth, or testing out a plugin and then I end up making half a track and thinking I better save it for later, so I'm certain I'm not going to completely solve it! ?

13 hours ago, Spice3d said:

Big congrats dude. With all the algos and stuff these days, it’s quite an accomplishment. 

My band’s self-released 45 from the 80s is more popular today than it ever was when we first made it. I think a copy went for $2k recently. ? Collectors are crazy. 
 

Thanks Spice! And I do think the algos kill the creativity a little these days, in that they seem to favour people staying in a very narrow lane, which is definitely not what I want to do! I just love music.. all sorts and so I'll probably end up with a mix of genres anyway ? I don't have many followers on Spotify yet and this was only my first song, so at this stage it doesn't matter too much! Haha..

Love that about yours going for $2K, that's epic! Well done ?

10 minutes ago, cclarry said:

Not ONE single Mix Engineer is EVER happy with their mix...even after it's done and released.  They always have "second thoughts" LOL!

I am aware of some technical flaws in the mix, but you know what, I do take some comfort hearing that ?

2 minutes ago, PavlovsCat said:

That's awesome! Can you share a link? I want to listen too! 

I can, although I had to mix the entire thing in headphones, so I'm not happy with the mix and it's probably not a popular genre, but I'll  PM you with a link anyway ?

27 minutes ago, cclarry said:

Just for giggles I did a google search....and THERE THEY WERE! Crazy
https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Mark Barrett And Rocks&title=I'm Back

Recorded at K&R Records here in Detroit!

Love that! Can't wait to listen to it ?

40 minutes ago, Toffo said:

Congratulations. It would have been quite the buzz!

It was!it's not much for most people and I get that, but it's the first track that I released so it was pretty novel hearing it on the radio ?

22 minutes ago, cclarry said:

I remember the first time having a track played on WWWW Radio Station (called W4) here in Detroit!
We released it on 45!  It was a HUGE DEAL for us LOL  Especially back in 1980!  Craig St. James was the DJ and
I was sitting in the Radio Studio with him!  Ah the memories! The two songs were entitled:

"Someone's There" and "I'm Back"

There really needs to be a ❤️ emoji available for this post, a like doesn't quite cut it ? That would've been so cool!

1 minute ago, Toffo said:

Is it? I wouldn't know

Haha... Yeah mostly me neither as well ?

Not a deal: Just had one of my tracks played on the radio tonight for the first time, so buzzing a little ? 

Edit: Adding links (still semi reluctantly!) to the track on the various platforms after a few people requested to hear it ?

https://linktr.ee/disorderlyconductor

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Also lots of bundles on sale as well:

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Ended up going for:

• VCL-864U
• VCL-373
• VCL-4
• Flywheel

I quite like them all, especially the first 3. I have lots of tapes and Flywheel is just another flavour / option to have.

373 surprised me and does something really cool with hats and cymbals. and 864 can get pretty punchy with snappy transients and VCL-4 works great on vocals and adds some nice warmth. Easily worth the price of admission.

The sale is still on too ? 

7 hours ago, User 905133 said:

I got the "its in stock" e-mail that says "Special price: $125.00."  So the $62.50 must be with the 50% off discount.

I need to check to see if they will be giving me it for the price I paid before they corrected the error ($4.99), if they have given me a credit for the ($4.99),  or if they took an additional $121.01 from me without my permission.  I doubt they made a mistake and gave me back $499.

Since it says the order was completed but I was never sent the actual serial number from I might just be out the $4.99.  

They normally seem pretty good with pricing mistakes and honoring them. I've never seen, or heard of them not doing that and providing the goods. It's quite possible they have, but it doesn't seem the norm, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if you got the bundle at that price.

8 hours ago, abacab said:

Pricing error on the first go-around ($4.99). You gotta be fast around here, LOL!!! ?

You sure do!! Some pricing errors barely last half an hour.. sometimes you might not even have chance to do a full demo! ?

2 hours ago, mibby said:

Haha!  Yes.  Timezone difference maybe? I'm in the US...

I saw it this morning but thought I'd wait.

Looks like the gig is up Mibby... I'm not sure what their normal loyalty offers are in their common sales, but it did seem like a good price. In many cases waiting is not always a good option if it's something you want!

I also watched this one before as well and he goes quite deep into the options and examples too:

18 minutes ago, ZincT said:

I like sonible stuff in general as I find their UIs to be pretty well designed. They can also get you close to the settings you want quickly often needing only minor manual tweaks. 

I have Trackspacer so will be interested to see how the unmasking capabilities compare with it.

This video piqued my interest when Smart Comp 2 was introduced so I kept it on my radar waiting for a decent upgrade price.

 

That makes total sense and thanks for sharing the video too. I just watched this one now.

Will be very interesting to hear how you find it in comparison to Trackspacer.

Do you find their plugins heavy on the CPU?

1 minute ago, simon said:

I didn't know this did the trackspacer thing

now I'm interested

I was surprised at that one as well. I had very little interest until that too!

4 minutes ago, Jan Schmitz said:

It excels at unmasking. Better than Trackspacer.

Thanks Jan, I'm hearing that a lot. I had thought I might get Trackspacer at some stage, but I'd been waiting for it to go on sale.

But when it finally did, I'd just found out about SmartComp instead.

So many great plugins. I have the Anthology bundle and some of the effects are simply awesome.

20 minutes ago, ZincT said:

Same for me on Sonible website. I have Smart Limit (and other Sonible stuff) which is now in my default template.
I was waiting for Smart Comp 2 ??

They seem to do a pretty decent loyalty discount. Not sure if it increases with the more you have though, or whether it's just a set loyalty, but it's still nice to see.

What particular functionality are you looking for from SmartComp?

Just now, tom said:

Damn was really hoping for Smart Limit to go on sale over this weekend

I reckon there are probably quite a lot of people that were hoping the same!

Sonible Smart Comp 2 ($61.98 @ AudioDeluxe) with free Melda Transient shaper plugin

https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/audio-plugins/sonible-smartcomp-2

Check your discount directly on Sonible first. Showing $35 for me ?

A lot of people seem to say it's better than Trackspacer. 

15 hours ago, abacab said:

I see that the Super Synth Pack is still out of stock. But they are still selling Loom 2 for $20, no coupons available.

https://www.jrrshop.com/air-music-tech-loom

19 hours ago, stony said:

Availability: Out of stock   ?

Good news.. it's back in stock.. bad news... it's now $62.50!

8 minutes ago, stony said:

Availability: Out of stock   ?

Oh that sucks, it didn't last long then! I wonder if it will become available again or whether that's it now..