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Country western music, surprisingly to some and not so much to anyone who has ever been to dive bars in bible belt, has the highest references to drugs and alcohol than any genre. People tend to cherry pick the variation of things they like that seem positive to them while ignoring the less savory or they end up spinning aspects that many find negative into positive . I grew up listening to many genres, including country and a brawl is just as likely in a country music playing dive as any place playing rap.

I think it's more nuanced than that. Kids listen to more music than ever before. Streaming makes access more possible than ever. As far as defining them, this is also situational. I don't think there has ever been a more literally defining genre than Drill in the US. Unlike the gangsta rap of the 90's that was mostly fantasy ( or dramatization of reality, drill tends to document real situations with real consequences, including many fatal responses to literal lyrics chronicling murder. There have been at least 600nof these over the last few years. Aside from the depressing death scenarios, tiktok and social media has made music very prevalent amd degining in arguably less than desirable ways. Every week there's a new challenge.

Oversimplified answer: A genre that was originally inspired by dancehall reggae, particularly the Dem Bow riddim (and other similar electronic riddims) with lyrics mostly in Spanish instead of Jamaican patois. It tends to have lyrics more akin to the "slackness" of dancehall, while ignoring the socially conscious lyrics of roots reggae. Modern reggaeton has moved farther and farther from its reggae roots . Not saying that is a good or bad thing.

I think IK's suite matches well overall with products like Waves. The only area I have a minor issue with is they seem to be CPU heavy in comparison to similar products. This has caused me to hesitate to use across multiple tracks in larger projects. Has CPU efficiency been improved?

V14 broke in studio one when they dod the attemlt.at sub only. Forced me to upgrade to version 6

Since it seems like this will be the norm to have this sale, Doing this every few years os a better alternative to paying WUP.

I have a UR22. It is not my primary interface anymore, but it is durable. I keep it in my backpack amd ot has been through war. The preamps are crap loke most consumer level interfaces.

Isn't this always free? Good product

I picked up one . Hard to go wrong at that price.

The same person who thought of one knob pumper

I used this for years because I found it better and easier to use than paid products I owned. Great freebie

Big thanks to you again!!

I thought this was about Adobe from title. I still use the Waves plugins I already have, but have no desire to buy more. There's only a couple of plugins that I don't have other products that are equivalent or better.

I had plugin years ago. Not sure of I need yet another version of this, but always curious.

I have noticed that some newer VST3 plugins install weirdly on my Windows 10 machine but perfectly on Windows 11

I realize the curve is not the end all, but it has some use even if it is only a start point. If the curve was completely different, we already know they are vastly different without having to get into more detailed factors. Again, I am far from a pro. I just thought it was fun and interesting. Also, remember that this started with me noticing that they didn't sound that different. I wanted to peek to see if my ears were completely off.

Same. The Nomad Factory version does have them all together

Maybe I should by a second license to never use?

I found the Ruletec was almost identical too except for an analog emulation of instability that can be turned off. Ik has something similar

The way my bank account is set up. ... Paul Third did do a hardware comparison and determined UAD was damn close.

I'm not one of those youtube guys like Paul or Dan lol. I did the quick and dirty. I'm sure much deeper analysis is to be had. Thanks for the added info ?

One of the things that drives me crazy with plugins (particularly the emulations) is wondering if they are worth it. Like many of you, I bit on the UAD Pultec offer. It's a great sounding plugin...just like all the rest of my Pultec emulations. If I had to rank them, I suppose it has an edge on some, but I found some surprises. Although UAD version is conditionally free for now, it typically not. I recently remembered I have the Nomad Factory updated version , which, like UAD has multiple Pultec EQs. I started there and then added a couple. Surprisingly, the Nomad Retro version was not far from the UAD soundwise. There was a slight difference, but this sounded more like the difference between hardware units than a drastic change. I am attaching plugin doctor screen shots that show that each module in Nomad matched up well with UAD using almost identical settings. For comparison, I also compared IK EQ P1A, Melda TurboEQ and for kicks i attempted a super quick attempt to match using MAutodynamic EQ. Melda was harder to match up due to massive GUI differences, but it took less than a minute to come close. Attached are screenshots. Conclusions: Melda offers best overall value, but has bigger learning curve to use as a Pultec alternative. Experienced audio engineers with better ears than me can save by going that route. For those looking for a cheaper alternative Pultec to UAD that has same interface/workflow to dial in similar results, Nomad Factory is a hidden gem.

Some have small subsets of what Scaler has. Ableton comes to mind. I think a good free subset of scaler option is the free ripchord plugin. I think more and more DAWs will eventually incorporate more of this, including AI options, since they are running out of features that can justify the upgrade and subscription prices. The absolute ONLY reason i upgraded Studio one from 5 is my waves plugins broke during that foolish update they did when they tried to force subscription.

Yes, if you bother to use it. Even at the lowest commitment level, it will enable all but the most skilled keyboard players to play chords they would likely have not played otherwise. I can conceptualize playing an 11th chord, but it's not happening in practice. Granted, the need for me to ever do so is rare. It is a great tool for figuring modal interchange as well. In any case, I have spent more on things that were absolutely useless