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Does that include the Maat digital EQs? Their marketing looks good, but the prices of some of their plugins are so far out of my budget range I never seriously consider them.

Forgive my ignorance, but could someone explain how you get the name of this company (510k) from their company logo?

From their website: Pan Knob overcomes the limitations of traditional panning schemes with a superior algorithm that centers low frequencies while panning higher frequencies for superior balance and mix translation. https://www.bozdigitallabs.com/product/pan-knob/

This release refers to their new engine Engine Player. If you bought it a few months ago, it's likely it was for Best Engine. Anyone who previously bought a Best Engine library that has been ported over gets the new Engine Player version for free. Not sure why they chose such a similar name for their new engine though.

One thing to test might be to try moving the audio file to a path without spaces; another might be to try using a short path.

Buy two and backup twice. It's unlikely both will simultaneously fail. If one fails somewhere down the line, get another to replace it so you continue to have two backups.

Don't forget about the developer named Pornofonic.

From https://www.modartt.com/pianoteq_pro#studio_bundle (emphasis is from original text)

Don't forget to look at the add-ons too (also on sale).

I believe Audition was always subscription; it's non-subscription predecessor was CoolEdit Pro

If you can budget it, get yourself a Faderport (any variety); I think it comes with a copy of Studio One Artist. You'll have an upgrade path to Pro if you want to go that way, or you'll still have a useful bit of kit (so much easier to mix with a physical fader) if you stay with Cakewalk.

From what I understand, I believe Cakewalk's answer to that is Next https://www.cakewalk.com/next

From what I understand, Cinesamples have now pretty much gone all-in on Musio.

Prices (without tax) are: iLoud MTM MKII (Single) – $/€399.99* - ARC MEMS microphone not included. iLoud MTM MKII (Pair) – $/€799.99 – Includes ARC MEMS microphone. iLoud MTM MKII (11-Speaker Immersive Bundle) – $/€3,999.99 – Includes ARC MEMS microphone. I've not shopped for single-speaker monitors before; are these prices in league with others? $/€399.99 for one seems a bit steep (although that may be because I've not seriously looked at similar products before).

I'll also add that, rather confusingly, running software under an admin account is not the same as running it as an admin in Windows. The later gives the software elevated privileges to make any system-wide modification it wants; the former means you can grant those permission requests (and without entering a password when doing so).

Because only an admin can grant admin access. Otherwise, there's no point of having that level of control if anything can run itself as a superuser. To be fair though, the ones that need it usually trigger the UAC dialogue window that asks you whether you want to allow the program to make changes to your system. As a side note, not all installers need admin access. Some installers (e.g. for Visual Studio Code) install into a user's documents folder, meaning no admin access is required. For hardware, this will generally be device drivers. For software/plugins, it will vary. But my guess is they're typically copying files into directories like C:\Program Files - especially true for VST3 where the specification states that all plugins must be in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 folder. Another thing is copy protection schemes like iLok (and the now discontinued eLicenser) that install system-level drivers onto your computer. In either case, the installer will usually also add an uninstaller and references to it so it can be launched when you go to the Add/remove Programs dialogue in Windows. In some cases, they may also copy a pdf manual into somewhere like C:\Program Files. I'm assuming you mean in a home environment; the corporate world is a bit different, though I can't speak for the music industry. Most people are admin of their own PC. But I personally don't like to run things as admin if I don't have to because I like the peace-of-mind that I can't accidentally make changes to my system. Once installed, I assume my DAW (or any other piece of software) won't e.g. start randomly creating/moving/deleting files from my Windows directory. This behaviour example is a little contrived, but the point is that it can't even if it wanted to when it hasn't been run as a superuser.

No mate, I'm saving you time from re-reading already read posts ? I can't be enabling if you already said you don't mind/want to stop buying stuff

If you're logged in, you should see either a circle or star on the left of some thread titles, e.g. A circle represents a thread you haven't contributed to, a star is for ones that you have posted in; they only appear next to threads that have updated since you last read them. If you click on that symbol (rather than the orange thread title), you will be brought to the first unread post (meaning you don't have to re-read any bits unless you want to). Now, that icon is much smaller than the thread title. I realise it requires a bit more precision to click. So I've put together some JavaScript to automatically 'click' them for me. If you press F12, you will (likely) bring up the browser's developer tools. There should be a tab called Console. In that tab, I put the following and press enter. [...document.querySelectorAll('.ipsItemStatus:not(.ipsItemStatus_read, .ipsItemStatus_posted)')].map(e => e.parentElement.href).forEach((href, i) => setTimeout(() => {window.open(href, '_blank');}, i * 750)); This opens every thread with updates I've yet to read, each in a new tab. Disclaimers: If you're uncomfortable with the code above, please don't use it. I use it, have used it for a few months now, but take no responsibility if anything goes wrong. The code above doesn't reliably clear the 'unread' markers all the time. If that happens, you may either want to either rerun it, or manually click on the circle/star symbols. The code works today, but may not always work forever, e.g. if the website is updated.

There's a reason to run an installer as admin - it means it can modify 'sensitive' parts of the system, e.g. system directories, the registry, etc. Typically, running an app as admin isn't necessary (though there are exceptions, as we've seen here). What's not immediately obvious is that doing so will also disable drag-and-drop from other applications, e.g. dragging a sound file from Windows Explorer into your DAW.

Don't know which you're referring to, but I'd suggest concentrating on using individual EQs/compressors, etc until you're comfortable with them before looking at channel strips. The can make a complete mix sound a bit different, but they're a bit more difficult to use. With dedicated plugins, you generally get a nice UI telling you what's going on in that module. Channel strips are all-in-ones that can feel a bit daunting at first. You'd generally want to put one on each track/bus and you use the shaping tools on them.

I suppose yeah, technically you can recreate the curves. But it's a lot of work. Some EQ have a constant Q; some have wider boosts than cuts; some change the Q depending on how hard you push. I'm sure if you knew the corresponding Q levels, then yes - you could get kind of get away with only using one. But then why doesn't the guy just sell a pack of EQ presets - "convert X into every EQ ever made"? It's far easier to pick the EQ with the characteristics you want and just turn the dials. And the shelves thing was a bit silly - who wants to move ~8 EQ nodes in proportion vs. turn a dial up a bit? Interesting he doesn't show a spectrum analyser graph of his null tests. Also interesting how he pokes at the dynamic EQ of FabFilter, but doesn't mention any other EQs that have a dynamic EQ. Also, there's a phase thing. If linear phase EQs were pure snake oil, why do they continue to be used?

I think the guy's kind of right in a way*, in the same way that technically you wouldn't need any colours other than your primaries when painting: you could mix up any colour you want under the sun. But, its far easier and more consistent to buy paints in the colour(s) you need. * there are potentially some aspects that aren't possible, but I don't think the average purchaser of his course would know the difference yet.

Thanks for the comprehensive write-up @Starship Krupa

What's the difference between Melda's Turbo plugins and their non-Turbo counterparts? I can see MTurboReverb is £256 while MReverb is £33, so I'm guessing the Turbo variants are the 'deluxe' versions?

They're sporadic, but it's not been that long. They had a deal where Drum MIDI Modern Funk and EZkeys Midi Modern Funk were €10 each on the weekend starting 26 Apr. If I remember correctly, there were two other items on sale at the time too (which I didn't buy, so don't have a record of).