antler

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).

Thanks - I had the link copied and ready but forgot to actually paste!

From here, it looks like they're going to add Ireland and Scotland too. I did receive an email with a survey asking what instruments we might like next. Maybe they'll be part of Musio 2?

Personally, I think their previous deal was better where they had a MIDI pack for €10. Still, there's more choice with this deal.

If it helps you decide, Softube needs iLok (don't know if a dongle is required; I don't use it), whereas Arturia doesn't.

Thinking about it, this might be a clever move on their part. Lots of composers talk about blending various libraries to get their final sound. And to blend, one of the techniques is to use some reverb. What better reverb to add to other libraries than one that was captured in exactly the same room that some other Spitfire libraries were recorded in? Either that, or it's just Spitfire's aura tilting the price upwards. Either way, it's priced (way) out of my budget and (dare I say) I have more reverbs than I use now.

A slight warning: it looks like the iZotope Everything Bundle v15 doesn't include the newer stuff. According to the description, it contains MPS 5 and Ozone/RX 10 (and of course the other titles).

Probably just a slip-up in the website upgrade process. Chances are the new website was in a different folder on the server and a typo in the configuration ended up pointing to something that wasn't available (i.e. 'forbidden') to the public.

Eligible for US residents only

My wild guess is the initial text came from AI.

They're annoying, but they're better than their predecessor where you had to guess what some mangled letters and numbers were. I'm guessing you already know. But for everyone else, they help* with preventing brute-force password hacking attempts by adding an additional layer so you can't just write a script to send a series of login requests with different passwords until one succeeds. If someone is visually impaired, I suspect the headphones icon gives an audio alternative; I've tried it with the mangled character ones (where I couldn't recognise the characters), but not this generation of reCaptcha. It looks like its possible to set the language for reCaptcha tests as a Website author; I suspect this is/should be part of website localisation. * apparently AI can do these reCaptcha now, so there may be even more annoying challenges in the future.

Not many details on the Tracktion/JRR pages. This YouTube playlist has a few videos detailing various aspects of the plugin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtFL5PQ0tgk&list=PLCd-dH8pNYcp0JapgyZtIhDQ3lbIDqXLt&index=1

Bassroom's great. I can't quite convince myself to buy Mixroom though. I'm sure it's a great EQ, it's just that it's a full-spectrum EQ, which to me seems like adding to the other full-spectrum EQs I have. Please do correct me if I'm wrong on this though. And I know this deal's for the both of them; it's just that I have one them already.

That's strange. Maybe there are people with similar names that are now deceased? If so, it's not too surprising given how ChatGPT is essentially a statistically weighted (partially) random word generator (an interesting insight of how it works can be found here: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/). Maybe I'm a bit too privacy-conscious, but I sometimes feel a little awkward using AI. In the back of my mind, I'm thinking that my input is just being used to train a model that someone else is profiting from when they sell their service.

That said, it's not too hard to just go to the instrument folder and zip it up if someone really wanted a local backup; I've done it a few times. You lose the structure (e.g. a zip for instrument files, a zip for samples, etc), but the overall content is the same.

Personally, I think AI's a funny thing: it seems everybody wants an AI assistant to help them do things, e.g. automatically write and respond to emails; but nobody likes being on the receiving end of an email that wasn't written by a person. That said (and this is a music-related comment), the one product that's actually made me go 'wow' is Synthesizer V (not currently on sale). https://dreamtonics.com/synthesizerv/

I've played with SWAM. For best results, you need a breath controller or something similar. At first, it's a bit strange co-ordinating between that and a MIDI controller for the notes. You might want some other devices/controller knobs for the other real-time parameters too. Sounds great, but I found it a bit tricky to play properly. But then again, I'm not a particularly skilled musician, so YMMV.

Possibly GeoShred?

The sax looks like SWAM Saxophones by Audio Modeling (more specifically, it looks like the Alto from the video). It's modelled, rather than sampled. But to get best results you really need some kind of breath controller. https://audiomodeling.com/swam-engine/solo-woodwinds/swam-saxophones/

For a tiny moment, I thought it said 75% off. Oh well, my wallet's safe.

Wow. Not sure what I'm more surprised at - that Vue has ceased development, or that Bentley would want to buy a company that makes 3D landscape modelling software; doesn't look like much overlap in business to me. I used to love the idea of creating 3D landscapes, though at some point couldn't justifying the cost for what was essentially just me playing around.