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I just updated recently since I have paid up until mid 2021 for most of what I have. Waves leave the plugins in the cloud, then you have to sign in to transfer the licenses back to a usb drive. This saves them the trouble of dealing with your setup. 

I guess the other stuff doesn't drive me nuts. I can delete AAX if they install those. I see them phasing out 32bit in the near future. Certainly things could be streamlined a bit better. No argument there. I'm a hobbyist . I don't think I've ever used all of my plugins. If I'm making a project I do my best to make sure the plugins are working. If I run into trouble I use something else that gets the job done. I guess you could call me passive like that.  It's like using screwdrivers. If one of them is bent I grab another one and deal with it at a later time.  If I repeatedly have trouble after updates and upgrades I might consider simply dumping that company and not going back. With me so far, things haven't gotten to that point with Waves. They make good plugins business model aside. 

Marled I thought the last update lets you use two computers?  That was one of the selling points I thought?

In any case I'm not defending or negative toward them. For me it's path of least resistance. I use what I have that works well 

If this was covered sorry I missed it. 

Uses Continua downloader. You should have a serial number in your email if you own Tina Quo Cello Legato, The update is said to be significant. 

I haven't finished downloading it yet.

Same here.  

FYI- If you work for an educational institution you might get the licenses for even less. I just recently found out I could have had WIN 10 licenses for 14.99 each.

I think they are considered to be some sort of a group license and maybe why they cost less? I haven't bought one yet because I haven't needed it. I did pick up 

Office though for about the same price.

2 hours ago, aleo said:

Is anyone familiar with engineer Bob Katz' proposed "K-system" of integrated metering and monitoring?  Has there been any interest in this system among audio engineers who are doing mastering?

I use the K system usually along with several other methods. Probably overkill since the K system  generally works fine. I see the K-system as mainly an overall  monitoring solution to make sure the levels are correct. Since LUFS are probably more common with online streaming online I also use that system.

The main difference using the K systems is you'll need to generate pink noise to get the level set right. Pink noise generators are free. I think Studio One has one already included.

It's been awhile now, but I interviewed Bob Katz about his K system. He developed it back before LUFS was a thing. THat doesn't mean it's any more pr less relevant, just another way to monitor a mix. 

You probably want accurate additional monitor correction as well if your space isn't treated, and maybe even if it is.

Audible GAS in the grocery store is a bad thing.  Oh my bad. Different subject. 

I think I remember you posting a long time ago. You had quite an impressive studio from my recollections.

Yep. That's the guy. Sorry I mixed you two guys up. 

FWIW I am not very good at long term name recognition. You probably figured that one out.

I like the guys here. It's a great group! We ruffle each other sometimes ( not literally)  Glad you made it back again!

It'll come to me eventually. Name sounds familiar, face looks familiar, just not familiar enough for me to remember. I mean, I wasn't here as much as say, Bapu....come to think of it, who was?

Thanks for this info.

Me. It isn't a sin you know.

It's coming back to me in bits and pieces now Dave. Did you once record a lot of people singing country?  Use Biab....or am I thinking of someone else? 

FWIW, there's probably some great songs in those rather trying life experiences! Not a way anyone would like to get them though. Sorry to hear about those things and hopefully better days ahead. God is good. All the time.

Rain- Who could forget that name ? I wondered how you've been. Are you still in Vegas? I'll bet you could tell a few stories too.

Me? I started playing the violin I guess about 5 years ago. It isn't really playing by pro standards. This has taken a lot of my spare time lately. Played at an Irish session outdoors on Sunday. I seem to be drifting further and further away from my DAW.  I plan to get back to it in earnest later next year, unless I get herded into a detainment facility ( a conspiracy theory that's floating around). Lots of work started I need to finish at home including a new studio in the works. I'm probably selling some of my gear too. Trying to decide if I want to keep the desk I had custom built- about 1K over 10 years ago. It's just BIG and I'm not sure I want anything quite that large again. I have a few unplayed guitars and  keyboards I'm probably parting with in addition to some violins. I'm looking to put a pick up in my bouzouki so I can use it with my looper.

Geesh Craig .........................you and  notes should write a book. lol.

On 10/14/2020 at 8:30 PM, Sheens said:

Bitch must have money!

1 hour ago, Doc H said:

 

I think someone is aggressively trying to reduce the human population. You better have a bathroom and three rolls of TP on the ready about 2 hours after eating that!

Put 911 on speed dial!!!

I remember back when I first started disco dancing...dis go here.....dis go there. * ducks and runs*

 I like the bass runs in disco music. 

What was that second video Scandinavian disco?

I feel like I should know who you are but I guess I don't remember. The name sounds familiar. 

1 hour ago, batsbrew said:

people should not eat bats.

I know that and you know that, but apparently.........................someone thought they looked tasty.

That pan knob is great. It leans left or right. Would probably suit most anyone.

......can you tell I'm ready for this election to be over?

Dang...those are good prices on a decent synth. 

Time to buy some stuff....maybe. 

Inwardly I'm thinking, How does he get all of these clients?  I guess I've never put shingle up. ( no need to attempt to share that here). 

Seems a very solid plan. Sometime I wish I had migrated more in that direction. While I have several Mac/PC cross platform software programs, I'm mostly using a PC. 

I had not heard of how well PT is working in the most recent versions of it on Mac.  This was somewhat of a surprise. I knew PT went through some growing pains not  long ago. Looks like they hung in there. At one point I thought they were going to go bankrupt. Cubase OTOH seems to be working better on PC. Apparently many Mac users were crossing over who used that DAW with regularity. Knowing Cubase, they might have worked through many of those bugs by now.

If you already have the investment seems to make the most sense to hang tight, at least for the near future. Good luck!

On 10/12/2020 at 4:39 AM, Michael Vogel said:

I’m so sorry to hear about your friend. Stay positive for your own and your friends’ benefit.

I can’t help but think about how this beastly disease is touching my family right now but that’s for another thread as I don’t want to trample over your sadness with mine.

My hopes, prayers and best wishes go out to you and your friend. Take care.

Same here. Sorry to hear about this.

Her story reminds me of something that happened to me. I had a weird sensation in my lower abdomen. Went to the doctor to have it looked at. It was the beginning of a lower hernia. It's a routine surgery where they put screens in place to do the repair. They do it laprascopically so the incisions are small. Before surgery was scheduled they had to do routine blood work.  My PSA score came back high. Turns out it was prostate cancer. Stage 3 which is only a little less aggressive than stage 4 which is VERY aggressive. The plan was surgery for removal of the prostate, a time to heal and then 39 radiation treatments.  I had all of that back in 2016. I'll never forget going in for treatments over the Christmas holiday. 

If I had not had the hernia problem I might  be dead today. For three years after  all blood tests came back at less than the ultra sensitive test could measure. <.02. About 6 months ago the levels rose ever so slightly. Still well below anything they can yet see with scans. It's a very fine line because if it gets too high it can spread again, so they are keeping an eye on it. If levels get to .2 they will probably resort to hormone therapy which knocks it back and stops it from growing. Right now I'm at .1. and they can't see it but assume it's probably somewhere in the pelvic area. Worst case it moves to my backbone and things can go downhill from there. 

Everyone is different, some men go for 10 or more more years with some kind of hormone therapy.  Others are not so fortunate. If they can see it on a scan they can go in and freeze the area or remove that tissue. That is, unless it gets into your bones. Right now they can't see it physically, only chemically. If they can catch it soon enough you have a much better chance of survival. My case was marginal. There was some spreading outside of the danger area. You can't ever eliminate it, at least with the science we have now, but they can  slow the growth down.

Why am I telling you this? Because you should get regular physicals and blood tests. I have seen 35 year olds with it . It isn't necessarily an "old man's" disease. It is true that most men who get it are older.  If you're 80, they probably won't do anything because they figure you'll die from something else before the cancer gets you if the cancer is slow growing. I know of one 70 year old who had it and is doing fine now after a removal. No traces of it. 

14 hours ago, Sheens said:

speaking of hogs..

We've discovered one!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A hairless sasquatch!! OMG How do I erase short term memory.

What? I don't see any crickets?

Ouch! 

Emerald I suspect you would have been amazing at "your momma" comebacks.??

In most earlier societies the arts were considered an indulgence. This was mainly because it took everything men had to gather food, protect their families, provide shelter and stay warm enough not to freeze to death in the winter. Somewhere in the hut or cave they might have a flute or drum and maybe on occasion they would gather in groups to make sound when all else was tended to.

When kings began to conquer and tax ,people began to take on more specialized roles and music came along as a "trade". Probably mostly payed by the king for his court music, and who knows? They likely had other less visible things they were required to do, even then. When a war came along they were required to march with the soldiers. Could have also been stand in soldiers if needed.

Music the way we know it is radically different than music once was. The 50's right up until online streaming began to kill artist income were a sort of golden age of music. Artists made millions in the late 60's through the 90's. Some still are making money but not many.

Most musicians I know who gig regularly do it as a sideline to a full time job because it just doesn't pay the bills. This was before the virus hit. Gigs are almost non existent now. In essence the public now only has one source to get music,  online.

It's a fact most musicians are not very good business people and wouldn't know their head from a hole in the ground when it comes to making huge piles of cash. They spent their lives learning to play not analyzing business practices. The main way these guys made money in the past was they had big business onboard via record companies who funded, promoted and pushed their acts. Sometimes the record companies begged them to sign up, other times they begged the record companies. They were the only ones who had the muscle to get you on an NFL half time show or promote you to magazines and radio stations. Now that everything is consolidated under Big Brother through streaming services, they can pretty much decide what's hot and what's not.

Music has been lobotomized  and the virus just made it worse. Now do you want the bad news? lol.