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He surely isn't sheepish.

I ended up with Iris 2. Concerning the Reason lite freebee....I downloaded it and have it installed. It's a leader from them in the hopes you'll buy their upgraded versions of the product in the future. Reason Lite isn't something I would normally play with. Maybe the full version.Has some nice drums and bass in those modules, so I can see a future use for that. Mainly though....I'm on their email list for a good deal on their full version. I like the Reason refills. As I understand it Rewire will soon be obsolete. Never made much use of it anyways. So REASON, I'm watching my email For those who commented on finding a good vocoder....aside from Waves offering, SONiVox is a little deep for a "vocoder" Not as easy as playing a key and hearing yourself sound like a robot. If you can get around it though, it's ok for lotsa stuff. I realized my many of my Mixcraft plugins scan and work in CbB. They have a decent vocoder. Just sayin', You get a decent plug in suite for that price...and a second ( or third) DAW.

SONiVOX Compilation https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/virtual-instruments/sonivox-compilation

Iris 2 9.99. As far as sample playback synths go it has some pretty cool features.....and you also get the Reason lite plugin free ( with registration at Reason). 10gb sound sets you download after you download the synth using the Izotope portal.

Yep. That part is slightly confusing. The oldest one is the legato version and probably the most relevant to my work. Sorry CJ I almost forgot about PocketBlankus. That one is FREE HERE. Not quite as nice as the TQ but not too shabby either.

If you're looking at that one, I also highly recommend Cinesamples Tina Quo cello .

Not sure. I found it last evening. I might try to figure it out but would rather they put a vid up on it. If I can make it work the way I plan it's going to be BIG for me. Side note- Mac mini users are reporting graphics issues and higher cpu usage than version 4.6.1. Mainly those macs that don't have dedicated graphics chips. I thought about suggesting maybe they look at PC but decided that might not be well received. The PC version seems to be experiencing less issues....and as always a few weeks down the road they will have some update patches. V5 doesn't find the alternate locations you had in 4.6. I had to identify them to v5. Also- If you are considering the subscription, you have to access the cloud every three days or you can't use the software.

I liked this song from day one. The mix is now even better. Congrats on it!

Thanks Matthew for this updated update.

Glad to know. I was thinking dang, that's one long bathroom break.

I'm all for it then. Unfortunately R4 is 299 right now. Izotope isn't hungry at the moment. I was looking to see if I could find it from Exponential Audio for less. So far no dice. LARRY!!!!!!

Thanks for the FYI on Boom. I signed to their email list. I have this Kontakt lib someone gave away for free that's pots, pans, plates and silverware noises. I have it filed right next to my realistic fart library as something I will probably never use....still nice to have the first one if your adding audio to a kitchen scene in a movie. The second one I bought during a brief moment of insanity.

Thanks! Interesting concepts behind R4. A slightly less natural verb with ducking adjustment on the tails. Lexicon DNA.

Thanks for the FYI. I never bought Nimbus because I thought it was priced a little on the high side. I have the other two, so maybe this is a great time to jump on this. As I understand it Phoenix is very similar to Nimbus only not as feature rich. I'm going to echo *ahem* what Amicus 717 said. Phoenix works great for orchestral material....so I guess Nimbus is even better at it. The whole concept spaces me out *ducks and runs*

SO5 accepted my .mov video file with no issues. Drag and drop....using SO5 on a PC. Maybe SO4 already had the capability? This is sweet for me since it's my main video file format.

I was kinda hoping they would accept artificial money for it.

That's cool. I can't say anything bad about Reaper. It's a decent DAW and seems to have a lot of adaptability in addition to a very reasonable pricing structure. Can't tell you how many times I've mixed down through the master to realize later it went through ARC or Sonarworks by accident. Lots of other options out there. The thing I have found is I tend to think I'll use something, buy it and then it sits collecting dust. Will the listener ever know what was used? Likely not.

That's pretty generous. Thanks!

Does anyone know if SO5 allows installation on more than one computer with one license? I would like to put it on my laptop as well. Also, I need to dig a bit more. Were new video codecs added? I figure since they added some Notion integration maybe they updated the video end of it?

Just a few things that you "might" consider important. - A new separate monitoring channel . Comes in very handy for monitor and headphone correction software. The old way involved remembering to disengage the correction before you went to master. - The new "performance page" is a cross between a DAW and a play list editor/arranger. You can arrange songs, add backing tracks and do DAW things like add automation or play a vsti while the tracks are playing. You can use the page for stems of a pre made house mix as well. More songs based than loops based. - Integrated notation ability. Not like the simple notation players in most DAWs...it's a bit deeper than that. I am glad they added this because I hated going between two programs all the time. - Improved automation editing. I haven't investigated this one too far yet but it looks very interesting. -Facelifted plugins with added enhancements...for instance the EQ now sports several graphics representations of the frequencies including a piano keyboard correlation. All plugins have side chain. -A new subscription at 14.95 a month that gives you everything Presonus. Not a shabby deal for those who can't cough up the full amount to buy the DAW and I'm not really a fan of subscriptions. This includes ALL programs loops and libraries from Presonus....so for 14.95 a month a person could be knee deep in anything they need to make a project immediately. When added to the existing feature set i.e. a separate mastering page that can tag tracks, chord arranger, cross platform and hardware integration . It's something a person who is shopping for a DAW would probably take a second look at. I'll always love and use CbB. Many of us use more than one DAW. I think this is a worthy addition.

It's only better if you use the new features. That's only about 20% of the program for me.

No problems downloading here. The system was pretty efficient at taking my money too. As for the new performance page,the performance features are probably mostly wasted on me. though I was recently in a position to use performance features in a live setting, we mostly decided to simply play live music. I had good intentions with Ableton to do similar. We had enough musicians so we simply played real live music using a DAW for live work...so far that hasn't panned. The performance features are probably mostly wasted on me. What I DO really like is the notation features. I have musicians who want to play some of my music and ask for notation. I can read notation in treble clef but mostly play using the key and maybe some chord charts. I had Notion but didn't use it much. I like that you can alternate between midi and notation...in a recent piano work I noticed some quirky stuff ...like triplets and 5"lets" that seemed out of place. This might have been a rule of some kind I can over ride. Overall though I am really impressed with this integration. They seem to have revised the effects adding side chain. It's beginning to feel like a waves collection to me. The effects are nicely done. I was never too impressed with their synths and drums.....Mix scene saves..... meh. Cakewalk has had that for years. The program is fairly stable compared to some of my other DAWs. I just lost 2 hours of work in another DAW...so stability is important. Overall a general thumbs up for version 5 for me!

They sure are a ***** bunch. Ok the spell check got me. They sure are all horned up those two!

Not my thing. I've taken the red pill. In a nutshell the Cabal is a lot more than just a friendly religious group. It's a real rabbit hole. It begins with child trafficking.Yes, it fits for those people doing that music I agree. If that's your clientele' then by all means cater to them. I have good reason to be upset by it....nuff said. Gets into religion which isn't allowed here. I have info but it doesn't apply here.

I know someone worked hard to make this , but does it ever seem like we're going in circles? Buy the new stuff, sell the old stuff, get the old sounds again. Kind of a circular jerkular feeling for me. I feel the same way about "analog modeled" software. How many really want to go back to 80's cheese music? Maybe more than I know. I might download it to check it out, but honestly I still want to buy several of the new synths. I had always wanted a Kawai K-1 but bought the Korg M-1 instead...and didn't have enough $$ to buy it. So now I can poke around on this! Forget those 30gig sample libraries, this was all I ever needed. I would never trade my Nissan for a 65 Ford, but it would be fun to drive one every now and then....and for those who have never heard of a K-1, here's your chance.