simon

^^^ $19.95 for those too lazy to click

Best service are totally trustworthy - so if they sell it for that amount I'm sure they will supply ...or if it's a genuine mistake then they'll refund you. 

TLDR: zero risk

even whilst on holiday he's still way, way ahead  

2 hours ago, mibby said:

Guys!?  Seriously!  SIX posts and NO links?  What would Lars say??   (At least @Reid Rosefelt posted a video...)

 

he's only been away a few days....and left us all in charge of the place.........

I'm embarrassed...we better have a massive tidy up before he gets back or he's gonna be livid !

;)

1 minute ago, trager said:

Did you check the FAQ? I'm not sure but the notes on the Legacy VST Support option might be relevant.

https://blackroosteraudio.com/en/faq

yes that's the fix for cubase v9 and above :)

oddly wavelab doesn't need it

support says 

"I can see that this eCoupon has been used already under a different account. Can you please get back to Focusrite for a new one?! Thank you."

they only went live yesterday....who knows 

the other freebies are free for everyone I think

EDIT

they just got back to me "technical issues" and have given me a new code

fail !

can't get my coupon code to work - "ERROR: Your eCoupon could not be processed! Please contact our support team."

13 minutes ago, mettelus said:

And their pictures show just how excited some can get playing violin!!

(I wonder what people were thinking when they come up with marketing materials like this.)

they should use whoever DesignMyBeat use

56 minutes ago, Dzilizzi said:

I'm hoping KU13 will include a lot of this new stuff, but we may have to wait until 14 when it isn't so new anymore.....  ?

It sounds like one of those really cool things I won't use enough to make it worth buying right now......

They need to include something decent otherwise nobody will upgrade ! 

39 minutes ago, Mesh said:

 

that's a brilliant bass line - Norman Watt-Roy

8 minutes ago, Greg said:

FYI - the resizable interface only seems to allow to make the plugin smaller, not larger. 

yes I noticed that....not really very helpful

now it's either medium size or small....

another plugin that inexplicably makes you download the entire (5.5gb) install file just to apply the update - quite a few developers guilty of this....... 

5 hours ago, Mesh said:

I was also very interested in the Helix Native and Jim Roseberry helped out with some useful info:

"The better your front end DI, the better results you're going to get with Helix Native.

If you've seen posts saying Helix Native doesn't sound as good as the hardware, it's often because the user is comparing the hardware Helix (120dB dynamic range on the input) to a $100 audio interface (crap DI) as the front end for Helix Native."

 

I wonder if if it's more down to the input impedance/characteristics of the interface ?  (Passive) guitars tend to need a high input impedance > 1meg.

Most guitar amps (and lots/most) pedals are up in this range -  The high output impedance of the p/u coil is very sensitive to odd things going on in the input impedance/cabling of the amp/audiointerface.  

I know a lot of audio interfaces claim to have hi-z imputs but I suspect the problem is more subtle than that - impedance is a bit of a "3D"  value and not usually very linear over the frequency range.    

I strongly suspect that accounts for some of the differences between interfaces/guitars electrical characteristics. FWIW I'm using my original Pod XT Pro input > SPdif > soundcard and I'm happy with the sound.  Might compare with a different input if I get time. 

sorry Reid

...run the Spitfire Audio app to update

9 minutes ago, RSMcGuitar said:

With that many marketing buzz words it must be amazing!

the video is hilarious

2 minutes ago, paulo said:

Thanks for replying, but don't go to any trouble on my behalf. My boredom threshold with faffing around with free stuff is very low. I should know better than to try by now.

no probs - let me know

quick search through my old, old emails  - they had a labor day sale last august and Physion was $49 - so 'might' be worth waiting ?

48 minutes ago, paulo said:

I tried Continuum and Magnetic Resonance as it seemed like something I might well use, but I must be missing something. After some faffing around to point them at the files that were missing, but not missing, the fx controls are non responsive on all 3 Continuum nki's and the MR has a blank white UI other than some unlabeled sliders with no clue as to what hey are for, so all in all not what I'd call a success.

Is it just me?

It's the Swedish naming (umlaut ?) that's causing some issues - at least on windows.    You can get it all to work but you might need to do some renaming .....

give it a try and see how you get on - I'll take another look and see what needs doing if you get lost.

also - the missing GUI is the .nkr file I think - try rescanning for it 

22 minutes ago, TheSteven said:

There are is you sign up for Line6's newsletter (which you probably already are) at the following link:
https://line6.com/allure/

Can't testify to the quality, haven't had a chance to do more that figure out how to use them in Helix, but can't argue about the price.

I wasn't signed up - but I am now

I'm still running pod xt pro from 2005...which is actually ok but the PC editor/controller is from the dark ages - I had my only win10 blue screen using it.

First impressions of the Helix is that it's amazing BUT - I think they are being a bit mean with the presets...why not give us loads more (they want you to BUY some)...and why use the archaic numbering system with A/B/C/D...and no tags or way to search your presets..... ?    Also no IRs ...again they want to SELL them to you !  Looper is missing from the hardware version - would have been nice to have this.  No tuner. No standalone version (plugin only) -   They should have copied some of the stuff from guitar rig IMO

not totally 5-star but the sound is very good

a summer bump for this:

code is now SUMMER30 

and those of us in the UK/(EU?) get VAT added of course

(just bought helix native - it's very nice  )

21 minutes ago, mibby said:

Maybe Larry is like the parent, kind of giving the kids free reign to see how they can handle being on their own for a while?  ?

PARTY!!!!!

annoyingly I've a $75 voucher which is basically useless nowadays

10 minutes ago, Sergio said:

As I'm a sucker for modulation effects I'll get WA Production new Orchid chorus for $7.90 to get this Reason freebie.

that's what I got - but it's a bit of CPU hog - and has a lot of latency so can't use it live.....oh well