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Change Pitch on old tape to correct speed
marcL replied to Frank DeFede's topic in Cakewalk by BandLab
I had a similar problem with the multi-track recordings of my Tascam 38 made in the 80's. And I recommend you to do it not in CbB, because there is no real tape tempo correction, i.e. where the speed also automatically effects the pitch! You can do it better in Reaper or Samplitude, because they support speed change with natural pitch deviation like with tape machines or cassette recorders. The advantage is that you almost get no artifacts compared to doing a separate digitial tempo and pitch change (the only way to do it in CbB)! -
IMO it's one of the best transient shapers!
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What a pity: "Availability: Out of stock" ! ?
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I wonder whether it's really worth to get Kontakt 7? If I look at the lean improvements from Kontakt 5 to 6, then I guess I will stay on 6. There were even things that I preferred in 5! In general I have the feeling that recent updates of many providers are quite lame (if you do not have Apple Silicon! ?)! A lot are not worth the memory and performance waste, nor the installation hassle! And I abstain from updating for the update's sake! ?
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For me it is the same as others said. I have Komplete 13 and I am happy with that huge stuff. As I am interested in real instruments this is a really poor release (disappointed). The only new product that's interesting to me is Electric Mint and that's not worth 200 bucks! I had expected some more of their old Softube FX included, but that's also not the case. The PA and iZotope products are not new for me, too! And what I really don't need are additional Play Series products, I have enough of them and almost never use them, because most of their sounds are poor IMO (also compared to their real synths).
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But it is! Selecting the update check in some VST plugins caused Win-Doof(german) to signal a severe threat!
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Thanks, I had already done this before. But in the special case above it does even not work, i.e. Windows complains anyway! ?
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UJAM Silk - nylon-stringed concert guitar ( $29 - AudioPlugin Deals )
marcL replied to aidan o driscoll's topic in Deals
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Today I wanted to check the versions of some plugins on my laptop. I was shocked because when I clicked the check version Windows Defender reported a severe threat. First I thought that this vendor really had some virus issues in its plugins. But when I tried with another vendor's plugin the same thing happened again. Googling for "Win32/Hive.ZY" threat listed the following interesting article that mentions this as a new Microsoft issue: https://www.windowslatest.com/2022/09/05/microsoft-confirms-behaviorwin32-hive-zy-false-error-bug-in-windows-defender/ It is unbelievable how Microsoft is the worst threat in always stealing my time and my precious hardware capacity! And this for years! ? This is the reason why I don't want to have my DAW pcs always online (for authorization and cloud stuff), because it exposes your pc for the MS Update threat! ?
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The only harm then is Windows Update! ? Frankly, if there was not always this threat from Windows Update, then I would agree. There are 2 things that disturb me then: 1.) The updates are time consuming, 2.) there maybe some settings (happens all the time) or driver changed. Not that I mind security updates, but especially feature updates are (or have been) worthless for me. Nevertheless I do it like you proposed with my mixing pc, but on my recording machine I can't, because I do not have internet in the barn.
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There are some interesting deals (without voucher), i.e. new lowest prices. Unfortunately I still have them and the rest is too expensive for my August budget! ?
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Interesting, the NI stuff disappeared from their page!
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And they have a really user-friendly authorization! Forever without internet, without trouble!
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It's the same with the problem that I mentioned above (learn function). The only work-around I see is making a copy of the audio into a new lane, cutting the selected area and muting or removing the rest. This is very time consuming and cumbersome, but at least it works.
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To be honest, I use also this theme! ?
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That is really true. A couple of years ago this was one of the crucial argument for me to make my decision for Sonar. I like this logical way of export where the user has all the options what shall be included. Also inline bouncing is that way. Those are the best solutions I have seen in all the DAWs that I inspected. Still I am not so comfortable with the Control Bar module and the new export dialog. It happens often that I overlook something and that the result is not as expected. Most of the issues are caused by values that I changed from the preset. With the new dialog those values are reset to the preset if you open export again. In the old Sonar dialog they were kept.
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That is your opinion! ? There are also a couple of things in Reaper you cannot do in SO, 2nd there is quite a price difference and last but not least SO cannot match Reaper's startup/plugin scan performance. Also installation and authorization is quite painful compared to Reaper! Do you need more arguments? ?
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This is also a problem if you have a plugin that has a learn function and the area is too small (e.g. a drum hit)! I've had such a conflict several times.
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7.61 GB for a Xylophone? Is that free? ?
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Don't forget Reaper! The discounted license is only $60 for the whole functionality and that for years of updates (not like Mixbus that requires money for almost each update). Also, if I compare the performance of Waveform to Reaper, then I get sleepy with the WF's plugin scan and startup time! The functionality seems also somehow limited if I look at the track controls. Last but not least some of the text in WF is almost unreadable for me when I test it on my laptop. The complicated offline license workflow (by support) for WF Free is also strange IMO. All in all, it seems to be nothing for me!
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IMHO the problem is that the nice presets sound impressive on their own, but if you try to integrate them 1:1 into a song, then there are too many adjustments needed that you don't get a muddy, cluttered mix! That's why I prefer to have a clean, unprocessed drum sound from the VSTi. Then I am able to mix almost all kit pieces to my liking (with EQ, FX) and they really integrate into the song! Me too, I like the Fairfax Vol. 2 and the Vintage Dry!
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Thanks for the proposal! Yes, I don't have this one. Just now I have listened to the preview examples. It is definitely one of the better kits! But I think I should use all the drumkits that are at my disposal today (XLN and others)! It's the same with FX plugins. I've reached a number that is just silly, absurd! Furthermore I purchased the "Blue Acrylic Bass Drum" kitpiece pak (it's a Ludwig Vistalite Blue 22 X 16"). This one sounds quite okay (IMHO much better than the kicks in the Retroplex ADpak (Vistalite drum kit)!
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Yes, this is one that I have. It sounds somehow dry, but there is almost only the beater sound. Just now I have gone through all the AD kicks that I have (10 kicks) and frankly, to me none of them sounds roughly as realistic as for example the one of NI's 60s or 70s drummer!
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I don't argue for additional content, in the contrary I am glad if there are not too many updates. Though I own 6 AD drum packages today (I like them all) and a couple of MIDI paks, but frankly there is one thing that I would welcome: I am missing a kick with real dry samples (similar to the Kontakt nn-Drummer libraries, they sound more realistic to me, remind me of my old group days! ?). IMO the AD kick samples have too much room even in the base kick track (I mean if you solo without room/overhead). This makes it very difficult to mix if you want a dry kick and if you want to use your own drum room reverb! Yes, you can improve the kick base sound by changing the volume envelope or use transient manipulation, but it will never replace good dry samples!