Magic Russ

A while back, Computer Music used to include user produced tracks that they would comment on. Someone submitted a track made with only CM-101 which actually sounded pretty good. For those who don't remember, CM-101 was a very simple software synth which they gave away with the magazine about 20 years ago. It sounded very basic, even by the standards of the first few years of the millenium, when some people thought Pentagon was the greatest synth of all time. You may be wondering how this guy managed to come up with a cool track with such a limited synth? Clever use of effects. Now I'm inspired to create the most amazing tracks with TTS-1 and every effect in my catalog.

For me, part of the joy of Rapture was the multiple step generators and such. I think the easiest way to create a lot of those sounds might be to set up a multi-output Kontakt instrument and put an instance of Guitar Rig on whichever outputs you want those kinds of step modulators. I know this might not be the first thing that comes to mind, but Absynth actually has a few things in common with Rapture. It does allow you to add your own waveforms, and has multiple multi-stage envelopes that can be tempo synced and set to modulate any parameter. Granted, the filters don't sound like any analog filters but that's not always necessary.

Wusikstation is capable of doing a lot of things ordinary samplers can't. There are two wavesequenced channels which can allow you to come up with some interesting patterns. The quality of the sound engine is fine. The included content skews heavily towards either cheesy 80s sounds or new age soundscapes. There are plenty of really good sounds (such as the Art Vera collections) but a lot of chaff as well. However, there are a few things I don't like about this program. First, recent releases have not been that stable for me. Second, the GUI can be awkward to navigate. In terms of presets, there's a big quantity over quality issue. An NI style tagged browsing system would definitely help. However, one of the big problems is that it is not easy creating new patches with the given content. You can do a lot by combining the elements, but trying to find the elements you want can be really difficult. Some of the elements have names like "Moog 1", "Moog 2", etc. which is not the most descriptive. "Moog Saw" and "Moog Pulse 25" would be more helpful. I can't say I have used WS in that many projects in a long time, but someone on a budget might get a lot of use out of it.

It's a great synth, but the preset system is unfinished.

This sounds a bit beyond what I normally would have expected out of Lounge Lizard. Tempting.

It was track spark or something like that. They started strong but couldn't keep up the quality.

I wonder if I can still get that anechoic room simulator someone put out a while ago.

Didn't Hideaway Studio do a sample set based on that one?

They did have the Egnater Goldsmith OD/Boost pedal for half off but I saw it 5 seconds before it changed.

See top of thread for newest updates. Corrected Phasis and screen display issues.

Lots of stuff in there too

Hence the "Precision" bass.

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?item_id=10781 As always these are available to download through product manager. Edit: Also includes update to 5.0.3 which adds filters forA5/A5Max users. Also added Soldano and a couple of cabinets to CS version, so if you missed the Soldano giveaway, the amp is now free for everyone.

I know, maybe seeing that they have Taylor Swift will make my daughter want to practice piano more. Their playalongs are probably my favorite part of the subscription, though.

Now with your all access pass you can access songbooks from Groove3. https://www.groove3.com/browse-books/by-category/collections/songbooks It's somewhat of a limited collection for now, but it's a start. On a related note, I learned that "Bad Moon Rising" is one of the first 50 popular songs you should learn on piano.

I prefer the way Studio One handles midi import better. It loads up an instance of its sampler for each track. That way you simply replace the instruments on the tracks as desired. With TTS1 loaded, you have the extra steps of redirecting your midi tracks or moving them from one track to another.

This week, they are offering new presets from Ace of Skunk Anansi. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?item_id=10741 Warning to those who don't have the Joe Satriani pack, of the 21 presets contained here, all but 2 use either Satch Overdrive or Satch Tube.

Last year it was Tracks and Amplitube. I got 3 of the 4 tapes through that GB. I think they are too subtle to justify picking up the 4th.

https://www.applied-acoustics.com/multiphonics-cv-1/ Regularly $99, intro $79. Apparently no discount for existing users of Tassman or Modeling Collection.

Although I would be more likely to choose Guitar Rig for non-guitar stuff, I would be interested in seeing what your A5 presets look like and how you use them.

At the point people stop buying them.

The modules added aren't my top choices, but I am glad they fixed that issue with the user comments. I had one hard rock patch that had "Rockabilly!" in the comments because the program I had loaded when I started that patch must have been for that genre.

Most recent FM8 I have is 1.4.4 on 2021-03-10 Massive 1.5.8 on 2021-02-25 Massive X 1.3.1 on 2021-08-20 Do you have anything newer?

6.2.1 - 2021-05-05 FIXED Phasis did not sound correct KNOWN ISSUE Windows 10 VST/AAX only: HiDPI scaling does not work correctly which results in lower resolution graphics KNOWN ISSUE Windows 10 standalone only: When using multiple screens with scaling of 150% or more the GUI may be drawn incorrectly or not at all KNOWN ISSUE Dragging from a HiDPI screen to a non-HiDPI screen can result in lower quality graphics. Closing/reopening GUI on the same screen will fix this 6.2.0 - 2021-04-22 ADDED New components: Doppel-Filter, Supercharger, Supercharger GT ADDED New presets incl 43 artist presets from Jesse (Maroon 5), Swagg, and Phil (Def leppard), Rachel Eckroth, Low Leaf, Nabihah Iqbal and AYA IMPROVED ASIO control panel can now be opened directly from Audio preferences IMPROVED Browser open/closed state is restored on reloading IMPROVED Multiple Browser results can be selected by holding shift, allowing for batch operations for favorites, deletion, and re-ordering IMPROVED Editable comments for User Presets in the Info Pane IMPROVED Component Tiles in the Browser can be navigated with the tab key (Standalone only) IMPROVED Using the Browser with screen readers (Standalone only) FIXED Crash when loading various presets after closing/re-opening the Guitar Rig plugin window (AU only) FIXED Crash when selecting a tag in the Components browser (AAX only) FIXED Macros can now be assigned to Global FX parameters FIXED Matched Cabinet and Control Room IRs now load correctly in FL Studio FIXED Matched Cabinet Pro correctly responds to sample rate changes FIXED Switching to another plugin instance no longer unhides the browser FIXED Tape Decks now suggest the correct filename when saving FIXED Undo history corruption when undoing and redoing load of Container / Global FX component presets FIXED Vintage Verb IRs now load correctly when clicking on the slider text labels FIXED Limiter Input parameter was mislabeled as Output and in an incorrect position on the user interface FIXED Crossfade sliders could seldomly display incorrect percentage values FIXED Areas to change the Min Volume and Half Volume parameters on the Volume component were too narrow FIXED Modulation indicators for horizontal sliders and some switches were inverted FIXED Keyboard shortcuts not working after dismissing a dialog box with Esc key (Standalone macOS only) FIXED Crash after dragging a Browser result item outside of the window FIXED MIDI learn menu option was not disabled on components that were moved to the Container/GlobalFX KNOWN ISSUE Windows 10 VST/AAX only: HiDPI scaling does not work correctly which results in lower resolution graphics KNOWN ISSUE Windows 10 standalone only: When using multiple screens with scaling of 150% or more the GUI may be drawn incorrectly or not at all KNOWN ISSUE Dragging from a HiDPI screen to a non-HiDPI screen can result in lower quality graphics. Closing/reopening GUI on the same screen will fix this

This week from Vinnie Moore. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?id=VinnieMooreFreePresets2021 Mostly gainy Marshalls.