Magic Russ

At least in version 1 it only comes up if you try to connect to the cloud.

Any comments on the Rob Lee expansions? Nobody seems to talk about those.

The Michael Kastrup Expansion #2 is pretty good. I don't seem to see an Expansion #1 though.

And he has a new one, Japan's Vintage

That annoys me to no end. The human voice is as much an instrument as anything else. On the other hand people seem to give too much credit to many of today's pop stars whose songwriting credits are mostly contractual. I don't know anyone who made such claims about George Martin as a producer, but anyone who has bought an album from their favorite "up and coming" band in college knows the value of production. And as a composer, well let's just say that it seems like a lot of science fiction and fantasy soundtracks owe a small debt to "March of the Meanies". I don't like either of the Fatboy Slim sounds, and I don't think I would like them any more if someone reproduced them with live instruments. I'd take "Weapon of Choice" though.

Also https://help.positivegrid.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025409851-Effect-List https://help.positivegrid.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025480871-Guitar-Match-List

And it's out!

Finally, for the month of November, we have a special Thanksgiving MiniPak bundle at 50% off. This gives you all seven drum-set MiniPaks (including DarkSide) for just $29! www.rayzoon.com

Unfortunately this comes up any time someone uses the word loop. Calling somebody else fat won't make you any skinnier. Calling someone stupid doesn't make you any smarter. And dissing people for using samples doesn't make you a better musician.

This video game came in cereal boxes 20 years ago... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chex_Quest And they are remaking it in HD. https://www.destructoid.com/remember-chex-quest-it-s-getting-a-free-hd-remake-544233.phtml

Does this update do anything?

Personally I prefer how Studio One does it where each track goes to an instance of their sampler with an appropriate instrument loaded according to the MIDI program number associated with the track. That way I can easily replace each track with the best possible instrument to use with it.

Of course the key words are sufficiently and sort of.

If you mangle it sufficiently, it does sort of become your own, though.

Yes, and I'd pay a bit more than $20 for it.

"Multidrive" LE is just a single Boss overdrive emulation. Also the full version requires iLok, but the LE version does not.

If you are the type of person who likes to make a track from samples that have been chopped up, rearranged, and the fragments repitched so that the track bears no resemblance to the original sample, then Acid is a tool you should consider. It's not a great choice for an everyday DAW, though.

After not releasing new drummer models for a long time, they have been releasing one a month or so for the past three months. Can't wait for this one either. https://www.rayzoon.com/jamstix_expansions.html#ds A famous album in the 1970's popularized a drum style marked by steady grooves with a straight ride pattern and big tom-heavy fills oozing triplets. Drummer 'Nick' conjures up that style of drumming for you but with all the versatility and adaptibility that the Jamstix engine provides. Combine him with any existing style for exciting new combinations or use the new styles of this MiniPak for authentic, yet innovative variations of the dark side paradigm. These new styles cover shuffled 7/4, slow 6/8, slow 4/4 with 16th swing and even a trippy, creative tom style that will make you grab a Rototom library for sound. This MiniPak also contains 12 new kits, which using existing sounds, create a sonic atmosphere that matches the spirit of the dark side and related famous past performances.

Kontakt does import sfz, though.

I don't use synthmaster as much as I could/should, but it is capable of so many great synth sounds.

They are at least up to version 2.9.8. They might need to release version 3 before they run out of numbers between 2.9 and 3.

I have found a couple of their presets where the volume is set to 1 or so.

There are some nice effects in Fender 1 as well.

I didn't think you were supposed to start BF alerts until November. Then again someone brought Christmas cookies in to work today...

Looking back I can see that what I wrote was not clear but I did pick up the Leslie's as bonuses already.