Carl Ewing

Massive projects with deadlines will clear out anything unused very quickly. I think gear addiction is a real problem in this industry. Likely as bad as gambling for some people - and probably as pervasive in the amateur space as pro (it's really bad in the pro space). There is no point owning **** you do not use or have never tried. Zero. If you have never used Alpha Compressor - I mean, demo'd it on a project extensively and thought "ya, I definitely need this and will use this a lot" then don't buy it. Simple as that.

I gotta see the back end of their website. I can't imagine a scenario - other than a ransomware attack where they had essentially zero security or fallback protocols - that would take a business website down for a full week. "I'm sorry, we made no sales this week because our website is down." You'd never get a bank loan ever again lol.

Actually - on the website it's regular price is $299.99. I guess the company is doing a good job of undermining it's own value. Or they just make **** up as they go along. (actual answer) It also sounds like robotic ***** with circa 2007 percussion sounds, so nothing is lost. That walkthrough sounds awful.

Worked for me randomly putting an Indonesia address - doesn't seem to be region restricted, at least not yet. (Edit: To clarify, you still have to put a US state / Zip code, but I just put 90210 and Cali and random Indonesian street address, and it worked.) There are 3 options to choose from. Here's a summarized product list for each: Electronic Edition: • Massive X • TRK-01 • Schema: Light • Feel It • Nacht • Utopia • Progressive Trance Leap Expansion • Replika XT • Choral • Flair • Phasis • Driver • iZotope Ozone Elements. -------------------------------------- Band Edition: • Studio Drummer • The Gentleman • Electric Keys – Phoenix • Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass • Session Guitarist – Strummed Acoustic • Soul Sessions • Disco & Funk Leap Expansion • Guitar Rig 7 LE • Solid Bus Compressor • Solid Dynamics • Solid EQ • iZotope Nectar Elements • iZotope Ozone Elements ------------------------------------- Beats Edition: Battery 4 • Massive X • Empire Breaks • Duets • Stacks • Cloud Supply • Latin Trap Leap Expansion • Dirt • Bite • Freak • Supercharger GT • Transient Master • iZotope Ozone Elements

This is easy to test. Download something like Omnia (75GB). It starts downloading a ~70GB ISO first - at least it does for me. That file goes into the downloads folder defined in Settings / File Management. When I tried this last time it had many many problems. Ended up having to get the direct link from NI, which then required a download manager to not have to restart the download every time it failed.

Some people like punk rock, some people like avant-garde electro-acoustic symphonies that take 10 years to produce. You want simplicity, good for you. If you want really simple, just slap some guitar loops together - that'll get to "ears" really fast, and it seems like the audience you're seeking won't give af anyway lol.

Have all the ones mentioned in this thread (and a couple others), and I think Hydra is the best. Specifically because the scripting is excellent, so it's basically timeless since the dry guitar tone / sound is great so it's just a matter of choosing what to run it through. Heavier7Guitars would be second. There's also Axe Machina (Soundiron). Ample Metal Hellrazer. Actually, I think Ample Metal Hellrazer is very underrated. A lot of initial reviews / demonstrations were running through bad sounding VST effects. I have an Axe FX III hardware unit which really shows how good some of these libraries are. And I like Hydra the best running it through the AXE FX unit. But all of these would be great for metal work, it's more a matter of what specific features you want (i.e. if strumming is important vs leads vs. articulation switching, etc.). Really as long as the dry tone is well done & versatile than it's as good as you can make it with effects and programming.

Have both. Shredded series are exclusively instrument libraries - no phrases, etc. And it's much much more sophisticated in terms of playability, with many articulations and enormous control over almost every aspect of the guitar, and realllly big fx section with tons and tons of presets. For articulations, Hydra has Sustain, Power Chord, Tapping, Tremolo, Mute, Power Chord Mute, Harmonics, Choke, Staccato, Power Chord Staccato, Pinch Harmonics, Rake and FX. And the scripting is pretty good for key switching between articulations in terms of how a real guitar plays. And you can customize that key switching a lot (velocity, key, etc.) Also has strumming section, and some great features like single guitar, double, triple and quadruple layering. This last one is pretty awesome, for getting really thick tones. Electric Storm is pretty limited, with only 4 articulations (as far as can tell) ==> Open, Muted, Flageolet and Tremolo. And has limited control over the guitar. But it does have tons and tons of phrases, which could be useful. I would say if you want a really dedicated metal guitar library, that has a steep learning curve, but results that are much more realistic and customizable get Hydra. If you want something more minimal, just play and go, get Electric Storm. Would also say these two guitars sound completely different, so you might want to compare some Youtube videos showcasing tone / effects section.

"FORUM" works - brings it to 222.05. ... $2!

This is great because I think it was the cheapest last time I upgraded, so still have some coins from the 14CE upgrade. $215! And then you get $8 afterward, so $207! Anyone know any Best Service code tricks like JRRShop? I looked but saw nothing so far. Also get UJAM Vice for free.

I hear the Amish are always looking for new members. You can join the army of fossils complaining about evolutions in music technology since the 1800s. May I hear your grand contributions to "the craft"? I'll be sure to give it more credit because you made it with locally sourced animals skins and spider silk. Didn't realize I've been using AI since the 80s. Gonna need to improve that definition. Why do i come here? For the deals I guess.

This isn't AI. It's not intelligent. You will still need skill and talented people to make great music. The only people scared of "AI" (it's not AI) are people with no talent, no "sound", no identifiable artistic vision and nothing to say. In other words, people who would be better suited to building strip malls and office furniture than making music. It's clearly more than a simple de-esser. lol. Plenty of basic de-essers around it that's what you need. Some people might find these extra features super neato and do radical things with it. People getting angry at plugins never ceases to amaze me.

So nobody wastes their time - this thread is pointing to version 5.4.3, which is from June, 2024. These are not new updates. Perhaps best to lock this thread?

Tried it for 5 minutes. Really don't like the sound of it. And I know it's free, but this is not a good plugin. From what I can tell there is only peak metering, no LUFS. Maybe I'm wrong and there's a setting I'm missing, but that's deal breaker for something called "mastering studio" that is a stand alone plugin that can't be put in a chain with a LUFS meter, phase meter, etc. The dynamics / tone pages are on different tabs...for a standalone plugin that can be full-screened. When I fullscreen it there's like 8 buttons on one page, with 90% wasted space, and same on the other tab. Just put them on the same page ffs. If you're trying to coordinate between some macro tone and the compressor / limiter, you're going to have a bad time. The limiter does NOT sound good. Neither does the saturation. Can't delta auditon on the de-esser. No loudness match on bypass. (!!) No dynamics reflected on meters. No mono switch, just 300hz mono maker. No autogain. Can't tell what they're target audience is here since Ozone 11 Elements pops up for free once in a while - and would be a significant improvement over this in every way imaginable. This feels like one of those freebie apps that would come with Windows along with Minesweeper. Even for free, this feels like it would actually do more damage than good. Very disappointed in Brainworx / PA here.

Owned these for 2 years now. Used them once. I really don't like the sound of them. There are just far better effects from other companies, especially filters, delays, chorus. And lot of synths these days offer "FX" versions (Serum, Zebra, etc.) with better effects. I will say it straight up - that delay absolutely sucks ***. The ring modulator might be useful if you don't have an alternative.