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Yeah, a lot of greats aren't on there. Another one is Kenny Vaughn. I think he started out in punk, but now he does cointry. But he's another one who can play anything. He's one of The Fabulous Superlatives. Marty Stuart's band. Stuart can play too. Their claim to game is they just play straight through the amps. No pedals. There's an interview out there about when they played on one of the late night talk shows and the band and crew were freaking out because they just showed up with their amps and no other gear. Just found the show ... https://youtu.be/Cx_l9kLxycw?si=0n2_fcOxHW9hb8Os

Saying these bands sucked on my part was a bit overboard. The long version of my point of view is, while I can appreciate these people as musicians and their talent, I personally can't connect with their music. I guess that's a more PC way to put it. As I get older I appreciate a wider variety of music based on how well it was recorded rather than the actual music itself. Hope I'm explaining that clear enough. I'm getting more in to the ear candy part of it rather than the actual musical aspect of it. That's why I pick up old LPs of people I've never even heard of, just because I know that the label they are on took great Carr to make a great recording. I picked up a mint condition box set of Liberace last year. It was pressed on heavy vinyl and was released as a high quality recording. They went in to detail where it was recorded and how. It was from the late 50s early 60s. Do I like his music? Some of it, but it "sounds" amazing. I don't normally have those experiences with hard rock or metal. I can listen to that and get the same feeling from an MP3 or beat up old cassette. But back to my point, I have to connect with the music in that case and a lot of these bands that have truly great musicians I just can't connect with. Apologies for typos. On my cell in the car waiting for someone and I forgot my glasses. lol

I said almost the exact same thing to someone the other day. Almost word for word about The Who. One of their "hits" came on the radio and the topic came up. There's several bands I feel that way about. The Who, T-Rex, Steely Dan, The Doors. Even Rush. You have to respect the musicians in Rush, but I just don't get how all these bands got so big. Edited for PhonoBrainer: Yeah, I forgot The Stones. ?

Did I miss John 5 on the list. I read it a few times and didn't see him. He is what I would call a great guitar player. He can play any genre of music. I saw an interview with him one time. He said he grew up watching Hee Haw with his dad and thought the Tele was the only guitar there was, or something along those lines. That's why he plays a Tele now. As much as I don't care for his image, I really think he is a one of the greats. I don't see Roy Clark on there either. The man was amazing on guitar. He played everything from classical to rock to jazz to country.

Two people in the top 6 shouldn't be that far up there. Were they innovators and pioneers, absolutely, but were they "great guitar players", I dont think so at all. And the first line of #6's story tells you all you need to know about why they are even considered. At that point I knew the article really wasn't about music. Hendrix was amazing at manipulating his guitar, making noise, and playing around in the studio, but that doesnt make you a great guitar player. And definately not #1. And after seeing a lot of concert footage of Page I still don't believe that's the same person on their studio recordings. To me, the true greats are people like from The Wrecking Crew. People like Campbell who have been on so many recordings in almost every genre. But those days are gone now so how do you even approach this subject anymore? I see 25 year olds sitting in their living room in front of a mic playing live on YouTube and Twitch that can play better and sing better than 3/4 of the people on that list. Maybe the list should be called best known guitar players?

Pro Auduo 9 was when I first jumped in IIRC. I have some pics of my old recording room. Term used loosely. Hah. Back when I lived in Iowa 23 - 24 years ago. The view from my window was amazing. I miss Iowa. I really miss S8.5PE. It was the last truly customizable version of Cakewalk. I wish they would bring it back with the modern features.

I know my installs usually go better when I'm unzipped. ? Hey ol'pal. It's me, Bub. *jumping up and down and waving*

I've got nothing to say, but it's ok.

Same here. There always seems to be one tiny little spec buried in the details that's greatly lacking in AMD chips that have a profound effect on their performance. I always had the best performance and stability from Intel CPU's paired with Intel motherboards and Kingston RAM. Can't seem to buy Intel boards anymore so I switched to Asus. The last DAW I built with an ASUS mobo has given me zero trouble and is still faster than I'll ever need for DAW work. I do need to upgrade if I want to get back in to gaming due to my CPU not being 100% compatible with newer video cards thus not being able to fully open them up. Maybe when I win the powerball.

Oh great. Another leftophobe. Lefties unite (Actually I'm cursed. I'm right handed but I play guitar lefty.)

You mean that wasn't really a 'Merica On line help center 800 number!? Son of a !!! I'd be more inclined to think AI had something to do with the cleansing than humans. But I've been known to be wrong before I guess.

? Sometimes you have to think out side of the box Kenny. Come up with a plan. Expand your horizons. Pump up the volume, like the song says!

I regret my reflection too.

Fender Mustang modelling amp. I ordered a 2x12 one to try it out because at the time nobody had them in stock. I got suckered in by all the awesome sounding vids and reviews on YouTube. The reason the demos and vids sound so good is there was a LOT of extra processing going on there. Through the 2x12's it sounded like you plugged your guitar in to a dry input on you DAW and were listening through your mixing monitors. It was even worse without any amp modelling activated in the amp and you were trying to just use it as a basic standalone clean amp. I dont know if they have updated them since but my God the first run of those amps was horrible. They bragged up its ability to create your own patches via an app on your cell and control it. That didn't work either. It was a magnificent cluster. All these problems were more than likely the reason nobody had them on the floor, but there were plenty around to order and have there in a day. I have zero regrets returning that and ultimately not buying it.

That doesn't mean I haven't changed my mind about certain people and the topics at hand, for the better. Nothing really gets under my skin anymore and 99.9% of everything "bad" I see here and in life just rolls off my back now. I was thinking of starting a thread like this a while ago but always backed out. Glad you did. And now back to my Blueberry Vodka and some John Barleycorn Must Die.

Well, sort of. 1. I made a comment one time that was taken out of context. A couple of you guys here scolded me about it and as a result the other person involved and I were banned for a week. Both of us were left scratching our heads over it because we both understood, but nobody else did. We talked and joked about it via email. Without mentioning names this person posted a picture of their significant other that was very provocative. I made a comment something along the lines that someone else's pics that were nowhere near as provocative gets it deleted, but this persons pic was ok. It wasn't worded that way, but that was the intent. Literally like 5 minutes later we were both banned for a week with no explanation. I can only guess someone reported the thread and immediate action was taken. 2. Back in the beginning I misunderstood Ed's humor and actually thought he was messing with me. I was completely wrong about that and always felt bad about it. I guess this is my apology to him for thinking that. Other than that, I have zero regrets about anything I've said on these forums since the beginning.

All I keep hearing in my head is since seeing this is, "We have assumed control. We have assumed control."

Ok. I have to correct myself here regarding this. This was a free update to version 6. When I clicked for details in the email my browser said it was unsecure so I never read the full details. I just manually went to the site and checked it out. This was actually a huge update in some regards. They now have native Dolby Atmos support. You don't have to pay extra for a Dolby Atmos license/plug-in. You can mix and export. This is something I would actually use. I always liked mixing instrumentals I recorded in surround but never had a way to export to a file that was playable on a surround system.

Yep, it's in Project Mode. I just import all my master wav files and name them on each track then you choose what gets written as CD Text. They show up as tracks like in Song mode but it only accepts 1 wav per track. You can edit each track with VSTs,, adjust volume, wverything like in Song mode except tou can only work with a single wav file per track. If you have a powerful enough PC you can open all the original Song projects and Export a master to Project mode. That way if you have an edit to make to an instrument or vocal you can. As soon as you save the Song file it auto updates the Project file.

Man. Just when I thought I had your post figured out as Novenber 25th 6002, I see I'm wrong ... again! ?

The more I think about this topic, the more I realize that the visual appearance is just as important, maybe more, than what features the DAW has. I guess that's why I've always preferred Sonar. It's still to this day my favorite visually. And it does everything I need. That has always been one big hangup I've had with Studio One. It's just not visually appealing, to me, although it is the better choice for now on a 4K monitor. I just got an email for an upgrade to the new 6.5 version of Studio One. I just don't see anything there that I need or want.

A scary avatar?! Gasp! Who would ever do such a thing ...

I still do but I'm not sure this is what you are looking for. It may lead you on the right path though. I export an ISO image with Studio One which includes CD Text and all that good stuff, then use IMG Burn to make the disc. I always do it at the slowest speed possible even though with technology now I can do it fast as lightning. IMGburn is rife with viruses if you get it from anywhere but the official IMG site. Be careful.

Is this some kind of Beatles song thing? 8 days a week to 25 months a year? ?

All amps are gone here in favor of my ART hardware as a compressor/preamp combo into VST's. I do have an amp just in case I want to play live, but I never record with it. It's a Fender Champion 100, 212 combo. It's a very basic modeling amp with 2 channels. It has a knob with only a few built in modeling presets, but I'm more than happy with it. I wish someone still made a 1 x 15 combo. Those were my favorites to play clean through. I saw an old Kustom cream colored one in a used guitar shop years ago. It had a bad buzzing sound so I passed on it.