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1 hour ago, Byron Dickens said:

How would Sweetwater having a West Coast distribution center fix lazy and incompetent FedEx drivers?

Guitar Center had a distribution center in Kansas Cty when I lived near there. They screwed up a shipment of a new amp twice so I called the store and asked if I could pick it up at the distribution center and they said sure no problem. I called the distribution center and the guy on the phone got cocky with me and asked why I wanted the amp so bad. I replied, you know what, I really don't want it that bad. Hung up, called the store, canceled the order. I havent bought a single thing from G.C. since and never will.

Funny story about FedEx. I thought of this thread right away when I saw what I saw.

I was at Dunkin Donuts the other morning and the FedEx driver was there getting a coffee. She had spandex pants on and they were ripped, bad, right up the back, no undies on ... I wanted to say something but I didn't want to get slapped or accused of being a perv so I just let it go. I get home 30 minutes later and low and behold, there comes the FedEx truck behind me making a delivery to one of the neighbors. I had a female friend go over and tell her. She came back and said the driver knew and she wasn't worried about it.

On 7/10/2023 at 8:50 PM, craigb said:

Whoa!  You mean people still live in California??! ?

(Why??? ?)

 

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Does that new 10 year long exit tax they are passing in to law apply to visitors too?

11 minutes ago, craigb said:

Should you happen to be wealthy enough for these, it's VERY important to follow directions or you might unrecord something! ?

I happened to get a set of those very expensive cables for Christmas one year way back in the late 80s early 90s iirc? I still have them. I think they were something like $45 for a single 3ft cable? I remember the little arrow stickers. They are long gone now so I guess I'm screwed. ?

I had a high end Sony head and high end Sony cassette deck.They were too good. The hiss from the tape deck just sitting idle was unbelievable. Same woth the cd player. Hooked up my $1.99 radio shack cables and it went away.

I spent a fortune on those cables when I was a kid. The thing I remember about them most was they were so tight I broke a couple RCA Jack's getting them on and off. I remember the place I bought it all from charging me $75 for a "high end" optical cable for the CD player. Still have it too, and about 30 free ones that came with various things as the optical connection became more widely used. ?

2 hours ago, Byron Dickens said:

Recording live drums is not nearly as difficult and mysterious as it is made out to be.

Well thank God we got that cleared up before he went out and got 30 rolls of green tape. Whew! 

@Bapu

I read that the green painters tape sounds better. Might want to retape everything and see. Make some 384/64 samples and do some A/B comparisons? Maybe some null tests perhaps?

There's a lot of great artists out there today like her but they don't make it to the radio, except places like NPR. NPR in Kansas City played a lot of music by artists like her. I don't think all NPR's are the same though. You have to search ind. artists on your own. YouTube, Twitch, places like that.

Want proof "they're listening"?

I got a call from my Sweetwater rep tonight asking me how everything was and he just wanted to touch base.

1st time in over 2 years.

Just an FYI, they told me they make 3 attempts to deliver when a signature is required. After the third failed attempt they leave a note and a number for you to call to arrange for you to go pick it up. They stop trying after the 3rd time.

13 hours ago, bitflipper said:

Doesn't that defeat the purpose of requiring a signature?

Yes.

It's available for situations like this. They drop it off and take a picture of where they put it. If it's at the wrong house then it's no different than any other wrong delivery.

I despise FedEx. They have screwed me so many times at work and at home. In multiple states. NJ, PA, IA, MO. They are cheaper than UPS, or used to be, that's why people use them. But they really truly suck.

I'm in a rush so I didn't read all the replies. Apologies if this was already mentioned.

Get the FedEx app. You can go in and digitally sign for your package so they deliver it without you having to be there when a signature is required.

I don't stress anymore when a seller says "signature required". It works. I've done it multiple times after my guitar fiasco with Sweetwater. I didn't know about it before I watched new guitar being driven away out of my driveway 3 ***ing times! ?????????

Rumor has it, he's transitioning, to Linux.

6 hours ago, Hillmy said:

I'll just continue enjoying my vegan iced tea latte with oat milk and agave syrup that I got from Starbucks then later at night head to a bar to enjoy a nice Bud Light. ?

Does Starbucks offer you a shot of Atrazine in that vegan iced latte'?

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21 hours ago, RobertWS said:

You don't need to be sad and angry.   Global warming, aka 'climate change' is a hoax.

CC isn't a hoax. It's been happening since the planet was formed and theys aints a got dang thang anyone can do about it. Or should.

@ the OP ... welcome to the forum. You found what I think is the best resource on the net for this hobby of ours.

I was quite find of my old TI 99 computer. I remember programming animated sequences line by line in machine language. I didn't have the BASIC expansion cartridge. They call those complicated animatuons animated GIFs now I think.

4 hours ago, Bapu said:

Your opinion?

Creative phase manipulation?

There is a plug in Ozone 9 Advanced that allows you to adjust the level of some instruments on a mixed down track. I used it quite a bit on my last project on old 4 track tape  tranfers. I rike it a rot.

4 hours ago, Bapu said:

You could join in the over abundance of threads in the Deals section to express your feelings.

I avoid that forum these days. No dough ray me and I have to avoid the temptation. ?

I just hope they don't lump it all together and make some convoluted mess of never ending monthly fees. 

Just got an email saying iZotope is now Native Inatruments. 

I don't know if I see a good side to this.

On 6/12/2023 at 5:37 PM, Jim Roseberry said:

Took what, 40 years?!

And how many devices are 2.0 capable?

Isn't that basically what VST3 is?

I haven't read anything about this in a while, but if IIRC the "advanced" capabilities of VST3 are very similar to what Midi 2.0 is capable of. Maybe we'll see the features of VST3 being used more often now.

I could be totally wrong ...

Just now, El Diablo said:

RED?

Probably something multicolored and more inclusive, so no other colors feel left out.

4 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

I think it's better to stop getting updates, reason: You never know if the next update will give you the dreaded BSOD!

I wouldn't worry about that. I read they are planning on changing it to a different color.

This may be in Craig's posted links. I haven't had a chance to look yet.

I've suffered from 3 distinct tones in both ears for most of my life. Caused by ear infections since I was born. I have messed up ears.

One thing that helped me was using a tone generator in my DAW and finding the frequency of the tones I hear. Then raise the volume till it was equal or slightly louder than the tinnitus tone. I actually cured one of the tones and lessened the others. 

The other thing that helped significantly was a supplement that Craig had mentioned one time called NAD+.

It significantly reduced the ringing although it never claimed to be able to do that. It's expensive and I had to stop it and eventually the ringing came back to where it was.

Other than that, at this point it seems there's nothing that can be done. I have read that there is some research with gene therapy that has been successful. I think relief and maybe even a cure isn't all that many years away.

I sometimes sleep with a desktop white noise generator going nights to mask it. It's maddening laying in the dark with it all quiet in the room and all you can focus on are the tones in your head. It also has ocean sounds with seaguls and crickets. You can get them cheap on Amazon.

In the U.S. there are actually dB level ordinaces. You can get a knock on the door from the police, and a ticket if a neighbor complains and you don't comply with police request to turn it down, but what's happening in the U.K. is over the top.

In NJ it's 65 dB from 7am to 10pm and 50db 10pm to 7am. I would guess it varies state to state.

So, now that I have to pay for it again, will I be re-banned?

Ozone 9 Advanced completely changed everything for me from mixing to mastering. I'm able to get to a finished master now significantly quicker, with subpar headphones.

2 years ago now, which BTW was the last time I turned on my DAW, I transferred some old 4 track masters my brother and I recorded in the 80s. I did a massive amount of editing including extensive vocal repair (using Melodyne) and added new instruments.

I did it all with headphones using O9A. I didn't even have my monitors hooked up. It only took 2 or 3 trips to the car and listening to YouTube uploads to get the best masters that I've ever done. Those are my main listening environments so that's what I was shooting for.

I really like O9A but I'm also 100% certain the same results could be achieved just as easily by someone with other plugs and a better setup than I have. I'm just a home DIY/hobbyist when it comes to all this. The visual plugs that help you master helped me significantly.

The big downside I ran in to is, you need a powerful system. Even if you don't embed it in to all your tracks and just use the stand alone plugs it can bog you down real quick.

I remember an original series episode along those lines. I forget the actors name that played the part of the creator of the AI, but I do remember he also played Dracula in the Blacula franchise in the 70s. He was a very good and underrated actor.

I would be worried that the current free version wouldn't work anymore if they did go to a paid thing and those that can't afford to pay would be locked out of their work. You would be locked out of all the work you've one since the X series.

I always preferred using Cakewalk but never switched back once the free version came out for fear of this happening, getting reinvested in it, then have it disappear again. That's why I stuck with another DAW.

That said, you could look at as the best demo period of any software ever and just start paying if it comes to that and not miss a step. I just hope that they do not go with subscription service only if the time comes when we have to start paying.