Brian Walton

There are multiple considersations. Unless you using a hub with an external power supply, many USB outs do not have the power to adequately power a whole mess of things. It will depend on the power draw of the collective. Using a hub also increases the chances any given device will fail to be recognized or work properly.

This, plus the number of machine install limitations. I have heard of iloks dongles breaking though and major downtime to get a replacement. They also take up a USB port and on many computers this is a huge concern. Interface, mouse, keyboard, external drive, ilok. Is way more ports than most laptops have these days, etc.

ugh....I was hoping it was izotope's typical authorization method. Now I have to debate if this is worth dealing with the ilok limitations.

Perhaps in overall concept (simple mastering processing). But in my mind IK's brings more areas of the mastering process to the table. Slate is basically focused on the Compression and Limiting aspects along with transient shaping. While this is also at the core of IK's ONE, the space, EQ, and analog pieces add up to "more" in my mind.

Thank you, yes I'll uplaod it when I get a chance and send a link. It was just a standard audio clip. I haven't ever used bounce to clips, but I could give that a shot.

Yes. I setup a mic and played a track of a friend playing acoustic. The system did a horrible job of translating his playing, so I setup a mic on my desk and literally created a click track of myself playing quarter notes of my finger hitting the hard table. Thus the time will fluctuate some, but will be quarter notes within a reasonable BPM of each other. That result you see is Melodyne/Cakewalk's result (i.e. the new timeline it created). You can see the 76.67 BPM listed (it was the stock 120 before I dropped the track onto the top of the timeline.

They send you an email with the serial after the process is followed. That serial you have to put in the authrization manager on your computer. Plugin is very usable and easy. I wouldn't use it on most things as the "only" mastering plugin , though it has all the primary functions. I'd use it in combo (i.e. use something else to fine tune EQ) and this for the broad strokes there, etc. I liked results I was getting after just a couple of minutes, and that is always rewarding.

Same result, problem still exists.

When I open it as a region effect it is set to percussion.

I followed the instruction in this video to a "t" but I'm not getting the proper results (I have Melodyne Studio 4) I used a track that has super obvious transients and I get this: Any idea why it wouldn't line up after 1) Setting Measure/Beat Now Time to Measure 2 beat 1 2) Dragging the Clip to the Time Line Result clearly isn't lining up the timeline with the audio. Thanks for any insight.

I know a few full time drummers. Not one of them uses more than 2 kits across a multitude of projects. I've found Fairfax 2 is a "go to" for me. Core sound can be manipulated for all kinds of things. It isn't the perfect kit (my desert island kit is Billy Martin's kit in a Drum Core expansion. But my perspective is I don't need 50 kits. Just a couple really good ones and some sound processing. SD3 pricing is too high for me. I basically never used SD2. With AD2 I would be happy with Fairfax2 for like $65 on sale. The other kits I have rarely get used. In my mind the only need for "more" is if they don't have something that works for your style already. I use Jam Stix for the brain to drive it, so midi packs are not a huge driver for me and realistically would not need "upgrades" to the program even if they were.

I hate when plugin makers start charging for upgrades and stop supporting old versions. AD2 is just fine with me and I'm glad they haven't gone down the lets milk our customer base path.

I don't own it either. Not a fan of the interface, and while it does open up a lot of good libraries, even on super sale it isn't exactly cheap. (I think about $125-150 is as cheap as it gets??) If I was a MIDI nut or keyboard player, I'm sure it would be worth it. MIDI instruments are typically just filler in most of my work, and there are plenty of good ones (and cheap) that are not tied down to the NI software.

For those that care about these things (I do). The one license can be used for installs on multiple machines you own as long as you are only using one at a time. This is wonderful in a world that tends to have one or two install limits, when I own multiple machines.

Never used a Huion , but have heard decent things. I'd personally consdier something like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wacom-Intuos-Draw-CTL490DW-Digital-Drawing-And-Graphics-Tablet-White-GRADE-A/293320044238?hash=item444b3caece:g:MhwAAOSwIAJcDtAj Or this (gains Bluetooth connection), and comes with some software. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VS3S9RT/ref=sspa_dk_detail_4?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07VS3S9RT&pd_rd_w=AFw2j&pf_rd_p=45a72588-80f7-4414-9851-786f6c16d42b&pd_rd_wg=z46KN&pf_rd_r=JMCV7MV21WZV49GQ3KSQ&pd_rd_r=db3d634e-5073-499b-bae3-871da03702df&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyMDkxNFpWWFdGTVlFJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjYxNTMzMlg5VUpFTEhVSlJNUiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNDU3Njc1MjdWUVZMWlVETlBWNiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbCZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU= They are the smaller size, but I know full time pros that can actually use them for commercial grade art. (i.e. they are good enough). (Also the Wacom doesn't need "power" for the pen, which I think the Huion does)

I think it is more of a quesiton how your kids work and interact with electronics. Us adults have used a mouse as an input device so long it is natural. Kids used to real pen and paper, or touch screens it can feel like a disconnect. You could try downloading a demo to see how they react to what you have now. even old ipads are pretty expensive. You can get a used Wacom for like $25-30. , which then hooks up to a real computer with real applications . I agree that for kids, drawing on the same surface is the most intuitive, but that is also pretty costly. (also add in the cost of the apps). That stupid pencil is also insanely priced from what I've seen (even gen 1)

No extra software needed. But how much they love it might depend on the interfaces you have. Touch screen computer? Drawing tablet? Otherwise you are controlling via a mouse. That might be fine, but does have a different experience.

I'm curious if the Flame Painter 4 (with the "connector" photoshop plugin) will work with the newly release Affinity Photo 1.8 as a plugin.

I also agree it is absurd installing all that extra junk I'll never buy (who could afford all of that?) But I think when I did "vst3" only it dropped the expected install by about half of that (still insane). If I didn't have the Black too I prob would have skipped as well.

Perfect, got it.

Finally got around to installing these. In Cakewalk, how do you get the other plethora of T-Racks VSTs I don't own to not show up in the browser?

True. Ozone elements has Imager as well but functions like the "free" version.

Ozone Imager is a standalone free plugin, and is what I assuemd you were discussing. https://www.izotope.com/en/products/ozone-imager.html Yes, the very expensive Ozone Advanced (which includes an Imager module that is "advanced" will do the same type of thing and then some. For about 20 times the cost.

Ozone will spread out the width of all frequencies when used. Mongoose was developed to center the Bass while then getting the freedom to spread out (add width) to anything above a cross over frequency . I like the Ozone Imager, but IMO the Mongoose is far more useful in the bus. Limiting the bass at whatever cuttof you want to the "center" of the mix is game changing. Ozone does to stereo widening very well, but I don't want the bass wider in the image, I want that to stay put (or even collapse) most of the time.

+1 use it on every mix that has anything in the low end.