Brian Walton

Well we have to pay for that...doesn't come with the free daws.

Considering polymode is at the $1 tier, good luck getting 3.5 euros for it. ? That said for the others I was trying to figure out if it was worth anywhere close to $19 extra to get the other 3 - so breaking it up might make sense to me.

Are you seeing the performance you hoped for related to audio specifically? Is everything M1 native that you want to use? Anyone with talent can create great music using any DAW (even free GarageBand on the Mac) as long as it can record audio. But at the same time Cakewalk has ~30 years worth of updates, feature build outs, etc under the hood with dedicated paid teams. It simply is going to have more to offer for those that want it than these fly by night systems or even more limited resource houses.

It is far more updated than any of those other DAWS and will be for a while. Don't care about MAC users who spent too much money on a machine that will break the software loaded on it with the next OS update.

The Bad Cat pack covers a lot of ground. The vintage (and even more modern Gibson Goldtone series) Gibson amps have long been one of my favorites - I grabbed the Skylark within a few days of release. Not the most versatile amp, but cranked up they have something special going on. If you have ever tried to profile your own stuff you might have an appreciation for the amount of value for the money packs of that size are at this sale price - I know my time is far more valuable then the price offered. Even with a super computer specd for this stuff a single Advanced capture takes about an hour. And if you don't have a good Graphics Card with a modern CPU - one capture on the advanced setting can easily take an entire day.

Cakewalk is still better than all of those by a long shot and even though not updated any longer will continue to be better than those for quite some time.

Tonex puts them in some unknown location, you can move the files you downloaded once imported. Which ones did you grab?

No experience with Helix (I own all his TONEX packs and most of the NAM stuff) But if you have a toss away email you can get his "free - try it out" pack to test the waters

Frequently if you subscribe to his newsletter, but 50% off is more common. Getting 80% doesn't happen often. Check his youtube channel, he is among the biggest guys doing this. He is also one of Partner Collections on Tonex - so you can demo a few things. He is one of the few - like Amalgam Audio that seems focused on lower and mid gain amps instead of the metal crowd, which I tend to appreciate.

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All of these emulations sound a bit different. I also have HA2A as well as some others - including grabbing this UA one. Given UA is in a different tax bracket than Hornet, you might want to grab it while free even if you don't install it. Hornet has the best no-authorization needed system around - but they also tend to have more bugs than could call into question the reliability at some point.

Good deal - but if it didn't require to install the Connect app and have the ilok authorization it would be even better.... ?

Yes.

Seems odd:

It sounds like you might want to consider a deeper dive if Chordz and an Arp generator provide you with all the functionality you were getting out of Scaler 2.

I've had issues with nodes not being able to be activated with installs of some of the Hornet EQs such as Total EQ and Butterfly. Depends on the computer (despite same OS and processors), and therefore means I can't trust them to be reliable. Only reason I got them is the unlimited install abilities for other computers I don't have things like Kirchhhoff installed on.

VST sales exploded during the pandemic. Not sure what rock he is living under. Yes, things are now on a massive downturn - but of all the business that were doing well during the actual pandemic period - plugin makers were one of them.

Not sure about TAL as I've only used their free stuff, but it is common with companies that use serial numbers and resellers. They can be only given a certain allotment of numbers. If we were talking about direct from the manufacture - then yes, that is just non-sense.

Yeah different theme. The one I posted is a standard one. I usually use my own custom theme but didn't want to confuse matters with a screen shot of that.

Does clicking this button work? With the result of mono:

Had it for a year+ but haven't taken the time to figure it out. So money wasted so far but heard good things about it. Think it needs a resizable interface last I checked.

It will collapse a stereo image but something like Boz Mongoose will let you collapse the stereo image at any frequency cut off to be mono - thus pushing the "pan" to center. instead you might want to test this and see if it does what you want: https://www.meldaproduction.com/MAutoStereoFix No computer can judge the stereo field better than your ears. With MAutoStereoFix you can easily put on your best headphones and listen to individual channels, swap left and right, check the mid... and create a perfect centered stereo field everyone will envy you.

Windows is still the biggest market - the issue I think has more to do with the fact that Windows allows you not to go down the "certification" path and still release something. Anyone that has released iOS apps/products knows Apple requires a fair amount of hoop jumping. You can release something with Windows to a wide audience without any interaction with Microsoft or giving them a dime. The "warning" pop-ups for unsigned applications seems pretty new in the long history of MS where you really feel like MS is telling you it might be blocked or is a potentially bad idea to install something.

While anyone and everyone can create recordings now, it has also never been easier to simply "change the channel" after 3 seconds of hearing something. In fact, even music people like might only get a 30 second listen with the attention span these days! There has always been a small signal to noise ratio, for recorded music there simply used to be a larger financial gate keeper for mass public consumption. I think anyone with something to offer can get an audience, but with so much to chose from - it is also less likely that the audience is going to stick around for the next song let alone album form an artist or group statistically speaking. It seems like there is even more pressure to put out track after track spread over time now to keep relevant and maintain your audience as the next shinny single release comes along. Even "album" bands are stuck with this piece meal track at a time mentality based on current consumption patterns. Pretty sad when someone like Derek Trucks has to have those conversations with his label about how the music gets released.

In the music business, talent usually isn't the direct correlation to sales. Many classical and jazz musicians are certainly more musically knowledgeable/gifted than the average pop star. Sharing music is quite simple these days - reaching an audience that is willing to pay for your work - well that is the challenge but I think it has less to do with ones ability to reach a few listeners. The majority stream instead of purchase now and the perceived value of owning a recording is next to non-existent for the average individual. Music streaming doesn't seem to be getting people rich - even successful acts complain about how much it pays them.