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Isn't Bose a local company? I used to pass by a large building emblazoned with "Bose" across the front, back in the day when I'd spend a lot of time in Framingham and Natick. I'd always assumed it was Bose's engineering department.

Dismisses LUFS in this video. Blasphemer! Sure, the guy is best known for loud mixes (Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day) but he's also mixed Rodrigo y Gabriela, so there ya go. Any time he speaks, it's gonna be food for thought.

It might not help much, but if sympathy counts for anything know that many of us know exactly how you're feeling because we've been there ourselves. I love dogs, but I've not been able to bring myself to get any kind of pet since the last time I went through that agony 18 years ago. It was that traumatic. Maybe your next pet should be a tortoise. Granted, they're not nearly as much fun as a dog, or even a self-absorbed cat. But at least a tortoise will likely outlive you.

Does this happen as soon as you request a new instrument track from Cakewalk, as opposed to during playback? Does it happen in a brand-new project with nothing else in it? Have you successfully used this instrument in previous projects? Is there any difference between creating an instrument track versus separate MIDI and audio tracks? My first thought is something may have gone awry during the instrument's installation, perhaps resulting in some missing dependency. It might be worthwhile to re-install it. Make sure you re-run the scanner after reinstallation. I'd also suggest looking in the Windows Event Log, a long shot but there could be useful information there.

Well, after the successes of so many frivolous copyright lawsuits in recent years maybe you should get a lawyer.

One of the main differences between reverbs is whether or not they offer independent left and right signal paths. The ones that do are often referred to as "true stereo" reverbs. Many (most?) do not, instead combining left and right and then spreading the generated reflections across the panorama. Both types, however, are innately stereo effects and as such neither will allow you to completely pan hard left or right without some additional post-processing. This, of course, is meant to emulate how acoustical reverb works in the real world. A violin, for example, is a point source with a well-defined position in the panorama. Its reflections, however, scatter about the room and come at you from different angles. That's how artificial reverbs work, too. That said, I too like to emphasize reverb on the opposite side of the panorama from the instrument's pan location. It doesn't sound natural, but can help widen the mix in a pleasant way. If that's your goal, let the reverb plugin do its thing but insert a stereo panner after it, such as the Channel Tools plugin. Or my favorite, Boz Digital Labs' Pan Knob, which makes pan automation easier. OT: Given your predilection for unnatural reverb panning, let me suggest another cool trick you might like: use an autopanner after the reverb, such as the freebie from Cable Guys.

Windows version doesn't matter. Windows 95 would act the same way. What's happening is you're trying to overwrite a file that's already open for writing by another program, something Windows won't allow because doing so would compromise file system integrity. Easiest way to avoid this with cwp files by making sure that only one instance of Cakewalk is open at a time, and that Cakewalk is configured to only have one project open at a time.

Whenever someone asks me if I'm an idiot (frequent occurrence), I respond by saying: "If I was, would I possess the requisite comprehension, self-awareness and perceptivity essential to determine this fact?" - UbiquitousBubba

C'mon, that's really a ventilation shaft for your underground bunker, right?

CW makes no distinction between a sampler and any other type of software instrument, so the problem isn't that it's a sampler per se. Usually, when a plugin isn't detected it's because the DLL was installed into a folder that the VST scanner wasn't told to look in. Figure out where it resides on disk, then add that path to the scanner's list of places to look, as detailed in scook's link above. That should solve your problem.

The album only exists on vinyl. We've talked about digitizing and remastering it, but don't have the original masters. Plus the tapes wouldn't do me any good anyway without a deck capable of playing 1/2" 8-track tape. However, I think I may still have a never-played copy of it in a closet somewhere, still in the shrinkwrap. We could probably pull a decent copy from it - if I had access to a really good turntable. Which I don't. And yes, RBH, IIRC it was a CP-70 that belonged to the studio. They laughed when I brought in my Roland EP-30 and said here, try this instead.

Thanks for that. Dang, the Philippines' daily cases are as high as, um, Florida. That's bad. I actually expected it to be even worse due to the population density of urban areas. However, much of the archipelago is rural, farming country where one would hope transmission would be slower. That's turning out not to be holding true in rural America, either. The good news is that Filipinos can retreat to the bundoks - as many did during WWII - where the transmission rate is much, much lower. Unfortunately, the Cordilleras are a long way from Øyvind's neighborhood.

I went into the studio on May 18th 1980 to support my friend's first album. I haven't heard this since 1980. I played piano and the faux-flute (on a MicroMoog), and arranged the backing vocals. My pay for that session was a TEAC 3340-S. BTW, that's my old Rickenbacker in the photo. I had just sold it to Lee for $400. He turned around and sold it the following week for $1200. What a dick. But still my best friend after all these years.

And to what degree has the virus impacted your island? Or rural areas in general? I worry about my family there, even though they're on a remote island. As you note, they are an intrinsically social people not inclined to self-isolate.

My state's been voting exclusively by mail for more than 10 years. Works pretty well, but it does encourage cheating - I always look up the answers.

There are far worse places to be stranded. At least you can't starve there. Or freeze, which may hold more meaning for a Viking. I was recently watching ABS-CBN and they were showing footage of Manila streets. Talk about surreal - it was like the opening scene of 28 Days After. No traffic. You can't comprehend how strange that is unless you've experienced the hell that is Manila traffic. BTW, some cheap but quite decent acoustic guitars are made in the Philippines. Ask around.

I had to go back and re-read that review to see if Imperial Delay had indeed been over-praised. To quote the article itself: "Maybe". But here's a genuine testimonial: this is the only product I've ever gone out and purchased after having been given an NFR for it.

I have loved Eventide hardware since the 80's, even though it was out of my price range back then. Today I would have every Eventide software product, if not for my no-iLok policy. If anyone else is similarly put off by the iLok requirement, tritik's new Irid isn't as pretty but has a nearly identical feature set and (to my ears) a very similar sound.

I'm holding out for a meteorite. Won't see it coming and it'll be over before I know what hit me. BTW, "peacefully in his sleep" usually means the fellow died from a morphine overdose. True fact.

If both tracks start exactly at 00:00, move them to the right by one measure.

Don't dodge the question, CJ - who are you, really? Your initials are the same as another well-known poster, who used to go by the alias "CJ". Coincidence?

My mixes suck and I can't sing. So which do I need: a new DAW, a new interface, or more RAM?

My go-to for quick 'n dirty background vocals is Omnisphere, but that's an expensive route. The Ladies from Realivox is quite good and a lot of fun to experiment with, and although it takes significantly more effort it's the way to go when you want your faux-vocalists to actually say something besides "ooh". A FREE Kontakt library that I use often is actually a demo for a singers-for-hire service called SoundBetter.

Yup, anything he creates goes straight into my toolbox without question. "Ethereal" and "mystical" do not describe my style at all. Still, these fit into even the most conventional genres, as thickeners, transitions, stingers and percussive effects.

I've never transposed a recorded vocal to make it sound deeper, mainly due to the possibility of noticeable quality loss. It's the same reason I only pitch-correct the worst-offending words and leave the rest alone even if it's not "perfect". However, picking the right key for a vocalist is crucial, not just for ease of singing but also for tonal quality. Elvis Presley famously sang out of his natural range on purpose. Initially it was because he learned songs from demo recordings made by a guy with a higher voice, but it became apparent that those strained high notes added emotional content that appealed to consumers. Personally, I like to sing below my natural comfort zone because it doesn't sound like me anymore. But only for recording, where I can get away with it; on stage I'm far more likely to pick keys that test the upper end of my range. Two of the most widely used techniques for vocal thickening, as noted above, are double-tracking and micro-shifting. But both need to be done with care lest they sound obviously artificial. Don't forget less-intrusive effects such as EQ, delays and distortion. These can significantly fatten a vocal without it sounding obviously manipulated.