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This is more of an FYI, but I junction big folders to get them off my C drive. I had done this with the C:Program Files/Common Files/VTS3 folder a long time ago, but Melodyne 5.2+ has issues with this. It will run in stand-alone mode, but not inside a DAW. Because of this I updated Cakewalk to verify errors thrown. I had to chuckle afterwards... to fix the issue in Cakewalk is simply to manually "Rescan Failed Plugins" No muss, no fuss. In SO5 it is significantly more painful (suggested solution is to move most of the settings folder and piecemeal repair that) - it works, but not simple at all. A quick shout of appreciation @Noel Borthwick for how elegant the repair is inside Cakewalk, as well as the additional failure popup (Cakewalk throws 2 at you). Some programs do react adversely to directory junctions (Adobe and Corel specifically), but Melodyne 5.2+ does as well, so do not junction the VST3 folder. For those who do not know junctions, it is probably best if you forget you read this.... [Jedi hand wave]... "This is not the thread you are looking for."

Caveat to that above video... I remember downloading the audio in that way back when and the frequencies were not accurate (high end at all), plus the guy is talking over them. A better test to try for yourself is to add MOscillator (part of Melda's FreeFXBundle) to an empty audio track, wear headphones to isolate each ear, and adjust the frequency in the upper right of the GUI. You can further isolate by panning MOscillator to only one ear (helps when one compensates the other). By default, higher frequencies have less power, so volume will drop off as frequency increases, but you will reach a point where you cannot hear it regardless of volume. I am not sure how the real test is run... i.e., which frequencies and dB level for used for each tone for an actual "hearing test"... I think jacking up 14KHz to 120 dB is probably cheating!

Is something that will get us all if we live long enough. The curve at the 1:55 mark is the average for high-end roll off. I am still above the curve but the OP made me realize there have been situations where I wish I had hearing aids so I could take them out ?

The sounds are not the greatest in GP, but some are recoverable with certain FX. Best bet is to compose and use the file to feed a VSTi that is adequate (i.e., edit in a DAW). A lot comes down to your preferred work flow. There are a truckload of good free VSTis out there, some only need proper FX applied to make them more than adequate.

GP was historically $99 for long stretches, so bear that in mind as well. I initially got it to create/edit inputs into AmpleSound instruments. As mentioned above it has its own idiosyncrasies, but is useful for what folks have said already.

Gives you that old American muscle car feel... "Don't stop, don't steer." 143 mph without brakes isn't the smartest idea... plus the first rock in the road that gets hit is going to make the ride even more exciting.

LOL, all the time. Very appropriate post since a couple days a song went through my head, and I am singing the damn thing making lyrics up for the tune. Without the lyrics you cannot even look it up. I am pretty sure the first three words are the title (also the chorus), no music with the first use... "I am [third word sounds like ah-mean, two syllables]." No friggin' clue what that third words is. Tried to look that up and finally realized I shouldn't be singing anything I don't know the words too anyway ?

Not sure if this was ever shared here, but at the start of the pandemic Mike offered refunds for people economically impacted. I forget the exact details of that now, but it was definitely one of those "above and beyond" moments.

Hi Jason, I just wanted to drop a huge kudos to you guys for something seemingly trivial, yet impressive. I do not come into the forums as much these days, but was just going through emails and got one directly from Yao about the Erhu release. It has been a couple years or more now that I had mentioned sampling the Erhu after I spent some time with a gentleman in a park in Beijing. I am not sure if the email was a coincidence (I have a truckload of filters to keep my inbox clean), but that email went straight to my inbox, so I was sitting here looking at that and thinking, "Huh, ain't that something?" Not only did you make the library but let me know. THAT is just incredibly impressive! Just in case this is a coincidence, take credit for it. I love you guys anyway ?.

OMG. The first 5 seconds made me laugh. I have never seen a dog do that before.

For basic tasks I feel this should be the goal of any software. The manuals these days are not always the most user friendly and some are just plain massive in size, plus a new user might not even know the proper term for what they want to do (so cannot look it up anyway). YouTube videos that are short and to the point have closed this gap in some ways, but they are not often the most searchable, and people tend to meander when making them (playing back at double speed helps, but still... scripting productions has fallen by the wayside due to the ease of post-production). Case in point (manual size)... I was looking at upgrading DaVinci Resolve for 4K+ video work, so downloaded the manual first... 3625 pages! Applications where you need to invest 100+ hours just for basic functions need to rethink GUI, include interactive help features (which can be toggled on/off), or even enlist a new user and watch them use it to see what they want to do with things they are looking at. Some actually do this, but it is not very common. Melda is another example (non-intuitive features)... very powerful plugins, but once you go into Edit screens, not everything is intuitive or goes way too deep. MDrummer has a randomization setting buried in the settings (on by default) that is a nuisance... If someone is building a track by firing off MIDI blocks of bars (pretty common), they are probably not going to want those MIDI notes to randomize as they are working in a live playback scenario.

Meh, barring future OS changes that can break existing versions, a lot of perpetual software on the streets today is more than adequate for years to come. As time goes by, the "new features" embedded into software gets less and less enticing. There is a very valid point with GUI (simplicity) and being "user friendly"... when opening a powerful program to do its most basic function, it shouldn't require a lot of effort to do this; but this is where many applications fall short.

Since you posted this in your edit... everyone is an indefinite (singular) pronoun, which takes a singular verb.

The reviews say the pickups are good, which is sort of surprising but great news for this model (335s are the hardest pups to change than any other guitar). Same price I got mine for 20+ years ago. Only issue I have ever had is the head is so big it wants to dive down with a normal strap so need one with more friction to prevent that.

Even with the speed advantage of SSDs (especially reads), a 7200 rpm HDD is perfectly fine for audio, so you can mix or match to your taste. The only real issue with SSDs is that when they go, they tend to catastrophically fail. I did have my C drive throwing odd errors and imaged that back to a larger replacement without issues. In hindsight I was lucky it didn't simply die, and I have never yet had an SSD fail. Conversely, HDDs typically give you a heads up well in advance that they are failing (often noise from excessive seeking), and are more "permanent," provided they are not near powerful magnets. I keep one HDD in the machine for data and images. All data from the other SSDs on the machine is also synced to an external HDD. Bottom line, neither are "bad," but it is good to know the pros/cons of each so you can tailor your backup strategy.

I saw this post and the same thing popped into my head. I "think" I saw you say you have seen it apart(??), so that must be one heck of a precision joint there! Sans glue, there is another means for making wooden parts fit so tightly they will/should never come apart. Amish pole barns often used wooden dowels instead of nails. They were gotten in by drying them out so that they had to be driven in... once they absorbed water, they cannot be removed. Some machined fittings are similar, e.g., freeze plugs in an engine... put them in a freezer and you can put them in with your fingers. *If* that joint was pulled apart by hand, I would glue it back in if it was ever apart (take pics first). Most glues sheer fairly easily, so you might be able to tap it apart with a mallet with something on the finish surface to protect it, BUT if it is sound, I would leave it be. Finish will act as glue as well, and that fret board seems to have no gap under it. Might be best left as a cool story. Then again you could focus on the luck story... Lita Ford threw it at you in the middle of a road rage incident... it flew through your open back window and landed in the back seat without hitting anything but the cushion, right? ?

There are several detailed posts on the old forum about the differences between libraries (search engines will find them, but they are so slow to open the links). Albion One has disadvantages in the soloing aspect, but remains one of the best sonic building blocks out there. Albion One is more of a "ready for instant use" library for textures and rapid composition without needing to get overly involved with template setups. Also, it is one of the methods to upgrade to full Kontakt, so saves money from that aspect as well.

There is also a free version of Duplicate Cleaner, which I used for years, but I wanted to post this in case anyone wants the Pro version. First, the Pro 5 upgrade is free to anyone who bought Pro 4 after JAN 2020 (I cannot remember the exact date). Second, they are still offering purchases for Pro 4, which "should" qualify for the free Pro 5 upgrade (no way to check this for sure). Pro 5 is $39, and Pro 4 (link at the bottom of the buy Pro 5 page) is $29.95 (again, this "should" be a free upgrade to Pro 5), so not sure why they still have that posted. https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/duplicatecleaner.html The "Buy Now" opens the purchase for Pro 5, at the bottom of that page is the link to purchase Pro 4. If you have purchased Pro 4 after JAN 2020, when downloading 5, there is a link to the registration key page that gives you the free upgrade to Pro 5 (sends the new key to the same email you registered Pro 4 with). Again, each of these has a free version, so the Pro version is not required. They seem to choke the processing speed in the free versions, and even with Pro 4 the "remove empty directories" was flubbed, but in Pro 5 that has all been fixed. For folks who regularly make (multiple) backups like I do, this program has saved a lot of disk space over the years. I have been carrying files forward from machine to machine since 2001.

Another option to reduce weight is to use a laptop for the sounds and simple MIDI controller. I have seen this done more and more in the recent past with great results, but it also throws a lot of focus onto the laptop itself.

Quick update for anyone that may catch this down the road. The ONE RS "Twin" version is pretty much all that is needed (one 360 degree 5.7K lens and one 4K lens)... the other lens (1" wide angle) is a remnant from the old model with lower resolution so the other two cover the bases there. Selfie stick/tripod are optional, but recommended, since they mount perfectly to the camera bracket. Other accessories are more for specific uses (underwater filming, mounts to specific things, etc.). The company makes software that will do some editing and exports, but is very limited. Ironically, VLC player will play an exported 360 video so you can pan/zoom all you want on it. A guy named Hugh Hou has a truckload of videos on using footage from the ONE X2 model (attached to a drone), and editing in DaVinci Resolve. One of the key limitations of the Resolve free version is that it cannot import/export above 4K, the Studio (paid version) can do 32K. He did get a nice dig in on Adobe in one video... basically, Adobe + Mocha is $1000/yr... Resolve Studio is $295 for life (2 computers, free upgrades). I need to delve into Resolve more, but another guy had a nice post on the history of the program (explains why the manual is 3600+ pages), as well as a comparison between the free and Studio versions. That write up is interesting: https://artgrid.io/insights/davinci-resolve-free-vs-studio/

In searching for a convenient camera, I had the GO (2) model in mind for a while, but did some research recently and the ONE R comes up as #3. Since I recognized the brand I checked that out and was sort of shocked... specifically with the 360 lens. Apparently that is capturing a panoramic view every frame, so when you edit, you simply move the focal point around to make linear footage. That particular footage also solved the "where is the selfie stick" I have seen in other videos (you can see the shadow on the ground in the video below, but the camera removes the stick itself). It is modular, and has 3 lenses available, but that 360 lens is my real focus. Has anyone worked with that 360 lens? I haven't jumped into documentation, but seems most information references iPhone being the default interface (no iPhone here). I also do not subscribe to Adobe Premiere (and never will), so need to learn more of the 360 editing needs (I "think" they have proprietary software available for free as well, but still researching). Can see the stick shadow in the skiing clip in this video (41s mark).

Technology has certainly benefited everyone. Back when I switched to guitar, my mom (who was a big proponent of piano) even said, "Yeah, its hard to carry a piano around with you." Keyboards have gotten lighter over the years too, but their size alone makes them too cumbersome for my taste... either proof that I am old, lazy, or a combination of both. For me the guitar maintenance has just become habit, and is only cumbersome on a new setup. I put bass frets in guitars, and my baby was Plek'd a decade ago... just string changes since, and a 1/4 turn on the truss rod if going between 9s and 10s. Latest addition to laziness came this past Christmas. Checking out the Kemper Profiler vs. HELIX Floor there was one very nice review by a guy who had both. The clincher in what he said was that they are both exceptional, but with the Kemper you will need FX pedals and the HELIX won't. My amp-lugging days are done (and I would never move my valve amp anyway), but I will admit that HELIX Floor is bigger/heavier than I anticipated. Stupid aside to that one... there was a crazy sale then (same price as when released with Cubase 11 Elements and Native free), BUT no one carried them... add to cart to get the "back ordered" message, but didn't get that from zZounds so I called them to make sure and was shocked to hear, "Oh yeah, we have them... 220 in stock." Sweetwater rep was rather odd about that one and said something like, "If you are really serious I can look into reserving one for you." I waited the 2 days to reply and said, "Yes, I am serious, but I already have one on the kitchen table."

If you already own any version of SpectraLayers, check the Steinberg site. When you select "Buy Now" there are tabs at the top of the next page. The "Updates and Upgrades" are the second tab. SpectraLayers Pro 7 -> Pro 8 is considered an "update" and was listed at $79.99, but in the cart came up at $51.99. There is some sale there as well going on that isn't obvious. The updates/upgrades vary by what version you already own.

That is sort of an odd introduction, and they spend more time talking about McCarty. What is ironic is that when PRS started out and was pouring over patents, two names always showed up... Leo Fender and Ted McCarty. After some coaxing, PRS reached out to Ted (he was blind by that time), and Ted became his mentor of sorts. Constrained by the patents from Gibson and Fender, McCarty chose hybrid specs in many instances to not only get the ideal specs, but also pick the best features of each company. The PRS McCarty 594 is dedicated to Ted and embodies a culmination of his life's experience in learning the art. Not many realize McCarty's influence in PRS, which ended up being pretty extensive.

LOL, I had the same reaction initially! Even got paranoid and made sure they are the same size. For guitarists, the fret hand also has stronger muscles to spread the fingers, while the other just holds the pick. Not much use on the piano for right-handed players though, since the right hand does more work most often on the keys. Maybe guitarists who play left-handed can put it to use.