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It's took forever to download, so I cannot give them stars for their downloader nor the ilok, but I must say I quite like the sound. The interface could do with resizing (bit too big for a laptop screen) but I like the way you can see the acoustic space that's being synthesized. The cathedral spaces are really nice, and they sound natural from the get go. One of the better freebies this Xmas. Worth keeping an eye on this, I think. I hope the developers work on it some more.

I didn't know Nick Frost made VSTs? ?

You're thinking of Bob.

You and me both.

The installer is absolutely nuts - it was storming ahead at 76% on the Roompack when suddenly a pop up told me a newer installer was available - "Perhaps it will speed things up" I thought - upon restart, the Roompack is now stuck at 58%. If you press the rescan button, it appears to unblock it (like a digital plunger). I also discovered that Inspired Acoustics is a branch of Entel Kft. – Entel Műszaki Fejlesztő Kft. A Budapest-based privately owned Entel Engineering Research and Consulting Ltd. Anyone ever heard of them before? Their website looks like they work a lot in Acoustic Solutions for buildings, a subject that I find very interesting.

According to Rolling Stone, Neil Young is making his entire archive free for the holidays. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-archives-free-holidays-1101997/amp/

Not a song as such, but my music was used in a video over on HitRecord which will probably be going out on streaming platforms. https://hitrecord.org/records/5350550 It's called 2020: In Four Words, and it collects together people's thoughts, images, videos, to express 'their' 2020. My piano playing is the entire soundtrack (which really surprised me). It's also really nice that the video has been edited to my playing, rather than me having to adapt my playing to the video (which is what usually happens). The piano is my livingroom upright - Geez, I don't know why I keep amassing all these VSTs when my 'real' piano recordings keep getting used Hope it brings some joy and reflection to someone. Peace and Hope!

Man oh man! I managed to download the main program file last night, but now the Roompack just sits at 0%. I guess they never planned on that many downloads. I'm also quite intrigued as to how I got on their emailing list - I received an invite to try the new software before I saw this message thread, but I don't know how Inspired Acoustics got my email.

I always like the idea of making films....then I sit down to try and make a film and I'm like...."Meh! Where's my guitar." I know my limits.

All worked in the end.? I've currently got more pianos than I can shake a....baton???....at. ?

Same problem for me. Their other products register just fine, but not this one, so it's def a problem with the piano.

I'm sorry for your loss - my condolences.

For anyone interested, I found that the Roadie app charges about 5 bucks for access to all the tunings (which gives you the ability to save your own). An alternative is Fender, which if you sign up now appears to give you all this and more for free. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fender.tuner

Except that I already HAVE acoustic and Dobro guitars. Methinks we are talking at loggerheads. ? [Are you secretly a rep for Gibson?]

Only problem with this suggestion is that I play alt tunings on an acoustic and a full-metal dobro. So buying another guitar to tune them mighty be overkill. ??

Found one. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bandindustries.roadie I'll test it out later.

Perhaps you didn't get what I mean. I probably didn't express it well. Will those apps allow me to save alt tunings of my own creation? I've already got two very good apps that have all the standard alt tunings. But I've never seen an app that allows you to input your own parameters for alt tunings. Does such an app exist? Cheers

Hi guys. Bit of a left field question here. Has anyone heard of a guitar tuning app (something like Guitar Tuna) which allows you to make/program your own alt tunings so you can access them quickly? I do a lot of alt tuning with one fret down-tuning, which obviously won't be any of the options, and I'd like an easy way to tune without having to capo or get to a piano. Any ideas welcome. Thanks

Just a question (not being snarky or anything) - how 'open' is the community to new members when it comes to the mixing competitions? Is it mainly the same faces always winning or do they give others a chance? Is it the sort of site where you have to invest LOADS of time before getting anything back? As I say, not being snarky; genuine interest.

Did you ever get a response about this? Seems like just another email harvesting scam. Certainly doesn't inspire confidence in the company. ?

It's a nice sound, but the website wants far too much information to sign up.

Does anyone else have problems with Steinberg's site? I'm trying to update info, but I keep getting faliure messages. And when I try to get the free instruments, I never receive the promised email. Anyone else?

I have a question about the UJAM stuff - has enyone ever used them for professional productions? Or are they more for songwriting and jamming ideas? I got nearly all the guitar ones in various deals over the years, but when it comes to making a final song, I always reach for my guitar as I find the UJAM stuff sounds 'too polished' - like a preset - that, and the fact they always seem to go out of time with the DAW. Anyone using them beyond just messing around? Do they have a real world use?

They've got lots of freebies on their site - very nice of them.

Hi Jesse, thanks for giving it a listen. This is not my usual genre, but I like to try my hand at everything. If I'm working with female vocalists, it tends to go more pop - with this one I wanted a sparce sound. The original track was played on a ukelele and sounded ultra-twee, then Charlie turned it Euro-rave, then I took his mix and made it into what you hear. HitRecord is a collaborative 'artists' site started by the actor Joseph Gordon Levitt and his brother a long time ago. I think it's as old as Facebook. The setup and layout of the site have gone through many changes, and the approach has changed a lot in the last few years. It used to be smaller and more intimate, now it's a bit over-crowded with meh, but still a good place to find good people and projects to have fun with - purely for shits and giggles - nothing serious. This year I was fortunate to have a Zoom chat with Joseph himself, and I've got my stuff used for various high profile projects. But if you're looking to make money from the site, forget it. Shits and giggles only. Thank you so much Bjorn, The main piano was played by a guy called Charlie who is wheel-chair bound, but that doesn't stop him from coming up with some great music - plus he has a wicked British sense of humour. I added some extra 'airy' piano underneath his. My main work on the track was dissecting it, rearranging it, and sound design on the instrument and vocal sounds. I really worked on those sounds, especially the drums. Originally they were your standard techno-vibe - Carving out a space for the vocal in all that distortion was fun. kate Bush? I'll pass it on, but she's so young, she probably doesn't know who Kate Bush is. ;D