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23 hours ago, msmcleod said:

Check out these tutorials. They're long but excellent and very comprehensive:

Jamstix Tutorial 1 of 4 - Easy Way to Create Drum Tracks

Jamstix Tutorial 2 of 4 - Covering All The Basic Operations

Jamstix Tutorial 3 of 4 - Drum Module Mode, Song Sheet, & The Brain

Jamstix Tutorial 4 of 4 - Options, The Bar Editor, & Final Thoughts

Personally, I found tutorial 3 on how the brain works the most enlightening.

 

Many thanks!  I feel like I'm making progress with JS, but certainly not using it to its full potential.  Hopefully, these videos will take me to the next level.

14 hours ago, Grem said:

If you want to use Jamstix, you have to read the manual. Your not going to get anything like it's full potential out of it unless you read that manual. Read it, play around with JS, read the manual some more, play with JS some more, and keep repeating!!

Total truth here.  JS is deeeeep and will do amazing things, but you've got to be willing to put in the time to get the best out.

This is very cool!  Congradulations!

How about some of you guys who have bought ST4 giving us your thoughts.  Are there  bugs (I seem to remember some problems with ST3 in the beginning)?  Are the new sounds better/worse/the same as ST3?  Are you glad you pulled the trigger?  Sorry?  If you had it to do over would you buy now or wait?  Are there alternatives you prefer?  Any thoughts at all would be appreciated.

Thanks.

1 hour ago, Michael A.D. said:

I recommend Jamstix HIGHLY - it takes a bit of use to figure it out, but once you see how it works you will never use another drum program.    And you can use your favorite drum kits with it too. 

I spent a Loooong time trying to figure out JS, and didn't get very far.  Then I broke down and read the manual and a lot of things opened up.  I still don't totally understand it, but it is an amazing program that can deliver the goods.  Now I just wish Ray would develop a pack for folk/americana. 

23 minutes ago, Bapu said:

How is $29 60% off on $49?

Is there a code or something?

 

 

It's government math.  Sort of like "We want to tax your income and the rate will never be above 2%."

4 hours ago, 53mph said:

No-one likes getting hacked, but it's becoming more and more common.  I sometimes wonder if the mass of free VSTs being offered up by small companies over the years have just been a way of skimming email addresses and reselling them onto spammers - after I started signing up for those free fx and VSTs that show up in the Deals sections here and in the old forum, I started getting bombarded (and I do mean bombarded) with spam.  Makes me reluctant to sign up for anything these days.

I finally created a dummy email just to sign up for that stuff.  It gets some really interesting spam. 

21 hours ago, ZincT said:

So did I!

Thanks for the heads-up Larry.  Bad news the way that Steinberg handled your situation.

That's what gets me.  It seems like Steinberg just blew him off.  "So, somebody hacked your account and stole your stuff?  Oh well, gotta run." 

That's a very scary cautionary tale.  I guess the lesson is start keeping every receipt.  You figure that companies would keep their own receipts off line somewhere in case this sort of thing happens (which it seems to do every day).

12 hours ago, Lee D said:

I dunno, I haven't used Toontrack.  There is a lot of competition in the market though.  But I feel like the differentiator is the platform workflow and features.  I mean all of the vendors have good-sounding drum kits available.   It should be easier to build a drum track with fills and variations than it is in AD2 and they've never improved this.   Also there is only one electronic expansion pack available. . . WTF???  

That's the truth.  I prefer the sound of AD2 to EZ2, but EZ2 really is soooo easy when it comes to finding and auditioning parts.  AD2 not so much. 

Flatulus sounds like a gastric accident.

it looks very interesting.  Definitely going to demo it.

1 minute ago, Bapu said:

Non!

Whew.  You don't realize what a relief that is. 

I grabbed a pair of Blue Lola's on Ebait for $85 new (regular $250).  They sound nice, have superb isolation, but can feel a bit clunky when you wear them.  if you have the chance to audition they're definitely worth a listen.

14 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

That seems like a great deal.  Not for me as I have too many plugins. 

Wait.  Stop.  I'm reeling.  Is this possible!  Can we actually have TOO MANY plugins?

I remember when these were all introduced in the $400-500 range.  My how times have changed for the better.

3 hours ago, Piotr said:

imho it is not worth of attention unless you have free voucher to use it. But because there are different tastes especially about guitar amp simulation (if you looked ever at threads here I would recommend you to grab demo (14 days full functional) and test it by yourself.

And please pay attention about I/O input volume from your pickups and input type as it significantly affects a tone. Unfortunately PA guitar sims don't have input level meters for some weird reason.

 

This is excellent advice.  I bought a copy at X'mas (for $49!) on impulse and just don't care for it.  It doesn't sound "bad", but it just isn't my cup of tea.

Scott G:  Good to see you here.  I still use my SONAR Power books.

Recently I grabbed a copy of their AutoGain plugin.  Makes gain-staging easy-peasy.

4 hours ago, 53mph said:

I tried installing, Windows really didn't like it.  I also couldn't get it to work.

Where is the VST2 version?

It's in the same install package as the VST3.  When you install you get the usual choice of installing AAX/VST2/VST3.  just make sure only VST2 is checked.

3 hours ago, cclarry said:

Available now at the introductory price of $149 (rising to $199 from 21 April) from the LiquidSonics store, or as a part of the Slate Digital Everything Bundle.

I think if we wait long enough eventually everything will be part of the Slate Everything Bundle.

Really, really good song here.  Very pro sounding.  Very strong vocals that are, like everyone else said, immensely sincere and heartfelt.  I could hear Sting doing this. 

On 2/23/2019 at 2:46 AM, Bob Oister said:

I think you guys invented a whole new musical genre, "Country-Electronica"!😀
 

Bob, you beat me to it!  Perfect description.   I really liked this song.  Very fun!!  Thanks for posting!

16 hours ago, TheSteven said:

 

Re: VST3

Confirmed that they both (VST & VST3)  install - but at the moment I can't get either version to work in Cakewalk.
On my system both versions scan as Bad.

 

 

As a long shot maybe uninstall everything and just reinstall VST2.  I had problems getting VST3 to install correctly. 

As always, you consistently do professional sounding material in terms of composition, arrangement and performance.  I'm listening on tiny computer speakers so take this comment with a grain of salt, but it sounded to me like the vocal got lost a few times.  I noticed no one else mentioned this, so again, it might just be my speakers.

It's good to see you here and that you stayed with CW.