jude77

http://vis.versilstudios.net/

May the new light here burn bright.

I used SONAR beginning in 1997 when it was known as "Home Studio". After the iceberg I first tried Magix Samplitude. I couldn't bond with it. I felt like I was doing a LOT of clicking and everything seems to tiny. On the upside, it's fairly easy to get up and running with the basics quickly. Then came Reaper. I loved the customization of it. I hated the customization of it. I thought the ability to change the GUI so easily was a huge plus, and some of them are simply gorgeous. I mean "work of art" gorgeous. In particular I loved the Abbey Road REDD desk. Another thing I liked about it was "a track is a track". There aren't midi tracks or audio tracks or train tracks. Just tracks. Add one and go. Downside: At times I felt like I was working with Windoze 98. It can have the tendency to look like it was designed by the Polit Bureau during the Cold War. Lastly, I hit on PS Studio 1/4 which is where I'm staying. Easy-peasy to use. Drag it, drop it, record it. I made my first recording with in about 15 minutes. I can also run a jillion plugins and record at 98 samples without a hiccup. Downside: it cost $400. And it can have a tendency to look like a box of gummy bears when you start using colors. I wish PS would take a tip from the Reaper people about GIUs. Also, it just doesn't seem as deep as SONAR did. In the end I stayed with PS just because of the plugins/low latency efficiency but, I still miss SONAR.

It's great to see Scott Garrigus here.

Thanks.

I'm with you. I think Waves makes some extraordinary plugins, but the GTR3 stuff just isn't up to their usual standards. Others, however, seem to love it, so power to them.

Proprietary. ?

There is a TON of great advice here. Not that plugins are the solution, but one you might try is the Waves Eddie Kramer Bass. There's a free demo if you want to check it out.

I've found that solves a world of download woes. If IE doesn't work try Firefox and vice versa.

I like it a lot. The light colors look classy in my opinion.

Hello Jesse: VERY interesting piece there. You've got a lot of creativity going on and it's good to hear. I REALLY liked the way your music isn't predictable (no I IV V here) and I found that very refreshing. Good to see you over in this forum.

When you draw from the Wilbury's you're starting in a great place. The song itself is quite good and it definitely has a "Wilbury" thing going on. I'm also really impressed with the recording itself: very clean and professional. Ditto on your mix.

Beautiful job. The song itself is very evocative and the arrangement compliments it perfectly. The vocal is spot on.

BB, as always, you hit a home run. I really and truly hope you're making some money with your music. You're definitely pro-level.

Dawg gone, that's just excellent. I thought the song was superb, and the video is icing on the cake. You need to post a tut on how to do vids. Very, very creative. It's hard to believe you put it together in a day.

Excellent stuff there. I really like the mix, you handled the guitars well. And it's good to see you over in this forum.

Man, you've got some pro-level stuff going on there. Great song with great arrangement, performance and mix.

This is excellent like all your stuff is. I'm going to echo what everyone else has said and commend the amazing clean recording and mix.

Isn't it so. I think it's been years since they even added any new midi packs.

Backwoods, that's a good list. I haven't been to the Voxengo site for years. They have a lot of good free stuff. It makes you realize that been Cakewalk and other free software that you can make well-recorded and mixed music on a shoe-string.

Thanks!

Happy New Year! I hope it will be your best so far

I use Waves 1R-1 which is on sale right now at Sweetwater for $35. Quite a deal and it comes with a jillion ir's.

HAHAHAHA!! Quite funny, Zarg. Good to see both you and Bapu here.