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@Reid Rosefelt thanks for all of the information on your screen recording process. I will have to have another go at the whole thing! I will give Soundmeeter another go and see if I can get that working into OBS. One thing I did discover regarding motherboard audio which works great and saves messing about trying to reinstall Realtek HD Audio drivers was that although "Stereo Mix" is no longer available in Windows 10 you can use WASAPI to record "what you hear" at the speakers in Audacity. There was also this discussion on ASIO Link Pro which I thought might be useful but I am loathe to add anything into the ASIO process which might affect what is currently working stably. I have now upgraded from HS3 to Halion 6 before the sale ends so my FlexPhraser settings look the same as yours When you say that there's a lot more sound content in Halion were you comparing Halion 6 with Halion Sonic 3 SE as I thought the sample content was the same in Halion Sonic 3 (not SE) as Halion 6? This page compares the versions --> https://www.steinberg.net/en/products/vst/halion_and_halion_sonic/product_comparison.html and as far as I can tell the sound content is the same in HS3 as in Halion 6 but the latter has 200 extra presets. Now I am wondering whether to re-download the ~30Gb (compressed) sound content again just in case it is different in Halion 6! By the way, do you know what/where those extra 200 presets are?

I am probably going to do it Larry. Will keep my fingers crossed for you!

For me the video was about right as I own HS3 so I can always delve deeper myself. It was a revelation though to discover all of those FlexPhraser banks and the fact that they can be applied to any instrument! I assume you own full Halion 6 and if so I wasn't sure what Flexphraser benefits there were compared to HS3. For some reason in HS3 the editor tab is called FlexP which is probably why I never noticed it before. Also the patches which use FlexPhraser have their FlexP tab set to inactive (Act not selected) so the whole FlexP part is ghosted out even though it is clearly using FlexPhraser. Confusing or what?! When you click on Act it then activates whichever Flexp patch is selected in the list. For "One Finger Rocking 6 String", for example, the default Flexp patch sounds the same as your example but clicking on Act in the FlexP menu activates a completely different FlexP patch (Alternate 1 in my case). I'm not sure how I would know that it uses the "Rhythm 06" FlexP patch by default unless I had seen it in your video. Thanks for the background information on how FlexPhraser came about. It's a shame that Steinberg don't seem interested in developing the whole FlexPhraser thing any further. As you say, I do think it's a tall order for them to catch up with Kontakt though which makes me think that they should instead be highlighting and developing the things that differentiate Halion from Kontakt such as FlexPhraser. A missed opportunity IMHO. Your idea of a FlexPhraser MIDI plugin would also be of interest just as I use the many different "generators" to help foster ideas. Re screen recording...I spent quite a while last year trying to come up with a reliable way of recording DAW screen sessions. The biggest stumbling block was always that I use 44.1Khz/24bit by default and many of the screen recording stuff I tried didn't like that. I know that I could set it to 16 bit for screen recording but was hopeful that I could find a way without altering it. Voicemeeter seemed to be used by a lot of people but I could never get it to work how I wanted. So I got as far as installing OBS and watching a few videos on it which made me think that it seemed like the best way to go. I had also thought about using my DSLR and external mic (Zoom HS1) to record my voice/video separately and syncing them with the screen scrape video/audio afterwards (easy to do in DaVinci Resolve). I would be interested to know how you have it set up though. Something like this seems to be one possibility ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tezrMhmIE80 I also wondered whether the motherboard audio could be used as a separate audio interface but spent a while investigating down one particular "rabbit hole" after a Windows 10 update removed certain features (e.g. stereo mix) but never got it working again. Thanks, ZT

Very interesting video, thanks Reid. It turns out that one of the reasons I really like Halion Sonic 3 is the Flexphraser and I didn't even know it existed until I watched your video! Those patches which use it just seem to have a lot going for them. I have just never gotten around to scratching beneath the surface of HS3 but it seems a whole new world of sonic possibilities are there for the taking with the Flexphraser. That combo patch you made with three guitars is killer and I am now looking forward to making similar things. I also like your idea of selling Flexphraser expansions and wonder if you have put this to Steinberg? You should definitely do some more videos btw!

By the way, anyone wondering where the presets are stored it's here... C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Trackbout\Ripchord\Presets Replace {username} with your own user name. You can move any downloaded presets there.

Thanks Fleer, will do ?

I am enjoying Reason 11 Intro and the Rack Plugin which I got in a half price sale around Christmas. I am thinking that I will upgrade to standard Reason 11 when there's a sale (upgrade is currently £239 https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/product/reason-11-upgrade-for-introlite/ ) and I'm also keeping an eye on KVR . I really like some of the players in Reason and that new Beatmap player looks cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNGxdyTevzs (not in my version though). I also noticed that I have nearly £50 of rewards in my account from players and other Reason stuff (Korg Polysix) I bought in the Christmas sale.

In T-Racks 5 standalone select the file menu and then info.

Hope you enjoy it Mesh! Would be interested to know how you get on with it and if there any others you can recommend ?

Thanks for your reply Matthew. I was pretty sure that I re-scanned but just did another re-scan to make sure and CbB didn't find any new plugins. Anyway, I thought I would try again and strangely "Enable MIDI output" is now selected by default and works fine. Go figure! ? Cheers ?

I have certainly spent a lot of time with it Piotr and I guess whether it's boring is a personal thing but I liked the approach. I can read music and know where all the notes are on the piano but just lacked keyboard skills (e.g. which fingers to use and when etc.). I liked the chapters that teach some typical rhythm patterns used by pianists and then applied them to some well known songs. I found myself going "off-piste" with these when I noticed that they would work with songs that I wanted to learn. They cover a lot of these but I also dove into the later chapters which show you how to play quite a few songs. I have a few other piano courses but I find myself coming back to this one more often. They do also cover some tricks and tips for improving your play and making nice sounding chords.

Just trying to use MIDI out from the Reason Rack Plugin in CbB but it cannot be selected for some reason (no pun intended). Like this --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SR_qQDGHuI (wish they wouldn't always use Ableton Live for these demos). By the way, it works fine in Studio One Pro 4. Any ideas Reason users?

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FYI my update just took 40 minutes. Didn't notice any changes and cannot find a change log.

I also own this and paid the same amount directly through Udemy in one of their many sales. According to Udemy I am 24% of the way through it. I started at the beginning and worked my way through a lot of the initial chord patterns and then jumped to particular pieces that I wanted to learn later on. It's definitely worth this amount and I do find it useful for learning standard keyboard patterns and applying them to well known songs.

Got this on a BF deal and paid even less than this. I would happily pay this much for it though all day long. It is also one of my favourites.

That's true but then you can't use Jam points.

Sounds sweet and I tried a lot of the many presets without any glitches. I purchased the MFreeFXBundle license a while back and was able to activate MCharmVerb using the MFreeFXBundle license file. The differences between paid and unpaid version are listed here if anyone wants to know ... https://www.meldaproduction.com/MFreeFXBundle

Thanks Larry! Saw these while I was away visiting family for half term and managed to buy them on my phone. Great value, cheers!

Thanks Larry. There's been a few free addons from this developer for ChordPotion. Think I will go for the full Sundog suite when it's next on sale.

Couldn't get to my PC in time today otherwise it would have been a no brainer Actually for all the IK stuff I own I reckon $99 should be the standard crossgrade price!

JRR have corrected the price now Never mind. I already have too many drums! ?

Thanks @scook and @Mesh good to know before spending the money!

Me too Larry! I am tempted by the price to upgrade Halion Sonic 3 to Halion 6 though (£43 inc VAT).

Just tried that myself Larry. Same for me ... so no rewardee, no buyee