Jim Roseberry

If you, your gaming buddies, and PC-Part-Picker know it all: What Z590 BIOS settings are needed for a Thunderbolt audio interface to play clean? What BIOS settings are needed for a RME AES-32 audio interface to not cause high-pitch noise when using Reaper? If you have no clue, you probably aren't the guy to be giving DAW advice. I'm such an overcharging ******** that the CTO of Cakewalk uses a machine I built to compile CbB. Know-it-all... who knows-it-not

Holy bad advice, batman. Win10 x64 Pro licenses that are sold for $20... are not usually legit. Legit OEM copies typically sell for $150. A High-School "gamer" doesn't know the first thing about building/configuring a DAW. Let's say you have a 10900k based machine... and you're running a Thunderbolt audio interface. Tell me which BIOS parameters need to be tweaked (and to what settings) for audio to play clean? Do those same settings apply to a 12th gen 12900k? I can buy guitar parts and assemble a guitar for much less than a US PRS or Suhr. At the end of that assembly, the guitar will function. Will it play like a PRS or Suhr? No way. Does that make PRS or Suhr grossly overpriced? Only if you don't value the quality and attention to detail.

Just about three (coming up on 30 years) Hard to believe... ?

There's also the 12700k 12 cores (8 performance, 4 efficient) 20 processing threads 5GHz max turbo 12900ks is currently the top spot 16 cores (8 performance, 8 efficient) 24 processing threads 5.5GHz max turbo 12900k is one small notch down 16 cores (8 performance, 8 efficient) 24 processing threads 5.2GHz max turbo The 12900ks is basically a 12900k that clocks stable up to 5.5GHz. 12700k runs cooler than the 12900k/12900ks.

? I wish that were true.

Also encountered "license not found" recently... and a restart resolved it.

Almost bought Repro... but haven't (yet)... so I haven't compared them side-by-side.

The Pianos are modeled (not a large sample library). As Abacab mentioned, the virtual-analog synths are component/circuit modeled. The Prophet was ok before. Now, it sounds much closer to the Prophet 5. Had a Prophet 10 for a few weeks... and sold it to buy other gear. It's a simple synth with a single mono out and no onboard effects. Limited by today's standards... but it's fantastic within those limitations. Slightly regret selling it... The Arturia version is just good enough to (slightly) quell the G.A.S.

Just updated from 8 to 9... and paid full price. A bit expensive for a 1 version upgrade, but I will say the Prophet was significantly improved. If you don't already have a high-end piano library/plugin, the Steinway piano is pretty decent. The new effects/modulation options are welcome. Looks like development for Pigments is crossing over into the other instruments. Next, I'd like to see the OB-Xa, Matrix 12, Mini, and Modular redone. ?

FWIW, I think it goes without saying that you need proper tools to make top-tier Profiles/Captures/etc. No different than mic'ing a real amp. Some audio interfaces (ie: Antelope) have built-in "re-amp" capabilities. Most audio interfaces don't. For those that don't, you'll need to grab something like this Radial box (~$250): https://www.radialeng.com/product/x-amp "Holy Grail" amps are different for different users/uses. Brad Paisley, John Patrucci , Joe Bonnamassa, Slash, Steve Vai would likely each have a different idea of perfection. Thus far, I prefer Quad Cortex Captures vs. Kemper Profiles. To my ears, they're more accurate. Quad Cortex can run up to 9 simultaneous Captures (stereo rigs, individual boost/drive pedal captures, etc). GE Labs (Mooer) to my ears isn't as accurate as Kemper/QC. It'll be interesting to see how accurate the IK's Machine Modeling sounds. If it's on-par with the Kemper/QC, it'll be a hit.

Pianoteq is physically modeled... and sound great to my ears. Not sure the technology/techniques are there yet... at least not for all instruments. Physically modeled guitar sounds (that I've heard) sound more like a harpsichord. Thinking of the Kronos

FWIW, No libraries actually slow down a SSD. SATA SSD sustains ~540MB/Sec. PCIe 3.0 M.2 SSDs sustain ~3500MB/Sec PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSDs can sustain up to 7000MB/Sec These speeds don't change as the drive gets full... or because any specific library. Some libraries load faster than others. A sample-playback plugin like Kontakt has to buffer the initial transient of every sample. Otherwise, disk-streaming would be subject to additional latency. If the library has say 40 thousand samples, each of those has to be buffered (the transient) using RAM. IE: Keyscape's C7 Grand loads *really* slow. Put it on a PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD... and it loads... well... "less slow".

If you're looking for a nice Ribbon mic, don't overlook the Royer R10 ($500). I actually prefer it to the R121. R121 has a metric ton of proximity-effect... and the upper mids have a character I'm not overly crazy about. That said, R121 combined with a SM57 is a classic combination. R10 placed about a foot back off the guitar cab speaker (near center with a very slight angle down) results in a great balanced tone. You can add a SM57... but (IMO) it's not absolutely necessary.

Phil was a long time friend and client. Very sad to hear this...

If you can, try to play the 88-key version in person. The action is a bit stiff (more so than Kronos, Montage, Fantom keybeds). Otherwise, it's a great controller. I'd like to see Yamaha, Roland, Korg, etc release a top-notch MIDI controller with the best keybed and controllers available. Something equal to the best workstation keyboards/controllers It would be expensive... but it would last 10-20 years.

I've had a QC for a few months. Wait time from Sweetwater was ~4 months. I use the QC primarily for Captures. To my ears, Captures are more accurate than Kemper Profiles. QC can run up to 9 simultaneous Captures. If you have a collection of amps and drive/boost pedals, QC is the perfect means to "virtualize" them. Neural bit off a lot moving into the hardware realm. They're making progress... but development isn't at the same pace as Fractal. As long as you're getting the QC for what it is (not what was originally promised), you'll likely be happy with it. The Sweetwater Captures are a good place to start. These Captures were made with a mic'd cabinet... so the Cab is "baked-into" the Capture (Amp/Cab in a single block). I've done Captures both DI and with mic'd cabinet. Both sound good... Though not as flexible as DI Captures, (to my ears) Captures with mic'd cabinet sound a bit more lively/responsive. I Captured a Revv Generator 120 mk3 (various mics) and posted them to the Cortex Cloud. Helios, TriAmp, and 20th XTC are ready/waiting to be Captured. I'll get to them as time allows.

FWIW, I chose to download the Orchestra Anthology volume 1 to D:\Roland. It downloaded the installer to that location. Running the installer from that location, the library was not installed in D:\Roland.

You posted this right as I was typing the same exact finding.?

Loaded the Tera Piano. For the file size, it's not particularly great. I can't hear much (any?) velocity switching. Running in VST Live (new live host from Steinberg), the Concerto instrument (with Tera Piano loaded) overloads the CPU at small ASIO buffer sizes. I'm testing on a machine running an i9 12900ks CPU (16 cores, 5.5GHz). That's the fastest CPU (for DAW purposes) currently available. Just loaded the first Orchestra Anthology Volume 1... and it loads/runs just fine. Pretty sure the issue with Tera Piano is a bug. The Orchestral Anthology Volume 1 sound pretty decent. The Patch browsing (compared to Zenology) is tedious. ie: You can't use the arrow keys on a keyboard to move up/down the list of patches. Mouse only (unless I've missed something)

Whenever I see "wrapper"... I think potential performance/stability issues. Time will tell...

Yeah, I remember Ron saying the same things. My feelings about CLAP mirror yours. I think it'll have to be vastly superior to actually take hold.

I've got a Suhr Modern Select with Pau Ferro fingerboard. It (not I) sounds and plays great. I would describe it exactly as above (right between Rosewood and Maple). If you otherwise like the guitar, I wouldn't give it a second thought.

I realize I'm coming off sounding negative, but "interested" (as in checking it out) isn't the same as supporting/adopting. I remember Noel talking about how most (if not all) features/capabilities of VST3 could have been implemented in VST2. VHS vs BETA: BETA had some benefits... but few cared enough to embrace it over the much more popular VHS format.

I wouldn't make such a claim without first-hand experience. ? I'm always looking to push the limits of low-latency audio performance (that's my job). With that in mind, I'm running both 12900ks and 5050x based DAWs (fastest ultra low latency performance currently available). Antelope Thunderbolt interfaces yield super low round-trip latency. ie: The Orion Studio Synergy Core yields 1ms total roundtrip latency at 96k using a 32-sample ASIO buffer size. At those settings, open up an instance of Helix Native (Line-6 software plugin version of the Helix hardware guitar processor). Load a substantial patch using something like the "Placater" (Friedman BE-100) amp model. Run this quick test in all the major DAW applications: Digital Performer - audio glitches badly Cakewalk - audio is mostly clean Studio One - audio is completely clean Nuendo - audio is completely clean Cubase - audio is completely clean ProTools - audio is completely clean Reaper - audio is completely clean This is a quick/easy way to get substantial load on the CPU... at extremely small buffer sizes. DP is by far the worst performer of the bunch. So much so... I don't even bother installing DP on my machines.

Based on what I'm seeing (from current adopters), those pushing for CLAP are developers pushing the limits of polyphonic parameter modulation. I'm certainly not against it... but that's not the vast majority of developers and end-users. Look at MPE support with hardware instruments. I'm all for it... but many folks use MIDI controllers without channel-aftertouch... let alone polyphonic. What is Avid going to gain by supporting CLAP? Keep in mind they never adopted VST as a plugin standard.