Nick Blanc

Depends on how you define 'high standards'. If that standard would be that it must fit perfectly beneath a Behringer 2600 in a 19"rack, well let me present exhibit A that it is the best keyboard known to man ?

I have the M32 (as a cheap 2nd hand) just for playing desktop synths and sounddesign. When I'm in my synth corner I can't reach for my usual midi controllers on my desk. I really like the feel of the keys. I can't think of any features I feel like missing right now. It picked up the transport controls for Ableton in an instant.

Ah yes, Rob Papen has a great policy of adding new plugins for free to the bundle. I'm still on 7, and my upgrade is €74 which gives me Blue 3, Bit 2 and Lowsane. I might do that on Black Friday.

Thanks for the heads-up. I remember updating my TR-8S was a bit of a pain. Let's see if this update is worth the hassle.

I'm easily coerced into frivoless audio thingies. Gainmatching was a bit of a b*tch, but the UA and Waves sound very similar. The NA was the odd one out to me. That one sounds more compressed at exactly the same settings (besides output gain). Native Instruments: NA160.mp3 Universal Audio UA160.mp3 Waves Waves160.mp3 You be the judge. I just made a percussion rich loop with some melodic elements and the DBX on the master (followed by a Pro L te prevent any peaks, but I don't think I overshot 0db.

Rob Papen always has good stuff. But I'm not sure I need another lo-fi maker/bitcrusher.

I TOTALLY forgot about the NI/Softube one. So now I have 3 DBX160's in total and I'm down €22. Good thing I stoppped drinking for the next 3 months, that should save me the money.

I followed one of my other academic prowess...not attending ?

Worked, thanks! I like the sound of the DBX and this is a nice replacement for the Waves one.

I don't do well in heat. So this was more torture than fun. You can see the sweat coming through the back of my shirt during the jam. Couldn't be bothered to setup the cameras right, one died during the jam because it overheated. Had to do 3 takes because I bit off a bit more than I could chew. Well, not really, but when I do a lot (sculpting, arranging and drums) at the same time, I need some practise runs to figure out the difficult parts. But it was too hot. On the other hand, still haven't fixed the USB issue with the MS20 mini, which gave me the idea to use the SQ1, which in turn steered the entire jam in the techno direction.

Imagine if VST's took up fysical space:

Yes I am, version 1.14. I think I didn't upgrade because people were having issues. I just upgraded and there it was. Bit weird.

I see the Pure products as having 2 things going for them which made me buy them while owning the big brothers: - Quick setup. I do a lot of studio jams for Youtube and Soundcloud and I'm not going to spend 2 days EQ-ing and compressing everything. 2 hours max (in total!). I also don't need it to be perfect, just good enough. - If I like where it is going AND I have the time to go deeper and tweak, I can. White Sea is right about a desired feature, namely transporting your 'Pure' setting to the 'Smart' plugin. That would be awesome. Should it be included/free? I don't think so. They may do sort of the same, but the purpose is very different imo.

Sound quality wise, yes. Workflow / workload / specific tasks, Kclip wins. And I still prefer StandardClip on the master, but I haven't tried Saturate there much to be honest.

99.99 is still too much, but perhaps with a voucher. That being said, I have it and out of all the mastering compressors from PA, this is probably top 3 for my taste.

I don't know. I will check everything tomorrow.

No Guitar Rig 7 pro in my NA. Not immediately anyway. Will check again tomorrow. The new Nectar seems really impressive though.

Nevermind, I entered a product code where they asked for an email. I should read...?

I get a 'getmylicense.ca' link, I input the code I got from JRR and it get: ?

I'm not sure what the difference is with 5.2?

I'm selling the 18i8 (and the Xenyx 2222 which I used for additional channels) and keeping my old Roland Rubix24 as an interface backup. It only has 2 inputs so it would mostly be for in the box. I'm not upgrading the ADA8200's anytime soon, because something similar is really hard to find (8 channels with ADAT in AND out) and/or is +€2000. I'm in the same boat with my converters, not the best but they will work. Funny you mention meters of cables. I think I'm at 300 meters in total (audio, MIDI, USB, power). I'm still sorting out 1 broken USB cable which is buried somewhere and as I mentioned I have some output interference which I'm not sure how to fix. I use the headphone out from the Digiface (this was recommended by RME support) to a Behringer HD400 to eliminate ground noise to the speakers, but somewhere in the chain there is something.

Trust me, I'm well aware ?. I used an 18i8 with an ADA8200 for a while. I've put off a major rehaul for a couple of months. But finally last week I made the RME switch. I went for the Digiface and connected 4x ADA8200's. Now I'm sporting 32 inputs. All on a dedicated input in my DAW (which was my goal). It was a cable nightmare. And still is, I'm sorting out some low level ground noise, but I have the feeling I won't be able to cancel it completely.

I had a week off, and it feels like a lifetime. I also switched interfaces which took me 2 days to re-cable EVERYTHING. So I was a bit 'studio tired'. I found out the USB from the MS-20 is not working so I have to dive back ?. Still some levels to adjust but all in all I'm very happy with the change. I gained a lot of inputs and could ditch the mixer. Enough rambling about my studio, time for some music!