aidan o driscoll

@jackson white do the Mac only members of your project use Reaper as a main DAW or is it only for shared tasks? Yes .. both are as you said "pretty much done with PT going forward" .. so Reaper now main DAW and havent looked back ( Keyboard Player also a techy, pro sound engineer for years .. said its best move he has made, glad to see back of PT ) And out of curiosity, do all members use the same theme? Yip .. the basic out of box theme, finding no problem with it. As with me, found it easy to transition. In many ways a DAW is a DAW once you know what similar features in general you are looking for. Took me about an hour and then all good. Youtube reaper channels are your friend. I just pretty much search for How to do xyz in reaper and its easy from there tbh. Getting by with transferring audio files atm, but wondering if bringing everyone up to speed on Reaper -might- be more productive In a word YES. Shifting OMFs and Wav files back and forth was a pain in the ar*e and just led to slowing down productivity and confusion. We have even got to point of streamlining plugins, keyboard player and myself have similar. For drummer to mess with ideas before committing to real drums we are using the FREE Steve Slate Drums plugin ( sort of similar to XLN Drums but gratis ). Singer and bass player are happy with full track WAV w/o Vocals/Bass lines + bpm .. load that into CW and record respective lines. Send back the vocal / bass recorded wavs, we drop into Reaper then. And elsewhere, initially anyway for EFX sticking with Reapers native plugs. If the odd track needs a plug either of us has but other doesnt we use the right click FREEZE/STEMS feature which is real nice. We dont freeze the track, the stems feature creates a 2nd track as an audio version of the midi while leaving both in the project with the midi muted. Also then use the track folder feature to tidy up the project .. so if a few midi tracks muted as they are now also stemmed, I put the midi tracks in a track folder out of the way ( but still there if needed ) TBH we have all been at this craic for a long while and beyond getting sidetracked in all this flexibility/customization thing. Its a side show really. Best leave reaper as is out of box. After that its just open up tracks, add vsts, efx and record. For us its about the cross platform thing and being able to share common project files via cloud w/o having to mess with 3rd party export niceties and the like. I only switched to that CW theme to have a look. I like it but can easily work with the original theme, its not a bother, after all its only aesthetics

@ZincT Recently changed the theme in REAPER to one called ECHOLOT 1.10 ... It basically turns Reaper UI into CW UI, here you go. Track called INTO THE BLUE we are working on at the moment - http://www.colourtide.com Requires cross platform DAW as keyboard player and Drummer are on MAC. SO this Reaper proj file is back and forth between 5 on Google drive

@ZincT Not sure where I got saviour from Its a utility made by @azslow3 .. I posted about it recently here: The direct link to the DLL / Util is: https://www.azslow.com/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=57 It works fine. Its a DLL added to a folder for Reaper. Then OPEN in Reaper and choose a CW file. It does interpret some tracks, maybe routing as folder tracks but thats easy to clean up after.

Been using REAPER alot recently .. very nice DAW tbh. Reason for usage .. Drummer and keyboard player are both on MACs so cant use Cakewalk .. There is a nice utility that allows one open CW native files inside Reaper

Of them all when on offer I would pick up the PX Memories .. have a listen to the soundcloud demo further down https://www.uvi.net/en/vintage-synth/px-memories.html

Have you got ENERGY @ZincT .. as in the instrument ( $49 ) https://www.uvi.net/en/vintage-synth/energy.html Or the U1250 .. ($49) .. love the 5th one in on the demo track - ryuichi sakamoto https://www.uvi.net/en/vintage-synth/u1250.html

Being an 80s fiend like me @ZincT .. the following Program 24, UVX670, PX Memories, USQ 1, Synthox, Emulation 2+, Kroma, Darklight IIx

And I have 15 soundbanks

10 dolla for me

Yes I notice that for alot of mags, ZINIO can be very slow with latest issues

Thanks @Brian Walton .. I am not a metal player but my style and sound would be Journey ( Neal Schon ), Rush ( Alex Lifeson ), Jeff Beck, Floyd ( David Gilmore ), Marillion ( Steve Rothery ). Def Leppard ( Phil Collen ), Thin Lizzy ( Brian Robertson, Scott Gorham, Gary Moore ) So from that it might narrow things

@Brian Walton So keeping in mind one has a $20 off coupon for PA .. which guitar plug would you recommend?

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products.html Not sure you can load up/add your own Cabinet IRs into and out of the PA amps??? You should download and try the FREE BLACKSUN Amp which has an IR selection under cabs https://audioassault.mx/collections/plugins/products/blacksun

Link to 3 TR Freebies https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/browse?q=Tomb Raider&sortBy=relevancy&sortDir=DESC&count=40

So .. already using these in a new track we are doing .. very happy. Was previously using Guitar Rig, am finding that these Audio Assault plugs are way better on resources. Also like the less is more simplicity

So these IR Impulses are on sale again @ $14.95 + VAT for both the Nevo - AMS RMX 16 Nevo Plates & Springs - Bundle So just wondering has anyone else got these and if so .. good, bad? The AMS RMX 16 sounds good .. esp if into that 80s sound https://digital.nevostudios.eu

Thanks @Esteban Villanova ... I have Blacksun BUT I had already added the AHM and SIGMA to my cart .. also added the BULLDOG and the Blacksun 80s IR pack .. Total inc the coupon $26.37

Yip have it. And on page 2 of plugins they have alot of IR PACKS reduced also inc an 80s one for Blacksun

@Esteban Villanova So IF you were going for individual models, which would you go for?

Yes .. though im not sure one would need the AHM 5050 if you got the ReAmp Studio?

TBH for $25 this looks like a no brainer at the price https://audioassault.mx/collections/plugins/products/reamp The Definitive Guitar Suite • 36 Stompboxes • 76 Amp Heads • 35 Cab IRs • 35 “FLEX” Cabs with movable mic position • Rack FX Module • Dual IR Loader with IMPACT control to enhance realism

And also just mentioned above ALL there plugs are well reduced so might be worth grabbing a few at these no brainer prices All of these include IR loaders as a feature, included or your own

Good review here .. seems well worth the $8 .. Note also, all there other plugins are reduced to similar prices also

TBH I do this by manually installing each one where it asks where to install each time. Im not a fan of the silent install. However when installing .. even like the way I do you can set UPDATE ALL instead of one by one All this changeable in the PREFERENCES

The 870 EVO is still a far better SSD if you can budget for it. I think the QVO is a samsung budget range?