Reid Rosefelt

It wouldn't surprise me if this guy has built a career off of construction sets from Big (Stinky) Fish Audio and some sound FX. If you want to hear this guy really let loose, there's more here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7yHCy_r4b13wJxhxdDilgg

Yeah, I wish I could. I think the majority of the people here have no objection to me doing so. But one or two people take great exception to having me putting my videos here because they are not deals and this is a deals forum. Maybe you missed that controversy, but it was getting uncomfortable. Still, a lot of the listings on this forum have absolutely nothing to do with Deals. They are just useful information for the community--like this one for example. A Cubase update is not a deal. But it's not worth getting into a fight. I put enough of my videos up here so that if somebody like you is interested, you'll just subscribe. And everybody helped me so much here with my technical issues. That's the beauty of this forum. But I had reached the point where I didn't want any more advice when the complaining started. Even though they aren't music videos, it's still useful to have a bit of music software chops. I put up one yesterday on Werner Herzog and got a copyright call on some of the Popul Vuh music. So I went to Cubase and improvised some stuff with The Orchestra Complete for a few minutes. It filled the spots reasonably well, and my video got up quickly with no copyright problems. Other people couldn't do that. They'd have to search for a long time through library music, but I knew exactly what I wanted.

Yes, it includes Dolby Atmos, so you can make binaural mixes with it. I paid $$$ for Dear Reality's dearVR Music, which isn't as powerful. This is a very useful feature, particularly for guys like me who don't have such great hearing. You can make very interesting mixes with this, as long as people are willing to put on headphones to listen to them.

We really need @Simeon Amburgey to do a comparison video with Soundiron's Flatulus. That's my go-to. It can really cut through a mix.

Is it safe for me to upgrade yet? I might just wait for the sale, whenever that comes. The more updates the better.

Great news.

I understand Wormhole, but did they think it was Chris Heiney's Solo Violin?

Where is the engineer who puts candy in the boxes?

I think this is a pretty good price for Fog Convolver. I don't know if it's been cheaper, maybe somebody else does. This is the video that got me interested in it.

Thanks so much @Dorondon I'm so glad I posted. Definitely going to pick up that MIDI package for 99 cents. I appreciate the info about MixCraft.

Thinking about this... In addition to the things people have mentioned, there are a lot of interesting music-oriented foley that I think would work great with XO--Office, Kitchen Things, Trash, Industrial Complex, Human Body. Sounds of Mexico City. "Frightening Sounds" seems very interesting, but more for film sound design than music. Also, there is a $40 Orchestral MIDI library I have been looking at from Soundtrack Loops, so the $25 voucher could be interesting, depending on how long it lasts and whether they let you use it during a sale. At list price the voucher isn't much of a help, because this goes down to $15 or $20 during a sale. So my question is: is Mixcraft 9 the kind of DAW that loads really fast? For when I don't have the patience to load up Cubase? I use Unify for this, but some things don't load in it, like Emvoice One. Is Mixcraft Home Studio 8 more useful for this? Can you load VSTs in it? Maybe I should just install Cakewalk in my computer again? ? I had Sonar in my old computer and never put it in my new music computer.

I'm wondering if they will integrate iZotope into NI products someday. Like maybe incorporate some of their reverbs, plus stuff like Trash, and Vinyl, and mastering plugins into Kontakt and Guitar Rig It's also possible that, in addition to a Komplete 14 Ultimate CE, there will be a Komplete Ultimate CE +Mix and Master Advanced. The only thing that NI needs to do now to keep on the path of incomplete Komplete .is to buy an existing DAW. That would really be useful way to put together everything iZotope and the existing NI audio plugins. And it could be the first DAW that comes with NKS integration, whatever that might mean.

I got it wrong. Native Instruments sure doesn't make this easy. There should just be a "New" Section that is accurate. I have no idea if I have listed all the new expansions. I suppose the only way to have a real list is to keep track as things are released. ACTION STRINGS 2 ASHLIGHT GLAZE (Play) MELTED VIBES (Play) PIANO COLORS PLAYBOX SEQUIS SOUL SESSIONS (Play) SPOTLIGHT COLLECTION EAST ASIA STACKS (Play) SESSION BASSIST – PRIME BASS SESSION GUITARIST- ELECTRIC VINTAGE SESSION GUITARIST – PICKED NYLON EXPANSIONS: (I'm not sure about these at all) LUNAR ECHOES, SATIN LOOKS, RHYTHM SOURCE, BURNT HUES, ELECTRIC TOUCH, BACKYARD JAMS, SACRED FUTURES, BUMPIN FLAVA, HAZE, BOUNCE, QUEST, OUR HOUSE, TRILL RAYS, BODY MECHANIC, NEO BOOGIE, SOUL MAGIC, LIQUID ENERGY, CRATE CUTS, CERTIFIED GOLD

As best as I can remember, this is what will be new in K14UCE. Did I leave anything out? ACTION STRINGS 2 ASHLIGHT GLAZE PIANO COLORS PLAYBOX SEQUIS SPOTLIGHT COLLECTION EAST ASIA STACKS SESSION BASSIST – PRIME BASS SESSION GUITARIST- ELECTRIC VINTAGE SESSION GUITARIST – PICKED NYLON EXPANSIONS: SATIN LOOKS, RHYTHM SOURCE, BURNT HUES, ELECTRIC TOUCH, BACKYARD JAMS, BUMPIN FLAVA, MELTED VIBES, LUNAR ECHOES But definitely more coming... For me, the strongest part of this is the three Session Guitarist Libraries and the East Asia Collection. I do own and like Piano Colors (going to sell when I upgrade) But I guess it depends on what kind of music you make. Others may be more excited by Action Strings 2 and Sequis.

Well, if Komplete 14 follows what happened with Komplete 10, 11, 12, and 13... then it will come out by early fall of this year--probably August or September. One of the versions will include EVERY instrument or library that NI officially released after Komplete 13, and many new expansions. All these libraries might be in CE, or maybe this year will be CE Ultimate Ultimate Ultimate. But it's not going to all be in Ultimate. Based on previous years, expect a lot of new libraries to come out between now and then, all of which will be included And then there will be a half price sale in spring/summer 2023. That's the way it's been in the past, but who knows what will happen this year. I expect that they will still sell Komplete, but they may also offer a subscription similar to the one EastWest has, so you can get everything as it comes out.

Thank you for the heads-up on this. I will try it out on my next video.

It's very weird to me, because old ProjectSam is better than a lot of new libraries. The samples stand the test of time, and I liked so much that they provide free updates to Symphobia 1 and True Strike 1 (with Symphobia 2 coming) I would absolutely have paid more for True Strike 2 if they updated it. Have to figure out what I'll do. And they don't give a lot of time.

No new XO expansions... ?

I think Indiginus also belongs on the list of the top guitars.

Oh... I was hoping that True Strike 2 might get the new user interface of True Strike 1.

I really like the way Evolution is pricing these things. So cheap. I got them in the $175 deal and they are all more than "worth" $99. For me, their vocal library, Bronte, is one of my favorite purchases ever, a classic on the level of Bohemian Violin or Tina Guo Legato. I've used it on three recent music videos since I got it in December. They would have sold tons of them at $99, but they sold it for $34.50, keeping the prices in the vicinity of the Spitfire $29 libraries. I believe the idea is for people to get any one of them as an impulse buy, and then buy more, as they all essentially work the same way. Or... you could just download their free Clar-Duduk.

The bundle price for these two is $199, as they say. But each one is $119 separately, so another way to look at it is this is essentially a 20% discount on one, plus the second one free. Definitely a good deal if you have any interest in either the banjo or uke.

No, I won't post my videos anywhere on Cakewalk anymore. It's not a big deal. If anybody wants to support my channel, just go there. If you have something to say, then comment there--or DM me. Or you can go to VI:Control. If Carl wants to go there and try to get me taken down, good luck to him, because Mike Greene likes what I have done for the forum and likes my video. ? My thanks to all of my friends here who have helped me improve the videos. All the best, Reid

First, thank you @PavlovsCat for your kind defense. Carl, I think if you give a fair look at this forum, you will see that it is about a lot more than "deals." Yes, people (mostly King Larry) post deals and sometimes somebody else points out a lower price. But we also discuss all manner of things, from which instrument is the best, to our careers, to the business practices of companies, and many other things. It starts with deals and can go all over the map. And if you come to the forum a lot, you will see headlines marked "not a deal." This is literally a deals forum, but it is also where a group of people regularly congregate to talk with people we have come to know. This is a place we like to go and we trust what the others have to say. Some people helpfully suggested that I post in another Cakewalk forum. I did and there wasn't a single response. That makes total sense--they don't know me. So I totally respect that you don't think this post should be allowed here, but others are okay with it. My friend @Simeon Amburgey posts his videos here too. He is sometimes demoing new software that is a special price, but not always. He's one of us. Please consider letting this go and, as @PavlovsCat suggested, just don't pay any attention to it. All the best, Reid

Thanks! I'll PM you tomorrow. I'll keep thinking about audio, but putting up blankets and duvets and close mic'ing goes 1000% against what is essential to me: the ability to knock these out quickly. Quick setup and takedown is a must. And there's absolutely no room at all. Every inch of space is being used for lighting. Plus, what about the 15 foot ceilings? Yes, I could move to the other end of the loft, but the Brooklyn Bridge is right out the window, with the roar of traffic. I hope you can listen to the moist audio without too much agony. Maybe it would help if I called it Air Rosefelt Studios? Once a week is definitely my plan. Eventually. But in the short run, I think it's a huge waste if somebody discovers one of these and then there's no other videos to check out. For example, if there are three or four "Desperately Seeking Susan" videos, they all help each other. So I want at least a dozen or so videos of various types uploaded before I consider slowing down. Mary Spender has been doing a video a day lately. She's doing okay. ? I don't know if I will be able to stick with this, but honestly I don't think this concept works until I have at least 50 of them. Then people can find one video and they'll be able to hunt through the list and find one more thing. I have no illusions about ever having many followers who like everything I do, but I do think it's possible that people will search for one movie or one person and then watch a video about another person or movie they like.