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Post by sam on Mar 31, 2023 15:14:41 GMT -6
No but while I was doing a record at Sweetwater, they finally got one in. They plugged it in and it was DOA, so…
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Post by sam on Mar 30, 2023 6:12:17 GMT -6
The owner has a pretty detailed explanation for it that also falls in line with a lot of large scale hardware manufacturing. Honestly I don’t see this as a bad thing. It seems to be priced in a way where it’s more of an incentive to buy it with pres than it is a plot to take advantage of someone that only needs the line ins.
This is such an old practice as it cuts costs down significantly at the end of the day.
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Post by sam on Mar 27, 2023 19:04:11 GMT -6
Waves has been dishonestly ripping off paying customers for years. WUP’ing many of us that paid thousands to “own” their plugins. I stopped using them years ago for this reason. And with this new subscription only move, it just makes me glad I stopped using their plugins altogether. There are SO many great alternatives. Greed upsets me. Yeah but they were upfront and honest about the WUP from the get go. This is actually the first dishonest thing they’ve done
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Post by sam on Mar 27, 2023 17:54:39 GMT -6
It’s a painfully silly move to brick people and prevent them from updating their plugins unless they subscribe. Especially because whether or not you agree, the last few Waves releases have been on par with some of the best sounding modern plugins.
When companies make moves like this, it’s usually a tier’d strategy. There is a very real chance that a massive update to their back catalog is coming out soon a la SSL EV2 style. That upsets me the most because I would love a more accurate 1176 and now it’s stuck behind a sub paywall.
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Post by sam on Mar 23, 2023 17:41:28 GMT -6
I have heard some incredible ATMOS mixes (Hello Harry Styles record!!) but I was also sitting in Sweetwater's ATMOS room. I would not want to hear that in AirPods. And the stereo collapse when you're set to ATMOS isn't the same as the stereo mix, so imagine nailing the stereo mix only to have your collapsed version be the one most people are listening to.
Also, the fear of stereo losing its importance seems nuts to me considering vinyl has outsold any physical format for the first time in over 30 years. Vinyl will never be in ATMOS. All I can think is that Apple is trying to retake a market with this "old isn't new, new is new" push.
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Post by sam on Mar 9, 2023 20:40:10 GMT -6
The largest difference I noticed between the two were mostly volume inconsistencies, so in my opinion, that makes it incredibly tough to be objective. The CAPI mix sounds more balanced, but that is easily correctible in the ITB mix. I think the vocals are much louder in the ITB mix and that is kinda throwing me off.
Tonally, when hyperfocusing on the parts themselves to see if there was a difference, I couldn't find any. The parts themselves all sound great in either scenario.
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Post by sam on Mar 5, 2023 21:33:31 GMT -6
Arouser first. 5ms attack, 100ms release. 2:1 hitting around -5GR. Maybe some EQ. If it's there, it's to add some top end. Usually Waves SSL or SSL native. Maybe some JST clip. Maybe VMR with the standard bus set to do a little distortion. However, drum shells always get a parallel bus with 1176 smashing -20GR, fast attack, fast release. I want it FLAT and funky, mixed in about 14dB down or so to give it a little body without resorting to crushing everything else. This is eerily similar to what I do on my drum bus and parallel shell bus
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Post by sam on Mar 5, 2023 20:11:43 GMT -6
I don’t think new hardware in terms of replacing cores is coming in, I think that UA is making the move to native at a fast pace, negating the need for the cores outside of their tracking interfaces.
The cores make sense there because you can run plugs and print them on the way in, but soon with all their stuff being native, mixing will just be with those versions, thus no more need for mixing cores.
Hardware wise I could see them coming out with something relating to ATMOS, but that’s about it
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Post by sam on Dec 19, 2020 21:45:18 GMT -6
Hahaaaa!! Which of us hasn't said something like that? Famous last words. Nah, I won’t be recording more than stereo where I am. I still come back to it from time to time. As I get older I realize that I'm using less and less, and just having fewer cables to swap would be nice. But I'm still cheesed about the 48v thing a year and a half later.
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Post by sam on Nov 12, 2020 5:53:58 GMT -6
Man why are people shitting on him doing exactly what he wants? Who cared about Rode NT1As and SM7Bs. Dude's room is cooler than mine and it's exactly what he wanted. Kudos, and I hope he makes tons of great music out of there!! I don't think anyone is shitting on them intentionally. People love to critique and figure out why folks do what they do, especially in such an opinion based industry. It helps folks figure out where they are in relation to others and helps them figure out where they're going as well. Kinda like A/B comparison to other's mixes with your own mix to see how you stack up. BTW, the last Silverstein record you did is in the regular rotation in my studio as one of my A/B comparisons. Oh man, thank you so much!! That really means the world. I gotta say I'm real proud of that badboy.
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Post by sam on Nov 7, 2020 18:43:50 GMT -6
Man why are people shitting on him doing exactly what he wants? Who cared about Rode NT1As and SM7Bs. Dude's room is cooler than mine and it's exactly what he wanted. Kudos, and I hope he makes tons of great music out of there!!
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Post by sam on Aug 2, 2020 17:31:00 GMT -6
There is no better preamp ever built, imo
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Post by sam on Jul 3, 2020 7:14:02 GMT -6
I get that they’re keeping it proprietary but I wish SD would release TCI packs. The Orange County snare in the pop punk pack is so good
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Post by sam on Jun 27, 2020 8:54:28 GMT -6
Ah I was begging for 84, but this looks pretty great.
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Post by sam on Jun 27, 2020 7:55:24 GMT -6
I almost pulled the trigger on one of the GGD sets, but I found a video with Nolly using them and the raw drum sounds are very, very different than how they're presented on the website. They sound so much bigger, fatter and brighter on the website than the raw samples do.. It's mostly in how they're processed and mixed that really make them stand out IMHO. I was able to make my own drums sound 90% the same when knowing how they processed them. Most of the kits (at least the Modern and Massive one) have a “turbo” function that you can mix in, I think many of the examples use it. That said I find them super clean and easy to mangle. I like making my own samples when I can, but the depth to which these samples are captured is fantastic. And Middle Farm might be the most beautiful studio in the world, I can’t believe how good that room is.
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Post by sam on Jun 25, 2020 16:55:02 GMT -6
Weird so many people had issues with the MOTU routing. I use my 16a as a total set it and forget it rig with pres and a patchbay, and I honestly think I launched the MOTU software once since owning it.
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Post by sam on Jun 16, 2020 8:41:10 GMT -6
Right now when it comes to commercial drum samples, I’m using either Slate 5 or Getgood Modern and Massive for room augmentation. For direct samples I’m using Slate’s CLA pack mixed with the Getgood Matt Halpern pack. Blending the medium snare from Matt Halpern and The Dong from the CLA pack works so well in modern rock, it almost feels like cheating. I just tried that exact combination and it sounds killer. The newest "P IV" Matt Halpern library is crazy good. Have you tried the STL drum samples? Super cheap. I just threw their Truth Kit samples into this very rough demo and I think they sound pretty cool: https%3A//soundcloud.com/tkaitkai/stl-tones-demoHave you experimented with the velocity window in SD3? The square to the lower right in the drums tab that lets you push the average around. You can make the hits pretty much whatever level of smackiness/unsmackiness you want. Just tried that out and it really does help. I've definitely been guilty of leaving everything at 127 out of laziness. Any particular SDX expansions you dig? I've always loved the Nashville toms as well as a few kicks/snares from Custom & Vintage. I sculpt the raw ones but prefer almost any passable studio recording to samples. I'd rather futz about for hours fixing it. The results are worth it. I hear ya. I definitely prefer real drums when I get the chance to record them, but it's rare these days. I've hunted down VIs/libraries that sound organic to me, and the most convincing ones I've found are RealiDrums and Naked Drums. Both Kontakt instruments. The PIV stuff sounds amazing, I just haven’t grabbed it yet because I feel overwhelmed with samples as is haha. Glad you dug the mix though!
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Post by sam on Jun 13, 2020 13:02:17 GMT -6
Gah I want one of these
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Post by sam on Jun 12, 2020 8:40:16 GMT -6
The Garage pack in Circle Drum Samples sounds awesome, might have to pick it up.
Right now when it comes to commercial drum samples, I’m using either Slate 5 or Getgood Modern and Massive for room augmentation. For direct samples I’m using Slate’s CLA pack mixed with the Getgood Matt Halpern pack. Blending the medium snare from Matt Halpern and The Dong from the CLA pack works so well in modern rock, it almost feels like cheating.
Aside from that I multi-sampled my bell brass a couple months back and it’s been so incredible. I feel spoiled to have it in a TCI all to myself
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Post by sam on May 31, 2020 10:20:55 GMT -6
I’ve seen some people say that Dirk probably didn’t understand the context due to not being from America, but I also read about a guy trying to bring it up on the PA forum, getting his post removed, and then getting banned from the forum, so I’m struggling to understand Dirk’s side of it.
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Post by sam on May 31, 2020 10:04:06 GMT -6
Did PA just try to justify an “all lives matter” thing in an email to sell more subscriptions?!
Anyone else get that email?
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Post by sam on May 26, 2020 11:09:57 GMT -6
Damn. These guys suckered me for 50 bucks to upgrade to 4 back in Jan. I still find that Melodyne takes some top end off. Feels less open to me. That's what EQs are for!!
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Post by sam on May 13, 2020 10:10:36 GMT -6
I hope this makes Heritage do an Elite 2ch 1084. I'd probably sell the AMLs for a that.
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Post by sam on May 10, 2020 16:13:20 GMT -6
Anyone take a look at the 2019 iMac 3.6 i9 8 core? I’m looking at this to replace my 2013 iMac and it seems like a solid move. Anyone have this computer? I don’t own that machine, but I’ve looked at it a bit and done some research. It’s supposed to be a really nice machine. My only real concern would be whether the fan noise is OK for studio use. The i9 certainly generates a little more heat. It may be fine, I just haven’t been able to find totally reliable info on it. The iMac Pro has the totally redesigned fan system, which is supposed to be dead quiet. Thing about the iMac Pro line is to get a computer this fast, it's almost like $1200 more, which seems like a weird oversight with Apple... Fan noise doesn't bother me too much, I almost never heard the fans come on my current machine, except under a few hefty amp sims, so I imagine this machine won't run into that at all (if I'm lucky)
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Post by sam on May 10, 2020 11:17:28 GMT -6
Anyone take a look at the 2019 iMac 3.6 i9 8 core? I’m looking at this to replace my 2013 iMac and it seems like a solid move. Anyone have this computer?
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