Jonathan Hughes
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Same here. I had to re-log in just to post this. My login usually lasts a few days.
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Whoever "invented" the black friday sale for stuff that you buy for yourself was a genius. The low price. The limited time. A Killer combo. I just bought the Izotope R4 Reverb for a great price, went through all the annoying iLok stuff, tried it on some stuff, and⦠meh. It's not that it's bad. It's just not any better than what I've already got (including Logic's built-in Space Designer and Chromaverb). When will I learn?!?!?
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Plugin Boutique is where I got them. It's possible (but I would think unlikely) that they are no longer for sale today.
You also get a choice of plugins (one is Eventide quadravox) if you buy anything (or at least you did yesterday!)
Thanks! They're still on sale. I just picked up R4 and Quadravox.
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Where are you seeing R4 and Phoenixverb for those prices. Everything I see on their site is showing them at regular price, and they're not listed on Izotope's Black Friday sales page.
thanks!
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There's a good list here:
https://cdm.link/2020/11/the-best-music-makers-deals-for-black-friday-and-cyber-monday/
And musicradar.com has a bunch of different lists split up by type (software, drums, etc.)
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The third video on the first page of this thread does indeed show 1000 plugins being used in Logic (but only a little over 300 are Space Designer). He finally gets a system overload when he bumps it up 1030 plugins.
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When did Peavey redeem themselves?
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Because Dave is suggesting you go to the thread he posted, where there is a lengthy review of the Wavestate by a forum member (with video), and two pages of discussion that may answer your questions, and if not, asking them there, in the thread started by the person who did the review and has spent ample time with the Wavestate.
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Theses types of cover treatments create a bit of a conundrum. A popular song is chosen and then rewritten presumably so it appeals to a more "serious" audience that presumably doesn't like the original version. It's rewritten so drastically that one wonders why all the effort didn't go into writing something original. But of course, the new version can only exist because of the popularity of the original version that the new audience doesn't like; and something as sophisticated, but completely original would be even less popular because it's not built on the popularity of something that already exists.
First comes the egg, and it's real popular. Then comes the sophisticated chicken, and it's got some fans, but nowhere near as many as the egg (and the people that love the chicken hate the egg). But then along comes a new chicken, just as sophisticated as that other one, but it didn't come from an egg â it just sort of appeared. And no one ever hears about it.
Also, there should be HEFTY fines for rapping in middle age (unless, of course, you make your living as a rapper).
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"Quite nice, although I can't help thinking that many other people are equally capable to sing (compose, arrange, play) at the same level - or even better - in that style."
Of course there are. There are many people capable of playing at the level of all sorts of musicians. What is your point?
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A 10 x 15 space with drums would be tight under normal circumstances. With your circumstances, I'd give that a big "hello no!"
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One of the comments mentioned how Boogie Woogie left hand is supposed to mimic the mechanical rhythm of a train (I have no idea if that's true), so it's supposed to sound mechanical, and Oscar Peterson was swinging far more than is typically called for with Boogie Woogie, so it's not a good example with which to compare the two. Buuuuuuuuut, Carl Plamer is soooo stiff. He sounds like a high school rock drummer who just joined the jazz band, and my guess is that even if they tried to swing, it would come nowhere near close to both how hard AND effortless Oscar Peterson and his musicians swing.
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This probably isn't it, but here's Keith Emerson (along with Carl Palmer) playing Boogie Woogie and Oscar Peterson very much outclassing him on a TV show that has a set that sort of looks like a party at someone's house (who happened to have two grand pianos).
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No, we both like the color ones, too! We just like both. If I were buying one, I;m not sure which I'd choose. The colored ones have a cool 70s vibe, while the black is less likely to clash with the furniture, but not as visually interesting.
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Indeed. They both look great in their own way. And I imagine the option of a more subdued color scheme might attract some people who were turned off by the bright colors of the original.
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"Calling its composer a "tool" seems a rather ⦠limited perspective."
Seriously. It's bad enough to see and hear to those comments from non musicians (along with with similar ones about artists like Jackson Pollack where people say "I could do that"), but it's especially sad to see a musician dismiss the work entirely, let alone call him, of all things a "tool". To not like the piece is one thing (although, really, how do you know? We'll all be long dead by the first chorus!), but to imply that Cage is a bad person, or somehow deceiving his audiences, is nonsense. Especially from a musician.
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Uh, is that blood on the G and A?
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Of course, in 10 in 15 years, some component may have degraded making the keyboard non-functional. I say sell them now while they still work. Sure, in 10 years (assuming they still work), you might get more money for them, but if you sell them now, you have a good portion of that money now.
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People are putting them into their ears that way because that's how they're supposed to go. Assuming you have ear canals shaped like other peoples', I can't imagine how it would be comfortable (and stay in) any other way. Plus, if the stalk is pointing outwards, that means that the "speaker" is pointed towards the flesh of the ear rather than into the ear canal, which would muffle the sound.
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"'Either way, I guess it's there if I need it."
That's the version you should be using â not the VST version via some backdoor workaround. If the VST version works that way, that's great, but why make it more difficult on yourself if you don't need to? Plus, if you every have any issues, it'll be more difficult for anyone to figure out.
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I would check bestbassgear.com. They're very knowledgable about what works with what, and they carry a lot of pots:
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The Little Phatty does indeed have presets/saved patches. It's a little smoother sounds than the Sub/Subsequent 37, but it's the same physical size, which is pretty big, and heavy (because it's well-built). Still, and excellent choice for what you'remlooking for, as is the Pro 3.
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Yeah, it's a D50 with a bunch of white tape on it. The aspect ratio issue makes it look a lot deeper than it actually is.
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I think Roland may have released something on the day a couple years ago, but it's just the celebration of a classic drum machine on a convenient date (like May the Fourth, and Pi day).
Recording with hardware, software or the real thing?
in The Keyboard Corner
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"In your experience is it possible to get a satisfying recording using hardware sounds only?"
I assume by "hardware" you mean physical keyboards like your Nord? If so, the answer is, of course, yes. I would bet that a good chunk of what is recorded at professional studios (as opposed to home studios) is done using the sounds from the keyboards. A lot of commercial studios are fairly old school and don't keep up with current trends in software instruments. Unless the engineer/owner is a keyboardist, there's a good chance they know little about software.
Personal studios, of course, are another story, and I have to assume that most people, if they have the choice between a Nord piano sound and a multi-gig library, are going to choose the latter.
If you're hoping to use real pianos, Rhodes, and Wurlitzer at the studio, see if you can get in there before you commit and check them out. If the studio doesn't cater to keyboardists, and/or if they just keep that stuff around to look cool, then there's a good chance it's out of tune or not in great condition.