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   ¢нαяℓιє яσσт (charlie_root@annihilation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:35:35 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт

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   • Sir Nedwood
   Whoever does music on here they are giving a $199 channel strip plugin away for free, get it while the getting is good!
   
   https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/10160-Century-Tube-Channel-Strip
   
   cc @Humpleupagus @ned
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:39:44 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     I have an ilok2 for various developers, including ample and slate digital, and a usb for my waves licenses.
     
     If there's one must have plugin I'd recommend, it's bluearp. It's free, and the best arpeggiator I've come across.
     
     https://omg-instruments.com/wp/?page_id=63
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     ¢нαяℓιє яσσт (charlie_root@annihilation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:39:45 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт

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     @Humpleupagus @ned
     
     I will warn you guys that it's your typical "download the software center and use ilok" bullshit but hey, $200 plugin for free, I'll tolerate it.
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     Sir Nedwood (ned@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:39:45 JST Sir Nedwood

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     @charlie_root @Humpleupagus If it was anyone other than UA I probably wouldn't bother. Got plenty of channel strips. But none I'm 100% happy with. Hopefully this will be the one.

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     ¢нαяℓιє яσσт (charlie_root@annihilation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:39:58 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт

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     @ned @Humpleupagus
     
     Yeah, I have the Analog Obsession ones, curious to see why this is worth $199. Reviews online are nothing but positive.
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     Owl (owl@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:40:38 JST Owl

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     I'll have to try this when I get home.

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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:46:47 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     Slate Digital's virtual channel is nice. They pass harmonics, etc, between channels like a vintage desk.
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     Sir Nedwood (ned@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:47:33 JST Sir Nedwood

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     @Humpleupagus @charlie_root LOL not quite so sure that's a desired feature.

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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:50:23 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     It can be for certain types of instruments, layered guitars (it akin to tape saturation), if you want clean and tidy, waves makes a few different strips, each with their own nuances.
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     ¢нαяℓιє яσσт (charlie_root@annihilation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:50:35 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт

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     @Humpleupagus @ned
     
     I have the SSD5 drums free version and its badass, I'm learning to model drums using vital and serum but real samples are nice too especially for recreating jungle breaks with a more natural drum feel.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:53:12 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     One of the best synth programs out there was absynth. You can model just about any sound if you're patient. I once did a heart beat that will literally fuck with your actual heart. I'm not kidding. Its probably considered a sonic weapon in some states. Unfortunately, Native Instruments discontinued it, and I'm afraid to upgrade to windows 11, because I heard it's not compatible.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:56:05 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     Mastering is a dark art. No one really knows how it's done, and everyone has a theory. The way I see it, it's 90% layering equalizers and brick wall limiters.
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     ¢нαяℓιє яσσт (charlie_root@annihilation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:56:06 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт

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     It sounds good! Was worth the inconvenience of installing the UA software and ilok. I will probably use it for mastering whenever I can nail down a good mastering chain workflow (I'm still a noob). Definitely good on drums, and I've heard in the reviews vocals and instruments too. I do EDM so drums are more of my focus.
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     ¢нαяℓιє яσσт (charlie_root@annihilation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:56:30 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт

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     Yeah now a days wavetable synthesis is big and I'm sure vital or serum can do what absynth does in the right hands. There is also Surge XT which may be even more powerful than both of them but is super nerdy and complicated to learn lol.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 21:02:08 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     I don't do a whole lot of synth crafting. I do own Komplete 14 collectors edition, which has massive x, as well as some others. 15 is out now. I might upgrade again at 16 or 17, but NI really hasn't added shit worth it in years.
     
     I did find a program that can convert the machine kits to ableton drum kits, which was really awesome. Saves a ton of overhead. Battery (which effectively uses the same kits) is a hog.
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     ¢нαяℓιє яσσт (charlie_root@annihilation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 21:02:46 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт

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     Yeah, apparently some youtubers say I need to get special headphones and "train" my ears to do proper mastering, but from what I understand its just sidechaining the lowend and mids, and fighting the war with loudness and clarity. Just like lifting in the gym everyone has different methods but results are results.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 21:16:47 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     How you set it up depends on the daw. Some recognize it as an effect, others, an instrument. If it's he latter, you have to use a send from blue arp to the ultimate instrument or set the ultimate instruments input to bluearps output. I had problems automating the vst3, so I just use the vst2.
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     ¢нαяℓιє яσσт (charlie_root@annihilation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 21:16:48 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт

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     Getting bluearp rn!
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 21:18:06 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     Also rtfm. It helps.
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     ¢нαяℓιє яσσт (charlie_root@annihilation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 21:44:15 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт

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     @Humpleupagus @ned
     
     I just got their "Komplete Kontrol" shit and the free Kontact player, I don't see their software as worth it for what Im doing. If anything I should be using either Fruity Loops or Presonus Studio One but I just enjoy Buzz and Renoise too much. Plus both want me to either pay a big license fee and or rent the software for $19 a month. At least Renoise is only $75 for a full loicense.
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     ¢нαяℓιє яσσт (charlie_root@annihilation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 21:45:15 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт

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     Werks like a charm for me, both vst2 and 3
     
     Thanks for the recommend!
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 21:45:15 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     Both work. I just had a problem specifically with automation. The vst3 was giving me shit. Lanes were not being read correctly.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 21:48:36 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     The real fun is when you map midi to blue arp, including program changes, pitch, tempo, arpeggiation type, etc.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 22:07:27 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     I really need to get back in the studio. It's been over a month. I was in nearly every night a few months back, and I was going to get in there a few solid days a few weeks back, but I got a sinus infection that hit me hard af and gave me a black eye, literally. I slept for days.
     
     And now, after years, I'm finally getting back to pre-covid levels of work, which is good and bad. I'm making more money, but don't have as much free time.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 22:17:37 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Sir Nedwood
     Nope. Unfortunately, this is the one domain where I use a windows machine.
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     Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘 (kolomona@podcastindex.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 22:17:38 JST Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘

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     @ned @Humpleupagus @charlie_root

     Does not work with Linux 🙁

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     Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘 (kolomona@podcastindex.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 22:22:07 JST Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘

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     @Humpleupagus @charlie_root @ned

     > "one domain where I use a windows machine"

     I understand Linux has been lagging regarding music production.

     However it is always improving. Ardour is my go to DAW and there are tons of free lv2 and ladspa plugins out there,

     I encourage everyone to play around a bit with it.

     https://ubuntustudio.org/ is a great place to start

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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 22:23:52 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     I've come to prefer ableton. Max4live is very open source like. There's a lot of free, home brew stuff out there.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 22:43:10 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Sir Nedwood
     On a side note, have you looked at zrythm? It looks promising.
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     Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘 (kolomona@podcastindex.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 22:48:12 JST Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘

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     @Humpleupagus @charlie_root @ned

     I have not, but st first glance zrythm looks very interesting

     https://www.zrythm.org

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     ¢нαяℓιє яσσт (charlie_root@annihilation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 22:55:41 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт

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     @Kolomona @Humpleupagus @ned
     
     Ah man, DAW fatigue, I haven't even started breaking into Renoise yet lol. Maybe if this one gets more mature in development I might consider it. Glad to see they finally hit 1.0.0.rc1
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 22:56:09 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     It needs a real time kernel too if I recall.
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     Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘 (kolomona@podcastindex.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 23:00:11 JST Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘

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     @Humpleupagus @charlie_root @ned

     Good news!

     Ubuntu Studio 24.04 LTS No longer requires realtime kernel

     https://ubuntustudio.org/2024/07/updates-for-july-2024/

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     Sir Nedwood (ned@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 23:14:26 JST Sir Nedwood

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     @Humpleupagus @charlie_root I might just do that. I have a little midi controller that I never use anymore. That is actually a good use.

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     I use nvim and typst to produce pdfs.
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     ≠ (amerika@annihilation.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:14:31 JST ≠

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     @Kolomona @charlie_root @Humpleupagus @ned
     
     EditPad is not open sores but it is shareware and works like a rock.
     
     Everything I can I do at the text level and avoid the fancy formats until the final stages.
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     Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘 (kolomona@podcastindex.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:14:32 JST Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘

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     @amerika @charlie_root @Humpleupagus @ned

     I forgot about TextEdit.
     Ahh, the good ol' days

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     @Kolomona @charlie_root @Humpleupagus @ned
     
     First person to scream "EMACS!" wins.
     
     I have never used Notepad++ after switching to EditPad and TextEdit in the 1990s.
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     @Kolomona @charlie_root @Humpleupagus @ned
     
     Most businesses could be run on Notepad if people were diligent about it.
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     Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘 (kolomona@podcastindex.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:14:34 JST Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘

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     @amerika @charlie_root @Humpleupagus @ned

     Are you trying to start a text editor war? 🙂

     Notepad++
     Although I do like vscode and nvim on the command line.

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     Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘 (kolomona@podcastindex.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:14:36 JST Kolomona - Sir Libre ⚡🤘

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     @amerika @charlie_root @Humpleupagus @ned

     > "Most of them think LibreOffice is OK"

     Lol, for what I need LibreOffice is overkill 🙂

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     @Kolomona @charlie_root @Humpleupagus @ned
     
     There's no reason Lunix cannot handle a DAW, technically.
     
     The established software is for Windows and Mac, sure, but it's not rocket science to make it work on Lunix.
     
     Is the open source community lagging? Always, and for the usual reasons. Most of them think LibreOffice is OK.
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     @charlie_root @Humpleupagus @ned

     >"Using a DAW on Linux kind of seems silly to me"

     I totally get that. I do a canned podcast, for which
     Ardour on Linux works great for me.

     If I were a musician / mixer / masterer I may feel differently.

     I just think it's cool that the Linux audio software is much better than it was just a few years back.

     As for the stack devs I don't really have an opinion as I don't follow what's going on there.

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     @Humpleupagus @ned @Kolomona
     
     I was thinking about usage on Windows. Using a DAW on Linux kind of seems silly to me at this point since the Linux software stack is ran by retarded devs that hate stability and standards. You might get a setup that barely works in Linux and have an unusable mess months later. Totally the opposite of what I and others are trying to do. This could work for a glacier style setup running older debian or something,
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 19:25:39 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     Midi mapping to a controller is virtually automated in most DAWs. Most have a "midi learn" function that can easily associate a knob, button, or slider in the daw with a knob, button, or slider on a controller (a piano key is a button btw, and regular midi keyboard can be used as controllers) just by pressing, turning, or sliding the controller.
     
     As for midi, its actually a really old and simple protocol. At base its hex that is interpreted as channel, note value, note on or note off (in midi there is no "sustain" per se, a note stay on until turned off and vice versa. That makes sense when you think of the bandwidth in the 80s. They couldn't have continuous data. Just discrete events.). There's other values, like velocity, but that's just the basic rubric.
     
     https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~craig/articles/linuxmidi/misc/essenmidi.html
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     @Humpleupagus @ned
     
     Kind of goes over my head but I will learn it over time, MIDI seems like a dark art in of itself that I've barely scratched the surface, barely.
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     @Humpleupagus @ned
     
     Thanks for the info, I'm just learning. The midi learn in Buzz only works with nicer plugins that have better fleshed out midi learn features (by right clicking the parameter). But not all work like this and I have to use the mouse on a knob or parameter and press record to get the hex values in my pattern editor for alot of plugins. I haven't figured out yet a way to assign the MIDI parameters to my Arturia board without a good MIDI learn function on the plugin's side but I think there probably is a way I'm just a noob.
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     There's this too. There's a free version somewhere on their site. It's limited, but I used it to associate buttons in a midi app on a tablet I use with keyboard commands, so I can cut, paste, move around, etc. with a tablet (I don't have much room for a keyboard on my desk. Too much shit, and my pullout underneath is an full sized S88.).
     
     https://www.bome.com/products/miditranslator