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- Apr 02, 2025 5:35 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Cubase 14 released [30% off sale April 2025]
- Replies: 23
- Views: 47241
Re: Cubase 14 released [30% off sale April 2025]
There are also quite big audio engine improvements. If you have a CPU that has performance and efficiency cores, Cubase is performing much better now!
- Mar 06, 2025 6:06 am
- Forum: The Arts
- Topic: Global Film Decline
- Replies: 14
- Views: 82898
Re: Global Film Decline
"The Lord of the Rings trilogy was my most memorable blockbuster cinema experience. I remember being blown away by everything, the cinematography, the storytelling, the music, of course. After the first part, I couldn't wait for the second and third." Same here, and in fact I'm right now re-watching ...
- Mar 05, 2025 9:31 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: AI and it's practical applications for music
- Replies: 17
- Views: 45567
Re: AI and it's practical applications for music
No, they don't have anything classical. I just try to massage the performances as good as possible, but of course it sounds nothing like "real classical". Sad 

- Mar 05, 2025 4:56 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: AI and it's practical applications for music
- Replies: 17
- Views: 45567
Re: AI and it's practical applications for music
SynthV is the backbone of my choir work (rehearsal tracks...). Version 2 is coming end of March, and I'm super excited.
Also check out the voices from Eclipsed Sounds!
Also check out the voices from Eclipsed Sounds!
- Mar 05, 2025 4:34 am
- Forum: The Arts
- Topic: Global Film Decline
- Replies: 14
- Views: 82898
Re: Global Film Decline
3D was about the only thing that got me in theatres, because I genuinely enjoyed it on the big screen. After they stopped 3D in theatres, I held on with my old TV and basically only watched 3D movies, I have more than 100. Then that TV broke, and now I can't watch any of them because 3D TVs do not ...
- Mar 04, 2025 1:23 pm
- Forum: The Arts
- Topic: Global Film Decline
- Replies: 14
- Views: 82898
Re: Global Film Decline
Quite similar here in Germany, too, I think. I can't add anything of note about the business side, but as for going to the movies, it has gone down to absolutely 0 in the last years for me. Last time I was at a movie theatre was in 2019. The main reasons are: - Local cinema closed long ago, so the ...
- Jun 21, 2024 4:10 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Orchestral Tools / Beaufort (Scoring Brass)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9321
Re: Orchestral Tools / Beaufort (Scoring Brass)
Monolith is recorded at Air, too.
- Jun 13, 2024 6:37 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Streamtech Music Legacy Horn - Solo Horn intro price
- Replies: 17
- Views: 377279
Re: Streamtech Music Legacy Horn - Solo Horn intro price
Kontakt 7 on Windows 11 here. To be more precise, the loading of the patch is quick for me as well. But Kontakt is unresponsive for about a minute before the patch starts loading. I'll check with Kontakt 6. Edit: it's the same in Kontakt 6 for me. Kontakt is unresponsive for about a minute, then ...
- May 07, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Synapse Audio Legend HZ released
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12284
Re: Synapse Audio Legend HZ released
Anyone recognise the red fader box on his desk? One of these: https://choisaucedesigns.com/ If I remember correctly, the person who makes them is a technician at Remote Control. Yes, Chuck Choi - I think he's also the guy who makes that fancy touchscreen controller everyone is drooling about, but ...
- Nov 22, 2023 6:21 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Orchestral Tools Black Friday Sale - 50% off Main Series
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23953
Re: Orchestral Tools Black Friday Sale - 50% off Main Series
"What makes you think that?" There was this big announcement on vicontrol that something big is coming our way in december. Speculation is running wild. But if it is one if their biggest releases it might be something bigger then just one orchestral section. So this sale feels a bit oddly timed ...
- Nov 20, 2023 11:27 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Orchestral Tools Black Friday Sale - 50% off Main Series
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23953
Re: Orchestral Tools Black Friday Sale - 50% off Main Series
A bit delayed in the sense that it is later than the intended release date (which, contrary to some speculations never was "a year ago"). I'm afraid I genuinely do not know when it will be released, could be next year, I really don't know. My impression is not that it is much delayed, honestly, but ...
- Nov 20, 2023 7:45 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Orchestral Tools Black Friday Sale - 50% off Main Series
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23953
Re: Orchestral Tools Black Friday Sale - 50% off Main Series
I'm still waiting for OT to release an improvement update for their Berlin Strings library, so far this hasn't happened. I won't be purchasing anything from them until they release this update. The update is a bit delayed, because it will be more extensive than planned and had a HUGE lot of testing ...
- Feb 11, 2023 3:50 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Spitfire / Autograph Grand (free LABS library)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 15475
Re: Spitfire / Autograph Grand (free LABS library)
I think this is an example of the trend of "one trick pony ultra artisan product" where you take something and make it into something that works completely different from how it would usually work, just for the sake of being different. The value lies not in the product itself, but in the way if ...
- Apr 18, 2022 1:27 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Cubase 12 released [DEMO and 12.0.30 NOW AVAILABLE]
- Replies: 45
- Views: 41546
Re: Cubase 12 released [DEMO NOW AVAILABLE]
Hi Larry! yes, your VE Pro 6 template will open fine in 7 and Cubase 11 projects open fine in 12 (and also fine in 11 again even after resaving. It is not particularly good practice, but I routinely switch projects between Cubase 9-12 and Nuendo, simply because I'm wayyyyyy too lazy to keep Cubase ...
- Dec 28, 2021 5:26 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Orchestral Tools - 25 Euro Christmas gift
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6432
- Dec 25, 2021 7:17 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Orchestral Tools - 25 Euro Christmas gift
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6432
Re: Orchestral Tools - 25 Euro Christmas gift
It was a glitch 

- Nov 19, 2021 8:54 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Black Friday 2021 (inc early deals)
- Replies: 127
- Views: 189943
Re: Black Friday 2021 (inc early deals)
Orchestral Tools is doing 50% OFF for the entire (I think) Berlin Series. A few days ago I grabbed Performance Samples Vista for sale - the deal was supposed to expire on 11 Nov, but the deal I think lasted through 15 Nov or so. It's unfortunately gone now. Just wanted to correct this: it is 50 ...
- Nov 17, 2021 12:55 pm
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Black Friday 2021 (inc early deals)
- Replies: 127
- Views: 189943
Re: Black Friday 2021 (inc early deals)
I had actually pondered with upgrading my Komplete 12 - but 0% discount compared to the normal update prices. No thanks.
- Nov 13, 2021 3:12 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Black Friday 2021 (inc early deals)
- Replies: 127
- Views: 189943
Re: Black Friday 2021 (inc early deals)
I chuckled at that picture, too... I understand the need for striking visual imagary, but a viola da gamba really has very little to do with Vikings. But I guess that is a common topic - after all AC:Valhalla has quite little to do with true Viking raids-Era Scandinavia/British Isles, either (though ...
- Oct 29, 2021 3:50 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: 8dio Soundpaint platform launched
- Replies: 11
- Views: 28137
Re: 8dio Soundpaint platform launched
Looks nice, I'll definitely check it out!
I had to chuckle at:
"FOR THE LOVE OF WAVEFORMS ... GET THE ALL BUNDLE!"
—TROELS FOLMANN
Isn't he the developer? 8dio...
I had to chuckle at:
"FOR THE LOVE OF WAVEFORMS ... GET THE ALL BUNDLE!"
—TROELS FOLMANN
Isn't he the developer? 8dio...
- Oct 22, 2021 5:48 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Spectrasonics: Omnisphere 2.8 and Sonic Extensions
- Replies: 53
- Views: 58620
Re: Spectrasonics: Omnisphere 2.8 and Sonic Extensions
I have no idea about their company structure. Eric probably has other income that trumps the Spectrasonics income a thousandfold. The rest might or might not be the same. If they don't have tons of full-time employees, don't have company locations, the company might have minimal running expenses ...
- Oct 22, 2021 5:29 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Spectrasonics: Omnisphere 2.8 and Sonic Extensions
- Replies: 53
- Views: 58620
Re: Spectrasonics: Omnisphere 2.8 and Sonic Extensions
haha, yeah, that doesn't really help the Elitist tag, indeed :) Though I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that they genuinely do not see the issue or that it is not an issue for them. They might be in the royalties/passive income bracket that they really think "if you want all 4, you buy all 4 ...
- Oct 22, 2021 4:12 am
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Spectrasonics: Omnisphere 2.8 and Sonic Extensions
- Replies: 53
- Views: 58620
Re: Spectrasonics: Omnisphere 2.8 and Sonic Extensions
I have Stylus and Omni, but have not reached for either for years - also at least partly due to the very weird license terms and just general interactions with the company. I'm sure they mean well, but I have found them not very approachable with questions and their reps come across often as quite ...
- Aug 20, 2021 3:21 pm
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Miroire - Period instruments and voices by Orchestral Tools
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12988
Re: Miroire - Period instruments and voices by Orchestral Tools
Overpriced and incomplete in my opinion....anyone else feel this way? No Harpsichord, No percussion...Sure OT has other products for that...but at this price....:( No harpsichord because there's Berlin Harpsichords and god known that look long enough to get right :) Similarly to timpani Berlin ...
- Jun 16, 2021 12:25 pm
- Forum: The Gear
- Topic: Orchestral Tools: Tom Holkenborg's Percussion
- Replies: 54
- Views: 48880
Re: Orchestral Tools: Tom Holkenborg's Percussion
Quoting FriFlo: "As Larry said it: a celebrity is only a marketing tool for such a product. Rarely, one of the celebrities ever has a real impact on the product. Probably something like HZ Strings would never have been produced without that brand name - not enough people would have bought it to ...