Colin OOOD
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SVCHOST is a legitimate part of XP and although it can be hijacked by viruses it often runs perfectly normal processes. On my laptop (internet and live set machine) there are 6 instances running right now; on my main music machine there are 5 instances. I do not have any viruses or trojans on my systems.
Careful what you do in Regedit; it's possible to fuck your system up beyond repair (short of FORMAT C:) very easily.
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Sorry you've never heard the phrase 'perceived value' or thought about how it applies to studios battling to take bookings from people with no technical knowledge but a library of catch-phrases they've picked up from other studios. And there are plenty of large professional studios who also use Cubase and Logic, as they now have to take mixing work from producers with their own home studios who often use this software rather than just relying on six week lockout album sessions.I didnt say that No pro as in ALL of them, I did leave a bracket, the BIG ONES? Anyways, sorry you misunderstood what I said....
Surely you knew the features before you bought it? Perhaps something simpler would have suited you from the start?Im just so tired of paying 800 euros for a product so full of shit that I am never gonna use, and then I find out that the CRACKED version works better... hows that for irony... ffs!
I don't much care about what Logic claims to be, as I'm a PC user, but please can you give a link to somewhere where Steinberg claim that Cubase is a mastering suite? I can find where they say that about Wavelab, but not Cubase.EDIT, and both Logic (MAC) and Cubase (Steinberg) Claim them to be mastering suits... so.... say again?
Cool... what Pro-Tools features in particular are you looking forward to using that Cubase doesn't have?
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Cubase or Logic are not used in mastering because neither of them are mastering platforms.
As for "NO pro recording studio uses Logic or Cubase" you're speaking out of your hat. Pro Tools might be more common but it has nothing to do with sound quality any more, but more to do with studios customers having heard for years about 'Tools and only wanting to book time at studios using software that they have the impression is 'more professional'. M-Audio interfaces use the same converter hardware as PTHD; Cubase SX3 knocks the socks off Pro Tools in both audio and MIDI editing - PT doesn't have offline edit history or even proper plugin delay compensation ffs.
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I use PCs; I have no stability or compatibity issues. I know of one well-known producer using a dual-G5 Mac who had to reinstall lots of things and lost some samples just by unplugging a USB flash drive without ejecting it first, something that just isn't a problem on a PC.
Swings and roundabouts; I can't think of a single reason why Macs are definitively better than PCs.
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Good luck Andy...
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Can you list the VSTs that you found that do this?
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Question:
Do people buy music because it's good, or because it's been heavily marketed?
What about the good music that isn't heavily marketed?
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The Orb were never the same after Thrash left IMO. He was a true technical and creative genius, and his mark is all over the Orb's earlier material.
True story:
In 1995 or 96, Nigel calls me up before we were due to have an OOOD session at my house and asks "if my mate Kris can come and chill while we work"... turns out his 'mate' is Kris Weston aka Thrash, who Nigel has been doing some electronics work for. Kris has escaped London for a few days and is in a foul (yet polite) mood, presumably fuming at how he's been treated by Alex Paterson; he's just shaved his dreads off and wants nothing more, it seems, than to sit in my bedroom studio drinking cider while we prepare for a gig that weekend. The atmosphere in the studio is a little strained - Kris doesn't want to talk much about stuff, and when I ask him if he has any comments on what we're doing (after all, THIS IS ONE OF THE MEN RESPONSIBLE FOR U F fucking ORB!), he politely declines to venture an opinion, saying something to the effect of "hey, it's your music man, I couldn't comment".
We all smoke. Kris gets drunk too, as does Nigel.
That weekend Nige brings Kris along to the gig we're playing in Oxford Brookes Student Union... more cider, and Kris is seen chasing female students before disappearing for the afternoon.
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My Ensoniq EPS16-PLUS will do transwave stuff with samples if you poke it right. Unfortunately it's been poked too hard for too long and now won't run for more than an hour without crashing
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Actually both pics were of my projects - the one with 4 people was OOOD live, and the one with the didge was Voice of Cod. And yes, there are live instruments all the way with both
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Do you mean like this, in a 'live act using instruments as a regular part of their show' stylee?
http://triskelemanagement.com/pictures/alb...ooodtof/adj.jpg (OOOD live in Zurich, Xmas Eve 2005)
Or maybe like this, in a 'live act bringing in additional performers for a special occasion' stylee?
http://www.psypix.net/pix/albums/userpics/10088/100_0997.JPG (Voice of Cod at Glade 2006, featuring Paul Didge).
Or do I misunderstand the question?
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which artists are actually still making a real live set?
http://triskelemanagement.com/pictures/alb...f/adj.sized.jpg
http://triskelemanagement.com/pictures/alb...n/aae.sized.jpg
Sun Project live drums are off-beat hihat, snare and crash cymbals, with the occasional fill - not the most timing-critical parts! However they're one of the most 'live' acts I've seen.
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I don't think this could be any more true! I've done it myself before when I've been composing. I'll just make a really cool melody, and later on while listening to some music I'd realise - to my horror - that I'd inadvertently made a melody very similiar to one already done before. Sometimes I've really like the melody too, so it's a toss-up to decide whether it's too close to the original, or whether it's different enough that you won't be accused of ripping the original artist off.
So I don't think it's unlikely that professional psytrance producers would do the exact same thing. They may not even realise that they've done it. I guess it depends exactly how similiar the melodies are. If they're almost completely identical and use a similiar, if not exact same synth sound, then they're likely a ripoff. Especially if the rest of their style doesn't seem to be very unique either. But if the melody only sounds similiar, or just resembles the original melody, it's likely that they did it by accident. In which case you shouldn't judge the artist too harshly, as it's possible they don't even know they've accidently made a similiar melody to one used already. You really have to decide yourself just how similiar they are, and whether the rest of the track's originality can make up for it.
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And yeah, most music rips off other music. Making something completely unique and original almost never happens. It's the same with art, or anything really. There's only a finite amount of different notes and scales to use. Society is built on taking what's already been done and improving on it. My art teacher at school use to always say "You don't have to re-invent the wheel," and it's very true. You have to use the knowledge of what people have done before you, if you want to make good music.
That's why you shouldn't pick out bits of music and decide how similiar it is to something else. A song can include lots of elements from other music, yet still the whole song overall can be very unique! It's the big picture you need to look at, and not the individual elements that make it up!
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..and theres the Sonic timeworks SH-1001
http://www.sonictimeworks.com/sh.php
thaught it sounded pretty sweet myself, and has a hoofing bottom end too.
There's something about this plugin that makes my skin crawl... personally I don't think it sounds anything like a 101 but I guess it would be good to use as a teaching aid.
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In the absence of any bookings outside the UK this summer, you have pretty much just described OOOD and Voice of Cod's July and August.I have a dream:
More parties for free where people contribute money if they want.
More or less secret parties outside .. not big known events.
Events with a couple hundred or less enthusiasts somewhere outside in nature.
Alot small party organizing groups of people. Parties consisting of active people and their friends. Friends who may organise their own small events in future. They would only invite each other group of party organizers and friends. No flyering, no much spreading of infos, no name dropping; independence. More or less secret family parties. Parties offering low-priced drinks and food (and free mystical punch).
Lot's of parties each weekend to choose from. Eveything will be a surprise. You would experience unexpected happenings, individual styles and pleasures.
Imagine the change when such parties would gain reputation! Interests in mass "festivals" would drop quickly. Imagine if suddenly artists and known djs would join in such free and independent parties just for the fun. They might contribute with free performances to gain a (whole new) reputation. They may perform with unkown material which will never ever find a way to record labels.
(of course it will work without famous names ... but imagine!!!)
1994? N00B
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Yes... the kick is definitely way too bassy... it'll be out of proportion with the rest of the track. If your speakers don't give you an accurate picture down there, have a look at the kick/bass though a spectrum analyser - the bottom end of both elements should be about as loud as each other.
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Sounds good to me. As the track progresses you'll probably find yourself needing to add more highs to both the kick and bass though... or perhaps the kick has too much below 120Hz, it's difficult to tell.
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I've used all sorts of things... Trilogy, Zeta, Absynth, ESM, Audiorealism Bassline, VB-1, Pentagon... it's all just a matter of tweaking until you get something you like.
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Yeah well they did pay me ok for just sticking a couple of sample-CD noises over a bog-standard drum loop, and it was bearable cos I didn't actually have to watch them to write the music. I'm sure you earned more being in them them though - I admire your bravery.
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Do it do it do it... ToF put on some of the best psytrance nights in the UK; if you've been to a festival this year you've probably seen their decor. They're a lovely lovely bunch of people too.