Well I did it eventually. I’m not convinced the preference to install on an external disk in ASC helped matters. So a very manual deletion of all Arturia components including ASC and reinstalled to local disk managed it. Not great but everything now works including all presets. Although my presets a ...

Done a complete uninstall and reinstall via ASC and still no good. Grrr. Has anyone managed it or do I have to just buy version 11!

I am on V Collection 10 at the moment and was offered an update for all the instruments which has caused presets to be lost and blank screens when loading instruments. Yes same here from v collection 9. What a pain. My installs are on external SSD which I think is not helping. Those that filled an ...

The one I use as my reference, my yardstick, is the Moog ladder in the Minimoog. I like creamy sounding, gentle and “musical” behavior. I didn’t like the MS20 by way of example too strident, still don’t but did like the Hydrasynth digital emulations. I like messing with the Kronos digital filters whi ...

Assuming that you're only working on one at a time, this is what iLok Cloud should allow you to do. Install on all 6 machines, sign in and sign out when you're using a machine to activate. How well it actually works I don't know... I can say it works fairly well. A pop up asks if you want to ...

Cheers Eddy. Curiousity sated! sounds a good standby solution.

That’s a good service Eddy and worth mentioning these days . Being a little bit curious is this your first Mac or are you just updating an existing studio machine?

Cheers

Ian

Well I’ve just installed it and I had an invoice that says I purchased it for 0, nothing about time limit. The app you download to access the UJAM samples does allow free trials of other non purchased instruments. Maybe that’s the confusion?

Ian

I really rate Arturia Pigments. It’s a great synth for sound design and covers many basses ( ;) ). Sample, wave table, analogue and recently harmonic, it does it all. Added to which the Arturia FX are first class. I’ve started using it a lot recently and it is hugely capable. I kinda think if you can ...

I was in your position and in the end did go for the Studio display. It’s over expensive for sure, but it works perfectly, has a beautiful display to stare at for hours and great connectivity. Interestingly it’s own speakers are quite good for doing mix tests! I read that some are going for an LG opt ...

Paul, thank you for that very reasonable explanation and the continued support SOS has to Synthfest. I’ve enjoyed synthfest, I might miss the Bristol event, but I’m assuming the team will do the excellent videos for us to catch up on? I did wonder why Synthfest wasn’t running this year, I was half af ...

Lowdown

Yes, this is particularly good to my ears.

Behringer PRO 800?

Yep that's a good starter Id say.

Go grab yourself a Roland System-8. Don't look back. In that order.

Yes a fine instrument but its still quite pricey for a newbie!

Ian

Well as a true amateur I have a number of options. I use my KRK 8400 almost exclusively to track and increasingly to master. I have some AKG (too uncomfortable) some HD 650 very neutral but lacking too much bass info (IMHO). And a pair of Audeze LCD2vwhich are cracking……but too heavy for tracking and ...

You’re most welcome thank you. I expect you’re right, there are 9 engines in the Kronos, they can be used singularly (programs) or together (combinations or combis). The stock sounds are strong, but I’m sure you’ll end up tweaking, just remember to save your work as you go. My Kronos X 88 is the hear ...

Congratulations :clap: Well it’s sort of partly true. In the wave sequences all those from the wavestation are there. https://korgforums.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=96376#:~:text=The%20Kronos%20has%20all%20the,think%20it%20is%20close%20enough. There is no M1 model, unlike say the ms20 or the p ...

Hitting solo on the aux in the mixer does solo that aux - does here anyway!

Morning there, Quite a few interfaces now have 2 headphone outs, (eg. https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/audient-id4-id14-mkii ). If you’re on Mac still, try using GarageBand, it’s far easier to get going, whilst you get your confidence, and it’s free on your Mac. When you’re getting confident then ...

https://www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-radiophonic-workshop#listen It’s an interesting read for sure. £159 I think. (I have no affiliation with SA!) it’s interesting to read. “ Along with a variety of microphones, the EMT turntable and Rogers loudspeakers made especially for the BBC, there are the Maida ...

But I do think 10s are more suitable for playing chords if what you're doing is mostly chords.

I’ll definitely try a set.

Ian

But with other instruments playing, I expect you’re less likely to notice some chord intervals sounding not quite right. Yes I think this was the first time (for me) I felt I just wanted the guitar doing the work, the reverb didn’t help either, holding some harmonics that slightly jarred. Being a ke ...

E1 = -2.3 cent B2 = 0 G3 = 0 D4 = -0.4 Cent A5 = -2.1 Cent E6 = -2.3 Cent Given that the frets themselves are laid out in 12TET, no thanks. Interesting - I watched a YouTube vid yesterday of a (pro) player showing his own sweetened tunings from perfect. They looked quite extreme to me (-6 cents on ...

Red light fever. I know it well. Try recording it in shorter chunks, then when you're happy with a take from each chunk, relax a bit a record the whole thing. Ended up doing this Drew. 2 bars at a time got some great chords and then did a few passes over a longer section much better knowing I had a ...

Thanks Adrian, I’ve checked my other guitars too and I’m thinking it is a technique issue. What I think I’m doing (I’ve just recorded and videod myself playing) is because it’s more or less just some guitar picking (with some shimmery reverb) at this point and I move quickly through those barred chor ...