The Sound Board

Lawrence wrote: ↑Dec 23, 2023 11:58 am Guy-wasn’t that about what you paid for your permanent license?

$499 in my case, Larry.

I'll confess Cinestrings Pro was a big disappointment, but things like this help make up for it.

A brief report on Voces8. I don't know of another virtual choir library that is based around such a small ensemble, and as such it carves out some unique sonic space, The sound is very pleasing - at the moment just the one mic position of course, but Musio have said that the multi-mics should be wit...

Voces8 is a little behind schedule, but out now for Christmas



Note - as far as I can tell it's vowel sounds and Mmms, not all the consonants you hear in the video. I'll give it a proper run through tomorrow.

This is quite wowey - Arturia EFX Refract free until Jan 4. A brand new multi-effect. https://medias.arturia.net/images/products/efx-refract/big.jpg Efx REFRACT is a stereo multi-effect with versatility at its core. Combining unison-based processing with a variety of secondary effects and modulation...

Spitfire now have their winter sale on, some good value bundles if it floats your boat.

I think I'm going pass, but it came close. The one that impressed me most listening to the demos was Nagoya Harp, which is a genuinely unique tone I don't have. I personally don't use prepared piano much / at all, and I do have a few already. Both Augmented Orchestra and Quadra sounds quite good, bu...

https://www.native-instruments.com/typo3temp/pics/img-ce-nks-uvi-lto-2023-landing-page-02-hero-e0fc1f1f355b76f7209f040abb925781-d@2x.jpg Am I right in saying UVI and NI have never had a cross-promotion before? None of these products are Kontakt / NI based after all. This does look a very good deal,...

I'll give it a proper listen tomorrow on the Adams, I've only been able to use the laptop. The overall tone sounded pretty harsh and strident in the highs, though the shorts sounded like they had real bite and character. Turns out that Macbook speakers aren't as good as Adam A7xs. Who knew? It's no...

Hmm, though I love the name (I used to play Robotron in the arcades when I was a kid) I think the lack of any visual feedback means I don't quite see the usefulness. Funnily enough I found this yesterday, a €399 Oberheim OB plugin controller - https://sound-force.nl/?page_id=5443 . This looks better...

I'll give it a proper listen tomorrow on the Adams, I've only been able to use the laptop. The overall tone sounded pretty harsh and strident in the highs, though the shorts sounded like they had real bite and character. But sheesh - very basic articulation list. The divisis are only on the longs ap...

Oh good God. This thread has turned into my musical nightmare.

Well now Piet I did say that although my introduction to the CP70 was as a poor live-only substitute (and formative), clearly that wasn't true overall. I don't want to low-ball, but appealing to Simply Red for validation is a tough ask. One thing I noticed that was common to George Duke and Elvis Co...

I guess I'm in between, because I've never felt strongly about a CP-70 one way or another. Back in the early '80s, I was happy to play one on stage because they were the next best thing to a piano; but during the sampling era, I've never sought one out to buy as a library. (I do have Keyscape, but ...

Not a brilliant start - drag and drop seems to have stopped working so can't get the audio back to Cubase (it's easy to send, seemingly impossible to return without manually exporting and importing). Running off to the manual for help was its own frustrating experience. It's html based, and in both ...

Piet, the sound of Keane depressed me beyond measure. When Simple Minds featured it loud and proud on Alive and Kicking part of me died. Peter Gabriel somehow gets away with it because he's Peter Gabriel - I'll concede it sounds good on Red Rain (somehow). And if for some reason I really have to hav...

https://youtu.be/_vqlmtYshv8?si=ObnjNHiP7Ha2Wu7I What's new with Revoice Pro 5? Revoice Pro 5 is jam-packed with the latest pitch editing technology with advanced pitch correction tools - including the Shaper Tool and Control Points - enabling you to have precise, professionally-tuned vocals fast. C...

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d696e5e4b05ca7b54cff5c/e2a18db6-764f-4b59-a709-68ef19785075/dolby-atmos-renderer-5.jpg Dolby Atmos renderer is now included in both Studio and Ultimate: Integrated Pro Tools Dolby Atmos® renderer improves the efficiency of immersive mixing workflows w...

For existing V Collection owners, the new update to Analog Lab adds some functionality, and presets from the new Mini, Wurli and Acid synths, about 80 each. About 80 or so each. For the Mini and Wurli, you don't get a separate instrument, but clicking either in Explore loads both old and new. You ca...

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/yjU5CuUurc72dAXnSSclMg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTQzMDtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2023-12/06da18b0-98f5-11ee-a7fa-bb880c1431cb Brand new instruments: Augmented Woodwinds CP-70 V Re-modelled instruments Mins V4 Wurli V3 Added to ...

The 60 day trial is now available:
https://www.steinberg.net/cubase/trial/

13.0.20 is now available. Huge list of fixes here, including better visibility of highlighted tracks (GOOD)
https://www.steinberg.net/cubase/release-notes/13/

This discount is now half price for Lores owners, so I rashly got it. Of course it's wonderful. Lighter tonally than Lores, but not uniformly so - there's still plenty of oddness. The range is staggering and for £45 it's just ridiculous (even though I'll ultimately get it again in a future Komplete)...

NI's sale has some pretty good upgrade and bundle deals. I have K14 Collector's Edition including the sublime Lores, and they have an upgrade price to Fables for £45 - you have to click on the price to get the extra half price upgrade deal.

Damn, just when I thought I was out...

Two brand new libraries added - Women Of The North choral library and Iceland. Women of the North is the female companion to the older Men Of The North, an Icelandic choir. It seems pretty good, the lower register Mmmms in particular are very nice. The legato largely plays well, there's a few bumps ...

NI's Glaze, from their Kontakt Play series, is free until Jan 15th - https://www.native-instruments.com/en/p ... ies/glaze/

Guy Rowland wrote: ↑Dec 05, 2023 12:53 pmSpectral works well on some stuff - unfortunately there's a bug where you can't set the root note at the moment, so that's limiting.

Fixed now in 2.0.4