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| Re: Pulsar "allkeys" file obtained! [message #76345 is a reply to message #76338] |
Wed, 22 November 2006 20:01   |
DJ
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Registered: July 2005
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o=20
>>> be used as a digital patchbay, enhancing what I already have here that
> =
>>I was=20
>>> getting ready to expand.. These two things were worth the price of=20
>>> admission.
>>>=20
>>> Cheers,
>>> ;o)
>>>=20
>>> "Neil" <OIUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:45952a49$1@linux...
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>>>> Yeah, this looks like the same thing as their "Mix & Master
>>>> Pack", which I also have... this is another problem with the
>>>> Creamware stuff - they have a couple of different names for
>>>> every product, and it's confusing (can't help their marketing
>>>> efforts any, either); it's like they decided to rename their
>>>> entire product line, but never dropped the old names, either.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, yes, to me this looks like the exact same thing as what
>>>> they now call their Mix & Master Pack, and IMO, YMMV, etc, some
>>>> of the FX are useful, and some of 'em are total crap... or more
>>>> accurately, some are useful, some are crap, some don't seem to
>>>> do much of anything at all and so you have to wonder: "why
>>>> bother even writing this plugin?". I noticed in one of the
>>>> Pulsar forum threads the other day where someone mentioned that
>>>> you have to get the Vinco compressor in the red before it does
>>>> anything. I didn't find that to be the case, but then I haven't
>>>> tried it on low-level signals (and maybe they were
>>>> exaggerating a bit).
>>>>
>>>> Also, Aaron, what they mention on that page you liked to (down
>>>> at the bottom of the page) with regard to the list
>>>> of "plugins", well some of 'em ain't exactly plugins!. I'll
>>>> paste that list in & run through it in the order they mention
>>>> the items (my comments in parenthesis below):
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Maste
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| Re: Pulsar "allkeys" file obtained! [message #76346 is a reply to message #76338] |
Wed, 22 November 2006 20:22 |
DJ
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rVerb Pro (a pretty nice-sounding reverb, IMO. Not raving
>>>> about it, necessarily, but it sucketh not).
>>>>
>>>> *Optimaster (this is something like Izotope's Ozone... a Multi-
>>>> EFX mastering app. It's got a Compressor, a limiter, expander,
>>>> all multi-band (3 bands). It's not as versatile as Ozone, and
>>>> doesn't have a stereo spread section (or a reverb, but that
>>>> would be your "MasterVerb", above), but it sounds pretty good,
>>>> I think - very smooth. The limiter is either totally incapable
>>>> of brickwaling, or I haven't figured out how to get it there,
>>>> because I've had to adjust the master level down to avoid overs
>>>> even when using this. It has a bunch of presets (not all of the
>>>> plugins do), some of which seem pretty useful as starting
>>>> points. I wouldn't want to run a Mastering house using this
>>>> application, so their choice of name may be stretching things a
>>>> bit, but if you want to strap something nice & smooth & clear-
>>>> sounding/uncolored across your Pulsar mixer's 2-buss, then this
>>>> would be the one to use).
>>>>
>>>> *Vinco Vintage Compressor (a one-trick pony dead-on (at least
>>>> as far as I can tell from what I've run through it so far)
>>>> emulation of an 1176, but cleaner - maybe a little
>>>> less "attitude". I've never found the '76's to be all that
>>>> useful, personally, but for those who lust after them, his
>>>> one's not a bad clone at all.
>>>>
>>>> *PSY-Q (Totally fuckin' useless attempt at a stereo spread
>>>> modifer... as I think I pointed out before, this thing has
>>>> about two degress of variance before it starts chewing the hell
>>>> out of your signal & barfing up something almost vaguely
>>>> resembling music. A waste of code, IMO). Want a killer stereo
>>>> spread modifier? Get the one that comes in Ozone instead. It's
>>>> the only good one I've heard since the Bedini B.A.S.E.
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| Re: Pulsar "allkeys" file obtained! [message #76355 is a reply to message #76346] |
Wed, 22 November 2006 23:02 |
neil[1]
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Registered: October 2006
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he situation I have now.
the quest continues....
;o)
"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote in message news:4596bd30$1@linux...
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> Two things to add. First, and I know it's not your bag so you're not that
> interested, but to repeat, Scope is a superb synthesis platform as well.
> Second, I really wish XTC mode worked better, even if one wanted to run
> stems
> to sum in the Scope mixer. For me, there is the
> composing/tracking/humming/screwing
> around stage of making music and then the mixing/tweaking stage. The
> ability
> to use XTC mode to start, then render the Scope tracks before 'serious'
> mixing
> would be ideal. I know it's possible now but XTC mode is so shaky I'm not
> sure it's worth the bother.
>
> TCB
>
> "DJ" <nowayjose@dude.net> wrote:
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>>
>>I previously posted.............
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>>>Either you have to work in XTC mode=20
>>which negates the ability to sum in Pulsar (the step backwards) or you =
>>sum=20
>>in Pulsar and apply the Scope plugns there, or you work "in series" =
>>wherein <
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>>this should read .......
>>
>>Either you have to work in XTC mode=20
>>which negates the ability to sum in Pulsar (the step backwards) or you =
>>sum=20
>>in Pulsar and apply the Scope plugns there, so you work "in series" =
>>wherein .yadda yadda.......
>>
>>Deej
>>
>>"DJ" <nowayjose@dude.net> wrote in message news:Report message to a moderator
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