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Arturia The One "Minimoog-V" Review

Arturia The One Minimoog-V
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If you're like me, you're dying to own a Minimoog, whether a vintage instrument, or a new Voyager, but don't have the ready cash to make a purchase. For a 20th of the cost of a new Minimoog and a 10th of the cost of a vintage model, you can buy this amazing emulation by Arturia, sanctioned by Bob Moog himself.
Using TAE (True Analog Emulation), the Arturia Minimoog V sounds just like the real thing. How do I know? I used to own a Minimoog (1973-1978) and mourn everyday that I ever let it go. The Arturia's true-to-life sounds make my dreams come true. Even better, Arturia's Minimoog V is polyphonic, and has features the old original Mini badly needed, such as a dedicated LFO, an arpegginator, and on-board reverd, delay, and chorus. Arturia also adds a matrix modulation feature, allow easy cross-polination of sound sources.
Along with Minimoog V's sterling interface comes many factory presets created by an array of synthesizer freaks including Klaus Schulze. Arturia itself provides updates, community boards, and excellent documentation.
If you want the phat, dirty, and analog sound of a Minimoog, but blanch at the price and the size, buy this one. I use it in Cakewalk Sonar Producers Edition with no problems whatsoever. Along my G-Force Mellotron, and my Kurzweil Hammond emulation, I am one happy prog freak.

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Spectrasonics Trilian Bass Module Software Review

Spectrasonics Trilian Bass Module Software
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this plugin sounds amazing... by far the most realistic and versitaille plugin i have and i have strike,hybrid,transfuser,xpand,structure,velvet... but if dont have a ton of ram on your computer dont buy this because its almost too detailed for its own good... my computer has 8gb of ram (supposely i think it has about 6) and this thing has crashed my pro tools session on multiple occasions while running it with other plugins... it does have options to use less processing power and since figuring that out i havent crashed my session once... take my advice though IF YOU DONT HAVE A LOT OF RAM DONT BUY THIS... if you do... this is a great plugin... very realistic... synth bass, acoustic, electric, slaps, slides... etc.. one other way around the processing power it takes up is make your midi track and then record it onto an audio track thru a send and then make the midi track inactive... if your that advanced, really not that hard but not for beginners

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Apple Garageband Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra Review

Apple Garageband Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra
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The day before I ordered this Jam Pack, I had received an M-Audio 88es USB velocity sensitive keyboard from amazon (reviewed separately) Keystation 88es 88 Key USB MIDI Controller and sustain pedal M-Audio SP-2 US65010 Sustain Pedal Piano Style Sustain Pedal for Keyboards
The standard Garage Band 'Grand Piano' sounded just "OK", and there was no harpsichord. Those were my prime reasons for ordering this Jam Pack... and to have fun with the other sounds, of course.
The Steinway Piano in this pack is substantially better than the standard Garage Band piano. Neither is perfect - but this Steinway is great for the price. The difference is more than the soft hammer sound of a Steinway vs a hardened hammer sound of the standard piano. The velocity response and the behavior of sustained notes is much more realistic. The default settings have a fair amount of reverb - to simulate a concert hall. Adjusting that and other sliders can give a sound more appropriate to other settings.
It still does not sound like a real grand piano of course - there are no induced harmonics when the sustain pedal is depressed, for example. But, not bad at all.
The harpsichord is pretty disappointing in comparison. The lower register is amplified way louder than the upper - roughly everything below middle C as I recall. I haven't tried adjusting bass reduction effects etc to make it sound more 'correct'. Also, considerable reverb in the default 'Orchestra Harpsichord' to reflect a large hall. Lower that to get a chamber sound.
The variety of attack modes that are adjustable by keyboard control are pretty nice for instruments such as the strings and brass.
The huge quantity of loops (over 3 GB) will be of less use to me, but can be handy for making some quick transitions or tracks for videos - since Garage Band is basically THE sound editor for iMovie and Final Cut Express now. I had expected that the loops would be performances on real instruments, but many (most?) sound like sampled digital instruments to my ear.
If you want a better piano, a harpsichord and/or symphonic instruments, this pack is a great deal.
PS Not in the product description, so I just noticed: The Jam Pack comes with a selection of 'demo songs' reached from the File > Open Demos menu. (If shared, these reside on disk at Users > Shared > Symphony Orchestra Demo Songs.) Five symphonic themes as an orchestra of MIDI instruments and 8 loop (wave) compositions. Fun to mess with and good for learning purposes.

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PreSonus Studio One Artist to Pro Upgrade Review

PreSonus Studio One Artist to Pro Upgrade
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Do the research. Cubase, Abelton, ProTools and the list goes on. I have done my homework and I know my budget. You can't get all the features this Pro version offers for less than $600. And THAT is an upgrade from their "light" (AKA "Lite" or "LE") versions or freeware that come with a product that is overpriced for the "free" software. I bought the AudioBox USB for $150 and was going to use it with the DAW I already own. After installing the "free" Studio One Artist that came with it, I realized it is 100 times better than any of the "light" versions of various DAWs I have receied and decided to go ahead and upgrade through their website. I am AMAZED. Not only does it give you 64 bit processing, it gives you the ability to digitally publish your music. Yeah, to any website you want. You can use Redbox CD, Facebook, MySpace, whatever. You can even publish to SoundCloud directly within the software. And it comes with GIGS of more instruments and loops. It has VST plug in support, too. Oh, and you just want to export to MP3's, make a CD for your friends? It has that, too. Try finding a DAW with this one's simplicity and "never-done-this-before" ease and I'll pay you back. I've been at this for 23 years. I know Cubase, Cakewalk, Ableton, ProTools and Logic and they are all great. However, all of them require a serious amount of dedication and education to be able to even mix down a single song. My 12-year-old can use Studio One (sorry, Kevin, it's true) to master a CD. You can't say that for any of the other DAWs that cost at least half as much more. Don't believe me, download the 30 day free trial from the PreSonus website and see for yourself. Just come back here to buy it since this is where you found it.

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