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rallyboy101,
I have Cubase AI 8, which could be the cheapest version of 8; it came with my steinberg interface. I’ll have to check if it has a multi-band compressor. I just know my u-he Presswerk (non-multi-band) compressor works better than the regular compressor I had with Cubase LE4. I am on Mac OSX 10.9.5, which I don’t think works with anything Waves currently; though I have demoed some of their plug-ins in the past.

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rallyboy101,
Thank you for listening and commenting! I’ve only tried one multi-band compressor (maybe 2), and I have yet to have good luck with that. But that was years ago. Maybe I’ll have better luck with some more recent software? Have any recommendations for a good multi-band compressor plug-in? Since you liked the delay thing on the vocals, I will let you know that was a plug-in called Glitch Bitch (I didn’t name it).

Are you from a particular country or state? I’m always curious when people comment on my music. Leave me a link if you want me to check out any music you’ve done.

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John,
Thank you for answering my questions. Will this be a new policy of toontrack: all new EZX’s (from here on out) will need EZDrummer 2 or Superior Drummer 3? If so, toontrack will be losing some of my business, at least for a year or more, I think. Heck, gutarcenter.com still sells Superior Drummer 2.

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Matthew,
Thank you for listening & commenting! I can’t remember specifically experimenting with how fast the arpeggiated synth fades out at the point you mention, though I probably did. Assuming I did experiment with that, I probably just stuck with what sounded best to me. I mixed this on headphones, so that may be why the vocals sound a bit loud. I would probably drive my wife & daughter insane if I mixed on monitors, plus I like the sound of headphones anyway. I generally put u-he Presswerk compression on the entire drum track. I suppose I could experiment using Superior Drummer’s (#2) built in compressors for the snare. I will now look around to see if you posted any demos….though I did not find anything recent. Are you from a particular country? I’m always curious where people are from when they comment on my music. 🙂

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George,
Thank you for answering my question!

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Thank you for answering again. One other question: can SD3 access the MIDI drum patterns from SD2, EZDrummer1, and the EXZ’s?

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John,
Thank you for replying. I wasn’t sure if the Modern mp3 demos were completely or partially electronic drum sounds. I listened to some of them earlier……now I’ve heard them all. My iMac is several years old with OSX 10.9.5, and 4 GB memory. If I didn’t use the surround sound, would 4 GB work pretty well?

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Thank you for replying! 🙂

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Thank you for the reply!

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Spikerama,
Thank you for listening and replying, I appreciate it! I reviewed your recent Beatles tune a few minutes ago.

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Spikerama,
Thanks for the review! Now your tune: This sounds like a country instrumental version of a Beatles song. Nice guitar playing and appropriate drums. Have a great day! 🙂

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John,
Thank you for replying!

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Spikerama,
Maybe his girlfriend was into Amway, I never thought about that! That’s funny.

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OK, here are a three or four more that are all related. Many years ago, I had a girlfriend that was into Amway. Not sure if you’re familiar with Amway, but they’re probably one of the first multi-level marketing things (some people consider it a pyramid scheme) that became big. They started out selling soap & house-hold products (sometimes door-to-door), then over the years they sell almost anything. If you recruit a bunch of people to sell the products (and if they recruit people also), you can make some decent money with it. So anyway, I tagged along to a number of these Amway meetings where they try to pump you up to recruit new people & sell the products yourself (only to spend time with the girlfriend). One of the meetings (in Southern California), there was about 10 people there, and one of the people was Ron Tutt. Who is that? He played drums for Elvis Presley for a long time, and has been playing for Neil Diamond for ages. Why Tutt got into Amway, I’ll never know. I was tempted to talk to him, but didn’t know what to say. Fast forward a number of years. Hadley Hockensmith (long time guitar player for Neil Diamond) used to hang out a lot on the Line 6 (mostly known for guitar amp-modelling & effects) forums. Hadley gave me some compliments on a couple of tunes of mine, so I was stoked about that. Hadley made an electrical device that helped take away ‘fizz’ (undesirable guitar amp-modelling noise) from Line 6 amp modelers. I met this guitarist (not Hadley) on the Line 6 forums who had one of these devices. I drove out to his house to try it out (he’s from my wife’s home town). As it turned out, this guy got a Grammy Nomination for a jazz album, and I believe he still plays guitar professionally. By the way, if it wasn’t for the Line 6 forums, I wouldn’t have gotten my first radio play: with radio DJ & rock star Tom Robinson on the Radio BBC (he co-wrote a UK hit with Elton John & has collaborated with Brian May & Peter Gabriel). Tom Robinson’s band had a song (2-4-6-8 Motorway) that used to get lots of video play on VH-1 and/or MTV. If you watch it on youtube, you might recognize it:

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Long ago I played at Gazzarri’s in Hollywood; tons of famous groups have played there through the years. Van Halen played there many times before they hit it big. Then roughly 10 years ago I ran into David Lee Roth at a restaurant in Pasedena, CA. I started talking to him about playing at Gazzarri’s. I could tell he wasn’t thrilled to talk to me (he was way more interested in talking to the waitresses, what a surprise!), but he put up with me for a minute & then said, “Well good luck to you!” I took the hint & left him alone after that. I was still excited to talk to him though since Van Halen is one of my favorite groups.

When I lived with my parents (long ago), I lived in Glendora, CA for a long time. Ex-Van Halen bassist & background singer Michael Anthony lived in Glendora for a long time (he has since moved to the beach). A friend of mine took aerial photos of Michael’s house, & was in contact with him on several occasions. I tagged along with my friend when he went to Michael’s house once (roughly 25 years ago). The house looked a bit like a castle from what I remember. My friend said Michael was leery of strangers, so he told me to stay in the truck. When we pulled up Michael was working in the yard, where my friend talked to him. Michael’s good-looking wife came out of the house & smiled at me (can I get sued for that?).

Years later, (after I had moved out of my parents’ house), Michael Anthony’s wife showed up on my father’s doorstep with a real estate agent, out of the blue. She said she was interested in buying my father’s house for her mother, but nothing more ever became of it.

More stories to ensue if you can stand the excitement. 😉

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