chrisharbin
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chrisharbinCertainly won’t be me 😉
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chrisharbinI’m so mad about it, I unsubscribed from the mailing list. 🙁
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chrisharbinWOW!!!!!! You raised the price TWENTY BUCKS on these after we just got through telling you they are too high? Good luck, you are not getting it from me.
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chrisharbinThe biggest difference is the preset manager. It’s pretty slick. There are some decent new presets (most of them though are the new amp sim ones)
I will override ezmix1 when the full version is installed BUT it will run separately as a demo. I ran them side by side for a while to make sure it was something I wanted and then when I upgraded it all of my projects went to ezmix 2 🙂
The demo restrictions are 15 minutes, can’t save, and can’t use the addon packs. Still, it’s worth checking out since you can do a side by side.
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chrisharbinI’m not an expert in comping in reaper. Point being, I used ezmix for the guitars last night when working on comping with just two guitar tracks and the ezmix2 preset “guitar buss” and it really sounds nice. Just thought I’d share.
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chrisharbinORIGINAL: Scott
Instead of listing the name of every preset, how about a list and breakdown of the ‘intended instrument’. For example, Such and such EZmix pack has 10 bass presets, 15 drum preset (5 kick, 5 snare, 3 hi hat, and 2 drum bus), 8 keyboard presets, 15 vocal presets, etc.I mean, some of the preset names are esoteric at best and some/a lot are totally indecipherable of what the intended sound or effect is. The Electronic EZmix pack is loaded with preset names like ‘Express’, ‘Snap’, ‘Miami’, and ‘Thin to win’. Nobody’s gonna know what they are for by reading the preset name. But, if I said that those 4 were Kick drum presets, I think it would be more informative.
I think for me I’m looking for real-world application. I think I already said this but it’s more useful to have “snare/kick/deep bass/guitar buss/etc than allot of the motion/verby/echoy things. Those things are harder to control imho thus not as “ez” as “tight snare” for example. Hope I’m not completely missing your point.
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chrisharbinORIGINAL: skiltrip
ORIGINAL: Martin
Chris and Skiltrip,
Thanks for your feedback.
What would you consider be the most important thing to know about an EZmix pack before purchasing? Complete list of presets? More audio demos? Let me know!
Very good questions. And I can see how it’s tough to come up with a good way to explain better what’s “in the box”. A complete list of preset names and categories would be the most helpful I suppose. Now, I fully understand that a preset name doesn’t really tell the whole story about what a particular preset is going to do to any given audio in your session, but it does give you an idea of the ballpark it’s intended for.
Audio samples with these presets, I find, sort of, random, and not THAT helpful. I mean, it’s all about the source. And most of the samples I’ve heard so far, it just sounds like the original audio is quieter, drier, and has less stereo separation then it’s affected/effected counterpart. And they are all variations on the theme.
It’s just really hard to imagine what you’re getting in one pack that you aren’t getting in another. But I think the easiest thing for Toontrack to do is create listings of categories and preset names. It’ll probably be the most thorough overview of each pack.
It’s impossible to do a comprehensive set of audio samples for each pack. You’d have hundreds of audio samples to listen to (and for you guys to create). No fun for either of us.
My vote is for a complete list of presets. Easiest to implement, and the most comprehensive option in my opinion.
btw, did you get my pm? I thought that guy at least gave a taste of the CA options.
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chrisharbinORIGINAL: Martin
What would you consider be the most important thing to know about an EZmix pack before purchasing? Complete list of presets? More audio demos? Let me know!
Complete list of presets for me.
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chrisharbin 15 minute limit
no saving
Can’t remember the 3rd one
Still, I recommend just downloading it and using it. I did just to check if it ran on my system (the demo works alongside ezmix 1 btw, but replaces if you get the upgrade)
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chrisharbinOh yeah, kudos to TT for making the demo available so that it could be tested first. At this point, everything has worked…….for now! lol
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chrisharbin@pictures: a visual of what is being used is interesting. the first time I saw it I was MEH but now that it’s up close and personal, it’s fine.
@amp models: Seems fine, requires more testing.
@price: Good for updaters, not so much for first timers.
@preset manager: I didn’t mind the first one but this is SUBSTANTIALLY improved 😀
@size: When I first saw the viddy’s on this……I got the impression it would be bigger. I’m actually happy it’s not. Small, simple, to the point. I’ve modded my “filters” so that the small screen works nicely but if you want to be picky, I’d trade the “nice pictures for extra real-estate I suppose.
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chrisharbinJust for peoples reference the “presets” that are new coincide mostly with the new stuff. Like the amp sims, rotory, trem, etc.
There are some good new presets for things like drums, they are mostly FX type things though (like broken speaker)
I wish that I knew more about the preset packs. It’s really hard to spend 29 bucks a pop and not really knowing what you’ll get. I don’t want any more “tom” settings, don’t need reverb or delays and have little interest in vocals so I don’t want to plop on a set and get a bunch of that stuff.
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chrisharbinI did read someplace here that they will be retained. So you’ll get all the old ones and the new ones.
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chrisharbinbelated welcome 🙂
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