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[dthgtr]

If you really want to try out an incredible free soft synth this is the one.http://www.home.no/gunnare/

The Minimogue va is a Mimimoog knock off that is absolutely amazing.Best of all it is FREE.
If you don’t like it,delete it.
However,I believe that anyone who tries it out will thoroughly enjoy it.

I know many are skeptical of freeware but this is an exception.Like I said,you can always delete it.

Later.

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[dthgtr]

+1 on Odd Grooves and GrooveMonkee.They both offer free sample packs.

Personally I have purchased the Progressive pack from Groove Monkee and the Basic and Advanced packs from Oddgrooves and am quite happy with both.

If I am not mistaken Groove Monkee is offering 10% off for summer.I don’t know how long the offer is good for.

Worth checking out.

Later.

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[dthgtr]

I mean, I can just imagine the outcry if Steven did, say, 2 presets for Avatar, 2 presets for TMF, and 2 presets for Music City. Those that only own Avatar and no other SDX would be up in arms at feeling that Toontrack was forcing them to buy SDXs to use a few presets.

I do indeed conceed your point and whole heartedly agree.I only brought it up due to comments made in other treads.

For me personally,as I have stated in other posts, I would like to see preset tutorials on how to achieve certain results.
For example;In an other thread you wrote out a tutorial for me using minimal miking to balence out a kit.http://www.toontrack.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=100634&mpage=1&key=&#100768

I think something like that,in a pdf form for download,once a week or twice a month,whatever, would not only benefit the community but would be cost effective also.
I for one am more interested in discovering my sound(if ever) and learning how to utilize S2 to it’s full capabilities.

I have plowed through all the presets in TMF,Claustrophbic,and Twisted (that’s alot) and actually very few have caught my ear.
So,I guess I’ll leave it at that.

Later.

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[dthgtr]

Though I myself am not interested in the presets,was there any reason why only the Avatar library was chosen?
It seems to me that (especially with all the fuss over the months) that several presets for each of the SDX libraries,or a least the more popular libraries,would have been more appeasing to those who are interested in the presets (IMHO).

I can understand that using Avatar simplifies matters (being the core library), but seeing how any preset is library specific,it doesn’t make them very diverse.

Later.

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[dthgtr]

Sorry,that was a misread on my part.
I thought you were talking about libraries with brushes.

Later.

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[dthgtr]

What products do you have?

Later.

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[dthgtr]

You gotta remember though,this is their product and they know how to get what they want out of it.
Also,these guys are professionals.They do this for a living and they have been doing it for a lot of years.

My mixing does not sound professional either.I got along ways to go myself.

Hang in there.

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[dthgtr]

If I am not mistaken the demos are done with the mixer in Superior,but I could be wrong.

Also,what are you using for monitoring?
If I am just playing around editing grooves,I just use the computer speakers because I am not looking for sound,just patterns.
When I am looking for sound ,I use my headphones through my MIDI keyboard(can’t afford nearfields yet).The difference between the two are night and day.
It would be the same using nearfields,as it would be mixing in a state of the art professional studio.The end results would sound different.

Someone more expierienced will need to offer advice on brightening up a dull and flat mix.

Later.

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[dthgtr]

Yeah,the layering is for groove clips as far as I am aware.

It is difficult to match any instrument from decades ago.
We are listening to a professionally mixed and mastered renderings so unless you have the exact specs (instruments,rooms,eq,comp,etc…) and procedures start to finish, we can then only mimic or emulate them.

I do not know how familiar you are with King Crimson. On the 1974 album “Red”,the song “One More Red Nightmare” has this extremely brash,crass cymbal.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSTifrv9pqk
A drummer friend of mine years ago told it was a pang,then later it became a china.
On Bill Brufords website he gives the details of exactly what it was http://www.billbruford.com/faq.php#18 .

After reading his response you can see the difficulty I am having recreating it.
I played around with the spock in DKFH and there are some cymbals in Twisted kit that I have played around with but as of yet I have not quite captured exactly what I am looking for,but I am in the ball park.
Eventually,I will come across a reasonable facsimile that I can be content using.

Endeavor to persevere (sorry,The Outlaw Josey Wales was on today).

Later.

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[dthgtr]

I am curious as to whether or not that is in the direction you were looking for.

I asked about grooves or e-drums because with the grooves using EZ Player Pro you can isolate the individual kit pieces and layer them.
I have edited several grooves where I liked the snare pattern but it wasn’t pronounced. So, on at least one of them I layered the snare 4x and it really beefed up the sound,making a huge difference.

I do not play drums let alone e-drums,so I have no idea on how to tweek it for e-drums.Check out the e-drum section,I’m quite sure there are others going for that sound.

Later.

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[dthgtr]

I don’t know if this is what you are looking for but I was playing around and came up with this set up.
Avatar is the only sound libray we have in common so that is what I used.

I tried it out with a wide variety of groove clips.

Later.

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