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I can see how it would be useful. But EZmix 2 is purely sound processing. Adding a tuner would be adding something else to the purposely simplistic interface. Just don’t see this one happening. What DAW are you using. Some already have one. In Studio One, I always use it’s built in tuner plugin.

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Thank you. It seems my gut feeling on it is probably correct. That Andy himself would probably prefer Metal Machine because it’s recorded the way he wants, mixed the way he wants, etc. Whereas his Metal Foundry presets are the equivalent of him being hired to mix a session recorded in someone else’s studio by another engineer and producer. He’ll most likely make it sound awesome, but it would be even better (to his ears and taste) if he had his hands in it from the beginning.

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I’m definitely interested in picking up Metal Machine too. I’m sort of hoping for another EZX sale to pop up!

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My money quickly starting siphoning off into the Toontrack till as well after I got hooked on EZdrummer a number of years back. It’s taken some good self-therapy to realize I don’t need every single EZX and SDX that is released. haha. I’ve had to make myself unload what I don’t use, and reel myself in. But I currently have and use EZdrummer, Superior Drummer, and EZmix 2, and they are all essential pieces of my home studio.

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I don’t think it would be a terrible idea in the future to add a “Graphical View” and “List View” toggle. List view would basically list the chain of effects involved. Very similarly to EZmix 1. A very cool, and very Toontracky idea, is, add a little notebook graphic with the list of gear. Put it on a little table, or better yet, some kind of bulletin board or dry erase board agenda thing to the left of the EZmix poster and right above the Leslie cab. The EZmix poster could easily be moved a little to the right as well, with the edge landing just behind the guitar cabinet. Click on the agenda board, and up pops a text list of the effects chain. You can even use a cool handwritten type of font if you wanna still make it organic like TT graphics usually are. Just an idea I felt like throwing out there.

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ORIGINAL: EZ-Hasse
You can’t use several instances in standalone mode. I still think it would be a splendid idea to be able to add some delay/reverb to those amazing dry presets when using it outside a daw.

I understand now. I apologize. I missed the keyword “standalone”!

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Perhaps Toontrack could sell instrument specific preset packs as well as genre specific packs? A ‘Vocal’ pack or ‘drum’ pack?

This idea I like. In fact I LOVE this idea. It would definitely clear some of the muddiness away from describing the packs and what’s in them. And I think most end users know what sources they want to apply EZmix too. An assortment is nice, but source focused packs is an awesome idea.

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Why can’t you do that? The presets with reverb, usually allow you to dial it all the way down, and presets without reverb, you can add your own via another instance of EZmix, or any other reverb plugin. Currently, when I’m working on electric guitars, I’m always mixing and matching between Studio Devil, Ampire XT, EZmix 2, and GTR3. They all compliment each other in one way or another. And most of them could stand on their own if needed (including EZmix).

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I have to disagree. Using 2 or 3 instance of EZmix is still easier than using 5-10 separate plugins to achieve the same thing. I think the chaining of instances is where the tweakability comes into EZmix. That’s where you’re able to really use it to sculpt, despite the fact that each instance only has 2 knobs, and an In and Out knob.

That said, I’m sure that future EZmix 2 packs are going to be freaking amazing, and will probably give you a ton more guitar amp presets. But currently I’m quite impressed with the number of presets that come bundled with EZmix 2.

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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.

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Posts older than a certain date get deleted. I’m down to 175, and I invented this forum shortly after I invented the internet.

This would explain it! I mean, almost 4 years and less than 70 posts? And I have considered myself a TT fanboy at times too! lol.

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Mixing and matching with guitar sims (with or without real guitars) is always the best route to go. I used to record real guitar exclusively, but time, hours, respect for family, lol, etc, have moved me more in the 95% amp sim directly. Anytime I use one amp sim and only one amp sim, I get too much of one character or another. Even if you use different amps in one amp sim suite, I find they all tend to have a common sonic signature. And when they are all together it just emphasizes that sonic signature, which is usually a terrible thing. Lately, I’ve been mixing GTR3, Studio Devil VGA II, Ampire XT (studio one), and now I can throw in EZmix 2. And things come out great. It sprinkles the guitar around nicely instead of clumping them all up together. Come to think of it, “guitar clot” is a good description of what it sounds like when you use too much of only one sim.

I hope to get back to recording real guitar amps again soon. Some of the best sounds I’ve ever gotten have obviously been real amps. But I’m psyched that EZmix 2 has not only gave us some amp sims to use, they also happen to be pretty awesome. Probably the best metal sounds I’ve heard, though I don’t really write, record, do any metal stuff. But I do like a lot of metal, so they are fun to play.

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