Red christmas:

It'll more than likely be upwards of 40 degrees centigrade on Christmas day here.

I intend on doing as little as possible. I'll probably just get smashed and sit under the air conditioner.

Hey guys, this one time I drank like 7 bottles of vodka and I got so fucking maggot. Oh man, I had the worst hang over EVER! Then when I woke up I puked in a bucket, and then I did 10 gravity bongs with my puke! Then I fucking drank all my puke in one go, and chased it down with like 6 bottles of the most expensive wine that my mate's great grandfather's best friend's wife's friend had in her cellar. Fuck you, I know 6 bottles isn't fuck all, but I wasn't feeling too good at this point OK?

Anyway, I seriously, totally went out the back, filled a pool with my puke, then shit myself dead.

At 12/12/09 04:08 AM, amaterasu wrote: As for modeling those algorithms yourself though, for me the roadblock is not so much getting back into assembly as it is my knowledge of building audio algorithms. Do you know of any good literature on the topic?

Funny you should mention that...there's a really good thread on Gearslutz!

Reverb Subculture

At 12/12/09 04:22 AM, speedmetalmessiah wrote: Ooo, a new amp sim to play with. It does sound pretty good. Hopefully it lets you load separate impulses. many thanks for the link.

No worries chum :)

If you really wanna start getting into impulses, check out Acustica Nebula. They have a free version of Nebula 3 to download. Apparently it's the best thing ever. I don't think they have much in the way of amp and cab models, but there's alot of famous outboard that it apparently manages to nail 100%.

Acustica Audio

At 12/12/09 03:04 AM, amaterasu wrote: I haven't gotten in to the specifics of how the library works, depending on what computation you need to do yourself, yeah it could be taxing.

Things like reverb need to be horrifically optimised. I think you'd need a pretty decent grasp of assembly to do anything particularly useful.

As for synths...I still need to get my hands on a copy of Reaktor :]

At 12/12/09 02:52 AM, amaterasu wrote: I really like this idea. Although I may only be able to do a rudimentary version of it at first.

It sounds like an incredibly ambitious project, but it would be interesting to see the results :). When I get stuck back into my comp sci degree, I wanna start working on reverb algorithms.

At 12/12/09 02:50 AM, amaterasu wrote: Building on what jarrydn said, you probably use the source parameters in sylenth1 to map whatever midi code you want it to look for from a midi controller.

Yeah, most VSTi's worth their salt will have a "midi learn" function.

At 12/12/09 02:42 AM, Supersteph54 wrote: I wish I had a VST which would make my songs sound good >(.

Heh, it's called BBE Sonic Maximizer :P

At 12/12/09 02:23 AM, Hormigas wrote: Im using sylenth1 and I can not figure out what these things do, can anyone explain this to me?

Do you use a midi controller. The mod wheel is to the right of the pitchbend wheel. This wheel will allow you to control assignable parameters (usually something like LFO depth, or cutoff frequency)

Velocity modulation is kind of the same as the mod wheel, except instead of the amount of LFO or cutoff being controlled by your mod wheel, it is instead determined by how hard you hit your keys :)

At 12/12/09 12:39 AM, Pure-Metal-UTA wrote: Holy shit I just found the solution!
You have to make the track with the VSTi on it the parent track, then all the tracks under it will go to the right parent track!
You helped so much, thank you!

Hahahaha wicked, congratulations man :D

You literally learn something new every day. I'll have to keep this particular piece of information in mind, as I'm hoping to fully migrate over to reaper at some point :]

Hyper@ctive, back when it was still v.1

I don't think it's around any more :(

It was a wicked cheat resource.

At 12/12/09 12:28 AM, Pure-Metal-UTA wrote: I did that, yet I'm still hearing no sound from the virtual keyboard when I hold click C3 on it.
Did I miss something on the track editor part?

Okay, forget everything I said. Try this:

1. Go "Insert" > "Virtual Instrument on new track..."
2. Select Edirol Orchestral
3. Go "Insert" > "New MIDI item"
4. Double click on the new item
5. Where it says "channel", change it from "all" to "1"
6. Draw in some notes
7. Change "channel" to "2"
8. You'll notice that your notes just disappeared. Draw in some new ones.
9. Change "channel" back to "1"
10. Look at that, the old notes are back!

Go to the menu bar > "insert" > "New MIDI Item"

Right click on your new MIDI item, and select "source properties"

Make sure "Send as channel" is checked, and select the appropriate channel.

That should do it :]

At 12/11/09 10:06 PM, Pure-Metal-UTA wrote: For a while now, I've been working with edirol, and trying to figure out how to get the damn VSTi to play the different instruments on different tracks, without having to open up another track and use the VSTi Again.
I decided to look online to find out how, it has something to do with Channeling the input to a certain track. I have absolutely no idea how to do this, and I tried many things. From setting the recording input to MIDI then changing the channel from there to a VSTi called MIDI Channeliser. Nothing.
I'm doing this all on REAPER, so if you know how to do this, please inform me. I feel that by doing this, I could save up alot of CPU and prevent my computer from freezing.
Thanks.

In reaper, on your midi track (or to the left of it, where I assume all the track options are), you should be able to set it to send midi data on any of channels 1 - 16, or all of them at once (also known as omni).

So go into Edirol Orchestral, go to the mixer, find out which instrument is on which channel, and set up 16 midi tracks in Reaper, with each of them assigned to the same instance of Edirol, but with ascending midi channel numbers.

I wouldn't bother using Channeliser...sounds like you're over complicating the process.

At 12/11/09 08:16 PM, amaterasu wrote: Maybe it was too implied, but what I really mean is something you haven't seen in a vst that you think would be cool.

Hey, you could program a spring reverb using an entire set of modelled piano strings in the reverb tank XD. Then make it accept midi note data, so that it reverberates the incoming audio through the correct strings!

If I ever have a couple of days of spare time, and a busted upright piano, I might try doing this IRL. I don't think anyone has done this before? XD

Ugh, triple post:

Here's a wanky youtube video. Sounds pretty good!

I think this has actually piqued my interest in amp simulation again. I was never a big fan of Amplitube, Revalver, or Guitar Rig for distorted tones, but this actually sounds pretty natural. Maybe I can sell my PODxt now?

Sorry, here's a direct link to the package I was talking about:

http://www.acmebargig.com/dig/

At 12/11/09 08:59 PM, loansindi wrote: Yeah. But the good ones aren't free.

I've used IK Multimedia's amplitubeline to good success. It's a quality piece of software that's not terribly expensive. You get a wide variety of amp and speaker modeling that'll do a solid job. You'll need software with a decent VST host to run it. Or you can use audacity to record your computer's stereo mix and run the plugin standalone.

The last copy of Computer Music I picked up had a uncrippled, cut down version of Guitar Rig (or was it Amplitube?) for free on the cover CD. There's actually quite a few good amp simulating packages out there if you keep your eyes peeled and keep up to date with what's going on in the world of music software.

If you just wanted to model the cabinet, it's pretty easy to find free impulses of different cabinets (with most speaker and mic combos that you could imagine), and use a convolution program to apply them to your source. It's a bit of a dickaround, but the results can be pretty phenomenal.

If the OP wants to mess around with modelling software, try
this.

At 12/11/09 09:41 AM, Usernamemyarse wrote: well, thanks to ol`les paul, multi track existed and im pretty sure they used mono.

Most of the beatles stuff was in mono, I'm pretty sure. But they recorded in stereo and eventually re-mastered the original multitracks as stereo masters.

I don't think anyone really has the authority to argue for or against this, unless they have a very deep knowledge of how quantum mechanics operates. Things get a bit weird at the quantum level.

Go see a doctor man. It'll make you feel better.

Addicting is a bullshit word. Addictive does just fine for past and present tense.

At 12/9/09 12:59 PM, mamatequila wrote: christ, i don't have the stamina.

I think you can socket a gem for that ;D

At 12/9/09 12:15 PM, mamatequila wrote: Preach.

<-- casual WoW player and extremely uncool.

Hahaha, yeah, I traded in my cool points for a WoW account too ;D

I've been playing less since twinking died in my battlegroup. Do hope to xfer to ruin at some point though...

But yeah, I'm just casually levelling now :].

At 12/9/09 11:49 AM, nathanallenpinard wrote: If you have a very loud room then yeah condensers can post a problem, but sometimes you want that room sound as it is. However, if you have a lot of unwanted noise (fans, next door neighbors, etc) I guess that would warrant a dynamic mic, or some good noise filtering.

I still believe that an SM57 or 58 would be appropriate for this situation. They sound great (I'm not a U2 fan, but Bono records with a 58), they're tough, they're easy to use, they're an industry standard, they're incredibly versatile, they handle massive SPLs, and they will sound much better in a bad room than a condenser will.

I've pulled amazing drum sounds with just a single SM57. One of the best mics for a guitar cab. Mike Patton has been known to use them for vocals, and hell, it's the mic on the presidential podium!

At 12/9/09 11:59 AM, XxRobJohnsonxX wrote: I make over a grand a week.
But that doesn't mean you should spend it on a game.
I can't think of any other example where anyone would pay that much money for one game.

You pay that much that because it's an open ended game that is being continually updated and having new content added.

People spend their money on heaps of fleeting shit. Booze, drugs, partying, going out. Who are you to say that one form of recreation isn't as valid as another?

I get a kick out of WoW, and considering that I don't have cable, or even watch TV, I feel justified in spending a meager $15 a month on something that I enjoy doing.

At 12/9/09 11:45 AM, XxRobJohnsonxX wrote: ...because if you had the game since 04 you will have payed $15/month times 12 months in a year
times 5 years..... not including the cost of expansions is approximately $900.

Worth it?
Fuck no.

$900 in 5 years isn't really a whole lot of money, considering that I make that in less than 2 weeks :[

Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music

Techno is an oldschool style of EDM that first appeared in Detroit in 1988. It sounds nothing like trance, or hardstyle.

At 12/9/09 09:14 AM, BBSreaper wrote: i belivie audio is a form of music, so I think im in the right place brah

* Music is a form of audio

Either way, you're still in the wrong place. Take this to general, or at least the audio forum lounge.

At 12/9/09 07:51 AM, e-penisblaster wrote: but I still don't think they should advertise 8GB file for a mere 10 days. Maybe I would be more satisfied if it was a 20 or 30 day trial so I knew that it wasnt "Completely" a waste.

10 days is long enough to get hooked to WoW. After all, the whole point of this excercise is to get you to purchase a subscription...not have a month of fun in the sun at Blizzard's expense :P