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Laserjet 4P posted:Sound Forge Pro 12 for $25 (13 is out and $399), and some years ago it was Sound Forge Pro 11 at $25 (with 12 out for $399). Magix has done almost nothing to add new functionality to Sound Forge since they acquired it from Sony; every few years they add one feature, change the look of the buttons, and try to sell everyone an upgrade. I can't imagine that their overheads are very high.
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really clean looking ER-1 for $120 on my local craigslist, should i get it
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Aug 16, 2019 17:48
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Price is not bad if you're in the market.
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Aug 16, 2019 18:13
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that's my secret... I'm always in the market... I'm getting the reface too should I get a four track tape machine? I'm really good with Logic and Ableton but I hate recording on a computer lately
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Aug 16, 2019 18:18
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If you can find one cheap for sure but unfortunately the hipster market has made them a hot commodity. Tascam has a very affordable 6-track digital recorder if you want it just for the workflow.
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Aug 16, 2019 19:25
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get a reel-to-reel, the fidelity is way better and there are companies actually still making tape for them
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Aug 16, 2019 19:39
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EBB posted:10+ years as a kineticist and I still don't know what bioinformatics does but I like robot farts I mean, you can make some pretty interesting robot farts from DNA sequence data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_music http://algoart.com/music.htm (That stuff is mostly using more harmonious mappings, but if you just want an interesting source of noise, you could do something like mapping every three-base combination to a tone and letting loose.)
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Aug 16, 2019 19:41
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Mr. Glass posted:get a reel-to-reel, the fidelity is way better and there are companies actually still making tape for them Open to this idea, I know all about portastudios but how do I get started learning reel to reel?
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Aug 16, 2019 19:43
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I got Magix versions of Sound Forge and Vegas as part of a Humble Bundle and both were awkard, umwieldy and seemed destined to try nickel and dime me.
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Aug 16, 2019 20:04
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I've been using Sound Forge since like the mid-90s and it still suits my needs super well, it's just that the software has not changed in any material way in literal decades and yet there's a $400 upgrade every few years.
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Aug 16, 2019 20:12
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Trig Discipline posted:I've been using Sound Forge since like the mid-90s and it still suits my needs super well, it's just that the software has not changed in any material way in literal decades and yet there's a $400 upgrade every few years. I'm mostly curious about what it can do that Audacity can't. (Or a DAW, for that matter. Reaper is only like $60.)
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Aug 16, 2019 20:22
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A MIRACLE posted:that's my secret... I'm always in the market... I went the digital recorder route - got a Zoom H6. It lets me do field recording as well, but I got tired of a long take ruined because suddenly an update or notification ate CPU for a second and replaced the audio in with modem shrieking. Either that or my MOTU interface was crap, but I decided to kill two birds with one stone by just going portable multitrack. Get the XLR attachment and you get six tracks in. Granted, not cheap but there's also cheaper options with the same result.
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Aug 16, 2019 21:12
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yeah, i like zoom for the digital products. I think if I went that way I would get the Livetrack 12 channel. the R16 looks nice too but the mixer isn't as good as my current mixer so it would be redundant in some ways I think.
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Aug 16, 2019 21:40
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My rep says the latest update from Behringer for shipping the 101 is in November.
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Aug 16, 2019 22:11
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A MIRACLE posted:Open to this idea, I know all about portastudios but how do I get started learning reel to reel? It still blows my mind that Squarepushers Hard Normal Daddy was recorded on 8-track reel to reel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgjtD8tXI_0
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Aug 16, 2019 22:14
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A MIRACLE posted:that's my secret... I'm always in the market... I have a Tascam Portastudio 424 4-track tape recorder that I may be interested in selling. Shoot me a PM if that is something you are looking for.
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Aug 16, 2019 22:31
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Fors Yard posted:It still blows my mind that Squarepushers Hard Normal Daddy was recorded on 8-track reel to reel. Man, that is rough. That sound tho.
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Aug 16, 2019 22:39
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Lead out in cuffs posted:I'm mostly curious about what it can do that Audacity can't. The paragraphic eq in Soundforge is one of the best things ever. It's FM synthesis insert is also pretty good. Mr. Dick remembers using Audacity for a free online production course maybe 5 years ago and constantly thinking "this would be better/easier with Soundforge". That might be a matter of what he is accustomed to though as he's been using some variant of Soundforge for over 20 years. Reaper has an "open in external editor" command for a reason.
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Aug 16, 2019 23:37
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Soundforge really took up what Bias' death put down. For the very regular sale prices on either JRR or humble bundle, it's worth the price of admission imo. They finally added vst3/ara support~Mr. Glass posted:get a reel-to-reel, the fidelity is way better and there are companies actually still making tape for them Who's left? BASF gave up on it I thought.
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Aug 16, 2019 23:47
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Mr. Glass posted:get a reel-to-reel, the fidelity is way better and there are companies actually still making tape for them What am I looking for in a tape(s) and recorder? I tried to get started a couple years ago but my free tascam suffered a shipping accident and I said gently caress it.
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Aug 17, 2019 06:35
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Lead out in cuffs posted:I'm mostly curious about what it can do that Audacity can't. I haven't played around in Audacity so I really don't know. Sound Forge's real niche is being a very feature-rich and usable stereo editor, although it looks like they've started moving more and more towards some multitrack capabilities. Basically I use Sound Forge when I want to actually edit audio, rather than compose a song. IDK if you happen to have seen any of the sampling projects I've done, like this thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Any38uNUelM or this thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGYeTmHHZQM But all of the sample extraction and manipulation bits of those were done in Sound Forge. Actual arrangement and music were done elsewhere, but Sound Forge's interface and shortcuts for manipulating and extracting audio just make it my go-to for any time I want to get down and dirty with one specific wave file.
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Startyde posted:Who's left? BASF gave up on it I thought. Recording the Masters, formerly RMGI, i believe this is a french company that bought a BASF factory after they stopped producing audio tape. it looks like they started producing cassettes (relatively) recently too! ATR
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Mr. Glass posted:Recording the Masters, formerly RMGI, i believe this is a french company that bought a BASF factory after they stopped producing audio tape. it looks like they started producing cassettes (relatively) recently too! Holy gently caress you just made my week ATR even does lubricated tape delay tape 
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I hope this doesn't violate any rules, but I figure this stuff is rather niche, and it's going for a good cause... Some other local synthhead/gear junkies in the area and myself put together a short comp to raise money for KIND (Kids In Need of Defense, https://supportkind.org/), which is a group that provides legal support and other assistance for migrant children. It's mostly ambient/drone/minimal kind of stuff that you can put on and feel good because you know it went to a good cause! My track is the first one, and personally I feel it's the only thing I've made in this style that I've liked. https://wolvesproductions.bandcamp.com/album/kind-benefit
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Aug 18, 2019 16:23
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That feeling when, as a synth noob, you unintentionally recreate the Chariots of Fire theme... 
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Aug 21, 2019 00:59
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I keep unintentionally playing Loved by the Sun by Tangerine Dream and it keeps weirding me out so much. Like someone keeps possessing me because it sounds so good, and I love it so much.
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BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:So my behringer vc340 came in yesterday and besides sounding loving incredible, I can’t seem to get the ext synth in to work. Anyone know the trick? It’s picking up something because the mic level lights are working... Update: turns out you plug your external synth into the vocoder section on the back, not the ext synth in jack.  A fine entry into my ‘thought my poo poo was broken but it turns out I just didn’t know wtf I was doing’ log. Another notable example was when I thought the pulse wave on my arp odyssey was busted, but it turns out I just didnt have the pulse wave switch flipped. Hell yeah.
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Aug 23, 2019 19:14
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Would anyone be interested in another BonerJamz? Maybe one with a cause?
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Aug 23, 2019 20:50
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Yeah! I haven't made anything in too long.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Would anyone be interested in another BonerJamz? Maybe one with a cause? I'm down again.
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Aug 23, 2019 22:14
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Sure, I'll jam a boner.
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Aug 23, 2019 22:42
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only if I can jam my girlboner in the mix
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Would anyone be interested in another BonerJamz? Maybe one with a cause? Wasn't there supposed to be a sample based BJ after the last one?
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osker posted:Wasn't there supposed to be a sample based BJ after the last one? I think it died? Idk, I'm not bugging I know I started and abandoned the one that eventually became the one from last Spring.
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Aug 24, 2019 00:42
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How about one that goes to animal rescues that uses animal samples?
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Would anyone be interested in another BonerJamz? Maybe one with a cause? BonerPAC Mr. Dick might be down. That would give him a reason to set aside such trivialities as reading, child raising and video games and to focus on what really matters: synthesizers.
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One...two...three...four, I declare a BonerJam BonerJamz Volume 3 This time, the prompt is:  In the effort to get me off my rear end wrt music, and also cross-promote the hot new D&D thread that all the cool kids The term of this challenge goes until September 30th, at 11:59 PM EST This coincides with the First GOONPAC Challenge ending at the same time, and gives us a little more time. At the end of the challenge term, I'll put the album up on Bandcamp or somesuch service (for real this time, I swear. In my defense I was literally deathly ill then).  Also- if y'all are interested I'd love to put this one up for donations to a political (or animal rescue) charity of everyone's choice. Then I'll put the album up in the GOONPAC thread as well. Does Bandcamp (or a similar site) let you do anything like that automatically? Like set up a button so all donations are automatically sent to the charity/group of your choice? I know people were donating to the ACLU through them a few years back.
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lol, a comp after my own heart 💜 (all the music I do anymore is political protest music)
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aw yeh i'm in
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Oh dang yeah, count me in.
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