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Thanks a million. I'll give this a try tonight.

Got my new super computer - 64 bit Windows 7, i7 quad core processor, tons of ram, tons of hard drive space, great.

Loaded Ableton and it's running fine. HOWEVER, I can't use my VSTs. I have Rapture and Zebra and I loaded them - the .dll files are in the vst directory, and nothing. It won't even ...

A really fun source of samples is in Archive.org. The short film collections have such an incredible variety of really weird, insane stuff. You can download a short subject into quicktime and rip the audio track.

Check out "What To Do On A Date" to see what I mean.

Wow - I wonder if this is that guy. Damn I can't remember - a while back there was this contest and we asked the guy a bunch of questions and he wouldn't answer any of them.

I would highly recommend checking out Elottronix XL

http://www.uv.es/~ruizcan/p_vst.htm

This is a fantastic Frippertronics emulator. It takes a little time to get up to speed - it's a bit complicated. Once you get the hang of it you can use it for some really cool effects. I've used this on ...

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=838424

HIIT HARD ROCK PROJECT

I composed this rocking instrumental piece at the request of my wife who does high impact interval training (running for 1-2 minutes at different BPM for a total of 18 minutes) and thought that the only music ...

Please stop bumping this thread.

D'OH!

sorry

I hate you

What a great question. You have inspired me to clean up my insanely cluttered VST subdirectory. After using Ableton for a year I have pretty much whittled my VST usage to the following:

EastWest Gold XL-1 Symphonic Orchestra Play Edition (purchased)
NuGen Audio Visualizer (purchased)
Kjaerhaus ...

Possibly my favorite free plug in is Elotronix XL:

http://www.uv.es/~ruizcan/p_vst.htm

When you get the hang of this Frippertonics emulator there is so much you can do with it. I had 5 of these for 5 differenc instruments on different timing chains with a clean drum track to keep everything ...

Thank you so much!!!!

I loaded this as an Ableton Live set. After I record a few bitchin midi notes I play it back and I don't hear anything. I hear something when I'm recording it, however. What am I doing wrong/???????

alec

Has anyone used this? I'm just afraid it's going to be too CPU hoggy, but it sounds just wonderful and it's on sale at Musician's Friend.

Alec

A good microphone is the critical first step to good vocal recording. I use an AKG wide-diaphragm. Get the levels juicy but not too hot - definitely don't turn the trim up in the red.

Also, hate to mention it, but being a good vocalist is very helpful as well. I struggle with laying vocals on my ...

Thanks in advance for clearing up a question I have - I love this freaking forum.

alec...