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by RobC
07 Oct 2023
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: Coaxial spdif input
Replies: 6
Views: 4602

Re: Coaxial spdif input

miyaru wrote:
07 Oct 2023
RobC wrote:
06 Oct 2023


Topping E30 II has it all. Plus it's high-end. When I got it, it was 150 EUR.
Took a look at it, it seems to do the trick I guess. It even has ASIO drivers!

Nice one mate!
I use ASIO4ALL regardless x D ~ mostly because I also use a Focusrite Scarlett with a Rode NT1 mic.
by RobC
06 Oct 2023
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: Coaxial spdif input
Replies: 6
Views: 4602

Re: Coaxial spdif input

miyaru wrote:
25 Sep 2023
Seen them only the other way round ie.: usb to spdif. You need good asio drivers btw to obtain good low latency.

Maybe this fits your budget: https://focusrite.com/products/scarlet ... efurbished
Topping E30 II has it all. Plus it's high-end. When I got it, it was 150 EUR.
by RobC
03 Oct 2023
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: Protools goes back to perpetual licences
Replies: 51
Views: 19433

Re: Protools goes back to perpetual licences

Good news everyone, there is a free version! Protools Intro. I'll give it a shot sometime ~ https://www.avid.com/pro-tools/intro There’s been a free version for years. It’s very very limited though. Oh? I only knew about the trialing option. Heck, software bundled with midi gear has been said to be...
by RobC
01 Oct 2023
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: Protools goes back to perpetual licences
Replies: 51
Views: 19433

Re: Protools goes back to perpetual licences

RobC wrote:
26 Sep 2023
Will there be a light version again? I'd try it then.
Good news everyone, there is a free version! Protools Intro. I'll give it a shot sometime ~

https://www.avid.com/pro-tools/intro
by RobC
26 Sep 2023
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: Protools goes back to perpetual licences
Replies: 51
Views: 19433

Re: Protools goes back to perpetual licences

Will there be a light version again? I'd try it then.
by RobC
26 Sep 2023
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: Loudness Wars - Logic vs Reason
Replies: 45
Views: 55234

Re: Loudness Wars - Logic vs Reason

The condescending tone (with the video) and persistent nitpicking are pretty disappointing, Giles. I appreciate that we all go through our own personal and private struggles and that we don't know what another person might be going through, but this is all so small, ... Sincere apologies, I honestl...
by RobC
24 Sep 2023
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: How are your midi devices?
Replies: 22
Views: 31003

Re: How are your midi devices?

Yellowed all of a sudden. :P Was a very humid half year though!
by RobC
24 Sep 2023
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: Loudness Wars - Logic vs Reason
Replies: 45
Views: 55234

Re: Loudness Wars - Logic vs Reason

Even Youtube's LUFS limit is -14 LU. Even Bob Katz recommends something around that for pop music as a quick Google search resulted. Dan Worrall won the loudness war. : ) That’s not accurate to say it is a “limit”, it’s a suggestion (which most commercial releases ignore). Also from a google search...
by RobC
24 Sep 2023
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: Loudness Wars - Logic vs Reason
Replies: 45
Views: 55234

Re: Loudness Wars - Logic vs Reason

This… in Logic I use one of its various metering tools to get the lufs to about -15 for the streaming sites (and peak dbfs at -1)… is there a way to do this in Reason 11? I have the mixing rack extension package that propllerhead sold w it years ago. Let me stop you right there and ask an obvious q...
by RobC
24 Sep 2023
Forum: Hardware and Other Software
Topic: Protools goes back to perpetual licences
Replies: 51
Views: 19433

Re: Protools goes back to perpetual licences

huggermugger wrote:
23 Sep 2023
The user base for ProTools (high-end multitrack audio recording, audio post-production) is much different than the user base for Reason (hobbyists and bedroom "producers")
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by RobC
22 Sep 2023
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: Loudness Wars - Logic vs Reason
Replies: 45
Views: 55234

Re: Loudness Wars - Logic vs Reason

Regarding comments, I use Goldwave for example to set a LU level. When it comes to a song, a "dead" (wave) processor does this 100% accurately in seconds, or faster - instead of something vague that one may just eyeball with DAWs, sitting there for 3-5 minutes. Audacity may do this, too. (Free, but ...
by RobC
19 Sep 2023
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: excessive side-chain compression is now a violation of international law
Replies: 14
Views: 3034

Re: excessive side-chain compression is now a violation of international law

I just thought about this. I'd only do it manually, and on smooth, static stuff, like reverb, non-rhythmic pads, static SFX, etc. So, it would be alright to have a fun pumping section. But yeah, it kind of ruins music when used inappropriately. Yet I grew up with the birth of pumping. Aka. Call on m...
by RobC
19 Sep 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason 12 and the great outdoors
Replies: 40
Views: 12733

Re: Reason 12 and the great outdoors

I can never get this method to work for me. I used to dream about doing just this, but then I get there and have no ideas and am distracted by all the amazing beauty and potential activities all around me. Seems the last thing I wan't to do when I'm outdoors is bury my head in a laptop. Plus in the...
by RobC
19 Sep 2023
Forum: Reason General
Topic: Reason 12 and the great outdoors
Replies: 40
Views: 12733

Re: Reason 12 and the great outdoors

Ah, mini midi keyboards. A lot of them are great, but the cheapo ones' keys yellowed for me. I find it disgusting, cause it appears filthy. Not sure what happened. It didn't get more humidity or UV than usual. I wonder if it still works even. x D Then again, it was a mini, keystation by M-Audio. Ano...
by RobC
15 Sep 2023
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: What can I know and understand about the difference between mixing and mastering a song?
Replies: 17
Views: 6757

Re: What can I know and understand about the difference between mixing and mastering a song?

Good point! I guess that's yet another mistake I tend to fall into, if I don't dare to break the rules. Gotta take every rule with a grain of salt. There's room for creativity everywhere as long as we achieve what we wanted, and make improvements. Plus there's always room for experimentation everyw...
by RobC
15 Sep 2023
Forum: Reason Feature Requests
Topic: Linear phase in Spectral EQ Window/SSL EQ Section?
Replies: 4
Views: 3755

Re: Linear phase in Spectral EQ Window/SSL EQ Section?

Linear phase is superior when it comes to multi-band processing, or maybe M/S HP filtering.

If pre-ringing happens, then it can only be eliminated when cutting it off, such as with a one shot sample, or slices (rex loops for example).
by RobC
15 Sep 2023
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: What can I know and understand about the difference between mixing and mastering a song?
Replies: 17
Views: 6757

Re: What can I know and understand about the difference between mixing and mastering a song?

I'd add that it's good to avoid a common mistake I fell into, too. When I basically thought that we have to do some restoration magic during mastering ~ which in fact was basically a very complicated form of mixing, done on a single stereo mix channel. It doesn't help that "remastered" means whatev...
by RobC
15 Sep 2023
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: What have you been listening to?
Replies: 1239
Views: 186078

Re: What have you been listening to?

Maybe I should just ignore charts. Even AR guys make whiny youtube videos that the charts are absolute trash. x D Well... it's kind of the AR guys' fault, isn't it? Since the original Napster came along the charts only show the musical taste of people who do not know how to get their music for free...
by RobC
14 Sep 2023
Forum: Tutorials and Techniques
Topic: What can I know and understand about the difference between mixing and mastering a song?
Replies: 17
Views: 6757

Re: What can I know and understand about the difference between mixing and mastering a song?

Mixing combines multiple streams of audio into a single stream of audio. Mastering adjusts that single stream, historically for multiple delivery mediums, e.g. LP or Spotify, but along the way the tools of that trade came to be used to "sweeten" the stream for all mediums in ways which would otherw...
by RobC
14 Sep 2023
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: What have you been listening to?
Replies: 1239
Views: 186078

Re: What have you been listening to?

I tried the radio. First there was a remix of Safri duo. Then there was a remix of Equador. Then there was a remix of "Papa was queen on the kongo, mama was king on whatever" Then I turned it off, cause the cringe burned my face and body. : ) Does writing new songs sell THIS bad? Nostalgia rules, a...
by RobC
13 Sep 2023
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: AI - Cheating or just evolution?
Replies: 558
Views: 510252

Re: AI - Cheating or just evolution?

AI reminds me of steampunk era. Gotta find another profitable area in the - in this case - audio field. Gotta adapt. Agree about the “time to adapt” part. But steampunk is a science fiction sub-genre, not an actual era, right? ;) No matter how many decades I used English, I still don't know every d...
by RobC
13 Sep 2023
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: What have you been listening to?
Replies: 1239
Views: 186078

Re: What have you been listening to?

I tried the radio.

First there was a remix of Safri duo.
Then there was a remix of Equador.
Then there was a remix of "Papa was queen on the kongo, mama was king on whatever"

Then I turned it off, cause the cringe burned my face and body. : )
Does writing new songs sell THIS bad?
by RobC
13 Sep 2023
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: AI - Cheating or just evolution?
Replies: 558
Views: 510252

Re: AI - Cheating or just evolution?

They're taking our jobs!!!
by RobC
13 Sep 2023
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: AI - Cheating or just evolution?
Replies: 558
Views: 510252

Re: AI - Cheating or just evolution?

AI reminds me of steampunk era. Gotta find another profitable area in the - in this case - audio field. Gotta adapt.
by RobC
13 Sep 2023
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: where are you from ?
Replies: 30
Views: 9737

Re: where are you from ?

The kingdom of viktor orbán.