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@kgmessier - can't remember if I stumbled acros that trick in a video or on my own, but on the "hotter" amp presets, just crank the feedback knob and then use the frequency knob right next to it to dial in your pitch. I'd imagine with automation you could warble it here and there to simulate a guitarist moving around, etc.
I waited a long time to buy Pro-L. Too long. It's every kind of appendage for every kind of animal; meow, bollocks and knees.
Had I known what I know now... I think I wouldn't have bought over half the apps I own, and would've just bought all of the fab filter plug ins. I'm finally snapping to Auria Pro too. OMG
I was blind, but now I see.
I might get Pro- L but is there anything else cheaper and as good?
When does the special end?
I didn't have enough credits left to get all I wanted, but of the fab filters I got Timeless 2, Saturn, and just finished up for now with ProQ2. Didn't think I needed another EQ, but it was recommended to me, so I tested the trial desktop version for a couple hours. None of the EQs I have even come close to what ProQ2 is capable of, or the excellent sound quality.
I wanted Pro L too, but I'll use Limter for now until my credits recover.
Grabbed Turnado and WOW2 also since they're on sale and they unlock within Auria Pro too. I like them, but I almost refunded one of them because I felt they were way too much over the top. After spending time with them and getting them toned down and under control... Decided to keep them both. It's cool to be able to easily write automation to them within Auria Pro.
Fab Filter's site says their holiday sale runs until Jan 1st: http://www.fabfilter.com
Maybe not "as good" but there's full mastering apps Audio Mastering by iMusicAlbum
https://appsto.re/gb/v3xlM.i
And Final Touch - Audio Mastering, Post Production and Mixing by Positive Grid Inc
https://appsto.re/gb/CGZfX.i
Which both can give very good results.
I think @Tarekith has made a in depth review of these apps including pro -L, so he maybe could chime in here?
Pro-L gets my vote, but here's my more detailed review of those three:
http://innerportalstudio.com/ios-mastering-apps-comparison/
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Great. I now have all three of those, and so will be keen to see/hear what differences your educated ears spotted. For sure, just messing around with presets in Pro-L even I can hear an improvement by some margin over my dabbling with Final Touch.
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Just read the article and found it very interesting. If you ever get around to updating it, or maybe adding, it would be good for us enthusiastic dabblers to get more detail on the presets and what you make of them.
Picked up Pro-C 2 on sale, which I thought was completing my FabFilter collection, only to log in here to see all these raves about Pro-L, which I know I don't really need now...right? I have a few hours to resist until the sale ends...
I was thinking of getting Geoshred or Pro-L, but Geoshred went up 5 bucks so, Pro-L was a no brainer! Amazing plugin!!!!
Got Synthcaster for .99 cents so i can at least learn to play the keys similar to Geoshred.
Oh, also got the Auria Pro video Plug in which i had in my sights for a long time. Anyone used it and has some recommendations or tips?
What's cool about the video plug-in... if you have the new LumaFusion video editor or Pinnacle Studio Pro... you can do your edit, export to "other" and select Auria Pro. Your low res video will show up for import within AP without having to use iTunes or Dropbox. Import your low res video (low res to save on CPU/memory) into an AP project, edit your sound to go with the video, then mixdown the audio only to AudioShare, then import back into LumaFusion or PSP. Drop it back onto the timeline and it's all in-sync but with your hi-res video. Great roundtrip.
The only problem I've have with the Auria video plugin, is that it doesn't loop, ie. when you're playing back and have your Auria tracks set to loop on selection, they'll loop, but the video won't. It's a bug that @rim acknowledges and says he'll fix eventually. It's not that big a deal for longer pieces where you're not likely to be looping anyway, but for short 60sec pieces it's just kind of annoying.
Thanks for the tips!! Amazing how much sonic power is in Auria Pro now even video import that's amazing!
Question
If I recall if one sets a plug in as an insert effect doesn't it get printed in the audio? I set the plug ins then turn them off but the sound recorded has not the effect what am I doing wrong?
We probably better get @rim to fix that one.
I was just messing with timeless and now waiting for a track to bounce. I just can't get over the fabfilters, and I've had em for a year. Can i put this without sounding like a dictator or snob...If you are an iOS musician and don't mind working in Auria, these are just plain essential. The learning curve is so gentle, too, so it's a blast making your own patches.
You need to select the track and go to Process -> Bounce Track in Place to print the audio with the plugins baked in
Sweet, does my unaffected audio get saved somewhere?
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Errr, just making sure I don't get the wrong end of the digital stick, am I right in thinking that mixdown always keeps plugin effects on the track?
No, this is a destructive operation. If you want to preserve a copy of the track then instead of doing a bounce in place you should solo the track and go to Mixdown and use the option to import as a new track. You can then mute the original.
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Dang it. Couldn't help nabbing just one more before the sales ends. I read reviews and user feedback on fab filters going back nearly a decade. The ones I've got sound so good and not that hard to get going with. I played with the Volcano 2 desktop demo for awhile and had to have to too.
So, now that's it. I'm saving Pro-L for later and ended up with ProQ2, Timeless 2, Saturn, and Volcano 2.
I've been getting a lot of Auria Pro crashes lately too though. Seems some IAA apps don't play so well, so I tried feeding them in via AUM instead, which seemed to help. However, I noticed when mixing down Auria Pro was choking a lot and telling me I didn't have the resources. Kicked it up from the default 256 buffer to 512 and thing's got a little better. What's the best buffer size for most projects on an Air2? I'd run it all the way up to max at 4096, but I'm thinking the Air2 might not be robust enough for max buffer?
A buffer of 4096 will actually run better in terms of resources, so be easier on the CPU etc but of course if you are using other apps via IAA then they need to support those buffer sizes too, otherwise there will be glitches.
Typically I try and commit and bounce or mixdown external apps at the earliest opportunity, it's a much more reliable way to work. With MIDI or AU you need to keep the buffer under 512 anyway, so again I try to bounce everything to simple audio tracks as soon as I can, then for the final mix I can set the buffer to 4096 and use as many native Auria plugins as I want without issues.
Is there a benefit at all of loading up your IAAs and AUs into AUM and feeding those into Auria like it appears to be the case when using Modstep?
My last experiments using IAAs loaded into AUM and fed into Auria for further processing and mixing went ok. Only running into buffer issues when I wanted to mix down.
I hear what you're saying though... best commit stuff as soon as you can so that you don't have all of this dynamic stuff running in the background and sucking up CPU juice.
Mostly curious if there's any real difference or benefit to hosting IAA and AUs outside of Auria as opposed to within it. Other that it looks like we're limited to 4 IAA's and AUs per track, though.. I've been utilizing the AUX more too so that I can be more efficient with the resources.
Personally I've always hosted IAA apps directly in Auria, or if that hasn't worked then just used Audiobus instead. In fact Audiobus is better because it forces you to commit. Trying to keep too many live external apps in a project is a recipe for disaster.
Auria (and its plugins) works very reliably if you work with audio. But once you add external apps into the mix via AU and IAA it's much more likely to run into issues. Keep life simple and save yourself stress.
Yes, I'd assumed that it'd be better to keep them loaded into Auria, but I was getting some crashes and thought maybe it'd be better to host externally as is recommended by folks using Modstep.
It's likely my internal workflow is flawed though, ie. not being efficient by closing and getting rid of stuff I'm not using. The core of my experience with Auria Pro is fairly recent. I didn't upgrade to Pro until just before iOS10, then AP had issues with iOS10 originally, so I was sidelined from diving in for a few weeks. Just recently going all-in with Auria Pro and playing with automation, warping, timestretching, sends, AUX, etc. and loving it. But, I'm likely not using "best practices" at this point either, so that could account for some of the crashing.
Was mostly curious if there's any benefit at all to hosting externally... other than the environs of AudioBus and AUM are really fun to experiment in.
Thx for the info.
Got 'em all except Micro.
Microwarmer is amazing gotta get that one. I use it all the time!
I'm guessing @Matthew is referring to the FabFilter Micro filter plugin.
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I'm curious to know what you find amazing about it? What does it bring to the party? Does it have presets which make an instant difference?