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I have a 2012 MacBook Pro and the latest version of logic runs really well on it, so I don’t think MainStage would present a problem for you. I do have an i7 in my mbp, so that probably makes a difference. If you don’t have an ssd in the Mac mini, it’s very worth your time to do that- my 2011 Mac mini was a completely different machine after I put an ssd in it. I use that as an audiogridder server, although I usually can mix projects without using audiogridder. Also, to qualify that, I have a uad Apollo x8 so that handles some plug-in processing.
Thanks for tagging me! Never heard about the Instacomposer. It looks pretty complex, but maybe a little bit overcomplicated? Do people need so many possibilities when it comes to generating a music? There is so many options to tweak the generated output, that the output itself is not surprising anymore. Beatly Pro should be about "having fun" in the first place, not about "shortcuting the road to song"
@CapnWillie @shinyisshiny - thank you, needless to say I didn't think of this use case.
I think the ad looks like it targets hobbyists, but that doesn't mean pros cannot use it the way you described. Fair enough.
This is the section of the manual that covers the Ableton approach to audio and MIDI routing. If you're not generally an RTM person, this section is essential reading as Ableton has its own idiosyncrasies with regard to routing.
https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/routing-and-i-o/
It's also worth keeping tabs on the Ableton Blog as it often has great explainers:
https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/
And Sound on Sound magazine publishes a great Ableton techniques section which can be far more enlightening than the manual.
https://www.soundonsound.com/daws/ableton-live
I've spent a fair bit of time at a friends studio this week going through his IK Multimedia collection as he owns Total Studio 3 MAX. And I have to be honest about this, I've held onto terribly biased views regarding certain IK products based on their SampleTank 2 era products and some of their promotion and customer service tactics.
The biggest surprises for me were with the quality of the SampleTank 4 Max library and Miroslav Philharmonik 2. I don't think there's a better collection of non synthesized instruments than Sampletank 4 Max and Miroslav Philharmonik 2 is so far ahead of Miroslav Philharmonik 1 (and the SE edition of v2) it's best to think of it as a completely new product. With the likes of Spitfire Audio producing such excellent orchestral products in the same price bracket, I expected to be underwhelmed by Miroslav Philharmonik 2 but that wasn't the case. And I'm now seriously considering picking up the MP2 as it will be the most cost-effective way of picking up both Sampletank 4 and then the individual instruments that makeup ST Max and still have spare change for other IK products I don't own.
I gave many IK products scant consideration for many years as I've upgraded my Native Instruments Komplete library for as long as Komplete has been available and the same goes for Ableton Studio so I simply felt that I could save close to 500Gb of SSD space and ignore what IK had to offer. My mistake. NI and Ableton excel in certain areas and the places that IK excel are mainly complementary with little duplication of the same territories.
I had no intention of spending much on software before Black Friday week but with the low value of Sterling, we UK folk can pick up Miroslav Philharmonik 2 for approximately £360 and then take advantage of the 25 for 1 (they look certain to hit that target by the end of October).
You’re a star! Thank you 🙏
Some free plugins that I have not yet tried and know nothing about. https://www.jhudstudio.com/
You mean the crossgrade?
Nope, if you purchase a download from a US retailer via eBay you can benefit from the exchange rate. The purchase doesn't have to be from IK directly but you do have to prove the purchase by registering it with IK.
In my case, I'm also a partner in a production outfit out of San Francisco so I can purchase that way too.
I did look at some benchmark CPU testing the i5 vs i7, and apparently the best i7 from the mini's of that era are close to 2X faster than the i5.
I'm working on an Amazon order now to get install tools, and SSD drives for both the 2011 and the 2012. As well as upping the the Ram in the 2012 to 8GB.
My initial observation running the i5 2012, 4GB, Std HD, as it sits now, is it's much faster than my 2011 with 8GB.
After all is upgraded and set up. I may opt to try MainStage depending on how well the 2012 runs Vital and Bitwig.
I figure I'll have around $200 in the 2012 once I'm finished upgrading it. Any more than that and I'd rather wait and put the money towards a modern Mini. I just can't swing a new Mini right now.
The upgraded 2012 with the i5 should have the power I need for the audio waveform experiments I want to do. I also need the Mac file system and storage space to be able to store my waveform experiments without concern for disk space.
I like iPad best as a performance instrument, but not at all for working with audio files and file management, even if I did have an iPad with enough storage. I come from a photography editing background, and am used to woking with a huge number of draft files as I refine my work down to the completed project. I'll have files from a single project scattered all over the Mac desktop. I want to be able to work the same way with Audio files and make a huge file mess on the desktop as I make discoveries and create sounds I want to keep.
Then I'll transfer the finished sounds over to the iPad for the actual music making stuff.
@ervin yah it does seem a bit silly for hobbyists or artist to use. I guess if you dont have much music theory knowledge, but have a good ear for sounds,> @jonmoore said:
just read the manual and still dont see the multichannel midi output in ableton, am i missing something?
It depends on your definition of multi-channel MIDI. You can set up Ableton to play multi-timbral instruments via routing, what it doesn't do is take in a multi-channel midi file and automatically output each midi channel on a new instrument lane. It's not a midi file player. But it's very flexible in terms of its MIDI routing to various instrument lanes but you have to set up your routing templates to function with an Instrument Rack/External Instrument Rack/Drum Rack as part of the process. But as mentioned earlier, there are a bunch of utility plugins that will streamline the process of splitting out a multi-channel MIDI file to multiple instruments.
All DAWs have their idiosyncrasies, if Ableton's approach to MIDI annoys or frustrates, there's plenty more fish in the DAW sea.
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I’m with you on that, I am just getting sampletank libraries now that I don’t know that I’ll use. But mixbox, t-racks 5, amplitube 5, and some other things are getting used every day. The comprexxor, precision compressor, and buss compressor are on every mix.
Do you know if there is a difference between the MixBox Bus compressor and the Tracks version? I don’t know if it makes sense to have both
Not a clue, sorry. I’m using mixbox mostly for the ambience reverb, it adds a nice little space around things. But I would guess they are similar. One advantage of mixbox is that you can save chains, so that’s handy. At this point I have just about everything ik makes though, even modo bass, which l will probably never touch because I’m a bassist.
I didn’t expect to like the t-racks stuff so much though, I use a lot of UAD, which are incredible, but the IK stuff really stands up next to it. Sunset sound reverb is especially great. I use that alongside emt140, emt250, r4, and capitol chambers for reverb blends.
O.K yea the buttons are the same for the MixBox and the Tracks bus compressor. So I'm assuming they are the same. For some modules the TRacks version has a few more options, like on the reverbs.
Thanks for the response… Moving it to the Beatly Thread..
XLN audio XO 30% off at pluginboutique. Some other XLN stuff on sale there too.
https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/64-Virtual-Instrument/5250-XO
Ah, yes, the reverbs are definitely different. I’ll have to dig around mix box more when I have time.
The MixBox and T-Racks modules do have subtle differences which means it's best to have both T-Racks and MixBox. The most important difference is that MixBox is designed to be a more intuitive workflow. It's built for speed and ease of use. T-Racks modules of the same name can have a few more options and most are also able to be used with Mid/Side stereo processing.
However, MixBox has a very significant advantage when building effect chains. On the reverse of each module in MixBox you can set a wet/dry amount and this makes MixBox far more flexible for the majority of effect chains. T-Racks of course gives you standalone plugins for each hardware clone so you can use your DAW's routing options for more sophisticated effect chains.
Much as it's easy to think that manufacturers have cynically created artificial differences between clones of the same hardware, the workflow differences are worthwhile options.
@jonmoore - speaking of TrackS5, which modules would you recommend as best free downloads in the current group buy promo? (BTW, thanks again for the eBay purchase tip - it made the entrance fee even cheaper 🙏)
The highlights for me are Sunset Sound Studio Reverb, all of the tape simulations, the Leslie speaker sim, Dyna-Mu compressor, Saturator X, both the Neve and API eq emulations, the Buss compressor (but I prefer both the SSL and Cytomic emulations of the SSL Buss Compressor), the Neve 2254 compressor, the Black 76 & White 2A compressors, and finally the Pultec emulations (the EQP-1A and Vintage Tube Compressor/Limiter Model 670).
Depending on the value of the base product you've purchased, I'd recommend getting T-Racks Deluxe and then filling in the gaps.
Thank you!
For those unfamiliar, they are EQ 73 & EQ 81 (Neve), and EQ PA, EQ PB, & EQ PG (API).
That's the Precision Comp/Limiter, which I think technically is based on the Neve 33609.
Apologies if this seems pedantic -- just trying to help identify the plugins.
No problem with a bit of pedantry.
I was just rattling off what came to mind...
Thanks! This is very useful. Meanwhile I figured it out myself using a few SoS articles, but a confirmation is much appreciated