[SOLVED!] When a 5th Gen iPad Pro with the M1 processor isn’t enough

Montreal_Music

@jonmoore said:
@Montreal_Music I decided to get VTines based on your recommendation and the fact that it has a 41Mb footprint.

My initial take is that it's not an either-or purchase. VTines is brighter to the point that it's easy to make it sound brittle with post-processing. Electric Vintage is softer and warmer and better as a solo instrument (for my taste). The downside of Electric Vintage is that it needs a bit of post-processing for it to cut through a mix.

I'm really happy to have both as you can never have too many EP flavours.

With Electric Vintage currently on offer for less than the price of a skinny latte, I reckon it's an offer too good to miss. The accordion app is surprisingly useful too, especially for some Augustus Pablo style dub shenanigans or Grace Jones 'La Vie En Rosé riffs.

You also made me realize something: when I heard 2 sounds, any type of sounds (let's say piano), I always prefer the brighter sound, I don't know why. To the point that, probably, a cheap bright piano sound will sound better to me than a warm sound from an expensive plug-in with a good reputation.

Montreal_Music

I know that is not the way it suppose to be (I feel bad about it), but my instinct always want a bright sound. I will investigate on that.

Edward_Alexander

@Montreal_Music said:

@jonmoore said:
@Montreal_Music I decided to get VTines based on your recommendation and the fact that it has a 41Mb footprint.

My initial take is that it's not an either-or purchase. VTines is brighter to the point that it's easy to make it sound brittle with post-processing. Electric Vintage is softer and warmer and better as a solo instrument (for my taste). The downside of Electric Vintage is that it needs a bit of post-processing for it to cut through a mix.

I'm really happy to have both as you can never have too many EP flavours.

With Electric Vintage currently on offer for less than the price of a skinny latte, I reckon it's an offer too good to miss. The accordion app is surprisingly useful too, especially for some Augustus Pablo style dub shenanigans or Grace Jones 'La Vie En Rosé riffs.

Ok, I will buy EV based on your recommendation!

I bought Electric Vintage on sale a couple days ago for $3.99 and felt it was a good buy. I plan on
Picking up Vtines whenever it might go on sale, but I’ve got to say, and I know a lot of people have things against Audiokit based apps, but I’ve yet to come across an EP that has the character that House: Mark I has IMHO. (And I’m so relieved that this wasn’t the problem I was having too!)

Poppadocrock

@Edward_Alexander said:

@LinearLineman said:
Only D1 from AudioKit has given me a problem in Cubasis. I seriously doubt The HouseMark1 is the problem (tho maybe in Drambo it is). Electric Vintage from Apesoft is on sale, I think. NSK is a great piece of software.

Good track, Ed. I recommend WorldSynth Duduk instead of your well used GEOSax. Did you download the beta, btw? At first blush it sounds better... maybe.

Ah yes! For $3.99 - just bought it! Thanks for reminding me of this one Mike, and thank you for taking the time to give my stuff a listen. Praise from you goes a long way here Sir!

I’m a big fan of electric vintage for is usability, sound, sound possibilities (even though it’s a piano when you use the ADSR, the 8 on board FX, and the LFO you can get all kinds of sounds) and it’s light footprint.

Edward_Alexander

@Poppadocrock said:

@Edward_Alexander said:

@LinearLineman said:
Only D1 from AudioKit has given me a problem in Cubasis. I seriously doubt The HouseMark1 is the problem (tho maybe in Drambo it is). Electric Vintage from Apesoft is on sale, I think. NSK is a great piece of software.

Good track, Ed. I recommend WorldSynth Duduk instead of your well used GEOSax. Did you download the beta, btw? At first blush it sounds better... maybe.

Ah yes! For $3.99 - just bought it! Thanks for reminding me of this one Mike, and thank you for taking the time to give my stuff a listen. Praise from you goes a long way here Sir!

I’m a big fan of electric vintage for is usability, sound, sound possibilities (even though it’s a piano when you use the ADSR, the 8 on board FX, and the LFO you can get all kinds of sounds) and it’s light footprint.

I do like the randomize features for virtually unlimited sounds.

BitterGums

much better! everything is in more of a space now. perhaps the sub bass and drums could have more cohesion.. maybe via a little saturation on one or both?

Edward_Alexander

@BitterGums said:
much better! everything is in more of a space now. perhaps the sub bass and drums could have more cohesion.. maybe via a little saturation on one or both?

Thanks! I don’t know if I could ever honestly call one of my pieces finished. They’re like perpetual works in progress, up until I start getting bored with them, and then I move on to the next one.

This one was a good practice in using Drambo (and Atom 2!) to flesh out a sort of “progressive rock” type of “song” with different parts and changing patterns and such. I love how Atom’s patterns automatically follow Drambo’s pattern changes.

And it was also a great practice in mixing and mastering a “full stack” piece of music (Drums, Bass, midi instruments, leads, and hats etc.)

With you amazing people here, I’m always able to walk away having learned a thing or two!

BitterGums

I hear that. It's definitely one of the curses of wearing all the different hats in the studio and having the ability to keep making adjustments ad infinitum. Kudos to being open to constructive criticism ..one of the best ways to learn !