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[ElMojo]

The problem with room ambience is it is embedded in the recording. So if you want to add reverb on that track later the two might clash big time. This often leads to a compromise that is not ideal. However, if you listen to Bonham ‘When the Levee Breaks’ that is almost all room ambience, or should I say stair well ambience. Once it is in the recording you have to work with it and not against it. If you go into the mixer screen you can add studio stuff like compressor and reverb to bring the kit alive. There is no end to the sound you can create.

Reply To: Muddy Sounding Default Kits version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

Like all acoustic recordings it is important to capture a neutral. Some would say boring take on the sound. That is a perfect take. The worst thing to get in a recording is the room, ambience and reverb. These are things that it takes years of experience to get rid of. So don’t get them in the recording to start with. You need to be more creative and add the dynamics to the sound in the studio. What you have is perfection now be a studio engineer and work your magic.

Reply To: Muddy Sounding Default Kits version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

Yes trying to look important takes more energy than you have knowledge. Drumdick52 you were one of those who pretended to know what you were talking. About then the bug surfaced officially. The very one you said was in my head.  You are a hindrance to people who are just trying to get this stuff working. You were wrong not me………

Reply To: Why! The logo. version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

Ok Daron…… Yes you are right! I will leave it after this. I will say that how the hell the bug in the transport on the Steinberg DAW got passed testing is beyond me. It leaves me very angry with Toontrack. How you fail to spot such an obvious bug beggars all belief. I always develop with Steinberg software because they invented and set the standards for VST plugins. I can see how someone could have lost the confidence of a client due to the drums not being in the export they produced. However, causing a hard disk to crash is a stretch. My issue was the broken transport system and the reluctance of the engineers at Toontrack to see or even test what I was saying. But then they are the same people that let the bug out in the first place. This is not the first time that they have ignored me. They did the same on EzKeys when the volume control pedal was broken. Exactly the same response only you have the problem so we will not even look at it. I find that arrogant and unacceptable. I have been a Firmware engineer on studio kit for over thirty seven years so I know BS when I hear it. So when they try to say it is nothing to do with the nag screen a take it with a pinch of salt. If you’re going to BS me at least put some intellect and logic behind it! Because I have probably forgotten more than they know now.  If you care about your customers at least treat them with some little bit of respect. For me you can close this issue! Because the temptation to nag you as that damn screen nags me is too much. Plus Daron if you think any of this stupidity has stopped me being creative your wrong! Anger is a fuel for my fancy.

Reply To: Why! The logo. version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

I still hate the nag screen. Remove it! Why!

Reply To: Why! The logo. version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

That highlights the problem exactly. People use SD3 in different ways. I use grove tracks too and modify them. So issues will be more annoying in the way some people use the software. This is called workflow. So the workflow on grove tracks is now screwed. Drummers who are using MIDI kits have a different workflow to me. If Toontrack is abandoning grove tracks and going over to MIDI drummers only tell us. So I can stop wasting money on grove tracks, and find a new way of working with a different drum plugin . It is that simple. There is no point in trying to sell MIDI groves and then screw the workflow………..

Reply To: Why! The logo. version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

I started this thread when I thought the developers had caused a major transport problem because of aesthetics. I am still not 100% sure that that isn’t true. As it took them so long to fix what would appear to be a very easy fix. They have now fixed the transport problem. It seems that it only affected Steinburg DAW systems, which I use. So the argument about that is now ended. However the question of workflow is still alive. The latest version 3.3.3 on my system is now working perfectly. The splash screen goes away quicker than it did in the previous version for sure. That is with no change to the first source material I used on 3.3.2. It matters not how fast your system is, as the splash screen will use a timer. This timer is programmed by the development team and is independent of the speed of your processor/s. So it is based on real time as we know it. Not the time that a processor executes instructions. In terms of work flow the longer it takes for you to look at settings as the plugin loads is measurable. Looking at a logo instead of the SD3 mixer causes a stall in that work flow. I find myself waiting for the logo to go away before I can make a decision about what to change. This is not good when I am darting about and making small changes to a mix. I know that I am using Toontrack stuff. I am not that dumb that I don’t realise that. Yes it does affect work flow and because of that it becomes a Nag Screen. Which is used to spoil work flow. This is the technique used by hackers to force payment. It is wrong and should be removed.

Reply To: Why! The logo. version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

And you tell me: why is someone with a CPU comparable to an i9 having a logo appearance time longer than the 6-core Xeon in my unit?

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Well that was because it is on a timer that the development team at Toontrack programmed. That is standard practice for splash screens. I thought a programmer would already know that. This is becoming amusing.

Reply To: Why! The logo. version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

I loved the wider channel comment. It is called bandwidth. Yes bandwidth does affect the speed of a computer. But only when you are using external communications. Such as USB or network connections. When you are using a DAW with plugins only heat limits the processing power. So the faster the processor the better in that case. Before I became a studio rat I worked as a firmware engineer. I did this for over 37 yrs. I was building music computers probably before you were born. So you are wasting your time trying to educate me. I have a MSc in Computer Science and have worked for the biggest names in the music industry. You are probably using code I have written. When you are using a DAW with plugins the only bottleneck is the processor. You might know a little about computer science but obviously you need to learn more.

Reply To: Why! The logo. version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

You are talking nonsense again. The latest I9 has 16 real processors. If kept cool inside a liquid cooled desktop they will give you a response time on tracking of under 2ms. If you are so clever                 tell me about another system that can do that . You are starting to sound disparate to prove a point you have not got a clue on.  The more speed the processor has the more tracks you can record and play back. Have you lost all realistic sanity. You are just clinging on to last remnants of any dignity you have left.

Reply To: Why! The logo. version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

Have you tried dancing naked around a tree? I am told that works too. Hahhahaha!

Reply To: Why! The logo. version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

Ok! Lets try to look at the facts as they stand now. My first question has to be. Why did you change a working and loved product?

My next question. Why do you think this will increase sales. In fact you came very close to losing me as a customer.

Third question……. Have you become so desperate as a company to even consider this. Companies much bigger than you are now getting the pushback from such strategies. Avid and Pro Tools being the prime example. Trust me! Avid are suffering and may well have to sell. Greed is the green devil don’t even look like you are among that scum.

Reply To: Why! The logo. version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

I just said cars are a bad example. The only thing that limits a processors performance is heat. The more effective your heat reduction the faster the processor can run. Which is why I use  liquid cooling on my processors. It is very simple physics.

Reply To: Why! The logo. version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

The old car analogy is dead in computer science. The faster a computer is the better it is. There are no speed limits in computing. Other than, can we still fit an electron down that very thin connection. This is why analogies are dangerous. We try to apply them from old science. The top of the range I9 desktop PC kills everything in its path. That is proven science. “2+2=4”.  The level of bass on a song is subjective and open to debate. The speed of a computer is a very accurate mathematical measure. So what is your point! Not more nonsense please!

Reply To: Why! The logo. version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 11

[ElMojo]

Pro Tools is a good product. The problem is their new subscription policy. They have now started to reintroduce perpetual licenses. It is good but is not that good at that cost. A lot of Pro Tools users are biting the bullet and changing to other DAW software. I am but just one. If they lose their user base, which they are, it will impact them in the future.

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Operating system: Windows 11

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