Final Riposte

Devin Towsend “By A Thread” trailer uploaded to youtube

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:59:08 +0000

There is now a trailer released for Devin Townsend’s By A Thread concert. I am really looking forward to see this.

I’ll post some links to the pre-order when the website appears to be working.

The trailer is

New CDs arrived. Storm Corrosion, Arjen Lucassen and more

finalriposte — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:43:04 +0000

Some new CDs turned up, yet to listen through all of them. Enjoying the Arjen Lucassen so far, Storm Corrosion will get a listen via the Blu Ray format on the weekend. The Star of Ash CD that I finally got around to listening to will get further listens. Really looking forward to the new Ihsahn though i must say.

Windows seems okay – Cubase over Pro Tools for ease so far

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:39:20 +0000

Okay so my tests have been limited so far, but I have found the installation and setup of Cubase 6.07 to be a lot more stable than Pro Tools initially. Need to do more testing as these were really teething issues, and if anything slightly less bothersome than what I went through on the mac.
Everything else seems fine so far so hopefully this Sunday will give it more of a go.

Music apps installed on Windows PC

finalriposte — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:16:51 +0000

Will run for a week.
Setup and running:
Uaudio UAD-2 Duo
Steinberg Cubase 6.07
Avid Pro Tools 10.1.2 (less confidence here)
Steinberg Wavelab 7
Still some plug ins to install and test as well as the Euphonix stuff.

Then I just need to decide on what mobo and how much RAM. Main contender for mobo is Asus at the moment only because I can find more tests with it than any of the others such as asrock or gigabyte.

In a fit of masochism, installing Pro Tools 10 on a Windows computer as a test

finalriposte — Sat, 05 May 2012 03:54:37 +0000

Well, I am installing Pro Tools 10 on a Windows 7 computer to see how it runs with my MOTU MTP/AV, Axe FX 2, MR816X to see if there are any issues. If things look good then I will try Steinberg’s Cubae 6 and see how that goes. If all goes well then I will look at getting the dedicated Windows DAW.

Fractal Audio release MFC-101 firmware 2.02

finalriposte — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:05:56 +0000

As in the topic…

Can be downloaded

Good luck though at the moment I am getting a 404 error with it. Will update when I can download it.

Looking at a PC replacement for aging Mac Pro…

finalriposte — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:01:56 +0000

The Mac Pro is really ageing, in a bad way.so looking at going PC….
Intel Core i7 3930K
Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 LGA2011 CPU Cooler
ASUS P9X79 Motherboard
32GB RAM
The extra music stuff all has drivers so will include a MOTU MTP/AV, Steinberg MR816X, Korg padKontrol and Euphonix controllers.

Late news: Logic 9.1.7 update release

finalriposte — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:54:51 +0000

For possibly the last time I will be posting an Apple Logic/Apple DAW based post….. if not the last then not too many more. Primarily due to my Mac Pro being so old, so underpowered and the last offerings in that line also not being up to speed for my requirements without running slave PC’s. See next post.

Anyways, here is a link to the details:

Release notes:

Symptoms

Logic Pro 9.1.7 is an update to Logic Pro 9 (which is part of Logic Studio 2). Logic Pro 9.1.7 is also the version of Logic Pro available for purchase on the Mac App Store.
Resolution

For more information about the application please visit www.apple.com/logicpro.

About the Logic Pro 9.1.7 Update

Compatibility

Provides compatibility with songs created with GarageBand for iOS 1.2.

Performance and Stability

Resolves an issue in Logic Pro 9.1.6 in which projects with a large number of fades displayed “I/O Error, Result code = -36” when playback was started.
Improves performance when using multiple instances of EXS24 in 32-bit mode with EXS24 Virtual Memory mode active.
Resolves several issues related to the download and installation of basic and additional content.
Resolves an issue that could occur which caused the application to stop responding when performing Undo. This would occur after deleting a file or region in the Audio Bin.

Plug-ins and Instruments

The Output Distortion setting for the Compressor plug-in now works as expected with the “ClassA_R” and “ClassA_U” models.
Fixes an issue in which the Autofilter plug-in might produce clicks with certain settings.
The “Select Zone of Last Played Key” setting now works as expected in the EXS24 editor.
When adding Auxes as additional outputs for Multi Output Software Instruments, the additional Auxes are automatically assigned the same color and track icon as the Software Instrument.

General

Fixes an issue in which copying a MIDI region in a project which does not start at 1 1 1 1, and in which the Transposition track is active, might result in unexpected transposition of the copied region.
The Controls View of plug-in GUIs now fit properly on the 11-inch MacBook Air display.
Resolves an issue in OS X 10.7.x Lion that caused the Consolidate Project command in Logic to open a backup of the project at the end of the process.

For Mac Users: Protools 10.1.3 released

finalriposte — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:07:05 +0000

Seems to be mainly for HD/X users although it is also for standard Pro Tools users too.

More info

Release notes:
Issues Resolved in Pro Tools 10.1.3
HDX systems no longer produce unwanted noise bursts in certain configurations and after prolonged usage. (PTSW-159883,
PTSW-159680)
On HDX systems, tracks with a plug-in no longer produce a burst of noise at the end of playback when an automation event
occurs at the exact sample location where playback stops. (PTSW-158582)
Serial time code now loops when playback loops. (PTSW-146199)
Satellite systems properly scroll in FF (fast forward) and REW (rewind) mode. (Jog/Shuttle is still a local machine update only.)
(PTSW-156532)
When Transport=Machine, if a video track in Pro Tools was triggered to record by incoming time code, all simultaneously
recording audio and video regions would not be saved to disk when the transport was stopped. This issue has been fixed.

Pics: Diquattro 7 string – finished

finalriposte — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:22:17 +0000

View it via the gallery menu item for a proper gallery, or else view below: