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Vienna has a completely different sound then EWQL, they go well together because of that. Vienna might last you longer because you're not locked into "that" hall reverb. Getting an epic sound is easier with EWQL. Also, VSL SE pretty much never goes on sale, so that's a thing to consider.

I've never had any problems running big samples off a regular hard drive. It's a separate hard drive from the OS.

The answer is, definitely someday. I've had a plan for a title theme remix for over a year.

Esperado's track should definitely be considered for subbing.

I would love to collab with a singer. Just... throwin that out there.

So there's ReaSamplomatic5000, which has always been a bit of a micky mouse sampler that comes with Reaper. But actually, it has been improved in a recent version! Two things are the ability to import multiple files, and a graphical ASDR. You can drag and drop files for easy loading. You can import a selected item for the arrange window, as well. It won't replace Kontakt by any means, but for quick and dirty sample playback you might get some use outta this. The GUI looks a bit wonky but if you're a Reaper user you should be well used to that. Some tips for the waveform display, clicking on the upper half will zoom in, clicking on the lower half will zoom out. Mousewheel will zoom as well. You can drag left and right to scroll the waveform. Dragging up and down will resize the waveform.

You can always use the Microsoft GM.dls, doesn't get crappier than that. Those are Roland sounds, btw. Hyper Canvas comes with Sonar. Not really a good reason to buy Sonar. There's Purity, those are "rompler" sounds. If all else fails you could take your orchestral sounds, make them mono and like 12 bit.

oh, damn, got this track to do. So lacking inspiration lately.

Oh dear, looks like you're going through the 5 stages of grief. Hang in there, acceptance is just around the corner.

you poor little fella, you still think this is actually coming out.

That's pretty sad if Other M ruined the top notch work Retro did with the Prime series.

I thought the Gamecube had higher specs than the PS2? Wherever there was a game for both PS2 and Gamecube, the 'cube version usually looked better.

What's the BPM me droog?

I get that dubstep isn't all wobbles. My problem is just getting that harmonically rich sound. It doesn't help that any dubstep bass presets in my synths are underwhelming, leading me further to believe this is some freaky dark art. I'm guessing that most of the guys with mad skills aren't making tutorial videos because this is their livelihood.

If you read some of these books and can summarize what kind of useful information they provide, I'm sure that will be helpful to others.

Cheers fella, I'll give it a watch.

That definitely sounds good, not like a wimpy saw and some bit reduction. I will watch it carefully.

Here's I was listening to in the car this morning. For mediocre bass sounds just search for wobble bass tutorial on youtube. Plenty of videos that convey the idea but don't have the thick, rich sound I associate with really good dubstep bass.

So let's talk about dubstep bass. I've watched a lot of tutorials on making them, and most of the sounds produced are mediocre. I can't figure out what the pros use to get those really nasty, cutting, interesting textures. It's definitely not just a bunch of saws... whether it's FM, wavetable, additive, I don't know. So, yeah, just figured I'd open in up here in case anyone has advice on makin good dubstep bass.

You can stay.

I naturally assumed the newbie judges became lazy like the old ones. You have to bring in more new judges than old timers, otherwise it just spreads to the newbies. That's just science.

Hmm, a bit difficult to come up with examples. You should focus on making the drums and bass more groovy I think. The two of them together should form the basis of a solid low end that grooves along and blends with the other instruments, while your track feels like the drums are separate from the rest of the track. I don't think your current drum sounds are doing ya any favors. First things first ditch the reverb, sounds strange. Try a different kick sound, and maybe a snare rather than a clap. I'm not a fan of electronic claps 99% of the time, I think they sound too dated.

Quick load is must-have for any Kontakt user, lets you create a patch structure just the way you want it with only the instruments you like. The only thing I don't like about quick load is the inability to cycle through patches in a quick load folder with the forward and back buttons, which instead cycles through patches in the source directory of the patch. Which defeats the purpose of me having this fancy-pants custom folder structure. Maybe someone can set me straight if I'm missing the obvious.

Honestly, nothing sounds like it gels. The beat doesn't groove, it's just "there". There isn't really interplay between the drums and bass. The sounds are pretty generic and uninspiring, and feel like they all exist in their own space without regard for synergizing with the other sounds. The middle transition is pretty abrupt. There's nothing particular about the arrangement that hooks me. Sorry for the harsh review, but I believe this would need quite a bit of work to address the problems.

I disagree. My Kirk Hunter brass and string libraries alone forced me to upgrade from 8 to 16gb. And KH is hardly the largest one. So 16gb for orchestral work is not out of the common sense realm at all.