Chimpazilla

Well the reason I asked was that I found this online. This question was about Photoshop but mentioned the possibility of qtcore4.dll having been deleted by an antivirus program. I don't know what to suggest... can you reinstall PLAY? (ugh...) If nothing works, I have someone else I can ask, if you like, let me know. Wish I could help more.

Two things come to mind (sorry if they are dumb) 1. Did you sign in? 2. Are you an actual FL registered owner? edit: another question, did you change anything in your computer? Move anything? Install new antivirus software? Anything of note? (wondering why this *suddenly* happened to you)

I've found tremendous support from that forum without opening a ticket just by posting there. Often Gol will even jump into threads. I really like that. If you don't get help in a regular post, then you can open up a proper ticket. Try it, and good luck.

Yikes... did you post a thread in looptalk? They are usually super helpful about those types of things. Good luck.

Just took a quick look at DaCapo... looks very versatile, and sounds really great... watched the first of their demo videos, going to watch the others, never heard of this before but it does look quite interesting! However (and let's see if I can get the pricing thing right this time), it is 300 Euros not dollars, so that amounts to $396.66. Still if it does what it looks like it does, and sounds dynamite, this is definitely one to consider. *wanders off to consider it*

Oh good lord... of course you're right Neblix, man do I feel silly... *hangs head in shame* Well it isn't the first time I've said something stupid, and won't be the last. All I can say is "duh... oops." But still, I'm not sold on that PLAY engine, and I don't like being forced to buy an iLok to use their stuff. If they still had their SO library available for Kontakt, I would probably buy it, drenched reverb and all.

Hey T, thanks, those are some great ideas! Wow, that is some super-precise timing, haha!

Hero's Rest - by jordanrooben & Chimpazilla (mod review version 6-16-13) Hi everyone! Here is the latest collab between me and Jordan. He wrote a great arrangement and asked me to critique it, and as usual I liked it so much that I asked him if I could join in. This is the result. We hope you like it. Comments would be great before we put it on mod review. Here is Jordan's vision for this song: Morpheel has just been defeated, Link is exhausted from the battle and the rigors of the water temple, the fused shadow piece is floating on the ground and Midna is hovering nearby, it's one step closer to saving the world, but ruin is still around the corner and to make matters worse, the journey is far from being over. You catch your breath, listen to the music, and plan your next move. source:

This! Just dive in and make sounds you like. Try out different styles just to see if you can replicate them. Practice practice practice, and your favorite elements from everything you've tried will eventually come together and become your "signature style." It doesn't happen overnight though, and your style can change and morph over time as well. It's all good!

Looks like that deal is actually 75% off. $899 now, $3,513 come January 1st. But I'm told they have massive sales like four times per year. I'm holding off on their stuff for now.

I was thinking about EWQLSO gold, the price can't be beat right now, but I also didn't want drenched sound. NI had their big Thanksgiving sale so I instead bought Session Strings Pro from them. I like it quite a bit. The sounds are dry, and recorded close and intimate. There are 29 articulations that you can keyswitch, and there's this animator thing I haven't even touched yet. I just really like the sounds. NI still has their $30 coupon until the 31st I think. Oh and Joe, you're not an idiot when it comes to anything. Stop saying crap like that!!!

Haha, thanks T! Yeah I've got about 2:30 of a wip on that battle theme, in an Indian "Bhangra" style. I'm not sure it's right for the album though. I'm handing it off to another friend to get more expansion ideas, so we will collab it and probably sub it outside of the project. After the success of Theo's Majora's Mask album, Theo and Emu are going to be even more selective about what styles they want for the OoT album, so I recommend contacting one of them with any ideas and/or audition wips you may have.

I want to revise my answer. I'm thinking you can just point FL9 to your new paths. I'm sorry I didn't think of that sooner. How silly of me. Hope this is successful.

From you, dude! And from other power producers, Zircon and Theophany come to mind. (oh and I just love video game music) Plus that crazy unidentifiable inner urge to just make awesome sounds.

Freebies from Heavyocity! http://www.heavyocity.com/ (gotta like them on Facebook to get it) And a $30 coupon (although their stuff is already cheaper on NI site and coupon doesn't work there)

The FL9 projects are looking for the plugins in a certain path which you changed. 1. Move the plugins back to the previous path (sounds like you moved them for a good reason, though). 2. Install a copy of the plugins in question into their previous path. Use to open the FL9 projects, save settings/multis/.fst's, replace the plugins with new instances in the new paths for future use, call up saved settings/multis/.fst's, delete old-path plugins. (unless you *want* two copies of those plugins on your machine) 3. Or, when your FL9 project boots up, load up a new instance of those plugins where the old ones were. The bummer is that your settings/multis/.fst's won't be saved. For Kontakt stuff, you'll just have to point the plugin to wherever you moved your libraries to. If you have Omnisphere and the STEAM folder, well, all bets are off there... Good luck!

If it's a source I love, I can get the song written in less than a week, spending 2-3 hours per day. But then it can take me a month after that to get it mixed right and to add in all the bells and whistles. And of course, I always think of that "one more thing" right after hitting the submit button.

pop music = playing 3 chords to 10,000 people jazz = playing 10,000 chords to 3 people haha!

Btw, are you settled in now? I was thinking of asking you if you wanted to contribute some sax or something to my shop song. Pm me if you want!

I suggest starting with Youtube. Type in "eq beginner tutorial" and see what comes up. You need to learn the basic concepts. Ok I just went to Youtube and typed in "basic eq tutorial cubase" and found several things, this looks good: You could do the same with compression, and reverb. Those are probably the three most important things to learn right away (eq, compression, reverb). After you get a basic understanding of what these things do, you should spend some time playing with them. Just make some random sounds in Cubase and really play with the settings on the plugins to see what they do to the sound. You're gonna have multiple "aha" moments, haha! Once you master the basic effects you can start getting creative.

Hey Joe, don't you have a mix pending posting? (Not the Taxi you Whistled For) Like, direct post (no panel)? So yeah, your question is suprising. These are some resources that have helped me (and continue to do so): The Dance Music Manual Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio Mixing Audio Also you can always find a wealth of information by Googling or looking on Youtube for a specific topic. The advantage there is you can find tutorials using your own specific daw. Rozo's feeling saucy today, haha!

Hi T, thanks for the listen! Yeah, the attack is too slow for the fast passages... I will check all the articulations and see if there is one that better suits those parts... but again, I will most likely be using these for backing elements rather than up-front solos! I'm sure LASS is wonderful... (better be, at $999)... I'm probably not going to do tons of orchestral stuff though, and SSP should be enough for my needs, for now. Thanks, friend!

Wow T... this sounds really good... great soundchoices, great mixing/soundstaging, writing, sfx. Sounds blend very well together. Really varied and exciting too! I love it! I have NO criticisms of this one, I think it's your best work so far. I can only say best of luck with the panel!

I don't know these sources at all, so I can't comment on that or if it is too much of a medley... but your playing is gorgeous as always! I love it.

Haha, made you look! Air on the G String - J. S. Bach So I bought Session Strings Pro from the recent NI sale and I thought I would give it a tough challenge. It still sounds quite samply in the faster passages... I've been fighting with this... trying several different solutions... this may be as good as it gets, but overall I think the strings have a nice intimate sound. I will most likely be using them as backing elements, not exposed as they are here. Anyone have a suggestion on how to make it more realistic? Or is this just the nature of working with samples? This song represents several "firsts" for me. First time with SSP. First time using keyswitching. First time automating CC11 expression. And mainly, first time transcribing something like this from sheet music. I don't read sheet music and have never done that before. It was a wonderful exercise, and this is a lovely song. Thanks for reading/listening, and thanks in advance if you have any improvement suggestions!