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On the subj of reverb plugins there are some nice freebies out there. I'd recommend the following: Variety of Sound Epic Plate 2 https://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/2023/09/18/epicplate-mkii-released/ Variety of Sound have recently released an ambience reverb called Clouds. I haven't tried it yet but VoS is a good developer so you might want to give it a go. Klanghelm Tens Jr - cut-down version of the Tens spring reverb https://klanghelm.com/contents/products/TENSjr Sanford Reverb - good general purpose reverb and very controllable, Windows only. https://www.lesliesanford.com/vst/plugins/ Reaper stock reverb Reaverbate is OK as a starting point but I like to use the stock reverb convolver Reaverb. This has its own editable reverb generator but - more usefully - it can load reverb impulses. You probably already know this but there are a number of free reverb impulse libraries out there including natural spaces like caves, rooms, concert halls and samples of vintage reverb units. These impulses can be loaded into Reaverb There's a particularly nice selection of edited Lexicon 480L reverb sounds at https://www.housecallfm.com/download-gns-personal-lexicon-480l There are also some well-regarded Bricasti impulses out there but I've not used them. Download the impulses into their own directory, insert Reaverb on the track (or a send) then browse to the directory and load a reverb impulse. Kenny Gioia explains better in this video

PlugIn Alliance sale of selected Brainworx plugins including their Ampeg amp / cab sims. Including B15-N, SVT3-Pro, SVTVR, SVT VR Classic and V4B. $19.99 (plus UK VAT) each, down from (typically) $149.99 Also reductions on lots of channel strips, guitar amp sims, EQ's, reverbs, etc. https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products.html

A very fine selection of end-of-year covers. Best wishes to all participants, espec those kind souls who keep the Composition Challenge on the road.

https://www.voosteq.com/model-n-channel/ New Neve Channel strip by VoosteQ, choice of pre-amp, comp, eq and 1073 console types. Lots of features. Limited-time intro offer $19.99 (£16.60 at current rate of exchange). Works with Apple and Windows. Check for DAW compatibility. (I took a flyer and it works fine so far with Reaper). 14-day free trial, no restrictions. Nice sound, flexible, slightly arty UI.

What ho! It's an old Joe Jackson song that's got nowt to do with Christmas and featuring Mr Gordon Gecko. Edit For Lyrics

Done.

Hi Barrister and welcome to the forum

I was instantly reminded of Mr Robyn Hitchcock's song Brenda's Iron Sledge which contains the immortal lines: The grasshoppers curl up and burst And Brenda shovels on the wurst All aboard, Brenda's iron sledge Please don't call me Reg, it's not my name

Same here. Though I nearly came badly unstuck one time when I briefly considered recording something carried by an acoustic guitar in drop D. After a bit of thought I switched to a solo piano, posted it and then heard someone else's (much better executed) song carried by... er... an acoustic guitar in drop D

Great song and a well-deserved win👍 Nice one, Doc!

Congratulations, Dave; you are the proud owner of a neck with a 'ski jump'. image from https://hazeguitars.com/blog/neck-shimming-and-ski-jumps-the-latest-research Opinion is divided about the cause of ski jumps; some say it's caused by shimming. Others disagree and as one might expect there's a 19-page thread on Talkbass about it. The solutions include (i) progressively reducing the fret height or if it's really bad (ii) pop the frets, plane the board level and put in new frets. Or crank the action skywards and put up with it, ache-y hand and all.

Quick PS: This month I decided not to use MT Power Drum Kit and instead deployed Monster Drums, a freebie by Indonesian developer Agius Hardiman. The nice thing about Monster Drums is that it's a sort of wrapper for a range of 20+ different sampled kits for use with different genres including pop, metal, reggae, East Asian trad and pop. Includes Linn and Cajon kits. Sounds can be routed to individual or grouped channels. The kit packs are fairly small, mostly less than 100mb so no round robins or (afaics) velocity specific samples. Works OK, though and fairly light on CPU. It's just gone up to V2 (64bit only) but I think the 32bit version may still be lurking somewhere. The only annoying thing is that the developers page takes a while to load, otherwise the package is an easy install.

From my soon-to-drop new album Songs For Moaning Bastards Lyrics ↓