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[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1358442180' post='1939291'] Sort of 70s, sort of funk, but not obvious, "East River" by the Brecker Brothers... [/quote] Wey Hey - I love that tune. Not sure it's up the Strasse of a pissed up postman pat down the dog and f#5k on a Friday night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7l1zjp_wb4 Garry

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1358427449' post='1938901'] Probably just me, but it's more logical and user friendly. I did a course a few years ago to get to understand Cubase, and still couldn't after 3 months. Logic and Garageband I picked up with no tuition, though I do use at Logic Pro at music college now. Garagband is basically a much stripped down version of Logic, but it does share some of the same instruments. Also if you decided that you wanted to get into recording and production more, then you're able to easily transfer ideas from Garageband on your Ipad into Logic on a laptop or iMac. Just me I guess, but it just makes more sense. [/quote] Sorry deleted my post.... I was talking about on the iPad [as OP] Cubasis on iPad has a lot going for it [and you can transfer as well] much more Audio & Midi tracks than Garageband [now't wrong with Garageband] With the [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Apogee jam, there is no MIDI in and out.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Of course the RME UCX is great [ I did say [i]starts[/i] to get expensive regarding the Alesis] but you are talking about a lot more dosh, if you need the extra in's & outs. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The Alesis does more than a good job for iPad for home recording and practise - and more importantly it's stable.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Garry[/font][/color]

Great stuff dude..! Well thought out arrangement, rather than just thrashing out for five minutes. Really good playing all round, no passengers, everyone doing their bit. Garry

If you want to do it properly - it' starts to get expensive. Alesis i/o dock. http://www.alesis.com/iodock http://www.maplin.co.uk/alesis-io-dock-588940?_$ja=kw:alesis+io+dock|cgn:Product%7c%7cTablets%7c%7cAlesis+io+dock%7c%7cN36nk|cgid:5107437269|tsid:45627|cn:Computing%7c%7cProduct|cid:112182149|lid:27306797839|mt:Broad|nw:search|crid:17384260709&gclid=CMaWmamR77QCFQ7LtAod4EMAGw Recording wise, two very good apps, both about £35.00 If you want more virtual instruments. Cubasis http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/ios_apps/cubasis.html Or the Auria http://auriaapp.com/Products/auria Garry

My link to the take on the picture for this month. http://soundcloud.com/garrycribb/sultans-mystery Garry

[quote name='matski' timestamp='1358328929' post='1936915'] Orchestra conductor to cellist: [sub]this may be apocryphal[/sub] [/quote] I like to think of [b]Sir[/b] Thomas Beecham as more than just 'Orchestra conductor'.... He just came up with so many funny, funny quotes. One of the best for silver tongued acid humour. Garry

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1358330181' post='1936947'] Fair call. But the bass is definitely the icing on the cake! [/quote] Yep, nice and punchy. Garry

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1358325202' post='1936861'] Another great sixties track which was made by the bassline (IMO) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0ARLbqJ6cg[/media] [/quote] We all hear it differently i suppose. For me [apart from a great tune and hook] it was the superb arrangement and great playing all round. Top song. Garry

Not so much wisdom, but musicians humour. 'Can I have the strings in my cans a bit earlier' - UK session Drummer Clem Cattini. Garry

Another one here for the Roland Quad Capture - very solid while working at very low latency. The MIDI drivers are very stable and plenty of audio signal going in to. Garry

'Wise Musicians are those who play what they can master' - Duke Ellington 'How do i get to the Festival Hall ?' - A cellist 'Practise ' - A tramp at Waterloo Station Garry

No real point in anyone winning this month then.... Only kidding - off to have a listen. Garry

There's no sound on those links, no idea what they sound like. Pics look good though. Garry

[quote name='urb' timestamp='1358173359' post='1934187'] Now all I need to do is buy Stylus and I'm sorted [/quote] Make sure you check out the demo's - Sound wise they will knock you out. http://www.spectrasonics.net/products/stylusrmx-audio.php You can also use Rex files in RMX - It comes with a converter for this. There are hundreds of free REX files on the net that kind folk upload. And dozens of RMX expansion libraries that are of a reasonable price. Garry And of course plenty of stuff on YouTube.

'Do you know Giant Steps ?' 'What the Coltrane tune ?' 'No the Police song' 'Giant steps are what you take' Garry

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1358168987' post='1934065'] Look out for some news on Notion 4 soon. We are going to be having a look at it on the blog! [/quote] I hope it's not a discount - I just purchased and downloaded a few days ago.. Must say that it is great, very easy to use and the bundled sounds are very usable [Orchestral, Jazz and Rock] Easy to import Sibelius and Finale files using Music XML files with good results, leaving all the articulations intact. Nice clean PDF export as well. Has Sequencer style MIDI underlay, so you can do velocity style editing. You can also import Audio files into the project, and export the score as an Audio file as well as MIDI or XML. With Sibelius being up in the air at the moment after the takeover, i just went for it. Garry

Great stuff... But after that intro,I bet all the Snakes have left their baskets and done a runner. Garry

[quote name='urb' timestamp='1358110127' post='1933362'] [b]'What Lies Beneath'[/b] [url="http://soundcloud.com/munkio/what-lies-beneath"]http://soundcloud.co...at-lies-beneath[/url] [/quote] I like that Mike - Interesting sounds as well. Fits the picture nicely. Omnisphere is great, and not really that expensive for what's available in it. Have you had a look at Stylus RMX from the same company ? Grooves/Loops and beats ranging from straight Kits,Cinematic,huge Percussion right through to Insane out there mangles. Hundreds of add on expansions for it - worth a look. They both have eight outputs, so if you set up a project template with just those two Synths, You have Sixteen MIDI channels to play with, great for messing around for ideas. Garry

If you want to go to £83.00 [download price] new kid on the block [b]'Notion 4'[/b] It comes with a very nice sample library - And all the Instruments are mapped out to staffs, so no setting up. It is very easy to use and has Jazz fonts as well as all the usual engraving fonts. All dynamic and articulation markings are mapped to the samples, so you will get a great idea of how it will really sound. Especially useful on Orchestral or Big Band arranging. I have been using Sibelius up until now, but not sure where future upgrades are going now that the London office has been shut down. [url="http://www.notionmusic.com/products/notion4.html"]http://www.notionmus...ts/notion4.html[/url] Garry

I would not put the score to 'West Side Story' towards the worst in Music, opinions of course. Although i have spent most of my Musical career playing on shows, which has always been a good time, I find it impossible to watch them, Theatre or on film. Garry

Just a case of cloning tracks these days [if you want to go down that route, now that tape is very little used] Better recording to two tracks at once, one DI'ed and one using a mic. Garry

Top album - with all those early albums, he managed to bring something new to the table each time. Garry

Some good reading here, although aimed at general broadcast levels. http://www.gearslutz.com/board/post-production-forum/107770-film-broadcast-levels.html EBU recommended levels. http://tech.ebu.ch/docs/r/r128.pdf Of course, for just slinging stuff up on SoundCloud, no fecking use what so ever.... Garry

There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding on K-Metering set up in this thread. Some folk using it [or intending to] might find it useful to go over the to website of Bob Katz. It is reasonably involved to work correctly if you don't know what you are doing [and i did not] I had a friend set it up for me - And i remember it involved downloading pink noise files, and monitor calibration. But i ain't no sound engineer, so might be talking bollox. Garry

I also use Predator for most of my Bass Synth stuff [mainly because it has a huge preset collection] Two good [free] Synths that are good for Bass. Charlatan 32 & 64 bit. [url="http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=325499"]http://www.kvraudio....ic.php?t=325499[/url] And this one...Bassimo [ only x32, but i have never had a problem using it bit bridged] It's quite simple and basic, but a lot of good sounds can be manipulated from it. A short operation video and download here. [url="http://myvst.com/vst-instruments/bass-synths/list-by-popularity/2048-bassimo-free"]http://myvst.com/vst...48-bassimo-free[/url] Garry