Recent content by gbondo9

Thanks man - I did just that - I appreciate the recommendation!

I've come across LOADS of high level and basic overviews of Reaper Plugins, but very few that provide comprehensive details of how everything works, so I decided to try my hand at starting a series that covers (at least to start with) complete reviews of what every checkbox, slider, meter and...

ha - yes - I literally set out to make the video that I wish I had watched when I started this journey!

I made a video to comprehensively review every aspect of reaComp Reaper in the Weeds: ReaComp - Comprehensive Overview - YouTube Thought some folks in here might find it useful

There's a ton of free ones out there: Tube / Tape plugins - VST 4 FREE I'm a fan of the SoftTube saturation knob, but it's an ordeal to install: Saturation Knob | Softube

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Anyone ever dealt with Pacific Pro Audio? http://www.pacificproaudio.com/ I got their link of of TapeOp and they have some very affordable mics. I've heard good things about their hard drives, but has anyone ever used their mics? Are they just Chinese imports? Modified? QA'd? Thanks, Todd

Ive played the ZBT's, I've owned some B8's and some XS20's...and just recently I played some Paiste PST 5's. The Paiste's were the best of the bunch in my opinion. I really really liked the hats on those. The ZBT's were by far the worst. Ive never played Staggs.

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I'll give you a nanocomp and some ocean front property in Arizona for the lot of it. final offer.

For folk/rock - you might want to look into some "overdrive" pedals. The tend to be a little tamer and less gritty than distortion pedals.

I would say mic the cab. Play around with mic placement on the speaker. What kind of mic(s) are you using? Layering multiple tracks (with different tones and/or clean/dist) also helps.

We need to know your budget and end goal. Do you want to eventually make music that you can release/sell to the public? Is this just for you? Do you want to eventually record bands, or just yourself. Do you need to be portable?

Microphones. You're definitely gonna want one or two of these little gems. I call them my "secret weapons". ;)

Working for a software development company myself - I can tell you that more often than not - operating costs, research and development, and competition drive the price of products like this. Our shop has over 800 people working for it, from software development, web dev, IT, Project Mgmt...