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songboy « Very cool, but not very necessary »
Published on 04/12/11 at 11:07I run this on Ableton 8 and Logic 9 and have had no compatibility issues. The manual is clear and efficient and I recommend it as this unit has a lot of options. The general config and setup is relatively simple but again, there are a lot of sounds and options so it can be a little convoluted. Well, this is kind of a special plugin so the typical functions is kind of hard to pin point. All the functions are for the most part in front of you.
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
So far I have had no issues using this software. It seems to run very well and the "alteration" of the sound is pretty amazing and accurate. Yes, the software is very stable. I have never had any crashes or hang ups and the sound quality is always clear and accurate. Well, for what it does, it does it very well. Imagine any sound or instruments coming out of any random electronic audio device, and you get exactly that. I especially like the telephone samples, they are by far the ones I use the most. I have been using this unit for 5 months.
OVERALL OPINION
What I like most about this unit is the guys at Audio Ease really took some time and have captured almost every scenario of electronic sound representation you could think of. It truly is remarkable but to be honest, I don't find that I need this to often in the Music recording business. If I were doing movie audio or just sampling things for stock audio, then I would consider this indispensable. But, I only do music work so I find this unit not being used very often. Because of that, I wish I hadn't bought it as it is not cheap. Again, the value of the work for the price is a great deal, but if you aren't going to use it that much, $400+ is a lot to spend. I don't think I have ever had another plugin that attempted to do what this one does so thoroughly. No, I wouldn't buy this again only because it doesn't apply to my field as much as other audio engineers (just my opinion). Maybe if I got a little more crazy in my effects processing I would use this more for interesting dynamic changes in my music.
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
So far I have had no issues using this software. It seems to run very well and the "alteration" of the sound is pretty amazing and accurate. Yes, the software is very stable. I have never had any crashes or hang ups and the sound quality is always clear and accurate. Well, for what it does, it does it very well. Imagine any sound or instruments coming out of any random electronic audio device, and you get exactly that. I especially like the telephone samples, they are by far the ones I use the most. I have been using this unit for 5 months.
OVERALL OPINION
What I like most about this unit is the guys at Audio Ease really took some time and have captured almost every scenario of electronic sound representation you could think of. It truly is remarkable but to be honest, I don't find that I need this to often in the Music recording business. If I were doing movie audio or just sampling things for stock audio, then I would consider this indispensable. But, I only do music work so I find this unit not being used very often. Because of that, I wish I hadn't bought it as it is not cheap. Again, the value of the work for the price is a great deal, but if you aren't going to use it that much, $400+ is a lot to spend. I don't think I have ever had another plugin that attempted to do what this one does so thoroughly. No, I wouldn't buy this again only because it doesn't apply to my field as much as other audio engineers (just my opinion). Maybe if I got a little more crazy in my effects processing I would use this more for interesting dynamic changes in my music.