ToneX questions

[Shask]

Tonex sounds much better here IMO.

Yeah, I also think the ToneX sounds better. The VST has that sort of synthetic fat bass thing going on that lots of modelers have. I dont notice that as much in the ToneX clip.

 

[OldGtrGuy]

Max is worthless unless you really want the IK captures (which aren't that great). The base software can use unlimited user captures and there's not really any upside to purchasing Max over it IMO.

It's on sale for $99

 

[Shask]

It's on sale for $99

Like I mentioned, what I did, was just buy Total Studio 4 MAX. It comes with pretty much everything and on sale for only $200.

 

[MatrixClaw]

Like I mentioned, what I did, was just buy Total Studio 4 MAX. It comes with pretty much everything and on sale for only $200.

TRacks, Modo Bass 2 and ARC are definitely worth that price alone. The rest is just gravy.

If you don't want to spend more than $100 @OldGtrGuy - the base version of Total Studio is more worth the money with everything else you get. You get ToneX SE, plus a ton of other stuff.

 

[OldGtrGuy]

TRacks, Modo Bass 2 and ARC are definitely worth that price alone. The rest is just gravy.

If you don't want to spend more than $100 @OldGtrGuy - the base version of Total Studio is more worth the money with everything else you get. You get ToneX SE, plus a ton of other stuff.

How are the drum kits on there?

May be worth the buy for me if those are good. Been testing the free ones I can find and have been considering buying the Urgitone collection.

If the drums in total studio 4 MAX are just as good or better then it's a no brainer for me.

Keep in mind the only thing I care to record is modern metal or 90s death metal.

 

[MatrixClaw]

How are the drum kits on there?

May be worth the buy for me if those are good. Been testing the free ones I can find and have been considering buying the Urgitone collection.

If the drums in total studio 4 MAX are just as good or better then it's a no brainer for me.

Keep in mind the only thing I care to record is modern metal or 90s death metal.

The Metal kit that comes with Max is pretty good, though I'd really just suggest getting the Architects GGD kit when it's on sale, but MODO Drums is a good bit more flexible. I never really understood the love for the Urgitone kits. They sound super robotic to me.

As far as TRacks is concerned - I moved from Waves to them a few years ago and don't regret it one bit. The TRacks plugins have way more character IMO. MODO Bass is my favorite bass plugin, period. Unless you're looking for a very specific sound, it can do basically anything. I haven't touched any of my real basses in a while because it's just so much easier to get a great sound out of it than recording takes over and over and then mixing it to sit in the mix right.

 

[Shask]

I was watching Thomas McRocklin on youtube, and he announced he was working on a new plugin, and as soon as I heard it was released, I got it, at the $99 intro price; there have been a few upgrades since then. It was so good, I decided to build a computer rig around it. I also have a few Neural DSP plugins, Helix Native, Marshall Amp Room, Blue Cat Audio Axiom,...but the PolyChromeDSP McRocklin Suite is my main plugin for guitar.


I use Blue Cat Audio's PatchWork to create patches in a standard format using different plugins; it also has utilities like gain, noise gates, eqs, so I can adjust my patches without going into the individual plugins and patches. I use a KMI SoftStep2 MIDI controller, and I have several maps each with up to 10 PatchWork patches assigned...so I can have different pedal boards with different combinations of patches...

Also got an Arturia Minifuse:1 audio interface for $99.

A few weeks ago, I decided to make a more portable computer plugin rig for guitar; found a refurbished Dell rugged tablet with touchscreen for $200 on Amazon, here's PolyChrome DSP McRocklin Suite running on it:




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I started a thread about it here, and it has a link to my first computer rig assembly: https://www.rig-talk.com/forum/threads/computer-rig-2.316425/


Plugins are working great for me, and this rugged Dell tablet is perfect for it IMO.



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I am looking at getting a new desktop so that I can consolidate all my music software. I haven't really been into it the last few years, so I have a bunch of Native Instruments synths and such on one laptop, and now I have all the IK Multimedia stuff on a different laptop. Neither are really great for music stuff, so I am thinking about getting a new good desktop to combine all my music stuff in one place, since I normally only use that software when I am in my music room.

I also have a million editors also, like Fractal, Source Audio, TC Electronic, Rocktron, etc...

 

[rsm]

I am looking at getting a new desktop so that I can consolidate all my music software. I haven't really been into it the last few years, so I have a bunch of Native Instruments synths and such on one laptop, and now I have all the IK Multimedia stuff on a different laptop. Neither are really great for music stuff, so I am thinking about getting a new good desktop to combine all my music stuff in one place, since I normally only use that software when I am in my music room.

I also have a million editors also, like Fractal, Source Audio, TC Electronic, Rocktron, etc...

makes sense to have powerful computer if you're using it for a DAW; most of the editors and plugins I have are fairly lightweight, and I'm usually only running 1-3 at atime.

with the exception of Hauptwerk; which needs lots of memory, cores and compute power. I have a 32GB RAM, i7 laptop for Hauptwerk, and it's not sufficient for more than the basic instrument samples; 128GB RAM would probably run any of the Hauptwerk samples.

 

[MatrixClaw]

Tonex sounds much better here IMO.

Hard disagree. The first clip is way better IMO. ToneX sounds super nasally here. If you put vocals over it, it'll get buried alive.