So rather than a '30 days with...', I'm instead going to do a '4 articles with'. That should amount to 30-45 days of usage.

What am I using primarily this time? Cubase 10.

So I'll be focusing on some things that I like/dislike in Cubase, along with some general commentary and maybe some tips/tricks?

I won't be covering anything that I've covered already. Only new stuff.

Read more if you want to know why there's no 'real' article this week, and why there may not be one next week.

Kilohearts Phase Plant has been out a little while now, and I've spent a good bit of time with it.

I rarely do reviews when I believe something has been covered thoroughly, and I think Phase Plant has been. Hopefully I can provide some level of thoroughness and maybe a bit of insight beyond what else is out there.

This review is of the Professional version.

We recently had an interview session with the fine people at KiloHearts over at the EDMP Discord

In the last DAW v DAW post I indicated that JSFX in Reaper may be flawed. I was obviously wrong, I knew I was wrong, and here's where I explain how I was wrong.

No text today. If you like text, then go read the documentation.

THIS ARTICLE IS WRONG. IGNORE IT

Even MORE DAW testing. This time we reach the darkest, ugliest corner of Automation across DAWs: plugin automation.

This is a very difficult thing to test fairly, so instead I'll be walking you through how things can work, how you can test them, and how to express your anger in a healthy manner.

Next in the series won't be automation. :) (Even though there will be more automation to explore...)

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                        Bunghole - an aperture through which a cask can be filled or emptied.
                        
                      

Also, an ode to Beavis and Butthead.

Today I'll be experimenting with my Kali Audio LP8s. A simple "mod" that's been around almost as long as speakers have been around and the ramifications.

Recently I took delivery of Eve Audio SC307 and a TS112 Subwoofer.

I live-streamed the unboxing and initial setup, and here's some information regarding how I tuned the setup and some caveats.

In the last series I explored DAW fader automation. There's more to this though:

• Some DAWs have multiple volume automation points, and expectations of what to use.
• Some DAWs may have settings that affect automation.
• Some DAWs are tricky little buggers.
• Some companies are pretty cool.
  • Or not.

Please join me as I explore these facets and see more about how automation differs between products.

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It's time for everyone's favorite DAW v DAW series!

Today I'll be covering a difference that really annoys me: Automation smoothing.

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The review is concluded. A few days earlier than 45 days since I announced it, but nearly a week longer that I've been using it for this review in private.

Will it end poorly or end well??

Or will you just never want to visit this website again?

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Here's where things get fun for both the novice and the advanced user: Max for Live.

It's either a $199 purchase, or it comes with Live Suite (as of this writing). I won't be doing an in-depth review of Max for Live, since that could easily be a series larger than the Live review itself (I believe M4L is more functional and capable than Live). Instead this is an overview of how Max for Live impacts the ability, functionality and value of Live.

Max for Live is probably the most incredible value you can get as a Live user, so let me explain why...

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Here we go with the fun part where I talk shi.... review the native effects included with Live.

Before I start here I ask one thing of you: be impressed with my screenshots. I had to write some software to take, crop and fix the corners. Bonus points to anyone that can spot the artifact of the corner fixing algorithm in some of the screenshots. (It's really subtle)

This time I won't be going into technical detail, but instead talking about how I "feel" about the products. Somewhat like a normal review I suppose.

Without further ado...

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This is a post where I'm a bit out of date, and my abilities to properly test the software are somewhat limited. I have toured and one of those tours was with Live in the backend. I played drums and used Live to control lighting, control vocalist effects live, trigger loops and live sample replacement on drums. This was in the era of Ableton Live 6-7.

I will do my best to cover Live as it pertains to its use as a Live music platform, but I don't make any claims to an attempt at high-quality coverage.

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I've not been friendly to Live so far, and this post isn't going to convince you otherwise. (hang on though... more coming still!).

This is the article where I discuss the mixing process in Live, which I've found to be the most painful of the 3 main processes in the modern music making process.

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It's time to cover what I consider "editing" in Ablteton Live, and by 'cover' I mean: "become excruciatingly frustrated with".

Welp. On with it...

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In the comments section of the last article, someone asked: "How do you spend the 45 days? How much of it is by-the-books feature evaluation and how much is actual real-life music making scenarios?"

So let me walk you through how I go about one of these "30 days with..." reviews.

Today I'm going to cover the act of getting sound into Ableton Live. Not editing things, but just getting the basic sounds in.

It's a surprisingly large article for the topic, and surprisingly... well, you can wait till the end.

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Waveform 10 has been out for a little while, but I'm just now getting to it. Lucky me too, because it's been a rough launch for them.

The release is pretty huge though! One of the more significant updates to a DAW recently, at least in terms of workflow changes and added products.

Let's get on with it.

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