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  1. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    Nobody is asking you for proof of anything, let alone was this thread about how BMI's international reporting requirements differ from its domestic US reqs, so I don't intend to spend my time convincing parties on here to see an underlying issue with any PROs' non-standardized solutions to the...
  2. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    Ad codes are not how usage are reported. Things like PDFs, like we're still living in the 1990s, are how BMI solicit reporting. https://www.bmi.com/pdfs/commercial_jingle.pdf If it was six months ago like when I posted this, I'd have more choice words about it but because I was recruited into...
  3. T-LeffoH

    Multiple Hard Drive Best Practices: Partitions, Libraries, Data and Mitigating Streaming Bottlenecks in an NVMe and SSD setup

    There's the possibility to bottleneck the components of any system, but best practices are usually there for a reason, not necessarily because technology outdates their application.
  4. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    I agree there needs to be a lot of improvement. Compared to regulated, physical products on the market, the regulatory aspect of control over digital assets is behind the curve, and because IP authorship & publishing crosses borders, it complicates the nature of who should be solving it...
  5. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    They absolutely should, but there aren't enough regulatory controls, on national & international levels, to ensure businesses operating in digital space, with digital assets, have business processes to account for use of their assets in reporting and application against real world use.
  6. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    Sometimes in the broadcast space it also isn't the publisher registering it, it might get registered by the PRO because it shows up in a production's cue sheet with information from your publisher before your publisher registers the music themselves. It depends on the publisher, but in...
  7. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    No apologies needed, all good, just trying to gather whatever useful information I can for whatever followup channels make the most sense. With what Richard described, I certainly wouldn't rule out talking to an attorney to understand what additional cases to benefit composers have been before...
  8. T-LeffoH

    How to set up a slave for use with Cubase?!

    These are the requirements. So long as you can install Vienna Ensemble Pro 7 on the machines, their difference in OS is not an issue. https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Vienna_Ensemble_PRO/System_Requirements I'm not sure how "easy" I would say setup ever is, as there are infinitely customizable use...
  9. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    Thanks Roger, did your statement just contain some internal broadcast title for the promotion vs a show/episode name?
  10. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    With all due respect, his comment has probably been the most productive. Did you have alternatives to suggest from experience managing complex, enterprise data needs for businesses? I have plenty of ideas from such R&D experience in the automotive industry but I'm less inclined to publish them...
  11. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    BMI's royalty distribution for Q2'2022 was in November, the Q3'2022 distribution will be in February...ASCAP has its own business processes. As I mentioned in OP it was a BMI statement. Cue sheets are only part of the process, and handled by whatever post production team are responsible for it...
  12. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    Thanks Richard, at least it gives more real world context, appreciate it. I'm not sure ridding this whole ecosystem of PROs helps; while they're maybe incredibly immature at improving their business technology & capabilities to fulfill their perceived role from a non-profit function, they're...
  13. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    Though in my experience, a failure in business process involving multiple parties' functions to happen doesn't necessarily mean it is any one institutions' fault, it just means their are immature ways to manage errors in data quality, and the fault is shared by parties, including me, if there...
  14. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    This is from BMI's site directly. (https://www.bmi.com/creators) "BMI’s royalty distributions typically cover performance activity that has taken place 6 to 8 months in the past, so please ensure your inquiry falls within this timeframe." If what I know from the information I have is correct...
  15. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    It is with an exclusive library, and they've previously registered the track or the production reported on another cue sheet, for another use, as the track was used elsewhere beyond a promotional spot. The only reason the promotional spot not being on my statement stuck out is that placements &...
  16. T-LeffoH

    Commercial not reported to PRO

    Has anybody had a library track used in a promotional announcement by a network? And if so, how was it reported in your royalty statement? A track of mine was used by a network for a promotional announcement in Q2, which I initially found out by seeing it air randomly, and just presumed I would...
  17. T-LeffoH

    We need to talk about self-promotion

    These assumptions are false. There are infinite opportunities for self-promotion and there is no one-size-fits-all, people simply need to get creative.
  18. T-LeffoH

    We need to talk about self-promotion

    If that is your end goal, then having your music available on similar sites may open up more opportunity to interact with others, tho that ecosystem is also the wild west of rights management. My main point was simply that this entire thread is based on broad, false assumptions by OP since...
  19. T-LeffoH

    We need to talk about self-promotion

    This thread is a bit misaligned from the start given the vagueness of the OP's original post, clearly not understanding what promotion is and OP comments about limitations in posting links to works are nonsensical and false...Facebook, Twitter, many other mediums allow links, there is absolutely...
  20. T-LeffoH

    Are mounting copyright infringement strikes going to render commercial sample content useless?

    It's definitely not uncommon for a provider to bind its users to blanket agreements like that in using their services but not sure what you mean in reference to market size for totally original music. The size of the music market likely wouldn't grow or shrink meaningfully based on a changes...
  21. T-LeffoH

    Are mounting copyright infringement strikes going to render commercial sample content useless?

    It might help to demystify YouTube's solution for this issue. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797370?hl=en It's not complicated, it's conceptually simple, and it was mandated on YouTube by the publishing industry. Google applied minimal effort on their end to resolve it, did not...
  22. T-LeffoH

    Are mounting copyright infringement strikes going to render commercial sample content useless?

    The underlying issue you reference is not being qualitatively or quantitatively resolved in an appropriate manner due to the disparate nature of the industries involved. The fact that the B2B music industry licenses stems of its music is confounded by a YouTube service created to try to resolve...
  23. T-LeffoH

    Do you think Apple will announce new M2 based Macs during the upcoming WWDC22 Event June 6-10 ?

    The chip performance benchmarks have made me consider upgrading to the Mac Studio M1 ultra, as they’ll keep that compatible with OS upgrades for a long time. It seems to be benchmarking ahead of many existing Mac Pro models.
  24. T-LeffoH

    Do you think Apple will announce new M2 based Macs during the upcoming WWDC22 Event June 6-10 ?

    At the end of the day, I’m not sure how much Intel or AMD are worried about energy efficiency of their chips as a strategic response to Apple, as their business model being component manufacturers is different than Apple’s. They have their chips in so many different places as is. They certainly...
  25. T-LeffoH

    Do you think Apple will announce new M2 based Macs during the upcoming WWDC22 Event June 6-10 ?

    Unless Apple is going to slash their margins for users on upgrade costs, I don't see how they'll offer a 1.5 TB RAM upgrade for new M2 Mac Pro without a huge purchase price. I'm about due for an upgrade to a machine that will last another 10+ years but don't see myself investing in a Mac Pro...
  26. T-LeffoH

    Now here...MOTU DP11

    Unusual bug I came across while using DP 11, or attempting to use, still on a VPN connection. At least with my VPN software, any project files were crashing. Simply disconnecting resolved the issue but hadn't seen that before.
  27. T-LeffoH

    Talk me out of True Strike.

    Are you sure it was herpes? I thought it was something more like trench foot...? Or trench feet?
  28. T-LeffoH

    Orchestral composers: What size is your buffer?

    From an operational perspective, putting everything you use on the Mac Pro will eliminate many variables; at some point that's my plan when I decide to drop my VEPro PCs for just one machine. EDIT: And insofar as my settings, in DP I'm at 256 with 2x on the VEPro instances.
  29. T-LeffoH

    Guy STEALS my live performance. Then issues copyright strike against it.

    Content ID solutions already provide live streamers with somewhat of an operational option to protect their content. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9896248?hl=en The underlying issues, as Daniel alluded in a reply to me, have more to do with the logic built into YouTube's solution -...
  30. T-LeffoH

    Guy STEALS my live performance. Then issues copyright strike against it.

    Only speaking from my analyst experience...but they can do exactly you're saying - they just don't. Most issues, like this & others, I read/hear of from their copyright strike system are things that aren't particularly complicated to solution and are generally preventable.
  31. T-LeffoH

    Guy STEALS my live performance. Then issues copyright strike against it.

    "Surely an algorithm is smart enough to check release dates, I guess not. And this is the inherent danger of using AI to determine copyright issues. AI doesn't understand context." I think the issue goes a bit beyond this actually and relates more to quality issues that will always occur from...
  32. T-LeffoH

    Anthology II: Adagio general discussion

    Mostly similar, as somebody pointed out to me a while back, 8dio changed the value range of the velocity which triggers portamento on the legato patches when porting over from Adagio/Agitato to Anthology. I think it went from anything below 40 to anything below 20.
  33. T-LeffoH

    MacOS Big Sur Now Available for Public Beta

    I've never heard of users having issues loading older libraries in Kontakt 6 (or Kontakt 5 when it came out) as it's typically advertised as forward-compatible with older files. Are you seeing this with specific libraries?
  34. T-LeffoH

    East west play on mac catalina

    Are you exceeding voice threshold at all? If you're exceeding the threshold, Play will automatically drop out voices. Whenever I load a new Play instrument into my template, I'll generally increase this to a higher number and I recall doing this on almost all my Hollywood Strings legato patches.
  35. T-LeffoH

    8Dio Anniversary Sale!

    Hopefully but if you happen to receive the V8P discount it's already worth it at that ~$140 at 65% off price. As a follow up, I will say the only downside to Lacrimosa - at least for me - is that the syllables of the multi-vowels are the only Tempo-Synched feature but not user-input Staccatos...
  36. T-LeffoH

    8Dio Anniversary Sale!

    Lacrimosa is great if you're looking for an epic choir sound. It's easily the biggest sounding choral library I've come across. However, it may go on sale during December for less than with using the current discount. I bought it for $98 during a December sale.
  37. T-LeffoH

    Digital Performer 10.13 update?

    Thanks for sharing. I'll have to check them out. I don't think it was mentioned in this thread specifically, but if people are interested in scripting-type workflow optimization with any DAW (or creative software in general) they should consider utilizing QuicKeys or Keyboard Maestro. Most DAW...
  38. T-LeffoH

    Digital Performer 10.13 update?

    The points you have tried to make are falling on deaf ears since I, and many others as they've indicated, are not inclined to entertain meandering points. A workflow is the sum of its parts, not specifically beholden to what one element - in the case you're describing, a piece of software -...
  39. T-LeffoH

    Video: Something new landing October 29th

    I have no idea what "Universal upgrade is available to anyone and any previous version of AmpliTube" means. It's the most non-specific, ambiguous statement about upgrade structure and pricing for existing software users I've ever seen. I hope they provide better clarification around what...
  40. T-LeffoH

    Digital Performer 10.13 update?

    I might be biased from other work experience but it's just bizarre to me. I've been involved with software companies who have a larger internal user base than MOTU's consumer world and they release a dozen patches per quarter as compared to MOTU's infrequent release habits in a B2C world...
  41. T-LeffoH

    Digital Performer 10.13 update?

    I had to catch up on this thread after a busy few days but there's no way he uses DP extensively so was surprised to see the barrage of his posts and pretty much ignored all of them. I've been similarly using DP for over 15 years but simply wish they'd change a few things... A willingness to...
  42. T-LeffoH

    How much $$$ for a decent laptop for music production?

    It depends on how much you'll use it, and for what size projects, but I'd recommend to go with 64 GB, worst case scenario no less than 32 GB. I have two of the same laptop, one effectively as a contingency for the other, but the additional RAM is so helpful. Plus having VE Pro to micromanage...
  43. T-LeffoH

    Dicky Deegan's Uilleann Pipes by Xtant Audio

    Thanks for patiently responding to peoples' feedback @d.healey. I had been eyeing this - because frankly I have f**king loved the sound of bagpipes in general since I was a kid - but on the fence about it because I've been nose deep in jazz arrangements for most of COVID so won't have much use...
  44. T-LeffoH

    Digital Performer 10.13 update?

    Just curious, which bugs were you encountering in 10.11?
  45. T-LeffoH

    Digital Performer 10.13 update?

    Has anybody downloaded/installed this yet and experienced any major issues? i.e. VE-Pro issues or third-party plugin problems
  46. T-LeffoH

    CLOSED FS:Nothing

    The method by which you are trying to sell the library doesn't change the provisions under the user agreement. And it might not be the brightest idea to openly advertise doing it on a forum which sees participation from individuals working at, or associated with, EW.
  47. T-LeffoH

    Those that bought EWHO this year, what did you think?

    Which Leg Slur patch under which subfolder between Leg Slur+Port or Slur+Port Powerful Sys? There are many different Leg Slur patches so it's difficult to test/compare without selecting the same one.
  48. T-LeffoH

    8Dio Eternal Summer Sale - New Offer Every Day

    That's rather weird; they could've programmed the pitch shifts into the Kontakt instrument directly so it just came off as chromatic.
  49. T-LeffoH

    Those that bought EWHO this year, what did you think?

    Oh I know you weren't, Nick was. I've never found consolidated drives to be a good idea for anything. It just increases opportunities for more than one thing to fail. And one SSD per section is ideal but I haven't found it necessary in my use as the Percussion section isn't as much of a...
  50. T-LeffoH

    Those that bought EWHO this year, what did you think?

    I wasn't bringing up the restrictions of how it works for theoretical reasons, rather how the original poster was seeking to improve performance using multiple drives. Presumably because it's > 650 GB of data and streaming it all off of one disk will probably just run into performance issues...
  51. T-LeffoH

    Those that bought EWHO this year, what did you think?

    I'm not sure that solution would give @hbjdk the ability to parse out that certain Mic directories be stored and read from one of the external drives while the rest from the other. That functionality just works in a way where when the volume runs out of space on one drive, it just starts writing...
  52. T-LeffoH

    Those that bought EWHO this year, what did you think?

    Thanks for the sympathies and no, please don't apologise for anything. You're reading too much into my comment and the fact that I happened to quote your post of any of the derailed posts.
  53. T-LeffoH

    Those that bought EWHO this year, what did you think?

    Both my parents were just diagnosed with COVID and I can't believe I'm having to read a pissing contest about something unrelated to this thread that isn't really that important in the first place. Sigh...
  54. T-LeffoH

    Those that bought EWHO this year, what did you think?

    If it's not working by creating a symlink for the highest level level subdirectory, I might speculate the only way it could work is by creating symlinks for every subdirectory and file.
  55. T-LeffoH

    Those that bought EWHO this year, what did you think?

    Curious solution but how are you implementing those directories for one library on different drives in practice when the EW installation center only has the capability of pointing a library to one directory? Using aliases for the subdirectory-level content? I've never tried to see if that would...
  56. T-LeffoH

    Those that bought EWHO this year, what did you think?

    Same here. The extra mics completely change the fullness of the sound. After downloading, I was playing around with them, kept toggling mics on/off to make sure but it's just like night & day. The playback sound of every instrument seems far more well-rounded, pronounced, and controllable on a...
  57. T-LeffoH

    Piano Libraries, we have loves, favourites, unloved, but which one is your go to piano library?

    I'm kind of surprised not to see The Giant on here. Of all the pianos I have from Komplete, besides The Grandeur, I've used that one the most, especially if I'm going for the Thomas Newman sound.
  58. T-LeffoH

    8Dio Eternal Summer Sale - New Offer Every Day

    Yeah they are. Elysium was on my short list of options but I guess have never been pulled me over the figurative purchase finish line on any of Soundiron's stuff, for whatever reason.
  59. T-LeffoH

    8Dio Eternal Summer Sale - New Offer Every Day

    I had been looking for a better Harp library for a while and glad they had the Century library on sale. The glissandis are fantastic, glad I bought it.
  60. T-LeffoH

    8Dio Eternal Summer Sale - New Offer Every Day

    I agree. I was just being ironical.
  61. T-LeffoH

    8Dio Eternal Summer Sale - New Offer Every Day

    I noticed a couple hours ago. Maybe they're running out of items to put on sale?
  62. T-LeffoH

    What will go into NI Komplete Ultimate 13?

    When/if you decide to upgrade to Ultimate, I'd highly recommend waiting until they run the 50% off sale, usually in the summers and a much better bang for the buck.
  63. T-LeffoH

    What will go into NI Komplete Ultimate 13?

    https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/bundles/komplete-13-ultimate/compare/ They never do a particularly great job of showing the overlap between previous versions and the new version. After looking over the first few lines where the response in my mind was "Don't need" or...
  64. T-LeffoH

    What will go into NI Komplete Ultimate 13?

    NI upgrade prices on these bundles feel like they are becoming a bit out of whack and unjustified in some ways. I have Komplete 11 Ultimate and upgraded to Komplete 12 but I won't ever upgrade to any version of 13 until they have a 50% off sale on my update price as there are only one or two...
  65. T-LeffoH

    I need a library or a synth for making sound design-y soundscapey stuff.

    I might suggest considering incorporating Polyverse's Gatekeeper into your collection. https://polyversemusic.com/products/gatekeeper/ It's only $50 and I've found it fascinating to use in a variety of ways. I picked it up when I was looking for plugin that could provide for things like more...
  66. T-LeffoH

    Petition for better pay from Spotify at change.org. SIGN IT!!!!!!!

    They have been involved where they can but I believe the most complicated aspect to the problem is that these streaming services operate internationally. And because of this PROs have to deal with the realities of different copyright laws/precedent per country and potentially legal restrictions...
  67. T-LeffoH

    Petition for better pay from Spotify at change.org. SIGN IT!!!!!!!

    The deals that labels negotiate with a streaming service to have music in their catalogue on a service is not as relevant because the rates for writer royalties comes from a combination of things on the PRO side - i.e. blanket license costs to licensees & streaming royalty rates established on a...
  68. T-LeffoH

    Petition for better pay from Spotify at change.org. SIGN IT!!!!!!!

    The petition itself is a bit bizarre because it really isn't specific enough to accomplish anything given that the legal obligations required of Spotify and other streaming services for licensing are different per country. Are songwriters & composers underpaid for music streaming royalties...
  69. T-LeffoH

    Libraries vs platforms such as Pond5 and Audiojungle

    I'm not sure who you're asking but in my case, no, I removed my content from all royalty-free services.
  70. T-LeffoH

    Libraries vs platforms such as Pond5 and Audiojungle

    Breach of contract can be very messy. Like any agreement between two parties, composers can always simply ask a publisher, absent a provision, to just revert the rights to them if they aren't exploiting the works but the publisher is under little obligation. I do think legislation in the US is...
  71. T-LeffoH

    Libraries vs platforms such as Pond5 and Audiojungle

    Under current US law, to reacquire rights to a work for non-exploitation there needs to be a reversion clause in the agreement. Reversion of the rights to the original author if the administrator does not exploit the underlying intellectual property is not automatic under any precedent outside...
  72. T-LeffoH

    Libraries vs platforms such as Pond5 and Audiojungle

    I agree with many of your points and have had similar experiences. I wasn't getting into too much detail in my initial post as it's always a complex web of participants, many of whom aren't directly the composer or publishers. The next few years will see a shift in how fair market is...
  73. T-LeffoH

    Does keeping your physical desk clean of clutter make you a better composer like the late great Ennio Morricone??

    This is just a shot in the dark...but it might be because intelligence and the Academy Awards have practically no correlation...?
  74. T-LeffoH

    Does keeping your physical desk clean of clutter make you a better composer like the late great Ennio Morricone??

    Most research & data analysis seems to suggest messiness is an indicator of higher intelligence, not the opposite.
  75. T-LeffoH

    Best woodwinds library

    I would suggest Synchron-ized Woodwinds over the VI Series, but that's just my preference. The Synchron WW doesn't include ensemble patches like the VI series - at least for the time being - but having used the VI interface with other VSL products, I much prefer the Synchron interface.
  76. T-LeffoH

    Best woodwinds library

    I second this. I'd been using the original VSL woodwinds for a long time before finally upgrading to the Synchron-ized Woodwinds and love them. None of the legato sampling in other woodwind libraries I use has ever seemed to come close to VSL.
  77. T-LeffoH

    Libraries vs platforms such as Pond5 and Audiojungle

    It's definitely one of the first things I noticed and dabbled in stock music a bit but the main issue I have with it is the saturation. I eventually took my music off those platforms and worked to get it with exclusive libraries instead. Even non-exclusive options like AudioSparx are so overly...
  78. T-LeffoH

    Libraries vs platforms such as Pond5 and Audiojungle

    From what I could gather working with a few different, exclusive libraries and chatting with the people there, the underlying motivations to potentially limit working with composers who are not also writing stock music seems to be a combination of broader, industry interests more so than how the...
  79. T-LeffoH

    Suggestions for DAW to switch to from DP between Cubase and Logic? - I'm fed up.

    Yes, nearly every single routing was screwed up but then I would expect the Bundles settings to be screwed up as a byproduct of the issue that was caused. However, given I did not touch any of the Bundles settings directly, I would never think of it as a root cause of the issue. In all of the...
  80. T-LeffoH

    Suggestions for DAW to switch to from DP between Cubase and Logic? - I'm fed up.

    UPDATE I received an initial response from MOTU support asking me to send back an affected DP project file. Upon sending it, the response I received from the MOTU support technician was this... "I took a look at this project, and specifically, the Bundles window. I'm not quite sure what's...
  81. T-LeffoH

    Suggestions for DAW to switch to from DP between Cubase and Logic? - I'm fed up.

    Maybe, tho I'd be surprised. It's the same unchanged template I've used for over a year. The only modified settings are sometimes the buffer size and in this instance the Work Priority value was the only thing changed which led to the issue. I'll certainly share with the forum any specific...
  82. T-LeffoH

    Suggestions for DAW to switch to from DP between Cubase and Logic? - I'm fed up.

    As I mentioned, I did submit a ticket. They asked for a copy of the file so will wait to hear back from them. I've opened a few dozen older projects which were using the same template and contained in the same storage folder, they all have the same issue. I finally found an older project...
  83. T-LeffoH

    Suggestions for DAW to switch to from DP between Cubase and Logic? - I'm fed up.

    I appreciate the various feedback and, admittedly, didn't mean to stoke any heated apples vs oranges vs pears comparison which has occurred multiple times already on this forum - given I was typing the original post amidst being more than moderately annoyed, sleep deprived and simultaneously...
  84. T-LeffoH

    Suggestions for DAW to switch to from DP between Cubase and Logic? - I'm fed up.

    Does Cubase have more similarities to DP than Logic for film scoring purposes?
  85. T-LeffoH

    Suggestions for DAW to switch to from DP between Cubase and Logic? - I'm fed up.

    I really don't want to reset up my whole workflow and process but I've absolutely had it with DP and MOTU. I simply changed the Work Priority setting in a project I was mixing due this week and upon the settings being changed, DP randomly remapped the Input/Output/Bus settings of every single...
  86. T-LeffoH

    Anyone running samples and audio projects out of their external drive?

    I don't but like everyone's needs, mine may differ from the next person - and in my case I only have a 250 GB internal drive, so significantly less space. The only project information I ever have hogging up space on my internal HD is when I'm dumping mixes to audio. Besides that each of my DAW...
  87. T-LeffoH

    Anyone running samples and audio projects out of their external drive?

    My main setup is with Macbook Pro and I just run the samples off an external. Years ago I used to also run the projects (at the advice of a lot of teachers I had, to avoid losing work) but I've found it less of a performance strain on the projects to run them off the internal drive. And to...
  88. T-LeffoH

    Discovery Networks (& Netflix) Corners Composers in Music Royalties Battle

    I think that is probably one of the main reasons the abuse exists and most fraught in the area of contractors. Conceptually, I've never agreed with the idea of a contractor relinquishing more rights in something as it generally contradicts the idea of a market economy - i.e. pay somebody less...
  89. T-LeffoH

    Discovery Networks (& Netflix) Corners Composers in Music Royalties Battle

    As with all the commentary, it's all just speculation but I think there's more than just one solution to the issue. One rather simple thing BMI and ASCAP could do is refuse to grant or renew blanket licenses to networks who require composers to relinquish writer's share of royalties on new or...
  90. T-LeffoH

    Discovery Networks (& Netflix) Corners Composers in Music Royalties Battle

    Illegal?? Or unenforceable? As with anything, yes there is a way - legislation and/or the courts. Given how MMA passed unanimously, I won't be surprised to see this issue lobbied before the Congress or brought up in a civil case against Discovery. It falls almost squarely within restraint of...
  91. T-LeffoH

    Discovery Networks (& Netflix) Corners Composers in Music Royalties Battle

    It's a move which I think is an affront to composers. I do believe it's a targeted response to Music Modernization Act (MMA) as NMPA spent a tremendous amount of time pushing for that legislation; and it's not legislation favorable to licensees. The most extreme response to MMA is for...
  92. T-LeffoH

    Buy more ram or upgrade to SSD's?

    If you want to keep the budget down, SSDs for now and eye the MOBO/CPU upgrade later. In the interim, until you can get your optimal upgrade I might suggest reviewing templates for anything you rarely use and just make a leaner template for the time being. The logic being you can utilize the...
  93. T-LeffoH

    Any kit sample libraries with thunder rods?

    Any good kit sample libraries out there with thunder rods as a stick option? None of the kit libraries I use have them so was curious as the sound would've worked well for a recent piece I was doing.
  94. T-LeffoH

    Anthology II: Adagio general discussion

    I similarly agree with you, I'm the same way with how I work. My underlying point was just that it's very situationally dependent. For me, regardless of the tech details I actually prefer to work with hard, fast deadlines versus loose timeframes because it reduces creative second-guessing w/...
  95. T-LeffoH

    Anthology II: Adagio general discussion

    I mostly agree, except for the fact that both playability and creativity are variable words relative to objective impact on any individual's workflow requirements. If using KS makes your workflow more efficient...use it. If using KS doesn't make your workflow more efficient...don't use it...
  96. T-LeffoH

    Anthology II: Adagio general discussion

    An additional thought - many of EW libraries have keyswitch patches. Albeit I don't use them because they don't really add anything, they are there. Also in a lot of conversations I've had with other composers over the years about their workflow, I've never really heard consistent, objective...
  97. T-LeffoH

    Anthology II: Adagio general discussion

    I don't necessarily think because a library provides a keyswitch patch, it mandates keyswitching to be part of the workflow in using the library. You're free to parse out articulations over multiple tracks in your project files as you wish. It's already what I do with Anthology anyway and other...
  98. T-LeffoH

    Anthology II: Adagio general discussion

    As far as I understand the communication from 8Dio, the upgrades for Anthology users are free even after 48 hours. Per the email: "This coupon will expire in 48 hours. This coupon is unique to you - do not share this code. If you wish to receive the update after the 48 hours is up, please...
  99. T-LeffoH

    Apple introduces first 8-core MacBook Pro

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    Apple introduces first 8-core MacBook Pro

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