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  1. Kevin Fortin

    CLOSED (SOLD) Ableton Live 11 Suite, regular license

    This has been sold. This is a regular (non-academic) license for Ableton Live 11 Suite. $440 USD by Paypal. I also have this listed on Knobcloud (as "k410") if you prefer to conduct the transaction there. Please allow some time for Ableton to process the transfer during their business hours...
  2. Kevin Fortin

    reFX NEXUS 4 - just released!

    It seems that is only available for Nexus 4.
  3. Kevin Fortin

    Your November Acquisitions 2021

    Updated list: PSP InfiniStrip PSP Vintage Warmer 2 (update to 64 bit) PSP Saturator (70% off the Black Friday price with a coupon code in my account!) Presonus Sphere, one year Composer Cloud Plus, one year Newfangled Audio Generate UVI Austrian Grand Dune 3 upgrade That's probably it for...
  4. Kevin Fortin

    Your November Acquisitions 2021

    8dio's Hybrid Tools Neo nearly made my list, but I bought that on 10/30. So far: Dune 3 upgrade Not bought yet, but very likely candidates: Newfangled Audio's Generate Black Rooster Bundle Presonus Sphere for a year [I also bought some add-ons for Photoshop.]
  5. Kevin Fortin

    Cowboy Bebop opening credits

    I like the cut of John Cho's suit and his look in this new version. I suppose I'll be in the lucky position of watching the lesser version first, then the original anime for the first time. ;)
  6. Kevin Fortin

    This Person Does Not Exist - but do YOU?

    How so? Are you sure you know the whole story about Woody Allen? Or, which source did you mean? What does pleasure mean to you, and where does it occur, if ever? Oranges on the table might mean nothing to crows in the haunted woods, but to someone else they might seem a good source of Vitamin C.
  7. Kevin Fortin

    This Person Does Not Exist - but do YOU?

    Hm. I will probably express this badly, but for the past few years I've been thinking that just considered in isolation the people of Earth are trending toward so much more material control over their/our incarnations (let's say over the next few centuries) that it will become clearer and...
  8. Kevin Fortin

    What are you listening to? YES!

    First heard at the now gone Kesl's Coney Island in Gainesville, FL:
  9. Kevin Fortin

    This Person Does Not Exist - but do YOU?

    I want to write something, but I'm not sure what.
  10. Kevin Fortin

    What are you listening to? YES!

    If this was meant to be a thread only about YES (the band), "Owner of a Lonely Heart" is one of theirs I like. Recently I've been playing this a few times:
  11. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    What's really funny is when you hear a cat in the street tell another cat: "Your hiss is so last summer."
  12. Kevin Fortin

    Controversial opinions

    No, sir, I am not. And thank goodness for Covid, because otherwise there might have been some very public and perhaps horrifically criminal incidents involving neocosmopolitans thinking they were "all that" just for saying "chai". :o)
  13. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    What Would Chaucer Do? Sorry for the flooding. Just made my way through this thread this afternoon.
  14. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    Yeah, when employers or supervisors use the word "challenge" or "challenges" it seems to be in a sense alien to my natural way of being.
  15. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    This makes me want to puke in Bezos' rocket dildo.
  16. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    TBH, I think that instead of using indirect mockery, you should mention that generally when one makes a statement in our language, there is a downward cadence at the end of the statement, and if they are uncertain of what they are saying (as indicated by the rising pitch) then perhaps they...
  17. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    "Bespoke" is British for the American adjective "custom". "Artisanal" seems to have fallen out of fashion, though.
  18. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    Someone had to put the influencers in their place.
  19. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    I don't mind this, or beginning sentences with "So" or ending with ", right?" Maybe English is catching up with other languages when it comes to particles. If the Three Sisters in Midnight Diner can say "nei?" then why can't we?
  20. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    Mm! Working on it! (Or am I?) I heard that phrase once from the person checking boarding passes at the local airport. I was trained to think that was not quite professional. On the other hand, it could be that she felt comfortable being honest about her experience at that moment (for some...
  21. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    There's a storm coming and you are the chosen one. You must awaken these mindless sleepmutterers before it's too late. The fate of the language is at stake. This is your destiny. Deal with it. It is what it is.
  22. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    It's interesting to learn of some regional variations where something that grates on ears (or at least sounds wrong) in one region is the standard way to say something in another.
  23. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    goodly, as in "a goodly amount" (usually used by D&D grognards) fruitful
  24. Kevin Fortin

    “It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

    "Thank you for reaching out to us." "Just wanted to reach out to you."
  25. Kevin Fortin

    How do you hold your pencil (pen, stylus, etc.)?

    Thank you for the topic. Dynamic Tripod for me. In my life I remember having seen some other people seeming to have a strange grip when they wrote.
  26. Kevin Fortin

    Controversial opinions

    Leaving aside the whole part about doing the right things in the right order, I don't understand people who can actually drink something made with brewed paper and tea chaff. ;)
  27. Kevin Fortin

    Controversial opinions

    Bow ties echo the eyes, but who will unwrap this gift?
  28. Kevin Fortin

    Why did you leave Cubase?

    @Pier, I'm not sure it could be said I left Cubase as I have not made and rendered any tracks in years, but if I had my reasons it would be something like: 1) Not sure what the Media Bay and Control Room are all about. 2) I'd be a step ahead of Guy Michelmore. 3) Not a fan of the "portal"...
  29. Kevin Fortin

    Is there a drum plugin that will "generate midi" for me - I'd like to design percussion loops ...?

    Jamstix has already been mentioned, so I'll just add that MDrummer can also generate MIDI patterns. Since you mentioned you are a percussionist, another possibility would be to play physical instruments to audio, then convert that audio to MIDI (using an ARA-capable DAW and Melodyne, for instance).
  30. Kevin Fortin

    Order search results by date descending?

    I wish search results were ordered by date with the most recent ones at the top. But if they are intentionally ordered by some other attribute, I would understand that this has already been considered and the matter decided.
  31. Kevin Fortin

    Delete

    Placeholder for a future regrettable comment that I will delete the next morning.
  32. Kevin Fortin

    Now here...MOTU DP11

    I don't know about full courses, but on YouTube I would suggest these channels: motuTV David Das Bo Astrup Even though some of the videos might be a few years old, they would still be relevant, and if you are already familiar with Cubase you won't need the beginner 101 stuff anyway. Compared...
  33. Kevin Fortin

    Facebook goes Meta™

    They should ask for One Million Ethers. ;)
  34. Kevin Fortin

    Facebook goes Meta™

    Hmm. Haven't seen Wall-E but I seem to remember a live-action movie that had a lot of atrophied people who wasted away in VR land (not the Matrix movies, but I think it had Bruce Willis in it as the protagonist). Recently I gave the online game "Blade & Soul" a try. After an hour the system...
  35. Kevin Fortin

    Facebook goes Meta™

    Has anyone done the gematria on "metaverse" -- or would that even work, since it's a combo of Greek and Latin roots?
  36. Kevin Fortin

    Facebook goes Meta™

    The important thing is to further monetize human attention and passive processing power. As for me, it's clear that getting borged and gene-modded would be insufficient to oppose this monstrous power-grab. Which is why I intend to go full quantum as soon as the right opportunity presents itself.
  37. Kevin Fortin

    Fender acquires Presonus

    Something to remember is that the acquisition still needs to be approved and even after that it might take months before anything really happens in any practical sense. But I am glad people are posting their thoughts about it here. Tea all around for the tiller-peeps.
  38. Kevin Fortin

    So what's Sweetwater smoking lately

    I can confirm that you seem to be offline, which of course makes me wonder how you posted that.
  39. Kevin Fortin

    What Are Your Thoughts About Companies That Never Have Sales?

    I usually go out soon after awakening to check the weather and the sky and to listen to the ambient sounds of the moment. None of that is ever for sale or on sale.
  40. Kevin Fortin

    What Are Your Thoughts About Companies That Never Have Sales?

    PluginGuru? That was a surprise.
  41. Kevin Fortin

    Life before the multiflavored hamster drip

    And this whole thing with "street magicians" accosting strangers with demonstrations of "magic" because they are somehow driven to inject whatever into other people's lives -- what the hell? !!! (Real magicians know that the magic has already happened.)
  42. Kevin Fortin

    Life before the multiflavored hamster drip

    I remember that people used to have to make do with books and magazines and whatever happened to be broadcast at any particular moment (although of course they had periodicals like TV Guide and Radio Times to advise what would be broadcast when -- well, of course by then we had already submitted...
  43. Kevin Fortin

    No Nut November! Who's in?

    You have some nerve, mister! ;)
  44. Kevin Fortin

    No Nut November! Who's in?

    Recently I've been finding it more difficult to avoid myself, but let's see how it goes.
  45. Kevin Fortin

    No Nut November! Who's in?

    Technically cashews are drupes, so you are completely in compliance. ;)
  46. Kevin Fortin

    Your Hallowe'en Playlist

    For me I'm sure there would be a few from the Alan Parsons Project, but from them I'll just go with: The Raven Silence and I From Jeff Wayne: Forever Autumn From Kate Bush: Jig of Life
  47. Kevin Fortin

    Facebook goes Meta™

    Or maybe Zuckerberg is trolling/helping the people of Earth, showing them that this could really happen, and hoping to provoke resistance against such a thing really happening?
  48. Kevin Fortin

    Facebook goes Meta™

    Thank goodness for Ray Bradbury and Ira Levin and whoever else saw this kind of thing coming and wrote about it. Thank you for prepping us in advance.
  49. Kevin Fortin

    Facebook goes Meta™

    In the Metaverse, ads will be a form of humor. Who needs ads when everyone has lost their agency?
  50. Kevin Fortin

    Facebook goes Meta™

    If VI-C ever went meta, maybe we would just take turns posting "Nada Brahma" whenever the Spirit or quantum fluctuations moved us.
  51. Kevin Fortin

    Cowboy Bebop opening credits

    I like the way they play with the split-screen stuff from the 70s (1970s C.E., Old Earth):
  52. Kevin Fortin

    Facebook goes Meta™

    I am completely in favor of sticking my head into some techcorps' algorithmically playful dreamworld that will make me even more psychotic to their benefit more than mine.
  53. Kevin Fortin

    Spitfire. Why isn't there a Big Band yet?

    They might be saving that for 2035 or thereabouts, when they will also be able to include Jo Stafford and Dame Vera Lynn modules.
  54. Kevin Fortin

    This is Axé

    Tabarnac de grenouille, what could it be?
  55. Kevin Fortin

    Have you done your backups?

    Well, I already have a chessboard and my perimeter lights set up. Any suggestions about power generators? ;)
  56. Kevin Fortin

    Five letter words

    Ganymede's rebels overthrew synthetic subjugators. DROID
  57. Kevin Fortin

    Any Gamers Here?

    A very casual gamer here. Used to play Tunnels of Doom on the TI-99/4A that our parents got us kids. Later I played Quake with the monsters turned off, just to wander around and enjoy the scenery. In recent years I have played a few MMORPGs: Star Wars: The Old Republic (some amusing snark in...
  58. Kevin Fortin

    How to Ignore Threads, Attach Images, and Other Tips

    Thanks, André. I thought that might be what it meant and tested it to check, but maybe I didn't give it enough time for the database to update.
  59. Kevin Fortin

    How to Ignore Threads, Attach Images, and Other Tips

    At the end of a subject line, what does the blue dot indicate?
  60. Kevin Fortin

    I have 175 music tracks on Sound Cloud and in the last year and a half I have accumulated over 9 million plays.

    Are you still based in Boston? I wonder if you have any connections at Berklee. Maybe they could help make a few introductions. The same goes for any vaguely industry-related or -tangential connections you might have in NYC -- or even Atlanta (Georgia has a lot of film and TV activity). I'm a...
  61. Kevin Fortin

    I have 175 music tracks on Sound Cloud and in the last year and a half I have accumulated over 9 million plays.

    It was good to learn that this thread was heavily pruned. Otherwise I might have been left with the impression that one or more people were just clowing around.
  62. Kevin Fortin

    We won again! YAY!!

    Congratulations to you and everyone involved!
  63. Kevin Fortin

    Now here...MOTU DP11

    It looks like you're willing to write, but not willing to read. Is that right?
  64. Kevin Fortin

    Will you ever be satisfied?

    "Achievement is its own reward."
  65. Kevin Fortin

    Cowboy Bebop opening credits

    He's also Harold in the Harold and Kumar films and played Sulu in the recent Star Trek movies -- check him out on IMDB.com -- he's been having a pretty good career.
  66. Kevin Fortin

    Uh oh... Windows 11 Coming Soon - Official Announcement on June 24th

    Hmm, reminds me of Kung Fu schools protecting their secrets. Always important for holding on to the advantage. Maybe because of our developmental history we are primed to suck the profit out of each other, and maybe because of increasing self-awareness we are approaching the time when we stop...
  67. Kevin Fortin

    Five letter words

    Foxy Raoul advertised NACHO celebrations.
  68. Kevin Fortin

    Will you ever be satisfied?

    Have you considered just buying a piano and some good mics? ;)
  69. Kevin Fortin

    Will you ever be satisfied?

    A practical tip I learned from an ebook by Ken Gullette (martial arts instructor who I think also worked in broadcasting): "Maintain your center." I might have read that the Buddha held up a flower and asked: "Who can tell me what in this moment is missing?" Someone I knew from Shanghai once...
  70. Kevin Fortin

    Will you ever be satisfied?

    And we are helping their personal economies and maybe even the global economy, so there is some good in this.
  71. Kevin Fortin

    Will you ever be satisfied?

    For better or worse, dissatisfaction is a motive force.
  72. Kevin Fortin

    Uh oh... Windows 11 Coming Soon - Official Announcement on June 24th

    Will Windows 11 break all the apps, like every OSX "upgrade" seems to do? ;)
  73. Kevin Fortin

    Uh oh... Windows 11 Coming Soon - Official Announcement on June 24th

    Just who is the 5 o'clock ghost in the machine? Sorry -- back to Windows 11 (how quaint ;) )
  74. Kevin Fortin

    Uh oh... Windows 11 Coming Soon - Official Announcement on June 24th

    @MegaPixel: I'm hoping that by 2025 we will finally have antigrav aircars as well as safe and affordable borging and gene-mod options. If those actually happen I might not need an external computer. ;)
  75. Kevin Fortin

    Uh oh... Windows 11 Coming Soon - Official Announcement on June 24th

    So what I've read makes it sound like this is really just cosmetic "enhancements" to Windows 10 that move things around so that you have to relearn how to do things. If Windows 10 will be supported for a few more years I'll just stick with that.
  76. Kevin Fortin

    Will you ever be satisfied?

    I think it's part of the human or incarnate condition -- to always make sure you keep getting fed with fresh food (etc.) so that you can keep doing whatever you do. wandering sharks have no monasteries autumn winds can't fill their bowls
  77. Kevin Fortin

    Unpopular Opinion: Not a fan of decapitator

    I'm glad you mentioned Black Rooster's new Omnitec-67A, because I've had my eye on that. I like what it did for the guitar and bass in the demo videos on their site, but I thought that applying it to the e-piano was a bad idea because that was already a pretty full sound. I've been checking the...
  78. Kevin Fortin

    Your 2021 sample acquisitions thus far

    Impromptu Electric Guitars (Alessandro Mastroianni) Elements (Stefano Maccarelli) Vir2 Q During UJAM's summer sale I picked up a bunch of their sample-based instruments (guitars, basses, drums). MSoundFactory LE and MDrummer with their included sample libraries Earlier in the year I bought...
  79. Kevin Fortin

    Facebook down? out?

    Probably just purging the servers before Congress drops a subpoena on them.
  80. Kevin Fortin

    The Martian Chronicles

    I've heard of old age those ominous forbodings when all the Martian canals run dry
  81. Kevin Fortin

    The Martian Chronicles

    I was just wondering if someone had optioned The Martian Chronicles, and it turns out that Paramount has. In 2021/2022, I hope they do something freaky and true with those stories. Hmm, unfortunately this seems like the option is just for a movie...
  82. Kevin Fortin

    Have you done your backups?

    If you're a working pro, it would probably be better to clone that drive and replace it just to be safe. (You would still have the old drive on the shelf as a temp backup.) If you're a hobbyist with important documents already regularly backed up and some time to spare (i.e., you could handle...
  83. Kevin Fortin

    Have you done your backups?

    I hope everyone has clones of their library drives, too.
  84. Kevin Fortin

    20% off New Zero-G Elements Modern Scoring Synth PLUS exclusive 35% off ethera Gold 2.5!

    I bought this through Zero-G, because that's where I had made my previous purchases (for the loyalty discount), but am bumping this because this is the forum where non-subscribers might see the post. This was for me the most anticipated release of the year once I learned of it, because I trust...
  85. Kevin Fortin

    What typing keyboard? (PC)

    Mine is a Corsair K55 gaming keyboard which has six assignable macro keys on the left, but probably not what you are looking for. I understand about wanting a typing keyboard that is narrow from front to back, for the purpose of fitting everything comfortably on the desk.
  86. Kevin Fortin

    Your currently most inspiring library?

    For me that would be "Elements" by Stefano Maccarelli, distributed by Zero-G.
  87. Kevin Fortin

    Have you done your backups?

    Just checking. Wouldn't want anyone to lose time and money to an unexpected drive failure. (This is really just meant as a PSA.)
  88. Kevin Fortin

    Planets finally going direct in October

    Thank you for that. Of course I had heard that statement, but did not know where it came from.
  89. Kevin Fortin

    I just had a job for HBO!

    Congrats on getting the job! That was a nice piece of music. Your OP nudged me to watch the Ahir Shah special, which I actually enjoyed. (I have watched a few other stand-up specials in the past couple of years that were all some blend of disappointing and boring -- I'm not sure an hour is the...
  90. Kevin Fortin

    How to get Windows 10 file explorer to resemble OSX Column view

    One Commander is pretty cool, but I'm so used to using the built-in File Explorer in Windows that I'm not sure I will switch to it for everyday use.
  91. Kevin Fortin

    How to get Windows 10 file explorer to resemble OSX Column view

    I should have been more clear: I meant the settings for One Commander, not Windows itself. On the Theme tab, the checkbox for "Use Acrylic Window" is just above the Accent Colors.
  92. Kevin Fortin

    Windows 20H2 - now that it's been out a while...

    If anyone has been trying to update to 20H2 but the update keeps failing, try updating the BIOS and the chipset drivers for your motherboard -- that's what fixed the update problem for me. (That was a few months ago, but thought I should mention it now while people are considering sticking with...
  93. Kevin Fortin

    Uh oh... Windows 11 Coming Soon - Official Announcement on June 24th

    Thank goodness my CPU (AMD Ryzen 5 1600) is not supported by Windows 11. I wish I could replace the Windows shell with Gnome 3, though.
  94. Kevin Fortin

    How to get Windows 10 file explorer to resemble OSX Column view

    Another optimization tip: on the Theme tab in Settings, uncheck the "Use Acrylic Window."
  95. Kevin Fortin

    How to get Windows 10 file explorer to resemble OSX Column view

    I'm trying it out, too. I noticed it can seem to freeze when calculating folder sizes, but in the settings (gear icon, lower left), on the General tab, you can uncheck "Show folder sizes."
  96. Kevin Fortin

    How to get Windows 10 file explorer to resemble OSX Column view

    I haven't used it, so this is not a recommendation, but it looks like One Commander might be the only file explorer for Windows that has a column mode: https://www.onecommander.com
  97. Kevin Fortin

    Planets finally going direct in October

    Only if one of our star news reporters gets to be the hero of headlines. ;) [e.g., someone from CNN]
  98. Kevin Fortin

    Planets finally going direct in October

    At this stage I don't know what to believe. ;)
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