Continuing sorta where we left off last week, this episode will involve a lot of goofing around with and rating my software synths. We got as far as Pigments last time, so we’ll pick up with Arturia’s Prophet 5. More bleeps and bloops than you can shack a modwheel at!
Oh, and we’ll also address the elephant in the room — Native Instruments’ insolvency, and what it means to me (and maybe to you, too).
TIMELINE:
00:00 Begin transmission
00:00 The Opening Jam
11:12 Welcome (looks like I still need more key light…)
12:12 What’s in The Jam
20:10 Entropy & Sons Recursion Studio
23:30 I never learn
23:45 Recording vs Viewing test result and Blackmagin Hyperdeck status
27:03 Native Instruments Preliminary Insolvency — what’s happening and what does it mean?
33:30 Important to remember that NI software and hardware is made to industry standards
36:50 NI Kontrol S MkIII used as if NI’s software didn’t exist — mapping VST controls to hardware
39:20 How would Native Instruments going out of business affect me?
41:10 Behringer “takeover”? Arturia?
42:10 V1 Komplete Kontrol controllers are still viable? YES
47:45 XY controller need/want and possible solution using the Kontrol S mkIII controller
49:55 NI calibration documentation backwards!
52:50 Challenge with using two MIDI controllers
58:35 New Eurorack modules inbound: Behringer Wasp filter and MSM Farbfolder
1:01:24 Strymon Nightsky plugin thoughts
1:02:05 Continuation of plugin instrument ratings (this goes on for quite a while)
2:10:00 What plugins have been rated a “5” so far (and also the “4” rated plugins)
2:12:40 Closing Jam setup (which I should have let you see)
2:14:00 More plugins to go through — I’ve only been through Arturia! and winding down the show
2:16:03 The Closing Jam
2:26:03 End transmission
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