[Alan]

@ MichaelL

HA, I’ve never heard a trombone joke before … ;~)

Be warned my friend, we “bone heads” are a tight knit group. With one phone call I can see to it that you never get your pizza delivered again.  Never, ever, anywhere in the world …

Thanks for the tips, I’ll look into all of these.

Cheers!

[Alan]

Thanks for all the great input guys! It is appreciated. I think I will do a lot more research before I decide what to get. If any of you want to give more advice, here is what I’m after:

I write in several genres, but my quirky/funny stuff seems to do best.

I play trombone and generally blend that in with sample horns, sometimes it can be pretty convincing with 3 and 4 horn swing tracks.

I’m pretty good with winds (big band jazz, etc) so I need excellent brass and WW samples

I don’t do big orchestral stuff very well, but when I do use strings I really want excellence. I especially want good solo strings

Cheers!

[Alan]

My ASCAP international had some surprised too. I just learned of 9 placements across 2 different Canadian TV shows from 4th qtr 2011. Not much money, but every bit helps. It especially helps the moral! @ Cari, if you are like me, that first cue sheet is falls under life’s most memorable experiences!

I don’t understand why my 16 second Saturday Night Live placement  in  Dec 2011  paid $35 for my domestic payout, but only $8 for my SOCAN payout. Thoughts?

[Alan]

That is a great system Art. Do you keep a separate drive with all your sample/audio that is shared by your swappable OS drives? Is so, that seems like a really good system.

I wish I knew then what I know now when I built my system. I hope to get 2 more years out of my current system, then I will do what you did (or at least try)

Thanks Art

[Alan]

I’m starting to have troubles with X2. The biggest one for me is 64-bit compatibility issues.

Background: I was running XP at 32-bit with Sonar 8.5 and Reason 5. When I went to Sonar X1 and Reason 6 I found I could not open some of my old projects because of “insufficient memory.” I guess the upgrades were RAM hungry.

Last month  I upgraded my system to Win7 Pro 64-bit and doubled my RAM to 8GB (the max for my motherboard) and upgraded to Sonar X2 64-bit

X2 Bugs so far.

Non 64-bit plug ins do not play well in 64-bit. Which means ALL my old tracks will have problems in X2

From Cakewalk:

“Unfortunately it has come to my attention that this is due to Bit Bridge.  Since Bit Bridge is an external application it is treated like an external application.  That is why these errors are occurring.  If you use programs that are meant to be used within a 64bit format then this problem will not occur.  You could install the 32bit version of SONAR alongside your 64bit version.  This will keep this from happening.”

I guess I’ll need to have two versions of X2 on my machine, or scrap the 64 bit version. I’ll research that one.

Today I discovered that when I expand the take lanes, all the tracks below (higher track nunber) disappear. For example. I had a track #10 with seven lanes of takes. When I expanded the lanes, Tracks 11 and 12 were nowhere to be found! When I closed the take lanes for track 10, tracks 11 and 12 re-appeared.

I also noticed that the track inspector window randomly opens to a blank screen.

I emailed Cakewalk screenshots of these bugs. They are usually good about responding promptly.

I had a very creative session going that was completely stifled. Grrr.

My opinion is that X2 wasn’t quite ready for release.

 

[Alan]

I’m working on a track now and am finding the Snap to/by toggle switch very handy. That is something I use a lot. The snap increments  change automatically while zooming when in smart grid mode. I’m not sure if I like that yet, but you can turn it on or off. It may be handy though…

[Alan]

Please forgive the typos, phone post
🙂

[Alan]

I just upgraded too Art. I also finally upgraded fro XP go Win7 soI could add desperately needed RAM. I haven’t dug in too far yet but my 1st impression is very good. Lanes are greatly improved. I’ve noticed a couple of hiccups with the graphis and there is already a quick fix patch out. I’ll install that today.
Time will tell.

[Alan]

Thanks Euca. I once had a different non-ex library get the publisher share of a JP placement for a non-registered track. I’m glad to see it going to the rightful owner.

Cheers

[Alan]

I was feeling the same way johnnyboy and had given up on FMN. Then I saw a call that was a perfect fit for one of my tracks. I submitted, it was listened to 3 days later and I goat an email from the library a month after submission. I signed it non-exclusively. Since then I have had other listens and an exclusive offer that I turned down. I don’t subscribe to FMN, I pay the six bucks per submission since  my library is small. My point, it can and does get your music heard by people looking for music.

[Alan]

FYI on my follow up. The company looks impressive on the web and I was afraid I could be blowing an opportunity. I made a phone call and was told he wasn’t available and the best way to contact him was via e-mail.
I guess it wasn’t meant to be …

[Alan]

I was hoping you would chime in on this MichaelL. I reread the contracts I currently have and some say 5o% of gross, others net. None had wording like this one though.

It is from a multimedia company with over 10 years in business. They appear to be getting ready to open a music licensing division.

They placed and ad on Berklee’s job board. I sent them a link and they replied within hours, said they wanted my stuff and sent me a contract. Of course my ego was thrilled, but I dug into the legalese of their agreement because if it’s too good to be true …

I was invited to ask questions about their terms. I brought up my concern about this and I haven’t gotten a reply after two business days. Hmmm. I think I’m going to leave this one alone unless someone from MLR suggests otherwise.

Thanks MichaelL

[Alan]

Same here. About 50 tracks with about 50 total listens in 2 years

[Alan]

Perhaps one of you with cues in syndication can lest us all know if you see a change in the rate you get for an airing?

[Alan]

Thanks Art

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