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I had to order from them directly for a snap on filter mount and pay shipping, plus this silly shipping protection charge and separately from Amazon for a moment case since it was in stock there and not on their website. It’s my first order and just feels like the scammiest thing to take my order, have a phone number that says email us, then not respond to the emails.

Now the clock is ticking for me to return the Amazon stuff because I don’t trust that the snap on filter mount will come any time soon and I can’t use anything without the filter mount.

Anyone else in the same boat? It seems like I can only use one or the other to trade in and it seems criminal to just use his TOTY nominee card as a regular 85. Total first world problem, but if I’m missing something and there’s a way to use both…

What would you all do? I have the fodder to make him. I have BND Kuch xfactor and I used fodder to make Mac. I still have enough fodder to make 1 more (maybe 2 with all the collectables, but I’m hoping to make Hughes and/or Makar.

I'm in the middle of working on an album in Live 11. I have a ton of work done, but still have quite a ways to go and I want to upgrade my computer from a 2014 Mac Mini to a M2 Mac Studio. I run a ton of 3rd party VSTs and I'm going through my list to make sure they're all compatible. What I'm not totally sure I understand is what happens with my current projects (assuming all plugins are compatible with Ventura). Will I need to run Rosetta and use the VST version to retain my settings until the project is complete and then for any plugins I add use the native plugin?

Also, if I wait until November or later to buy, I think the Mac Studio will ship with the next OS and then I'd have to wait

This is probably a long shot, but often I’ll have a keys part in Ableton playing something rhythmic (say 1/8 notes) and the chords change every bar. What I’d love to do is to basically turn the 1/8 notes into 1 long note. I’d use this to create pads quickly for the more rhythmic part.

Does something like this exist?

I did the free trial and it worked flawlessly with UA Console, but now that the trial has ended a few weeks ago, I can't try mapping the master volume knob. Anyone doing this?

I just kind of set UA Midi Control and forgot it...completely. :)

Also, if anyone is doing anything more than faders/master volume in console, I'd love to hear about it. I'm really on the fence about pulling the trigger to buy this just to control a fader that won't move too often.

The Mac mini was upgraded today to the M2 and M2pro processors. The M2pro has the extra ports I needed that the M1 Mac mini didn’t have, so it’s time to upgrade.

I’m trying to decide between the base model of the studio or M2pro that has 32gb ram, 2tb hard drive. The M2 is a little cheaper and has the newer chip. The studio has more ports… I think that’s it.

I need to go down my list of plugins and see what won’t work on Ventura.

Anyone else trying to figure this out? What are your deciding factors?

I’ve had my Bianca for almost 2 years and it reaches about 9 1/2 bars without fail until recently. I use a niche zero and the same espresso beans, so the grind should be ok.

I reach 9 1/2 bars using the blind, but when I brew a cup it stays at about 2-3 bars for a long time, then creeps up as I open the flow control. Sometimes it only hits 4, other times 8.

The change was pretty abrupt too, not slowly decreasing over time. I thought about adjusting the flow control, but beyond that I’m not sure what else I could do.

The one odd thing I noticed is that there’s more resistance when I lift the lever to pull a shot sometimes. When there is, the bars stay much lower.

Anyone run into this?

I bought a Teac 1230 reel to reel off of Craigslist for $60 as a project and relubed the capstan and even though only one channel works and it oversaturates, so I can only turn it up a teeny bit, I’m absolutely in love with it.

I look daily on Craigslist, Reverb, and eBay, but on Reverb the closest person who services and resells is in NC and shipping makes it pricey and is quite a risk to ship. eBay all within 200 miles are for parts or untested, which I totally understand, but don’t have someone local to service.

Does anyone have recommendations for places to look within upstate NY. I’d be willing to drive 90 or so miles from Ithaca - syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester, Harrisburg, Hershey, Rh

I’m trying to send gates out of Ableton using CV Instrument (CV Tools) and for some reason the gate is always high, even when Ableton is paused. I have an ES3 and am sending out of the proper channel. The midi notes I tested with aren’t even close to overlapping (slow arp on 1 using 1/8th notes).

I checked the voltage and it’s continuously at 10v. What else is weird is the pitch and envelopes I’m sending from CV Instruments work completely fine.