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For those of you who were looking for the release of Tonalics Essentials before giving the product a try, check your Melodyne/Celemony account. The license should have populated to your account today.
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Thanks,
I just downloaded it.
It turns up as Tonalic ARA in Studio Pro 8.
Now I just have to figure out how to use it.
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View those many user videos. I just spent two days figuring it out with Support only to find the problem with the arranger version was User-error. Its all in those videos.
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Thanks,
I just downloaded it.
It turns up as Tonalic ARA in Studio Pro 8.
Now I just have to figure out how to use it. The video will show you how to use Tonalic ARA in studio one. It also shows how to use it without ARA for most other DAWS as well. How to use Tonalic in ARA2 mode in Presonus Studio One
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I have been using the Arranger version in Reaper for a couple days. No ARA2, but the VST works well. I had some really troubles but it was just me trying to go to fast. It highly resembles toontrack EZ products. For me the trickey part was working with tempo maps to synch the Tonalics with my audio tracks in current projects. It you do that wrong -strange things happen which you will swear is a bug. Good news is when you figure that part out, and there is (Tempo/timing video) - all goes very well.
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Very nice, there are some very attractive GUI features in there.
Maybe something for PG to have a look at.
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I find 281 Tonalics patterns in the Essential version that I just have donloaded.
I wonder if anyone knows how many patterns there are in the 1$-1Month version.
And also if are they are kept so they may be be used in the Essential version after the subscription have ended.
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It's also available in your Fender Studio Pro account. I installed Tonalic Essential and then found an upgrade offer in my Tonalic account. 149 € per year vs. 249 € for Tonalic Studio and 49 € vs. 149 € for Tonalic Arranger. So, I sub'd Studio. There wasn't any small text saying that amount was only for the first year and then it would revert to 249 € per year next year. If it does, I'll cancel. If not, that's about what I spend on BiaB Ultra upgrades each year. That seems more reasonable to me, so I'll keep it. The tight integration with Studio Pro looks really interesting.
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I find 281 Tonalics patterns in the Essential version that I just have donloaded.
I wonder if anyone knows how many patterns there are in the 1$-1Month version.
And also if are they are kept so they may be be used in the Essential version after the subscription have ended. In Arranger version, For Guitar alone, there are 4,145 individual tonalic results when you query. 1,131 for Bass and 747 for Drums and 412 for percussion. By the way, I installed both the Essential and Arranger versions. However only one version appears in Reaper, the Arranger. Don't know what to think about that at this time. It does appear that Arranger is huge in comparison.
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Today I downloaded & installed the free Tonalics Essential... so far, not that impressed, but keeping an open mind...
I'll have more time tomorrow...
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I have also played around with "Essentials" a bit and I think it is quite limited.
There is no track or chord section within Tonalic itself as show in all the tutorials (at least I can't find it).
Very limited set of patterns only guitar.
I can put in a chord sequence in the DAW as usual and drag the pattern to the track. Only the guitar part will populate the track. That works fine the pattern adapts to the chords. Maybe I haven't found out all features yet, but I think to be of any practical use one probably needs one of the larger versions.
Unfortunately they are only on subscription.
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I just removed the "Essentials" version.
I do not think it will be of any use to me, it is to limited.
One probably needs to have the Arranger or Studio versions in order have any real or meanigful use of the software.
(but they are subscriptions, so nothing for me).
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I just removed the "Essentials" versions.
I do not think it will be of any use to me, it is to limited.
One probably needs to have the Arranger or Studio versions in order have any real or meanigful use of the software. I believe you are right I gave it a spin today as well and came to the same conclusion. I was using the ARA2 version and it is a nice to work with. I did a short song with that guys electric guitar, added a Bass. Organ. Drum track from my Toontracks. I finished it off with a BIAB Brent Mason Lead Solo track. The subscription is a big turn off for me. I am going to wait to see how this develops.
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I just removed the "Essentials" versions.
I do not think it will be of any use to me, it is to limited.
One probably needs to have the Arranger or Studio versions in order have any real or meanigful use of the software. I believe you are right I gave it a spin today as well and came to the same conclusion. I was using the ARA2 version and it is a nice to work with. I did a short song with that guys electric guitar, added a Bass. Organ. Drum track from my Toontracks. I finished it off with a BIAB Brent Mason Lead Solo track. The subscription is a big turn off for me. I am going to wait to see how this develops. Generally, I dislike subscriptions, as well. That said, once I installed Tonalic Essentials, an upgrade deal showed up in my account: Arranger for 49 €/year vs 149 € or Studio for 149 € vs 249 €. With the various add-on packs, I spend as much or more than 149 € each December upgrading BiaB Ultra to the next version. I did not see any fine print that the 149 € per year would revert to 249 € per year after the 1st year, so I sub'd the Studio version to give Tonalic a proper test. I love its tight integration with Studio Pro v8. If I like the results I get with it AND if the annual sub amount remains at 149 €, I'll likely keep it. If I don't gel with it OR if the annual sub amount reverts to 249 € (which is steep), I'll cancel.
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Yes the $49 offer on the arranger is a very good deal but it does revert to the normal price after the year subscription is up. Of course you can cancel it at your will.
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Here is more food for thought:
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Oh, geez. A bunch of years ago, Landr started as an online song mastering app. You upload your mixed track and their app masters it for you. Some of their masters were OK; some were awful. Hit and miss. So now, they're trying something else. Their mastering app must not be generating enough income. Hard pass for me then; hard pass now.
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Landr just bought Reason Studios.
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I don't know what Landr started and how and what it was doing earlier... What I do know they were buying smaller unique companies. This particular item might have nothing to do whith their previous gig. I have no clue how good this thing is or not. I was watching one NAMM 26 overview and a guy walked into Landr booth. That's what they showed him. If it was not a sub thing. I would definitely try it.... For fun. Between BIAB, Kontakt, Ujam and a couple of others I have enough guitars and bases to worry about  However it was interesting to see what competitors are doing. Their UI ideas. Content wise, it's a toy compared to BIAB, but PGM should seriously consider revamping whole Library (multipicker) expierience. Searching, nested sorting, filtering, categorizing, etc., as I am sure some will pick landr or similar over BIAB, just because it laid out well.
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Misha, if you need a few guitars and basses, I can spare some  As an aside, though, I could actually do with a few more guitars: what we do not have is a good samba comping guitar at tempos well above 140. Yes, I should request it again ...
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