BESTSERVICE.COM IS BACK!!!

The family was all together to watch a ball game last night, and guess who fell asleep? Yep, this guy. I woke up in the wee hours and what do I do? Check the Best Service website and it’s working. Hooray!!!

(the songs are all from the perspective of the Bestservice.com website,…Read More

I haven’t looked too deeply into what’s out there right now for jazz brushes, so maybe there have already been some innovations I’m unaware of.

On the snare, there’s just so many ways you can articulate the hits and sweeps–it’s so expressive. Speed, pressure, and where on the drum you play makes such a huge difference.

Often it seems like…Read More

It’s a little past 7PM in Germany, where Best Service is located, and I do not suspect that their site is going to be back up this week, as they projected. Let’s hope for next week.

On June 27, 2025 at 3:19 am ZincT said
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I also noticed that they do a Ubuntu version! I keep toying with the idea of dropping Windows in favour of something else and various flavours of Linux are getting better (I’m now using Linux Mint on an old laptop and it’s great) but sadly still not quite there where Audio Production is con…

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On June 26, 2025 at 9:43 am peter said

On June 26, 2025 at 8:43 am fretman said
You can always draw in your own chords. I do that a lot. You get more control  over how the pick strokes the strings that way. Players don’t always strum evenly across the strings. I often accelerate during the stroke (I’m expecting lots of jokes now – get your m…

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In honor of day 17, a truly great example of songwriting.

Someone on another forum suggested (jazzy) drum brushes. Not a bad idea.

On June 26, 2025 at 11:15 am Brian said
Here is another “influencer” take.  I like this guy’s posts.

True, one of the best, with Cameron, Woody, and Loopop.

Thanks Brian @bluescat

I got the free upgrade a while back but my installed version is 0.7.6 and the latest is 2.0.0 so worth downloading the update.

I also noticed that they do a Ubuntu version! I keep toying with the idea of dropping Windows in favour of something else and various flavours of Linux are getting better (I’m now using Linux Mint…Read More

@peter I think that’s also my plan – to splurge on the KU 15 update and not get anything else for the rest of the year.

I have been very restrained so far this year. Plus I plan to offload a bunch of iLok stuff on KVR/Knobcloud soon (mostly Eventide and UVI) which should help fund the update.

NI just sent me a personal incentive code as I…Read More