Reply To: Musio Annual Plan $74 US reg. $99

[peter]

On Brian said

Just want to add that Musio recently added mic positions, which is a huge upgrade (literally- Gigs more samples).  Access them in the Musio Instrument settings.  As you activate each mic position, the samples will download.

@Peter; you mentioned when you got Musio last year that the “Piano in Blue” lacked something.  All that it had earlier was close mic and reverb.  Load it up now and activate the Room and Surround mics… and back off the reverb.  Mix and serve 🙂

I definitely want to download those additional mic positions — although I need to install an additional hard drive first (literally). As far as
“Piano in Blue,” my disappointment is that the Musio version of the library doesn’t have the “Kind of Blue” effects on it like the Kontakt version. I did contact the Musio folks and the support person that responded suggested throwing on RC-20, which I have and I tried, and unsurprisingly, it doesn’t come anywhere close to the audio demos for the Kontakt version. Of course, Musio doesn’t have the effects or patch/snapshot capabilities that Kontakt has, so maybe it will never get that sound unless I learn how to create an effects chain that can come close, which I’ve attempted to do, but I simply don’t have the skill to do a great job.

This demo is a good example. While the “Piano in Blue” sounds excellent, it doesn’t have that vintage vibe that, of course, require a bunch of analog gear. I’ve tried to get there with a preamp, saturator, compressor, and reverb. I feel I’m not doing bad, but I don’t know how to nail that sound.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/5660/9854/files/PIB_Maddison_Rodriguez-Your_Story.mp3

My very talented friend, Greg Schlaepfer playing a beloved jazz standard:

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/5660/9854/files/PIB_Greg_Schlaepfer-All_The_Things.mp3

Your friend who keeps the beat.

1