February 11, 1964 The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. I turned 11 four days earlier (the day of their first arrival in USA). The desire was there but the means did not come until my 14th birthday where I got my first electric guitar and amp from West L.A. Music.

https://soundcloud.com/citizenregen/andromeda-suite

The lyrics:

Andromeda Refrain (c) 2025 Citizen Regen

Verse 1
From the stars, they came, with hearts of gold,
A mission clear, a story to unfold.
Sent from Andromeda, to light our way,
To guide us through the darkest day.

With wisdom deep, and knowledge grand,
They offered peace, an open…Read More

@peter I would probably drop in from time to time but I cannot commit to constant fixed schedule of leading a Zoom call.

I do own an Ignite series Hofner. I’ve used it most recently on the last Fizzy Pickle song (Thrilllller).

Since I do more metal than pop, a real/true Hofner is financially impractical at this time.

The sought offer models will now probably rise in value considerably.

Picked up the last lib I didn’t own. The Honey Acoustic.

Now I’m fully compliant. (to quote Steve Buscemi in Fargo)

Great job Peter.

Warren Zevon cover by James Griffiths & Ed Kocol

(C) Lennon-McCartney

Covered by:
James Griffiths – Lead Guitar
Ron Houle – Drums
Daryl Greenway – Piano, Organ, Tambourine, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocal
Ed Kocol – Bass, Lead Vocal

Ordered, because, welll….., jampoints.

Installed!

Or $49 if you already own everything but it. 😏

On October 23, 2025 at 5:35 pm peter said

On October 23, 2025 at 3:04 pm bapu said
How do I imbed vimeo here?

 

Otherwise, Ed, as expected from Fizzy Pickle, the song sounds excellent. That singer has a great voice, the band sounds superb, and the mix is top notch! Really, kudos to all of you. It very much sounds like a total pro production on…

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How do I imbed vimeo here?

Thrillerrrr on Vimeo

This is the first song I mixed using the AYAIC M3 level plane mixing system.

https://soundcloud.com/citizenregen/andromeda-refrain?si=00a73ea53b0f4923a0aed989ceafba3d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Andromeda Refrain (c) 2025 Citizen Regen

Ken “Zargg” Nilsen – Vocals
Eren Ergül – Guitars
Hugo Ribeiro – Drums
Dave “Bitflipper” Townsend – Keys
Tom Langridge – Additional Keys
Steve Alken…Read More

$28 if you buy a 6 pack of generic serials from thomassmusic.com.

Doe those who are unaware, you *do not* have to use all 6 serials at once.

IOW: Installed!

I own 2 Distressors hardware units and this is by far the best product I have ever used as a software emulation of the Distressor.

Installed!

Buy this NOW!

You will not regret it once you wrap your head around the concepts.

It’s my new go to for the final mixing stage of a project.

Jampoints applied to MAX for a final price of $104.99.

Pre-Ordered!

I also have Sonarworks iteration of this kind of plugin (SoundID VoiceAI).

As one who not only has aged hearing loss, I’ve had multiple ear operations over the years and I can now only mix with over the ears headphones, with my hearing aids in. I use Sennheiser HD650s.

This looks interesting in that maybe I could run its tests without my hearing aids in and see what it does for me.

Fortunately I’m on their subscription…Read More

Installed!

Installed!

Just a reminder: The best deal on new SDXs is the Best Service SDX 3 Pack for $341. That’s $114 per SDX.

Yes, it’s a large upfront purchase but you get 3 generic serial numbers you can use singularly at any time to register a new SDX.

I find 3 serials generally are used in about 18 to 24 months. SDXs come at a slower pace than…Read More

Anybody else got AYAIC’s M3 product? It’s a pretty impressive tool for the mix stage of a project.

If the author’s science is correct (all based on the concept of universal laws of level planes) it makes a mix rather quick and more accurate compared to this amateur’s mixing skills.

I took a project where I had applied all the EQ, compression…Read More

I remember when Musicians Friend had a limited licenses flash sale on Vault for $49. like Maxwell Smart, I missed it by that much.

Installed!

Nice that it’s included in Mercury (which I am WP’s for) but when I need samples augmentation/replacement I still use Slate’s Trigger2.

Installed!

Installed! (after the next group buy 😉 )

Loyalty pre-purchase price of $129 and Intro price of $149 announced today.

Pre-Purchased for The Bapu

Great tool when mixing live drums that are “all over the place” in terms of leveler.

I imagine the asking price will be in the $299 range.

I got the demo but have not tried it yet. I may compare it the UA Manly MU to see which is “betterer”.

(the whole lot already) Installed! long time ago

My upgrade price (from 3) was $99.

I purchased it.

Got an email from support they cancelled the order. They said I did not have 3 (I did and bought it directly from them). I sent them my order number and date  of purchase.

They responded that somehow 3 was not registered in my account (that what they checked) but the order was in my order…Read More

sure. y knot.

Installed.

(not) Installed!

never bought any. 🙂

@peter All live drums mic’d, no samples added. Just processing.

The song was reviewed by Warren Huart today *Friday 11 July 2025″ on his Feedback Friday session.

Skip ahead to 4.56ish to hear the song or 10:14ish to hear his review/thoughts.

https://www.youtube.com/live/K5AdE_q_fNA

I have FL Studio but have yet to dig in. This may be a reason to explore.

I read Audio Adultry

my bad

I have a yearly subscription that I got last December for $69. When it expires this December. (I cancelled it last week) I will revert to the free tier.

I only use it when working with my collaborators to give them a tracking project with markers, tempo and time signatures, along with basic stems.

It was inevitable.

I’ve got the Spitfire Version, else I would have said……

Installed!

So, I’ll just say……

(Spitfire version) Installed!

On June 23, 2025 at 5:44 pm joegyork said
There’s something you don’t have?! 😉

I always wait for group buys from Orange Tree.

Installed!

Two things.

1. I cancelled my $69 annual membership (from last December) and even though it was confirmed, they said I can use it until December of this year. Technically I still have a subscription, even though my account says I don’t have a subscription and thus I cannot renew at $49.

2. I still collab with CbB/Soinar users and I like to…Read More

Becoming Led Zeppelin on Netflix

Excellent doc.

Has the only known audio interview with John Bonham.