I'm waiting for Steinberg to send me a replacement dongle from Germany. Sod's law kicked in and, only a matter of hours into Cubase 5, my dongle decided to go tits up which brought everything to a halt. In order to prevent myself from boring everyone to death ranting and raving about dongles (grrrrrr!!), I remembered that I had a copy of LE4 which came bundled with something or other. Loaded it up..went through the e-license business...no dongle with this one...and off we go!! Of course LE4 is very, very cut-down..no frills at all. Certainly no good for a full-on studio situation. But its fine for a solo project..in fact almost too good! The only essential thing that I really missed was the audio/instrument freeze facility. Work with it long enough and I'm sure I'd find all the other flaws....nonetheless I recorded and mixed a new song with LE4 which is here (3rd song): http://pricey.moonfruit.com/#/songs/4512272144 I'm really pleased with this one. Its a very simple mix...but then most of my stuff is. Whilst I'm really looking forward to resuming with Cubase 5 (assuming that I do actually get my replacement dongle), I enjoyed the simplicity of LE4.........hmmm .....LL
"lancelightning" <> wrote in message news:... > I'm waiting for Steinberg to send me a replacement dongle from > Germany. Sod's law kicked in and, only a matter of hours into Cubase > 5, my dongle decided to go tits up which brought everything to a halt. > In order to prevent myself from boring everyone to death ranting and > raving about dongles (grrrrrr!!), I remembered that I had a copy of > LE4 which came bundled with something or other. Loaded it up..went > through the e-license business...no dongle with this one...and off we > go!! > > Of course LE4 is very, very cut-down..no frills at all. Certainly no > good for a full-on studio situation. But its fine for a solo > project..in fact almost too good! The only essential thing that I > really missed was the audio/instrument freeze facility. Work with it > long enough and I'm sure I'd find all the other flaws....nonetheless I > recorded and mixed a new song with LE4 which is here (3rd song): > http://pricey.moonfruit.com/#/songs/4512272144 > > I'm really pleased with this one. Its a very simple mix...but then > most of my stuff is. Whilst I'm really looking forward to resuming > with Cubase 5 (assuming that I do actually get my replacement dongle), > I enjoyed the simplicity of LE4.........hmmm .....LL Good stuff I had a listen to all three songs on the site. Do I detect a Wishbone Ash mid career influence in there (without the twin lead guitars of course)? Nice playing, good song construction, good drum programming (sounds pretty natural), good vocals, good mixes. LE4 is simple and sometimes that's good because you can get ideas down without worrying too much about technicalities. Keep up the good work. Nick
On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 16:49:51 +0100, "nickm" <> wrote: > >"lancelightning" <> wrote in message >news:... >> I'm waiting for Steinberg to send me a replacement dongle from >> Germany. Sod's law kicked in and, only a matter of hours into Cubase >> 5, my dongle decided to go tits up which brought everything to a halt. >> In order to prevent myself from boring everyone to death ranting and >> raving about dongles (grrrrrr!!), I remembered that I had a copy of >> LE4 which came bundled with something or other. Loaded it up..went >> through the e-license business...no dongle with this one...and off we >> go!! >> >> Of course LE4 is very, very cut-down..no frills at all. Certainly no >> good for a full-on studio situation. But its fine for a solo >> project..in fact almost too good! The only essential thing that I >> really missed was the audio/instrument freeze facility. Work with it >> long enough and I'm sure I'd find all the other flaws....nonetheless I >> recorded and mixed a new song with LE4 which is here (3rd song): >> http://pricey.moonfruit.com/#/songs/4512272144 >> >> I'm really pleased with this one. Its a very simple mix...but then >> most of my stuff is. Whilst I'm really looking forward to resuming >> with Cubase 5 (assuming that I do actually get my replacement dongle), >> I enjoyed the simplicity of LE4.........hmmm .....LL > >Good stuff I had a listen to all three songs on the site. Do I detect >a Wishbone Ash mid career influence in there (without the twin lead guitars >of course)? Nice playing, good song construction, good drum programming >(sounds pretty natural), good vocals, good mixes. > >LE4 is simple and sometimes that's good because you can get ideas down >without worrying too much about technicalities. > >Keep up the good work. > >Nick Thanks for listenening Nick, and for the encouragement. I guess Wishbone Ash are one of my influences...though one of only many. I saw them very early on at the time the first album came out.. Thinking about it, 'Time Was' - from Argus (2nd album), remains one of my faves from that period. Having an evening in my studio tonight. Glass of red, my SG and Jazz Bass..still with LE4 (no sign of the new dongle yet). Lets hope that inspiration kicks in before the wine takes over!! Cheers ...LL
