M-Audio/GForce & EWQL Xmas Bonanza Giveaway

[modz1]

Competition for DV247 Forum members only - If you're not yet a member, why not register now and get involved with the webs coolest, information rich, entertaining, feature packed and exciting online Music Production & Pro-Audio community!


Santa's been fumbling around his sack () again kids!

As if our 1st week December Xmas prize of Win Heavyocity Evolve wasn't enough.. We've got yet another incredible Xmas bonanza prize package for two (trippy, hippy) DV247 Forum members to stick under that spiky, green tree..

East West Quantum Leap 'Fab Four'


And..
M-Audio/GForce M-Tron Pro


Trip back to the psychedelic 60's and glam 70's with these retro-tastic (but hey, future looking) virtual instruments..
Check out more specs and some great examples of the M-Tron Pro rotating it's looped muscles Here at M-Audio and have a listen to some EWQL Fab Four 'Beatle-esque', trippy sounds on this DV Forum post HERE

So how do YOU win?
Simple - all and any members posting a comment, viewpoint or opinion etc in this thread on the above two amazing pieces of software will be eligible for a random draw selection process - easy..
So, no post-ee no win-ee
The two winning members will be announced on Monday 22nd December - Happy Christmas indeed!

[saxman]

In this thread guys.

Simple - all and any members posting a comment, viewpoint or opinion etc in this thread

[trbguy]

Cool someones going back to 60's

[Monarch]

Heh...ok...I get it now this thread.

LOL I should have read modz1's post a tad slower.

[saxman]

I must admit that the idea of a "Fab 4" virtual instrument collection did not fill with immediate excitement. However, I am listening to some demos online and the guitars sound great. The collection is not endorsed by the Beatles but who cares?

INSTRUMENT LIST:

# Baby I'm A Clavioline (Clavioline/Baldwin Amp)
# Bass Tripper (1963 Hofner 500 Bass)
# Because I'm A Harpsichord (Baldwin Electric Harpsichord/Baldwin Amp)
# Come To Bass (1964 Rickenbacker 4001S Bass)
# Come To Drums (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
# Come To Guitar Rhythm (1965 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar/1967 Fender DeLuxe Amp)
# Come To Guitar Solo (1957 Les Paul Goldtop Electric Guitar/1963 Fender Bassman Amp)
# Day In The Drums (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
# Everybody's Got Guitar (1965 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar/1966 Vox Defiant Amp)
# Fairchild Modulated Cymbals (Zildjian Cymbals)
# Fixing A Guitar Solo (1956 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar/1966 Vox Defiant Amp)
# Getting A Better Guitar (1951 Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar/1966 Vox 730 Amp)
# Get Back My Guitar (1965 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar/1967 Fender Showman Amp)
# Help I'm A Snare (plus kit) (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
# Here Comes The Guitar (1966 Gibson J200 Acoustic picked)
# I'm Only A Backwards Guitar (1965 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar/1966 Vox 7120 Amp)
# I Want Guitar (Epiphone Casino/Fender DeLuxe and Fender Strat/Fender Tan Showman/doubled)
# I Will Play A Guitar Solo (1966 Martin D28 with ADT)
# I'm A Blackbird (1966 Martin D28 Acoustic Guitar fingered and picked)
# In The End There Will Be Drums (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
# Let It Be Organ (Hammond B3 Organ)
# Lucy In The Lowery (Lowery Heritage Deluxe Organ)
# Lucy Lead Guitar (1956 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar with Leslie Speaker)
# Michelle Is A Guitar Solo (1965 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar/1963 Fender Bassman Amp)
# Madonna Piano (Steinway B Piano)
# Miscellaneous (Claps, Tambourine, Cowbell, Screaming Girls)
# Nowhere Guitar (1956 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar/1963 Vox AC30)
# Party Guitar (Gretsch Tennessean Electric Guitar/1963 Vox AC50 Amp)
# Penny Snare (plus kit) (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
# Pepper Guitar (Gibson SG Guitar/1966 Vox Defiant Amp)
# Revostortion Guitar (1965 Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar/2 x REDD 47 Preamps)
# Roll Over Guitar (1959 Gretsch Country Gentleman Electric Guitar/1964 Vox AC100 Amp)
# Something Is A Guitar Solo (1957 Les Paul Goldtop Electric Guitar/1963 Fender Bassman Amp)
# Something Is A Rhythm Guitar (1951 Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar with Leslie Speaker)
# Strawberry Drums (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
# Strawberry Flutes (original sound licensed from www.mellotron.com)
# Swarmandel Forever (Swarmandel)
# Ticket To Guitar (Rickenbacker 360-12 Electric Guitar/1965 Vox AC50 Amp)
# Ticket To Drums (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
# We Can Work A Harmonium (Harmonium)
# With a Little Help From My Bass (1964 Rickenbacker 4001S Bass)
# Within A Sitar / Love You Sitar (Sitar)
# Within A Tabla (Tabla)
# What You're Drumming (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit)
# Yer Drums (1960 Ludwig Downbeat Kit in Small Room)

[terminal3]

Alrighty, I'm in.

1) M-Tron Pro - looks super-cool. My experience with GForce so far has been pretty positive - VSM is excellent, and Oddity is fun too if you're into the ARP Odyssey sound, so there's no doubt M-Tron Pro will take a good thing and make it better. I have no first-hand experience with M-Tron yet other than hearing all the demos - the software has been on my list for a while, but it's not really "demo-able." So I'd be excited if Santa handed me a copy indeed. 'Trons are as fun as spiked eggnog and mistletoe, IMO, so how can you go wrong?

2) Fab Four - now this one I actually already have. The drums in this library are superb and easily my favourite part of the library. Very Beatles-flavour (duh) - but if you're not into that 60's Abbey Road drum sound then look elsewhere. I like the bass guitars as well, and some of the keyboards are fun (although I wish there were more of them!). Unsurprisingly, there's a big emphasis on guitars - I have to say, they're probably better than your average MIDI-keyboard-triggered guitar sample, but they still do tend to sound like MIDI-keyboard-triggered guitar samples. The acoustics to me sound better than the electrics as well. Now, maybe if I actually had a MIDI guitar I could coax a more realistic sounding performance out of it, but then there would still be the articulations to deal with - I think that's something I personally need to explore further anyway.

Fab Four also contains exactly ONE Mellotron sample - the flutes!

Here's something I did which uses Fab Four quite a bit - the bass, the beginning and end sitars and the piano stab at the end (the "final chord" I guess ) are all from Fab Four.

And here's your final fun fact for the post - the EWQL support forum is the only internet forum I've ever been banned from! Me, can you believe it?

[Monarch]

Originally Posted by terminal3

And here's your final fun fact for the post - the EWQL support forum is the only internet forum I've ever been banned from! Me, can you believe it?

What on earth for?

[I_Am_Bic_Pentameter]

Originally Posted by Monarch

What on earth for?

He was accused of being two-faced.

[I_Am_Bic_Pentameter]

As I learned my guitar playing to copying Beatles tracks by ear throughout my teens then this is a great product. I only have copies of the original vinyls on my PC, crackles and all. Marvellous.

Actually, the samples sound rather good and it would be useful to help play Beatles Le, otherwise known as Oasis.

[terminal3]

Originally Posted by Monarch

What on earth for?

"Excessive negativity" was their official reason.

Was simply pointing out a few shortcomings in their products & marketing. They didn't like that one bit.

[Monarch]

Originally Posted by terminal3

"Excessive negativity" was their official reason.

Was simply pointing out a few shortcomings in their products & marketing. They didn't like that one bit.

They might have banned quite a few other people on that basis. I'm trying to remember a saying...if one person likes a product he will tell a few people but if the same person does not like a product he will tell 10 people.

[tyronehowe]

Originally Posted by Monarch

What on earth for?

I’ve heard it’s quite easy. Apparently any “wrong post” such as questioning why their products don’t work properly can get you banned!

Anyway – on with the competition…

I can’t say anything about M-Tron Pro but I have Fab Four and if you want to make that kind of music, then this package contains the lot. I would add that this is the “lightest” of the libraries in terms of processor usage. I know of someone running 40 instances on a Mac Pro (quad) with 8 Gb Memory.

[I_Am_Bic_Pentameter]

Sureno at a recent M-Tron pro promotion



Wrong Tron convention, Sureno, but any excuse to wear the outfit eh?

[trbguy]

Originally Posted by I_Am_Bic_Pentameter

As I learned my guitar playing to copying Beatles tracks by ear throughout my teens then this is a great product. I only have copies of the original vinyls on my PC, crackles and all. Marvellous.

Actually, the samples sound rather good and it would be useful to help play Beatles Le, otherwise known as Oasis.

I checked those youtube videos and there really are some good guitars and drums. Play engine seems nice too. Beatles Le a good one

[tyronehowe]

That's just how I imagined sureno would look