Cytomic 'The Glue' Compressor

[bk]

I asked a much more limited question and I would appreciate it if he would address it rather than justifying it by pointing to a slippery slope.

It appears to me that he did answer you, when he wrote:

I have two computers, and I run songs on both, I can sequence midi over ethernet, and have a second computer playing vsti's, or triggering samples, or processing vocals.

If you are jamming with a friend who also has a computer it's nice to be able to use the same compressor on both your elements of the mix.

Someone doing a live set may have two computers and dj mixer between them.

If you are in a band and working on a track together you may want to give a mix your band member to have a play with, or record some vocals for.

You asked for one scenario, he gave you four. I don't see what your issue is with this...and I'm not trying to be hostile either, I just don't get why you still have issues with this.

[Jay-Producer]

Can someone clarify what you are talking baout when saying mix-bus?

[fjolle]

Can someone clarify what you are talking baout when saying mix-bus?

Think of it as the master output; the sum of all the busses.

[michu]

I still cant figure out that range control.

May i ask you to perform a simple experiment?
Put The Glue on some submix buss containing both transients and sustained sounds (say drums+bass). Dial in some really slamming compression on The Glue with range knob at default -40 dB (slamming as in virtual needle slammin' the virtual needle stop ). now back off range to taste, say somewhere between -20 and -10 dB. Do you like what you hear? Do you know any other compressor that can reproduce it easily, hard or soft?

[adl]

I still cant figure out that range control.

May i ask you to perform a simple experiment?
Put The Glue on some submix buss containing both transients and sustained sounds (say drums+bass). Dial in some really slamming compression on The Glue with range knob at default -40 dB (slamming as in virtual needle slammin' the virtual needle stop ). now back off range to taste, say somewhere between -20 and -10 dB. Do you like what you hear? Do you know any other compressor that can reproduce it easily, hard or soft?

HOLY CRAP THATS AWESOME!

Thanx so much for this little test.
It's definetely different to the regular Dry/Wet knob, where everything looses the punch again. It stays punchy while keeping the transients much better.


I am sold


Andrew here comes my money!!


EDIT: Money transfered...now waiting

EDIT 2. Got it within minutes

Thank you!!!

[andy-cytomic]

@Agreed: The license is for one client at a time, or if you don't have clients and you are a band then one track / album at a time at once. As I have made clear, this is to do with the intent of the license to not distinguish between multiple cpus on one machine or two machines. This is not a license for two copies of The Glue, but just that you can run it on two machines to accomplish a single task.

If all of that is too confusing the please just use it on one computer at once and forget about the rest.

Andrew Simper

[Agreed]

No, that clears it up just fine. I meant it when I said that it's really entirely your license to design how you want, I just initially didn't understand why the limitation existed. But you've given good examples of situations and so has at least one other person, and I'm satisfied. I'll be buying this as soon as the post-Beta is released and you get the web site up and running.

[rhythmtechnologies]

question for andy:

i finally got around to downloading the trial last night but havent unpacked it yet. im currently recording a project i'd like to test it on but it will be another 3/4 days before im at the stage of putting anything on the mix buss.

my question is this - when does the demo period start? is it from the moment i unpack the dll into my plugins folder or is it from the moment i open an instance in my DAW? thanks

andy?

[andy-cytomic]

question for andy:

i finally got around to downloading the trial last night but havent unpacked it yet. im currently recording a project i'd like to test it on but it will be another 3/4 days before im at the stage of putting anything on the mix buss.

my question is this - when does the demo period start? is it from the moment i unpack the dll into my plugins folder or is it from the moment i open an instance in my DAW? thanks

andy?

From when you first run the plugin.

Andrew Simper

[andy-cytomic]

No, that clears it up just fine. I meant it when I said that it's really entirely your license to design how you want, I just initially didn't understand why the limitation existed. But you've given good examples of situations and so has at least one other person, and I'm satisfied. I'll be buying this as soon as the post-Beta is released and you get the web site up and running.

Excellent I know it's a bit odd, but since I like the way companies like Ableton allow multiple auths for a single serial, so I want to do something similar.

Andrew Simper

[jpga]

The glue sounds fantastic

Big love and

John-peter.

[jason_bradberry]

Latest Trial versions of The Glue beta are below. No noise this time.

The Glue Trial Beta limitations of the are:
* Timeout after 14 days
* No load, no paste, no parameter automation

http://cytomic.com/downloads/Cytomic_Th ... Mac_Au.zip
http://cytomic.com/downloads/Cytomic_Th ... ac_Vst.zip
http://cytomic.com/downloads/Cytomic_Th ... in_Vst.zip

If you have tested the beta and you are happy enough to part your hard earned cash for it then you can get your build by sending $99 usd through paypal to sales atsign cytomic dotsign com and I'll get you a build within the next 24 hours since I have to process the orders manually at the moment.

Please also include your preferred registration name that will show up on the user interface eg Registered to Andrew Simper, and preferred email address for the registration.

Andrew Simper

Figured i'd repost this info as I just spent 10 mins searching the thread for it!

Andy - might be worth you creating a seperate thread to inform people how they can buy/demo the glue, as this thread is getting harder and harder to find the relevant info.

Anyway, all that aside, just purchased! Have been watching this thread since the first day with interest. I was lucky enough to spend four days with a real SSL G 4000 compressor last year and it made such a difference to my sound. Thanks for making it possible for those of us without the budget for the real thing to be able to get that sound in Native plug in format. As someone who's used the real thing this thing definitely rocks!

[andy-cytomic]

I like the underground nature of it at the moment, I would rather people seek it out if they want it. When the final launch is done I'll make it a bit easier for people, but for now it's handy that only those that are a little hardier to get a copy since it's a little rough around the edges. It saves time and effort all round really, for both customers and me.

Andrew Simper

[djsubject]

the VU meter only sometimes works in energyXT2.5,

cant track down why its only sometimes but i will

Tracktion3 seems fine

love the sound!!

Subz

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

I like the underground nature of it at the moment, I would rather people seek it out if they want it. When the final launch is done I'll make it a bit easier for people, but for now it's handy that only those that are a little hardier to get a copy since it's a little rough around the edges. It saves time and effort all round really, for both customers and me.

Andrew Simper

I saw on the GS forums that you were considering adding a "link" knob. Have you thought more about that? I actually think it would be a worthwhile feature to add as long it occurred prior to the official release or didn't break compatbility post release.