Anyone using Auria?

[DrApostropheX]

I'm almost sold on this, any last minute warnings?

Yes: Budget in at least another $50-60 for the effects you want right away. FORTUNATELY they haven't come out with any new effects since the main app launch (just some drum loops), so it's not like every month you're going to be spending that on new effects, but you're going to want the Pro-Q (pretty essential in my opinion) and probably the MicroWarmer, Echo, or filter plug-ins. I got the Overloud suite but I haven't really dug into it that deeply. It seems very comprehensive with a good range of effects and amps for the money, so it can be used on a lot more than guitar... so that's another $20 for that

[jjmcjj]

#1 Gripe: Give us a built in drum machine plug, please! How about Jamstix for Auria? How incredible would that be?

That said, my very initial impression of the Overloud plugin is that it is impressive in its own right. My number one criteria being, "Does the Vox emulation sound good?" Yup, it does!

I haven't spend tons of time with it, either, but you can also play around with mics and mic positioning, as well. Feels like a full sized plugin.

[DrApostropheX]

A Jamstix style plugin would be insane... I like Drum Jam, but that's really more of a Jamcussion equivalent. My workflow for drums now is: use Jamstix 3 on my PC to make a drum track for a song, render it out in Reaper to eight individual .wav files (for each drum part: kick, snare, toms, ambience, etc.) and then import those .wav files into Auria and build the rest of the track around it. Since I can't go back and fiddle with the Jamstix part all that easily, I spend a lot less time working with Jamstix than I would on the PC (just the hour or so to create the drum track/song in Jamstix). I'll let you know how well that works out.

[audiojunkie]

A Jamstix style plugin would be insane... I like Drum Jam, but that's really more of a Jamcussion equivalent. My workflow for drums now is: use Jamstix 3 on my PC to make a drum track for a song, render it out in Reaper to eight individual .wav files (for each drum part: kick, snare, toms, ambience, etc.) and then import those .wav files into Auria and build the rest of the track around it. Since I can't go back and fiddle with the Jamstix part all that easily, I spend a lot less time working with Jamstix than I would on the PC (just the hour or so to create the drum track/song in Jamstix). I'll let you know how well that works out.

I thought the Drumagog add-on let you change sounds while still keeping the groove that was created in Jamstix. Maybe I'm wrong, but it was my understanding that Drumagog allows you to swap-out/replace individual hits in a drum track.

I only mention this, because you mentioned the difficulty with going back and fiddling with Jamstix. It would seem to me that this plug-in might help you with this difficulty.

--Sean

[audiojunkie]

#1 Gripe: Give us a built in drum machine plug, please! How about Jamstix for Auria? How incredible would that be?

That said, my very initial impression of the Overloud plugin is that it is impressive in its own right. My number one criteria being, "Does the Vox emulation sound good?" Yup, it does!

I haven't spend tons of time with it, either, but you can also play around with mics and mic positioning, as well. Feels like a full sized plugin.

I believe the WaveMachine Lab's plan includes building an entire Midi sequencer into Auria. Imagine having Auria with something like Genome Midi sequencer built in to it, and having several high quality built-in synths and samplers.

--Sean

[Shane Sanders]

I think things will get very interesting if someone puts together a system where you can compose with very small sets of sample data (like we have now), and then render some or all of it offline into a cloud with the absolute best samples available. Perhaps you get free preview results with lower quality mp3s--to examine your velocity choices within the more robust sample set--until you are ready to 'rent' the render farm for your final uncompressed tracks. Then drop 99 cents to have your stems in a format you can actually publish or use in a larger DAW environment.

Just thinking out loud here: perhaps once you 'rent' the render from a particular channel strip, you get X number of free revisions so that you can change your mind about the instrumentation or sample set that you want to 'rent from' ...

It would have to be utterly seamless, because we can obviously do a lot of MIDI import/export now--but the convenience factor would really be interesting, imo.

Allow me to coin a phrase: "A Prime Studio one Dime at a Time" (.10 per render or whatnot)... globally, you would get rich if you had the render muscle!

[Karmacomposer]

A Jamstix style plugin would be insane... I like Drum Jam, but that's really more of a Jamcussion equivalent. My workflow for drums now is: use Jamstix 3 on my PC to make a drum track for a song, render it out in Reaper to eight individual .wav files (for each drum part: kick, snare, toms, ambience, etc.) and then import those .wav files into Auria and build the rest of the track around it. Since I can't go back and fiddle with the Jamstix part all that easily, I spend a lot less time working with Jamstix than I would on the PC (just the hour or so to create the drum track/song in Jamstix). I'll let you know how well that works out.

Check out my GrooveBlox soundset. It will work with Auria beautifully. www.supersynths.com

I plan on using it the second I get Auria.

Mike

[audiojunkie]

A Jamstix style plugin would be insane... I like Drum Jam, but that's really more of a Jamcussion equivalent. My workflow for drums now is: use Jamstix 3 on my PC to make a drum track for a song, render it out in Reaper to eight individual .wav files (for each drum part: kick, snare, toms, ambience, etc.) and then import those .wav files into Auria and build the rest of the track around it. Since I can't go back and fiddle with the Jamstix part all that easily, I spend a lot less time working with Jamstix than I would on the PC (just the hour or so to create the drum track/song in Jamstix). I'll let you know how well that works out.

Check out my GrooveBlox soundset. It will work with Auria beautifully. www.supersynths.com

I plan on using it the second I get Auria.

Mike

Interesting! So if I understand correctly, The core library is a complete construction kit in WAV format, and then there is a VST app that can be used with it. Pretty cool! I know exactly what app you can store these in too:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audiosh ... mpt=uo%3D4



--Sean

[Karmacomposer]

Very true. Yes, you are correct about there being two products - one a sample set in wave format and the other a virtual instrument. The core library of samples are the same in either product.

I can see using that app to help store/move grooveblox to/from apps like Auria, although it it supports dropbox, you can also use that.

Mike