Slate Digital VCC, solution found!

[Killahurts]

Hey Dan, no worries my friend! I just finished mixing an album with the Slate VCC system. Was it problematic? Yes. Was it worth it? Yes.

My mastering Engineer heard exact same mixes with straight DP, Air Windows Console, and VCC on the API console setting. Hands down, he picked the VCC mixes, twice, labeled "A", "B", etc.

You won't be disappointed in your purchase.

[Dan Worley]

Hey Dan, no worries my friend! I just finished mixing an album with the Slate VCC system. Was it problematic? Yes. Was it worth it? Yes.

My mastering Engineer heard exact same mixes with straight DP, Air Windows Console, and VCC on the API console setting. Hands down, he picked the VCC mixes, twice, labeled "A", "B", etc.

You won't be disappointed in your purchase.

Right-on, Killa. Thanks! It's great to hear that you and your ME are happy with the sound. I can't wait to fire it up once I get the iLok2.

c-ya,

Dan Worley

[Dan Worley]

There's an update to VCC: 1.1.0. (I don't know how long that's been up).

From what I read, it is supposed to fix the problems it was having in DP. Unfortunately, I'm not finding that to be correct on my system running DP7.21

Since this was my first install of VCC (and I read that things were fixed), I started off trying it with MAS AudioUnit Support 1.7.0. (42086). But the blank Group window bug was still there (but if you close the plug-in window and open it again the graphics do finally appear) and VCC steals the transport.

So I switched to (35805) and the graphics problem is gone but VCC still steals the transport.

Okay, I guess I'll have to deal with that for now. Now I need to go in and hear how it sounds to me. It's a nice looking plug.

c-ya,

Dan Worley

[waterstrum]

Just got VCC today and have just started messing with it.
I guess I am at the happy part of the new software curve, 'cause it seems to work fine here.
In my setup, it doesn't steal the transport.
The group window comes up as it is supposed to.

That being said, I haven't a clue about how to use it.
I have started some A/B tests on individual tracks and can hear some subtle differences.

I'm mixing through a digital desk, so I'm not sure about the best way to integrate VCC.

I do believe these guys are dedicated to advancing the art of sound, so I'm putting my faith and money on the table.

[kwiz]

Has anyone tried the 2.0 beta version yet and if so, has there been an improvement?
Using the older version of the MAS AU bundle make my system weird using other plugins so right now I'm using the latest version which as you guys already know crashes VCC...

[Dan Worley]

Has anyone tried the 2.0 beta version yet and if so, has there been an improvement?

I just read that the knobs are acting weird in that beta release and they're working to fix it. That was posted a little over an hour ago by Slate.

Using the older version of the MAS AU bundle make my system weird using other plugins so right now I'm using the latest version which as you guys already know crashes VCC...

The latest version of the MAS AU bundle isn't crashing VCC on my setup. VCC has been working pretty good here, with some annoyances, the main one being keyboard focus.

c-ya,

Dan Worley

[kwiz]

They just released the 1.1.2 today and its working fine on my system now.
They even fixed the "transport stealing" issue that some of us experienced!
Time to remix some of my current projects now.

[Steven Slate]

sorry about my absense here guys but as you can see with the 1.1.2 update, we've been busy fixing stuff and now it seems most DP users can rejoice in VCC bliss! Let me know how its doing for you guys.

[Dan Worley]

1.1.2 didn't fix a thing for me. The keyboard focus is still lost as soon as I touch a knob in VCC or click anywhere inside its window. If I click on the window's title I get keyboard focus back.

The windows don't resize when I close the Group section. Aren't they supposed to? Oh, I see now that the blank section of the window (where the Group is located when it's open) is black instead of white. That's different.

I've pretty much gotten used to all these little quirks and have no problem working with VCC. I don't need its windows open much anyway.

c-ya,

Dan Worley

[Killahurts]

sorry about my absense here guys but as you can see with the 1.1.2 update, we've been busy fixing stuff and now it seems most DP users can rejoice in VCC bliss! Let me know how its doing for you guys.

Hey Steven, does that mean we can go back to the current version of the MOTU plugin support thingy? I was going to update DP from 7.21 to 7.22, but I plan to hold off on it until I know VCC is working well with it.