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My luck is usually such that once I buy something, the universe times a software upgrade with the just the right time duration so I am forced to pay for the update....

I am really feeling a place for ethno in my music and wanted to know if there is any "buzz" about a future upgrade, or such?

How cpu intensive is ethno?

On my core duo it doesn't seem bad at all. System is a core duo 6300 with 2 gig ram.

I did this little thing tonight testing Ethno out and had 3 instances running all with a reverb setting and had less than 25% usage. This is all ethno. Two violins(one exported to wav then imported back in), one PAD, and a Koto.

http://www.shadoespace.net/mp3/LamentForADyingDay.mp3

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Hey Josh, that stuff you've been working on this year strikes me as being perfectly suited to Ethno.
You'll surely use some of the percussion, no?
Then there's the ability to quickly add quality ethnic melodies etc.
From what I've heard, I reckon you'll love it.

That reminds me: What did you use for the congas on the stuff you sent me?
They sound cool - not boomy or muddy at all, and perfect for the monkey, methinks.

monkey man wrote:`
Hey Josh, that stuff you've been working on this year strikes me as being perfectly suited to Ethno.
You'll surely use some of the percussion, no?
Then there's the ability to quickly add quality ethnic melodies etc.
From what I've heard, I reckon you'll love it.

That reminds me: What did you use for the congas on the stuff you sent me?
They sound cool - not boomy or muddy at all, and perfect for the monkey, methinks.

all stock reason sounds, no refills or anything. The trick is i automate envilope modulations ever so slightly to "detune/retune" the percussion hits which makes them a little less "stale" and loops sounding.

But do you think there will an ethno update anytime soon?

shadoe42 wrote:On my core duo it doesn't seem bad at all. System is a core duo 6300 with 2 gig ram.

I did this little thing tonight testing Ethno out and had 3 instances running all with a reverb setting and had less than 25% usage. This is all ethno. Two violins(one exported to wav then imported back in), one PAD, and a Koto.

http://www.shadoespace.net/mp3/LamentForADyingDay.mp3

Yeah, pretty cool. Thanks for posting this.

There is one update out now that I installed the other day. Didn't take long to download and fixed as issue I was having with the mod wheel crackling, But that is more of a patch I guess. You are meaning paid for updates I take it. Like moving from EI 1 to EI 2? no clue on that one.

jgest wrote:But do you think there will an ethno update anytime soon?

Hey, it's only an opinion, but...

If it's not yet UB, which I suspect it isn't, I'd imagine it'd be hot on the heals of MachFive II.
If it's already UB, I'd expect a major update in no less than 6-9 months, with incremental fixes the only realistic prospects in the near future.

monkey man wrote:If it's not yet UB, which I suspect it isn't, I'd imagine it'd be hot on the heals of MachFive II.
If it's already UB, I'd expect a major update in no less than 6-9 months, with incremental fixes the only realistic prospects in the near future.

It was UB from the get-go ('cept the MAS version, the UB MAS version came a month or two later).

carrythebanner wrote:

monkey man wrote:If it's not yet UB, which I suspect it isn't, I'd imagine it'd be hot on the heals of MachFive II.
If it's already UB, I'd expect a major update in no less than 6-9 months, with incremental fixes the only realistic prospects in the near future.

It was UB from the get-go ('cept the MAS version, the UB MAS version came a month or two later).

thats why I am wondering about a potential update.......

shadoe42 wrote:There is one update out now that I installed the other day. Didn't take long to download and fixed as issue I was having with the mod wheel crackling, But that is more of a patch I guess. You are meaning paid for updates I take it. Like moving from EI 1 to EI 2? no clue on that one.

yes E2 that what I'm talking about. Any speculation, lies, hints, gossip or rumors floating around.....

nope. Haven't seen anything that might indicate that is coming soon. But I guess one never knows.

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MOTU seems to have done such a sterling job with it, and I've not heard much in the complaints department so far - both factors in my previous judgement.
I still reckon 6-9 months minimum. Likely a year.

Perish the thought, but look what happened with Machy.
I suspect MOTU learned a lesson with MachFive II, just quietly, so I'd not expect a ridiculous delay such as that one.

Now if I could just figure out how to sue this thing fully it would be great

Why would you want to sue it?

monkey man wrote:If it's not yet UB, which I suspect it isn't, I'd imagine it'd be hot on the heals of MachFive II...

You mean like 3 or 4 years from now???