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This is only tenuously related to this discussion but I really wanted to share it.
Steinberg have just released the new version of Cubase and here is Hans Zimmer talking about what Cubase has meant for him as a composer. There are so many fascinating insights into what software contributes to the creative process, how a software company works with an artist, as well as just how composers create. And again I think there’s a very interesting crossover in terms of our world as editors.
https://new.steinberg.net/cubase/hans-zimmer/
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[Mark Suszko] “And playing with others, in front of an appreciative audience, is an addictive, energizing experience. I feel like I’m my Best Self when we’re all playing “in the pocket” and the audience is fully engaged.”
Very enjoyable performances, thanks for sharing.
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[Tim Wilson] “I come at this slightly differently.”
Great post.
Of course I knew you’d make it all about guitars!
Actually the point you make is one I completely concur with. I was re-reading a classic book on the clarinet by the very great British player Jack Brymer (who was actually my teacher’s teacher) and he said something very similar about the equipment.
Of course there are some great players who swear that their one set-up is perfect for anything and nothing can make them change their minds. But the majority of players use different set-ups for different music because it not only makes it easier to play, it is better adapted to the style.
A wonderfully dark sounding mouthpiece that’s perfect for Brahms’ chamber pieces masterpieces for the clarinet, is all wrong for playing the brilliant French style of the Poulenc sonata. A solo recital in a small space requires something markedly different from what’s needed to project from the back of a huge orchestra.
In other words, “the right equipment” turns out to be what’s right for the job in hand and the “one size fits all” theory can work but it’s not really ideal. What’s ideal is to have a range of trusted options that you can turn to as the occasion requires. As you say, too many options leads you down the opposite wrong path because you never focus on getting the best out of anything and many clarinettists end up there, never discovering the sound they really want.
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Interestingly, given the context of this post, I left out one aspect of clarinet playing that has obvious importance, and that’s the technological aspect.
What clarinet, what mouthpiece, what barrel, what bell, what reeds, what ligature to use … all of these technological questions are as important to the clarinet player as the technological choices that face the editor.
For some players this often becomes the single question that most obsesses them. If they can just get their equipment choices right, they will become the player they want to be.
Unfortunately for those players, their obsession can easily become a distraction from the many other questions that need their attention.
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Yes, I get that. You didn’t read what I replied. The shortcut will only work for one or the other – not both. Therefore your suggestion doesn’t solve the problem. It only shifts it.
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Not a great deal of help because then you don’t have a shortcut for the video Share. But it’s a sort of a solution, I suppose.
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And while we’re on the subject of Save Current Frame two other things are a big annoyance.
a) I’ve asked them endlessly but Apple refuse to give us a keyboard shortcut. When you’re making lots of stills (e.g. of a design for client or collaborator approval) having to mouse around to get to it is surprisingly tiresome. Surely this is an easy fix?
b) On every Mac I’ve ever tried it with Save Current Frame takes many seconds to complete. On the up-to-date, fully loaded iMacPro I use for work, exporting a simple HD Color Solid takes several seconds!
The only upside to b) is that the save process is a true Background Process so that you can keep working while it’s happening and even set off a new Save while it’s running.
One thing to note here is that in 5.4.4 this applies to the video Share as well – for the first time you can be rendering a project while you carry on working on it. That’s a very welcome development that saves a lot of time. You can even work on and Save out from another open project.
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[Robin S. Kurz] “So this isn’t something new?? … how annoying.”
No, not new. It’s been there for quite a few years now. I can’t remember when I first noticed it and flagged it to Apple.
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Glad that was a solution for you.
I don’t entirely know why it works this way and I’ve asked Apple many times to get it sorted (hah!), but a JPEG export treats anything transparent as white. With horrible consequences, as you discovered. So the only solution is to add a fully opaque background.
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Make sure you have a Black Solid at the bottom of your project. If you have transparent layers they will be horribly mangled whren you try to export JPEG, hence the need for a fully opaque background.
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