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Thanks for the link; very interesting.

If that doesn't happen, then you're doing something wrong..! The 'life of their own' that my stuff takes on is far better than anything I could have thought of by myself..!

Good evening, Andy, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Yay..! ^^

In Reaper, make sure that 'Record Monitoring' is 'On' ( HP symbol just below the track name...).

(And don't under-sell yourself. You're probably the best bass player in your household. )

Good evening, Stevie, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

So, perfect..?

Good evening, Cliffy, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Please transmit ...

Indeed; I'd forgotten those. Good Call.

Download and install the Reaktor PLayer, it's free. Use that, through Reaper, to listen to the .ens files you have. When you're happy with what you're hearing, render the track to audio. From that point on, you won't need Reaktor for that track. Rinse and repeat. 30 minutes, continuous, should be easily enough to decide if the sounds are what you are looking for. I've just tried out a few (Kontour, Polyplex, Monark, The Finger and more...); if you can't find decent sounds in there, take up crochet. I have maybe a thousand or so Vst synths, mostly free ones, and many have great sounds. One needs patience and a bit of effort to find the right ones, and having a big budget is far from the only criteria (I'm retired; my budget is very slim indeed...). Reaktor 'Spark', for instance, costs 49€ or so, and has a bunch of excellent presets, none of which are 'cheezy'. As for wanting to compose high-flying stuff, I'd advise starting off modestly and building up over time. No-one comes up with 'Zappa' lines, or prog opera straight off. Get something simple done, then do another, and another. It needn't take decades, but it won't take minutes. Izotope were offering the Iris 2 for free the other day; similar offers come up regularly. Here the Viking, for free... VK-1 ... ... and here, Cobalt ...

Follow the link, and look at the Comparison Chart under 'Specifications'...

My 'Google' brings up this ... Reaktor Player ...

It's free to try out, with no restrictions, for as long as you need, and priced very low ($60..?) once you're sure it's a 'keeper'. There are free DAWs, too, but they all seem 'daunting' at first.

No, you'd need a free Reaktor Player, which will play 'em for 30 minutes.

I bought yet another bass cab (I'm a drummer...), from this very Forum, a couple of weeks ago. Too massive for shipping, it's being held by the Seller until one of my brothers can pick it up (thanks again, Ben...); he'll hold on to it until I pop across to the UK (don't know when; probably next year, but...). An SWR 8 x 8 in flight case, here's one of the pics...

OK, why not..? ... Joni Mitchell's albums ranked. Discuss ...

Personally, I'm not fussed about rankings, even my own, so those of the Guardian ... Anyway, the floor is open for opinions on ranking in general, this one in particular and any other sentiments that you feel the need to express. Over to you ... The Guardian : Joni Mitchell's albums - ranked..!

I'm fairly sure that there are, in the entire output of The Beast, at least a couple of pieces of which I could approve. I'm not prepared to take the risk, nor spend the time, looking for these well-hidden gems. My loss, I know, but I'm OK with that. Now then, back to Joni Mitchell...

Yes, but to play 'em, with improvised variations, on demand from four randomly-chosen notes, is pretty darned good. That the impro and variations resulting be jolly good is even better. She's young, too, for such a feat, I'd say. More power to her elbow.

+1 ^^

Good evening, Christian, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.