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Subject: VST, Mac, strange behavior
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Original Message 1/6 07-Aug-01 @ 10:06 PM - VST, Mac, strange behavior
Once upon a time, I imported a reversed cymbal aif. into a track, and used the audio function "fade out." It sounded dumb. So I erased it. When I tried to reimport the original, I found that VST would automatically perform the stupid fade out.
I deferred to the infinite wisdom of the DT community. The benevolent overlord Kilo explained that this behavior is one of VST's weak points. I was baffled at just how destructive "non-destructive" editing could be. I moved on with my life.
But alas--this recent development simply cannot be normal. VST has changed the original aif file, so that even if I open it up in Recycle, the fade out is visible/audible.
Similar things have happened with a few other sound files, including two files that just developed random bursts of noise in the middle.
How can this be? If VST makes a copy of the original file each time it is imported or recorded, how can this copy so sneakily infect its mother file? Has this happened to you?
Also, occasionally when recirding through a 2408, one channel will just decide to reject a second or so of audio. Like. "Do you believe in life af______ve! (Just kidding).
does this sound like a hardware or software issue to you? I mean, for Cubase to destroy data outside of its domain (i.e. non-imported, original sound files) seems suspect. Is my copy of Cubase (5.0) particularly nefarious?
Your help is appreciated.
--noah
Message 2/6 07-Aug-01 @ 10:26 PM - RE: VST, Mac, strange behavior
the thing with the 2408 sounds like some sorta glitch.
Message 3/6 08-Aug-01 @ 02:58 PM - RE: VST, Mac, strange behavior
This didn't used to happen. If (e.g.) I import a file named "Tenor Sax", a dialog box appears asking me to choose an Audio Files Folder (destination) folder, and then a file named "Tenor Sax aif. _____" always appears in the folder I have choosen. Is that not a copy of the original, a new file, that I can mess with without affecting the original? I'm assuming that it is because I've imported and chopped up the same sample (into different songs) lots of times without affecting the original source file.
Sorry if this question is stupid, but I'm confused because this has not been a problem for me until recently.
Message 4/6 10-Aug-01 @ 06:59 AM - RE: VST, Mac, strange behavior
do the copying in AUDIO POOL window HIGHLIGHT THE WAVE AND DO a copy save - it's very archaic compared to a soft like SAWplus/SAWPro...
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Message 5/6 10-Aug-01 @ 09:47 PM - RE: VST, Mac, strange behavior
Message 6/6 11-Aug-01 @ 03:16 PM - RE: VST, Mac, strange behavior
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I had an idea for a script once. It's basically Jaws except when the guys in the boat are going after Jaws, they look around and there's an even bigger Jaws. The guys have to team up with Jaws to get Bigger Jaws.... I call it... Big Jaws!!!
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