Nothing short of miraculous…
Once upon a time, I would go up and down the stairs, CD in hand, so I could audition my new single on the all important car stereo. Each ‘trip’ was around 10-15 minutes: I’d wait for the audio to render, and then get it on the CD. There’d be days when all I did was go up and down the stairs. Even with the advent of USB equipped vehicles, Bluetooth, and email-able audio, you’re still at the mercy of your DAW’s render. Each song can take 2-3 minutes. If you have an album (and I do), you’re looking at a 30-45 minute marathon each time.
This makes all of that go away, with an elegant and CPU efficient plugin. Even though the plugins raison d'etre is auditioning your music on your phone (and mighty useful it is too: if your mix falls apart on the iPhone, you might have a problem), for me it’s all about taking the phone down to the car, and letting my hard work speak for itself. The app makes that old silly song and dance redundant. Nostalgic I am not.
I hope they keep optimizing the plugin to minimize dropouts: It seems to work fairly well when I walk down to the garage, but can be temperamental.
Other than that, it’s an absolutely essential, almost magical plugin. Worth it just for the hours and hours I’ve already saved not having to sit through a ‘rendering audio’ notification.
This makes all of that go away, with an elegant and CPU efficient plugin. Even though the plugins raison d'etre is auditioning your music on your phone (and mighty useful it is too: if your mix falls apart on the iPhone, you might have a problem), for me it’s all about taking the phone down to the car, and letting my hard work speak for itself. The app makes that old silly song and dance redundant. Nostalgic I am not.
I hope they keep optimizing the plugin to minimize dropouts: It seems to work fairly well when I walk down to the garage, but can be temperamental.
Other than that, it’s an absolutely essential, almost magical plugin. Worth it just for the hours and hours I’ve already saved not having to sit through a ‘rendering audio’ notification.
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