Trilian with X3

 
Hi,
 
I'm planning to get Trilian and I'm wondering if some of you could share some experience how it behaves in X3 installation and performance wise. I'm only using one drive for everything without any problems so far b.t.w. No different drives for applications, samples and audio data.
 Any suggestions would be appreciated!
 
Thanx!
 

Do yourself a favor and take rtucker's advice.  Get another drive.  They're fairly cheap these days and will come in handy for more than Trilian.

Does Trillian have a demo?
 
I bought Trilogy from Spectrasonics with out trying a demo after reading many reviews that said it was awesome, I quickly figured out that it sounded goofy, and the final disappointment was learning that the company insists on charging another $50 for a license transfer.
 
Next time I'll try a demo before I waste money the way I did with Spectrasonics. 

Noisy Neighbour
 
Hi,
 
I'm planning to get Trilian and I'm wondering if some of you could share some experience how it behaves in X3 installation and performance wise. I'm only using one drive for everything without any problems so far b.t.w. No different drives for applications, samples and audio data.
 Any suggestions would be appreciated!
 
Thanx!
 

Works in Sonar X3 fine.  I'm using the 64bit plugin version in X3b Pro with no problems.
 
I have Trillian on a 2nd drive though, I don't know how it would perform on a single drive.
 
If you do get an external drive make sure it's USB 3 SATA with 7500 rpm 6/GB through put.  faster is better and these drives are almost as fast and steady as an internal 2nd drive.

Unfortunately my iPad...for some unknown reason...refuses to block you Mike, ol stick. But it is bracing, and quite gratifying to see that you are still a priggish contrarian...and an idiot, as far as music making and production is concerned, to boot. Thanks for the laugh. They are in such short supply these days.

 
Thanks for your opinions guys!
 
yeah, it's a pitty spectrasonic doesn't offer a lightweight demo version... for a pricy toy like that.
It seems to be the best bass module around, so I think I'll go for it. ...and hope I want regret it.
 
Regards
 

mike_mccue
Having had the experience of reading the product description and glowing reviews that described the product as the best, most detailed, realistic and articulate bass instrument on the planet, and then having the Spectrasonics rep ask me where I got the idea that it was supposed to sound detailed, realistic, and articulate, I now suspect that Spectrasonics doesn't want people to get a chance to demo the instrument for them self before you get suckered in to paying.
 
best regards,
mike
 
 

Thanks for the warning Mike! All the reviews and sound demos on the net indeed sound rather tempting. What kept me from buying it already besides the pricing is the hassle of installing the gigantic library. The longer I can't make up my mind, the better I get in playing bass guitar myself probably...  : )

yorolpal
Uh oh...I think we've reached "liar, liar pants on fire" territory.

...?

I agree with all the rave reviews... Trillian has a huge resevour of instruments beyond bass guitars, including all sorts of synth samples.  It is quite wonderful.  I recently picked up a couple basses and am enjoying getting back into it and definately create differently but I totally agree with cliffr on that one...
 
Ya can't play a chapman stick but Trillian's is wonderful...
 
Never had Trilogy, so can't really comment but Omnisphere, RMX and Trillian are first class... maybe they are the "trilogy" you should have waited for, Mike!  Or maybe Spectrasonics learned from that experience and upped their game. Anger and comments from you and others may have actually helped us get better successor products!  If so, thanks, Mike.  I'm sorry Trilogy sucked... I have a lot of those items still on my hard drive but things change...

You are so right. Only difference is I get rid of mine every morning just after a cup of coffee:-)

I bought my wife an Ibanez Mikro Bass and I have found that I love it. It sounds great and it is loads of fun to play. I also have a custom, graphite neck P-Bass that I consider my primary bass and the Mikro compares very favorably to it.
 
I hope you enjoy the software.
 
best regards,
mike

 
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Noisy Neighbour
 
...I've been looking around on the internet for some alternatives in the meantime. Trilian is the most sophisticated it seems. I guess I have to think that way : What are my actual needs? Basically It started all with looking for a simple bass solution. I use NI Scarbee Precision Bass or various synth basses that come with the stock synths (Zeta, Dim Pro..ect) and (please don't laugh...or do so hahaha) an Ibanez Mikro shortscale bass since I don't really have bass player hands. That one sounds the most realistic but cheap of course.
If I get over the fear of the installation (adding an extra drive seems to be necessary...) I think I'll go for the adventure. 
All your comments really helped to a desicion (...or made it even harder...? I'll know by the end of next week)
Thnx guys!

Trilian does exactly what it says on the tin and more and is worth every penny in my opinion. There's a good reason that you don't see it discounted very often - they don't need to. If you like what you see in the official demo videos, you won't be disappointed and spectrasonics customer support is absolutely first rate in my experience. Not sure why you "fear" the installation, it's no diffferent to installing anything else, just a bit larger / longer.  Looking at your pc spec, I'm surprised that you only have the one HD, but I do agree with the collective wisdom of installing the samples ( of this and other big libraries) to a seperate drive. Also saves you having to re-install it all in the event of an OS drive failure/upgrade.

+1 on Groove3 tutorials!

Noisy Neighbour
 
since I don't really have bass player hands. 

OK, that is about the funniest thing I've ever read about bass.
 
Have you ever seen the size of Jack Bruce's hands? His fingers must be .75" long. Seriously he has hands half the size of mine. But I'm less than half the player he is.