I like the GUI better on SP, than when you compare to Ripx. And thats inportant.
Ripx’ GUI is like more confusing to handle.
I think the AI is on pair on both programs, when I compare them.
I hope, that Steiny is continuing to improve the AI stuff, and separation of tracks. But I also think, that we’re getting close to whats impossible to separate. Synths stuff is very difficult.
SLL
40% sale ? Where?
That’s the plan 
Competitive Crossgrade was also listed, but when I tried, there was no 40% discount. That is actually more expensive than buying the normal version with 40% discount.
I’m so happy I finally got Spectralayers. I had the trial version for a month, and quickly found out, that I could use SL for so many things.
I’m in the remix business, so to speak, and I find it very amusing to run old favorite tracks through SL, to listen to the different parts in the mix. Also when making long DJ mixes, I can now make the transitions much more advanced, since I can separate the tracks, very nice
As for my remix projects, I’ve run a few of my old 80s disco’ish 12 inch through SL. And most often, the outcome result are superb.
Vocal really stands out
There can be sections in the vocals, that sounds filtered or a little cut off. But
often, if its the chorus, you can copy a section from another chorus, that sound
good. So I basically glue the whole lyrics together, from god parts in the mix. It
has worked fine on 3 tracks now.
Drums are also very good
Can be difficult. I use the same approach, as mentioned above on the vocals.
Take the best sections in the drums, and glue them together on a new track.
Bass are also good
I have better luck with analog real bass guitars. Synth basses can be hard to
make sound good, as they often has a wide tonal area of sound, from the bass
area (which are pretty much always there), to mid tone area, which I guess can
be hard to pin point out. Often you will hear the attack on a pluggy bass, on the mid area. And this often makes problems.
Synths, FX and other stuff are more difficult.
This area can often be a hit and miss area. In fact you can often find really nice
Pianos and synth there. But they’re not as consistent as the other tracks. I guess
since synth, guitars use up such a wide freq. area, that its hard to separate
them from the other mentioned tracks. You often have to copy/paste the good
sections to a new track, and glue them together.
I haven’t even started to use all the tools on the tracks. This can probably bring me a little closer to perfection on the separation
All the best,
SLL
It seems it might be possible to get 40% off a competitive crossgrade in the Cyber Weeks sale - someone managed it for a VST Live crossgrade and posted the steps here (click).
Thanks, that helped! Crossgrade price came down to 120 €, so I bought it.