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It's been a long time since I've worked with loops but I believe in the Loop Construction View (Alt+7) you have the option of the loop following the project pitch (key) or root pitch of your choice. In the image below it shows the PITCH button NOT Highlighted, where it follows the project pitch and Highlighted where you pick a root pitch for the loop, which will change the pitch of the sample's playback. I don't have any Acid Loops to try this on but this is how Groove Clip pitches are changed.

I believe this is mainly a difference in terminology. Both Acid and Goove Clip files use a .WAV extension with the tempo, key and beat marker metadata encoded in the file header. So far as I know, Sonar fully supports the Acid format for .WAV files as well as .REX files.

meu sonar nao funciona mais

acid loops have a specific file extension name that might not be recognised in sonar, sonar has it's own version called "groove clips" I believe.

Isn't that the point of using acidized files - that they'll be stretched and pitched to follow the project tempo and key? I don't compose with loops but I believe you can disable the default key-following behavior in the Groove Clip section of the Clip Properties tab in the Inspector.

Some that have this would buy it again. I guess it has stood the test of time and is still used. The drawback is still uses the older Play engine and iLok.

so how is this any different than using what is in most DAWs and now midi controllers do the same thing? How is this any different if you have Riffer or Scaler?

I have a bunch of acid loops. When I preview them, they play fine, but when I put them into a project, they all play in the same key. Any thoughts?

I know where you can find it but we're not allowed to link to his new forum here, I believe. I'm sure you can find plenty of good lists by googling for best free Kontakt instruments.

Anyone try their new splice integrated player? I still like their Kontakt libraries. I thought about getting another Albion but there really isn't a unique deal that 20% almost tempted me.

So do we need to create an account to then authorise it via manager ?

Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking

Unless you use external (old) midi device. Still works perfect for GM

Two of my short jazz piano trio improvs in one track. About 4 minutes total. Nothing AI generated, just me playing bass notes on left hand and piano keys on right hand, + drum track. Hope you like! The bass might be a little hot, adjust bass tone as needed.

What Ive come to realize is that people who use GM midi are quickly becoming dinosaurs. You just won’t see anything much developed and then Software that used to is slowly fazing it out. Daws are now focusing on the future and that definitely isn’t going to be GM midi.

Hi @Chaps & @Wookiee noted your comments i have lowered the vocals & brought the drums more forward Thx for your comments subvibe

@Bass Guitar your CPU is your issue, 2 cores/4 threads 2.9 GHz is way under spec. The absolute minimum spec is 4 cores/ running at 3+ GHz, around two to three years ago it was actually recommended to get proper performance you need 8 core 16 threads, it is what the code is written for. As noted the start screen opening is its default mode, you can disable the start screen, both in Next & Sonar, in Preferences. As for it being a bug, it is just the way Windows file association works. Windows knows that if you double click on a file with the file extention WRK or CWP it should launch Cakewalk Sonar. It doesn't know to tell Sonar to not launch anything.

I saw some great software deals, but everything else was a joke. I've been watching pc part prices. They jacked everything up, then gave a discount to what the original price was. And on memory, better get some KY while it's on sale. It's gone up 200% plus (ram and drives) and none of it was on sale. If I want to build the system I've been piecing together for months now I literally have to cut the memory and m2 drive capacity in half to get slightly higher pricing then I could 6 months ago on double the capacities. Frustrating.

Does this essentially replicate the routing of Trackspacer? I was thinking about picking that up but this seems way easier, with a dynamic EQ, to boot.

What they didn't think about back then was ... wood swells and contracts and those nails eventually come out. I've seen that video too and its amazing watching that guy. I do a lot of drywall repair. 99% of what I do is caused by nails popping out, mostly on the ceilings. Only at the coffee house can we go from digital eq's to 1950's drywall. Love it.

I am also not happy with that change and was forced to jump through hoops to work around it. I installed BassMidiVsti. Then, add an "Instrument" track and select BassMidiVsit. When you open the BassMidiVsti's setup screen, you can select sound fonts (and save them). Every time you add a MIDI track, you have to make sure its output is BassMidiVsti. And, you don't get a list of instruments to choose, just patch numbers. It has really made CakeWalk much more difficult and much less enjoyable to use. I still use VitualMidiSynth MIDI converter to do the final renderings of the MIDI file (which has to be exported). I prefer raw MIDI because I don't want to be held hostage by a project file format.

Hello old friend,.... well, you have been missed. Like the song loads, it flows from sad to happy and I'm guessing that's the vibe you were looking for ?😌 Are you using another DAW in the future, as you say it's your last Sonar post? .... My hope is that you will continue with your songwriting as I have listened to your stuff for all of that 12 and more like 20+ years.... at 74 now, I understand some of life's up,and downs I recall 'Old Black Dog' and the video .. may you find that joy again ... 👊Steve (SRM)

We are off on a road trip to Veracruz for a few days and I didn’t bring the Laptop but you can trust that the specs are on the edge of qualification. I think Lenovo T450. i5 2 core. I added 12 GB RAM and a 500 SSD a while ago. W10 home. It only has music apps for live gigs and editing stuff when I’m away. I just installed the Command Centre and Platinum on it last Summer. It was probably a stretch to install Sonar. And it is definitely not happy about its new home. I installed Next and that is running smoothly with the exception of the Start screen has same glitch that Sonar has. But Next doesn’t save as midi files which is what I am trying to work on. For now I’m just using Platinum again with no issues at all. But you miss those little things that we soon realize are now part of Sonar. The list is long.

ARG they went through the new web server and changed a few things around during the summer. the USD currency adjusts and no longer one for one with the pound (which i dont mind and agree with) I once had a gift card balance and a link in my account but upon the update it was gone. I had to reach out to them about it. Not good. This might be my last library for a while from them.

I so hate this