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I've got Strum Session 2, Ultra Analog Session 2 and Lounge Lizard Session 4. Soundpacks that I already have: Analog Orchestra Analog Essentials Cinémathèque Frontier Funk Essence Funky Cat Ice Crystals Motions Pop Rocks Post Rock Starlight String it Synth City Not looking for anything too experimental but rather some bread and butter sounds for synthwave, pop, funk, blues, rock.

I was pretty impressed too Brian. Although I mostly didn't like the majority of the presets, but the default one sounded nice and were a better place to start from for me.

Glad it helped! Do you have any of the full instruments, or just the session versions? If you have any of the full ones, then I'd get all the ones you like for that first. If not and you're using the free player, or have all the sessions, then there's more to choose from. If you let us know what instrument you have, then I'm sure you'll end up with recommendations from a few of us on here.

Thanks. I got that email but didn't pay it any attention. I might have missed it without this post. Any recommendations?

And no bagpipe either. What did I even buy it for?! 🥲

Messed with it for a few minutes yesterday. This was a much needed addition to the sound Factory offering and has some real potential to actually get used based on first impressions.

I've been comparing the Roland Cloud version of the Juno-106 with Softube's equivalent Model 84. I'm a big fan of pretty bleepy bloopy sounds, but am a novice when it comes to synths (despite having being a preset cowboy since the 90s!). I'm not interested in comparing authenticity. The dilemma I have is that although I already own the Softube version, Roland's has an 'instant gratification' factor that the Softube lacks. I think this is largely because some of the presets that I like use an arpeggiator (and effects) that simply aren't present in Softube's Model 84. If I want to try to match the programming of the Roland on the Softube and then 'apply' arpeggiation, what is my best way of achieving this? I'm so ignorant I don't even know if this is a midi effect or an audio effect! Would appreciate any recommendations/pointers here! I'm assuming that if I need a third party plugin, something simple should do the trick, as there appear to be only minimal options for controlling Roland's arpeggiator. Thanks in advance, one and all!

Exactly this - REALLY liked this!! it has a real hypnotic quality Cool stuff Nigel

Hi Steve I have to admit that I don't actually like much of McCartney's solo output, but you've done a great job on this - agree re Bass and Kick - bit of balancing needed Cool Nigel

Hi Keith, have to agree with KS on this. Do like the song Cheers Nigel

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Hi Wookie Another great track - I like this and as Bjorn said the arpeggiated bits in the back work very well Cool Nigel

Hi Dean Great cover and as others have said, excellent Guitar work Cool Nigel

Hi Timbo - have to agree with all of this -exactly what I was going to write Cheers Nigel

Thanks Steve - and Happy Christmas to one and all!!

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I did grab the yearly deal. Although it's been a few months since I dealt with Bandlab, it's rare that I have a problem. So, maybe this is a new thing? Once I got logged in everything was fine. I will say that I sent a letter to their support, and it was answered inside of an hour in a professional way. Lets hope they get it sorted. I'm really excited about the direction Sonar is headed. Had a great couple of hours working on a template along with loading synths and recording with no issues.

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Does the Printscreen key on your keyboard copy the screen to the clipboard? If so you can paste that into Paint (or whatever) and save it as a file.

After we had a discussion about "installer helper" services that plug-in installers install along with the plug-ins (always set to start automatically), I did some research and brushing up of my NT command line scripting. On my system, there are 5 companies' installer services, that is, services that must be running during the company's install process. Antelope Crow Hill Native Instruments Softube UJAM The only services out of these that I could find sending information over the network were Native Instruments' NTK Daemon and Antelope Audio's Manager Service. NTK Daemon is pretty chatty, Antelope Manager blipped out one small message at start, then shut up, even when I put Pocket Strings in a project. Still, I don't want unnecessary programs running on my computer. What to do? Services are usually managed manually via the Services management console. Start, stop, set startup method (Manual, Automatic, Disabled). You can do it this way, but as more of these silly services get installed, it gets to be a bigger chore. (what follows is for people confident with messing with this stuff, I am deliberately writing to a level that will filter out people who might get themselves into trouble) Services may also be managed using the SC shell command, via the command line and in scripts. To learn more about what it can do, open a command prompt and type SC. That will give you a list of the most common (and safest) commands, including Start and Stop. My research uncovered other commands that don't appear in that list, including the config command, which allows the user to set the startup method. Armed with this knowledge, I wrote 3 scripts that: Stops all of those companies' services Starts all of those companies' services Stops all of those companies' services and sets their startup to Manual Microsoft helps companies that don't want users to set their services to Manual by naming the manual startup parameter "demand." My scripts have been tested on my system, no guarantee that they will work on yours. In order to use them successfully, you must edit them to add any other services you wish to control and subtract any services you don't have on your system. In all cases, the services are not necessary when using the plug-ins, it's only the installer that depends on them. Use at your own risk, etc. etc. Any "trouble" you may cause with the SC command may be repaired using the Services Console or just running a company's installer again. To use these, first copy and paste them into Notepad or your text editor of choice, then save with the name of your choice, extension .CMD Important note: you MUST edit or comment out any lines that refer to services you don't have installed. If the script runs into a service that isn't there, it terminates immediately, and the rest of the services won't get their commands. To run them, right click and choose Run as administrator. The idea is to run the start script before you install any of these companies' products, then run the stop-and-set-to-manual script after the install is done. Setting them back to manual start is necessary because some of the installers check to see whether you've changed the startup and change it back to Automatic if you have. I won't upload the scripts as ready-to-run files. Anyone who can't manage the preceding instructions should just use the Services console to manage services. Script to stop the services: sc stop Antelope-Manager-Service sc stop crowhillinstallservice.exe sc stop NTKDaemonService sc stop NIHostIntegrationAgent sc stop softubeinstallerdaemon sc stop ujaminstallservice.exe Script to start the services: sc start Antelope-Manager-Service sc start crowhillinstallservice.exe sc start NIHostIntegrationAgent sc start NTKDaemonService sc start NIHostIntegrationAgent sc start softubeinstallerdaemon sc start ujaminstallservice.exe Script to stop the services and set them to manual start: REM these commands stop the running services sc stop Antelope-Manager-Service sc stop crowhillinstallservice.exe sc stop NTKDaemonService sc stop NIHostIntegrationAgent sc stop softubeinstallerdaemon sc stop ujaminstallservice.exe REM these commands set the services to manual startup sc config Antelope-Manager-Service start= demand sc config crowhillinstallservice.exe start= demand sc config NTKDaemonService start= demand sc config NIHostIntegrationAgent start= demand sc config softubeinstallerdaemon start= demand sc config ujaminstallservice.exe start= demand

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