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IK Multimedia offers Syntronik Bully FREE to newsletter subscribers May 13, 2019 0 IK Multimedia has announced that its newsletter subscribers can get the Syntronik Bully instrument for free for a limited time. Syntronik Bully comes with 100 instruments, comprising 1+ GB of content and over 1,000 samples. Syntronik’s Bully recreates the thunderous bass sounds of the Moog Taurus series. This organ pedal-style synthesizer is a much-treasured chapter in synthesizer history. The first version of the Taurus became an instant classic in the mid-70s with its distinctive oscillator detuning and unique-sounding sawtooth waveforms. The Taurus II, was based on the Moog Rogue and was never as popular despite much added functionality. IK newsletter subscribers or those who join the newsletter can get the Syntronik Bully instrument for free through May 23rd, 2019 (49.99 EUR/USD value). The instrument will be unlocked inside of Syntronik after logging into the Custom Shop and clicking ‘Restore my Sounds’ to activate it. Existing newsletter subscribers must enter their User Area, where a pop-up window will show a red REDEEM button. More information: IK Multimedia https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?item_id=7715

Rob Lee closed up his shop a few months ago. VSTBuzz now has some of his expansions for free at https://vstbuzz.com/freebies There are free expansions for Sylenth1 U-He Zebra HZ U-He Diva Synthmaster Synthmaster One As well as Dune 1, 2, 3 / Predator / Tal-Mod

There is a voting option on Q&As, why not for Feedback posts? If someone offers up a good idea, I would like to give it some noticeable support in hopes the Bakers might take note. Kind regards, tecknot

Ken good to see you popping back in. Those health issues can be a real problem in trying to make music. Similar here right now. I wonder when it's going to all be over. You ever wonder that? I don't often eat steak but when I do........ Picked up some nice ribeye steaks from a custom butcher near me. Bought 4. Ate two that evening with my wife. The other two were in the fridge for a week. Decided to make the other two Sat. My wife wasn't feeling well and suggested I eat them without her. I didn't argue with her. I helped my puppies out some too. They have a good doggie life me thinks.

Totally agree - i have them all (except Matchlock - i"m off to get that now!) We have used their amp sims quite extensively on the new album we have just completed Nigel

I know some of you guys are old enough to remember when the IBM keyboard was the standard. Tough as a brick, those things were. And you could tell when you'd activated a keyswitch by the feel of it in your fingers. That meant fewer typos and faster speed. Nowadays the main market for high-end keyboards is gamers. As a gamer, it does make a difference. As a touch typist, it makes a difference. As a speed typist, it makes a difference. Of course, if all you do is alternate between the spacebar and CTL-Z, then that Office Depot doorbuster special with the ten dollar rebate is all you need.

On a related note, here are some timing tips from bass legend Carol Kaye. I especially liked the bit about making a metronome groove.

Greetings, folks. I've been quite absent to due to life in general, and health issues with/for both my wife and me. Will try to get back to usual nonsense ASAP. Mike has been used, but still feels lonely ? NagBap takes care of it most of the time, though ? Just a post to let you know I'm still breathing both in and out.

New update to v 1.0.10. Changelog... 1.0.9 -> 1.0.10 --------------- - Fixed an issue that could mute the plug-in after some minutes of usage Login to your account then go to the User Area and Download Installers tab for the latest version of all your products. https://overloud.com/ 1.0.5 -> 1.0.9 -------------- - Darkface '65 and Bassface '59: improved UI realism - Fixed situation that could lead to unresponsive DAW when opening or closing a project 1.0.4 -> 1.0.5 -------------- - Installer: fixed an error message appearing at the end of a successful installation - Brunetti amps: removed a possible crackle from the Metropolitan - Brunetti amps: corrections to some names which didn't match the registered name - Rig Player: smoother transaction when switching between rigs 1.0.3 -> 1.0.4 -------------- - Rig Player: amplifier and cabinet can be loaded from two different rigs - Rig Player: added support for rigs with no cabinet - Rig Player: extended the range of the Presence parameter - Fixed a timeout occurring occasionally during plug-in scan by Cubase on Windows

From another recent thread, I recently sold off some high end equipment and "downgraded" my MOTU to a 4pre. It works as good as the MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid I sold with one exception, there is no mute switch for the monitor speakers like there was with the MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid or other interface units I've had over the years. Nothing can be muted in their CueMix control program to mute it either. This was confirmed by MOTU support. The only way, in the unit, is to rotate the digital encoder monitor volume control to "off". As its a digital encoder control it takes several complete turns of that control - a hassle. Fortunately, I found an old "Nanopatch" control unit that I forgot I even had. Its just the thing. It has a (push button) switch to mute and even a volume control. Its placed between the 4pre outputs and the monitor speakers.

Nothing new , they should update old plugin to today s standardt instead of releasing plugins to release plugins ...

Good demo Simeon. Sounds great.

Most of the time I only visit the "Deals" section of the Coffee House, so I am really late to have read this thread! Dave, although I am surely not a member of the "hardcore Cakewalk gang" (even if I am not too far from the 60) I like to wish you all the best and hope to read great comments of you furthermore! Marc

bloody hell this is brilliant! What a great way to pay tribute - I take my hat off to you mate

"Odorous" or arduous? LOL! https://gospelmusicians.com/

The goal of replacing the human component is well on its way...remember when buying gas or groceries, going to the bank, making an airline reservation, browsing for books, getting product support - all involved some kind of human interaction? Humans are complicated, and therefore complicate and reduce the efficiency of everyday transactions. In 20 years you won't drive your own car anymore. (At least that should eliminate automated traffic fines; of course if you do get one, well good luck contacting a human to appeal it.) In far less than 20 years, all pop music will be mostly generated by algorithms. Heck, many are seriously predicting the end of conventional male/female unions. Why endure the messiness of interpersonal relationships when a robot can service all your needs while never complaining about any of your limitations? The ultimate end game, I fear, is finally achieving a perfect world wherein mechanical perfection replaces all human activity. Problem is, that will make us unnecessary, and by then, the machines will be smart enough to realize that. We may be the last blemish to imperfection to eradicate. Or not. After all, jazz never died, it just left the Top 40.

I've never been to their orifices, maybe it was odorous in summer afternoons?

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I do not use this Waves Plugin, but I use Boz's Sasquach on Rock + Jazz (real kits) to modify the kick in various ways. Have a great mic and high end drum kits, that doesn't always get you where you want in a final mix.

Exactly....there are no moving parts...so there are no worries with just setting them in there. That's exactly what I do...so, unless you are OCD about them being mounted, there really is no need. +1, Samsung's don't come with any mounting brackets, so my 850 is sitting on the bay floor as well.

Best Service still has it for $159...and they will email you to email them proof of ownership of a competitive qualifying product, and then they'll issue the Serial #

Everything in moderation works well for moi (except Becan of course). I do lurve me some rib eye steaks, but sometimes there's a bit of terror on my face when I see some green on the plate....I felt really bad for that broccoli being uprooted from it's peaceful existence.

Hi Leadfoot, Great tribute to your Dad with lots of high rocking energy. Thanks for sharing. Good Job! regards paul

Got this email this morning, might be interesting for some uses: NanoHost is a free, minimalist host application for Windows that can load VSTs. It can also act as a wrapper which converts VST-synths into standalone apps. This essential, tiny tool works best for live-performance, sound-design, jam-sessions and testing. Download (freeware) & details: https://www.tone2.com/nanohost.html We wish you a lot of fun with our gift! Your Tone2 team

If you expand Sonar Platinum in Command Center you should see the Artist Instrument Collection. This should also be available from your account on the website.

I think its brill. Dont know your dad... but I bet he's looking on down feeling well proud his son wrote a song for him.

That is exactly the phrase I've been searching for in the last 6 weeks or so when the anti-cakewalk trolls raise their heads here and there. Spot on Chuck!

Dude, Your painting yourself into a corner here . Heres the fixes in the past year alone. These fixes and added features for Cakewalk are on par with any DAW in the market right now. Reaper, Cubase, Studio One are on the same pace as Cakewalk when it comes to added features and fixes. There are people who complain about DAW Joe just as much as there are people who complain about DAW Jane. Just ask the pro tool haters. Seriously, I believe its good to have debates and opinions of all sorts, because it levels the playing field in discussions. But its beginning to sounds as if your running low on rehearsed DAW bashing material..lol.

Speaking of the tools not being perfect, I was messing around with tempo detection at the weekend. I took a song I did with my daughter, which was originally done in Band in a Box (using RealDrums / RealTracks for drums & guitar, but MIDI for piano, organ & bass), and dragged in to Cakewalk for recording the vocals. It was recorded at 120bpm. I took the stereo mix, and dragged it to the top of the track view - Melodyne detected a constant tempo of 60bpm. However, using audio-snap to derive a tempo map showed the tempo fluctuating between 118 and 123 bpm constantly throughout the song. So the tools are definitely far from perfect.

Which means that you totally get it!! You fix the notes that sound wrong, not the notes that look wrong B.B. King would have never had a career if his flatted-7th-to-tonic bend ever actually made it to the tonic... I've often said that far from leeching the soul out of vocals, Melodyne has made my vocals MORE soulful. That's because I can sing with abandon, knowing that if a note or two is off, I can fix it. That's a big improvement over constantly second-guessing whether the vocal is any good while I'm singing it. Similarly, quantization takes the pressure off of playing drum parts. They're all tools, and neutral. The skill of the person using the tools is the determining factor in the tools' effectiveness. But I sure am glad we have these tools. P.S. In my workshops, I use John Bonham as the poster boy example of why playing around the grid works a lot better than playing to the grid.

Okay. I've been working with music software since it could do only MIDI. I've worked on everything from award-winning classical albums, to an album that spent 2 years in the Billboard new age top 20 chart, to hardcore German electronic music. I do rock music and EDM concerts. I wrote the manual for Ableton Live version 2, was an expert witness for Magix when someone initiated (IMHO) a totally bogus lawsuit because they claimed they invented loops, consulted to Avid, wrote a best-selling book about Cubase, did demos at the last show about MOTU's really excellent amp sims...there's a lot more, but you get the idea. I love music, I love creativity, and I appreciate the people in this industry who've devoted their lives to what they love, instead of making smart bombs and raking in the $$. When it appeared Cakewalk was doomed, I know at least one "competitor" that was - and I don't use this term lightly - devastated. They had an incredible amount of respect for Noel and what Cakewalk was going. The two companies collaborated on working out the kinks in a third-party spec. This company is composed of musicians, and they knew what it would be like to lose your primary tool. When they offered a deal to Cakewalk users, they weren't leeching off of anyone. They genuinely wanted to help out. The industry is very much like this. Look at MIDI, where companies got together for the common good of musicians. Sure, they made money selling MIDI gear. But I submit it was because they had the right motives. This tribal talk about DAWs is silly. I have a lot of stringed instruments. Each one is different. Some have obvious differences, like an acoustic vs. electric, or 12-string vs. 6-string, or a 5-string bass vs. a 4-string. Some are dobros or ukuleles. Some have short-scale necks and some have long-scale necks, which has a huge influence on playing and tone. Cakewalk has some extremely advanced features that other companies would do well to emulate. Studio One has that incredible harmonic editing and the project page for mastering. Ableton Live has an audio engine that won't quit. Acid Pro is still the fastest way to put music together. Cubase can basically do anything, if you put in the time to learn it. Mixcraft is the most flexible and cost-effective "needledrop music" library ever devised. Reason remains the #1 program that everyone should have, so they can ReWire it into their host program. And MOTU's amp sims, and video options, are stellar. You can nit pick about "this program has this, this program has that, nyah nyah" but all that means is you're spending time on forums spinning your wheels, when you could be making music with your program of choice. And before people get too freaked out about "those EDM kids," I've been watching the progress of the son of a close friend over the past few years. He started off borrowing a Casio keyboard I had, he was probably 11 or 12. Then he started putting loops together in GarageBand. Then he became interested in Ableton Live but stopped doing loops, and is recording his own music into it. He's now 15 or 16, and following an arc where he is getting more creative and more individualistic all the time. He is not alone. EDM is the "gateway drug" into a life of music for some people. I can't help but think of all those oldsters back in the 50s and 60s who dismissed those "kids" who could only play three chords on guitar in a garage. Be grateful there are so many choices, so that people can choose exactly what they need...or in my case, the right tool for the right job. This is a low-paying industry, and only getting worse as companies (like Apple, sorry) diminish the value of software. If you want software to have all the features you want, be willing to pay $1,000 for a program. Until then, spread that $1,000 over multiple programs, and you'll be covered for anything. It's no harder to learn different software than it is to learn the differences in playing an acoustic guitar compared to an electric...actually, I think it's easier.

Hi, Bob, Dynamite job on this fantastic tribute rocker!? Great writing, arrangement, excellent playing, killer vocals and I loved the butt-kicking guitar solo.? I'm sure your Dad is smiling down listening to this great tribute! SUPER stuff, brother, right up my alley!? Have a good one! Bob

why not? what's the worst that can happen? for faster access after moving them add the path to the browser Navigate to the new folder click on L to save the location to the content menu C click on C to edit the entry and give it a friendly name (optional)

It's certainly a bug. If you were to create a new theme from either Mercury or Tungsen you would see that there is no Mute button in that spot. Checking against not just the size but the original item that should fit in that spot is a totally different set of button states (and nothing like the Mute button). It's a strange anomaly but probably happened with an update to the Theme Editor (just a guess). Kind regards, tecknot

Hi @Shaade your dump file shows the crash was caused by a memory overwrite in Session drummer x64.dll and not in Cakewalk itself. Also you are running a really old version of Session Drummer dating back to 2009 and not the last version that was shipped with SONAR. The version you have is: SessionDrummer x64.dll *c:\program files\Cakewalk\vstplugins\Session Drummer 3\SessionDrummer x64.dll 1.00.0.222 12/3/2009 2:20 AM Please update to the latest from Command Center (you should still have access to this if you had SONAR earlier) since this is likely the root cause of your issues. Let us know if it resolves your issue. The current version is as shown in my screenshot.

Bjorn, I can't tell you how reassuring this is: knowing that somebody else hears the voices, too... (don't wear the sunglasses)

Hi bjornpdx , I enjoyed what you did here w your song overlay over the dialog. Your interpretation of Sci Fi tones are very good . I must confess , I'm not sure if I have seen the movie or not . Now that I have heard your clip Plan 9 , I think I want too. I love messing around with those type of sounds myself . Truthfully , I can't say I have done anything as developed as what you have done here . I have been messing around with these samples lately ...all the free ones that come in the free packs are very good for the type of sounds you were going for ... IMHO , at least in my case the free bundles were worth the time and effort . YMMV Lots of warp drive motion and alien sounds can be found here .... https://glitchmachines.com/ all the best , Kenny

Hi Bjorn, Excellent scifi horror track which really matches the voiceovers. Thanks for sharing, Good Job! regards paul

Here's 25 new features in Cubase 10 for those interested:

For the benefit of these inquiries that come up from time to time here, and people who wonder about the consequences of possibly misusing their installation media for old versions of Sonar, I'd like to point some things out. None of it, as you will see if you (not likely) read it is legal advice, and I'm not a lawyer. It's mostly stuff that everyone knows but doesn't stop to consider. If someone has greater knowledge of IP, contract, and civil law and anything I say isn't true, please let me know. (James, this isn't directed at you specifically, more anyone who's pondering what they might do in this situation) When it comes to software, typically what the license agreement covers is the use of the ones and zeroes on the media, not the media itself, except for using it in ways that encourage illegal copying. In other words, you can't mount the disk as a network share and put it on the Internet for people to download, you can't burn copies for people to use to make unlicensed installations, etc. The OP (presumably) purchased a license to use the program. Software EULA's even back then typically didn't come with any prohibitions regarding what could be done with the physical media the program came on, merely the contents of it. Usually, there was language explicitly permitting these contents to be backed up (backing up of media became a consumer right granted by a court decision). Unless Sonar had unusual language in its licensing agreement, there should not have been any prohibition against using the installation media to install a copy of the software for the purpose of activating it with another legal license. If such were the case, then companies who purchased multiple copies would have been presumably bound by it to maintain all their original installation media and implement tracking to make sure that each originally-supplied CD-ROM was used to install the program on one single licensed workstation at a time. When I was still working my IT day job 20 years ago I knew of no software that didn't allow for sharing a copy of the installation media among multiple computers as long as the target computer was licensed to use the contents. Activation may have depended on information encoded into the media, but again, 20 years ago I knew of no company, especially not in consumer software, that was still doing this. This means that you can use your installation media any way you wish, as colorful shiny mobiles, drink coasters, to install multiple legally-licensed copies in your studio complex, whatever, just never for installing unlicensed or improperly licensed copies of its contents. Next, even if it could somehow be shown to be against the terms of the license agreement to use the media (or a copy of its contents) for the purpose of installing a legally licensed copy on a 3rd parties computer, that wouldn't make it "illegal" in the same way that shoplifting or stealing a car is illegal. By which I mean that if some law enforcement agency somehow learned about someone doing it ("stealing SONAR? I think you want to talk to the FCC or Coast Guard about that"), they would not take steps to prevent it or punish it. The injured party (presumably the now-defunct Cakewalk, Inc.) would have to lawyer up and take them to court to obtain whatever damages they thought they were entitled to. In a case of the action being against the EULA, that might be the list price of a single seat license plus whatever attorney's fees. Any decent defense attorney would make mincemeat out of the plaintiffs on the basis that no harm whatsoever was done, therefore, no damages. No court is going to make someone pay damages because they helped someone out whose hard drive and the company that made their installation media died. The current owners of the Cakewalk and Sonar brands and most of the intellectual property on the disc give away the main part of it for free. For the bundled software, the situation would be the same as described above (except probably with even fewer restrictions): they don't care as long as the installation is legal, and if they did, they would have to find out about your misdeed, hunt you down, and take you to a court that would promptly throw the whole thing out. If all of the oddball things somehow happened, someone was taken to court by ZombieCakewalk Inc. and lost, they'd be told to pay what the court decided and that's it. No criminal record, no cops hunting them down. And when I say "be told to pay," that's all the court does. Tells the losing party they are obligated to pay. It falls back to the winning party to actually try to collect. (BandLab could maybe theoretically take someone to court over a broken Sonar license, but given the current licensing scheme for Cakewalk, that seems....unlikely) That's what I have to say about possible legal consequences. As far as moral questions? The company that wrote the agreement no longer exists. People who bought their licenses expecting not to have to worry about losing their media because Cakewalk, Inc. had been around for 20 years already and didn't seem to be going anywhere are who I'd consider to have taken a beating. The EULA, if it did have language preventing legal installations to 3rd-party computers, and it probably didn't, was written under the assumption that situations like this would never occur, that someone like the OP would be able to phone up and get a replacement disk for a nominal fee. That, of course, is no longer true.

Playlist below. These are raw tones, no processing, compression or EQ. This is to show new users how these amps can be used to produce some very nice tones for free! 11 amps in total are demonstrated, each through 10 different cabinets. Look in link description area for each amp, click "Show More" to view linked timeline stamps to each cabinet. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaXOVgCVK3CCNq5LM_7FDPAUVgAHlV2ss

Toddskins, I quad tracked the guitars, I recorded four separate channels for one part. I panned one hard right, one hard left, one 80% right and one 80% left. I used a '78 Les Paul Custom with a DiMarzio Super Distortion (1970's) Humbucker in the bridge pickup and a stock Gibson Humbucker in the neck position. Pickup selector in the middle. The guitar is direct into a Behringer Xenyx Q802 mixer with on-board compression applied. The output is via USB to a Creative Labs SoundBlaster Audigy sound card. So to begin the process I set up my first track with THC loaded into the FX area on the track, and chose an amp and cabinet combination that I liked. I recorded the first track with the metronome on. Then muted that track and proceeded to record three more tracks the same way, muting the previous track each time. Since THC is only being applied as an effect, the actual audio from the guitar is a raw, clean guitar track direct from the input source.

My control room... Will post more pictures of the other space later.

Doood, you need to level you surface, everything is gonna fall off.

Whoever said "I hate you guys" (above somewhere), I'm with you. ?