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Unless you mean by Larry.

One of the founders of Spitfire has an upload site called Pianobook that has over 200 free libraries in it. Check it out HERE You will need to register with pianobook. For kicks I downloaded the Steinway by Jon Meyer. Around 500mb zipped . He used some nice mics to make the captures. For a free piano I think it's really nice. Would sit well in a mix. Even captures some pedal noises. This was just one library of over 200....so I haven't scraped the surface yet. Apparently the Kontakt full version is required. Looks like NI have a nice crossgrade path up to K6 from the player version IF you have one of their libraries. I have a bud looking to get K6. Can anyone point me to a very reasonable library he could use to upgrade? I made a short vid of that piano so you could hear it.

Korde and Propulsion Drum sequencers by Lectric Panda free instead of $15 each https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack-extension/korde-sequencer/ https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack-extension/propulsion-drum-sequencer/

Traditionally the cheapest way to get the full version of Kontakt was to get one of the handful of free Kontakt player libraries and use that as the crossgrade. The trick of course is sometimes NI changes the rules on which of the free Kontakt libraries qualify (if any of them) In the past I know users have used Sennheiser's DrumMic'A, which can be gotten for free (in the past you had to get through the German language website for registering but that looks like it's changed). https://en-us.sennheiser.com/drummica Recently ProjectSAM released a free Kontakt player library, The Free Orchestra. I'd try that if I were starting from scratch https://projectsam.com/libraries/the-free-orchestra/ There are a few other free Kontakt player libraries (if neither of those two qualify). There are also a bunch of low priced Kontakt player libraries that will certainly work, though most of those seem to be stuck in the $99 price range. There are exceptions though, Soundiron has a handful of $39 Kontakt player libraries for example. https://soundiron.com/collections/kontakt-player-edition-collection If you are going to go that route it's best if you find a cheap library you'd actually use/want. But I'd try the free ones first. You might also want wait for the next sale to buy the crossgrade, NI usually has a summer sale of some sort.

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It’s great to have a laugh in these miserable times.

The Cosmic Brain Part 3 Thanks for listening it might be consider Part 2A more than part 3 as it carries much of Part 2, though new arp patterns and a couple of different synths.

The crappy GUI interface still hasn't changed... 😂

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OK. A Reset Rescan solved the problem. VST3 working in default folder again. The dll plugin is the (working) VST2 version. Thanks, everyone. And Reset didn't even harm my personal plugin menu layouts. And all the plugins in my personal exclusion list stayed there.

Heck, I am grabbing Synferno. I loved Cinematrix enough that having an additional library like it would be a good upgrade. It would be nice though, if each of the 4 channels can be routed to different outputs via the interface instead of having to edit the instruments themselves and then routing the 4 instrument buses to each output.

This thing has a nice sound.

Excellent idea Fleer, just in case anyone missed Larry's post

No one beats the king.

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Done!!

Got mine up and running now. My Ryzen system is much more 'budget' than @MediaGary ! 😀 So my system is:- Ryzen 3900x 16gb DDR4 3600 512 Samsung Polaris NVME 1TB Samsung Evo SSD 2 x 2 TB Spinning Rust 7200 Maxtor HDD's Gigabyte B450M H Mobo Nvidia Gforce 710 2gb Windows 10 Home Update : 1909 Audio Interface : Audient ID4 Other : StreamDeck : Intuos Tablet : MAudio Oxygen 61 : Sonarworks Reference 4 ; Adam A7's : Avantone Mixcube The PC itself was £800 without an OS from a system builder not far away that sells online a lot. Mainly gaming PCs. I upgraded from a 10yr old £600 unbranded PC off Amazon. Intel i5 2500 - 16gb DDR 2100 - 240gb SSD - Old Radeon passive GPU -Plus the same Maxtor Drives that had mostly ran Sonar 8.5 for the majority of it's life until this past year. I write for Music Libraries in my spare time and I do get royalties off stuff that's been used in TV shows, mostly reality. So it will get used in a semi-pro capacity but I'm not running huge orchestral set ups or anything. My music is mostly EDM - Future Bass - plus some trailer like stuff that gets used in certain TV shows, hybrid electronic/orchestral. I mostly use stuff like Massive - Serum - Dune2 - AD2 - Plus a bunch of Kontakt Libraries like most of Output's stuff , Albion One, Damage ..that sort of thing. A typical track for me would be approx 10 x Kontakt instruments, 5 x synths, some Drums and 10-15 audio tracks containing any live instruments or samples. I use maybe 40-50 FX Plugins for mixing a project of that size. I don't master in CBB. So the track I was working on when I swapped machines was fairly typical, I was able to run it at 128 samples on the Audient's ASIO driver setting. I've not quite finished it but the CPU usage is hovering around the 35-40% on the CBB meters. It would have been impossible to run barely anything at 128 on my old machine , I was halfway through when I switched and I'd already had to set the old machine at 1024 samples but it was stuttering even at that so all projects used to end up at 2048 samples and lots of track freezing. It's great for me to still have a responsive system at 128 samples that can cope with a complete session with all the mix plugins. I can quite happily work at 256 samples and still play all my VSTi's in a way that feels responsive. So to answer the million dollar question is yes it's way more powerful than my old machine. I can't compare it to another modern PC as I don't have one. It's snappy to boot up , my old system was no slouch with it's SSD but this is just a few seconds instead 15-20 I am surprised how much I can do at 128 ASIO sample buffer size as that was identified as a weak point Vs the Intel chips in the Dawbench test I saw over at Scan, so I am looking forward to having the option to drop to 256 and have more horsepower to play with on bigger projects I haven't spent a lot of money but it far exceeds my current needs. No doubt over the years I will double the ram, add more storage etc. I doubt I'll change the motherboard though. DPC latency performance has been fine as well, much better than my old PC which according to the tests was not suitable for audio ! I ran the test for 5hrs a mix of general use and several hours working on my latest track, as you can see from the attached image it passed the tests with no issues. Actually it's the first time I've bought a PC that ran Sonar / Cakewalk properly straight outta the box. Last time i.e. 10 yrs ago I had to disable a temperature alarm in the Bios that was causing spikes and crackles. Overall super happy with it, I have left everything at the settings it came with - It looks like they have set the XMP profile in the BIOS already. It's running with the stock cooler BTW which I plan to leave as it's running at 40-50 degrees in use and I've no plans to overclock it. The ambient temperature in the room is 19-20 degrees usually. I will say it's not as quiet as my old machine , it's not loud at all and I can't hear it whilst mixing and I'm pretty sure it won't be loud enough to affect recordings which I make 6ft away but if you want something quieter you may have to go to a more specialized DAW bulder and not just off the shelf. Hope that helps anyone thinking of getting a Ryzen based machine for CBB

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Hi fine forum folk I sincerely hope that everyone is keeping safe and healthy. I wrote this song about my daughter and her boyfriend who found themselves stranded 200 miles apart when the UK government locked everything down on March 23rd . Lyrics are below the link. Lockdown Love (a true love story for our times) Written, performed and recorded by Staypress Backing vocals Elizabeth Greenway V1 You and I were inseparable The like you've not seen before The damage was irreparable So they laid down the law V2 You travelled to your parents house I didn't want you to go The government locked it down Not saying I told you so Prech You were not into waiting Now we're self isolating Ch It's a love lockdown Not sure when you'll be around It's a love lockdown Cos you're in a different town V3 If they'd pulled the plug a day before The day you left me behind We'd have been behind this door I wish that we could rewind Pch 2 My god you should have seen us Before they made a distance between us Ch X2 Middle bit I can't help but think it would be different If we'd washed our hands and kept our distance I can't help but think it would be better If we'd stayed indoors obeyed the law to the letter Now we're many miles apart Wish we'd listened from the start Living in a Lockdown Ch to end

This is an innocent one, not meant as anything profound (don't think). https://davidsprouse.bandcamp.com/track/simple-sam

I've been a musician for almost 50 years. I took a few decades off (!) but now I'm getting back into it, and I'm working hard to learn Cakewalk. I'm seeking feedback on my second recording, mainly from a Cakewalk perspective. I feel I'm doing pretty good, but I am not quite getting the professional-sounding results I'd like. Let me know what you think; I'd appreciate any constructive criticism. Background Roar Thanks! Barry

Hi Everybody, Here's another track off my album "A Gray Colored Sky". Any comments and critiques are welcome, and thanks for listening. Here it is: https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=13966923

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That was FUN! I'm hearing a little Black Crowes in there. Good mix, too.

There are 4 games that are worth it. Music Maker.....not.

Updated OP!

Missed this the 1st time around. I'm impressed you came up with the lyrics so fast. I could hear the Lynn and Daryl styles in there for sure. Nice melding job. Lynn, that kind of swirly vocal fx you're using works really well. Thought I'd lost my internet when that silent bit came in. 😁 Congrats on an excellent collaboration.

Thanks for sharing Wookie. I get a feeling of great expanse in the beginning. Great sci fi material. The arpeggios further in give this some nice movement against the backdrop of well placed sounds.

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Seems there’s a coupon waiting in your account if you own Forzo, which I don’t, do if anyone’s not using his coupon, I’m game.

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@ZincT My bad .. thanks for that. The word Sequencer in the name somehow went by me

Wasn't this already posted?

True. But if you are going to endorse a label, be true to that label. It's about respecting the people who will come to your gig with expectations. Notes

Roight where she belongs.

It depends on what you want to do. It's currently being discussed in another thread. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/12161-looping-liver-performance-guitar/

We'll be doing regular live streams while we are all stuck inside, not just Mark and Ryan but guest artists and other great IK folks like Dave "Squids" Kerzner - I may even do some but I'll likely do more guerrilla streams* on Reddit's RPAN or something like that They'll also give away stuff on these and this time it is AmpliTube for iOS. I won't be picking the winner so unfortunately I cannot favor anybody from here. Anyway, these are informal and if you don't know Mark Menghi he's with the band Metal Allegiance (with Alex Skolnick, Mike Portnoy, and a bevy of guitar and regular guitarists and drummers) and certainly has been impacted by the shutdown. He and many of his metal peers have had to scramble since they make their living making music so feel free to ask about that and anything else Mark (and don't forget Ryan who's obviously quite knowledgeable though probably with a bit less edge than I have ). Not sure either has the magic bullet for this situation but they're both cool guys who can talk about guitar-related (or any music-related) topics or just shoot the breeze. They'll take questions, for sure. https://www.instagram.com/ikmultimedia/ *Dibs on the band name "Guerrilla Streams"

Looks like you made the selection in the Time Ruler and therefore across all tracks. To select a portion of a clip in one track, drag horizontally in the lower half of that clip (with Smart Tool) or use the Select Tool which works also in the top half i.e. full part of the clip.

Screw the labels. Create what you like and let others call it whatever they will!

In 2019.09 shortcut "W" changed slightly. From https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/7164-201909-feature-overview/

This was great work on your part Lynn. I only gave you bare bones - you put flesh on em

Mike - I've been in this place too... and had similar thoughts only a few weeks ago, as I seem to be spending all my time writing code (which I do enjoy), and really not getting much music done. The thing that snapped me out of it was spending the day with my daughter recording a song - just a cover, but it got me actually using my gear again. So that would be my advice - just record a cover of something. During the process you'll no doubt find a use for a lot of the stuff you've acquired over the years.

Hi - when any error messages are displayed, it would be REALLY helpful, to have a bit of additional information added to the error message text, to give us some help on understanding what track/plugin/function/etc.... is causing the error, so that we have enough information to help us know what needs fixing. Example - I have a project, that when I open it in CbB, during the opening of the project, CbB displays the message I pasted below, but it tells me nothing about WHICH region of audio is corrupt and unreadable. That means that I have to play Sherlock Holmes to figure out what track and/or audio clip is deemed to be corrupted. I would think that at the point, internally, that CbB has decided that an audio region is corrupt, that it has the name of the associated audio clip that it cannot properly open/read/etc. That information would be REALLY helpful, for me to know what needs to be corrected, because if this project has a large number of tracks, and the project is rather long, without me knowing which audio is corrupted, I am pretty much left in the dark, whereas if the file name is known, or that section in the project were highlighted, or even just knowing where on the timeline this corruption was detected, any or all of that would be quite helpful in my being able to correct the issue(s). SO - please add whatever associated info is available, and relevant, to error messages in general - to include this one I have pasted below. Thanks, Thomas Penna

I would like to see a Markers track and tempos track that can be exported, saved and used for future projects.