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  1. 2020.04 Early Access 2 (EA2) installer now available! Our sincerest thanks to those of you who have provided feedback on Early Access 1 - your support this week has been fantastic! We've addressed more issues and found opportunities for additional refinements as well. We invite you to try out the latest updates in EA2. Please note that Early Access installers are update installers, which only update from a specific version. To install the 2020.04 EA2 build, you must be on the latest public release of 2020.01. If you are updating from 2020.04 Early Access 1 (EA1): If you currently have the 2020.04 Early Access 1 build installed, you must first roll back to the public release of 2020.01: Download and install the Cakewalk 2020.04 Early Access 1 to 2020.01 Rollback installer. Download and install the Cakewalk 2020.04 EA2 installer If you are updating from 2020.01: Cakewalk 2020.04 EA2 installer Should you need to revert from the 2020.04 EA2 build to the public 2020.01 release, you can download the Cakewalk 2020.04 EA2 to 2020.01 Rollback installer. If you haven't already done so, please read about the Early Access Program before participating. Thanks again for your participation! The Bakers New in Early Access 2 Arranger: Misc. Arranger UI tweaks Section color picker Incorrect behavior when dragging a section beyond the left edge of the Arranger track Drawing issues when resizing Arranger track When dragging multiple sections, the highlight draws outside the Track view Arranger track difficult to resize to minimum without collapsing Aim Assist for sections should mirror Aim Assist for clips Section header and name disappear when zooming in Arranger track supports Snap To but not Snap By Arranger track auto scrolling doesn't work when resizing a section Display hint marker / drop indicator for section edits Creating a new section by dragging fails if the new section overlaps two or more existing sections Aim Assist is lost due to mouse events not being fired in Arranger track Commit Arrangement should copy contiguous sections in one go Commit Arrangement should handle MIDI notes that are cut off at the left section boundaries Arranger track does not auto-show when closed by dragging the splitter bar Delete Section has inconsistent behavior with Ripple Edit All enabled Arrangement drop-down menu shows incorrect arrangement after committing arrangement SHIFT+double-click to zoom to section should be a toggle Odd behavior when resizing section to the left when using Snap By Arrangement does not preview properly when Set Now Time With Full Restart enabled in Track view Options menu Inconsistent Aim Assist / Tool-tip when section is snapping to gesture Arranger sections no longer add "(2)" and "(copy)" to section names when split or copied Track view View menu should say Arranger Track Show/Hide Incorrect section context menu is shown in the Arranger track Clicking a section in the Arranger track should scroll the section into view in Sections pane of Arranger Inspector Unable to scroll clips pane when hovering over Arranger track Arranger Track.pdf Misc: Split MIDI Notes option in Split Clips dialog box and Edit > Preferences > Customization - Editing CTRL+mouse wheel scroll direction is reversed Inspector displays wrong output strip after clicking inspector strip with track sending to aux Inspector flickers when switching between tabs Soloing aux tracks mutes metronome on playback Editing text in PRV Drum Map triggers keyboard shortcuts Custom project load affirmations truncate messages that are more than one line Custom project load affirmations display unexpected characters in multibyte languages like Japanese and Chinese Crash copying ProChannel Console Emulator settings Unexpected behavior with ProChannel Modules when Short Names are disabled in Windows Some Inspector keyboard shortcuts fail to close tabs Applying a Workspace/Screenset referencing track based views to an empty project can crash or cause unexpected behavior Keybinding for Input Echo does not update Simple Instrument Tracks in Track view Verify failed duplicating instrument track Screensets and view state unnecessarily persisted for unused internal views View list of updates in Early Access 1
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  2. Same here. lol. See ya tomorrow then.
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  3. If it had happened you would have known, because I sure would have posted it!
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  4. So are you saying Jimmy is being hid in their Lush Reverb?
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  5. Yeah it is really painful and they are way behind the competition in this regard. The product is high quality once installed though but they need to prioritize an installer.
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  6. Actually I have been a movie publicist for over 45 years. These days I often teach marketing. I closed my company long ago, but if I was pitching this account... I would explain that many people had tried to make a great bass virtual instrument, but they had finally solved all the issues, and added the features that made it work. They had spent ** years solving all the problems. You can't make the claim that people should buy your product over the competition if you say that there are no other products. ujam isn't exactly an obscure product, even if you don't own one. IMHO the ujam basses are the best things they sell. I doubt I am the only one who thinks that. And if you think about it, they are kind of saying to ujam owners that you think they are too dumb to notice how ridiculous this claim is. You could say that there would be expansions brought out in every genre. They may think that doesn't need to be said, because they are thinking only of the people that already know about Toontrack. That's thinking small. Marketing is about using this product to get people who have never purchased from them before. So show people what is coming. That makes the better investment over the competition. This is what's coming. Your bass virtual instrument will just keep getting better and better. Again, this helps a noob choose between toontrack and ujam. One of the most popular YouTubers is the bass-obsessed Davie504, who has over 6 million followers. His videos usually get a million views. He would probably hate this product, but maybe a beef battle could be fun. A war. And you would reach an international audience of bass players in one very inexpensive marketing deal. This is off the top of my head. While politicians lie and it works for them somehow, my years of experience have shown that it is better to respect the people I want to buy stuff and tell them the truth. That way I can keep coming to them with the next thing.
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  7. In a perfect world, I would not have bought Modo Bass just two weeks ago, and everything in the package would be new to me because I'd be crossgrading from AmpliTube Leslie... but this is still a slammin' I deal can't pass up. Had hoped to transfer MODO Bass to my son-in-law as a gift, but bought it with JamPoints, so no-go, I guess. Really bites to have copies of things you can't even give away. Will really have to quit watching the Deals forum after this, though. After years of spending very little on new music gear or software, I've shelled out for quite a few deals in the last month or two. And it will take many more months to get to know it all even skin deep. Everything was on the order of 60-80% off even the usual discounted 'street' prices, though, so I'm pretty psyched to have gotten so much for so little. Thanks to all for taking the time to share, and especially Larry of course. Over and out. No, really, I mean it. Seriously, I have plugins to learn, and music to make, and fellow musicians to help. And I still have a day job (thankfully). So that's it. I'm gone. For good... 'til tomorrow, at least.
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  8. I'm waiting in line to hear from someone on how it was not EZ to learn cuz it has 5 strings.
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  9. I was going to say that there is no amount of money that could make ever me want to eat something called a crappie, but as we all know when we say that there probably is - everyone has their price. I don't know how much my price would be though because I don't know how much money would be in a pile big enough that I could climb it to the moon.
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  10. *cough* melodyne * cough* 😷
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  11. Thanks Ed, I appreciate it. But you know, as a musician, we're all our own worst critics...
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  12. Just never on any sort of real sale. They grabbed me with their free pack and I've been watching for literally years, but the no-brainer sale has never happened. If it has, I missed it.
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  13. @mdiemer I think your first movement of Three Easter Scenes is pretty good. I mainly think you have to work on better dynamics. Really don't put yourself down for this nice movement.
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  14. https://www.groove3.com/tutorials/How-to-Practice-Music-Production?utm_source=Groovenews&utm_campaign=4d0e122b46-GrooveNews_2020_04_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8e3bd48832-4d0e122b46-11290713&goal=0_8e3bd48832-4d0e122b46-11290713&mc_cid=4d0e122b46&mc_eid=262ec89707
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  15. $29 on Reverb https://reverb.com/item/31782428-eventide-spring-reverb
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  16. Run the SAA to update This was mentioned in the other thread by arjanm! Thanx arjanm!
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  17. I read this as singing "What a wonderful world", lol.
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  18. There Larry stood in the doorway, I heard the mission bell, And I was thinking to myself...
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  19. A long day here too! Been on it for around 7 hours! Got the ST3, extra ST3 content, Miroslav & Syntronik stuff installed - though somehow I lost the the installers for the ST 3 main library and tried copying files myself - wasted about 1.5 hours doing that without success then found the installers further down my download folder - my fault - screwed up the unzipping but still bloody frustrating. A download and installation manager is desperately needed! I'm going to leave it until tomorrow to see if it all works - Syntronic & Philarmonik were looking ok earlier so fingers crossed now I've used the installers on ST main content it will be ok - I have around 26Gb of SampleTank main content - does that sound right? Off to watch a film so my eyes have a different focal length to work on!
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  20. Meet Your Old Bass Player...
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  21. "Blitzkrieg Bop" - The Ramones "Hey! Ho! Lets Go!"
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  22. Yep! That was me! I think it was the 2nd time I've ever won anything. The 1st was a nifty paperweight. This was much better. Thanks again!
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  23. My understanding is that ST4 Max does include all the ST3 sounds...
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  24. There will be blood too.
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  25. I've got the latest versions of ST3 Custom Shop and TRackS 5 CS - I assume I don't need to download and install the versions registered with TS2 Max? Finally finished downloads of sounds - now for a day of unzipping 🙂
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  26. Then there will be EZBass packs to buy..... Geddy Lee Victor Wooten Chris Squire Jack Bruce Stanley Clarke Jaco Pastorious et. al.
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  27. @Heinz Hupfer / @marled - Currently "Split MIDI Notes" is effectively always enabled when committing an arrangement, but we've changed this to be dependent on the "Split MIDI Notes" setting in preferences. So for the general release, if you commit with this disabled, you'll be able to slip edit the beginning and the end of the midi clip after committing your arrangement. Thanks for the feedback on this guys - you both raised a very good point here.
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  28. That's the best way in the end. What I do is I program a rough bass part with MODO bass, then at the end break out the bass guitar learn it and and replace it. EZBass should add a little spice into that mix.
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  29. I rather hoped they would use ARA2 to integrate between EZBass and Melodyne
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  30. https://www.loopsdelacreme.com/one-shots "As long as the lockdown will be imposed here in France, this kit will be available as ‘name your price’: simply enter ‘0’ as a price for a free download, or make a small donation to support the effort. I hope these sounds will help you be creative and productive in these tough times… Thank you and stay safe!!" _____________ "This sample pack features 72 previously unreleased samples in WAV format (24bit, 48kHz). All these premium drum samples were perfectly mixed and mastered: they are ready for use and will help you create cool beats and achieve a powerful, modern sound. All sounds were created by layering and processing unreleased sample material. Various amounts of saturation, compression, EQ, limiting, and reverb were used to create this finest selection of essential samples. "The samples can be used with all software and hardware samplers, and directly imported into any DAW."
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  31. My files are downloading with no issues, they are just screaming down 😁
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  32. I always come to these deals late. The server is overloaded here. At least the Miroslav files are so slow. I'm not sure the 180 days expiration is going to be enough time. Might want to wait a bit if you bought this. Now someone is going to say their files are downloading with no issues. Is that supposed to make me feel better? I got a great deal on this. 99.00 with my jam points.
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  33. Could not resist. . . bought it. Now begins the installation process. . .
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  34. Sorry, you cannot add any more reactions today! 🤪
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  35. Yeh, I bet we are going to stimulate the he++ out of music business.
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  36. "Street of Dreams" - Rainbow Gimme those phat 80s Synths!
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  37. When using the magnifier, I use the lens view. This allows control over the portion of the screen being magnified. The desktop layout is untouched.
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  38. That is because the forum software knows you too well. By subtracting it knows you will subtract clothing off the female models you post😁
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  39. One of my favorite movies!
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  40. Hi Michael, I totally know where you are coming from -- I do only orchestral music; I'm 100% midi; and over the years I have struggled to get decent mixes. I figured I'd write up my own approach to recording my symphonic music. For what it's worth, over the past two years I have gotten results that I have generally been happy with, and thought maybe some elements of my approach might be useful. However, I am also an amateur with tons of things still left to learn, so take all this with a grain of salt, too. For my stuff, I usually use only one reverb on the mix. I have found Nimbus to the absolute best reverb out there for classical/symphonic stuff. It is easily the most open and airy reverb in my arsenal, and to my ears gives the orchestra some really nice air but doesn't thicken the overall mix too much. I add Nimbus as a send, and give the majority of patches and sampler instances the same general settings -- to my ears it gives a unified sense of space if the instruments all run through the same reverb. I may vary the amount that gets sent to Nimbus from section to section, depending on what I'm writing, but it is never more than a few percentage points. FWIW, I believe Nimbus' smaller brother, PhoenixVerb is on sale for $10 over at the Deals forum -- which is an absurdly low price for a top flight, neutral and clear reverb, and I'd totally recommend you grab it and try it out. I have a ton of reverbs (I have something of a weakness for them), but the only one I fire up these days is Nimbus. I haven't touched the others in years. In my opinion, it is THE software reverb for Orchestral stuff. I also put a lot of work into building my orchestral template, and I have deliberately selected instrument patches that inhabit similar sounding acoustic space (or can be made to do so, using various mic mixes). I've also spent hours fine-tuning the template so that each instrument in the entire symphonic assembly sits where I want it to across the acoustic landscape. I use a really broad mix of libraries: 1) Orchestral Strings: AlbionONE (sustains, tremolo, short articulations and pizz); 8Dio Anthology Strings' legato patches for dramatic lines; Sonokinetic's Modal Runs; Hollywood Strings Gold runs patches; Sonokinetic Da Capo's legato string patch (for really quiet passages, as I like the sound of their strings when the mod wheel is dialed really low); Palette's Trill patches; NI Symphony Series Ensemble Strings Harmonic patch 2) Woodwinds: VSL solo woodwinds, all from the Synchronized Special Editions; Sonokinetic Ensemble Woodwinds Standard Edition 3) Brass: VSL solo and ensemble brass, all from the Synchronized Special Editions; NI Symphony Series (for low brass) 4) Percussion: NI Symphony Series Percussion (for snares, bass drum, some timpani, tamtams, suspended cymbals, mark tree); VSL Timpanis; Kontakt Library VSL Glockenspiel; Hollywood Percussion Gold (for orchestral chimes); EastWest Storm Drum 2; AlbionONE's Darwin Percussion Easter Island Hits; August Forester Grand Piano from Kontakt Library 5) A various scattering of other libraries: Kontakt Library's VSL Harp, Lacrimosa Choir patches from 8Dio, Mercury Boys Choir Elements, Embertone Recorders, and a handful of Eduardo Taloronte's Era Libraries (Era II Vocal Codex, Dark Era percussion and flutes, some Forest Kingdom flutes, etc). If I need to push an instrument back or bring it forward, I usually start with the microphone mix settings built into the library in question, or the reverb built in the sample engine/library. This last point applied mainly to the original VSL Special Edition libraries, which were quite dry and center panned, and needed Vienna Ensemble's built in reverb to push them back into the acoustic space, and Vienna Ensemble's mixer and stereo width slider to position them properly across the acoustic landscape. When VSL released the Synchronized versions of its Special Editions, the reverb and positioning of the default mix for those instruments worked a lot better right out of the box, and they fit into my template's acoustic space with minimal adjustment. The only time I ever fire up a second reverb is for some of the Era patches, if I need to give them a particularly distant or washed-out sound (and for that I usually create a second reverb send with Valhalla's Shimmer). There were a few occasions where I tried using Wave's TrueVerb with it's early reflection room/space simulations, and would run various sections through it first in attempt to manipulate their positioning, but I never found it more effective than just whatever settings I could manipulate in the various libraries themselves. As far as getting good mixes is concerned, I bought the best monitors I could afford (a pair of Adam F7), spend a LOT of time with them so I have a good sense of their sound and how it translates, and when in doubt I tend to trust the ears of the engineers who made the samples. I rarely do much beyond the slight cutting of frequency here and there -- usually in attempt to clear out some mud and honk from the mix. I almost never add anything via EQ, and I usually do minimal compression unless I have a specific solo instrument that really needs to cut through the mix. And before I compress it, I usually try to clear space for the solo instrument by adjusting the orchestration first. When I have a final mix from Cubase (my main DAW for midi work), I usually take the exported track and bring it into Cakewalk and use ProChannel to master it (which for me usually means giving it a bit of boost using ProChannel's Concrete Limiter, and adding ProChannel's Tape Emulation and/or Console Emulation to give it some analog mojo). I have no idea if the above things are right or wrong, or outright heresy, but right now I get results I am generally happy with. I've linked to two tracks below, both of which were built using the exact template setup listed above. For both, there is only one instance of Nimbus reverb, very limited EQ, and Cakewalk's ProChannel Concrete Limiter and Tape Emulator over the final mix - basically just four plugins across two DAWs, and absolutely nothing else. To EQ these tracks, I used IK Multimedia's White Channel on the "Cut Boominess" setting, and dialed back the amount it was actually cutting by a fair margin. I find it effectively takes just a bit of thickness and smear out of the low end, and to my ears that seems to go a long way to clearing up the whole mix without gutting the bass. I find these particular mixes sound great on my monitors, very good on my iPhone earbuds and my bluetooth headphones, acceptable in my car (nothing sounds particularly good in my car, frankly, so its a good test), and the folks I've sent it to have never made a negative comment about the mix quality, so I assume it sounds decent enough on their systems. As I mentioned, I do not presume to have all (or any) answers to the various issues that crop up for us folks doing symphonic music on computer. But what I outlined above has worked for me, and I figured I'd offer it up as some potential ideas that may work for you as well. https://soundcloud.com/amicusaudio/the-soldiers-hornpipe-ver-4 https://soundcloud.com/amicusaudio/a-song-for-the-trillium-queen-adrielles-theme I hope some of this helps, or at least inspires some different approaches. But for what it's worth, I totally get how you feel, and I've ranted a bit myself on this topic. Good luck! And if you want to connect about this stuff -- send me tracks to listen to, bounce ideas back and forth, etc -- please let me know. We orchestral folks need to stick together Regards, Rob
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  41. AKA BarseDaddy? 'Cause it's all about that B-***** 'bout that B-*****! @BassDaddy Love me some fresh bass - thanks for the back story! Grandson last summer off our dock - first and only one I've seen, lol.
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  42. I guess I need to give the back story again. I am a guitar player. Not a bass player. BassDaddy was given to me by my son. We love to go fishing for(wait for it) bass. Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass. I have a good amount of traits that disqualify me from being a bass player I don't drool when I smoked, I bought my own cigs I never tried to "gain access" to the singers girl friend I changed strings I do enjoy playing bass though. Iam looking forward to EZ Bass. Should be great for song writing and getting something down fast. I am saying $189.00 for the price. I think EZ Bass might give us a view of what's coming in EZ Keys 2, when ever that comes out. To sum it all up it's BassDaddy not BassDaddy
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  43. Use code PBSCNE to get it FREE at Plugin Boutique https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/21-Channel-Strip/5410-Neutron-3-Elements
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