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Really?!?!?! Dang, he must be a millionaire by now! 😉 At least it works. We are all coming back!

Larry's on commission from Bandlab to keep us coming back here 😉

The problem is that I post so much crap that it all falls back really fast.... Hey, don't shoot the messenger 😁

Down load 4 is up: DubStep & Electric Elements

That eligibility is FOR the "Group Buy". That means you can't sell it BEFORE the Group Buy is over, or you lose ELIGIBILITY for the Group Buy (Freebies). But, after it's all said and done, and you've collected all the freebies, you're in the clear. They don't like it, but you can sell the Original Product, but ONLY after the Group Buy has ended. Yes, I have sold "originals". But there is NO WAY to sell the products you received for FREE in the Group Buy, because they are NFR

I find it hard to watch this guy without thinking that Steven Seagal must be his acting coach.

While you're in a Windows 10 configure-y mood, a suggestion of mine that has worked well for many on this forum is to go into your Security settings and exclude certain folders from Windows Defender's realtime scan. The reason this is extra important for Cakewalk is that Cakewalk's playback engine reads every audio file associated with every unarchived Track as it is rolling, and Defender scans every file that is accessed by every program. That means that every time you load a sample, loop, plug-in, .dll, .WAV file, vocal take, guitar solo, whatever, Windows 10's built-in malware scanner is running it through its filtering engine to make sure it's not carrying a malicious payload. And Microsoft makes it difficult to disable realtime scanning. Not so bad on Pro, but I think it still gets switched back on every time you get an update. So, I exclude all folders associated with DAW work, including my plug-in folders, sample folders, loop folders, project folders, audio folders, and the Cakewalk program folders. Because, you know, otherwise Windows Defender would be doing its duty to protect my computer from potential harm lurking within "Luna 2020, Snare, Rec (95).wav" and "iZotope Iris2.vst3" by adding another layer of computer processing to the disk reads. And....speaking of privacy and disk activity, I found another wonderful Win 10 thing it does. This was after I put a new SSD in my main system, yay, and I switched it over to UEFI booting, which, BTW, if yours is still doing it the BIOS way, look into it. I found that not only did it speed up the boot time from "what I remember as being standard Windows bootup time from about 2005" to "holy crap I looked away and it has the screen with the baby elephant on it!" but it somehow made it so that Windows 10 recognizes my hardware better somehow. It sounds odd, I know, but I was able to run newer versions of my graphics drivers and so forth once I made the switch to UEFI. It's not for the fainthearted, and for sure have an image backup ready, but I found it to be worth the trouble. Anyway, after I switched to UEFI, I checked to see what all the disk activity was about with the computer just sitting idling. Using Process Monitor, I looked at exactly what the file activity was about and saw that the SYSTEM process was responsible for dozens of log files constantly being written to the Windows\system32 directory. Dusting off my decades-old Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer training, I launched Event Viewer to see what that was all about and in addition to the usual Application, Security, and System logs I knew from the Windows NT4.0 days, under the hierarchy Applications and Services Logs/Microsoft/Windows there was this HUGE list of log files just logging away all day long. When I opened some of them, it was just mundane stuff like this service stopped or started or something occurred, and none of it was information that was of any use to me whatsoever. It's not like I'm going to troubleshoot my system by going into the logs subsystem and reading them, so what they are basically is Microsoft checking on how well my computer is running for their own purposes. Which, hey, I don't care about that in and of itself, happy to help if that's all there was to it, but they are degrading the performance of my computer and shortening the life of its components by doing so. If they asked me "would you like to help us improve the product by sending anonymoust weekly reports?" I might consent to that. But instead, without asking me, they set my system up to do writes 24/7 and then spew the results to their data collection servers at unknown intervals. Um, no. Here's how to turn those logs off. In the Event Viewer, click the >'s until you've opened Applications and Services Logs/Microsoft/Windows. In all of those you will find logs. Click on them and you will see whether they have been active or not. Right click on the log icon and you'll be able to disable/enable the log. There are hundreds. I know of no way to disable all of them at once. I just go in every so often and do a bunch. Oddly enough, I found one category, Audio, that had logs I wanted to enable. One of them, Glitch Detection, seems to log about 4 of them a day. The others say the usual "audio device state changed" like I'm going to have to look for my Firepod in Reno or something....

Speaking of 'Thinking men" one for Mr Strummer

Uncanny resemblance?

This pretty generous, even if you have to wait 14 days. I only have one of their $29 products and all of their LABS and can't afford a large orchestral library. Musicians all over the world will be thrilled, especially from underdeveloped/developing nations. Thank you SF!

This is pretty amazing. Delighted to play with the Pro version in the studio, use the Core version on a laptop and the Discover version on a netbook. And you can easily collaborate with others, even when they only have Discover. Meanwhile, a shout out to Simeon for helping out with my stupidity. That guy rocks.

The price is for EACH active monitor, not for the pair. Thanks for the Deal Larry.

If you want something to crossgrade to Total Studio Max buy either April 2018 December 2018 April 2020 Which will get you about 10 Jampoints each, plus the crossgrade option for TS Max

Babylonwaves has released a free version of Art Conductor for Spitfire's BBC Symphony Orchestra Discovery library. The download includes both Logic Articulation Sets and Cubase/Nuendo Expression maps. In difference to the original Spitfire key switch mapping, those maps allow to seamlessly switch in-between the Discover, Core and Pro version of the Spitfire library. Key Switch templates for the Core and Pro version are available as a part of the regular Art Conductor collection of templates. https://www.babylonwaves.com/2020/05/07/free-art-conductor-for-spitfire-bbcso-discovery/

I liked them both for different reasons. IMO both were at their best in the 1950s. Before Little Richard was a rock and roller, he was an excellent R&B singer (in the original meaning of the term R&B) Check out this album. I liked it so much I bought a download copy and burned it to disk.

If Elvis was the King of Rock'n'Roll, then Little Richard was the emperor of Rock'n'Roll IMO! Oh my soul! What a powerful voice (up to B4), what cool songs (made by himself)! I really prefer Little Richard! 😉 Elvis was more a beldam Rock'n'Roller (please don't feel attacked, you Elvis fans out there). 😜

Carlos, Don't worry about it, Larry always has an early posting around here somewhere. I don't thinks he ever sleeps as he is always posting deals to the forum. Darn you cclarry!!! 😖

You're kidding, right? I don't know how I ever used to find time to go to work.

Anarchy X - Queensrÿche Thinking mans metal...

RIP Richard. The music in heaven will be rockin' tonight. He was one of the early greats. I guess Jerry Lee Lewis is the last man standing now. Question: if Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll, Little Richard was the _____ ? Soul?

I have seen at least half those guys on the wall at the Post Office

Nothing on my system gathers dust, else the hard drive won't work anymore. On the other hand, those things I don't use do take up space. My samples drive is 8TB and I've only about 1.5TB free today.

Completely disagree with the OP In 20+ yrs of using Cakewalk in one form or another I think the ONLY bundled VST / VSTi plugin(s) that was worth my while was Z3TA+ and the 2nd version ....the rest was just bloatware to me. Tried briefly and then discarded. Personally when I want to find the best free plugins ( or paid ) for a particular task, l just Google it and see what options there are. I can't say I've ever used anything on your list because they don't really suit the way I work. Or I already have something similar that works for me. Whilst I've a ton of paid for stuff I've acquired over the years I'm not knocking the free stuff as some of it is great. I love OTT and ADSR Sample Manager and Zebralette But I don't particularly want or need anything off your list. Because it's your list. And I'm not you . And how I make music is not the same as how you make music. And why I write music and where it ends may be completely different to what you do with yours. I say let the Devs concentrate on the DAW. Keep in the installer lean and mean. And let the users find their own free or paid for stuff that fits the the music they make and how they work. It's a big world out there.

I agree it would be nice to have more included content in Cakewalk but these things (most of which I have) are relatively easy to find - there are even threads on one of the sub forums here for free instruments and effects - perhaps they should be pinned by a mod to to the top of that sub forum so people can find them easily On balance though I would rather the focus continued to be on making the operation of CbB stable, intuitive and feature rich rather than bundling other instruments. I'm not sure whether that would work commercially anyway It will be interesting to hear what others think about this

Hey all! Recently I started doing more live streams to answer Cakewalk questions and discuss all things audio! It's went over so well that I have decided to commit to a stream every Saturday! I call it "Sound Advice Saturday". Here is the playlist to my previous episodes, a ton is covered in these and the questions that come in are great! Want in on the fun? Just click here to come hang out every Saturday! Be sure to ring that bell so you know of any other videos that get posted to!

Hi Everybody, Here's another track off of my new album "Relics". I'm posting the full production version and the acoustic version - so listen to both if you like. Any comments and crits are welcome and thanks for listening. Full production version: https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=14039184 Acoustic version: https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=13667699

Wait... Kenny is actually Gandalf in sunglasses??! 😮

Are gifs allowed?

Even more fun to be had if you can get them, as they may work for the next Group Buy.

Often that is the case, mostly with IK freebies. But who are we.

If you're using a workspace, and the workspace is set to include the console view position then this is the reason you're needing to reposition it. You have 3 choices here: 1. When you set the new console position, re-save your workspace. This will then become the new default position for this workspace, and will affect all projects. 2. Remove Window Layout from the workspace, and re-save it. Now each project will dictate the window layout. 3. Don't use workspaces.

Thanks Larry, that is what I thought and what I understood from previous interactions Now I can bump my sale thread too infinity till someone buy my duplicates

Melodyne is not a normal FX plug-in. While it may be placed in the FX rack, the audio signal does not pass through the plug-in. Instead the signal originates from the plug-in using the data transferred to it.

Who did the solos during the instrumental? Loved the raw performance and goofy audio, made authentic. All the smiles seemed so sincere!

Thanks, Bob. After spending way too much time trying to diagnose, I decided to restore from a 6 month old Acronis Backup. Things seem to be working so far.

"Rock the Casbah" - The Clash

No. I've already done two series of that on my channel as well. I did one back in 2012 and this is a newer version here:

I mentioned the Xbox Game Bar earlier in the thread. That is a screen grabber/recorder that comes in Windows 10. I haven't messed with it much, but just enough to know that it does work. It's main function is for gamers to record their game play but it works for anything on the screen. Can't really compare it will other screen recorders because I haven't used them enough to make a comparison. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/xbox-game-bar/9nzkpstsnw4p?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

1. Spark and U530 have been updated! Mercuriall Spark 1.2 1. [Added]: macOS Catalina support 2. [Added]: standalone version (no left/right input channel selection) 3. [Improved]: performance 4. [Fixed]: rare gate bug 5. [Changed]: copy protection code Note: if updating from an earlier version, a new activation is required. Please talk to Mercuriall Audio support team if you need more activations. Mercuriall U530 1.2 1. [Added]: macOS Catalina support 2. [Added]: standalone version (no left/right input channel selection) 3. [Improved]: performance 4. [Changed]: copy protection code Note: if updating from an earlier version, a new activation is required. Please talk to Mercuriall Audio support team if you need more activations. 2. Store-wide #stayathome pricing! All products, except Euphoria, are discounted by 40%! Euphoria is $10 cheaper for new customers! The offers are valid until further notice. Please see the exact pricing below. Euphoria: $89.99 (regular price $99.99) Euphoria is our latest product. Modeled using our Neural Hybrid Engine 1.5 tech and is based on Bogner© Ecstasy 101B with an optional Cameron mod switch. The Tone Machine. Explore Euphoria Spark: $72 (regular price $120) Spark is an amp simulation plug-in with an entirely modeled circuitry, offering a stunning and realistic tone. Includes 4 amp models! Explore Spark U530: $36 (regular price is $59.99) Mercuriall Tube Amp U530 recreates the sound of the ENGL® E530 preamp. Designed for studio clean and hi-gain tones. Explore U530 Reaxis: $54 (regular price $89.99) Mercurial ReAxis is a guitar processor with MESA/Boogie® Triaxis™ modeling at its heart. Explore Reaxis SS-11X: $24 (regular price is $39.99) Official modeling of AMT SS-11 series tube preamps using Neural Hybrid Engine 1.0. Explore SS-11X

Here we go then:

All those are basically in the free instruments thread here and then some. Why it took you 6 months to find such a thread here.....that is a different question. We don't need bloatware with Cakewalk when such free options exist. Cakewalk isn't designed like an app on your phone for beginners. It is a professional grade tool to record and produce music. I agree it could use some improvements to make things easier for a beginner...but that isn't related to the instruments included. Things like a Chord Track are what Cakewalk could benefit from. Cake does come bundled with enough instruments to make music with. Most of which never get used by someone that does some research to grab better quality free ones.

I have really enjoyed using MODO Drum since it was first released. I am more of a finger drummer and do not use loops or patterns much and the playing experience is really nice. I love the depth of the sound of most of the kits, I normally gravitate to the stock Studio kit and love the ability to fine tune the drums,

Here's an interesting video on the MODO DRUM v1.1.0 update.

Remember tools like this do not lock you into their sounds. They can send MIDI directly to your DAW using a virtual MIDI cable such as LoopBe1.

I never really rated most of the bundled (or paid for) content available for Sonar Platinum as neither Rapture Pro née Dimension Pro really stacked up to the competition even back when they were released. The Studio Instruments, Artist Instruments and Platinum Instruments collections and Cakewalk Sound Centre were at best rudimentary or included severely limited versions of 3rd party software. That said, I've always loved Session Drummer 3, Z3TA+2 Synth, Adaptive Limiter*, LP EQ and LP MB (pity we can't use this in other DAWS) It still strikes me as staggering that new Bandlab users perhaps don't fully realise they are getting the full unrestricted core of an absolutely top drawer DAW for free. I guess the lack of a sampler was always a Sonar weakness (but there are loads of perfectly serviceable freebies out there) I've always felt that if anything could even be considered essential for making music (modern or otherwise) it might be the software and hardware with which you choose to create it rather than the specific VST instruments that might be bundled with any DAW. Would the included plug ins be a deal breaker if you were choosing a 'paid for' DAW? In addition, I've never conflated 'beginners' with 'unable to afford plug ins' given that Bandlab is completely free and there are thousands of free plug ins out there that are used and recommended by those at the cutting edge of contemporary music. (whatever that is, me being a grumpy 58 year old who hasn't a clue about such things...)

For all tracks or buses, Clear all selections Open the audio export dialog either from the Export Module Advanced... option or from File > Export > Audio To export all tracks set the Source Category to Tracks, enter a file name and click Export. Set the Source Category to buses to export all buses. This will create 1 audio clip each starting at 0 for all tracks and/or buses