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only 236 hours until Lars comes back guys!

I got this yesterday. This is my first Creator Series, and I was surprised to see that you can get up to 9 drums/percussion instruments on one note! And some of these are pretty poweful drums! I'm sure it is well explained in the demos, but it didn't sink into my head, as when I think of a kit, my brain is programmed to think of it as different instruments on each note. With this you can get a huge kit on one note. And when you start playing these patterns... let's just say full versions of the MIDI files are aimed mainly at the very LOUD end of the spectrum. The demos make this clear. If you make epic music, this will rock you. And I could see how somebody could do a cue for an action movie just using one of the presets. Certainly you wouldn't need much more. At the same time, each production kit has versions that are only high or only low. So you can get some nice variations there. I can see myself using those the most. There are some really great things in there. But what really is great about it is the high quality of the sampling and MIDI patterns. They add up to drum beats that sound as real as they are dynamic. With all the great drums recorded I can make more modest kits for myself that will work very well for my needs. I'm happy with my purchase.

PLUG-IN COLLECTIVE: ACUSTICA CREAM2 This month we’re teaming with Acustica Audio for the first time. They are an exciting company based out of Italy and are offering their very powerful channel strip: Cream2. This channel strip is modelled off of some old iconic, British built hardware that can give an extra element of warmth to your mixes. https://customer.focusrite.com/en/register

Eventide 2.7.8 update for Anthology related VSTs Fix an issue in H910 Single/Dual, H949 Single/Dual, Instant Flanger Mk II, Instant Phaser Mk II, and Omnipressor where Touch, Latch, and Write automation didn't work correctly for some controls Fix an issue in H949 Dual where delays with high feedback would pull to the right channel These were released March 10th, don't recall seeing a post but might have missed it. Anthology XI https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/anthology-xi-installer-win-64-bit https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/anthology-xi-installer-win-32-bit https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/anthology-xi-installer-mac-64-bit Individual download links for 64 bit versions (there are 32 Window versions available at some point Ill probably add them to this list): 2016 Stereo Room https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/2016-stereo-room-native-windows-2 https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/2016-stereo-room-installer-mac Blackhole https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/blackhole-native-windows https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/blackhole-installer-mac H3000 Band Delays https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/h3000-band-delays-windows https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/h3000-band-delays-mac H3000 Factory https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/h3000-factory-windows https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/h3000-factory-mac H910 https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/h910-windows https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/h910-mac Instant Flanger Mk II (Win & Mac) https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/product/12559/installers Instant Phaser Mk II (Win & Mac) https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/product/12401/installers MangledVerb https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/product/10809/installers Newfangled: Elevate Mastering Bundle (contains all 3 Newfangled VSTs) https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/product/10599/installers Newfangled: Equivocate https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/equivocate-mac https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/equivocate-win Newfangled: Punctuate https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/product/13048/installers Newfangled: Saturate https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/product/13048/installers Octavox https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/octavox-native-windows https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/octavox-installer-mac Physion Installer https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/physion-installer-windows https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/physion-installer-mac Quadravox https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/quadravox-windows https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/quadravox-mac SP2016 Reverb (Win & Mac) https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/product/12013/installers TVerb https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/tverb-installer-windows https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/tverb-installer-mac Ultrachannel https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/ultrachannel-installer-windows https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/ultrachannel-installer-mac UltraReverb https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/ultrareverb-installer-windows https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/ultrareverb-installer-mac UltraTap https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/ultratap-installer-windows https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/ultratap-installer-mac or All downloads: https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads

If you want to make money out of the music industry, don't be the one who's actually making the music.

The easiest way to make a million dollars as a musician is to start with two million.

So I remember when Cinesamples had a Mrs. Mills Piano for Kontakt but a while back their agreement with Abbey Road ended, so they had to discontinue that library. Today, Spitfire Audio has released their own Mrs. Mills Pianos as one of their $29 Orig!nals series. I cant wait to try it out and of course I will try and do a live first look and playthrough as soon As I can. Until then you can read all about it here on my site: https://wp.me/p6Mqqs-As Here is the trailer:

And then there’s this, one of the first songs learned in first group : And of course this :

To celebrate the milestone 10 year anniversary of the Bob Moog Tribute Library, we’re releasing a new v2.0 edition with over 500 brand new patches and over 50 artists participating! This incredible Omnisphere library is available now for $99 in our webstore and it’s FREE to existing users (use the Check For Updates button on Omnisphere!) Produced by Eric Persing, the new v2.0 edition of the Bob Moog Tribute library features over 1300 stunning sounds for Omnisphere - created by more than 50 of the world’s top synth artists, remixers and sound designers https://www.spectrasonics.net/products/tribute/

Well hello fellers...I've been away for far too long. Thanks for thinking about my old self. I do miss you all and will try to get back here more often. You're much better off checking out my Bandcamp site www.doghouseriley1.bandcamp.com More later... yorolpal, Doghouse

Betcha your problem vanishes when you ditch that junk cable for a real audio interface.

Bought .. Downloaded .. installed. In my view ( from Cork, Ireland ) .. its crap. The way its setup and how it sounds + the GUI .. meh, popup windows cant be closed etc. The DATA/Samples file is only 225MB .. and it is not Kontakt, its some custom thing by librewave My advise, pass on this one. I would have been better of buying a 12 pack of pint guinness cans which is around the same price here ( €12 )

Was a massive Marriot fan, from the days of the small faces. When I got to the UK in 86, I got to see him in a small pub in Tottenham with his band packet of three. The crowd was so small actually got to sit with him for a chat afterwards

Heh, I traded Commodities back in the 90's and the quote there was similar: "Want to make a small fortune in the Commodities market? Start with a large fortune!" 😁 Of course, back in the day, many top-name musicians and bands made very little compared to the marketers. The Who didn't even make a profit until after Tommy came out! (But that might be due to all the equipment Townshend destroyed on stage! LOL.)

That's a fine bundle indeed. I loooooooove GospelMusicians, particularly Neo-Soul Studio, but Pure Synth is quite nice as well.

Always pleased that TS keeps us in the know on all things Eventide.

Hm, I've been using Cakewalk for many years and have never reflected upon the OP's question from a new user perspective... Now that I think about it, I think it IS a bit weird that you listen to loops with perfect sync in the Browser... but as soon as you drag one in into your project, it's not in sync by default. You have to press CTRL+L (or use audiosnap). Wouldn't it be more logical (for new users - and old!) to automatically enable Groove Clips on loops you drag and drop when the browser auto sync is active?

Maybe . . . . I wonder what Walt Disney would have thought of this being played at a venue bearing his name. 😛 Warning: This piece has some language some might find offensive and potentially deals with adult subjects! Listen at your own risk.

When Bapu Met Larry

One of the features of my new Motu M4 is a Loopback feature. It seems to be a new trend with interfaces. I guess a common complaint was it being hard to copy audio directly from the internet. Probably copywrite law issues. I've been mucking about with screen capture with OBS and I would always have to use WASAPI shared to get OBS to record Cakewalks output. I noticed the Loopback channels as options in OBS and sure enough this works. So I can stay in ASIO mode for screen capture recording as well as using the interface to adjust the balance. And then today I found a second use which is what I think most people were after. A friend posted a song on Reverbnation but he is a paranoid so didn't allow downloads. I wanted the song file so I could analyze it with things like span and Youlean. Ha- just set an audio track in any DAW or wave editor to the Loopback channel and record in real time. Anyhow just thought I'd share as many people are always shopping for new interfaces and this just might be a feature worth having.

Specifically the Plug-ins tabs. Having to right click and select from a list of categories is excess hassle. Even 3 years in to CbB, I still sometimes forget that I can't just drag a plug-in from Uncategorized to the folder where I want it.

Hello together, I'm starting a YouTube video series about tips and tricks for CAKEWALK by Bandlab. Maybe I'm covering some helpful content for some of you Here's the first episode about scaling velocities in the piano roll view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1B12Jqgiuc

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/spring-morning Spring Morning: this is a song I wrote 20 years ago, but never actually recorded properly. It is supposed to capture the feeling of the first true spring morning after a long cold winter, where you stand outside in the early morning light, looking towards the sunrise, and realize it’s not quite as cold anymore. It’s a nice feeling. from the new bats brew album "Elemental"

I'm guessing this will give warmth to my CPU... (THANK YOU Focusrite and Acustica! )

What ever happened to Yor 'ol pal?

+1 on the multi column menu. I too don't want anything on the screen that it's not Inspector or tracks so never have browser or anything up. I use the per-manufacturer layout as I know what I want (just like I do with my outboard) but certain manufacturers (UAD, I'm looking at you but you're not alone) add everthying even if I have not or never will purchase it and it's pain in the bottom with a long list. I'm in the insert panel, I want to insert something so a menu is great. At least the current menu allows to use keys to jump to the effect first letter which eases the annoyance a little, but unfortunately all the UAD plugins start with.. U

I may have solved this, or at least found one big reason why it's been happening: My large orchestral projects have many instruments, and in the clips pane there are all these white thingies all over the place. I'm not sure what they are, but they go away when I do "bounce to clips." And then the project saves normally. Old thread I know, but I just wanted to tie it up, in case anyone else might have this problem.

Years ago I bought a VRM box on sale. This is the purchase that keeps on giving! Thanks for the heads up @Pragi

Come on Will, tell us how a 32 bit operating system gives you more headroom on a wave file. I'll wait. 32 bit and 64 bit BIT DEPTH certainly can affect it, but it has NOTHING to do with the operating system. You can have 32 bit and 64 bit double precision stuff happening on either a 32 bit or 64 bit operating system and the wave files will be absolutely identical sonically. It is entirely unrelated.

I believe Adrian has hit every single nail squarely on the head, well done! I quoted the above part because it directly described my own experience . . . once you've played "You May Be Right" by Billy Joel 12,473 times, and otherwise great song will threaten your sanity, even if you are making $300 a throw. To the OP, I'm pretty sure the answer is no, but wedding bands are the canary in that coal mine. Unless weddings and corporate parties come back, there won't be any money in music for most musicians. And, is that really music, anyway, or is it just performance? You could be the teenage kid who likes to shoot hoops, asking if there's any chance to make it into the NBA. But there, talent actually matters! In music industry, not so much. My wish for you is that you can pass quickly through the commercial desires, and return to making your personal music for its own lovely sake, for the only thing music can really feed these days is your soul. Which is enough.

There’s your problem In my signature is links to my Cakewalk tutorials. There’s 2 there that clearly explains your problem. “Why ASIO is important” and “using on board sound “

Quantum is a great audio interface. When it comes to round-trip latency, Quantum is an exceptional performer (can achieve sub 1ms). Obviously the machine has to be able to keep up with the load... or you'll hear glitches. Part of the reason why Quantum can achieve such low round-trip latency is there's no onboard DSP. IOW, Quantum doesn't offer hardware based monitoring/mixing/routing/loop-back-recording. All routing/mixing has to be done via software (in your DAW application).

well if bandlab assistant is trying to redirect to "localhost" it looks like a dev forgot to change the URL for production deploy /schoolboyerror

USB-2/USB-3 audio interfaces can't get much below ~4ms total round-trip latency. Thunderbolt audio interfaces can get down below 1ms total round-trip latency. Think of Thunderbolt as "external PCIe".

Could have done with this deal on March 17th

Hi, it would help if you gave us some more details. What audio device are you using, system spec, windows version etc. You also don't mention using WASAPI only 32 bit MME which is rarely used nowadays.

Fleer - maybe that’s why you say you have several tin whistles rolling around.

Allen and Heath QU-16 user here. Excellent desk with really nice preamps, the full unit is extremely quiet. Fantastic build quality. You can record pre/post fader and there's 16 XLR inputs, alongside 16 line ins. I've had no issues tracking with this desk in Cakewalk. It replaced a Soundcraft Signature 22MTK which died on me after 4 uses. That unit sounded good, but the build quality was sketchy in places and the headphone amp was useless and noisy so I lost faith in the unit and sold my replacement. The QU-16 is a much better desk overall. Another option is the Zoom LiveTrak line, they are really nifty mixers for the money.

Great news (and a relief!) as I bought the BM Tribute Library as a XMas present to myself a couple of months ago after years of waffling about it. Bravo Spectrasonics!!

Yes, these have appeared here and there in root folders at various times. I've seen them in other folders, too. It is related to the VST scan, I think. I think they have always been empty, but my memory is faulty these days... I have my TEMP system environment folder set to C:\Temp and the temporary file folder in Sound Forge prefs set to D:\Temp and I've seen them in C and D root drive as well as C:\Program Files\Sound Forge. These past few days I've spent many hours rummaging through Procmon logs of Sound Forge startup and tutorial processing so I am getting accustomed to it more. I attempted to figure out when this started - I know it happened in SF 12, 14 and 15. I have the SF 11 installer as well as many earlier ones, maybe back to the Sonic Foundry days (I never through anything out, drives are cheaper than my time), which is the last version when SF was owned by Sony. I tried to install that, but it required an installation of early DOTNET installations to proceed, so I quit at that point. Very Off Topic. It is interesting to follow the history of these types of tools. I bought Cool Edit 95 and Sonic Foundry Sound Forge when they were introduced. I liked Cool Edit more and purchased a 'LifeTime license' from Syntrillium. A short time later, maybe in CooEdit 2000 or so, Syntrillium sold Cool Edit to Adobe and it became Audition. I guess that was the end of life, because my license no longer worked. Sonic Foundry was sold to Sony and now Magix. Spectral Layers was owned by Magix, but now Steinberg. Confusing. And if you want to get support you have to upgrade and switch to the new owner.

They better see a doctor. Oh wait.....

If you've got UAC disabled, or you're actually logged in as Administrator this might explain why you can do this.

I bet she feels that's snot funny! 😁

That´s a nice tune, it reminds me of Zappa.

Apparently the Redskins are changing their name to the Possums. They do well at home but always get killed on the road.

Of course! Peter in the wild

Thanks for posting! I enjoyed playing around with these over the past few days to see how they sound and they are quite nice! In case anybody here is from outside of North America and/or has their language set to something other then English, this link is more universal: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/id=SlashFreePresets2021

Brillyant ideal!