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Finished my testing of Acustica's Sienna, here's the 10 track project close to release. Have a great W/E..

Get it for free without purchase. https://www.sonible.com/blog/stayhome-package/

The version of Music Maker in this bundle is the "Score Edition". For Reference: Versions that are <Genre> Edition don't generally include any of the optional features (Song Maker, Extra Tracks, etc). If you want these features you need to spend money (or vouchers) at the in-app store to get them. The <Genre> Editions are almost the same as the Free Edition, the only difference is that they include free soundpool(s) of the specified genre (Score in this case, which means cinematic/movie score style) For me, the $1 tier with a $20 voucher valid for both Magix and Acid brands, is a real no brainer. Humblebundle will limit the amount of repeat purchases to 3 per payment method (e.g., you can buy 9 vouchers if you purchase 3 with paypal, 3 with amazon, 3 with credit card). This limit resets every few days (weekly?) Right now there is a promotion at producerplanet where all Acid branded music Loop collections are at $20 for the commercial-use licensed version (music loops only, not the sound effect libraries, and just the single collections, collection bundles are more expensive) https://www.producerplanet.com/us/search/?area=audio&acidizedOnly=true&query=&salesOnly=true&category=250 The end result is 150+ loop libraries to choose from, for $1 out-of-pocket each. These are acidized (what Cakewalk calls "Groove Clips"). Many are "oldies" but still "solid", e.g., Mick Fletwood Total Drumming. Just tweak them with VSTs to make them sound more "modern" if you feel like it. Just keep in mind that the promotion has been active for a few days already and it is likely to end soon (on the other hand you may want to save a few vouchers for getting soundpools when there is a good sale)

One day my wife decided she wanted a fancy drinking bottle. A fancy metallic drinking bottle. Of course it needed to be sampled. The Bottle was hit with rubber and felt mallets. I recorded three variants of it: one with the bottle being completely empty, one with it filled half way with water and one with the bottle full of water. These samples we processed to bring you 8 mallet instruments, 4 sound designed instruments and 4 sound designed pads. These range from clean and beautiful mallets to dark and dissonant atmospherics. The Bottle has a cinematic, atmospheric vibe to it. Contents The Bottle Kontakt version contains 16 .NKI patches, 2625 uncompressed . WAV samples and takes up 3,7 GB of hard disk space. The samples are left in uncompressed WAV format to provide you with the possibility to load them into your favorite sampler or use them as raw audio files in your DAW. The Bottle MSoundfactory version contains 5 patches and takes up 600 MB of hard disk space. Both versions use the same original samples and you get both versions to use. Tech Specs The Bottle Kontakt version requires the FULL VERSION of Kontakt 5. It is proven to work with version 5.8.1 and higher. It will not function in the Free Player version. The Bottle MSoundfactory only requires the free MSoundfactory Player. You can download it here: https://www.meldaproduction.com/MSoundFactory Pricing The Bottle retails for 15€ (excluding VAT where applicable) with an introductory offer of 10€ until the 24th of May 2021. Go grab it here: https://www.manmakesnoise.com/the-bottle

Autosave and Save are two different files. Autosave is going to save every ten minutes regardless of the Save status. Furthermore Autosave is not going to clear a "dirty" project. FWIW I have Autosave disabled. There is no setting for it that is not annoying. Instead I have learned to hit "Cntrl-S" every time I even look at the keyboard.

I’ve owned the original version of Perception for ages and have used a lot, especially when mastering. If you have a bunch of IZotope plugs in Ozone, plus maybe Zynaptic Intensity in your chain, being able to level match accurately and quickly is a real eye opener. And dare I say it, it makes you a better engineer. That said, there are cheaper alternatives available, and I am not sold on what I would be getting for the upgrade path at $49.

Not really BFD related but I couldn’t find my answer until now about how this would affect other fxpansion instrument, so posting in case anyone else is wondering. As someone else mentioned ROLI bought fxpansion in 2016. From info below this is how they will handle other instruments and this sale only affects BFD. “The sale will see the popular FXpansion BFD drum software along with its sample libraries, and its development staff of four, move over to InMusic. The remainder of FXpansion titles, such as Strobe 2 and Cypher 2, will remain under ROLI’s stewardship.”

Start screen is going to go away and be replaced by something much better in the future, So no further work is planned for Start Screen itself until then.

Hi Noynekker , youre spot on with those timing issues , I couldnt for the life of me pinpoint them myself although I used the same 4/4 ezdrum patterns ??? as the rest of the song , so Ive changed the piano-guitar parts and i think it sounds better , I was trying to add some dynamics to the build up with keys , it just didnt work, basically because I´m not a pianist , so thanks once again for your honest input , its always welcome, and as for the photo...... It was just one that was left over from EU ID card , I do however have another one where I´m donning a pair of leopard motive jockey ........ , maybe i´ll ................probally not cheers

WASAPI Shared mode can run at different sample rates from other applications because Windows internally sample rate converts and mixes the output from all client applications. Even in ASIO mode some drivers can internally handle this by sample rate converting. If youtube is failing its typically because Cakewalk is in ASIO mode and the driver doesn’t handle multi client use well.

Because of the acquisition, reverbs suddenly became part of all the bundles. For some that is a bonus, but for others the added "fluff" isn't enough to make up for the lack of product development. For those of us not interested in Groove 3 or more reverbs, the cost becomes questionable. Subscriptions can be beneficial for some, but for current advanced owners it isn't as appealing. The "loyalty pricing" is a joke for some companies... Repeat buyers are their predominant revenue stream. Once you buy something you get flooded with advertising to buy more.

LMAO - my "offers" include such tempting deals as $149 to "upgrade" to Ozone 9 Standard. I already have O9 advanced.... Great products, but they really need to pay attention to what customers already have when claiming to be looking after you. If subscription is the Izotope future then I'm done and I'll be perfectly happy with what I already have given that I have barely scratched the surface of what it is no doubt capable of.

Apple Music: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1559418351 iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1559418351?ls=1&app=itunes Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6uePzPesWJoIyuw8dcyo4J?si=Q8zsxqHbRUic2IJIHFW2-w&utm_source=copy-link Youtube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=0S4Pluo8Pdc&feature=share Napster link: https://us.napster.com/artist/will-ash/album/thoughts-running-wild Amazon Music Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZLSBN37/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_XEHWDTS0Q481HC8WAVPH As of today my track "Thoughts Running Wild" by Will Ash, is available on all major digital platforms. Appreciate the support.

$99 Discount code: HYPERION99 Offer ends Monday 4/26 at 11:59pm PDT https://www.tracktion.com/products/hyperion

Fanatical have a couple of Magix bundles: Fanatical Music Bundle 2 by MAGIX ($10.00) https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/fanatical-music-bundle-2-by-magix Fanatical Creativity Bundle by MAGIX ($30.00) https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/fanatical-creativity-bundle-by-magix

Well, Gainmatch was an easy sell. I watched the videos and spent 15 minutes with the demo. LOTS of options "hidden" in the menus/icons. Got it direct for $15 thanks the the "YT15" code published on this forum.

Just got it, YT15 code still works ?

have you guys seen the video for gainmatch? It's quite capable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMZm4n4IDAw

thanx for reminding me the Sienna , looks like the best toy of that kind of processors.

I found it! Gainmatch It was $19 on sale for $12 (in early March- not on sale now). Not sure if it has the same ability as this thread product, but certainly cheaper. I just looked at the Youtube vids for it and it looks very useful.

I, too have autosave disabled as it will interrupt what I am doing. Hitting "Ctrl+S" is like a nervous tic.

MCompare may be worth a look, especially when it is on sale.

I think the Tracktion synth to wait for is the upcoming F'em synth. Now that should be interesting! I'm all for supporting the nice devs at Tracktion, and have quite a few of their products. But, for the money now ($99), I'd go with Pigments. I picked up Pigments 2 last year on sale, and just got v3 for free! Absolutely awesome, and a major synth that covers most synth engine types. I tried the Hyperion demo and it's a great sounding synth, but nothing at all like Pigments. And I think there are probably better options for modular, like Voltage Modular from Cherry Audio. Try the free Voltage Modular Nucleus edition. It comes with the essential modules, and the add-ons are budget friendly! But be careful with that. I was quickly lured into purchasing the Core edition, and then a few more voice modules for the SEM (Oberheim), ARP 2500 & 2600, DCO-60 (Roland), Polymode (Moog)...

The feature depends on the plug-in manufacturer. AFAIK, few manufacturers have implemented the feature. The details are available on @Noel Borthwick's website http://www.noelborthwick.com/2014/01/22/developer-notes-sonar-x3-vst3-internals

I was able to re-buy 3 (for $1 each) more using Paypal this afternoon. (after doing all 9 before). But it wouldn't let me use Amazon payments again. So it is reseting at least Paypal. Didn't try the direct credit card. None of the Sony/Acid sound effects seem to be on sale though. Just the normal Acid Loops.

@ALC it's great to hear about more people having fun with Song Maker! I started collecting info about my experiments with it, with the intention of writing an article/guide. I'm attaching a draft here. It's unfinished but I hope it can help you if you'd like to tweak templates and soundpools. Besides the templates the other options for changing keys and chords are: using the pitch bar, or selecting the pitch for individual clips from their right click menu. A word of caution about the pitch bar - it is functional but also "a little buggy". E.g., in my machine it only shows up if I turn off the "objects with stereo images" option. It also crashes occasionally and "undo" is hit-or-miss. When using the pitch bar you probably want to save often and with different filenames Music Creation with Magix Music Maker.pdf

It does sound cool. Too many toys and not, I repeat, not enough time in the day

LOL, my bad. ? I didn't even notice the 2020 date! I made my $0 purchase, got my license, installed it & activated it - so for the moment everything is working.

Saschart has released SweepDelay, a free delay plugin for Windows and Mac. (More freebies on the site.) https://vst.saschart.com/sweepdelay_resonant_filters_ping_pong_modulation_stereo_enhanced

Pretty good synth. Modular!

but still works

What is it about SI Drum Kit that isn't working for you?

Reminds me komplete ultimate lol i thought it was it , also waves mercury ... i installed and used ozone 9 adv for the first time in a mastering this week used the assisatnt and the dynamic eq (i kept those ) was spot on , first time i rely on binary ... ilpressive , the low end contour thing is dope as well as the re balance but man this is heavy on cpu that s why i never installed it and stayed on 7 since years ... still hate the interface ... the vintage series was even better loooking on v7 !!

I had MM and soundpools I purchased from previous humble bundle deals so I bought the Fanatical Music Bundle 2 and used a $20 voucher + $10 of real money to add the Song Maker feature. Now, I can make use of the soundpools I have (but never used). I'm running into the 8 track limit of the free MM when generating songs so for now, I just unselect some instruments. Got the $1 MM Score Edition via Humble Bundle. Added some of the score soundpools listed in Song Maker. Now, I'm looking to add more of the listed soundpools. Right now, I'm having a blast just generating the songs. Eventually, I need to figure out how to change keys and chords. You can select up to four soundpools when generating a song, so it's kind of fun to have it do a mashup of different genres. Also, Samplitude Music Studio in the bundle installs instruments that show up in MM so you don't have to buy them in MM (even though they don't show up in the store as bought).

Yes - and their instruments sound really good too! Thanks Ample Sound!

Ample Sound is great! They keep making substantial improvements to their instruments - i.e. adding 2 GB new samples in this case - and then giving those upgrades for free to their customers. Thank you Ample Sound!

Hi Paul . . . had a few listens through your first mix here, really like the song and the integrity of it here. I hear some timing issues between the instruments at the beginning and also about 3/4 of the way through the song. The lead vocals and background vocals are excellent, and recorded with a lot of honest feeling, that drives the song. I would also say that for the background vocals, you've really added something very special and unpredictable to this one. Not sure how you recorded this, so the timing issues are hard to pinpoint, but I think it's the piano out of time near the start ? . . . and 3/4 of the way through, the drums get out of time ? Anyways . . . just trying to help, and look forward to any future versions of this one posted here. Ha ! you are a brave one with your reality picture online, very cool.

? Mike from https://www.creativesauce.net/ has a lot of info regarding our New, Free Added Bridge Library to Ample Guitar SC: Here's another excellent Metal video by Colin Draun from Drawn&Quartered : On behalf of the AmpleSound Team, have a GREAT Weekend! -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmpleSoundTech -Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmpleSoundNet -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amplesoundtech/ Cheers!

Something free from Man Makes Noise over at Pianobook. A little bass instrument made from an recordings of an acoustic guitar: https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/e-string-bass/ Use it in the full Kontakt, Decent Sampler or MSoundfactory.

It is on the to-do list. There is a dedicated area on the forum for feature requests and there have been several requests for a chord track like this one

@Starship Krupa, @NOLAGuy alright alright alright I confess I also usually use Project > Time/ Measures also. However ripple edit works for me. I don't recall setting any specific options to ensure that Time Signatures, Markers, Arranger sections, Tempo changes also move with the clips. I don't need to select all in order for it to work. If I start with Track 2 selected, when I grab that clip in track 1, the selection highlight moves to Track 1 - and all tracks' clips are moved. Here:

Yeah thanks Mark...That's done the trick...I hadn't left enough empty space...thanks again

Being inspired to try something in 7/8 time, I've finally finished this piece after 11 arrangement revisions, 14 instrumentation revisions, 8 mix revisions (is all that normal?), and fighting external drive library issues (hint: don't move your libraries mid project). I present to you for your listening and feedback.... Eight of Seven by Fred's Gratis Scores Inspired to try something in 7/8 time, this is a hybrid orchestra piece with strings, piano, synths, and brass with a slightly mysterious and edgy feel. CC-BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) This piece is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution (CC-BY). You can download, use in your playlists or in your videos, and create directive works both commercially and non-commercially. Have fun! Download available on SoundCloud. Stems available at: www.bandlab.com/freds_gratis_scores/eight-of-seven (85bpm) Instruments used in this piece: - Cinesamples CineBrass CORE - Spitfire Originals Cinematic Percussion - Spitfire Albion ONE (Strings, Percussion) - Native Instruments Noire - Surge - Native Instruments Play Series - Cinesamples CineStrings CORE #Soundtrack #FredsGratisScores #Cinesamples #CineBrassCore #Spitfire #OriginalsCinematicPercussion #AlbionONE #NativeInstrumentsNoire #NativeInstrumentsPlaySeries #CineStringsCore #CakewalkByBandLab

Try adding /NOVSTGROVEL /NODXGROVEL to the shortcut for the exe. At least for SoundForge that stops the VST scanning. Might work on Vegas. I uninstalled Edit 15 so I can't test.

I'm curious about that too...I'm leaning towards Sienna before the intro deal expires...

TAL Vocoder is a good one to start with. I would not rely on any posts older than SONAR Platinum for signal routing. Better yet, search this forum for current info before going to the old forum. The trick is learning about routing MIDI in Cakewalk. I posted a general guide here And here are a couple of more recent threads about TAL Vocoder that may help

Reg $19.00, save a few $ use a code YT15 during checkout to get it for 15 https://letimix.com/products/gainmatch

a while back i was watching a mix engineer show how he would calibrate the in and out levels so each effect/chain had net zero increase on levels - turn up the gain a channel, that gain is (mostly) the same on the output of the chain (and levels between each effect to avoid clipping - both on the external analog gear and plugins). so for the past few years i've been doing that - gain staging to avoid clipping and net zero level increase on the effects/chains. when trying things i ignore this temporarily, but once settled on something i'll balance them, save as a preset, and off to the next track or buss. and of course, sometimes i violate the rule to make it sound like i like it ? i had tried a number of the gain management plugins but they were generally was too resource intensive for my systems. reusing gain staged and level balanced effects chains is pretty simple so i just go with that and no additional plugins needed for a minute or two of work...