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In case some of you are like me and not sure what libraries to get between this OT sale and AmpleSound products (the two best guitar VIs in my opinion), then you may find this chart useful. I have attempted to find where the two libraries have sampled the same (or similar) guitar. If you can't afford both, then choose whichever ecosystem works best with your workflow and fill in the gaps with the other. Similar products occupy the same row. Please note that: I tried to use the same metrics for uncompressed sample size but this was not always easy to find. So I may be off. The general assumption was that a larger sample size gave you better emulation, but that may not always be true. So maybe this is meaningless. Still, there are some rather large differences here so you'd think there's got to be something special included in the very large libraries. I tried to find the original introduction date to get a feel for how old some of these samples are. Again, the general assumption was that newer products were better than older products. However, I couldn't always find the original release dates. Plus, most (all?) of these have been subsequently updated - some several times. The updates may be engine/GUI updates. Some may include sample updates. So I'm not sure how important these dates are.

Hi folks! Workspaces and Screensets can do wonders for workflow in Cakewalk, but which one should you use? Take a look at my examples! WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/6ahr6R8Ot7U

Crap! Just when I was "done" buying plugins for awhile. It's very hard to pass up these SSL sales now, especially after the FREE v2 upgrade a little while ago. It looks like a NEW one too! "Listen Mic Compressor"?? So what is this? And why do I think I need it? ? How did you find out about this? Does anyone know a good marriage counselor?

https://store.solidstatelogic.com/products/ssl-lmc CLASSIC SSL LMC COMPRESSION + NEW CREATIVE TOOLS The LMC+ Plug-in brings a new and significantly enhanced version of the classic SSL Listen Mic Compressor as originally found in the centre section of the legendary SL 4000E console to your DAW, with a range of new creative tools for artists, producers and engineers. Key Features Modelled on the legendary SSL 4000E console Fixed attack and release curves External sidechain SSL high and low pass filters Simple to use, just dial in the AMOUNT 'SCOOP' phase inverts the wet signal 'SPLIT': engages bandpass subtraction mode Combine 'SCOOP' and 'SPLIT' for creative variations Subtle changes to destroying and deconstructing the signal Smash EVERYTHING (back to the '80s)

Hi Everyone We have just released the eighth track off our new album Regeneration. The track is called Troubled Times. This track is pretty old, but it seems quite a good title for what has been happening this past year or so! Hope you enjoy it. Nigel https://devinelie.com https://music.amazon.co.uk/artists/B002GLCV8K/devine-lie https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Sd0BBWtT5fv0GaXLoKTAC https://www.youtube.com/c/DevineLie/videos

I just got this e mail from my wallet . Take it for what it is worth .? Kenny's wallet here , I wanted to personally inform you that we are currently experiencing a profound shortness of breath and a severe lack of available energy in regards to our current financial resources . This debilitating symptom is due in part to your constant state of agitation and wishful thinking regarding your constant need to express your newfound entitlements as to fulfilling your Musical GAS Fantasies VIA any means necessary with out regards to your other responsibility's and needs... Although it may be true that you have structured your life to allow the wiggle room necessary to accomplish some of your musical goals with out affecting others . We have come to the conclusion that it has been over 15 years since you have spent any coin what so ever on trying to find a possible future Mrs Tele Jazz . In addition to that odd bit of Monastic News it is a fact that it has been decades since you have owned and driven a car that was under 21 years old . May I ask , when was the last time you got a hair cut ? Shaved your beard , or bought new shoes and fresh underwear.... Do you see where we are going with this . Be not of faint heart my friend . It is now time for your intervention ! Your Friendly Wallet is here to help guide you into a more prosperous way of life. Now close your eyes , take a deep breath , and repeat after me 200 times "Man does not live by satisfying Musical GAS Alone " Kenny's Wallet . In need of Financial CPR and a Cash Transfusion PO Box : Up Sh*ts Creek with out a 10 Dollar Bill

So do not WUP, for I am with you

11 buyers away from 55% yay

i guess trends come and go. all sorts of different European music. It does not all have to be Max Martin stuff. I think EDM is what it is. But there is lots of other European music that has lots of emotion and soul IMO. Nordic Death Metal and so on.Great stuff. I don't think all soulful music needs to be linked to black american music. The Romani and Bulgarian rhythms I find very interesting and soulful. Same with Turkish influenced music. check out the work of Minor Empire. Cool band. . https://www.youtube.com/user/EmpireWT

Same as above but with Bass libraries:

I totally agree that cross fertilization is healthy for music. In recent years there has been a watershed moment. Until relatively recently, the biggest selling artists in the USA and the UK could all trace their roots back to a very specific origin, black music. Most major genres from rock to country, from Rap to Hip hop had their roots in black style rhythm and blues (early country blues being the precursor of them all), and by extension, all of the music that followed from that including punk, indie etc... Then something changed. European techno. A genre that is so un-funky, so un-black. Major artists started sounding more and more Euro techno and less and less soulful (Lady Gaga comes to mind) and they quickly became the mainstream. Synth driven pop. Add to that the new growth in Asia pop, Middle Eastern sounds, and we are getting further and further away from the soulful black roots music that had dominated for so long. As much as I know music cannot stand still, I really lament the loss of soul in new pop songs. They don't aim to seduce your ears, but to assault you.

Even though this is an old thread, some topics are hardy perennials, and are worth repeating Two other comments...it's important to audition the clips in context, because sometimes a clip will need to have the level pulled back a bit compared to other clips. Also, with this normalization technique, adding even a little compression gives the same perceived results as adding a lot of compression without having normalized first. Even better, because you need so little compression, you don't have pumping, breathing, or other artifacts related to heavy compression.

Question, resolution and self-deprecation, all in a single post. Well done! All it needed was one irrelevant and unhelpful reply to complete the perfect thread.

An interesting development that we will all have to get used to is the growing power of Asian music and the diminishing influence of 'Western' music. While the West are wrapping themselves in knots trying not to offend other cultures, these other cultures are driving ahead and gaining ever bigger market share. These cultures are far less worried about offending others music...and they have the weight of numbers on their side. And if we follow this trend of 'numbers' dominating the arguement. It won't be long before western music becomes the 'other' or 'old world' of the music categories. Just a thought.

What it does to bass is truly amazing. I never mix without it.

Yep. Demo it, they have a 14 day trial. But read the manual, then try it out and I think you will agree. It's just got something.

Okay, I already have all of the Unfiltered Audio stuff I want, and then elysia mpressor, which, by the way, man o MAN. I guess it's one of these knob EQ's. I'm not that savvy with knob EQ's, but I might as well have a nice one. Lindell TE-100 has the magic pixie dust, eh?

I suggested this when the Tempo Track was added, but then recently I noticed that Piano Roll View already has it for the Articulations Map and Drum Pane. It might not even be intentional, rather an artifact created by the presence of scroll bars, but it's at least some visual indication that there are hidden screen elements that can be pulled down to open. Looks kinda slick, actually. I'd like to see these added at either or both ends of the Track View Time Ruler.

The data needed to display note names in the Label pane next to the Note pane in the PRV. I used the Addictive Drums keymap pdf and CC data from the Addictive Drums 2 manual AD2,ins in on my google page or use this direct link to download. If you need info about adding this to CbB or creating your own custom note names entries, feel free to ask in this thread.

New features and improvements: ● Musical Symbols playback with Sound Variations ● MIDI channel support for Sound Variations ● ZIP conversion option for documents including upload to PreSonus Sphere ● Chord Track chords to Note Events conversion ● Drag & Drop support for Presets and FX Chains on Show Page ● Seamless Patch changes on Show Page ● Note Controller support for VST3 instruments via VST Note Expression and MPE ● Updated manuals in English and Japanese ● Updated PreSonus audio interface templates The following issues have been fixed: ● [ATOM SQ] Device script sends Sustain message 2 times ● [ATOM SQ] Japanese characters result in blank display cells ● [Drum Editor] Transform tool misses last note of a given selection ● [Impact XT] Eco Filter causing high level noise with certain samples ● [Note Editor] "Fill with notes" in custom pitch range adds unwanted notes outside the range ● [Note Editor] In certain situations, "Length / Legato + Overlap Correction" creates unwanted note length ● [Note FX] Arpeggiator not triggering with note values less than 1 beat ● [Pro EQ²] 12th octave spectrum meter is incorrect ● [Pro EQ²] Potential crash when using LowCut at 48dB/Oct ● [Project Page] Undo history doesn't call out parameters and values ● [Score Editor] “Fill with rests” causes the score to be drawn incorrectly ● [Score Editor] Potential crash when repeatedly executing enharmonic respelling tool ● [Show Page] "Add Player" commands disabled depending on workspace focus ● [Show Page] Selecting a patch containing a splitter creates a phantom splitter ● [Sound Variations] "Find and Apply Variation" during recording won't record already activated variation ● [Sound Variations] Momentary Sound Variations can be stacked but only the one added last is visible ● [Sound Variations] When applying momentary sound variations to a note, the same (momentary) variation can be added several times ● [Waves Plug-ins] Graphics may become sluggish when hovering the mouse pointer above plug-in controls ● [Windows] Cannot save song when it's selected in the browser ● [Windows] Incorrect resizing when moving plug-in window from regular to HiDPI display w/ certain plug-ins ● Actions are not aimed at multiple selected events/parts after shift+deselect ● Automation follows events may create redundant nodes ● Buses jump out of folders in Console when editing their automation ● Collapsing a Multi Instrument inside a folder hides Multi Instrument ● Commands inside a macro can change behavior if keyboard shortcuts use modifier keys ● Compare button does not toggle with 3rd party plugins ● Drag & Drop from Steinberg Backbone VSTi not working ● VST3 compatibility improvements ● Editing an automation curve might show unwanted behavior ● “Follow Chords”, "Play Overlaps" and Tune Mode doesn't copy over when executing 'Duplicate Track Complete" ● Marker list is not shown in Studio One Remote ● Mouse wheel is inverted on chord track inspector octave field ● Moving an External Instrument Track from one Bus Folder to another loses the Input assignment of its Aux Channel ● Outputs to bus reset to Main when folder track is removed ● Play Overlaps checkbox doesn't get copied over to new track when using "duplicate track complete" ● Potential crash when triggering "Zoom Selected Track" after mixer scene change ● Range Select+Copy pastes range at incorrect destination when there is automation data ● Renaming audio files fails w/ error message "file is in use" in certain cases ● “Show in Context” does not work for effects on browser home page ● Small 3rd-party plug-in window is not centered ● Tone Generator pops in certain situations ● “Transform To Audio” changes the track's Tempo & Timestretch settings to "default"

WUUUUUUUUUUUUP?? Never. ?

I suspect it's a change in marketing approach. "Discovery" is kind of like "Ethnic." It assumes that there is one dominant group (us) and everything in the rest of the universe is "other." So, for example, all the two billion or more Asian people in the world are categorized as "ethnic" (as in Jade Ethnic Orchestra) and their culture needs to be "discovered." By whom? Maybe somebody at NI figured out that the bland category "Spotlight" might be a better term to appeal to their international customers. Or maybe not. I'm doing a video on why I prefer the term "World Music" to "Ethnic Music," so it's on my mind.

I adamantly reject WUP.

Just starting a thread here to discuss Windows 11 compatibility. While we don't expect to have any issues with Cakewalk running on Win 11 getting your PC running it is a different story You may have read about the announcements that Win 11 only supports PC's with newer processors (Intel 8 gen and higher) and that it requires TPM 2.0 hardware support. In fact many of my PC's fail the upgrade test because I don't have TPM support and my CPU (though quite capable being an core Intel) is an earlier generation. Here is a new blog post from Microsoft where they appear to be potentially dialing back the requirements. I hope the requirements get relaxed because they seem a bit restrictive to only allow systems with TPM 2. I've seen some reports of soft and hard blocks for installation. Will be interesting to see how this evolves.

Hi folks! From organizing your workspace, to hidden controls for your plugins - I have 5 handy (slightly random) Cakewalk tips for you in this video! WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/pkEfs-NVKII

The online Bandlab DAW is getting to be a heck of a tool. One huge improvement is Bandlab can be accessed on the Firefox browser in addition to Chrome. There are also quick access buttons to invite collaborators to a session, private chat with collaborators, online mastering, Bandlab loops, import & export capability, an extensive suite of MIDI instruments and more. The 24 minute +++ Bandlab Bootcamp for Beginners +++ video is a professional grade overview of the app capabilities. I was prepared to say ho-hum but I'm really impressed. I'd love to read comments from other forum members.

Hey, I searched to see if that was discussed before but didnt find anything. Is there a way or could you please allow for disabling docking. When you like to move your windows around it's gets totally annoying if you dont want them to dock. Actually I never came in a situation where I needed a docking function. Br Greg

Same here!!!! Tried to resist, but resistance is futile, as the saying goes!!!!!

Closet reds fan, eh? I knew it. Big day for you. Congrats.

This is fantastic. I love the fact that you used traditional music as the basis for the song. A rich vein that must be. keep 'em coming.....

Thanks! great job!

Got mine too - just in.

That's the kind of gear that never leaves the house or maybe for a player in an amatuer band to show off their gear which most of an audience has no clue or cares.

I didn't express myself well. This is not about political correctness. This is not about "sinister" overtones. I am only looking at this through an aesthetic perspective. It's just a question of accuracy in my book. Music has never been about borders. It flows like a river. Pretty much all of American popular music is a blend. For me, using the term "World Music" just makes more sense than "Ethnic Music." AmpleSound sells a banjo, which they brand as Ample Ethno Banjo. If there's a young woman in Nashville who learned to play banjo from her father, and he learned from his father--does she think she's making ethnic music with it? She just thinks it's Country. But to a Chinese company like AmpleSound it is only an Appalachian instrument. Ethnic music. To me, when you follow this line of thinking, it doesn't make any sense, that instruments should be categorized as exotic just because of where they are played. We all live on the same world, right? Let people in the political world concern themselves we people who are "ethnic." For us, everybody who makes music is part of our family. And by the way, there is no better example of this than forums like this one. I've made friends from all over the world.

They have some pretty tough competition below that price point right now in the market place.

I like what you did with this song as well - your songs, whether original or covers - are always a fun listen - nicely done.

https://xferrecords.com/freeware Nice GUI too

I am not familiar with the original song but I love what you have done with it. I agree with Nigel above. It does have a bit of that Shadows sound which makes it even better for me. Well done!

Requests should be placed Here I too requested this years back. The feature is indeed annoying.

Love how you take an old traditional tune and bring them back to life using modern instruments and techniques. -Bjorn

Here are 2 articles on the Normalise thing How To Normalize Audio – Why Do It? Everything You Need To Know 10 Myths About Normalization ( from 2008 )

For decades, back to 90s I have used SOUNDFORGE for my Audio editing https://www.magix.com/index.php?id=24061&L=52&AffiliateID=177&phash=vlRep1GVx8SCLu7F&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5uWGBhCTARIsAL70sLL9klu9pvR_ZS2QOsAOkr07ZQSURRKjeTycu68AgUFmYYPm_OkSxTEaAloZEALw_wcB Before you go HOW MUCH ... just keep an eye on the Humble Bundles. Quiet often they have audio bundles that include earlier versions of Soundforge, the whole bundle inc Soundforge coming to the princely sum of about $20. I ended up with Soundforge Pro 12 that way and thats what I use. I also have successfully used Soundforge to drop the vol of peaks in a very zoomed in version of a wav file. Result is you dont hear any difference in the wav file after except no peak. I also use it sometimes if say a vocal line recorded by vocalist has paper shuffles or noises between the vocal lines. I use soundforge to silence these parts. Of course the cases I outline above are when its almost impossible to get a rerecord and one has to work with the copy you have I edit the audio file inside the audio files folder of the Cakewalk Project. Of course make a backup before hand of the unedited versions if you want to fall back I would say the same could be achieved with the FREE AUDACITY audio editor BUT for me its Sound Forge all the way

The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom

Don't normalize. That should be printed onto a t-shirt or wall chart for easy reference. The exception is when, like in Aidan's case, you get a bunch of files that are so quiet that they need extra gain just to get into the ballpark of the rest of the mix. Technically no different from turning up the gain knob, just faster and more permanent.

Very nice start to my very depressing Monday!! Definitely shadows influenced - a good old dose of Hank!! Cool stuff Nigel

Parts suggested by Jim Roseberry and tweaked by him. I did the "build". Intel I9 10900K processor O.C. 5.0GHz Asus Prime Z490-A mobo Asus Thunderbolt EX 3-TR Gigabyte HD 5450 Fanless Video 128Gb PC3300 Memory 1TB - SSD Program Drive 8TB - Sample Drive 2TB - Project Drive Dual Layer RW DVD Antec P-180 Case Antec 750W Trio Power Supply Dell 30" Monitor 2 x UAD Octo Satellites

As of today I have officially become full kontakt certified ??

I noticed in the YT comments someone mentioned using the master.ins as an alternative to a drum map. This has always been an option but alternate note names had to be set every time the track was opened in the PRV. With 2021.06 alternate note names in the PRV persist per-track making this an attractive option. I created an AD2.ins from my master.ins it is available here

My first articulation map is for the Amplesound M II and M II Lite virtual instruments. The more I read and understand the Amplesound user manual the better I realize this Articulation Map may be a work in progress. All feedback positive and negative is appreciated! The M II is a virtual Martin acoustic guitar. The attached comparison chart details some of the differences between the two instruments. VSTi download link Amplesound M II.artmap Comparison_AGM_vs_AGML.pdf

open the target project in CbB open the source project's mix scene folder in the media browser drag and drop the mix scene files into the target project