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For those (like me) that use the Izotope Product Portal to update their various products ........ don't bother opening it up and updating to v 1.4.2. Apparently there is a permissions issue with the said installer and it will only install/update itself in Windows safe mode ! Which basically renders it unusable. I was advised by their chat line to wait for a further update to the Portal software. Cheers, J Fixed now

My thoughts on that ( sampler ) are this Bandlab app on phone or tablet could become a great FOUND SOUND sample tool when you are out and about, to use in your tracks. Record directly into the Bandlab app DAW on your phone to one of the tracks in a project there and then when you get home, open CW and import that project ( downloads from your a/c in the cloud used by the app ) and work away on it as a regular CW project file Works a treat: Opened BL app on phone. Pressed the + symbol to add new project, pressed RECORD and did so. Then saved it ( went to cloud ). Opened CW .. File Menu, Browse bandlab Projects, opened that window: Choose the TEST project and it opens in CW as normal. Hassle Free It would tempt me to get a decent USB Mic for my phone

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Deactivate the license from your i-lok and then you'll see the 2 licenses appear. I just did it then.

Thanks, Jerry. Celtic music is so beautiful. I hope someday I’ll be able to give it a serious listen. I have many accordion libraries, including Tarilonte’s, but nobody has done a real Cajun accordion yet. Of course, if you know how to play one like that, maybe you’d get close I agree with seeking out quality solo instruments. But there are often some quite good ones in collections Working on my next World Music video now If all goes well, it will be better than this one

I finally fully grasped how routing works in TAL Vocoder-II, so posting it here as a public service. The basic concept of a vocoder is that you're using one audio signal to modulate another. It's a form of sidechaining, you have one audio source and you're using another one to affect it. The audio signal being affected is the "carrier" and the one affecting it is the "modulator." Many vocoders, including hardware ones, include simple internal synths to use as a carrier. TV-II has one, but may be used in a way where you may disable the internal synth and feed it both audio signals. My initial confusion with TV-II was that in order to use it with its internal synth, you set it up backward from the usual sidechain arrangement. The plug-in is installed on the modulator track, not the track actually being modulated. That was the biggest thing to get my head around. There are two ways to use it. 1. You want to use its internal synth (as the "carrier") with other audio controlling it (as the "modulator," traditionally a vocal). This is fine for the bread-and-butter Tupac/Daft Punk effect where you want a "robot voice." 2. You want to feed it carrier from your own synth track, and another audio track as modulator. This was my ultimate goal with a vocoder, because I want to use breathier pads for the synth input than the TAL Vocoder's simple internal synth is capable of. More Kraftwerk "Autobahn" than Tupac "California." We'll begin with case 1. Start with a MIDI track with the notes you want to send the synth, and an audio track you want to use to modulate it (usually a vocal). Insert TV-II as an effect on the audio (modulator) track. In the plug-in UI, at the top, click on the VST2 button and enable MIDI input. Go to the MIDI track and set its output to TAL Vocoder. That's it. Now, you'll have to fiddle with the controls in the plug-in, adjust the synth to get a sound you like, etc., but the routing will be set up. (The confusing part here is that you're inserting the plug-in on the modulator track, not the carrier. That's what I mean by backward.) For case 2., you'll be using a stereo bus. You will be sending audio only, not MIDI, to the plug-in. Create a stereo bus. Name it "Vocoder." Insert TV-II as an effect on the bus. Click the button in the plug-in UI that's labeled "Input Mode On." In the audio/synth tracks you wish to use, create sends to "TAL-Vocoder-2." Set the sends to Pre-Fader. Pan the send on the track you wish to use as the "carrier" to hard left. Pan the send from the "modulator" to hard right. To mute the dry sound from the carrier and modulator, just pull their faders down. If you want some dry sound, bring them up There are alternate ways to accomplish case 2, but this is the easiest I've found. Send a nice hot signal from the modulator to the right input of TV-II and again, do some fiddling with the vocoder controls. The internal synth is inactive in this mode, so leave it alone. General tips for vocoding: on your modulator track (usually voice) fire up a good 1176 emulation, set it to 12:1 and smash the snot out of the signal before sending it to the vocoder. Also, if using a vocal, a tuning correction/pitch changing plug-in can add another dimension. I use Meldaproduction MAutoPitch on the "Man To Woman" setting to bring my voice up (for the AIR Talkie Walkie sound), and set it so that it "glitches" a little bit. Feed the vocoder a nice, hot modulator signal.

I'm waiting with bated breath for the ability to create folders within folders on Cakewalk. All other DAWs allow for this, and it's really needed, especially when dealing with orchestral instruments and groups of instruments. Thanks! Steve

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Could have been a disaster. The guitar amp was DOA. He had a small second amp that's normally used as a satellite on my side of the stage so I can hear the guitar better. We had no choice but to mic that little amp and run it through the PA. With no extra mic stand, we had to dangle the mic down the front, so we're capturing it off-axis. An SM-58 is definitely not a side-address microphone, so as you can imagine it sounded pretty thin and nasty. Fortunately, we had a great crowd and the performance went over well. Everybody was firing on all cylinders, even me, being fueled by Starbucks iced mochas. With my high blood pressure I'm not supposed to do caffeine, and normally avoid it. Put a couple iced mochas in me and I'm like that squirrel in Open Season. One of the reasons the performance worked well was that for the first time I was getting guitar through my vocal monitor. Being able to hear him clearly meant that we were in better sync than ever and I was able to play off him in a complementary fashion. Sometimes adversity spawns epiphanies. So today I'm trying to figure out how I can monitor the guitar like that in future. I'm thinking a line out to the board and just routing it to the monitors but not the mains.

It would seem that NI should consider loosening up some controls with the licensed full Kontakt, so that users can customize their own local installation for this. But it is, what it is! Anyhow, thanks for the helpful info!

Yes, it is a very big commitment by developers when they take that extra step to not only make it Kontakt Player ready but that process also includes making the library NKS compatible as well. They have to pay an upfront fee as well as a per license fee depending on the terms that are agreed upon based on sales projections.

There are some "hacks" that will let you make a library appear but most of them have very bad side effects or require you run older versions of Kontakt. You may be tempted to try these but I can't stress enough you don't want to have to deal with trying to fix it later.

So you are saying that even if I was to create a library of my own, I would have to pay NI for a license to encode for Kontakt Player in order to include it in the Library view?

@abacab - It used to bother me, but quite honestly, I rarely use the library view anymore. I've found a folder structure that works for me, and I have everything set up in quick load. I use that 99% of the time now.

There's the rub and the very reason that 3rd party libraries require the FULL version of Kontakt. Since they are not encoded for the Kontakt Player they cannot be displayed in the Main Library browser, but as you mentioned you can use Quick Load which I am learning to use more and more.

Hybrid engine (or equivalent - it's called different things in different DAWs).

They have usually a 50% off sale at the end of the year.

It's because Cleverbridge is based in the US so they charge sales tax on everything that goes through their portal because of the law changes that happened a couple years ago. It's annoying as hell and I wish companies would just stop using them.

The feature was added in 2019.11 http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=NewFeatures.053.html

I tried getting Soniccouture Xtended piano for 49$ (already in deep sale) and Forest Kingdom 3 upgrade for 99$, but the total is 148$, so one dollar short to apply the discount. I wrote to their support, hopefully they can do something about it.

That's very interesting. I didn't think of trying the VST version. I only used VST3. However, after trying them both, I still get the same result. No mix groups. Thanks for the information though.

Thank you so much. That's the funny thing, I was on those locations for months. I was in the cathedrals and on the boats, but I didn't meet Vangelis. : ) Yes, it's so hard to get the most out of what we already own, and our attention keeps getting drawn to all the imaginative new releases. The only thing that works for me is to make templates. If I didn't have a Chinese instrument template, I'd be lost. How many Guzhengs do I own? I need to have them all together. And I have the same for everything I reach for a lot, like electric guitars, ambient guitars, pads, pianos, percussion, etc. I'm always building these things. I actually enjoy making them. Kontakt opens the door to so much free stuff. I think full kontakt is the best purchase a young musician could make. My training mainly comes from YouTube videos. I watch lots of performances and training videos. I learned a lot about the Yangqin from the teacher from Singapore who let me use his student's video--he's got a channel with courses. I included more information about how to play a Yangqin in earlier versions of the video--but I had to find a balance between all the other things I was trying to do. But definitely if I had shown more about technique it would have made watching the girl more interesting. Because her technique is impressive for someone so young. It's also good that I bought a pair of sticks. It's good to get your hands on something. My next purchase is going to be a wood or bamboo flute.

I'm on the search for one of those, thanks for posting.

Scarbees A200 has 16 velocity layers. What I've found with velocity layers is that when your playing the instrument, velocity layers are so important for feel. I use the Modart one for playing direct as that utilizes the full 127 midi levels due to modelling. It's very expressive to play. However, when your playing back in the mix, velocity layers are less important because in a busy mix, you don't need all the different expressions which will be crushed by compression anyway. My favorite for sound at the moment is "The Gentleman" in Komplete. I'm finding it gives me the dryness that I like, without overdoing the artifacts or resonance that you get in some pianos that I don't like. I also enjoy playing it. It also only has 16 velocity layers. It fits into typical bass, guitar, piano and drums type songs really nicely. If it's the piano by itself and your a very expressive player then velocity levels make a big difference, but in a dance or rock piano it's not so important, at least to me. The pianos in Komplete which are 12-18 velocity layers are fine for that.

NEW - CVoice1 - Simple Pitch Modulation CVoice1 is a simple pitch modulation plugin that allows you to create vibrato and unison detune. This is something that I've looked for as a producer, but I never found exactly what I was looking for. Features / Parameters: • Detune: An input signal is modulated by a sine LFO, creating a vibrato effect • Stereo Enhancement: Provides differences in the left and right channel pitches • Voices: The main element of the plugin - you can stack signals together to create unique detune and unison effects • Saturation: Each voice can be saturated to add extra harmonics https://www.patreon.com/posts/cvoice1-simple-53644126

Yes, I show a little run through in the video. The library records the MIDI and you can drag and drop from there.

there are some midi libraries which have just about every possible chord variation, i haven't seen ads recently for them but a search should get your there. the better ones are not free - i'm guessing because of the # provided as well as related documentation. those should be able to be viewed via the browser, or maybe come with their own app/vst. one thing i've been using - HookPad (also not free) but it's allows me to drag chord onto a simple measure based view. can also use melody lines as well. then i export as MIDI and import into CbB. some melodies form the basis for auto-strum guitar parts, and the chords are, er, chords ? the other is band-in-a-box which has some nice auto generate features and ability to export MIDI as well as a vst plugin (which i don't use, no reason, just i don't)... agreed it would be nice to use the native CW chords though...

Cakewalk has a great library of chords diagrams. I just wish they could be dragged into the fret board (or PRV or Staff).

I think it’s for use with an acoustic or an electric fitted with piezo pickups. I thought it would be intended to allow you to DI an acoustic and get a decent mic sound. Haven’t had a chance to try it though so I could be wrong.

if i understand well it's just something that turn you regular electric gtr to an acoustic like one , right ?

Nice work, cool song and seeing you play in that relaxed environment adds another dimension to the track. Thumbs up. Regards

+1 for Scaler 2. Of all the MIDI chord/progression tools I've purchased, Scaler 2 is Top 3. Captain Plugins and Cthulhu are the remaining two.

Check out Scaler 2. It costs $59 and will give you a lifetime of useful information. And you can try a demo too: https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/6439

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Yes plenty of unused space in console gain upward .. If calkwalk give use access the we can rearrance the order of of plugin in prochannel or resize the pro channel unit (Many Space unused up of gain knob) If we can adjust and use it so the fader get more space or Get Bigger)

Until Microsoft drops support and it stops working yes Similar to Win 7.

Not to brag, but I was once the youngest person in the world. Granted, it was a title I did not hold for long. I like that you can approach CW old-school, as a replacement for a tape recorder if you want to. But if you're a beatz and loops kind of guy, CW will accommodate you just as comfortably. In fact, CW has encouraged me over the years to incorporate more modern production techniques. The result is a hybrid approach that combines old-school print-in-realtime audio, recording MIDI instead of audio, and hand-planting MIDI in the PRV. Even the occasional loop for tedious things like shakers and tambourines. The toolbox just continues to grow. The biggest breakthrough was discovering the hidden variable in aud.ini... DontSuck=1

Thanks for lending a few brain cycles to this, Shane. The amp had power and the light was on, but there was no sound at all out of the speaker. I spoke to the guitarist yesterday and suggested that he really needed a better amp anyway, as he has trouble getting enough volume on clean tones. Knowing he's broke, I volunteered to buy the amp myself and let him use it while he saved up enough money to buy it from me. Yeh, I know, that's almost as bad as loaning money to a friend, a practice I long ago vowed never to do again after bad experiences. But hey, if he bails on the deal at least I'll have a nice amp. This is the one we're considering. I watched some YT demos and it sounds quite nice, either dirty or clean. It's got an amp sim built in to the line out that I'll be able to run to the vocal monitors. Two channels, each with its own gain and master volume controls. Closed-back with a single 12" Celestion. Switchable between 20W and 40W.

BandLab has focused on delivering the best free professional DAW in the world!!! So why so much concern for ancient plug-ins? I have all of the plugins from Sonar Platinum, but most of the free stuff out there blows them away from a technical perspective. A lot of that was based on 15 year old tech. The good stuff is still distributed in CbB... If you want more, just go out and download the free plugins that are available, or buy professional plugins if you can afford them.

Since you seem open to working on your singing and mic technique, yeah, your voice is an instrument that needs regular practice to maintain a skill level, just like guitar or piano or drums. As far as mixing-related solutions, using the Quadcurve EQ in ProChannel, take the green band, set the Q to about 8, crank the gain up to about 10 and then sweep the frequency knob back and forth until you hit the "ugly" frequency. You'll hear it, it will be the once that grates like chalk on a blackboard. Once you find that unwanted resonance, pull the gain down to -3dB and then fiddle with the Q and gain as necessary to tame it. As with all things mix, take care not to overdo it to the point where there's a frequency hole. I do this for every vocal. To my understanding, it's what happens when your voice and the mic (and maybe some room reflections) form a resonant peak. It can be reduced by learning more singing and mic placement technique. Even if you don't have a vocal booth, you can set up your mic in different places around the room until you find the one that is most flattering/flattening. That's how Sam Philips did it.

I see the problem you have a guitar player bada-boom I'll get me coat

Cleverbridge is just doing their job. There are notices on FF store pages for more info read their terms and conditions

Well, you can leave your hat on.

Right now, the duration of a copyright is something like 75 years after the death of the author. Every so often they are lengthened, so that Disney can keep its copyrights forever. Copyrights should be shortened.

Also, if you prefer to have different folders for different things, just put them all as a subfolder of a folder called VSTs, or plugins or what ever. Then you only have to list that folder - Cakewalk goes into subfolders automatically. Only 1 entry in Scan List, organised folder structure for when you want to add/remove etc.