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Larry, if you're reading this, please come back! I come here for deals, but mainly for you. I hope you will reconsider whatever is keeping you away, because you do matter to a lot of people. Take some time off and enjoy your life... but come back, please

Bunker Samples is giving away a free pad library for KONTAKT (requires the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.6.6 or later) that sounds pretty nice in the demo (I have yet to install and play it). This is a limited time freebie that ends August 9 2022. Here are the details from the developer's site: "5 Vietnamese tuned gongs, stretched across the keyboard. Morphing seamlessly between mallet and stick articulations with the articulation slider lets you play these gongs in ways that would be impossible to pull of in real life, and if that’s not enough, a powerful set of tools lets you further manipulate the sound." https://bunkersamples.com/freebies/

Just popping in to say I hope everything's OK with our King of Deals. I did think the comments made to him the other day were a bit unappreciative given all that he does around here, and I notice that those people critical of Larry's posts aren't themselves posting any deals in his absence. So maybe those folks might take this opportunity to have a bit more appreciation, given how much time Larry spends posting deals around here, because this deals forum is very much dimished in his absence. So I hope you're OK Larry and if it's not clear already, we miss you!!!

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While it's nice of all of you to care about Larry's absence, maybe you ought to be out making some money since you know it will all disappear upon Larry's return! 😁 (Although it's possible that Larry has simply taken all of the commissions he has earned from you guys and bought a tropical island to retire on... 🤔😜)

Release Notes (2022.06 Update 1) Also Product Release Info - Cakewalk Discuss Bug Fixes in Update 1 (build 28.06.0.034) Audio Export presets not changing file type Extend Takes to Punch Out Time always reverts to loop End time when not loop comping Extend Takes to Punch Out Time / Comping Loop extend clip behavior should also work for MIDI clip recording Note Name Changes in Piano Roll view revert after clicking note Tracks are added in reverse order when moving to folder Process Effect plugin window requires minimum size Some users experiencing Activation Error 20 Updated to latest Microsoft VC redistributables Bug Fixes Hang when trying to sign in to BandLab Guard against crashes with toast notifications Crash if attempting to export to non-existing drive Prevent Cakewalk from attempting to export directly to a CD/DVD drive Export fails when path does not exist when format is not set to WAV Empty Export Folders not removed on app exit when exporting different file types or source categories Show prompt when export path is invalid Cakewalk External Controller API problem causing Cakewalk GUI to freeze External encoder presets not being picked up / stored properly Flushing during bounce occurs with plugins on buses that are not part of the signal chain Cakewalk should disable the options for Audio to MIDI conversion if Melodyne is not installed Muting Melodyne clip in take lanes causes clip to disappear Export Arranger sections not working properly when project has locked clips Resizing Arranger sections should be able to snap to other sections Committed arrangement off by 1 tick / losing first note Corrupt tempo map when CTRL+drag copy section with only one tempo present Tempo track wiped after drag copy section in user project Incorrect tempo at beginning of committed arrangement in user project WarnSilentBuses config setting should default to off Shelf tool does not work with multiple clips in the same lane Null pointer when trying to drag move range selection Unable to enter '+' character for markers when using non-US keyboard Move To Folder context menu command moves tracks in incorrect order Track Folder echo button status incorrect when active track is an audio track Process > Length crops MIDI stream when < 100% and ignores the duration of Hairpin and Articulation Map events

I’ve never had a problem purchasing from APD. Actually, that link looks a lot more suspicious to me than APD.

When Euripides famously advised us to "question everything", he was indulging in a bit of hyperbole. As you're discovering, literally questioning everything leads you down a rabbit hole of indecision, frustration and paralysis. Sometimes, you're better off simply accepting that "this works, but that doesn't" and carry on. That said, I completely understand one's desire to understand how stuff works, and acknowledge that such understanding often leads to better practices. Do you need to know how automobiles work in order to drive one? No. But Is it helpful to understand its basic principles? Of course. The mechanically knowledgeable driver will get better fuel efficiency, longer-lasting brake pads, longer engine life and get into fewer accidents. Not because he can rebuild an engine in the back yard, but because his daily driving habits are informed by knowledge of what actions are harmful to the car, why preventative measures such as frequent oil changes extend the life of the engine, why slamming the brakes wears pads faster and even wastes gas by turning already-paid-for kinetic energy into useless heat energy. If you're really wanting to explore this rabbit hole, I'd suggest starting at the bottom with some reading on how digital audio works. A good introduction that won't overwhelm the mathematically-challenged is Digital Audio Explained for the Audio Engineer, by Nika Aldrich. The author keeps it simple - some critics say too simple - but still covers the important bases. It won't directly answer all of the questions posed above, but will give you a foundation for either answering them yourself or to better understand explanations you come across later. Once those fundamentals are clear, you can then tackle the broader questions such as how a DAW deals with mixed sample rates. I would refer you to the documentation for an explanation as to how that's handled. Effect plugins, for the most part, don't really care about sample rates. Multiplying two numbers gives the same result regardless of how many times per second you do it. When 2x oversampling is enabled within a plugin, it's just duplicating every sample before performing the operation. The upsampling itself is efficient, but now you're doing twice as many calculations in the same period of time, which reduces the availability of CPU cycles for other things. At some point you'll hit a wall where the CPU cannot keep up, and you have to increase buffer sizes or freeze tracks to carry on. However, up until that point there is no penalty for "making the CPU work hard". The CPU can either handle it, or it can't. It's not a draft animal. Oversampling neither improves nor diminishes audio quality. It does one thing only: it mitigates potential aliasing caused by harmonic distortion that some processors can produce. So does it hurt anything by always enabling oversampling? No. It just gives your CPU more work to do. The key is understanding where harmonic distortion comes from, which plugins might cause such distortion and which ones never will, and how much aliasing is acceptable. You can see aliasing with a spectrum analyzer, so start there. Keep in mind that the analyzer can show aliasing that isn't actually audible, so addressing it with 16x oversampling will only make you feel better, not improve your mix. Synthesizers have the ability to output different sample rates. However, the SR they use internally is unrelated. For example, say you want to generate a nice clean sine wave, A "pure" sine wave has no harmonics, so generating it at a higher sample rate gets you closer to that ideal. But when the sine wave is rendered in the DAW, it has to be at the same SR as the rest of the project, which implies a sample rate conversion within the synth. There is anecdotal evidence that some synths sound better at certain sample rates, which speaks more to the internal coding of the synth than any broader principle. As for FM8 specifically, how it works under the hood is proprietary to NI. I would expect that measures are indeed in place to prevent aliasing, simply because frequency modulation famously creates gobs of high-frequency components that can potentially exceed Nyquist. I'm guessing they wouldn't need 96KHz operators to handle this, but might well do the modulation at a high sample rate, which would allow aggressive filtering at the output. I suspect that FM8 doesn't care about your project sample rate except at the final output, but if I'm wrong about that then yes, FM8 could conceivably be a candidate for oversampling just because of its potential for creating "illegal" frequencies. Sample libraries are a little different, in that there is neither need for nor benefit to oversampling the source files. Whatever flaws a sample has are baked into the original recording. Few sample libraries are sampled at 96KHz, but many are 48KHz and most are 44.1. Within Kontakt, you can mix 'n match libraries with different sample rates. Kontakt handles that internally. Exactly how it does that, I don't know. NI doesn't like to talk about things like that. But I do know that if you're loading a 48 KHz library alongside a 44.1KHz library, you will not hear any difference between loading them into separate instances versus one instance of Kontakt and thus forcing SR reconciliation. Either way, the output is going to match the project sample rate. "Is it worth it making a song at 192khz if the song will sound REALLY good when rendered down to 24 bit 96khz?" Oh man, that's a rat's nest. Audio interfaces are designed for maximum fidelity at one specific sample rate. High-end pro units are likely to work best at 96 KHz, while most prosumer products work better at 44.1 or 48. None are optimized for 192 or 384. But that's irrelevant if your projects are 100% in-the-box and never include recorded audio. If your project consists entirely of sampled instruments and soft synths, a 96KHz project sample rate makes no sense unless you'll be sending it out for mixing/mastering/distribution and the people you're sending it to have requested 96KHz. Otherwise, all you'd be doing is forcing a lot of unnecessary sample rate conversions. A lot of users assume that if higher sample rates are objectively "better", then there must be some benefit to converting to higher rates. But sadly, you cannot add fidelity back in after it's gone. The reality is that you can only degrade fidelity. However, it's important to remember that digital audio is of such a high quality that it's far better than our ears can distinguish. The trick isn't so much knowing how to make it better, but how much it can be made worse before anyone notices. It comes down to this...there is nothing wrong with taking steps that you suspect might improve your music. Experimentation is to be encouraged. But if you can't actually hear the difference, what have you really accomplished? Ah, but I hear you say, just because *I* can't hear the difference doesn't mean somebody else can't hear it. Forget that. You are the benchmark. Nobody is ever going to be listening more closely than you do.

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Technostica, get on your knees and repent.

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This is a good analogy. Study up and learn what things really make a difference (my votes go for tires, brake pads and occasional throttle body cleaning 😁). In the case of the DAW, and sample rates and whatnot, it's free to experiment. Don't even trip on whether it's a "placebo effect." If it sounds better, it is better. Anyone who does this long enough will eventually have the experience of spending 15 minutes dialing in a compressor plug-in only to discover that it's bypassed (or actually on a different track). If you read about it, try it. See if it makes a difference. There's no authority judging us for subtleties in sound fidelity. How many people who listen to our music will listen to it as critically as we do? Probably none, but since I make music primarily to please myself, it has to sound good under the audio microscope. Grainy reverb tails, harsh (in a bad way) synth notes, my ears pick those right out.

I could be mistaken, but I think this description is for Gongster's Paradise, a different (and also nifty) Bunker Samples freebie that's been gratis for a while (and looks like it'll remain so, same as the Scary Viola Pizz further down the freebie page). The new and limited-time action appears to be the "free teaser instrument", described thusly on the page: Emphasis Bunker's.

Didn't someone suggest rigging up a laptop stand in the shower for him the last time he stepped away?

Pretty sure it’ll work for you too: WELCOME-BACK-25-OFF (use it on top of the plug-in voucher)

Hi fine folk It's been a while and I apologize for my absence. Here's a new song. Nits and crits welcome. Lyrics below link https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/oqrjE The Comeback V1 After years of silence there's no coming back Into a world that's used to constant exposure Your gonna start all over with a catchy track But the world's not ready for this poseur Ch And there's a glimmer of hope with every brand new tune This is the one that's gonna break on through V2 There was a moment of brief success a few years back Something tells me that fame has long passed by No one remembers about the ageing hack With a songbook full and a dream that's over Ch 2 You could give up the ghost or write a banging tune You could write it for them or just for you There's a glimmer of hope with every brand new tune This is the one that's gonna break on through

Lyrics City lights of the night leave me blinded The Silence of these hills deafen me. Grey Gull skims the White horses Oystercatcher fails in its quest once more Gaia sighs Moon dreams fall upon the open sea insipid thoughts slip through the mind fog Tyrannical fools try to rule the world. Destroying what they cannot have Gaia cries Long forgotten ocean creatures Fall as polluted rain Once Sleeping trees roar once more A different canopy they do deploy Gaia weeps Mother earth gives to us and we do take Thank you never do we say Just abuse her and user her Then complain when she takes her price Gaia Weeps Gaia weeps, on Mothers shoulders Mother cries in Gaia’s arms Thanks for the ears and time. Toys used Instruments Roland Cloud SRX Orchestra, XV5080 Cherry Audio Voltage Modular, Rack vocoder (Instrument as FX) Toontrack EZ Bass Arturia SEM (2) V FX NI's Raum Reverb Cherry's Audios Stardust 201 delay Arturia's Jun - 6 chorus Boz Digitals +10dB Compressor Infected Mushroom Wider Cakewalk Stock Pro Channel Quad curve EQ, N-Type Channel emulation and Channel compressor, CA-2A On the Busses Cakewalk Tape, N-Type Buss emulation, Quad curve EQ, Buss Compressor Overloud Breverb as a global reverb on a Buss

Spinning up some old hard drives I found this collab I did keyboardist with Thomas Trotter 20 years ago. I wrote the song around his motif, it didn't have a defined time signature hence the title. The project is long gone so this mix is what's left. I made quick background vid for it this morning to use on YT. Hope you enjoy it. -c

Hello , here's a simple instrumental I've been working on for Way too long. Having a little Spanish feel , I named it after a long gone horse we used to own. Any help on this one will be appreciated. I've gotten a little too close to it. Thank You .. mark

Here's the new one. Some of my friends say this is a departure for me. Maybe more like a return to my roots. Anyway, mixing suggestions welcome.

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Thinking about buying a 3rd copy here. If it wasn't for that other Amek console that is coming down the pipe..... That is actually one of the only plugins from PA I now consider a "need." It just does quite a lot of good in a CPU friendly package.

What a couple of boobs...... craigb and sheens are.

If anyone didn't realize how important Larry is to this forum, they're realizing it now. I made a single deal thread yesterday to try to help. But without Larry, the threads have basically dried up. The critic who came after Larry hasn't contributed a single deal thread. I think it would be a nice gesture if that person posted an apology to Larry. This is a small community with a kind, friendly vibe that has kept me coming back. But I recall my own experience where an online bully made numerous vicious personal attacks on me in this forum because he was angry when I wrote that he misquoted me and was misrepresenting a point I made. The experience temporarily destroyed the enjoyment I normally have at this forum. Despite many years of managing and consulting on social media for major brands and being well aware of how badly some people behave in social media, being personally attacked at a place where I never expected it, a place that has always been very friendly, with others who shared my love of making music where I could chill, was jarring. I didn't see it coming, and it didn't fit with my perception of this forum. Now, I wouldn't go as far as saying that Larry dealt with bullying, I don't think it reached that level, but it was hostile behavior and the guy followed him around in multiple threads, so that impacted Larry's environment a good deal. I think it's clear from Larry's responses that it did bother him and once again, when you consider how much effort he puts into this forum, I think he's far more emotionally invested than most here. So he's likely going to take a personal attack harder than those who are more casual visitors. Has anyone PMed Larry and heard back? I wish we could all send him a greeting card and let him know that we miss him. If anyone wants to do a petition to bring Larry back, I'd sign. This forum is not the same without him. It's a giant loss even for a couple of days.

Thankfully I was only experimenting with S1 since last spring (have to admit that I was pretty impressed by the simplicity of the DAW). After all I’m not a professional. Else I would have been anxious enough after reading Fender’s CEO interview. This guy has so little respect for the S1 users. And one of the good things in Studio One IMHO is that it’s not bloated at all, compared to some other DAWs. Sadly Mooney doesn’t realize that. I’m afraid that Fender’s decisions might prevail and S1 team will be overwhelmed having to work on two different projects at the same time and eventually S1 development will slow down to some extent. In each case time will show.

Hungry LIke The Wolf - Duran Duran

Bauhaus - Hair of the Dog

And there it is. All month's sale items back to sale price for 2 days. Lol.

The Hair & Skin Trading Company - Go Round ·

Lars is a champion. Hope he’s back soon, deals or no deals.

Agreed. The site has over 14 000 articles warning about different websites, and each article seems to have the same content. So I'd say bealertonline.com is the scam site.

Orange Tree's group buy is the best time to make a purchase - period. I don't recall if they do a Black Friday discount but if they do please refer the previous sentence. Will the next group buy be in a year? 2? 5? don't know, I don't think there's ever been a schedule. The previous one was 4 releases prior maybe the next will adhere to that formula. >Is this a killer deal? All 2435 of us just really, really like Greg. He's cool.

APD is all legal 👉👍

It's only been a few days, but I see you're progressing well through the various stages of grief! 🤣

I think we’re suffocating Larry with our love. We should actually chastise him a little bit. Bad, bad Larry, where you at. That kinda talk.

There's no way this clingy outfit would allow that

Three pages of posts about how important Larry is to us. Sorry fellow deal forum friends, but I think it's making us look a bit needy. Larry what more do you want? You know you're appreciated and loved here. Please come back to us. You don't even need to post a deal. Just let us know you're not going to leave us orphans.

I was going to say, if anybody knows Larry isn't doing some blanket "promotion" or is hiding his feelings about any company or product it would be me. His criticism can be worded firmly at times (not just with regard to IK) but also is typically quite fair criticism. Especially because he and everybody else is entitled to their opinion and I think he expresses his enough to not have to have some disclaimer or "my thoughts on this deal" with every deal (or even the ones he's not fond of). The resulting discussion usually takes care of the general vibe people have toward the deal or company, and Larry will jump in with his thoughts where he feels appropriate from what I can see. I'm a fan of Larry and what he does here, even if he just has to post all those other deals which make ours fall down further on the page 'Tis life and I must accept this when there is a sea of deals to be had.

I do think that point is easily lost on newbies to the forum and those who don't spend much time here. It would be ideal if posts that quoted others contained quotes, as it's unclear when the voice is that of the poster or the developer. Technostica, you can take or leave constructive criticism, but if you want to be a more productive part of the community, you can express criticism without jumping to unsupported conclusions and lashing out, accusing forum members of shilling without any evidence to support your accusations. This exchange would have been civil had you just politely asked questions. Unlike MANY people who post deals in forums, Larry doesn't use affiliate links. He posts because he enjoys being helpful. Whereas some posters use affiliate links (hoping to make a sales commission if you buy using their links) and influencer "reviewers" are getting free product, sales commissions (though affiliate marketing relationships) and/or payment from developers to do their "reviews" (these days influencers take free product, use affiliate sales links to make money when you purchase a "reviewed" product and some of the more successful ones get payment up front to do "reviews" of products; this is, in the most clear language, where there is obvious shilling), Larry is not compensated with free products, getting paid or using affiliate links when he posts on the forum. You can't say that about the influencers here, even the ones I like.

People on this forum of who I trust their opinion all have stated that the 64 bit engine will do nothing for you and can possibly do harm.

The Beta Band - Squares

https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8480412#p8480412

Me too. I do occasionally open old songs in Cakewalk to move them into Studio One, that’s it for Cakewalk usage these days for me.

answer: yes, it works:

There was a similar discussion for the Memorial Day Sale I will try to find the thread, but the bottom line at the time was that this updates 1.0 to 1.5. I did this and was able to use $12 in jam points. But, if you are inclined to upgrade to TS MAX 4 when it eventually comes out, you might want to use the $40 for that.

Square > Round.. No Doubt - World Go 'Round:

More like Am IT graduate I would have thought.