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[UPDATE 1-Dec-2022: Cakewalk 2022.11 Update 1 (build 28.11.0.021) now available] We're pleased to announce the 2022.11 release! This release includes various usability enhancements and over 30 bug fixes for user reported issues. Please note that in order to automatically keep your activation status up to date, Cakewalk will renew your activation status whenever a new version of the application is installed and run for the first time, and when you sign in to BandLab from within Cakewalk. If you have never signed in to BandLab from within Cakewalk, you will be prompted once to sign in. Thanks, The Bakers For new feature details, see New Features. To download and install the 2022.11 update, select Help > Check for Updates from within the app. Should you need to revert to the 2022.09 release, you can download the Cakewalk 2022.09 Rollback installer. Update Dec 1 2022: 2022.11 Update 1 (build 28.11.0.021) Enhancements: Quick group support for track effect bin Delete command Delete All now available in effect bin menus Improved app startup and shutdown performance when running on local network without internet or with a slow internet connection Improved project load performance Show clip stretch amount to 2 decimal places Bug fixes: Crash when quick group bypassing FX Chains when other effects are in the bin Don't require SHIFT for quick-group recursing FX Chains, if you're invoking from an effect already within ProChannel FX Chain Quick group delete (CTRL+SHIFT) FX Chains across multiple tracks fails to remove the plugin instance in the other track FX chains Quick group replace/delete (CTRL+SHIFT) effect from track effects bin should also affect ProChannel FX chain Quick Group insert FX into ProChannel FX Rack inserts into track bin instead Additional support for quick grouping in FX Chains Incorrect plugin menu behavior ProChannel can be empty after inserting a new audio track 2022.11 Highlights Behavior changes The Use MMCSS option in Edit > Preferences > Audio - Playback and Recording now excludes setting MMCSS for ASIO drivers by default. If your ASIO driver supports MMCSS by default, no action is needed. If your ASIO driver has an MMCSS option in its control panel, you need to explicitly enable it now to get MMCSS performance from the driver. If MMCSS isn't supported, you can explicitly select Enable MMCSS for ASIO Driver to get MMCSS performance from the driver. To check if the driver is running in MMCSS mode, hover over the performance toolbar and it should show the Audio Thread Priority as "Realtime". If it shows "Time Critical" or something else, try enabling MMCSS for the driver. Improvements Replace audio effect You can now replace audio effects from track or bus effect bins. To do so, right-click an effect and select Replace Audio FX, then select the desired effect. You can use quick grouping to replace all instances of the same effect in all selected tracks or buses. To do so, select the desired tracks or buses containing the effects, then hold down the CTRL key while choosing the replacement effect. In order to also replace plugins found inside FX Chains, hold down CTRL+SHIFT. NOTE: To quick group replace effects in both tracks and buses you must do the above operation individually for tracks and buses. Improved MIDI clip controller rendering To improve legibility, MIDI controller events are now drawn darker and behind note events in MIDI clips. You can also show/hide controller events by clicking the Track view View menu and selecting Display > Show MIDI Controller Events. Navigate to Arranger sections via context menu You can right-click the Show/Hide Arranger Inspector button to access a list of all sections in the active Arranger track. This allows you to quickly navigate to sections without having to open the Arranger inspector. Optionally send Send All Notes Off message to VST plug-ins Using certain VST plugins can result in stuck notes after playback stops. You can now optionally send "All Notes Off" messages to all VST plugins when the transport stops, by enabling Send All-Notes-Off Messages on Stop in Edit > Preferences > File - VST Settings. This option is off by default to avoid incurring delays when stopping playback when using many virtual instruments. Added preference for enabling/disabling MMCSS for ASIO drivers This allows you to enable MMCSS (multimedia time critical threads) independently from the ASIO driver state. According to the ASIO specification, drivers are recommended to run in MMCSS mode by default. If you wish Cakewalk to manage the drivers MMCSS mode, check the "Enable MMCSS for ASIO Driver" option. Note: This option defaults to off, to avoid conflicts with drivers that already manage their internal MMCSS state. This is a change in behavior from past versions, so if your ASIO driver has an MMCSS option in its control panel, you need to explicitly enable it now to get MMCSS performance from the driver. To enable MMCSS for ASIO drivers, select Enable MMCSS for ASIO Driver in Edit > Preferences > Audio - Playback and Recording. Note: Some drivers default to MMCSS off in their control panel. If you wish to use MMCSS for these drivers, you will need to manually enable it in the driver control panel or set the Enable MMCSS for ASIO Driver option in Cakewalk. Performance improvement in WASAPI mode When MMCSS is enabled, the main audio thread now runs in MMCSS mode when driver model is WASAPI. This should improve performance a bit when running onboard audio devices in WASAPI shared mode. Quick group support for effect bins Quick grouping is now supported for the following operations: Track/Bus effect bin Bypass Track/Bus effect bin Delete Effect (hold down CTRL+SHIFT to also remove an effect from any FX Chains within the selected tracks) Individual Track/Bus effect bypass Replace Track/Bus audio effects Performance module shows audio thread priority The audio thread priority is now displayed in the Control Bar's Performance module tooltip, which can be useful for troubleshooting purposes. If the main audio thread is running in MMCSS mode, the tooltip should read like this: Note: If the tooltip shows "Time Critical" when MMCSS is enabled in ASIO mode, it's possible that the driver is not using MMCSS, or has set up MMCSS incorrectly. In Realtime mode, priority may be higher than 18. Bug fixes Drag and drop of audio from track with patch point crashes Crash when trying to open project with incomplete event archive (audio events with no filename saved) Crash deleting instrument track with Spitfire Audio BBC Symphony Orchestra Application can crash on load with certain track templates Crash when undoing the deletion of an aux track Loading a project while another one was open could result in incorrect tempo being displayed in tempo track Regression: Mono hardware outputs always output as stereo Tracks sourced from aux track L/R/S always show a stereo record meter when armed Second export of Mix Recall tasks has unexpected error Previous MIDI loop takes can be heard during comping and/or Auto Punch+Mute Previous Takes Overlapping Arranger sections when moving section with overwrite on empty project Opening a project that is already open causes the document modified state to be cleared and re-initializes the open project Bouncing with selected aux tracks alone doesn't automatically include sources routed to the aux track, leading to silent output Now time should not be set during Arranger move/resize operations during playback Multi-dock draws incorrectly, and views do not open after opening certain projects Clip Map fails to draw correctly on AudioSnap clips Offset tempo map loses resolution Undo delete effect doesn't restore MIDI Input enabled state Orphaned envelope cannot be reassigned after replacing effect Envelopes are orphaned after undoing track effect bin Delete Effect Regression: Track Inspector flickers and draws after the main app window is drawn when opening a project Browser collapsed state fails to persist when opening project Browser width not restored correctly after expanding Incorrect docked view order after project load Control Bar appears cut off when switching back from a new workspace MultiDock draws incorrectly, and views do not open after opening certain projects MultiDock not restored to maximized after expanding Latest release notes are here. See prior release notes. Check out all new features released to date.

New Versions of all Arturia Instruments available. Run ASC New features: Included visually impaired accessibility across all V Collection instruments New sound design tutorials for selected V Collection 9 instruments MiniLab 3 compatibility with all V Collection instruments

I got another GuitarRig6LE license that I don't need. Gone baby, gone.

2022.11 has been released. Thanks for everyone's help and feedback on this release!

This, on top of an unexpected bonus at work, is the best financial news I got all day. Be safe!

Welp, guess I’m waiting for when they have the Summer Sale for the Komplete Upgrade options 🤔

I can buy FIVE BFDs with that! Update: I received a call from my personal accountant, and I can actually afford SIX BFDs, with $1 surplus. How awesome is that!

Photo, Publisher, Desiger https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/ While not audio related, I think there are a number of us using such apps for marketing, design, pormotion work related to our music creation. Disapointed they don't have an additional loyalty upgrade, but we are seeing V2 coming with a new higher price structure, but advantages for those that use both MAC and PC. As for me, that wasn't a perk. At least they didn't go the subscription route.

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https://soundparticles.com/products/air-music-edition it seems to me that this is just a lowpass eq ....I like that Sound Particles are doing something a bit different but really, there must be more to it that that ?

I can pay off my mortgage now.

I pulled the trigger on this one. If you’ve been eying this one, there’s still some time.

I think you may be buying so much that you've reached a level where companies marketing teams have special Bapu strategy meetings to make sure they keep you loyal!

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I guess I'd be cheating if I chose Melda Production's MXXX 😉 But in truth, if I had access to all of Cakewalk's stock-plugins - actually even if I was just restricted to the ProChannel modules - my one 3rd party plugin would be Kazrog's TrueIron. For me, nothing comes closer to getting that "I recorded this analog" sound.

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I have plenty of them from this developer. The value is they have midi files,

I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries. I shouldn't buy more drum libraries.

Hi all - please use this topic to post feedback specific to the 2022.11 release. Release-specific feedback is valuable to us, and consolidating it in a single topic is extremely helpful. We request that discussion in this thread be restricted to issues directly concerning this release, to make it easier for us to assist users. For other topics, kindly use the feature request section or create new posts. Off topic messages will be deleted. Thanks in advance! 2022.11 Release Notes

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$199 https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/amplitube5/?pkey=amplitube-5-max $99 Upgrade price! My understanding is that the full version is supposed to $99 also

Plugin Boutique, I want that one.

And wouldn't it be nice it that program had a red dot by the problem plugins!

Just a screen where I could tick or untick which plugins in the project to load would be a huge benefit over having to laboriously say yes or no one by one

Keeping the platinum/sonar ones, the one I would keep is melodyne. Its great for correcting stuff and is a great creative tool too, really useful and fun for me.

When I read the thread title, I took it as literally one plugin. If that were the case, it would have to be an EQ. Everything else you can do with painstaking automation. But now that I realize the OP meant "third-party plugin", and presumably does not include virtual instruments, then my answer would be Ozone. (Although technically if you use Ozone Advanced, that's actually a bundle of, iirc, 21 plugins.)

$100 for three cross-platform apps is a pretty good deal, but I wish they'd give me some upgrade discount.

The definitive list is in the following file linked from the above page: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/include/at5/gear_list_pdf/AmpliTube_5_comparison.pdf It doesn't include X-GEAR and MB2.

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Kirk Hammett. Oh, you said under-rated 😊

https://www.thomannmusic.com/toontrack_superior_drummer_3.htm

And it's 10 times better!

Have a safe trip. Oh and bring back us some Vegas deals.

Vegas is next month

Bring us a souvenir from las Vegas, maybe a used red underwear from a pretty dancer?

Only one? Probably none, so I can use the DAW's included plugins instead. Sometimes I feel we are chasing silver bullet plugins when we should be chasing better mixing skills...

Thanks for the heads up so this forum doesn't start worrying too much! ☺️

IK Multimedia T-Racks.

I bit. I doubt I will ever bite on the WUP, but I am on windows. I used Rbass for 8 years or so without updating . These are among the most reliable go to plugins year after year.

Not a Kontakt instrument, but if I mentioned a B-3 it would have been the IK Multimedia B-3X. It's probably all you need, and is officially endorsed by Hammond, includes the Leslie cabinet section and much more. All the settings, controls and circuits were modeled to IK’s exacting standards and every detail checked and re-checked with the team at the Hammond Organ Company. $129 at IK. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/hammondb3x/ It is both a standalone or plugin instrument, not part of SampleTank. For serious organists you can use separate controllers via 3 MIDI channels to control upper & lower, and bass pedals.

$199 at Plugin Boutique https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/39-FX-Bundle/9361-smart-bundle

I like Mosaic Voices. The whole Mosaic series for that matter. It has a limited range where you can use it, but in that range it sounds great. Pharlight is such a heavy hitter on the CPU that I only started using it recently since my PC upgrade. They are pretty different. Pharlight is imo more aimed at soundscapes and atmospheres where Mosaic is more useful for leads or upfront textures.

Then it should been soon free at PB too https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/3-Studio-Tools/95-Referencing-Tools/9927-Audiolens

Yup, received an email with a code to take the price to zero.

Ever since I first started getting into music production/mixing(a la the days of Digidesign Digi 001), Waves software has always been around. I remember wanting to get the Waves Gold bundle(the Holy Grail of plugins at the time, hah), but it went for some ridiculous price. WUP sucks, we can all agree on that. But it's most likely what's keeping them afloat and able to have longevity in this industry(not to mention, keeping their plugins current). Correct me if I'm wrong, but they've never stopped supporting any of their plugins, right? (Similar to how Izotope and NI recently put some of their VSTs out to pasture) I wish all plugin companies could have the same licensing and free updates for life like Melda. But Waves makes some seriously top shelf plugins that's just too good to pass. Hopefully the competition will eventually give Waves a run for their money, and it forces Waves to do away with WUP once and for all. A guy can dream, right? 😁

I'm 2 000$/month short of getting this.

BFD3 still gets used reliably every day in our network despite the issues (and hearsay from some non-owners). It's a staple in all our DAW templates for the simple reason that it sounds the best, based on a background in tracking acoustic drums. the rollout a year after being acquired by InMusic from Roli was an unbelievably miserable screwup with one of the worst DRM implementations i've ever had to deal with and directly affected active -and- previous projects. Some (one?) user went so far as to claim they successfully sued to get their money back for all purchases. InMusic has since managed to fix the most egregious insults to the existing user base, but it took well over a year, without much to offer otherwise. They claim to be working on M1 support (betas in test?) but it runs fine on Win10. No clue or expectations on VST3, but tbh, not an issue here. There were some issues with some expansions (mismatched samples, mixer channels, etc) but the core program works as expected. many of us prefer the current (vector) interface, as pretty pixels don't make it more usable or sound better. ymmv🙂 as for sounds, we've owned and tried AD2, SD2, Slate in the past, which are ok for duplicating stock/canned/sounds reminiscent of some favorite artist, but they've never cut it for our needs. One of us even took on Melda/MDrummer as a candidate (based on what they did with the piano), but never got on well enough to get the desired results or recommend it. SD3 is probably the most feasible alternate (= expansions with "raw" sounds), but kept weighing that investment against a good mic while pulling up existing projects and bouncing the audio down to avert any potential future disasters. (the increase in file space is a very small price to pay for peace of mind >> best practice for every project.) would be happy to be proved wrong, but not expecting a BFD4 anytime soon as there hasn't been much wrt updates/promises lately, but could be a bit of shell shock as the forums were pretty brutal. fwiw, InMusic has come out with a new expansion since the InMusic acquisition and at least a couple of core FXpansion founders are still on board and appearing to fight the good fight. that said, it's hard to beat the price if high quality drum sounds (especially cymbals) will make a difference in your projects. probably more so than another saturation plug or mastering eq, or most of the alternates. jmho.