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Heads up! Beginning this Friday until Feb. 7th I will be AWOL again! I'm leaving Thursday night for Miami (where I have never been) , where I'll be hopping on Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas on Friday for a 9 Day Southern Caribbean Cruise to the following destinations: FRI 27 JAN - MIAMI, FLORIDA Departure at 3:30 PM SAT 28 JAN - CRUISING SUN 29 JAN - CRUISING MON 30 JAN - PHILIPSBURG, ST. MAARTEN TUE 31 JAN - ST. CROIX, U.S.V.I. WED 01 FEB - SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO THU 02 FEB - PUERTO PLATA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FRI 03 FEB - LABADEE, HAITI (Cruise Line Private Destination) SAT 04 FEB - CRUISING SUN 05 FEB - MIAMI, FLORIDA arrival at 7:00 AM After arriving back in Miami I have a 5 hour Bus tour at 9 AM of Miami which will drop me off at Miami International Airport afterwards for my flight back to Detroit Sunday night. I'll have a 6 hr layover in Atlanta Sunday night on the way back to Detroit, arriving back in Detroit on Monday Morning! That puts me back at it on Tuesday the 7th (barring incident!) ( I'm secretly training "someone" who has the tenacity to take over when I croak! LOL)

Zo, For the most part as far as I can tell, all of my previous videos are still there. I did lose my channel playlists, community posts, and some channel customizations but that is easy to work through restoring. I was very encouraged by YouTube's response. I realize that this happened over a weekend period but they were quick to get things sorted today, which is appreciated. I made sure to share as much as I could regarding information, I thought woul dbe helpful for them and I am making sure that I have locked everything down appropriately and HAVE A SYSTEM BACKUP in place! We are on our way once. again! I am hoping to be LIVE on Friday to unpack some of this, I look forward to seeing all of you soon. Joyfully, Simeon

As Kermit would say YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

YESSS!!!! I have some work to do before everything is back up to full speed but this is a huge step in that direction. Thanks everyone for the amazing support. I look forward to being back to share more about this particular incident but more importantly to get back making joyful sounds to take us on new Joyful Journeys! Joyfully yours, Simeon

Still waiting for EZkeys 2...

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I'm nervous/excited...I haven't been on a cruise in about 20 years, and this one is only my second! The 20 years ago one was my first (and it was AMAZING!) so am really looking forward to this!

My Softube products sound even better now!

Please remove Thanks.

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Was this trip approved by the Cakewalk Deals Forum Vacation Committee?

It's how people pull together, encourage and cheer each other on that makes this forum my favorite of its kind. Getting things you worked so hard on maliciously hacked is a really bad experience. On the other hand, seeing the kindness and encouragement like Simeon is seeing overshadows the bad, IMO. It helps to put things into perspective and I think it's clear that encouragement means something to our friend Simeon. As a forum member, seeing the outpouring of encouragement and kindness to him and people celebrating Simeon getting things back and running says so much about this community. This might not big the biggest music making community, but it's got a lot of heart and that's kind of a big deal, IMO.

This is another time we need a love icon! Great that you've got it sorted Simeon!

Run the PM to update

$29 https://www.toontrack.com/product/acoustic-pop-ezkeys-midi/

Well-earned? The man just came back from Vegas. Damn, those high-rollers.

It's my retirement money paying for these trips! I'm going while I still can LOL!

Looking forward to new deals on your return. Such as "7 nights in the Norwegian Fjords, sea view with en-suite $999.00" $25.00 off with code FORUM 😀

Great effect. Only regret is I paid twice that.

Short Update So while all of the videos are there (thank The Lord), the hackers set them all to PRIVATE. I now have to go through ALL of the videos on the channel and edit the visibility so that they can be PUBLIC once more. This might result in seeing new notifications of previously published videos and other unexpected things but the upside is that things are being restored. As @PavlovsCat mentioned, this community is the best! I have been a cakewalk user since the late 90's and this forum has always been home for me. Surrounded by so many amazing and talented musicians, I am so fortunate and honored to be here as a part of the Cakewalk community. I will continue to keep you posted! Joyfully, Simeon

So true ❤️

Wow, what a great site! Thanks for the heads up on a place where I can get price history - that's great!

Great to see that post, Simeon! I knew they couldn't keep you down. As I mentioned, I've been through hacks more than once (I started one of the first online publications focused on digital marketing on the web and it was hacked a few times since going live in 1998). Perseverance triumphs over these small set backs (yes, it's major when you're in the midst of it, but once you're farther from it, you'll look back and it becomes a very minor part of your story), and of course, perseverance builds character. A hacker can never take that down. Best wishes!

$29 https://audioplugin.deals/product/portatron-tape-synthesizer-by-robotic-bean/

Run the Kilohearts installer to update

At least we got to see that sweet marriage vid

Audiority did. Plugin Alliance has though not as much as I'd prefer. Boz did for mongoose 2, pan knob 2 Those are off the top of my head...so not unheard of.

That is the 64 million dollar question. The only thing I can think of is disruption and possible attempt at identity theft. The motivation is selfish and evil in my opinion. I am thankful that they did not delete the videos, that would have been devastating and of course take a this in a totally different direction. Having this happen has added a layer of uncertainty to everything I have done using the Gmail account that the channel was associated with as they could have potentially used it to search for sensitive information that lies dormant in most of our Gmail accounts. They did not get into or access my AdSense account to try and redirect any payments, I think YouTube locked that out when the channel was suspended. I am working on moving the channel to another Gmail address as a precaution. Joyfully, Simeon

Which I'm 100% sure will cost more than I paid for v1 just for an upgrade. I just want a free update with resizable UI.

You'll need to use the Uber eats discount code for that! 😂

I used the code and I'm still awaiting the arrival of my tacos.

Same here. Dare I say it? Installed!

Heart - Barracuda

Run Aquarius to update

Neil Young - Heart of Gold

Expiring today , 'TACO10' gets you 10% off, to offset the $5 APD never sent you

@Light Grenade has 6 tutorials and likely more on the way.

Installed!

Sure. Why not? Installed!

😁

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Afterlife:

This place is wonderful to find all sorts of useful tidbits 😃

Life Or Death: Amiens - Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Research Arkestra

+1! Great add-on for S1!

Maybe. But case in point. Watched a video with that Whitesea guy and Glen Fricker do a test of a free Distressor, Slate Distressor and a real Distressor. The free was hands down dismissed as far inferior to the Slate and the Slate was considered 'pretty good' but it was decided that the real thing was the real thing by far. That in part drove my decision to give a hybrid system a try. Worst case scenario if I'm not satisfied; I can resell the gear as it all respected hardware on the intertubes.

Simeon is BACK online at YouTube!

https://www.beatacademy.com/orbit-download https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2023/01/23/orbit-beat-academy/

Looks cool. I will check it out.