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That is pretty much it in a nutshell, but the upgrade tends to be less than $60/year to keep SOP current (the major version upgrades always go on sale for $125 or less every 2+ years). However, what seems to get lost in the kerfuffle is that these products are now so mature that the average user could probably stay with SOP 6, never upgrade, and be none the wiser (and not really care) about features in the future. Notion 6 hasn't been updated in years (many do not even care it exists), and pretty much all add-ons have 3rd-party perpetual alternatives that can be used in any DAW. After the lessons learned from Gibson, I would never buy a VST(i) locked to a DAW, let alone subscribe to one. After seeing feature requests blown off for years, paying someone for "future work" that has a habit of not happening is a no-go. I pay for products, not promises.

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REAPER 7.13 is available, with the following updates: + API: C/C++ header allows renaming API call names [t=289894] + Default theme: fix 150% MCP image glitch [p=2771219] + Default theme: move MCP strip index divider up 1 pixel, fix selection dot z-order + Lanes: fix applying implied fade-in/fade-out when using lane masking + Lanes: fix fade-in/fade-out/autocrossfade behavior after running actions to crop to playing media items without preserving lanes [p=2771274] + Lanes: fix behavior of action to automatically create comp areas when lanes are collapsed [p=2771408] + Lanes: fix gluing media items when using lane masking + Lanes: fix saving/restoring lane masking state in .RPP + Lanes: prevent possible bad output when using lane masking and media items have no fade-in/fade-out [p=2771246] + Lanes: update peaks after disabling lane masking [p=2770721] + Media explorer: fix inconsistency in time selection display/calculation when project has negative start offset [t=289724] + Media items: fix display of implied fade-in/fade-out when item mix mode is 'enclosed items replace enclosing items' + Preferences: fix search focus issues with certain REAPER extensions installed + Render: fix render dialog statistics display when normalizing to common gain and not rendering master mix [t=289917] + VST: fix support for up to 128 buses [t=284552] https://www.reaper.fm/download.php

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I had $2 of loyalty pts and I got the U78 Saturator free. This seems to be the best deal on this right now.

FWIW if you're talking Dolby Atmos, it can render to binaural audio that works well on headphones and earbuds. Of course, it doesn't have the impact a full-blown surround system with a bunch of speakers. However, with so many people listening on headphones, Atmos mixes are a step up. There's a sense of fullness and space you don't get with stereo. Lately I'm posting both Atmos (headphones only) and Stereo (speakers or headphones) mixes on my YouTube channel, like how labels put out mono and stereo versions of the same record during the transition from mono to stereo. The Atmos version gets more clicks.

Hi Daryl e.a. , good song , production, vocals and bonus points for the extended guitar solo 😉 Rik

That was my thought. I'll do a test drive of Unmask to see the difference, but I like TS a lot.

excellent tune! i like the voice, reminds me a bit of ty tabor from kings x nice dry capture. sounds like it was recorded in a closed coat closet. how did you mic this vocal track? i like the darker tone of the drums for this mix... the bass is still the loudest element, but i kinda like it that way. it's carrying the rhythm. great guitar tones, all around a great effort. good tune.

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If you cancel the hybrid subscription you keep a license that you can't update for S1, but you lose access to all of the addons. So, to open a song made with the S1 sub, you'd have to pay again to have access if those are included in your song. I think it's totally lame. We've been asking for the bugs in Impact and Sampler to be fixed for years, and that's never happened. Instead we get a paywall for the new synth with previously purchasable features no longer for sale. Fender is boofooing Presonus the same way Gibson did to Cakewalk. We all know how that turned out.

I use Studio One 6+ for mixing and so I am not worried by this update. Studio One 6.6 to me is like using 6.5.2.... whatever it was previously, I still have the same mixing tools and it still works the same.

It depends. Someone said on another forum that the way the details are written, if you stop the Studio One + Hybrid subscription, you get a Pro perpetual license, but you can't update to the latest version, for example from 6.5 to 6.6. Seems to me similar to the Bitwig Studio subscription model.

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Great collab guys! I really liked the breakdown after the killer lead break. Another thing that got my attention were the keyboards/organ. Nicely done .. mark

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They've also included a new subscription offering: Studio One+ Hybrid. Looks like if you stop paying, you get to keep the current version of S1 you had. Not sure if you get minor-version updates, but this is a nice idea.

Studio One Hybrid is interesting, as you keep a perpetual license of S1 Pro if you stop subscribing.

Hi folks This is a true colaboration on an original song written by Ed (Bapu) Kocol and Daryl (daryl1968) Greenway. Here is the list of participants Ed Kocol @Bapu - Bass, organ and Production/Mix/Master Lynn Wilson @Lynn Wilson- Guitars Daryl Greenway @daryl1968 - Keyboards and Vocals Hugo Ribeiro - Drums Lyrics below link Life Alert Written by Ed Kocol and Daryl Greenway featuring Lynn Wilson on Guitar and Hugo Ribeiro on Drums V1 I'm tired and worn I've been through the storm But I still have hope That one day I'll cope I'm tired and worn I've been hurt and torn But I still have faith That one day I'll be safe Prech You need to press the button, don't you wait Help is on the way, don't hesitate From the depths of despair you'll rise A life alert shining in your eyes Chorus I'm on life alert Waiting to be reborn I Need a new start I'm tired and worn V2 I'm tired and worn I've been lost and forlorn But I still have love And one day I'll rise above Prech Chorus

https://www.presonus.com/en-US/studio-one-whats-new.html Version 6.6 Release Notes (April 2, 2024): New Features and Improvements: ● New publishing and Digital Release option “Upload to TuneCore” (TuneCore Client) for direct distribution on major social media and streaming platforms ● Support for Dolby Atmos composite beds (extending 5.1 and 7.1 beds with up to 6 top surround channels using objects) ● Mute/Solo function for Dolby Atmos bed channels in Dolby Atmos Renderer window ● [macOS] Apple Spatial Audio Binaural Monitoring Support ● [macOS] Support for Apple AirPods Pro/Max head-tracking and PHRTF (Personalized Head-Related Transfer Function) ● Macro Toolbar and Macro support on Project Page and Show Page ● Improved Lyrics Display on Song Page and Show Page ● New virtual instrument “Lead Architect” (included in Studio One+) ● Pause/Resume content downloads in Transfers window ● New recording template for Fender Tone Master Pro ● Improved VST compatibility - Please update your plug-ins to the latest version! ● Improved DAWproject compatibility ● [Linux] New API for 3rd party developers to implement plug-in GUIs under Wayland

Hi Everyone I really hope this is alright to post here I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone in the Songs forum for all the help, advice and support I have received over the years. I don’t think we would have progressed without all this help and advice. Devine lie has just hit a couple of landmarks. We have just broken the Twenty Thousand Subscriber on mark YouTube and the lead track off our last album, Indelible Stain, has just reached TWO MILLION VIEWS!!!!! I think this track has done so well because I do think the track is strong, but the video is even stronger! – probably one of the best videos we have ever done I have posted it below if you haven’t seen it or listened to it before. Again thanks to everyone – we really appreciate it Nigel

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I'm in the process of remixing my second solo album which was released in 2013. The album was recorded initially using Sonar X3. I opened the project in CBB and none of my third party plugins loaded. I decided to remix this track but only using the Pro Channel and the the plugins that came with Cakewalk. (Eq, compression, reverb etc) Guitar was recorded the old school way (miced up Marshall) using an MI Audio Crunchbox. The video was shot in standard definition back then so I tried the upscaling feature in Vegas to HD as a test and then re edited the video as well. It's come out much better than I expected. It also makes me think that maybe less is more regarding amount of third party plugins installed on my system.

I use Brave and got it

This is a good idea. Warning, incoming jibber-jabber: The Image Linesque FUD used to come up on the MeldaProduction forum years ago. "Lifetime updates but what if the company fails? They won't be taking in any new money! What if the guy this business is built around gets hit by a bus?" My response was always "then you get to use the plug-ins you paid for until they no longer work." Are you happy with what you have? Does it work correctly? Fine, then. Their policy is nice, but if you would feel cheated if the company ended tomorrow, don't spend your money. That's a substantial pile of software that PreSonus have shifted over to sub-only. I'll devil's advocate here for a second, but don't worry, I do think it's a bad move. On the one hand, one could say that at least the people who already had a 6.5 Pro license will be able to use those add-ons until the wheels fall off SPlat-style. Nobody has had anything revoked from them, if I get it correctly. Who loses is perp license fans who maybe were still saving for a Pro license, maybe Artist users who were planning to upgrade. They've been locked out of buying audio software from their favorite audio software company. That is a bummer to be sure, and it creates FUD about possibly future core features of SO getting walled off behind a sub model. Still, I don't see anyone being cheated here. Disappointed and disturbed, sure. Why I think it's a silly move on PreSonus part is first, the FUD. Favorite audio software company can't learn from all the poop that was flung at Waves for trying to sell plug-ins sub only? That signals market blindness on their part. Second, WTF, Fender? After 70 years of selling guitars and amplifiers, the don't understand the value of upselling accessories? These now sub-only programs and plug-ins are accessories, and now, while they may very well keep most of their perp license userbase, nobody who buys a perp license for Pro in the future will be able to buy these other products that they make. Seems silly to jettison potential sales that way. Of course that's the sad thing when dealing with a publicly-traded company and why I swore 25 years ago I'd never work for one again: Fender are not in business to trade music gear and software for money. They are in business to make the price of their stock go higher. That is all that matters. If Fender looks better to the Wall Street analysts because a certain percentage of their revenue is from subscriptions, then they'll try to force as many people into subscriptions as they can. And if they think that the best way to herd them in is making some products sub-only, then public opinion be damned. Wall Street analysts don't read KVR. They don't care if you pi55 off half your userbase. They care about how much you're spending on certain things, how many employees you have vs. revenues (and they're not great at knowing what industries require more or fewer people), statistics like that. Company reputation doesn't matter. If they thought that people's regard mattered, they wouldn't be stock market analysts. Fortunately, there are alternative products to everything on that list, including the DAW itself. Me, when I look at the psychology of what seems to work for subscriptions, what I see working historically is entertainment content, services, and consumables. Not so much for things that are "durable." Content is fine, I'm okay with my $15 a month Netflix, I get that much entertainment out of it, it's worth the price of a burger and fries. Consumables and services....yeah, there are deals to be had on razor blades, auto maintenance and the like. I don't have room for a gym in my home, so if I wanted to work out on machines, gym membership. And if you're a business, the lease model may be desirable, not having to deal with buying a building full of new furniture when the old stuff gets too banged up, just have the accountants send the payments off, makes it easier to see how much you're actually spending per year. But for individuals, I think we (or at least a large percentage of us) see software as more like "durable" goods. We want to choose just what we buy individually (I like this company's compressor, I like that company's reverb, etc.), we fear lapses in our ability to pay the subscription, and we want to be able to take a break from using it without having it nagging at us that we're not using it enough to justify $20 a month. People don't like feeling forced or coerced and we really don't like having things taken away from us. I can see where PreSonus' move feels like all of those things to loyal users. Also, it violates one of my principles, which is, to get people on board with one of two alternatives, do it by making the alternative you want them to choose better, not by making the other one worse. PreSonus are trying to do it by making the perp license worse. How should companies do it instead? Have subscriptions that grant you a discount over the perp license over a year's time, along with exclusive premium services and/or content. Don't make entire pieces of software otherwise unavailable. Loop libraries, presets, soundware, distribution, premium support are all great subscription perks. And never, ever block off something that used to come with a perp license.

Ran into same thing... https://www.uaudio.com/downloads/ua-connect

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@Lynn Wilson should have mentioned nicely played Lynn. t

While I personally think we are being “strung along” at this point, I don’t think it’s the developers doing it and I get the impression they would give us everything we want - if they could. We can bitch at them until the cows come home and all they can do is pass it on. Why bother them with that. Talk to Bandlab directly. I was a developer and development manager for many years and we had little direct say in the pricing and rollout other than giving an opinion. It was marketing, sales and finance that drove the pricing and rollout.

don't be a wuss! it's not any more dangerous than BASE-jumping in L.A. 🙂 lol my first time: i bought a "not-working" MXL v67 off ebay and was going to use the shell for a clone project, when i opened it, i found a broken wire and the capsule was dirty. so reconnected the wire, cleaned the capsule, and voila, a working mic. after that, one of my regular mics was sounding weird - cleaned it, again it worked out. did it to a few dynamic mics (SM57 and SM58) - nice and clean. so yeah, it's a bit scary at first but after you've done it a few times and also gotten all your repair manuals so you know how to properly open them (sennheiser, i'm looking at you!) it's fairly safe and the mics seem to enjoy it 😉

Consumer prices and values aside, I think this is also the biggest problem. In the YT comments the CS rep keeps touting how perpetual hasn't gone anywhere. Yet, they did remove perpetual licence for addons/plugins. They deserve all the manure being flung at them for that.

One positive about the Yamaha take over is no longer needing a hardware dongle and license 3 machines. To me licensing is the #1 choice in buying software.

They had an expensive party.

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Nailed it!

I always wished I would own one like that.

Enable this, do scan, then check the following file. %APPDATA%\Cakewalk\Logs\VstScan.log

That is quite a lot of bundles, as they don’t do them that often. I personally finds these a very cost effective way to get access to music training videos.

I suspect that when a company has to decide whether to spend resources on being compatible with some advancement in technology, we see more than the usual number of products being dropped. We saw it happen in the past few years with multiple plug-ins due to Apple coming out with their own processors and then announcing that the backward compatibility layer was going to be removed. So do we keep updating this plug-in that seems to have run its course or do we drop it and come out with an improved version? iZotope dropped a bunch of stuff in the past couple of years. Break Tweaker, half a dozen Exponential reverbs, Iris 2, Trash 2. I suspect that was the choice there, do we invest in updating these oldies for Apple Silicon or just retire them? Tough noogies for people who want to keep using them on their Macs, but take it up with Apple.