dubdisciple

On 3/18/2020 at 1:54 PM, DocBob said:

Can you get the SINE player to output midi to another track?  I'd like it to output all the notes to another instrument patch. I can't figure out a way to do it.

Wouldn't this be a DAW thing? Just route track midi to selected track?

19 hours ago, Yan Filiatrault said:

What is super cheap? Usually on Ebay, it's scam and pirated softwares when it's too low...

It was listed for 40. My alarm went off but seller's other offerings seem closer to regular price . i figured that since i was leaning towards Modo, getting both for the price of one was a decent risk/reward chance.  

This is actually pretty cool. More for use in genres like lo-fi than classical but damn good freebie

42 minutes ago, kevin H said:

I think I saw that ad. Was it this guy?

😂😂😂 I sure hope not.  I will update

Just wanted to thank everyone for their input

I decided to go with both... hopefully. I snagged modo sale and used jam points to get for $69.  I found ezbass on ebay dirt cheap and am awaiting and hoping it's legit.

I already have Animate, but I bit on the balancing course. I have found it interesting so far and worth getting. 

1 hour ago, Fleer said:

Yeah, the $25 voucher won’t work

Ok. I only saw first post initially

Is there a second voucher that stacks to bring down to 10?

5 hours ago, DallasSteve said:

That seems to be the preferred solution, but I'm not ready to drop $199 for that, yet.  Maybe someday.

They have sales constantly. Wait for some crazy sale.

Have you tried Vocal Synth by Izotope?

31 minutes ago, Fleer said:

Since I got the SSL from SSL my channel needs are fulfilled.  

Same. I have ssl from ssl, ssl G from brainworks, not to mention the fact that cakewalk has an ssl strip of sorts. 

"I need another channel strip like I need a second *****" vs "that Neve is really nice at that price"

6 hours ago, abacab said:

What other synths have you tried with VIP that didn't work? It's hit or miss, but most synths that I've tried will at least import patches manually.

Before Akai shut down their user groups, I managed to grab a few VIP user created plugin maps for Dim Pro, Rapture, and Z3TA+2. They don't have all the expansions, but cover the factory presets.

Not all plugins will import presets to VIP, because some plugins refuse to share preset info with their host.  It's problem with the plugin. Akai never tried to put restrictions on 3rd party plugins like Native Instruments does with Komplete Kontrol and their NKS ecosystem.

I should have specified "with low effort".  Off the top of my head I know my UVI stuff would not work.  I think we discussed this before. Akai's big errors were abandoning project and shutting down the exchange. I think most of us are willing to manually input a fav synth or two, but nobody is going through all of their native instrument expansions or kontakt libraries. 

I have mixed feelings about nks. I like that it actually works but hate the restrictions.

I loved old cakewalk instruments too, but I agree with. abacab. There are too many free products that are probably better AND less likely to crash your current setup. 

Vital and Surge alone cover most of the synth options. 

Almost every drum and sampler option is superior to what cakewalk offered for . Beatscape at best was a not finished instrument that never caught on. 

Granted, finding a vast rompler like dimension pro for free is a challenge in an all in one product, but bbc discovery, labs, sine player, ample guitar/bass lite, kontact player, and  decent sampler will give you overall better sound quality.

I still have the installers for a number of cakewalk instruments and the only one i bother with is zeta+2 and mostly because it's one of the few synths i have that VIP software works with.

So glad you were able to solve it. I agree the old version was more usable . the newer version is not bad but there is so little control. I will look in my account and see where my installer is

1 hour ago, Ted K. Ling said:

 

Thanks dubdisciple, your answer started ringing some bells here ... I too installed the Addictive Drums plugin at that time.  I'll see if I can get more info from the XLN people.  They are very forthcoming with any questions I've had in the past.

Thanks to you too treesha.  Funnily, I bought and installed Nectar 3 Plus a couple of days ago (as I couldn't get the Elements anymore) thinking it was a blown-up version of Elements, but it's different as it's more voice-oriented (and is black 😀).  Elements (the orange one) had a lot of pre-defined setups based on music styles to choose from and I edited a lot to my own taste.  That's why I'm keen to get it back somehow.   I'm wondering if by getting Nectar 3 Plus it installed Elements too and is now asking for the same authorisation codes as Nectar 3 ... I haven't tried that.  Maybe ... just maybe 🤔

If you registered it, it should still be in your izotope account. You have to look in the legacy installers area

2 hours ago, Ted K. Ling said:

A question for any long-standing Cakewalk / SONAR users ...

Did Nectar Elements come as a "freebie" with any product in the past ?  I am working on an old project which used Nectar Elements as a plugin, and it's now asking to be re-authorised ... and of course, I cannot remember any of the details to authorise it.

I have an account with iZotope, but there is no sale registered there, so my conclusion is that it may have come as a "freebie".

Thanks.

 

Sorry, just realised this should be posted somewhere else ...

Kind of. I forgot the details. If I'm not mistaken it was not directly from Cakewalk. Forgive me if I am wrong , but I believe when Cakewalk first started including Addictive Drums, during the registration with XLN they were giving away the original version of Elements and we got in on deal. 

32 minutes ago, kevin H said:

You want a tango and pretend it’s trap melody, I got you.  You want a polka melody that i call edm, I got you…..and so on…yes annoying hahah

The idea is not god awful. I am a firm believer in not giving yourself extra work for repetitive tasks. Pop music has been using same chord progressions forever and having them handy is a timesaver. I just hate the concept that it's that simple. Plenty of awful songs used the same chords.

They finally released the update for beats and it is working great in cakewalk for now.

1 hour ago, antler said:

Wasn't there a sample pack deal a while back, where the promo video said something along the lines of 'you have never been this close to greatness'?

Sounds like one of those awful unison chord pack ads

13 minutes ago, John Maar said:

From the Softube Tape web page:

If you run PreSonus Studio One (Pro or Artist), you can not only use Tape as a standard plug-in. Adding Tape to your MixFX slot gives you Tape Multitrack. Tape Multitrack includes all the goodies of Tape, but in addition, you get selectable crosstalk between each individual track — and you can easily control the Tape Multitrack settings from a single interface. The Tape and Tape Multitrack license is one and the same. This means that if you're not a Studio One user but at some future point decide to switch to that DAW, you will already have Tape Multitrack installed, licensed and ready to go.

Softube Tape and Tape Multitrack

Note that plugin scanners for all other DAWs and plugin hosts will fail the "Tape Multi Track.vst3" file. That is expected behavior.

I use this feature all the  time now

I think sidechaining might work wonders.  best of luck

I'm using it in camp today for a "found sound' project. My son and i have been listening to too much John cage lol

I also want to emphasize that the mix issue is minor.  i loved it as is