Gregg Markus

ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED (but it wasn't pretty) I never did get any guidance from Bandlab support. They asked for some additional info, but I haven't heard back in a couple weeks. I grew impatient with having to hop between CbB and Pro Tools to get this done. I only use Pro Tools for certain artists that I collaborate with, apart from that I have no need or interest in it. Anyway, I took a scorched earth approach. I re-formatted my OS drive and reinstalled Windows and all my software. Mind you, this is a new PC build, used only for audio, so I keep my installer files pretty well organized. So it cost me a Saturday night, and I had to explain to Line6 why I needed an additional activation for my Helix Native software (I forgot to re-register my PC before the reformat, oops). So here's what I think caused my problem; When I first installed CbB, I unchecked the box to install the Melodyne Uno plugin that was bundled with CbB. I figured that I would be installing the full Melodyne Studio package, so why bloat up my system with an unnecesary plugin? I think this is why it failed to scan into my Region FX list, even after installing MeloStudio. It's entirely possible that I forgot to click 'reset' before each and ever VST scan. I normally do this, but I realized too late that I might've missed it between some of these attempts to fix the issue. That would be the first thing to try before re-scanning for 'new' plugins in this case. The takeaway is that you should probably just install all of of the plugins and features bundled with CbB from the beginning, whether you have an upgraded version of Melodyne or not.

I was tempted to toggle the ARA value, but I'm out of my depth here. Ticket has been submitted. I'll report back for anyone interested.

Quick follow-up. I compared the same two registry keys. Mine are identical to yours, apart from the "modstats" (which is apparently some sort of event counter that follows your usage of the program). With regard to ARA, the keys show (repsectively) the following entries - like yours. "isARA"=dword:00000000 "isARA"=dword:00000001 It just appears to be missing from the right-click context menu in the edit window (as well as the edit menu control bar menu). I guess I will need BL support to walk me through the appropriate key. Just wanted to share a quick follow-up, and to thank you for the registry info above. KEY ONE.reg KEY TWO.reg

@Glenn Stanton Thanks for that registry data. I will compare tonight and see what's what. I haven't had to modify a registry since Windows XP - so I suppose I'd better read up on a few things so I don't brick my new machine, lol.

Yes, it's in my list. I have no trouble adding it as a VST plugin on the console or track view either (and it works fine that way). I just can't get it into the region effects list. It's probably going to be a matter of adding a couple keys to the registry. But I'm not sure of the steps for that.

Update; I uninstalled Melodyne, then rescanned VSTs to make sure it was gone. Then reinstalled Melodyne. It still missing from my region effects. I also remembered that I did not check the box to install Melodyne when I installed CbB and the various Cake instruments/plugs. I figured, I should skip the monophonic version since I already had a license for the full Melodyne. So I wondered if maybe that caused it to skip the region list. SO... I uninstalled Melodyne again, rescanned VST's to make sure it was gone, then I re-installed CbB along with the packaged mono version of Melodyne. It still wouldn't show up as a region effect after rescanning. SO I reinstalled the full Melodyne, and rescanned VST's again. But still no Melodyne in my region effects list. So tonight I will dig through Melodyne's menus and see if I'm missing a setting somewhere to enable ARA integration. If that doesn't work, it looks I'll need to submit a support ticket to BL.

That's a good idea. I have already tried the uninstall/reinstall process a couple times - BUT it never occurred to me to me that I should re-scan my plugins in between to make sure it's gone. FYI - I see it listed in the plugin manager, it is working everywhere else (it just won't show up when I right clip and try to assign a region effect to a cilp). But i'LL @John Vere's suggestion and see if it fixes it. Worst case scenario would be to reinstall CbB or wait for Sonar(reborn).

My apologies for my late response. The forum seems to have stopped sending me notifications again. - Yes, it works as a standalone. - It also works as a regular plugin/VST. I just have to go through the "transfer" process (which is pretty time consuming compared to region effects). - Yes, I own the software. I purchased an upgrade to the full polyphonic version several years ago (after trying the monophonic demo that was made available through Sonar). Currently, I am on version the latest version of "Melodyne Studio 5". - Yes, new computer is registered at Celemony's website (when the old machine was de-registered). I have a second license installed on my mac (Logic / Pro Tools). I can only wonder if I maybe completed one of the steps out of sequence (like maybe installing the software and scanning my VSTs before I registered my new machine at Celemony?). But I have subsequently rescanned all of my plugins, and it has failed to add it to the region effects list. I'd like to avoid re-installing CbB if possible. Maybe there's a 'repair' option for Sonar that won't wipe all of my other settings/data (?). Or maybe I should just grin and bear it until "Sonar" is officially reborn? I was hoping there was a separate location to assign region effects, or maybe a set of registry keys I can modify to add Melodyne to the context menu for region effects?

I just built a new computer, and am going through the motions of installing all y 3rd party plugins, transferring licenses, etc. I cannot get Melodyne (Studio 5) to show up in my list of region effects. CbB does show it as available as a regular plugin, and I am able to use it after capturing the audio with the transfer button. But it's so much easier/faster as a regional effect. I have uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled and rescanned VSTs a couple times. Bu I'm stuck. How can I manually add Melodyne to my list of region effects?

Sorry for the late reply (the forum keeps randomly failing to send me notifications). The Sonnox Drum Gate uses machine learning / artificial intelligence to selectively remove the undesirable background noises. There are three main "presets" - for bass drum, snare, or toms. It has a variety of of controls, but those 'presets' pretty much take care of everything. If you put a mic on a tom, with the Sonnox gate, it's almost like the tom is the only thing being recorded. You don't have to give up the higher frequencies in order to remove the cymbals. It's the best option I've seen yet for this. I've relied on a variety of tools and techniques in the past that were frequency specific. Like multing a drum track boosting and sometimes compressing the offending frequencies, then flipping the polarity to 'cancel' out as much as I can. But there's always a price to pay, and I end up losing frequencies. I've been experimenting with Izotopes music and master rebalance plugs. I haven't quite found the winning formula yet, but it'll likely be some balance between the izotope and various mult/boost/polarity/sodechain tricks.

So I've fallen in love with Sonnox' "Drug Gate" plugin. Sometimes I record drummers that are pretty heavy handed, and leave me lots of bleed between mics. So it's not uncommon to sacrifice the high end presence in a rack tom or snare because the high hat is cutting through too much. Sonnox sort of deals with that. I can more or less eliminate everything but the drum hit thanks to AI (I assume). Does anyone know of a similar plugin for vocals??? For example, recording a band live on stage (or in studio) where everyone is in the same room and even the most hypercardioid mics tend to bring in more of the band they should. I'm not really interested in making that mic bleed "work" for me. In many cases, it is not "magical", it is only problematic - especially when given a short amount of time fix and mix everything. Maybe Izotope? Or anything else AI based?

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I've been looking through menus for a setting, but I can't find it. Is there an option to disable the scrolling time stamp on the time ruler? (see screen shot) I want to see the measure/beat info, but that annoying time stamp covers it up. This makes drag and drop a much bigger hassle than it needs to be.

Rehashing an old thread here, because I procrastinated.... and now I'm running into an issue installing Windows on an external drive. Most procedures I've seen involve installing Windows on a virtual machine on the internal harddrive. Then using an app like WINtoUSB to transfer from the virtual realm to the physical external hard drive. Simple enough, right? I'm running into a problem with Fusion's VMWare. VM does not 'see' my external SSD (which is mounted in a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure). And therefore, I cannot load Windows externally. I don't know if this is a limitation of VMWare or Bootcamp. Do any of you guys use an external SSD in a Thunderbolt enclosure? If so, which virtual environment did you utilize? Or is there something in the OS setup & sharing that I'm missing here? Considering how much of a push Apple made for TB3, it's a bit frustrating at the lack of instructions for such a venture.

I updated late last night. I only started one session for a minute or two. It'd didn't get stuck, but I'll want to do more extensive testing tonight. I hope this is finally over. I read the early release notes and there was mention of a zoom control (related to centering the scroll bar or something?). I was hoping this meant additional zoom fixes. So I really hope this works. I've been using Pro Tools for the past couple weeks. And I tell you... we really take for granted how awesome CbB really is. Especially when compared to other DAWs. My only wish (other than big free performance) is to finally have a proper Mac version. I always paid for my renewals prior to Bandlab, and I'd happily go back to that model if it meant development hours for a mac version. If the latest update didn't fix this for you, you might try a workaround suggested by Lord Tim earlier in this thread. Open up your ASIO control panel (in my case the MOTU control panel), and change the latency/buffer - or - change the clock type. This stops the audio engine, and gives you control again. It's a serious hassle, but at least you won't have to "end-task-and-lose-all-your-work".