Sal Sorice

I've learned LOTS from Mike Enjo's tutorials. Not that there aren't other great tutorials out there (kudos to @John Vere, @AdK Studios, etc.) but, IMO, Mike just has a unique talent to make things clear, concise, and easily understood.

Thanks Glenn. Guess I'll do that as well - just wondering why the "hide" function does not work for all/some plugins.

Reviving this thread as the "Hide related VST2 plugins" that @Noel Borthwick mentioned (and which I knew about) does not work for me in latest Sonar build (2024.04-BSP Build 431). Not sure if it's across the board, or only for some plugins. Here's an example - I still see the Kilohearts VST2s even though I've got the hide option checked. Is there something I'm missing?

I'm going to download all the free Labs instruments as a lot of them are great ... just in case. I can't handle any more subscriptions and use a Virtual Credit Card for any trials or "50% off" 1-year subscriptions (that I'd be more inclined to keep at the discounted price) - that way, when they try to "automatically" renew, the charge fails.

Hey @Grem, glad you got the NI Jacob Collier Audience Library! Guess I should have been clear that it was a real thing! It's a cool instrument. Love the foot stomps, the "Yes", "No" shoutouts, etc. Highly recommended.

I got the free Jacob Collier Audience Choir from Native Instruments. It's fun!! https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/vocal/jacob-collier-audience-choir/

@Bristol_Jonesey, I think there should be some delineation between them. As I mentioned - not a graphic artist, so my sample line is much thicker/wider than it would need to be. Just a subtle line would be great, in my opinion.

A 12-year old PC is hopelessly outdated. A refurbished one? That's even worse. Don't put a dime into it - just my opinion...

I still hope that the Bakers can do something to separate the ProChannel strip from the Track, as mentioned previously. Note: Obviously, I am not a graphic artist. This is just to get the idea across: :^)

In ProChannel, I see it under Insert Module:

From what I've learned, you can download/install Sonar. It is technically in pre-release status but is probably close to fully baked. You need a Backstage Pass in order to save a project (after the 3-day trial period). I'd suggest paying for a monthly backstage pass until they formally release pricing, as we don' yet know whether it will be subscription based, one time price, both, etc.

Thanks Glenn for testing. I'll do more testing tomorrow and post my findings.

Thanks David - that worked to prevent the drop out on an empty project. That quirk was just something I noticed, but I still have no idea why the audio engine craps out so often with the Toontrack products - or whether it's Toontrack or Cakewalk/Sonar that causes the issue. I'm tagging @Noel Borthwick and @msmcleod to see if they can offer any insight, or of there is anything I can test for them to try and figure out why the Toontrack dropouts happen so often/predictably.

Empty project has no Toontrack stuff. Also, just loading a stock template, pressing spacebar will kill audio engine. David, not sure what you mean by this...

Those are the only ones I've noticed it on where it occurs regularly. Getting the dropout when opening a new, empty project and pressing spacebar is a new phenomenon.