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4 hours ago, John Vere said:

Jeeze we have 6 threads now on this topic! 
its 2017 all over again ! 

Don't cry wolf! I fear there are reasons to feel like that! 😉

3 hours ago, John Vere said:

Ya, my car doesn't have an ignition key anymore. It has a dongle that the battery can die suddenly.   So after being very annoyed at this absolutely absurd change in my life, I took a deep breath and then I made sure there's always spare batteries in the car now.

This exactly is A.I. !

I was confronted with the same foolishness when I had replaced my car some months ago (American)! I thought it was stupid, because there is no fallback if the battery fails! Nevertheless I was optimistic, because in the past I noticed when the key battery had been low. 3 weeks ago it happened, I could not start the car, because the battery was too low. It was luck that it did not happen out in the woods, happily I was near a supermarket and could buy a new battery! Strange kind of progress nowadays (ok, I sound like an old geezer, but I think there is some truth in it)!

Waldorf, regrettably another online authorization provider! I pass on such annoyance! 

I hate that Microsoft merge the operating system with the user interface and system functions!

Essentially the operating system did not change as much as the other stuff since W7. If they had separated the operating system, then it would have been possible to do the minor changes even on W7/W8/W10 and keep old systems alive. Much less trouble! I mean similar like Unix and Linux. Regrettably this is only a wish! 😞

iZotope Radius is the best audio stretching algorithm! Including this one is a crucial advantage of Sonar/CbB over its competitors IMHO!

2 hours ago, sjoens said:

Has anyone ever seen or know what this is for:            It appears as soon as I open an empty project in X3.

I also have no CPU meter when playing anything:

He he, it seems you have the same idea to use X3 as backup, if Splat or CbB cannot be authorized on new systems anymore! 😄

In any case I tested installation and offline activation of X3 two days ago. It worked without issue! I could even install over Splat and CbB without destroying something, because I renamed the shared folders before installation and reset them.  Now I am relieved that even in the worst case ...

To your problem: I would try to use a standard project template instead of yours!

It seems it has been a wise decision NOT to use Softube Central, because I've never had any problems with Softube plugins using the direct installers and the iLok license manager. 😉

For the newer Softube plugins I cannot find pdf manuals anymore! Nowadays it's like a plague with these online manuals!

I know there are some utilities to convert web pages to pdf, but 

1. Everyone has to do it again, pointless!
2. Sometimes it does not work with the content links.
3. If there are cookie prompts (EU), then they cover the contents.
4. There are additional pages included that do not belong to the manual.

It's a real PITA! 😒 But maybe someone here has a great idea?

9 hours ago, TheSteven said:

Yeah if only that system worked... 
The difference in profit loss unfortunately for many companies is the difference between staying in business or not.

That's what some companies assert. But I doubt that they make more profit installing some annoyance for the users. In the contrary, they lose more purchases (e.g. me) than they win. Those bad guys that misuse software surely won't buy their products, if protection is added!

So I agree with @Brian Walton that no or an easy (offline) protection is the best for the users (I have a long list of company names that delight and it seems they can survive)! And I prefer such companies in the last 2 years (that increases their purchases! 😉).

On the other hand I agree with you that iLok is definitely a better/acceptable protection system (compared to online, login protection). Whereas time limited authorization is one of the worst protections (like CbB 😄), totally user unfriendly IMO.

But YMMV!

@cclarry don't you ever sleep? It must be quite late (or should I say early) in your place! 😄

I'm getting old, for me the freebies in some shops get worse and worse! 😆

Also in the Roman Empire there were some old men that had pointed out the decline before it actually was true! Sometimes it would be a good idea to listen to wiser old men/women that have a great picture of what is going on! 😄

I received a $25 voucher in January, February and now !

4 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

Wow, the guy who wrote that has no small amount of venom for NI, which I notice someone pointed out and he reacted -- not well -- as if he was engaged in fair and balanced journalism, claiming he was objective.

He should have reported the facts first and shared his opinion afterwards. That lack of ability to write facts clearly and  the attack headline harms his credibility and does make one question his ability to present facts without overly injecting bias. I'd heard, but don't know, that Dirk has a pretty strong ego. Could that have been a factor in things not working out in this capacity? I suspect it was a big factor. He went from being the head honcho to a role that diplomacy and the ability to influence without direct authority and that requires a very different set of skills than he needed when he was the guy signing employees' checks. 

If you have a look at journalism in Europe, then you know there is no more objective reporting left! Everything is biased and not only in journalism, it goes around in all organizations, in state departments, in education and even in the film and advertising industries. Here propaganda is omnipresent. If 30 years ago someone would have told me: "this will be the future of Europe", then I would not have believed him!

4 hours ago, Brian Walton said:

If you are not in the ecosystem yet, even a $10-15 isn't a no brainer for everyone as it is iLok based and they use a ecosystem installer.

I really cannot understand the iLok haters! I prefer it a 1000 times over online only installations or exotic authorization models!

I would have paid even more than $15 (although I own too many compressors, also a real dbx166 from the 80s)! 

5 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

Plus another one of those special downloaders that I loathe,

If you don't like their installation manager (like me), then you can download the installers directly! Just look in the FAQ!

Thanks for the post, too!

I don't understand Softube! They could have made a lot of money if they gave it for say $10 - $15. And I think the marketing effect would have been about the same!

For me the only question is when do I need an audience choir?

I think I'll skip the hassle to install it, because I would never have a use for it. But YMMV.

IMO some of their classical instruments sound quite good (I purchased the Neo Complete bundle some time ago).

The only thing to be aware is that if you open the Kontakt instruments only the near microphone is enabled and that sounds poor. But as soon as you enable some room microphones (you have to click on M=mute, very strange!) and add them to the mix the sound is astonishing for such low-cost instruments. I like especially the woodwinds, but also some of their pianos!

On 2/27/2024 at 10:02 PM, Glenn Stanton said:

and in effect, 32-bit is "lossy" because of the float... same reason banks don't use floating point for currency calculations... e.g

Generally they tend to use decimal fixed format (also called packed) in banks, because float is a digital format and this results in rounding differences in the positions after the decimal point for decimal numbers (used of banks). But nevertheless there are cases where they use floating points, because the decimal fixed format's range is limited!

The format itself is not more lossy than 24-bit integer IMO, because as long as you do not exceed the digit range (of the mantissa) there is no loss. If you exceed this range, then there is a bit of loss, but only in the low end of the value.

With intergers its even worse if you exceed the digit range, because then they start at the other end of the range (depending on the kind of integer: signed spin to the greatest negative number and unsigned spin to zero). That's how some engineers crashed an expensive skyrocket in the last century, because they used a software part of an older rocket as "black box" and were not aware that number input of the new one did exceed some integer values of the old code! 😆

By the way some comments above mention the number of digits for 32-bit float. This is only true for IEEE floats (as used in PCs). There exist other float formats that have a totally different construction!

There is one person on Cakewalk discuss who always reproaches others for bitching, if they criticize something.

But isn't it bitching what he does? We should give him the award to be the greatest bitch! No, I will not give you a name, but I think those ones who often visit the forum know it! 😉

The bit depth of files is independent of the parameters above. Either you have copied the file from anywhere (or installed) or you have set the bit depth in the Export Dialog to 32 bits.

Jump?

Also they did change their authorization to online some time ago! Before they were a company with pleasant file authorization, but that's gone.

10 hours ago, Keni said:

Cool. I like that it remains available, but why the download icon instead of the re-install icone as other green dotted entries display?

 

I guess the download icon makes sense if you just want to download the installer for an offline machine!