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Yes, I am using 12, 13, and 14 at the same time.

I don't see a lot here that I need this year, other than FOMO. It's all high quality stuff, but... I picked up a couple of Evolution guitars and the Famous E during the OTS group buy last year when it went all the way to 60%.

Spitfire Audio has drum machines?

Right. And if you do pick up the "Custom" bundle you don't have to make all of your selections right away. You can always hang on to a few options for a "rainy day".

If you have the free MIDI-OX utility you can set it up to monitor what your controller is sending. The channel numbers are shown live in the monitor window as you press keys on the controller. http://www.midiox.com/index.htm

That would be too easy for Waves! They want you to check out the WUP "sale" first, LOL!!! Then you have to go looking for the free upgrades among your stuff...

I just updated my Cosmos and CR8 to v14 for free, as they were still covered by the free year 1 WUP.

Wait for a sale. Then if you want a really good deal, pick up an AD2 "Custom" pack at a reseller, that includes any 3 ADpaks (kits) + any 3 MIDIpaks (beats) + any 3 additional kit pieces (single drums). For some reason these bundles are not available to existing customers direct from XLN. Example of JRRshop's AD2 Custom (not on sale, currently $178): https://www.jrrshop.com/xln-audio-addictive-drums-2-custom I believe these can be had for 50% off on sale, so that's about $89 for the lot, which makes it less than $30 per ADpak.

Best comment so far on KVR: "So not an informative post then, just more Waves bashing from the same idiotic members. Hey ho".

Reaper has a nice VST3 preset implementation built into their plugin window. It strikes me as something Cakewalk should have added to their native VST3 window, as the presets are already located in the path: "C:\Users\{username}\Documents\VST3 Presets\Plugin Alliance". Here is an example showing them in the Reaper plugin window for bx_masterdesk.

I agree. Best fix for registry problems or other Windows weirdness is to do an in-place Windows repair install. Keeps your data and programs, but refreshes Windows. Much less work that a full OS clean install, but can fix up a lot under the hood. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/fix-windows-10-repair-install "Simply put, it replaces ALL of the OS files on a Windows 10 PC but leaves other files, installed applications, and most (but not all) settings and preferences alone."

If the plugin is installed on your PC and working there in other DAWs, then I would agree that seems to narrows it down to your Cakewalk setup. But that's a fairly basic plugin and works well in Cakewalk here, so that is definitely not normal. And Ober seems to be hard coded for MIDI channel 1, as is typical with many single timbre synths. When I try it on any MIDI channel other than omni (none) or ch 1, I get nothing. So if you forced it to ch 1, that should have been sufficient. And your video shows active MIDI data in the channel inspector, so Cakewalk is handling the MIDI. Just not getting it to that plugin for whatever reason...

That's the same thing that I see when I hit the bypass button inside the plugin.

Ober has few settings. Much simpler that a multi-timbral, multi-output synth like Kontakt. But there is a on/off bypass button at the top left of the Ober UI that must be enabled to hear it play. Did you check that?

If any of the plugins you bought last year are still within the initial 12 month coverage window, you can upgrade them to v14 for free. You would only need to WUP any that have expired in order to upgrade them.

Yes indeed, that is very strange! I might speculate that something, somewhere is corrupt. I would try re-scanning your plugins with a "Reset" in Cakewalk Preferences > VST Settings > Scan Options. If that doesn't work, try re-installing Cakewalk.

Don't forget to check any Waves plugins that you acquired in the past year! They are still covered by the 1 year WUP plan that was included with new plugins, so you can activate v14 for them! I found 9 plugins/bundles that were eligible, including the new Waves Cosmos and CR8 sampler! I also upgraded to the Inspire Virtual Instruments bundle in the past year, so all of my Waves instruments are still covered! You will need to log in to your account on the Waves website and look under "My Products", then select upgrade to latest version for each one that you want to upgrade. Your selected v14 licenses will appear in Waves Central, and you will need to download and activate the new plugins from there.

WUP required!!! Nope!!! Those bug fixes should be free. I apparently bought defective plugins... I understand if they want to charge for new features & improvements, etc. But charging for bug fixes, yikes!!! 🙄

Did you try clicking the "Repair" button in Waves Central settings before nuking everything? "Repair function inventories the Waves products on your computer and replaces all of them with the most current version."

Did you go that route, or just hearsay...?

Run the legacy Cakewalk Command Center. All of your SONAR Platinum software components are available to be downloaded and installed from there. No SN or auth codes required. The CCC will handle the activations for you. Ensure that you have the Cakewalk by BandLab plugin scan path set to where you have the synths installed.

Is your keyboard working at all in Cakewalk? Is your keyboard assigned to the MIDI input of your track? Is the input echo enabled on your track? Ober works great here!

I may have to demo this Novum thingy! There is a rather long, and enthusiastic thread over at VI-Control containing a discussion with the developer, Peter V of Dawesome. https://vi-control.net/community/threads/the-dawesome-thread-novum-available.111744/page-32

It was included when I got it. But I was a late adopter, so it was likely already added. All current online references that still list the features for 4.0 include Nectar 3 Plus. Internet Archive: May 2021 http://web.archive.org/web/20210511051821/https://www.izotope.com/en/shop/music-production-suite-4.html