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IK has a Syntronik instrument based on the Roland JX series, Syntronik DCO-X (not free unless you get in on the current IK Group Buy at the $49 level (23 free for 1 purchase): https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/syndcox/ Group Buy details (in case you have been living under a rock): https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?item_id=11269

What happened to me is that I picked up the Total Studio 2 Maxgrade crossgrade the last time it was offered for a discount. It included AmpliTube 4 MAX, so I got all of the nickel/dime gear. So I have used as many GB freebie slots as I could for the available collections and extra gear that wasn't part of AT4 MAX. Now I have AT5 SE, fully loaded! I also filled out T-RackS 5 MAX with all of the TR5 modules released since MAX. And the same for SampleTank. I now have everything in the freebie list available at the $149 level. And still have 15 freebie slots that cannot be used!

Yes, as it's $49 to upgrade from RX8 Standard direct from iZotope, so that looks like a standard JRR discount.

It works, but it seems to be an unnecessary tool. It causes a plugin scanner to re-scan EVERY plugin in the shell anytime even just one of them was added or updated. Adds a bit of time if you have many Waves plugins. Just an aggravation, that you need to disable automatic scanning to avoid.

This question being asked in an instrument thread might imply that you are seeking a virtual guitar instrument plugin. But the context of your post implies that you are referring to a guitar amp sim plugin, similar to TH-U. To reply in context to the TH-U plugin, the leading alternatives would probably be IK AmpliTube 5 and NI Guitar Rig. I have Amplitube 5 SE, and it far exceeds my needs! Right now, IK Multimedia is having a group buy until the end of the month that will give you 23 free IK software products for equal or lesser value then 1 qualifying item that you purchase! Just buy one qualifying item, such as AmpliTube 5 SE, and you are automatically entered. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/25gb/ You can also check out free versions of IK and NI amp sims at these links: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/amplitube5cs/ https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/guitar/guitar-rig-6-player/

If you at least get into AmpliTube 5 for the SE version, you will get the custom VIR tech with 600 impulses per speaker, 3D mic tech view, 3 simultaneous amp & cabs, the mixer, looper, & 8-track recorder. These features are not available in the CS version of AT5.

It was the first music video shown on MTV in the US, airing at 12:01 a.m. on 1 August 1981.

I think the Cakewalk Reference Guide PDF is probably the best way to learn Cakewalk with 2,200 pages. But the "Creative Sauce" videos may ease the leaning curve a bit, with practical use examples and a very entertaining host ...

Nice chat with Tracy!

I will have to add, that I am most impressed with Orange Tree and Indiginus. My two favorites!

I have RX8 Standard (included in iZotope Music Production Suite 4). And Sound Forge Pro 13. So I'll be happy for a while. No subscriptions, or WUP for me, LOL!

That's why they developed Product Manager. It used to be a real pain in the a** to do it that way.

That's what I do today. I have a desktop DAW and a laptop for use as a portable office when I travel. Almost all of my other plugins have at least 2 machine activations per license. I have select audio apps and plugins installed on the laptop. I really like Scheps Omni Channel, and would hate to be without that. But the rest of Waves are replaceable IMO, except for the Abbey Road Collection. And I probably don't really need that on the road. I just wish Waves would catch up with the rest of the industry as far as licensing goes. I have plenty of USB ports on my DAW, but my laptop only has 3. That kind of limits my peripherals on the laptop, and I would rather not carry a hub just for the Waves flash drive... 🙄

You buy the 150 Gear Credits at the IK Store for $134.99, plus you can apply up to 30% of that using Jam Points (so for as low as $95 if you have 40 Jam Points). >>> https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/index.php?R=INIT&FV=all-credits-family-related-products&CV=Other Filter&PSEL=allcredits Then you purchase your qualifying item in the Custom Shop using these 150 fresh Gear Credits! You are in the GB at the $149 level.

Did you move any folders after installing Cakewalk? The default installation includes some Cakewalk FX. If not, try uninstalling and a complete re-install.

I have been building my own PCs for the past 20 years. And I have been moving away from hardware for the past 10 years. I'm on my 3rd PC in 10 years trying to achieve that goal. LOL!!! It's like an arms race. Just when you think you have a strong enough machine, along come the developers with some amazing new software... although that's typically more CPU hungry than the previous generation. Sometimes it just is what it is, and other times, maybe there is still some code optimization needed. I have always been conservative with my PC builds, and on a budget, and always try to stretch the lifetime of older machines. It pains me to "retire" a working PC that still has some legs. I have found that in the case of older hardware you will need to "strategize" your CPU usage for your projects. Freezing can be your friend. So can using busses to send multiple tracks to one effect plugin. But I am a synth and virtual instrument freak, and rarely use audio tracks. Those instrument tracks + effects can be very heavy!

A developer needs to code his application to be multi-thread capable. This DAW can share the load across cores, but some signal paths are limited to one core/thread.

In T-RackS itself.

I have a modern 9th gen Intel Core i5 with 6 cores locked at 4.3GHz. I get cracklies when a SINGLE core running an audio thread goes over the threshold for that thread. And while the other 5 cores are idling.

Yep, I noticed some cracklies while this track was playing back a MIDI file live. Had to freeze it to get the Lurssen running clean on the Master.

Deleting the new unauthorized plugins from your plugin folders used to give you a clean slate. However the new Tascam stuff persists here even after deleting the plugins... Probably have to revert back to the previous T-RackS installer now...

I don't have any issues with installation/authorization of Waves plugins. Plug and play here. Some of them are very, very nice! But I completely disagree with their 1 license limit, as well as their use of plugin shells. Those really s*ck!

And here is the Studio One Performance Monitor showing 1 instance of AT5 with all 4 X-pedals, plus 1 instance of MixBox with White 2A and Ambience modules active, This is on a Kontakt instrument track with Orange Tree Samples Evolution Rock Standard. Notice here that AT5 is the biggest CPU hog!

For standalone, Windows Task Manager should be sufficient, as each task is itemized. So here is an example of a project in Studio One with Lurssen on the Main Bus during playback. Notice the T-RackS 5 SSSR behaving nicely on the instrument track? Compare that to Lurssen, LOL. Obviously Lurssen should be used for mastering, and not in a mix like this, so this is just a demonstration. However, I would expect AT5 to be more in line like T-RackS 5 is here in a mix...