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Microsoft Defender in its Win10 & Win11 incarnations is the most compatible real-time AV that you can run on your PC. It also allows you to set exclusions for files, folders, or processes that you do not wish to be scanned. I have all of my audio stuff excluded. Defender now scores competitively in "Real World Protection" comparison tests with paid AV products. It scored 99% in the most recent test, and actually tied for top place with zero false positives! https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-february-may-2022/ https://www.av-comparatives.org/real-world-protection-test-methodology/ The old Microsoft Security Essentials for WinXP & Win7 were bottom of the barrel on detection, false positives, and performance. So bad, it was almost a joke! 3rd party AV used to be mandatory, but no longer. Just don't click willy-nilly on everything you see, download unknown files, or open unsolicited attachments and you will be fine.

I just noticed that this thread has the "HOT" flag on it now. 😜 -ibtl

The Coffee House rules: "Discussion of music related subjects. Off-topic posts will be deleted without warning. No politics. No religion. No obscenity. All love. Enjoy!" -ibtl

I don't know if anyone remembers, but the "Deals" forum wasn't always a Coffee House sub-forum. The mods moved it there at some point after some bad behavior had occurred, rather than shut it down. Don't recall the details, but the Coffee House is technically the "off-topic"section here. And Larry always proudly stated that he never "goes upstairs". ibtl

I generally avoid Facebook groups with only a few exceptions. The ones dedicated to hometown history can be interesting and generally harmless. I really hate when a vendor chooses to use Facebook groups as their primary customer communications channel. They lose!

This is one time that I'm thankful to be using Firefox as my default browser. Haven't opened anything Chrome based today!

ibtl +1

Go back and look at the picture of the crash log. His issue is clearly with the VST2. And please don't reply to me any further. I'm done here.

True statement. I guess you didn't read the OP word-for-word yourself, because you missed that he is using the VST2.

When you say negative stuff about a vendor here on the forum, you really should back it up with facts! Otherwise it just comes across as sour grapes and venting.

I'm not the one with the problem, was just trying to help the OP. You apparently meant well, but seem to be a bit off-track. Good luck!

From the iZotope Iris 2 Reference Manual, page 19: "There are multiple ways to import your own WAV or AIF samples into Iris 2, but you can also build folders in your designated sample library location to customize the sample organization to fit with your workflow."

I have no idea what you are going on about. I read everything. Please stop being condescending by implying that I have not read the posts.

That's a lot of synth for $10. I bought it years ago when it pushed my CPU over the limit. But on modern hardware it plays well. Great if you are into sound design and like to work with samples. You get 4 sample layers/slots to work with and you can import your own. Just the 11GB of factory samples alone is worth $10!

@Will.From the OP ^^^ And the Cakewalk crash report clearly shows the failed plugin as "M1.dll", not "M1.vst3. 😉 I think any confusion may have come about when the OP referenced the release of M1 that added the VST3, not that he was actually using that format. I assume that update is when his VST2 messed up as they overwrote his existing VST2 "M1.dll" with the newer version. Version 2.3.0 [PC/Mac] VST3 format support

He said he was using the ".dll" which implies it was the VST2.

Fixed!!! 😂

Cool, but you were asking what F'em could do...

I don't have the Arachnid library, but just guessing here... Since Biotek can load samples (even user imported) into any oscillator (4 osc per layer, 12 layers) it's quite possible the vocal snippets are part of the library used in the demo presets. Tracktion apparently doesn't make any claims either way regarding the demo. The synth responds to all MIDI channels (omni), so there is no way to set individual synth layers to receive on a specific MIDI channel. The demo was probably done with layered multiple instances of the synth with different presets used for each instance.

FM8 can't scale the UI, but F'em can. F'em also has 2 sample operators and a noise operator, so a bit more capability for sound design. So it looks like F'em can do anything that FM8 could and more...

Wishbone Ash, now that's a blast from the past!

Scroll down to the audio samples on this page. Drums, guitars, electric pianos, just about anything! https://cherryaudio.com/products/stardust-201

Starship Krupa started two threads, one for freeware instruments and another for freeware FX. To be a resource to point folks to when they ask about that. It might be nice to have one for synth and effects devs, particularly the smaller, indy devs...

So what you are saying is that we will probably save more money now that we don't know about those extra deals. 😜

Nobody really knows, but that BS was probably the final straw. However every time we start speculating why, the mods lock the thread so it's pointless to discuss. One of the mods stated that Larry is free to return when/if he feels like it.