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Delete the "IK Product Manager" folder that the IKPM uses to download products and unzip them for install. It will create it again whenever needed.

If an install process got interrupted in the middle, that folder may contain corrupt files.

3 hours ago, Frank said:

Minor bug fixes

General reliability improvements

That's some really annoying generic change log info. I really wish IKM would list the items that were fixed or improved!

Which instrument?

The standard recommendation is to open an IKM support ticket.

5 minutes ago, InstrEd said:

Maybe Bandlab will include them in the upcoming major update 🙂

We've been hoping that for what now,  five years?

Not holding my breath, LOL!!!

The assigned I/O ports for the instrument track are possibly different than when you first created the existing project. Cakewalk can shuffle them around, especially if you connect new audio hardware to the PC, or switch to a new PC. Probably not obvious, but worth checking the routing carefully and compare with a new project.

3 minutes ago, Mister Cakewalk sonar said:

I installed cakewalk Bandlab for free from the site through the installer, but what about these plugins? maybe after years they are free? Z3TA 2, what's wrong with her now?

Groove synth, Z3ta1, Dimension, Cakewalk Rapture, RgcAudio Pentagon are not free. The downloads are still available from a legacy Cakewalk Sonar account, but for registered legacy users only. They would need to have been registered to your account prior to November 2017. In other words, it's too late to create a new account, but if you had an old account, BandLab support can assist with resetting the password.

http://www.cakewalk.com/Gibson-Announcement

http://www.cakewalk.com/announcement

TTS-1 is among the plugins that BandLab has bundled for free with CbB. The other legacy Sonar plugins that you mentioned have never been re-released since BandLab acquired Cakewalk's software. There is nothing wrong with them (other than age), but it has been BandLab's decision as the new owner not to distribute them.

1 minute ago, ralfrobert said:

Sometimes with third party stuff, once or twice dragging and dropping something, a spontaneous one now and then. All of this on Win 10, and S1, Reaper and Bitwig are very stable under the same conditions. 

So no way I even consider it for everyday work. 

Well, that's probably not everyone's experience, so as with anything you should (and did) try a free (or trial version) to see how compatible any software is with your studio setup. As you found out and moved on since you have other DAWs that work for you.

There are countless variables in the computer environment one uses, so sometimes isolated stuff just happens. Not everything is a widespread one-size-fits-all problem.

I haven't particularly noticed any totally random crashes since like Waveform v8 or v9, although I've had a few that I could pin to a specific plugin not liking Waveform.

7 minutes ago, ralfrobert said:

Out of interest: Did you use it extensively?

No not really. I use it mostly for creative experiments, so it's not my main DAW. What type of crashes did you experience and were you using any 3rd party plugins?

Stability is often based on how well a DAW responds to misbehaving plugins. Waveform has had a few challenges in that regard over the years, but v12 seems quite stable. Especially with the newly rewritten audio engine.

"Our developers have painstakingly and completely rewritten the audio engine resulting in greatly reduced CPU load, perfect PDC in all routing configurations and better support for modern machines with a higher number of CPU cores."

https://www.tracktion.com/products/waveform-pro-whats-new

1 minute ago, Magic Russ said:

Was there ever an answer on whether the serials for MIDI packs are use it or lose it like the serials for the sound packs?

I never saw an official answer, but I assume that MIDI packs won't need to be changing versions like the sound expansions will need to be.

I mean like, MIDI is MIDI...

5 minutes ago, dubdisciple said:

read manuals or use plugins the way they were intended

What a great concept!

7 hours ago, John Maar said:

But I still get that message every time I start up Native Access v3. Every time. Sheesh. 🙄

Ditto!

So add the freebie edition of Bassroom to the NFU category (Not For Upgrade).

I was hoping that I wouldn't like Bitwig 8-track. But I did.

I really didn't need another DAW, but the Clip Launcher in parallel with the Arranger timeline was very appealing, as is the plugin browser arrangement.

But thankfully, Bitwig saved me some money by limiting my plugins to 2, so that I couldn't really use it enough to justify the expense of upgrading to Studio. I am already fully invested in Ableton Live 11 Suite, so it's not actually something that I would NEED to do. 😉

4 hours ago, Music Software Deals said:

Removing JRR: Unfortunately we've had to remove JRR from our price tracking, not because of a lack of financial incentive (they don't have an affiliate program) but because the way they name products on their website makes it impossible to continue tracking accurately. For example, every other store would name a product something like "Granulate by Company" but JRR renames every product with lots of keywords (probably for SEO) so "Granulate by Company" becomes "Granulate Granular AU/VST Synth Plugin  by Company". This creates two versions of the same product on our website and while we do have a process for merging duplicate products (when a deal is merged with another, our site remembers the previous name and will auto merge it in future based on that name) its impossible to do it for the multiple thousands of products they have on their store and as our aim is to be as automated as possible, we had to just give up trying to continually fix their product names 😔

Did you try sending a note to "Uncle E" to see if there is any way JRR could standardize their product naming? I'm sure that they would likely prefer to remain on a tool that drives traffic to their website, if it's not too major of a hoop for them to jump thru...

No suscription, no WUP, and no NFR!!! 😁

5 minutes ago, Bapu said:

Isn't CbB #1 here? 

CbB is still one of my many favorites! Of course, not as many as you have! 😂

Ableton #1 here: https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-best-daws-the-best-music-production-software-for-pc-and-mac

15 minutes ago, TheSteven said:

I'm waiting for NI's summer sale, typically 50% off.

Me too!!!

PreSonus gave away a license to Bassroom a couple years ago to Studio One users. Emailed a license key.

 I played around with it at the time and it really looked useful, but haven't used it for anything. An EQ just for the low end. Among my long list of other lost and forgotten plugins, LOL!

Haven't tried any of their other plugins yet.

Previous discussion here (scroll down for a YouTube review featured by our own Zo):

https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/27929-from-presonus-for-studio-one-customers-bassroom-for-free/

From PreSonus, for Studio One Customers: BASSROOM for free!

We’ve partnered with our friends over at Mastering The Mix to give Studio One customers BASSROOM for free! BASSROOM is a final mix and mastering EQ that helps beginners and pros get their low-end sounding great.

Just now, kitekrazy said:

Wrong! Ableton Live Suite is the best.

Well not to brag, but I do have Live Suite 11. So no argument here...

Hmmm... "Eligible" plugins seems to be the key here! Try for 3 by bx.

Ableton Live is the best!!!

I'll get my coat...