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The worst case scenario is to dust off the credit card and head to the Steinberg shop... The cheapest scenario would be to spend more time with your backup DAWs if you got 'em, just in case. *Edit: the worst, worst case would be if you decided you needed to buy a Mac so that you could buy Logic Pro. The bonus there is that you would get Garage Band for free!!! 🤣

OK, great! And if you do ever decide to take a peek with an alternative MIDI event list editor, the Reaper DAW has a decent one. Reaper is fully functional and free to download and use for 60 days. https://www.reaper.fm/ Reaper is a very small 15MB download, and it has a much more modern UI than that Anvil Studio linked above. Anvil is still currently being developed, but looks like something still lost in the 90's.

You can just drag and drop a pattern from the SI browser onto your MIDI instrument track in the Cakewalk timeline.

Well since the problem moved with the clip, that's pretty convincing evidence that the problem is in there somewhere! Good luck! Maybe take a look at that MIDI clip using another MIDI event list editor. Here's one: https://www.anvilstudio.com/

Might not be obvious, as some plugins allow MIDI out to be enabled in their settings. If that was the case, a plugin on another track could be sending MIDI to any other track with "Omni" input selected and input echo enabled. I see that you also have input echo enabled. You could test this by setting the MIDI input for the selected track to something you absolutely know is not sending MIDI, such as "Virtual Controller". Otherwise, you can be fairly certain that it's something stored in the recorded MIDI data for that track.

I see that track is set for input "Omni". Is there a chance another channel is sending MIDI out? Omni will receive MIDI data from any source, even if it's not really intended for that track.

Are you soloing a recorded track in your project? Maybe something got corrupted. Open a fresh project, drop in the plug, and play it live. That's what I just did. Sounds fine at 48 on my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2.

It's probably best not to assume that any plugin's internal DSP is compatible with every sample rate available in a DAW, at least until you test it in your environment. I tend to leave my DAW and interface set at 48, and so far haven't experienced any issues with that. Just fired up my Ample P lite and it sounds OK at 48. I would expect any serious plugin issues to be compatibility with very high sampling rates.

Right.

Neoverb is the newest, and is iZotope branded with some AI on-board, accessible via the iZotope Product Portal. The classic Exponential reverbs that I have, such as Phoenix, R4, and Nimbus are very good! But they have their own download and activation methods. iLok required, and only one device per license. Possibly won't be updated in the future. I compared Neoverb with R4 and Nimbus. I think that although Neoverb has a newer simpler interface, I found it easier to find the sound I wanted with the Exponential reverbs.

IK's Hammond B-3X is endorsed by Hammond. So yeah...wait for a sale! With the B-3X you can set up separate MIDI channels for the two manuals and the bass pedals, i.e., 3 controllers. As a close second, you can't really go wrong with the Arturia B-3 V. But then I'm not an organist, so I'm just judging by my ears. Probably a good option if you already own a V Collection, but not so much as a standalone purchase. And I have had the Air DB-33 Tonewheel Organ for years, and it sounds good, but probably not as much as the others mentioned. And it's currently $29 at Audio Deluxe. https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/air-db-33 https://soundbytesmag.net/db33byairmusic/

It appears that samplers and synthesizers need to be evaluated separately. It seems to me that it's a complex mix of source content, internal plugin DSP, and the project sample conversion rate for mixdown and output.

Yep seems to be mostly popular for trance and EDM. Endorsed by many DJ's.

Yeah, that's the only one still on my wish list!

I've never used Spire, but found a review here on SoundBytes mag from a few years ago. https://soundbytesmag.net/review-spire-reveal-sound/

Pigments is absolutely worth it, especially if you are into "sculpting" your own sounds. If you are looking for a preset machine, it has plenty of those too, but then so do many other synths. What makes this synth stand out: Arturia has made all of the version upgrades since v1 free for Pigments owners. So the v2.0, v3.0 and 3.5 were free upgrades. Great value!!! It offers many types of synthesis on-board, in an easy to use, intuitive package. You can also import your own waves into the wavetable engine. Here is a good overview at Sweetwater, as well as a playlist of video demonstrations >>> https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Pigments3--arturia-pigments-3-software-synthesizer Wavetable, analog, granular, and harmonic engines: a quadruple threat Wavetable synths are used to create many of the cutting-edge sounds you hear in today’s blockbuster movies, television series, and hit records. Granular synthesis is capable of creating otherworldly synth sounds by deconstructing sampled material. Harmonic additive synthesis manipulates partials for next-level sound design. And analog synthesis remains a staple of contemporary music making. Combining modern wavetable synthesis, granular synthesis, harmonic synthesis, and analog modeling in one powerful, easy-to-use soft synth, Pigments is a synthesis platform that gives you the best of all worlds. From bombastic basses to evolving pads to molten leads, this soft synth has you covered. Arturia Pigments lets you run up to two sound engines — a triple-oscillator virtual-analog engine, a detailed granular synthesis engine, a harmonic synth engine, or a complex wavetable engine with morphing and import — in parallel for impossibly fat sounds with off-the-charts depth, dimensionality, and harmonic richness.

The magazine industry and the newspaper industry face similar challenges. The advertisers are what have provided the majority of the income for publishing companies for decades. But the internet has been changing that, as more and more advertisers have moved online, looking for clicks. It's been much worse for daily newspapers. Periodical magazines still have the full page, full color, paying advertisements, but they also a have niche readership that is specifically targeted by manufacturers, i.e., music gear in the case of SOS. Have you noticed that in the past few years most of the major newspapers with an online presence have moved their formerly free "content" behind paywalls? Thankfully SOS seems to be doing well enough that they don't need to be entirely dependent on subscription revenue to survive.

Not for me. Got 'em already, LOL!!! 🤣

There's probably a formula somewhere that sets advertising rates per pair of registered eyeballs, regardless whether they are paid readers or not. The print subscription rates probably cover the cost of ink, paper, and shipping for the hardcopy version.

I would go for Pigments if you haven't got that yet. That's a great synth with a fun workflow that can do almost anything! I've got Augmented Strings, but not sure I have a need for the Voices right now. I have acquired about 4 of the Arturia FX as freebies, and they are very nice. But for the rest of their FX modules, I've already got so many FX covered elsewhere (such as in MixBox, T-RackS 5 MAX, Eventide, Exponential, Kilohearts, Melda, Native Instruments, Plugin Alliance, Softube, Waves, etc.). I believe I've hit the wall with FX, LOL!!! Time to actually trim down...

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Must be that tea you were sipping. 🤣

Just got the email a few minutes ago...

Correct. The current deal is for 50% off individual software instruments, FX, and sound banks until August 11th. Arturia runs deals on upgrades and crossgrades separately at other times of the year.

A quick way to browse & preview the Arturia sound banks is to browse them via the "Store" tab in Analog Lab. The current 50% off price is reflected there. If you click on a bank, without adding it to the cart, it will download the preset pack and "unlock" a few presets that you can audition.