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I also purchase all my games from GOG. As for Obduction, it was a giveaway at GOG in June 2019. I was actually surprised that ZincT’s post drew so little attention at the time.

Oh, I didn’t know that. So sad to hear. Benoît Sokal was a fantastic game developer and also a great artist.

Not a traditional deal in this forum, but GOG currently offers Syberia I and II as a giveaway. Sure, it's been around for years (Syberia I was released in 2002 and Syberia II in 2005) but I think it’s still a very good point-and-click puzzle-solving DRM free game. Also, I find the musical score really beautiful, particularly in Syberia I *). Those episodes actually managed to keep my interest long enough to make me continue to the end without stop playing in the midst of it (a rare event indeed). Claim a free copy here: https://www.gog.com/game/syberia_i_ii Additionally, Syberia 3 came in 2017 (yes, I’ve got it in my GOG account) and Syberia 4 is just around the corner. *) That was the musical connection for those of you about to call for a moderator. Edit: This offer only lasts for 72 hours and ends on 17th July 2021, at 1 PM UTC.

Thanks, glad you liked it. As for the T over the W on the Write Automation button (I saw your post pre-edit); as you may have found out, it's not a mishap. It simply indicates which automation mode is currently selected for that track - Touch, Latch or Overwrite. Read more here: https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Automation.04.html

Behringer use real ASIO drivers for all but their cheapest interfaces. Here's a screenshot of my own Behringer UMC404HD Control Panel. Take note of the logo.

I couldn’t have said it better myself. Well, maybe slightly.

Same here. Although I do have my own custom template, I’ve made it my default so I just press Ctrl+N whenever I want to create a new project. I never go through the Start Screen. Guess it was the puzzle-solving that intrigued me.

For the first time ever, I got a message from 8DIO saying that some of their instruments have got an update in the last few months. As awkward as it may seem, there’s normally no way of telling what version is the latest even if you go into your 8DIO account. Anyway, this might be one small step in the right direction. The instruments they mention are these: The New Century Solo Brass - Solo Trombone v1 (June 24) The Bible of Salsa Volume 3 v1.1 (June 24) Ostinato Woodwinds Volume 2 v1.3 (June 18) Studio Percussion Orchestral v1.1 (June 18) The New Solo Taiko v1.1 (June 18) Hybrid Tools NEO v1.1 (June 2) Ostinato Woodwinds Volume 1 v1.1 (May 4) Century Ostinato Strings Chapter II - Advanced Patterns v1.1 (April 27) Anthology Strings v1.3 (April 23) Liberis Angelic Choir v2.1 (April 21) Oh, well. I only got two of these and my internet connection could be worse. *) NaD = Not a Deal. Yup, I just invented that acronym.

In a recent post Glenn Stanton described a solution where you can use any icon you want in a template without having to include magic words in the file name. After adding the image you simply save as a normal project and then change the file extension to cwt. I tried it out and it seems to work flawlessly. See his post here:

Yes, thank you! That was it! Just for fun I created a couple of templates and added some images from the Rapture Pro thumbnails folder. The result looks better than the default icon, I would say.

Great having Tempo Track grid lines. However, all but the two top-most horizontal grid lines disappear when Alt+T is toggled. Also, the Alt+T shortcut is still not present in the Track View’s View menu (reported in 2021.06 EA). Edit: Both these issues were later fixed in 2021.06 Update 1. 👍

Recently Meteor and now Asteroid. Am I beginning to see a pattern here? I guess the next one will be called Comet.

Take note that this is the old UVI Retro Organs that UVI hasn’t sold since 2015 when the current UVI Retro Organ Suite was released. Also, take note that the SoundCloud examples on the JRRShop page actually references the instrument UVI Mello (Mellotron). Oh, well.

The release history of Lead is included in the pdf linked to in the Gran Vista & Carbon theme thread, but of course I should have added a link in this thread as well. I have now expanded and restructured that document a bit to make its dual nature more obvious and also added a link in the OP of this thread. Enjoy!

Windows 10 1909 reached the end of servicing on May 11, 2021 and won’t receive security updates after that (link). I had 1909 on my old ThinkPad and saw no option but to try to update to 20H2 as suggested. It succeeded on the second attempt last week.

No biggie, but still: Alt+T toggles Show/Hide Tempo Track in Track View, but there's no mention of that keyboard shortcut in the Track View’s View menu. This makes it easy to overlook.

Go to Project > Insert Tempo Change and tap that big button called “Click here to tap tempo”.

Interesting . That’s the first sound pack ever for Lounge Lizard. I never thought I’d see one. And it’s not even visible at AAS' site yet.

The grid resolution is determined by your Snap settings. You now seem to have Snap set to 1/8 Note so if you change that to for instance 1/16 or 1/32 in the Snap module, the grid lines will display accordingly. Extra, extra! Read all about it! https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=ControlBar.05.html

A week ago I also received a strange mail confirming a purchase I did in 2018, but the day after 8DIO support sent out a new mail saying the first mail had been sent out by mistake due to a system update.

The Tempo Track is a great addition. However, the Tempo Inspector doesn’t respond to decimal commas, only decimal points. When trying to enter a tempo containing a comma as a decimal separator, the decimal is simply ignored. However, when entering a decimal comma for a node in the Tempo Track context menu, it is indeed acknowledged as a decimal separator. Would it be possible to make the Tempo Inspector acknowledge the regional setting Decimal Symbol as set in Windows? Almost all of Europe and also e.g. South America uses comma as decimal separator, so that's what you will find on the numeric keypad on your keyboard. And, after all, it already works that way in most other parts of CbB. Edit: This issue was later fixed in CbB 2021.06.

UVI has just made 3.0.21 available for Windows as well in UVI Portal. I can't find any release notes, but one thing that I'm sure of is that a bug in the Windows version of 3.0.20 has been fixed. Each time you changed presets in UVI Workstation 3.0.20 there was a pretty annoying Windows system message sound being heard. I just downloaded and installed 3.0.21 and the annoying sound is definitely no more.

Is this the proper time and place to bring cow abduction to the agenda?

Your wait is over. Lead has now been updated to 2021.04 build 175, and that goes for Gran Vista and Carbon as well. Enjoy!

A modification made to 2021.04 build 175 rendered the buttons in the Meter/Key view practically invisible in dark custom themes. This has now been fixed in the theme Lead. See below, before and after. The theme can be downloaded from the links supplied in the first post. There you will also find a link to the release history.