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12 hours ago, John Vere said:

I understood that you could only obtain Roland VST instruments by subscription to the Roland Cloud. 

No, a lifetime key*) to Roland Sound Canvas VA can be bought for $69, e.g. from JRR Shop. I don't have that plugin myself, as I have a Roland SoundCanvas SC-88 Pro standing on my desk, but would that one go up in smoke, I'd probably buy it. How else would I be able to listen to all the unfinished material I have from the last century? And although I do have TTS-1 since SONAR X1, is not for me.

*) Make of that what you will.

Sweet. And now it dawns on me why it’s called Aurora. See the similarity to the word Austrian?

5 hours ago, Terry Kelley said:

I violated the rules and deleted this.

In a perfect world, everybody is his own moderator.

13 minutes ago, Fleer said:

I see Aurora as an add-on to the Austrian Grand, like a soundware pack, adding more samples and presets. Pretty pretty good. 

Indeed it is. So, does this mean that you've bought it?

23 minutes ago, Milton Sica said:

Another question I have is the possibility of installing the Theme Editor, as in previous topics I understood that, for the new version of Cakewalk, it will no longer be possible to use the Theme Editor.

Depends on what you mean by Cakewalk. The current Theme Editor will work with any version of CbB, but it won’t work with Sonar.

8 hours ago, User 905133 said:

Aurora is available immediately with a special introductory price of $79 / 79€, with crossgrade pricing of $39 / 39€ for users of Austrian Grand [...]

I think I see a pattern here.

As for Aurora, UVI says: “Aurora’s piano sound is based on a world-class concert grand recorded at the renowned Guillaume Tell sound stage in Paris.”

As for Austrian Grand, UVI says: “Billed as the ultimate concert grand, the Austrian Grand is renowned for its rich sound and exemplary dynamics. Deeply multi-sampled at the Guillaume Tell sound stage in Paris […]”

So, I would guess that the reason for letting owners of Austrian Grand get a deep discount is that Aurora most likely is based on the same samples. I really like Austrian Grand (a Bösendorfer), not least because of its clear, dark bass tones.

51 minutes ago, Vernon Barnes said:

Installed (I have the subscription), a very quick listen to some of the presets and a bit of tweaking and I think its going to be a winner.

I agree. These days I don’t buy any plugin unless it’s something totally different from what I already have. I’ve been playing through the presets now for a while and I find Aurora to be really inspiring, although I tend to turn off Textures for most of them.

As for the crossgrade price, I bought Aurora for €39. I do have the UVI Keysuite Bundle, so that might be it.

Installed!

Disclaimer: Any similarity to catch phrases used by actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.

2 hours ago, bmarlowe said:

So it looks like SD is another alternative to consider.

Just be aware that Superior Drummer is expensive and so are SDX Sound Expansions. If you're on a budget and up till now have been using SI Drums, Roland Sound Canvas and TTS-1, that might not be your first option.

Although EZD has many great features, I also prefer AD2. The main reason I also bought EZD was because of its Tap2Find feature, which I find pretty convenient. Also, the MIDI Drop Zone in EZD can be used as a target when dragging MIDI from e.g. AD2. Unfortunately, EZD doesn’t have a mapping function for other drum plugins (the only software map option is General MIDI), so it can be a hit-and-miss.

My workaround has been Toontrack EZplayer Pro, which I managed to buy before it was discontinued. It has an extensive mapping feature, including AD2 > EZD. Heck, it even has Cakewalk > EZD mapping, for those who might need it.
 

I have AD2, EZD2 and EZD3. I think they’re all great. The fact that AD2 hasn’t been updated in the last years is to me of less importance; the 21 drums kits, 14 additional kit pieces and 32 MIDI packs available should cover most genres.

As for MIDI packs, if you indeed want more MIDI in AD2, you can always buy MIDI packs from Toontrack and use them with AD2. To do that, in the AD2 Hamburger menu, just change the default mapping to EZD by selecting Map Window > Map Preset > Other Plugins >  TT – EZ. You don't even have to go through your DAW; just drag the MIDI from EZD right into the BEATS tab in AD2. And hey presto. Of course, for this to work you'd also need EZD installed.

13 hours ago, Kevin Lawrence said:

So! Any updates from the company? I'm trying to figure out what my next move is.

A few suggestions: lean back in your chair, keep making music, enjoy CbB, have a beer (or two), walk the dog if you’ve got one, come back, put on your slippers and make some more music. It’s totally free of charge.

Rest assured that information will come the day Sonar is ready.

On 2/3/2024 at 4:57 PM, Hillmy said:

I don't want to spread rumors or let speculations run wild.

Is this your first visit to The Coffee House?

There are already two threads about this. I don't think we need a third one.

I’ve never before seen Softube TSAR-1R Reverb go below $39 so maybe this is the time for me to get it. What’s especially interesting for Cakewalk users is that TSAR-1R includes a ProChannel module embedded in the VST2 dll, although versions newer than 2.5.46 will crash CbB.

Still, I have a dedicated TSAR-1R 2.5.46 installer around somewhere, courtesy of Softube support, so that shouldn’t stop me.

Both Komplete Kontrol and Kontakt comes in both executable and plugin form.  As you want them to interact with CbB, you need to use the VST plugins, and not the executables. The plugins will show up in the plugin browser, provided that

1. You've got the paths to your NI plugins (VST2 and/or VST3) included in Edit > Preferences > File > VST Settings | VST Scan Paths
2. You've run a plugin rescan, either manual or automatic.

21 minutes ago, John Vere said:

Do they go on sale?  

No , that's the thing with Soundpaint. It's said they will never go on sale, but the prices are always pretty low.

Also, there are a few free libraries you may want to download. You won't find instruments like that in TTS-1.

• 1928 Vintage Grand Steinway

• Adastra Ambiences

1 hour ago, John Vere said:

OK so it seem the only ones mentioned all use Kontakt paid version right?

No, not really. I mentioned an instrument which runs inside Soundpaint, which is free. 

You have the Soundpaint Steel Drum for $15 that runs inside the free Soundpaint engine. Soundpaint is part of 8DIO so it might very well be based on the same samples as mentioned above, although you won't need Kontakt or Reaktor.

Some text in the Control Bar would be possible to change quite easily by making a user theme, but perhaps not all. Most graphical elements are png files. This is for instance what the Tools Module's Background image in Tungsten looks like unedited.

Unless someone does it for you, you'll need the Cakewalk Theme Editor installed and some bitmap editor.

Well, I've got a Behringer UMC404HD as well (although I'm still using ASIO driver version 5.51.0).

I inserted EZdrummer 3 into a new, empty project in CbB and dragged a groove called 'Fills 01' to position 1:01:000. I can hear all hits, including the first one, from the very beginning and not only from the first iteration of the loop.

Maybe check the Event List to see if there are a large number of events that needs to be processed at the very beginning of the MIDI clip?

I have no experience of Musescore, but I do have both UVI Workstation and UVI Orchestral Suite. If you have inserted the MIDI from Musescore into CbB, it should be, just as John said, a matter of assigning each MIDI track to a unique MIDI channel, say 1-5, each containing a different instrument. There are actually two ways to do this in UVI Workstation; you can have a separate instance of UVI Workstation on each track, each with its own instrument, or you can setup a multi containing all instruments in one single instance. I will explain the less intuitive option here, the Multi, as separate instances on each track are pretty straight-forward.

In my example below I have loaded Orchestral Suite, clicked on MULTI and in the slots available chosen the instruments I want to use. There are four default slots but you can add additional slots by clicking the Plus button. In my example, I have added one additional slot, or a total of five. You can have up to 16 MIDI channels.

The receiving MIDI channels (in my example MIDI channel 1-5, called A1-A5) will be increased automatically for each slot, but you can always change that if needed. In MULTI you can also change volume, pan etc. for each instrument.

Finally, you go to the MAIN tab and make adjustments such as selecting articulation for each instrument. I my example I have selected Bass Wheel > Sustain. Articulations can be changed over time through the red key switches on the left (A-1 to G#-1). Effects are added in the EFFECTS tab, if needed.

Of course, as I have no idea your level of experience, I may have said thing you find very basic.

Good luck.

24 minutes ago, grannis said:

I just tried to find ins2map, but the website no longer seems to be there. Anyone know where it might be? Or can someone share the utility? thanks!

I think that @Starship Krupa in the thread below mentioned that he had a copy of it and can send it over if requested by PM.

Or, even better, if he maybe can post a permanent link to the file in the Instrument Definition area.

23 minutes ago, Steve Patrick said:

The missing VST3s are all in the common files folder as they should be but don't scan.

One...the new G-Force M-Tron has a weird suffix...not "dll" which I figure is it's problem.  But the new Fab Filter L2 upgrade has the usual . dll suffix but still doesn't scan.

VST3 plugins have the file extension "vst3" and not "dll". DLL files placed in the Common Files\VST3 folder are by design not scanned by CbB, as they potentially are VST2 plugins. Maybe what you believe are VST3 plugins in fact are VST2?

Just my two cents.