Fwrend

Lindell Audio 80 Series and  Shadow Hills . . . . . 'cause

I'm easy
It's PA
This will be the new PA minimum - can't pass it up
Someday, I'll need and USE every plugin I've ever purchased
I was broke without it, why not be broke with it?

Sigh, succombnation

...but not on the upgrades 😪

Agree et al - hail (and thanks) King L!!

Yep, picked up a few myself - thanks Larry!

It would be nice if PA would apply the same credit to their upgrade suggestions for those  plugs you already have - in this case the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Class A.  There's only $30 difference between the retail price on these two.

On 11/19/2019 at 2:31 PM, Fleer said:

Having bought their “All Samples from Mars” I’m wondering if this one’s included, as it came out later. 

I did have it before the All Samples offer but I think you will know if you'll go back to your original email with the link to access your downloads.  Mine is there.

Mine says "Your $25 voucher will require a minimum order of $39"

EDIT: probably because I only own 44 of their plugins!!  🥶

14 hours ago, Peter - IK Multimedia said:

How do you like your Alvarez?  I haven't had one in decades.  That model looks really interesting.  Currently I am limited to two acoustics, both Takamine (sound great, not super upset if I ding them around playing a live set) which I really like. 

To the spending part, I hear you.  I'm taking my wife to one of those Brazilian "meat party" restaurants for our anniversary soon and I know that will cost more than this guitar!

Hey Peter - firstly, I'm not an accomplished guitarist nor aficionado but I love the guitar.  It was a birthday gift from my newly wed wife back '82 so it has great sentimental value and is the main reason I still have it.  "Guitarists" who have played it all say it is a good sounding guitar and have enjoyed playing it.  There are a few YT videos of owners demonstrating it so you can get an idea there.

RE the Brazilian eatery, yes, you'll spend probably twice what this (Indio) guitar costs.  We've eaten there (DFW, TX Metro area) when we were down talking to a church about a music position.  After the service that went late we had no idea where to go but thought "hey, this a special day - let's stop in here!"  HA!!  I think it was like $120 bucks before we got out of there and we really didn't have it at the time.  Lesson learned.  But, it was very good and like gear, WAY too many choices, <belch!>

I bit as I only have an acoustic (Alvarez 5029) and it seems kind of strange to play it live into the DAW->AmpSim to get a quasi electric sound haha - I've spent more taken the Mrs. to dinner!!

37 minutes ago, kitekrazy said:

I think what holds a DAW back is lack of 3rd party tutorials.  Groove3 now has one for X4. 

...and don't forget to check out Martin's videos on Youtube - short and concise.  youtube.com/kraznet

On 1/19/2020 at 11:39 PM, Steve Moor said:

My Behringer XR18 only works in 48khz.  

Sure it can be set to 44.1khz.

OR, as Willsa shows, set your project settings first then let CbB do the conversion for you.

9 hours ago, Willsa said:

Highlight only the strips you want to narrow. So, every time you want to narrow only a specific group of tracks, you have to highlight only that group you wish to narrow.

1: Click on the first track of the group, and drag as you highlight at the bottom.

2: Next- hold down Ctrl and select narrow strips.  Move to your other groups and do exactly the same.

 

Step 1: Highlight the other  4/5 group tracks.

Step 2: Hold down Ctrl and Narrow those.

                 When you highlight don't press down on Ctrl. You only press and hold down on Ctrl when selecting "Narrow Strips"

 

You can also hold down Ctrl to select NON-adjacent tracks.  Then  hold down Ctrl as you select "Narrow Strips" as stated.

Yep, I agree Z, you can see the square edge on the right side of the a

I missed the discounted crossgrade to Cubase from Cakewalk back when opting to get Samplitude ProX of which there is a lot I like.  But it hasn't caused me to dedicate myself to one DAW like I was hoping.

I own WaveLab 10, SpectraLayers 6, & Absolute 3 so I emailed SB about expanding the crossgrade offer of $400 which might be tempting but I'm not sure it would push me over the edge even then.

FYI, Nuendo/Cubase Comparison

EDIT: my current options as a new user would be

Cubase Competitive Crossgrade $367.98
Nuendo New (currently) $588
Nuendo Competitive Crossgrade $700 (without eLicenser) 😊

FYI, if you don't have this video or Groove 3 subscription:

Hi Chris, as Byron stated, the plugin relies on the license.txt file provided by Harrison when you purchase it.  This file must be placed in your root folder like below.  Alternately, the plugin  allows you to just drop the file in when you first open it asks for the license which seems to be your problem.  FYI, all of my AVA plugs load without issue though I'm just using VST3 versions.

Do you have another DAW you can try it in?  That would at least allow you to activate it and verify it's working.  Other than re-installing CnB and the plug, I'm not sure what else to suggest.

Well, done sir(s)!  I like it.

FYI, no crash here  inserting Q3 to FX on empty project and to a track with a stereo file loaded with or without Ozone9 on Master Bus.

Surface Pro 4
Win 10.0.18363
CnB 2019.12
Q3 3.11

Thanks Jim!  Another good resource is Glitch Free PDF by Brad at Canabile

13 hours ago, Brian Walton said:

That being said this is software that is actually worth the full retail price and then some.  It really is the best value on the market even at the normal price.  

Thanks et al for the info on Affinity!     I've got a small project this week for an event poster and tickets - will put Publisher through the paces.  I agree, $49 seems very reasonable for a fine product - reminiscent  of companies like Valhalla. 

More info from a conversation on the Samplitude Forum (must be logged in) for those still on the fence on this one.  I did purchase it mainly for the additional stuff as I have Vegas Pro 14 (refuse to give Magix another $199) and dabbled in Resolve.  I'm not a power user but this was interesting.

Philw: I've installed Hitfilm Express (free) to discover, but there's no way to setup audio pref, that's insane, I have no sound (meters works, clip has audio in it).

Trensharo: I would use HitFilm Pro over Free Resolve, unless I used formats only supported by Resolve (and not HitFilm).

I would use Resolve Studio over HitFilm Pro, though, except for small[er] hobby projects where I just don't want to deal with the "extras," forced project setup/management, and don't have a lot of footage to manage.

Ignite Pro can be used with practically any NLE, incl. Resolve, but what's supported depends on the particular host.  Generally you won't get full support in anything that isn't a Compositing/VFX package (Adobe After Effects, Apple Motion, maybe [not] Blackmagic Fusion).

For small projects, HitFilm is fine, though.  I got the bundle, mostly for the Ignite Pro Plugins... but I also replaced my VEGAS Pro install with HitFilm Pro.  FXhome supports the projects better ,and with VEGAS you're perpetually waiting on fixes and stuck with a broken product when a new one is released.  Samplitude Pro X is fortunate to have a longer release cadence, IMHO.

Also, anytime I have to reinstall VEGAS Pro (sometimes it would get broken to the point where I have to do this), I'd have to reinstall Sound Forge Pro and ACID Pro, since Uninstalling VEGAS Pro breaks all of the DIrectX plugins and often I have to do a full registry clean and then reinstall everything to fix it (or I'd get random error messages due to things not being registered properly).  Only happens with VEGAS Pro 😞

Philw: I am not enough pro in video to go deep inside softs... your experience is interesting, thanks.

Anyway, I have a reply from the Hitfilm forum and... it's a joke... you CAN'T setup the audio in this soft, period. It's a powerful soft, that can be used professionally, but you can't setup the audio...?!?! how it's possible, in 2019 ? Win Audio is deactivated here, I use only the soundcard, so it's dead. Impressive.

Trensharo: HitFilm is a VFX/Compositing Application with necessary editing functionality tacked onto it.  It is not a DAW turned into an NLE like VEGAS Pro.

Some applications have holdover "issues" informed by history.  For example, Resolve is an amazing NLE, but it has stupid high GPU requirements that result from its history as a color grading platform.  So, even if you run it only for Audio Post (Fairlight), you still need a decent GPU or you're going to run into performance issues.

Because HitFilm started off as a budget alternative to After Effects, this has informed its early development, and that's why it has this shortcoming today.

For years, HitFilm Pro (which used to include the Ignite Plugins, as well) was bundled in the Vegas Pro Suites by Sony.  So, many people would get VEGAS Pro Suite as a cheaper alternative to the Adobe Video Suite (Vegas, HitFilm, and Sound Forge Pro, DVD Architect, etc.).  This is why HitFilm has shipped integration plugins for VEGAS Pro since many years ago.

If you need an NLE with good Audio functionality, then HitFilm Pro is not the NLE for you.  I don't even think it supports VST plugins.  It's a VFX/Compositing Solution with the necessary editing functionality built into it.

This would not be a problem, except it doesn't support common interchange formats like OMF and AAF...

SO either get VEGAS Pro 16/17 + HitFilm Pro, or use a different NLE like Resolve Studio while saving money and gaining on functionality (but also system requirements), without the round tripping headache (Resolve does not support ASIO, though).

20 hours ago, cclarry said:

We're getting REALLY redundant on these things...just FYI....
There are like 3 or 4 threads discussing this just in this forum!

I agree but since this was really about The Orchestra, I didn't want it missed.  I missed the mishap on the Complete upgrade  and then missed the KVR sale of Amadeus at $85 - took the 4 grandkids on a short trip and been on the road for 16 hours - HIGH priority and memories we'll all benefit from!

For myself, I am still dragging my Gas!   Which isn't a bad thing but I'm still considering my options on this product.  😀

Just an update to this thread :

$160 @ JRR blowout for The Orchestra (via Larry)

$119 @ Best Service for The Orchestra Complete unpgrade including  Strings of Winter

1 hour ago, paulo said:

But which version? 

39 minutes ago, Pseudopop said:

Uh... I'm getting some mixed messages here. So which is which?

😀 I thought the same thing actually.  I'm  "music schooled' so I'm not concerned with ease necessarily.  However, this has helped as it seems one significant difference is that The Orchestra allows for wider level of musician i.e. scoring individual instruments & groups AS WELL AS quick and easy full orchestra playing. 

Thanks all!

EDIT: though Bit & Reid seem to be saying opposite things which may indicate that both programs are a good choice with The Orchestra having a bit more manageability?