Glenn Stanton

in the late 70's i had a really stiff leather strap, and the Ibanez Artist electric vibrations swelled in me. in the late 80's i had a ZZ Top spinner strap set up, and it tickled by belly button. for my bass though, i always had a soft wide canvas strap that left me without vibration. so the bass had more of the vibrations left to the strings.

whereas the guitar was leaving the strings and entering my body. however, having a chain of BOSS effects mitigated any impact from the straps.

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for Sonar - which wasn't showing the VST2 initially, i changed the extension on the .vst3 DLL to ".x" and after a rescan the VST3 is no longer in my list, so now the VST2 shows up.

you'll find the VST3 in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 and open the BBC folder all the way down to the DLL itself. you might be prompted for permission to change the extension.

the reason i "rem" out the VST3 DLL is so i can restore it easily by adding the extension back...

i couldn't get the VST3 version working on Sonar or the newest CbB. disabling the VST3 version (and setting the preferences to not substitute VST3 for VST2) i was able to see and use the VST2 version.

note: i do see an error in the VST scan log.

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VSTSCAN: ---- 299: c:\program files\common files\vst3\BBC Symphony Orchestra (64 Bit).vst3\Contents\x86_64-win\BBC Symphony Orchestra (64 Bit).vst3 ----
VSTSCAN: [ShortPath] c:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\vst3\BBCSYM~1.VST\Contents\X86_64~1\BBCSYM~1.VST
VSTSCAN: [RegKey] Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Cakewalk VST X64\Inventory\c:/program files/common files/vst3/BBC Symphony Orchestra (64 Bit).vst3/Contents/x86_64-win/BBC Symphony Orchestra (64 Bit).vst3
VSTSCAN: ---- Loading VST plugin c:\program files\common files\vst3\BBC Symphony Orchestra (64 Bit).vst3\Contents\x86_64-win\BBC Symphony Orchestra (64 Bit).vst3 ----
VSTSCAN: VST plugin successfully scanned
VSTSCAN: WRITE VST DATA...
VSTSCAN: WRITE VST DATA - successfully wrote complete VST plugin inventory record...

and then:

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VSTSCAN: ---- 521: c:\program files\common files\vst3\BBC Symphony Orchestra (64 Bit).vst3 ----
VSTSCAN: [ShortPath] c:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\vst3\BBCSYM~1.VST
VSTSCAN: [RegKey] Software\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Cakewalk VST X64\Inventory\c:/program files/common files/vst3/BBC Symphony Orchestra (64 Bit).vst3
VSTSCAN: ---- Loading VST plugin c:\program files\common files\vst3\BBC Symphony Orchestra (64 Bit).vst3 ----
hPlugin is NULL, plugin failed to load with error 5, Access is denied.

VSTSCAN: NOT a VST plugin

 

not sure what the access denied is because i have permissions for me as well as the library, and the VST2 works fine. even taking the .vst3 off the directory does not change the error.

also - depending on the number of file handles open - content, audio, separations, and including the directories as well as any cloud services which may have locks while they replicate to the cloud can also result in longer times to release the memory. i remember a few years back that people who enable always open all devices could run into situations where many files (most not used) would be created, leading to long start up and shutdown.

1.25 or 0.8888888888888888888888888888888888... take your pick...

actually (based on David's comment), i tried and if you select the "dotted" w/ the meter set to 9/8 you get the 3 main subdivisions - still quarter w/ 8th but as expected...

depends on what you want the flute performance to be - Ian Anderson? Claire Wickes? when i need a flute performance, i'd tried a couple of different routes - one is to take a BIAB lead guitar or sax solo and convert to MIDI and then run though the MIDI VI for flute and likely will add some harmonics and saturation and reverb (short to simulate more resonance). another thought might be the new EZK Organ which has a lot of phrasing and slides and such in a "rocking" performance and then convert to MIDI etc. (not sure the organ "flute setting" would work ? but maybe running the MIDI through a Mellotron flute would also achieve something good).

thanks Robert! you have always been most generous with your videos and sharing your knowledge!

a blues songs about having that "one foot out the door" thing which seems to string out bad relationships. you know, the old "i'm leaving you you @#%%!" followed up with "but not right away"....

part of my relics collection which is a reimaging of some older and new material. you can find relics 1 on Spotify and Apple.  relics 2 coming sometime in September 2024. https://www.reverbnation.com/fossile/album/312545-relics

BPM 153
Meter 6/4
Key Am

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lyrics
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hello

in a little while now, that's all that's left
c'mon baby, cling me to your breast

tell me you love me even if it's untrue
'cause in a little while, that's it for you

'cause when i go, it won't be like last time
i tell you now, i've made up my mind

in a little while
that ain't much time

in a little while, you're gonna see
oh baby, the last of me

you're a heartbreak waitin' to happen to me
in a little while, that's all there be

'cause when i go, i won't be coming back
gonna leave you standing, right by the tracks

in a little while
that ain't much time

you rocked me in the morning
you rocked me in the day
you rocked me all night long
lord i just can't get away

you've got my head so wrapped up
i swear it's turning blue

well i got some bad news baby
and i'm givin' it to you
|in a little while|

[solo]

in a little while, your gonna come
to the realization, that i am gone

look in my eyes and know that we are through
'cause in a little while, that's all for you

'cause you've hurting, and hurt me, for all of these years
i tell you now, it's your turn for tears

in a little while
 
bye
 

the Preferences -> Display -> Display Scale (Experimental) setting at 95%? works just fine.

reason to ask is if the melodyne app itself handles scaling of the UI - i've alway found it to be pretty rigid in terms of sizing. i've got no issues in Sonar, Next, or CbB but i'm running 100% 1920x1200

really nice! $19 for the Pro Acoustic rig... gonna install it shortly ? 

what windows settings are you using to scale to 95%? my display settings only let me go from 100% - 500%...

pretty sure auto-lock straps are illegal in 15 states in the US. ? 

the studio rack plugin is free and works with non-Waves plugins and has nice builtin features like HP, LP filters.

as an aside - since installing Sonar and Next, the only time i've experienced crashes or bad audio - two crashes and bad audio due to the Pro-Q3 - which is only after i recently updated the plugin. otherwise very stable. 

probably best to share the crash dump information with the product development team, and also post in the Sonar forum vs the Cakewalk by Bandlab as more of the dev team is likely to see  it there. they will want to know your system specifications as well.

it is interesting. there are 9 beats but the thick marker lines do show every 2 beats instead of 3... 

understood, i've never seen a "shuffle" type of function. so on the few times i need to chop up a bunch of audio and re-group it, i just spend some quality time with the mouse and "S" to split it up, select them,  and then ripple edit... it would be nice to have something to compact the remaining audio though. and hopefully someone will come along shortly and point out something that will be more automated... ? 

what works is if you split out and select all the silence sections, then turn on ripple edit for selection, then delete the silences. then quickly turn off the ripple edit before doing anything else.

2 hours ago, Noel Borthwick said:

I think you are confusing TH3 with TH-U

thanks. fixed it. looking forward to the new version. i have the Slate version of TH-U

on the transition - the installation took all [most?] of my CW settings - VST plugin paths, INI settings for audio, etc. it also created a number of new folders in the C:\Program Files\Cakewalk directory, C:\Users\<YOUR NAME>\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Sonar, and C:\Cakewalk Content

Sonar and sub folders

i copied over my Pro Channel presets in the content folder and i copied over my project templates and remmed out the stock ones and moved them into an "old" folder. -- also articulation maps, CAL scripts need to be copied. there are likely some others i should copy over but i haven't been impacted yet. 

note that updates will "restore" project templates so plan on cleaning those up again (if you have your own custom ones).

very painless (for me)

one cool thing - the plugin scan in Sonar also updates the CW list (not sure if they're sharing the same plugin registry or not)

if you had the previous version: Cakewalk by Bandlab TH3 -- that does work in both CW and Sonar. it may have been licensed during the older SPLAT days.

the only ones you likely need are the ones i shared previously. the others are typically application program folders and not the plugins necessarily. so maybe start simply - remove the list and start with the shorter one.

what paths are you using for your plugins? most commonly used:

C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\VSTPlugins
C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST2
C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins

and then there are the "builtin" ones for DX and MIDI FX. these are not VST plugins.

Sonar is working fine on Windows 11. CW is working on Windows 11. Next is working on Windows 11.

my guess is something in your Windows 11 configuration is not correct or you do not have your plugin paths set correctly.

CW and Sonar will not look at the NI directory unless you add the path to your plugins, although the NI installation typically will put the VST and VST3 plugins into the commonly used one listed above.