User 905133

Sorry for "yelling."

If you are referring to all the places other than PB, I would wander into the tech department for a number of issues but not for something as simple and basic as changing a password. As for PB, once I finally got to a Forgot Password link that worked properly (i.e., not the Invalid Password loop) and used the link that was e-mailed to me, yes, I was able to change my password. I try not to lie, but the PB website left me no choice but to pretend I forgot. Even though the e-mail was most likely automated, I did reply: I always had non-computer tasks I could do. Usually did those on a time-available basis. But in hindsight, I should not have been so diligent. 😉

Thanks for sharing your experiences which I have no reason to doubt. I have also had issues with multiple captchas, but more frequently with other places than Plugin Boutique. I had no plans to curtail doing business with them before today, but given the totality of the discussion so far, that might change. If I do change my consumer practices, it will be a personal decision.

I agree.

No, it's not! All other password changing procedures I have had at various workplaces and indeed most work-related and consumer-based websites that require password changes did not cause the problems that I had with Plugin Boutique.

Thanks for the reply. I understand that companies update their websites. However, in today's computer/Internet environment with all sorts of places being hacked when a password has worked for years (including a few weeks before) and without any warning at all, the password suddenly has been expired, it is not unreasonable to ask if the company's site has been hacked. In my admittedly limited experience as an Internet User, companies usually have a periodic update requirement that has been in effect and has been known about or they will announce a change. The fact that the reply was worded to imply they routinely have users update passwords every six months is concerning; it flies in the face of my experience. If they weren't hacked, there are other possibilities that I as an Internet user consumer need to consider. While anything is possible, I am 100% sure I did not choose the wrong option unless lying when I didn't forget it is morally wrong. 😉 In fact, their website confirmed by e-mail that I chose the correct option: I got this after getting the infinite loop several times from choosing the "Forgot Password" option and being asked to supply my current password, being told my password was invalid/expired. It is possible that they have (or had) several access points for their "Forgot password" option and after several tries I tried a different "Forgot password" link that wasn't tied in to the "Password Expired/Renew Password" web page hierarchy. I have seen this kind of thing before where for some reason a link on one page contains an error while it is correct on another page. In that sense, I might have selected the "wrong" option because the link didn't work. I suppose it is also possible that once I got the Expired/Renew page (even after logging out, logging back in, restarting my browser, etc.) the same page(s) with the same link(s) were pulled from my PC. However, that almost never happens. As for why all of a sudden my password became expired, if changes to their website/server caused the password to become expired, IMO they should not lead customers to believe this is what they have been doing all along. Several years ago I got a call purportedly from an area police department. Allegedly someone used my credit card in my name to purchase several multi-thousand dollar gift cards from a nearby store that's part of a national chain. Allegedly the police were concerned because this is/was behavior associated with drug dealers/distribution rings. Needless to say, if suddenly I find my password has become expired for no apparent reason, red flags start flying, alarms go off, etc. I have also seen how a company that provides a support service (such as accounting and/or billing) for another company can have a breach that has a cascading effect. Even if the company owns up to the breach (usually minimizing it) the damage has been done. Maybe I wasn't clear. I didn't just complain about the issue to friends and family or even complain here in the forum; I contacted Plugin Boutique. Please note: Until this thread, I had no idea that others were also having their passwords unexpectedly expired.

Please note: In their reply, they denied they were hacked. They made it seem like they routinely have people renew their password ("every 6 months"). Maybe they meant to say, "We have changed our login system and now prompt users to change/update their password . . . ." Have others had to change their password every 6 months?

Maybe they fixed the website after I complained about it a few weeks ago. In my case I repeatedly got into an endless loop because my current password was not accepted, even after I pretended I had forgotten it. I thought they had been hacked because it made no sense to ask for the Current Password after someone chooses the Forgot Password option.

Clarification: If the password that used to work became invalid because it was expired once a person enters the expired password in the top box and a new password in the next two boxes how did you get past that when the following page was a repeat of the "Renew Your Password" page? Or are they asking for the same password to be typed in all three boxes? The same thing happened several weeks ago when I pretended to forget my password.

Are you saying you got past the endless loop by typing "Current password" in the top box?

If the password expired, how did you get past the page that asked for the current password? Didn't entering the current password in the top box just get into an endless loop? ADDENDUM: This was a very specific pair of interrelated questions. It was not a generalized request for help wrt password updates. I generally appreciate the intentions of well-meaning forum members, but most of the replies seem to have misread the questions. It happens.

BTW, I checked the handy keyboard shortcut tool (great for finding what keys and key combos are assigned to which functions and for reassigning shortcuts)--Preferences > Customization > Keyboard Shortcuts. Without a project loaded, the Locate Key button said Alt + F6 and Alt + Shift + F6 were unassigned. Once I loaded a project, the key combos were shown to be assigned as From = Start and Thru = End respectively. Since keyboard shortcuts are affected by customizations (including custom Workspaces), YMMV.

Unless I'm mistaken, when you use the mouse to make a Selection, you are setting the From and Thru points. When you then press Alt+F6, you change the From point to Start.

When I first read this ^^^^, I also thought that you were making a selection and then extending the events selected to last until the end. This clarifies it for me and presumably for others as well. I almost never use the Piano Roll View, but I tested the Shift-Alt-F6 trick to change the Selection from whatever it was to keep the initial selection's From point and change the Thru point to the End of the project. Correct me if I am wrong, you want a shortcut that will change the From point to Start of the project and keep the Thru point from your initial selection. If you look at Menu Bar > Edit > Select, you should see the relevant short cuts. You want Alt + F6 if I understand you correctly. In fact, I just tried it and it worked. Thanks for adding to my understanding of how to use the PRV.

Several years ago I looked into some of the finer details of MIDI files. IIRC BPM tempo is calculated. See for example the following which is one source that describes the Meta-Event for Set Tempo. I remember reading more about how the calculation to BPM is done, but I don't remember the details. I do remember that I was working on a DIY MIDI hobbyist project involving a microprocessor (an Arduino), an LCD, a whole bunch of sliders, a piece of BPM gear as a MIDI clock source (a hardware sequencer/sound module). The BPM hardware was based on 384 PPQ, I needed to count MIDI clock bytes, and derive a formula based on clock bytes per time, etc. I am guessing that 94.9999999955566 BPM is close enough to 95 BPM for all practical purposes.

1 + 1 = 2 It's a chirp!

I just found it here via a Google search for "Ton Valkenburgh CAL" .

I was just watching that. The plug-in is fairly intuitive,** but I figure as long as he worked out the deal for us, I should support his video channel. Congrats to Jason Yadlovsky for reaching 100K Subscribers. And thanks! **For beginners who don't know what EQs do and how they are used, I think his succinct explanations are quite good. Yes, unnecessary for many here but the video's chapter divisions are super nice to have. Super easy to jump to see personally relevant sections. Tip for people unfamiliar with Waves Central Software: he has a to-the-point, no-nonsense How-to-do-it walk-though towards the end. For those interested in helping him build up his brand, there's this: Note: I have no vested interest here. In fact, I only learned of his video channel thanks to this thread. Well, maybe he will work out another giveaway when he reaches 200K subscribers.

PS: The picture on page 17 shows Note mapping, but there is a button in the left-hand column to Show Mapping For: MIDI CC.

I don't have Slate Drums, but based on other it seems to me assigning a sustain pedal should be a function of the drum software. Page 17 of the manual says: I am assuming your sustain pedal send out what is commonly called CC64--an on/off midi command that almost all midi understands a "Turn Sustain On/Turn Sustain Off." Soft synths these days frequently implement tools to map CC commands to different parameters in the soft synth. Maybe someone who uses SSD 5 can confirm this method will work in SSD 5 and can put together a set of basic steps for you.

Thanks. I was just adding that in as a clarification.

Are we all talking about the same thing?

That's very possible. It could be a preset that uses a clock-based modifier** drawing from the DAW that's been tagged as a sequence. **such as an LFO

Try setting the Sequencer in Pigments to BPM (Rate Type).