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I am not an expert on Arturia's loyalty workings For me Pigments and V Collection gets me $129 for the FX Collection, not $99.

Talking about Tape Echo . . . .

https://www.applied-acoustics.com/swatches/

Proof that humor does indeed belong in music. Universal appeal!! Who hasn't gotten those kinds of calls? Thanks for sharing.

I think you might be underestimating the potential. At least I hope you are. I am not going to give up on Cakewalk so easily and say that it can't be done because of Steinberg's approach. I understand that some soft synth instrument makers choose to implement program changes and/or bank switching and some don't. By the same token some music software allows for standard midi program changes to do what the specs call for it to do with regard to soft synths that implement program changes in VST3s. I simply made an optimistic feature request based on some things I found happening today (literally today!!). Many times over the years when someone said "Program changes don't work," my stock reply was, if the plug-in has a dll/VST version, have you tried that? So I fully understand where you are coming from. However, based on what I saw today, I stand by my expression of optimism: As for your requests for a patch/bank mapping tool with a feature that converts program changes to use CCs , I would encourage you to make such a feature request. I don't think your requested feature would preclude the feature I requested.

That's what I thought for years. But today I am not sure the VST3 standard prevents the use of midi program changes. I have had VST3 instruments respond today in both a VST host and also a DAW.

I just gave the Cherry Audio Space Delay a quick (15 min.) test since I haven't used it in a while. Due to tinnitus, I don't hear much external hiss. (I hear hiss all the time.) So I used SPAN, and didn't see excessive emulated tape hiss visually. Some of the presets allow the build up of wide width-noise; so, playing around with the various modes and built-in FX, and then going really crazy with the levels and settings, I was able to build up layers not unlike I used to do with reel-to-reels, but with much more intentional control. I heard this above the level of my tinnitus and SPAN showed me what I was hearing visually. When I backed down on the massive amounts of tape and other built-in FX, the sound was much less noisy to my ears and as displayed using SPAN. Not doubting there is noise in the tape hiss range or that the emulation might have a wider appeal if it had a noise off (or maybe a dbx/noise reduction) mode. I've seen other 201-inspired emulations, though I don't have any. Maybe one of those might work better for you. On the other end there are some other echo plug-ins that justifiably are called lo-fi (or something similar). Some developers put their money into making animations that simulate a tape loop going around the heads at the expense of audio efficiency. I haven't listened to McDSP's EC-300 in a while, but I seem to remember that had a lot of options (3 different kinds of device emulations) including some that had nice clean echoes. https://mcdsp.com/plugin-index/ec300-echo-collection/ . Ever since the days of reel-to-reel tape echo and long hallways, stairwells, etc. I have been a fan of echoes. Sometimes I want tape noise build up; sometimes I want sound bouncing off surfaces in all sorts of directions. And sometimes I want pristine, unadulterated echoes that just seem to bounce with immaculate precision. Sometimes the Tape Echo in IK's Mix Box (as basic as it is) fits perfectly for what I want. Of course, then there are MeldaProduction's Echo/Delay Plugins--one day I will understand them so well, I will be able to built my own "perfect" delay/echo device. ?

Not 100% sure, but I seem to recall the tape hiss in this or other tape emulations was part of the design precisely because it was an emulation. I haven't explored this one in a long while, but it is capable of some really wild effects. From the discussion I believe the issue of whether or not the hiss was "unwanted" depended on how much realism someone wanted. I don't recall Cherry Audio added dxb or other noise reduction features to it.

So far as I can see standard MIDI Program Changes [aka patch/preset changes] don't work for VST3 Instruments within CbB. I am hoping the feature can be added to Cakewalk Sonar. Thanks.

UPDATE (11 + hours later): evidently task manager was showing me the activity for the circling UI dots. ? As soon as I minimized the IK Product Manager UI, Task Manager reported 0% activity. So, 10 products under the Sound tab still show Update instead of Installed . I will contact IK Support to see (1) if I really need to update those sounds, and (2) if so, what they recommend.

http://forum.cakewalk.com/Unable-to-export-video-The-disk-may-be-full-or-an-error-etc-m3592353.aspx

UPDATE (3 + hours later): the dots that move around in a circle inside the lightened IK Product Manager UI are still circling. Task manager has shown that something is happening. Anytime I looked there were 4 sub-processes listed. Almost every time I looked two were at 0% of my CPU (never > 0.2%) and the other two were almost always >0% each generally ranging from 2% to under 4% of my CPU. I see no evidence that IK files were downloaded or that an IK log was written to. The free space available on each of my hard drives is the same as it was 3 + hours ago. Time/date stamps don't show any new IK files.

This doesn't fix a bug I had the last time I ran IK Product Manager. It still says I need to update even more products (Sounds) than ever before. All of the ones allegedly needing to be updated are now expired even though I had recently downloaded or updated everything (or almost everything). The last time this happened, there were only a handful of products that had expired that allegedly needed updating. Now there are ten. So, is the product manager wrong in saying that I need to update those Sound Content Products for some odd reason or did IK really update the Sound Content Products? Maybe with new products, they might have changed the format of the files or the way they are registered or something like that. I suppose I can try the Install All Sounds button. Maybe that will resolve the discrepancy.

https://www.cakewalk.com/next/

Not sure about what's right with people as a class, but some individuals are pretty groovy.

FWIW, I looked at this document earlier several hours ago and again just now. I thought it was most recent OS update. So far as I can see none of the new features (see table on page 1) reference audio being sent through the usb port. Maybe there was an OS updated after 2015?

I suppose it is possible that Korg reissued an updated PA500 that sends audio data out the usb port, but the user (2008) and service manuals (2007) for the PA500 I found on line do not show that ability. I suppose it is also possible that they were able to do that with a software update. I looked, but didn't do an exhaustive search. @Max Arwood where would you suggest the OP look?

From the MeldaProduction e-mail: I forget what it said when I first went to that page, but I pressed something (possibly "redeem") and a code showed up. At that point, I went to UnitedPlugins, created an account, and then registered the code. I don't know if everyone who owns any plugins from MeldaProduction got the present or it is based on ownership of specific bundles. Did you get the e-mail? (The email might have gone to a spam folder. )

Thanks. I may have skipped that thread because I didn't need MUnison (a Melda plugin) and / or didn't have a UnitedPlugins Account. I'll leave this here even though it overlaps the other thread because there might have been others who also skipped reading the multi-page thead.

Not sure who else might have gotten this, but I found an e-mail (might have been in my spam box) that told me to log into my MeldaProduction Account for a free code for UnitedPlugins' FireMaster plugin. Review at MusicTech Webpage at UnitedPlugins

This ^^^. From manual I found on line directly from Korg: It is unclear if by "record digitally" the OP meant "record MIDI" (as opposed to audio).

I agree. The tempo snap setting is not related to to clip stretch percentages.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/retail-investors-can-now-bet-on-music-royalties-we-want-people-to-have-access-150221575.html What will "they" think of next?

For what it's worth, SONAR X3 works under Win10 Pro. I would hate to have to give up using Workspaces (and bunches of new features and improvements) but if the new Cakewalk products (Cakewalk Next, Cakewalk Sonar) are beyond my budget (which it looks like it might be based on the prices so many of you have been asking for / predicting / speculating about), it is good to know that SONAR X3 still works.

Not relevant to clip stretching.