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@Sander Verstraten and @pseudopop Thanks for the details from your emails. I have redacted both the discounted amount and the final price from my original post. The reason I wrote the post to say SynthMaster owners should check their e-mails was because I was unsure if all SynthMaster owners got the e-mails. That's also why I put "Possible Deal" in the original post. But while it seemed clear to me that the codes were personalized and probably linked to our accounts, I didn't think that the discounted amounts were randomized (or differed on some other basis). I still wonder (1) why people with the Everything Bundle already have gotten discounts and (2) if some SynthMaster owners got the email and some didn't. I don't know if everyone who goes to various websites sees the same thing or not. So, for what it worth, on the KV331 website, I see a 60% off sale listed with the Everything Bundle listed at $149 which I assume is for anyone, including people with and without prior purchases. So, I would hope that all prior KV331 Audio customers got at least some additional discount with a presumably customized coupon code. Apologies to all if my post got your hopes up and you didn't get a fantastic deal.

JMO: Saying, "Just trying to understand," after the previous comments without having gone to his website, doesn't seem to make you qualified to challenge someone else's impartiality. Disclosure: I have never bought a computer or any services from Jim. However, I have seen comments from other forum members who have. I have also seen many positive and insightful contributions he has made to quite a number of discussions. I have also seen many posts from others who might be called contrarians, malcontents, etc.

Maybe you should.

Choose the Upgrade for $24 then use the code. If you don't remember buying Softube Dirty Tape, check to see if you picked it up anyway. I had no interest in Dirty Tape, though I am a big fan of delays/echoes. But since Dirty Tape was free, I said, "why not?" Thank you @DrShelder and @stony.

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Reminds me of Riders on the Storm a little.

OK. Since they want feedback I will give it a try. Thanks for the heads up. UPDATE: "This edition contains something you already have. Still interested?" I said No, thanks. Instead of Buy it. Why should I pay to test it for them? NEW UPDATE: Launcher still says I need DX 12. Is DX 12 something different than DirectX 12? Nvidia says they are the same. Feedback sent. I'll let you know if they honor my "request."

He might be known better by some as part of the amazing song-writing team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Holland,_Dozier_and_Holland or your personal 45 rpm collection.

Discussion of destructive v. non-destructive data changes removed.

Never mind. Different words, different data, different order of steps but basically the same process with the same results--using the "Event Filter - Select Some" dialog box.

Ahem . . . as long as we are being "precise," "File" is the first item on the Menu Bar; Views is the second item on the Menu Bar. The feature request was over a year ago and I seem to recall (1) understanding Terry as referring to the Menu Bar > Views > Event List when he said "Event View," (2) understanding Mark's response as referring to the Menu Bar > Views > Event List when he suggested setting up a keyboard short-cut [technically a key binding, I suppose] for Event List View > Open Event Manager, and (3) thinking about saying something like your clarification (though not to the same level of detail), but I was more focused on showing how to set up a key binding to the Event Filter - Select Some dialog box because I thought Terry was asking for a feature that led to editing as opposed to viewing. Now I am not sure that my prior understandings were what Terry and Mark intended. I will have to re-read all of this at the start of a new day, not at the end of a long day.

There's also an event filter

SynthMaster owners who don't yet have the Everything Bundle might want to SHOULD check their e-mails. **It looks like the the code is a unique, per account code. **** EDIT: amount of discount and final price also removed. Evidently those are also unique, per account amounts, too.] NOTE: The email also has info that would be of interest as well. My e-mail includes other details (including download** / purchase instructions) on: Alonso Sound Future Rave for SynthMaster 2 released NatLife Disco Funk for SynthMaster 2 released Bluffmunkey Cinematic Sounds for SynthMaster One released **Just an FYI: Your version of SynthMaster 2 /Synthmaster One might have slightly different wording. For the second step, I chose "Restore my preset banks." The first step worked exactly as stated.

I had some trouble with my PC So I had my fortune read I had some trouble with Windows 11 And this is what the gypsy said The gypsy cried cry-eee-y-eeide cry-eee-y-eeide . . . (sung to an old 1960's Lou Christie classic)

Thanks for the reply re: Windows Update. I understand! (I'll spare the details.) I hope the new audio interface solves the issues.

(1) I wrote the following up before all the rancor but was hoping others would chime in to help. Is there a reason you haven't updated Windows 10? 1709 is something like five years old and Microsoft has updated a lot that affects audio (sometimes in good ways, sometimes in bad ways). Just a guess, but maybe newer versions of Cakewalk work better with newer versions of Windows. Maybe not, though. (2) New thoughts which might be related to the meat of the issue (that is, not all the rancor). I do know that Windows Updates have changed a whole lot that affects Sound (Audio and MIDI) including the Sound Troubleshooter and the Information / Settings / Configuration pages. For the longest time on my PC Windows Update would spend a lot of time downloading and installing only to fail and then undo the update. Then one time they changed something with the update installer and pinpointed a specific issue that led me to uninstall something called VirtualBox. After that I have been getting Windows Updates without issues. I did lose the use of a legacy PCI Sound Card, but Windows Sound (Audio and MIDI) has been much more stable. Hope this helps and everyone can stop with the rancor. Not blaming anyone at all.

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Potential tip for people who get higher than wanted CPU usage with Cardinal due to "legacy" PCs: ---> On my 2011-era PC 4x slows the refresh [draw] rate, and lowers CPU draw. Closing/Minimizing the window also helps. Based on the File > Demo / Example Projects, the audio quality doesn't seem to be compromised by the lower visual refresh rate. (YMMV)

I Googled "Polyphonic Elastic Audio" and all of the posts listed were related to ProTools.

LOL: I looked it up and at the bottom where KVR has "Products similar to Asper . . . " the first item listed in MODO DRUM. 😜 Really????

I already have Oli Larkin's VirtualCZ (from Plugin Boutique) which meets my needs. When I first got it, I found some CZ patch dumps I had saved years ago as syx files, loaded them in quite easily, and found that tweaking them was easier than tweaking them in the CZ. I understand from others in the forum that Arturia's CZ V's sound is a bit closer to the CZ. From a video I watched today, the CZ V GUI brings editing CZ sounds into the 21st century. My goal was not to mimic factory CZ presets or to make new presets that sound like they would if done on a bona fide CZ, but to have a soft synth that I can use to duplicate as close as possible a couple of dozen unique / original CZ patches I did back in the 80s. VirtualCZ has allowed me to do that without hurting my wallet. But thanks for the recommendation.

Yup. I still have my CZ 5000 (the CZ 3000 with the built-in sequencer). I even found my FSK patch/sequence dump cassette tapes a few months ago. But its the VZ line that has algorithmic flexibility for the iPD and can make real FM-sounding patches as well as all sorts of creative sounds, miles beyond the CZ. In fact one VZ fan made several banks that put the factory patches (built in and expansion cards) to shame. Previously I did not find a software FM synth that let me re-create the VZ algorithms. But I haven't given up. If anyone is skilled at creating Instruments in MSoundFactory and is interested in trying to re-create a VZ-type instrument, I'm open to working on this. Or if someone knows a soft FM synth that can implement this, please let me know.

I never cared for the sound of the DX7 and the others in the DX line. Too boring for my tastes. I opted for Casio's iPD [interactive Phase Distortion] in the form of the VZ-8 which was the same as FM or was totally different depending who was making the legal argument. From what I have seen, yup!! Even though I have found FM8's implementation to be quite intuitive, I found a number of very helpful videos to fill in some gaps in my personal knowledge base and hands-on experience.

I was looking at the F.'em deal--even had it in the cart. In the nick of time I saw the FM8 deal which was better for my budget. The comments here were very helpful, so I decided for my needs FM8 would be useful and was within my budget. I am still going through it, but I am very happy with the purchase even if there are better FM soft synths available. Part of it for me is the full slate of 600 or so parameters I can choose from to play with using Voltage Modular (not all of them at the same time). Of course, I do have a number of other more costly FM options already. So, thanks to everyone who chimed in with factors to consider. They helped me and I hope they help others make their decisions.