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1 hour ago, Promidi said:

Paying for a year should not be needed to activate Cakewalk by Bandlab.

All the OP should need to do is sign in to Bandlab at the Browser window that appears after clicking on CbB Help > Sign in to Bandlab (Or sign out then in).

Exactly. This is Cakewalk by Bandlab not Sonar. And signing in is what I did (and always have done once we moved to within DAW activation). I keep a log of actions taken whenever I renew or install a product so i can track if issues arise. Hence the dates being striking.

Expires in 13 days. Same message as the 25th March. Was reactivated then as soon as the toast came up, and now.

Hi

I last reactivated CWB (latest version- always keep it updated) on 25/3/24. Just loaded the program again and it's requiring reactivation again (that's 18 days since the last reactivation). Is this the new normal now. Not an issue. But seems rather short.

This rather good. Fits well with their previous (but no longer available) freebies upright and Alt piano.

Oi !! Lars . This is by Riot Audio not Rigid Audio. I don't know 😒

https://lofiaudio.com/product/lofi-audio-vintage-resonance-upright-piano-embrace/

LoFiAudio has released a free piano for Piano day 24 in the free Decent Sampler format https://www.decentsamples.com/product/decent-sampler-plugin/

He also has other instruments available for free both in Kontakt and decent sampler format

 

In order to get this update. You would have to steer through the problems with NA 3.9.1 Which having read on the NI forum is causing numerous issues for both PC and MAC. Matbe hold off until they sort that out.

Have to say that looks a lot better then i expected it to be. Ideal if starting out,then to transition to Sonar at a later date.

3 hours ago, Lionel said:

Just watched the vid... sounds nice!

Does anyone know if he deleted some of his sample packs from Pianobook?  Just curious.

Doesn't seem so. Still showing on PB (they are removed quickly if withdrawn).

There's a conversation on VI-Control I'm in with EvilDragon the NI wunderkid. It's Ni implimenting a new file system so it deals with individual filles that need updating and not a full ISO download (he gives a better explanation here) https://vi-control.net/community/threads/recent-ni-updates-hundreds-of-gbs.149324/

https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/

Changes in Surge XT 1.3.1

Surge XT 1.3.1 contains bugfixes to the 1.3.0 release and a continued expansion of our OSC protocol support. It also provides a broader set of choices for Linux users who want to download a binary, as opposed to self-build.

Open Sound Control

Consolidated all the various OSC settings into a single settings dialog

Added an option to set the IP address for OSC output

Added a set of messages for observing and setting modulation

Improved and expandd outbound messages allowing surge to work with TouchOSC

Fixed an update bug where modifying mixer solo and mute over OSC would update the engine, but not the GUI

Plugin

Upgraded to CLAP to 1.2.0

Implemented the CLAP preset-discovery and preset-load extensions

This means DAWs like Bitwig Studio and MultitrackStudio have access to the entire set of factory, 3rd party, and user presets in the DAW and can create a track with a preset loaded

Restored our build pipeline to Ubuntu 18.04 and gcc 9 with a Docker image, lowering the libc requirement

Applied fixes to allow the LV2 to build in CI pipeline, although we still have better behavior in most settings with CLAP or VST3 plugins, LV2 is now back in the binary bundle again

Added a suite of OBS builds for various Linux distributions - this means we have nightly and release builds for Linux aarch64, ready for your ARM devices!

DSP

Ensemble effect clock rate lower bound clamped to avoid underflows (sound disappearing). This will result in existing patches responding differently under modulation of this parameter

Feedback summation in the Ensemble effect was incorrect, so it is fixed now. This can also result in existing patches sounding slightly differently (for the better, we would say)

Fixed Sine oscillator modulation of Feedback parameter crossing zero created clicks in the output

Retriggering Amp and Filter EGs with modulators now properly obeys the Envelope Retrigger Behavior option in monophonic modes (Retrigger from zero vs Continue from current level)

Fixed occasional crashes in Twist oscillator related to parameter uni/bipolarity

Clamped lowest frequency for Twist oscillator to 2 Hz in order to prevent CPU overloads

Clamped String oscillator tuning to the length of delay line, avoiding problems with very low frequencies

Fixed a bug where MIDI All Notes Off message would occasionally miss a note

UI/UX

Improved patch comment tooltip display (in some cases text would be cut off)

Favorite and Find button in the Patch Browser are now accessible and can be focused via keyboard

Ctrl+click or Ctrl+Shift+F10 in the Patch Browser will open the menu listing only user patches

Text input fields in Patch Store dialog, Tuning Editor and OSC Settings dialog will not keep showing the text selection range after losing focus anymore

Switched time-based display units to milliseconds when below one second

Corrected left/right mouse click behavior of the Tune button in Status section

Created an undo entry for parameter value typeins

Tuning Editor keyboard can now play notes when clicked

Fixed an off-by-one error which made the Rotation page in Tuning Editor show the wrong tone by one key

Changing an effect type clears modulation again (this was a regression introduced in Surge XT 1.1)

Undo changing an effect type will now restore modulation as well

Swapping or moving an effect will now preserve modulation mutes

Fixed MSEG editor not drawing vertical lines when time was below 0.1 phase units

Fixed a crash in MSEG editor after a certain scenario when deleting nodes left the loop in invalid state

Formula editor now asks if you really want to close it when clicking the X button in the title bar (previously this only worked when pressing Escape key)

Formula editor debugger now shows realtime parameter updates

Filter Analysis window no longer focuses Filter 1 tab button upon opening

Alert dialogs now respond to Enter and Escape keys immediately, without tabbing into the dialog

Infrastructure

Windows installer now shows a Surge-themed banner instead of the generic default one

Updated clang-format to version 17 in CI

Fixed a build problem with gcc7

Added a CMake bypass for the Linux 32-bit early-fail warning

Added Bluetooth permission text to the standalone, fixing a crash on macOS 13 in some cases

Integrated the Superparasites firmware for Clouds/Nimbus (but not implemented yet)

Added guards for LV2 headless builds

Be a bit more pedantic/explicit about the in-place constructor strategy with SurgeVoice, squashing a debug-only memory leak in some MSVC debug settings, but also making the code a bit more correct

CLI with OSC running will now quit properly on Linux

Code Refactoring and Quality

Split SurgeGUIEditor menu make/show methods to a separate file

Fixed MSVC stdext::checked_array_iterator warnings

Improved the time taken to rebuild the SQLite patch database used for rapid searches

Added a modulation edit begin/end gesture to the modulation change listener

Allowed tests to build if Lua is not available

Updated code headers to reflect the year 2024 in the copyright

Content

New patches from John Valentine

Template patches now all have balanced output level to -15 dB RMS

Restored some missing Formula modulator tutorials mistakenly excluded from 1.3.0 release

Love my DimPro. Got it with Sonar Producer 8.5 (stayed with 8.5 till the resurrection of CWB).

It will be used on almost all tracks. Some amazing pads and textures. I have Kontakt Ultimate 14 and a ton of other Kontakt instruments. But I still find something in DimPro that sits or works better on many a track.  I appreciate it is old tech. But when it is this versatile who cares. I would love to see an updated version for the new Sonar. But doubt it will be.

Interesting that they have gone to Kontakt. And not the Spitfire Player with this one. And yes, too expensive (for me).

Auburn Sounds has updated all their plugins including all the free ones as well.  Can recommend Panagement, Graillon, Lens.

https://www.auburnsounds.com/blog/Routine-Improvements.html

Have to agree with Larry on this. I would suggest getting any LABS you want soon. Just in case. And I'm afraid that Pianobook may also be a victim as well. I was in Pianobook from the start. And made a demo every month for them. However it has stagnated this last year also. And despite promises about new faces and plans. Nothing has happened. There have been long gaps between uploads of new instruments. What has been posted has been somewhat limited compared to previous releases (IMO). if you look at the demos of the month which used to be refreshed every month. They are currently showing ones from June last year (2023).

Spitfire is obviously paying for hosting etc. And I'm unsure they have the will or pockets to keep paying for all the freebies. And from a business standpoint it may no longer be viable for them. And it was after all a CH project. And they may want to move on. I hope I'm wrong. But it has gone on too long now to see any other route.

One of my favourite devs VoS has released epicClouds - a free dense reverb for large ambient effects. Available as a VST3 for Windows only.

D/load in the description :https://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/blog/

Annie (along with John Peel) was required listening in the 70's. Both of whom championed new artists and music (I luckily had Peel play a couple of releases of mine).

And she brought a female perspective in a male dominated genre. RIP

4 hours ago, Jonathan Sasor said:

That just means your current activation session is going to expire in that many days. If you sign back into BandLab from Cakewalk, it'll renew the auth license. 

I had this today (13 day notice). It was easy to sign in to my account from within CWB. And it renewed (though there was no toast to say so). But pulling up the about confirmed it was authenticated.

Cinematique Instruments have a new Xmas freebie. It's a taster of the new instrument Mad Libs. (that will go down well with our US cousins?).

The freebie is at the bottom of the page and is just a taster. Needs Kontakt 5 upwards (full)

https://cinematique-instruments.com/pages_instr/inst_madlibs.php

Phew! I was lucky this morning then. Bought TDR Kotelnikov GE at 11.30 am (UK time) and got Dawesome Love as my freebie. Maybe 30 mins later would have been different.

Well they are truly getting hammered. Have been trying to log in to my account all morning without success. Just get thrown off into a waiting room that does not progress.

EDIT : Ok after a few hours I was able to sign into my account. But checkout once filled would freeze and stop functioning. So leaving it now. Too much hassle sorry to say.

Here's a link to free LA2A type comp. I use the Analog Obession ,TLS, and Variety of Sound. All work well in CWB

https://allthingsgear.com/best-free-la2a-plugins/

That looks interesting ! Only concern is if that's the same PC he compiled this on he has visited websites his mum would not approve of.

I bought something cheap last wek at PB in order to get UJAM Mellow (thought that was good). Now will have to scour the cheapies in order to get Love now 🙄

I went elsewhere for my guilty pleasures. Now I just feel........dirty. I have agreed to go for counselling.