TracingArcs

11 hours ago, John Vere said:

@TracingArcs   You are aware that it's still illegal to even give away the software. Not that is matters because Cakewalk is free but you just shouldn't have said it publicly. You can always PM other members. 

Also you can get in touch with Bandlab and they will help long time members get at their legacy Cakewalk products. They still had access to the old servers.  I wouldn't drag my heals because that might change as they obviously are now using a different server. 

Thanks John. i was uncertain to be honest (hence why I asked about the original DVD installations). Have edited my response.

8.5.3 is still on my Music PC on W10 (only because of a number of vst/I and just occasional going back into old stuff.) But projects (back to Sonar 2.0) opens in CWB no problem (well maybe some complaints about missing vst etc). But there is no comparison. CWB is so much better

I got this for £1.80 this week at Pulse Audio !!

I picked this up today at PB for the same price (went to PB because they also give UJAM Mellow 2 as a freebie with it). It has potential. Need to doddle with it more.  But like all United stuff. Stable,and interesting UI.  As stated lots of presets. And capability of randomising the s**t out of it.

I think UJAMs Mellow is the one for me. Now to look for the cheapest bargain at PB

As stated above power all devices on before you open CWB. I use a Presonus 26c and a Korg Wavestation. You only need the midi out of your Korg connected to the Audiobox (which has no power switch like the 26c) , and the Korg switched on before opening CWB.

Just a word of caution regarding the update to Kontakt 7.6.1 from 7.6.0. On the NI forum many are experiencing high CPU loads and other anomalies. And i have experienced the following. There was an update to the Play series Glaze and Melted Vibes to 2.0.0 plus the Kontakt update. So I updated Kontakt to 7.6.1 and the Play series to 2.0.0

Kontakt then said when I tried to import both of these just to see what was different. Stated my version of kontakt was to old ?????? And unable to use them.

The solution is to download from NI a retrograde to 7.6.0  This fixes the cpu issues and strangely enough both the updated Play series open in 7.6.0

The retrograde to K7.6.0 is available here if you need it https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/17691/kontakt-7-6-1-update-causes-cpu-spikes-crashes

I just d/loaded it. And it's good. I did a demo of the original Xperiments which they used to illustratethe instrument, and it is very similar. They went off the radar recently. And now it seems to be a one man operation. For a freebie on Kontakt (not player) it has potential with lots of twiddling available.

I suspect that is what is occurring (subscription). They need to make it clear I think. And for me it proves that subscription (in particular with IKM) would be a no-no.

I'm confused by this pop-up when signing out on V1.0.8 . Sounds ominous. Will I loose my activated products?

Have to say I was disappointed with this. After trying it for a couple of hours it was deleted unfortunately. Much prefer Vital as it is more immediate and graphically useable for a novice.

Updated this weekend and Analog Dreams, Etheral Earth and Hybrid keys will now only open in K7.6 and not K6. NI did not specify it would do this as far as I know.  be aware anything using the above Play Series that was conceived in K6 can no longer be opened in K6. And must have K7.6

I tried a number of times today to post in Firefox and was unable . Just logged in now and can. weird!

Here in the UK. Many house builders will not have a No13 house due to suspicion (and nobody buying No13)

13 hours ago, Solidos said:

Tried it out immediately and it's good!

Wow it certainly is. Tons of atics here. Will try and see how it fits with the Jon Meyer Woven Strings at Pianobook https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/woven-strings/

Virtual Orchestration is a YT channel  from Berklee and OT. The YT page has a download link to a Kontakt (full,6) set of cello artics as shown in the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1UxB1UpXlA

5 minutes ago, Andi Scharfstein said:

Seems to be unrelated https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/16408/native-access-down-user-requires-authentification-unable-to-log-in

Thanks. Yes that's exactly what is on my screen.

Ok. Something is up. I cannot login with NA2. It just says it will not start. But had no problems yesterday or last couple of weeks. Are they blocking access ? Anyone else with the issue ?

Good Grief that was a wild ride. I think NI will honour their own software (I saved £60 more than the summer of sound sale on the update to K14U - Installed!). But third party items look a bit sticky particularly U-he stuff with regards to his statement.

I was sorely tempted but stuck to the one purchase.

Same here. My upgrade to K13U in the summersale last year was £170 ish. so foolish not to leap on this. And I was going to leave it this year !

NI are offering large discounts across the board. Juat picked up K14U update for £120 ! Some independant VI have been slashed along with keyboards.

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/

I've RX7 Elements as well. And the standalone part is essential. I was tempted by this but rather like some of the recent iterations of Elements. They seem to be less expansive then expected (I know they are cut down versions but the new ones seem pared to the bone).

John Peel was so instrumental in so many musicians lives. I was lucky enough he played my stuff both in the 70s and 80s. A pioneer indeed.

I bought a boxed version of ST2.5XL years ago (that was a difficult interface!). And moving to Windows 10 trashed it. So installed ST3/4 CS and used the 2.5 samples in the new interface. Agree the new interface is poor. I use only a couple of sounds. And prefer the diversity and the ability to expand cheaply or for free  of Kontakt. I'm not sure that even at this price it is a long term viable product.

9 hours ago, Promidi said:

Rename the "%CommonProgramFiles%\vst3\BBC Symphony Orchstra (64 Bit).vst3 folder

Then find the “BBC Symphony Orchestra (64 Bit).vst3” file that is in that folder and place it in the root of your VST3 folder ("%CommonProgramFiles%\vst3"

Thank you very much. That fixed it. Very much appreciated.