Jacques Boileau

Correction: it is 19€ but 22$US.

Looks like a good option for the price. But it absolutly needs an ARA compatible DAW. Although,, like Melodyne, ARA is the best way to use these kind of tools.

On 7/8/2025 at 7:36 PM, Brian Walton said:

Every time I try to load Supertone Clear in Sonar - Sonar freezes.

The program loads fine on the same computer running CbB as well as other DAWs like Reaper.  

 

Trying to make the switch over to Sonar with CbB about to be sunset, but this is certainly going to be an issue.  Anyone else have Supertone Clear (on the latest version, with success in the current Sonar build)?

 

https://www.supertone.ai/en/clear

 

 

I have Supertone Clear. I just tried it out with Sonar free tier and it worked fine for me. No freezing on my system.

2 hours ago, KSband said:

Since the free Sonar doesn't give you the pro channel plugins anyone have suggestions for replacements? I always use the console, tape and tube channels.

The ProChannel plugins are included in the free tier, but not all of them. I don't know which ones are omitted though. But Console and tape are there.

I would also like to understand this better. From what I gather, compatibility of version 5 into 6 is the ability to load version 5 in the standalone version of TRacks-6. Is that correct? Is that the only thing? Is there any benefit of having TRacks-6 (not intro) when a version 5 plugin is loaded inside a DAW?

Thanks, but the deal is gone anyway. I just lost the chance to have even more plugins that I don't use for a very low price! I also gain time that I won't be speeding learning these new plugins. Not that bad. 😋 I do use a lot of IK stuff, but I do feel I already have more than I can handle plugin wise. Who knew I'd find that having too many plugins might be a reality! Too much time involved in learning them and a too much time taken by plugin scans. But it still would have been fun to look at the new stuff... I guess we are incorrigible plugin junkies!

Do I need to have T-Racks 5 max to upgrade or the fact that I have T-Racks 5 with than half the modules is enough?

2 hours ago, DamienF said:

really ??? I thought that Canada was one of the US States !

Well if the US would have been the 11th province at least my order would have gone through!

1 hour ago, Larry Shelby said:

Also at Guitar Center...but better move fast..
https://www.guitarcenter.com/IK-Multimedia/T-RackS-6-MAX-1500000443583.gc

Dang, can't enter a canadian address!

4 hours ago, Xoo said:

Sonar fails to run if it's renamed.

Thanks Xoo!

4 hours ago, pwalpwal said:

I think this is most likely

 

Then why distribute it? And no I haven't, have you? Have a nice weekend x

No haven't had time yet.

4 hours ago, pwalpwal said:

ikwr? the codejock lib is still installed with the latest Sonar version, i said as much with the info Cakewalk_Sonar_Membership_Setup_30.08.0.019(Rebuild_1) still installs codejock library (CJLibrary.dll) version 19.1.0.0, that i was assuming it was for backwards compatibility, and then the post disappeared... 🤷‍♀️

Installed and used are 2 different things. Have you tried renaming it, temporarily, and starting Cakewalk if anything breaks? Could it just be the install app that hasn't been updated?

1 hour ago, Nick Blanc said:

Hmm, seems like an update just for Apple and Pro Tools users. I'm skipping it.

I haven't upgraded yet and can't say if it is worth it, but there is a UI upgrade that will certainly show on any OS.

1 hour ago, Brian Walton said:

The only reason I cared about the publication was the software they bundled with it.  Not only did they have the "archive" but sometimes they would have an exclusive full product give away for the purchase of the magazine.

Incredibly enough, they revamped their nice plugin suite for the second to last issue. I guess the cancellation was a last minute thing.

The guy doing most of the deals here was the user cclarry. I think he was banned or he just left, not sure. I don't know the whole story. But if you google cclarry you might find where he post now.

1 hour ago, PavlovsCat said:

The concern is that while CbB is presently available to use and being updated (in the recent past,  BandLab stated that the software would no longer have updates by this point) is that BandLab has already announced they will soon no longer update or support it. So it may have all sorts of problems in the future,  including activation issues. It's a dead end and something it's best to transition away from. For me, the whole advantage to going to Sonar (and I used the original Sonar since version 1) is that my Cakewalk files would open up in it without issues. Otherwise, if that weren't  the case, I'd just move to Studio  One Pro. 

If I remember correctly, what was stated is that there will not be new functionality on the free version but there would be bug fixes if something is broken. That would include, I am sure, activation problems.

9 hours ago, Yan Filiatrault said:

How do you get registered for free?

Or you may be able to get it through your local library. I have access to it through the Libby app that is supported by my library. I get access to SOS, Computer Music, Beat and many other mags. This in Quebec, Canada. YMMV depending on where you live.

Well, since many here are remarking that the age group is high on this forum:

Happy grand-father's day!

Thanks for the input guys. I think Mixcraft seems a viable alternative and reasonably priced. But now that CbB remains available for, hopefully a while, I will keep using it for now. But at least I now know that there are good alternatives if the need arrises down the road.

Although I would enjoy the new Sonar and all the new features to come, CbB does the job fine as it is and I have no use for the other Bandlab services in what I do. So the subscription is not really for me. In any case, I would rather be a better musician than have a better DAW! ?

2 hours ago, Doug Rintoul said:

Can't find anything directly from Acoustica but Mixcraft Pro supports integrated Melodyne and the Celemony site says that Mixcraft is one of the DAWs that support ARA.

https://www.celemony.com/en/10-years-of-ara

That's what I was looking for. I guess I should have looked on Celemony's web site. Now I know all DAWs rhat support it. It is much easier/nicer to use Melodyne in an ARA window. Thanks!

3 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

Mixraft is good for people who are used to the Cakewalk workflow, I have that as well as Studio One Artist. They're both reasonably priced, especially if you wait for a sale on Mixcraft or get S1 Artist bundled with a PreSonus interface.

Does Mixcraft support ARA?

I read the title too quickly and thought the new release was 1.6.2. I kept trying to upgrade but couldn't. So for any one not very bright as I am, the latest release is 1.6.1.3527. ?

13 minutes ago, Magic Russ said:

The thing I am curious, that a lot of people seem to have overlooked, is that Bandlab still doesn't have a pricing plan in place.  I mean, they bought the product 7 years ago, have been developing it for all that time, but still haven't figured out how they are going to monetize it?   Am I the only one that finds that odd?

We should not assume that because there are no plan revealed that there is no plan.

11 minutes ago, mibby said:

Ouch! I just tried to play the included demo by Ryan Wright and it destroyed both my Apollo cores AND my CPU.  Lots of crackling...    ?

Current setup:

Apollo Twin USB | Win10 | AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Quad-Core Processor  3.30 GHz | SSDs

I believe it's in the song. It's mostly in the second drum loop clip, but also in the Fireworks track and Noisy clap track.

Anyone got it to work with a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 2nd gen interface?

I can choose it as the interface in the hardware tab, but there is nothing in the i/o settings tab and playback is still disabled. If I click on the Asio Control Panel Show button nothing happens.

On 5/10/2024 at 5:06 AM, Rain said:

A fellow Québécois!

Une petite ville du nom de Matane.

Love Montreal. Lived there for a while on a few occasions, and for almost 2 years before leaving for the US.

The white Strat has always been a very close second on my wish list. In fact, as soon as I bought the US one, I repainted the Korean one white. And a disaster of a paint job that was... ? Probably has to do with Hendrix. Actually, a lot of my favorite guitar players played white instruments, and my main guitar is a while LP Studio.

I've purchased a couple of them since but always ended up having to sell them back. But I got one in 2022 - not Olympic unfortunately, had to settle for Polar White, and not a US, but a Player series. Honestly, I could not justify the expense, so a Player was more than enough. The frets were a bit rough, but other than that, it's a fine guitar. That being said, I don't play it as much as I should. But I "need" a white Strat.

You might notice a certain trinket on my desk that should bring memories for a fellow Quebecer/Montrealer...

 

Ah! Matane famous for it's shrimp industry! ?

I was born in Montreal, but now live in Laval. Not much difference, just a bridge away.

Like your Expos baseball. I was gifted an autograph baseball bat by Rusty Staub as a very young kid. Unfortunately it was lost somehow. But I know my mom would clean up our rooms with a bit too much zeal while we were away in summer camps. I can't seem to know where that baseball bat went along with a rug with the faces of the Beatles on it, my Beatles black and white mint original card collection and my Batman mint card collection. Loved my mom, but wish she hadn't done that!

I was of course a big Beatle fan back then. When I saw them on the Ed Sullivan show as a very young kid I had two take away: one, I wanted to learn English so I would understand what they were singing and two, I wanted to play guitar. I did both! Great influence.

Here is a shot of my 1974 Strat. It is far from original since I played it a lot and experimented on it. Although I still have the original parts, it is now outfitted with a Callaham vintage tremolo, locking tuners, a graphite nut and older, not available anymore, Seymour Duncan stacked pickup. Changed the 3-way for a 5-way. I have a wiring that has volume, a master tone and a blend control that enables me to mix in some of the neck while in the bridge position for a little fatter sound. Great for the Comfortably Numb second solo. Changed the knobs a few years ago since I couldn't read anything on the old ones anymore. I know I lost in value, but hey I was young for some of the changes and didn't know better, but gain so much in playability. I have no regrets.