Jacques Boileau

Yes, it works for me now too. But now since I have tried it, I think it would be nice if it would compensate for gain increase from the plugin. For example, with the curve for my Beyerdynamic DT 900 X, there is a boost at around 4k of 3.7db. When you have a mix with mastering or loudness plugins that bring the level to near 0db, the 3.7db from the plugin is quite enough to drive the level into the red. Other plugin that do calibration have a reduced levels exactly for that. I have sent my sugestion to Hornet.

1 hour ago, Billy86 said:

When monitoring with headphones in CW, I use the headphone version of Sonarworks SoundID Reference to compensate for my headphones frequency response.  Waves' various emulated studio listening environments (Abbey Road, CLA, etc.) also have built in compensation for a decent range of headphones, mine included. So, I'll use one or the other depending on what I'm doing.

My question: Is there a way to use my Sonarworks SoundID headphone software when working in RX standalone so I can listen with that same compensation?  Thanks. 

I believe so, yes. Sonarworks has a plugin version for your DAW but it also has a system wide version that will correct all audio on the system. From their web page:

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DAW Plugin and Systemwide Calibration

Works in all major DAWs as a plugin and as a standalone Systemwide app calibrating audio across your entire system.

 

Ehen I installed SoundID for headphones it created a start menu item to start the app which then resides in the task bar tray:

I gave all the info to Hornet support and offered help if I can be of any assistance.

Still no UI for me... Can't test it. 🙁

And don't forget Craig Anderton's The Huge Book of Cakewalk by BandLab Tips

The new version does no show any UI under Cakewalk for me. The VST window for the plugin is blank, no UI. Does it work for anybody else under Cakewalk?

Anybody know if it works with the free version of Kontakt?

32 minutes ago, Yan Filiatrault said:

One day, a developer had an idea for a deal, but Larry already posted about it.

Ha! And you give him credit for that when we all know he subliminaly implanted that idea in the developer's mind? 🤔

35 minutes ago, Esteban Villanova said:

Yeah, amp settings are fine. I mean the browser visibility settings that allows us to hide the amps we don't own. You need to do it every time you open the UI.

Yep, you're right. And we know they can do better since it is saved in Amplitube. Hopefully they will add this ability in a future version of ToneX. 🤞

8 minutes ago, abacab said:

Beat English?

yes

42 minutes ago, Peter - IK Multimedia said:

Note that this deal will end right before our TONEX announcement, so through Feb 15.

What if the news is of a new version and I bought the old just a few days earlier? Honestly, the fact that it ends just prior to a big annoucement is kinda holding me back honestly. I wonder if I'll be disapointed to have jumped in and realized I should have waited...

I thought this was a good in-depth on the difference between a monitor and a TV. The text smoothing part of the video is the most interesting and can have some effect for a DAW. Not much maybe, but still worth considering. He also goes into what settings to change on the TV for optimal results, a step not to skip if you get a TV for your DAW.

45 minutes ago, Bapu said:

I'm calling this birthday "That 70's Show" 🙂 

Oh, you were born in the 70's? 😉

Dang, I'll go make lots of room on my HDD for this huuuge update! 😋

@Bapu Ok, I just finished a call with my bandmate and he has a working DAT. He does not want to sell it but would be glad to lend it to me to do the transfers. His machine is a Sony DTC-A6. I would plug it through my Scarlett 2i4 through the audio inputs. I don't know if there is any easy way to capture the RAW digital output from the coax or optical outputs into a wav to save the DA and AD conversions. If you know how to do this let me know.

Of course you must be willing to risk sending the tapes over and accept the risk that I can't recuperate what is on them for some reason like the tapes have gone bad over the years, etc. Anyhow, I'd be willing to give it try, no prob. If you decide to send the tapes over, I will have him do a quick check first that his machine is still functioning correctly before you send anything.

And I'll try not to hit that 'Erase' button I see there in the picture! 😆

On 1/21/2023 at 12:10 PM, Bapu said:

Anyone have one that you can transfer 4 DAT tapes to WAV?

If you don't want to sell it, I can ship you the tapes and pay you for your time to transfer the entire 4 tape(s) to single WAV per tape(I can break up the songs afterwards).

The keyboard player in my band has a DAT recorder, more than one probably. He did some transfers of our old gigs recently, so he is setup for transfers. I'll inquire if he has any to sell or at least if we could do the transfers for you. I'll get back to you tomorrow.

53 minutes ago, abacab said:

Chorus Jun-6 was a freebie giveaway a while back...

Yep, got it then. So, for those with tons of plugins (nobody on this forum of course), you should check your Arturia account first, you may already have it.

1 hour ago, Jesse Wolfe said:

Thanks, @Jacques Boileau! I'm not sure what happened, but today when I tried, I see AZ Controller IS showing me different MIDI between << and SHIFT-<<. So I do have use of them. Maybe I had keyboard in PRESET Mode.  Although the Preset Editor doesn't let you change it, it appears Mackie protocol (I have that set for the << and >> buttons) permits the keys to send different MIDI.

Control surface integration is a very mysterious thing! 🤔 I have been there!

39 minutes ago, abacab said:

Hope you already downloaded and archived them!

Installed!

And... both of the latest plugin collective freebies, NI massive and Ozone element, are out of our accounts. Promotion terminated.

48 minutes ago, Bapu said:

Installed!

Installed too! 🙂

To quote nobody I know: installed! 🙂

2 hours ago, Philip Jones said:

OK, when I installed CbB I chose not to install Melodyne, as I do not want to and will never use pitch correction, if a singer can't sing in key, then I won't record them, anyway, now, every time I start CbB, I keep getting a slide out saying "Update Available (Melodyne Installer), Update Melodyne Trial Plugin", if this is Bandlab's way of harassing me to buy Melodyne when I don't want it, then it's time to find another DAW.

There has to be a way to stop this from happening, and I don't want to hear "Well, install it and it will stop asking, you don't need to use it", that's beside the point, the point is if I don't want a piece of software on my computer, I shouldn't have to install it and not use it just to stop any constant reminders, if that's the case, then I'll be running out of disk space within a week.

But Melodyne in CbB is used for much more than vocal pitch correction. In fact, I don't think it is used for pitch correction if you only install the trial plugin and it ends its trial.

Someone may correct me, but it is also used for other Cakewalk functionalities and I don't know how these are performed without Melodyne installed. The two that comes to mind is tempo detection using an audio track. That is when you drag an audio track to the time ruler. And when you want to convert audio to midi.

You shouldn't see Melodyne as only a vocal correction tool as it does much more. You do not have to buy Melodyne for this and Cakewalk is not asking you to. Just the free trial version will do the trick.

I do own Melodyne, it is installed, so my experience may be different. For me Melodyne is much more than a vocal tuning utility. I used it on many things including bass, guitars, or any other instruments when a small imperfection is detected and access to the performer is not available anymore. Sometimes I use it to simply detect a song's key or chords. But once I got to know all the power of Melodyne, I started to find very useful uses in my day to day work.

On 1/15/2023 at 2:27 AM, Jesse Wolfe said:

@Jacques Boileau I am finally getting the hang of AZ Controller. Wondering... did you get the Rec Arm. , SOLO, MUTE, SELECT to actually turn off and on the keyboard fader button light to sync with the button in Cakewalk?  I notice that with BITWIG in Mackie mode the lights do not change.. they are always ON.  The only time they seem to go off an on is in native Keyboard use, when they are used to control ARP/LATCH/CHORD/SCALE features of the HammerPro88.

A few more questions, and I will be able to upload my preset to AZSLOW forum.

1. It seems the HammerPro88 has the ^ and v (shift->> and shift-<<,  respectively) but they do not seem to generate any MIDI. Did you do anything special? AZ Controller does not register any MIDI for these keys. I don't see it as a setting in the OxygenPro DAW Preset Editor, either.
2. For future readers, the Oxygen-61 daw preset.bin file on AZLOW does not load into the HammerPro88 editor. I resolved that by installing the OxygenPro61 Preset editor on my PC. I could then read all the settings and make a patch for the HammerPro88, which I'll post over in AZLOW when I get it finalized.

cc @azslow3

Here is what I get from pressing 'v' and '^'. It is the same in Bitwig preset or my Cakewalk preset. So no I guess I didn't change anything. But you are right, the editor does not mention or let you do anything when the shift key is pressed.

I just tried it and for the leds for Rec,  Select, Solo and Mute, no they do not light up accordingly unfortunately. They are always off. I wonder if it is possible at all to give feedback. And if at all possible, would it then follow when we move the WAI focus?

^ Exactly!!!