John Maar

FWIW, the Mastering Suite is included as part of Acon Digital's Acoustica Premium Edition, which, IMO, is the best audio editor out there. I switched to it from SpetraLayers a long time ago, and never looked back. The Premium Edition also includes the excellent Restoration Suite. I don't know if there's a discount available for Mastering Suite owners to Acoustica P. E. (199 euros). If not, I would consider holding off on the Mastering Suite until a sale on P. E. comes along (doesn't happen often). Acoustica Digital Audio Editor Premium Edition by Acon Digital

I bought a lifetime license for SPlat before it went splat. I never installed Cakewalk by Bandlab when I bought a new laptop. Are the SONAR Platinum downloads still available somewhere, including the Anderton IRs?

Nice to see the new features and fixes for MSuperLooper and MDrummer!

Hey, this is a free direct download on the Overloud site. It's totally bogus that JRR shows a $79 list price lined out. Hybrid Free for REmatrix I wasn't able to drop it into the VST3 plugin UI. I had to drop it into the standalone version of REmatrix to install it. Didn't try it with the VST version.

Version 1.2.1 (April 20, 2023) Fixed sustain pedal off behavior in mono mode. Fixed parameter automation corner case. Fixed preset character spelling error. Fixed editing text in preset search box on Windows. Fixed mouse click inside GUI not activating plugin window on Windows. Fixed prompt user input font size. Optimized draw background.

It's still up on Netflix. I'll have to give it a watch. After the Stanley Cup final.

I hope I'm wrong, but it seems to me that InMusic is where music software goes to die (AIR, in my case). Not a single update in several years.

I don't know what it is about Native Access, but at least they're consistent. In v1, every time I started it, I got a message at the bottom saying that Reaktor Player 6 had been successfully installed. Every time. Now with v3, I get a message at the top right that they're sending my usage data to the devs and I can manage that in Settings. The first thing I did when installing v3 was to disable that in Settings. But I still get that message every time I start up Native Access v3. Every time. Sheesh. 🙄

I like this developer. Note that you don't need the Pro version of his apps unless you create large libraries for sale AND want to do batch exports.

So, it is coming at some point. I wonder if it will be released before EZKeys 2 on May 16th.

I would assume so. I've paid for all of the other major version upgrades.

AAS's own website makes no mention of CV-2. Still showing and selling CV-1. Is there any info on the possible new version or is this a typo/mistake by EveryPlugin?

1) There is NO mention anywhere of the driver, ASIO or otherwise. 2) There is NO mention of its latency. 3) They say USB-C. That's the connector. The interface is USB-2. Not sure if it, with the as-yet to be announced driver, can handle the max I/O (via ADAT and S/PDIF) at the max sample rate (192 KHz). 4) The RME Babyface Pro is half the price, has super low latency and very high specs. I think I'll use the money to buy another new bass instead.

79 € gone. It'll be a long 5-6 weeks. Not sure what's going on, but TPM won't load my products at the moment. Maybe they're too busy selling EZKeys 2. ☺️

So sad. I've been a big fan of YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra) since their first album. I own all of them. Cancer sucks. And he was only 71, same as me. RIP, brother!

That shows you how much (little) attention I pay to plugin download managers.

I just figured that out and installed v2. I guess that I expected Native Access to inform me of new versions like all of the other app managers. Not so for this major upgrade. Live and learn. And...never mind. 😄

No idea how to get that popup. When I click on the NI logo top right in Native Access, it says the version is 1.14.1 (R156). I can't find any other way to get an "About" dialog.

Mac only. v1.14.1 on Windows.

Which means you've downloaded, installed and tested each one?

I bailed on Waves two years ago when I bought a new DAW. I have a LOT of Waves licenses. Some v9. Some v10. Some v11. A couple v12. Didn't WUP any of them. That's where they make their money. My current system is free of Waves shells. Now that they're going subscription only? Wow. Excellent decision in retrospect. Not enough suckers reupping their WUPs. The only waves I deal with now are the ones in the Arcachon tidal basin three blocks from my apartment. Ha.

Run Guitar Pro 8 and check Help | Check for Updates... Changelog Release Notes 8.1 New features SVG export (“File” > “Export” > “SVG…”) Numbered musical notation (Jianpu/simplified notation) “Free scores” mySongBook category mySongBook scores can now be sorted by last added Swedish translation Playback Fix the timbre of some notes Fix the audio fine tuning offset on a slide Fix the unwanted vertical scroll on a repetition in horizontal display mode Update the audio when adding a slur between two bars When the playback stops by itself, the cursor correctly returns to its starting position Chronos are now independent of the relative speed and fixed tempo Fix the pitch of legato slides in MIDI Switch the metronome to MIDI when all tracks are in MIDI In MIDI with a soloed track, the other tracks are no longer heard on the first beat Editing Fix a missing slur between two bars after undoing a string shift Fix the cursor behavior after using shortcuts to delete notes Fix the string shift from the banjo’s short drone Natural harmonics are no longer modified when shifting strings “Redo” is no longer enabled by default when opening a file Engraving Fix the bend/whammy indications disappearing on playback Fix the misproportioned thickness of ledger lines outside of the staff Fix the glyph for jazzy accidentals Fix the jazzy repetition bars indication Fix a collision between piano fingerings Fix the fret and string number after a rest on slash notation Fix the crescendo indication in multivoice Fix the muted notes symbol when importing from XML Fix the double dots on quarters and shorter rhythm values Fix the grace notes position when using the “Bar Arranger” tool Fix the duplicate HoPo after changing the number of strings Interface Fix the value displayed on the progressive speed during a countdown between bars Fix the “Go To Previous/Next Bar” cursor command behavior Reinstate the “Move/Copy/Swap Voices” tool shortcut (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + M) The Virtual Drum Kit is no longer empty for the bongo and the reverse cymbal Keep the selection when changing tracks Fix the drag beyond the screen of the rotary knobs Updating the time signature correctly updates the audio track slice of the Global View Save the solo/mute states between sessions in the drum mix popup Tools Fix initialising the scale diagrams dialog from a selection Editing the audio track padding from the first sync point correctly updates the audio An empty diagram is no longer displayed when using the “chord” command of the command palette Improve the audio preview for drumkits in the Track Wizard The güiro now has two articulations and is no longer on the same string as the surdo on the Africa Kit Fretlight guitar frets are correctly displayed on repeated bars Audio Fine Tuning is available for grace notes Opening / Importing / Exporting files Fix the XML export for directions when the first bar is empty Fix the XML import for fingerings on tablature staves Fix the XML import for voices when there are several Fix the XML import for free texts Fix the MIDI import for slurs Fix the import of audio files containing special characters on Windows All backup files of the previous session are now correctly restored after a crash Fixed crashes On importing a .ptb with a Coda On opening a .M4A audio file On opening a .opus audio file On updating the layout in multitrack On closing a file with a forced stylesheet On deleting chords On previewing an empty file On adding HoPo in tablature On MIDI import On disconnecting a Bluetooth headphone On copy-pasting sustain pedals On selecting empty bars with the keyboard

Excellent news! XLN tech support got back to me already, with a ZIP file containing the MIDI files for all of the MIDIpaks that I own! Bravo, XLN!