John Maar

Not sure why this was posted now. The v16 update was released back in early June. I installed it on 8 June. Is there something I missed?

Good question. Hope the answer is "resizable". I'm on a scaled 4K display and would love a resizable GUI. If they do that, I hope they do it right (dragging the lower right-hand corner), and not with a boatload of image files for different specific sizes.

Does the beta site have a separate login from the main site? I can login to my account on the main site, but get the "invalid user name/email or password" error message. I don't feel like creating a new account just to get to the beta. I have a license for the full Soundtoys 5 bundle, but will wait for the real release.

Small and light, and only $59, but not a rival to Pianoteq. Add a little chorus and it sounds a bit like the Yamaha CP80 electric grand. Still happy with my purchase.

I wonder what's going on here. Justin Frankel, the original Winamp developer, stopped working on it and founded Cockos (Reaper). Is he going back to Winamp, or is it a whole new set of peeps, and Justin has nothing to do with it? He sold Nullsoft to AOL in '99, who then closed the San Francisco office of Nullsoft in December 2003, laying off 450 people. Justin resigned a month later, so my guess is he has nothing to do with the new incarnation, whatever and whenever that might be.

I have AT Max, so I already have this pedal. Which I didn't know anything about. But it looks useful for my basses, with its Low Pass and High Pass filters. Might save me the cost of buying the Broughton pedal I have been considering.

Good to know. I'll try it driving the new free Heavyocity Foundations Nylon Guitar. Maybe I'll actually get my money's worth! 🎸👍

Being a keyboard and bass player, I never tried that feature. Gonna have to play with it.

Not even close. If you're only going to buy one, go with Scaler. I upgraded Instachord to v2, but I was actually thinking of Instacomposer, and thought I was upgrading it. I wasn't really paying very close attention. I never used Instachord after getting Scaler. Instacomposer is worth having, but I'll have to play with Instachord v2 now that I have it to see if it offers anything I can use.

InstaChord 2 installation follow-up InstaChord 2 does not replace InstaChord 1 (different VST file names). It has its own Presets folder. If you purchased and installed any of the v1 preset packs (I have 3), you need to copy (if you're keeping v1 installed for existing projects) or move the preset folders to the v2 Presets folder. That folder, for me, is: C:\Users\johna\AppData\Roaming\WAProduction\Instachord 2\Presets Replace "johna" with your user name.

A bit convoluted, but it worked. I purchased InstaChord from Plugin Boutique, so I had to buy the IC2 upgrade from them and was immediately issued a serial number. Clicking on the PB download button bounced me to the W.A. Productions page for IC2. But...I had to register the serial number with them first before the download link appeared on the product page...which I had to go searching for after being on the product registration page. Sheesh. Anyway, downloaded. Installing now.

I'm just starting the Unify journey through the looking glass, but the more I see and read, the more I think it was $79 well spent. Spitfire LABS and Heavyocity Foundations are really the only two free instruments I use. During my 70 years on this dirt ball, I've discovered that there really is no free lunch. But there's nothing wrong with not wanting to pay more than necessary for that lunch. And I'm especially happy if my money goes directly to the farmer/developer.

You are correct that two instances of Epic Choir are required, since the choir type (long ahhs or short staccato syllables) is a preset, and changing presets cannot be done via a MIDI keyswitch. It may be possible to drive both instances of Epic Choir with the same MIDI track and use volume automation (ON or OFF vs. OFF or ON) to define which of the two instances will deliver audio out.

Unify purchased and installed, along with the presets for all of the 3rd party instruments that I own. Playing with it will have to wait until tomorrow morning. Time for a walk along the ocean with my 3 puppers and then watch the England vs. Sweden semifinal in the Women's 2022 Euros at 21h00. France vs. Germany semifinal tomorrow night! Go Blues! EDIT: The online manual has been updated for v1.8. Unify v1.8 Online Manual

I'm staying as far away as possible from crypto and day trading. And the casino just down the street. I worked too hard for my money.

Unify bought and paid for. Downloading now. Getting closer!

My French bank (CIC) is great. I have US$ and EU€ accounts. I transfer my pensions that are direct deposited to my U.S. bank to my CIC dollar account, only paying the $40 wire transfer fee (I aggregate a few months income, so the $40 is very small compared to the size of the transfer). CIC converts dollars to euros at the current full rate, only charging me a couple of euros for the transaction. I wind up with way more euros than if I used Chase or PayPal or one of the currency transfer websites like OFX.

I just noticed this update today (I was on 7.4.1). You can download from: Acon Digital downloads Change Log for v7.4 Acoustica 7.4.7 * Fixed: Buffer size setting in audio device settings does not have any effect. * Fixed: DeClick:Dialogue filter band positions incorrect after sample rate change. * Added: Added spectral centroid feature to detection in DeClick:Dialogue * Improved: Increased spectral smoothing in DeClick:Dialogue * Improved: Reduced latency in DeClick:Dialogue * Updated: Included version 1.2 of Extract:Dialogue * Fixed: Remix preview in ARA plug-in only plays once * Fixed: Processing with time/frequency selections has a slight time offset. * Fixed: Random crashes when zooming in very closely on clip with anchors * Fixed: Vertical axis is not placed correctly in Fade tool * Fixed: Changing focused item in caption list incorrectly sets keyboard focus to caption text editor. * Fixed: Bypass in Multiband Dynamics doesn't work when soloing bands * Fixed: DeClick and DeClick:Dialogue incorrectly detect clicks at beginning of processed signal * Fixed: Colours in SRT export should not include alpha channel according to standard. * Added: Support for scrolling with Apple's Magic Mouse * Fixed: Playback Scroll Mode has no effect in the ARA plug-in * Fixed: DeNoise 2 doesn't always work when chains are loaded in batch processor. * Fixed: Invalid cursor position requested when pressing play in Acoustica ARA plug-in without content. Acoustica 7.4.1 * Fixed: Export to SubRip (SRT) files doesn't always work with overlapping captions. * Fixed (plug-ins): Incorrect latency reported by several plug-ins when using specific block lengths. * Fixed QC-914: Using "Save As..." in Acoustica ARA crashes host

I'm still in the process of acquiring Unify, but one feature mentioned in the videos and reviews that I've checked is that I can route different MIDI channels to different VSTs in Unify. If that means what I think it means, that I can route different MIDI streams to different VSTs, then that eliminates my biggest concern (that all VSTs have to play the same MIDI stream). For a comparison, consider how Band In A Box lets you mute various instruments with .dot commands and pushes in the chord chart. For example, drums first, then bring in the bass, then the guitar and finally the backing instruments. In Unify, I might want to feed the Choir different MIDI than the strings or wind instruments or a synth like Pigments or Chromaphone.

A PayPal account is linked to a bank account. I couldn't find any way to link two different banks (one in the U.S. and one in France) to one account. Also, you can only have one PayPal account per email address. Good thing I regularly use two different email accounts. It may be possible to have a PayPal account that is not linked to a bank account, but only to credit/debit cards, but I didn't try that. I am open to suggestions from someone more knowledgeable/experienced with PayPal than I am. I would love to be able to consolidate the two accounts.

OK, after buying and installing Epic Choir, I bought Epic Strings (installed), Epic Brass & Woodwinds (installed) and Intimate Strings (downloading and installing now). I tried to purchase Unify, but it didn't switch to € from $ after I updated my address to France. Plugin Guru still wants $. I have two PayPal accounts, one for euros for my French bank and one for dollars for my U.S. bank. Plugin Guru's payment page insists on loading the euro PayPal account. Phooey. I'll have to try again and see if one of my old U.S. credit cards still works.

Will do. My very first impression? Dang, this cost me a lot of money. No, not for the library, but now I feel the need to add Unify and the Originals Epic Strings, Epic Brass & Woodwinds and Intimate Strings libraries. I already have the Cimbalom and Mrs Mills Piano libraries. Should I take the red pill or the blue one? 😋 I use Gig Performer in the studio for patching together different libraries. I'm interested to see what Unify adds to the mix. Unify also supports Chromophone 3, Sektor and Pigments, so I'll be going down a rabbit hole for awhile.

Sounds excellent. Purchased. Downloading now.

Thanks for the video, but dayam, we lost another great one. Did not know that he'd crossed the rainbow bridge. He worked with some great artists. 😢He retired just down the road from my winter place. Two of my favorite golf courses were in Fountain Hills.

Give me a farting break. Steven Slate (may he never rest in peace) did a better April Fool's version. I can't find the video on YouTube any more. Does anyone have the link?