locrian

3 hours ago, ZincT said:

Also, is there any way to favorite a course? I use that a lot on G3.

If you hover over the top-right corner of the video, it will be flagged for later viewing.

However, to your point, I couldn't find where these 'favorites' were saved (so I just dragged shortcuts from my browser to a folder on the Desktop).

Just watched "Daniel Wyatt's Mastering Tips" and have to say that it was really good!  I've watched many mastering vids before and most were vague, long-winded and more inspirational than practical.

This one, in contrast, provided very concise, specific, and useful info that you could immediately and easily apply to your mix.  Highly recommended!

Hmm. I searched for "FL Studio All Plugins Edition" and "FL Studio" before posting and nothing came up. Strange.

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Every year I plan to buy a Roli Seaboard...but it never happens.  Maybe Equator 2 will push me over the edge this year.

19 minutes ago, balinas said:

It seems that SpectraLayers ONE 7 actually can be used as a standalone.

Yes, it does run standalone.  I'm using it that way right now.

8 hours ago, Matthew Sorrels said:

You can't do the 10 to 10.5 upgrade again if you have already jumped to 10.5 before.  It does look for, an then replace, the license on the eLicenser.  Since you don't have a 10 license on the dongle, you can't apply the upgrade.

Matthew, what you say makes perfect sense and I'm now convinced that this is the reason why I have not had success updating to version 11.

However, two things to note.   First, I still have an active copy of C9.5 Pro in my Steinberg account (online, but not in the eLicenser dongle) despite having updated it to version C10 Pro (I still have the invoice).  Second, I am able to run C10 Pro with the eLicenser that contains neither a license for 9.5 nor 10. And it's not running in demo/grace-period mode.

So, it seems there's a disconnect between the formal license activation process and the practical side of using those licenses.  Very strange.

I just submitted a support request...let's see how long it takes to get a (useful) response.

This has been a truly painful experience.

1 hour ago, ZincT said:

@locrian what does your online account show in terms of Cubase Pro? Does it match your elicenser? The message you got still might indicate that the license is not yet in sync with reality!

Actually I think you may have identified the problem. Thus far I've been concerned exclusively with my license for 10.5 Pro. However, the update I bought in July is specifically for 10 to 10.5, and currently I do *not* have a license for 10.0 (I applied an update last year to bring that to 10.5).  And so that's probably why this keeps failing: the e-licenser has not found a 10.0 license to upgrade.

I do however have an old 9.5 license, so maybe I can somehow reactivate my 9.5 to 10.0 update and then apply my 10.0 to 10.5 update (in order to get 11).

This system is absolutely riduculous!

Anyway, thanks for shedding light on this issue. I have a hunch that's the problem.

To see if I'm correct, would someone who has successfully updated to 11 please let me know if they were able to do it *without* a license corresponding to the update they purchased?  If this has been done successfully, then what I wrote above is likely wrong.

12 minutes ago, ZincT said:

@locrian what does your online account show in terms of Cubase Pro? Does it match your elicenser? The message you got still might indicate that the license is not yet in sync with reality!

All entries in my online account match those shown in the e-licenser. So it appears that, for me, the problem isn't a matter of syncing but rather of accepting the activation code and proceeding to download it to my e-licenser.

15 minutes ago, ZincT said:

In case you still need it, it might be worth raising a support ticket as they are probably snowed under so the sooner you raise it the sooner you will get a reply.

Yes, that's about the only option left to me at this point.

16 minutes ago, ZincT said:

Stick with it, I'm sure it will come good in the end! 🤞

Thanks again for your help -- it's greatly appreciated!

2 minutes ago, ZincT said:

What does your e-licenser display for Cubase Pro?

The only Cubase Pro license shown in my e-licenser is my *current* license for 10.5 Pro. I have not been able to activate my 10.0-to-10.5 update license (purchased in July), which should be converted to 11 given that I'm just activating it now.

The problem is that I'm not able to complete the Enter Activation Code process: I enter my activation code, the e-licenser CC correctly identifies it, but then I get that error message that I posted above.

From what you've written, you must have got past this step but then had to wait to complete the activation (via the actually syncing, as you mentioned).

I'm beginning to think that something more serious is wrong, but am not sure what to try next.

7 minutes ago, ZincT said:

Just tried again now with success!

Initially Cubase Pro 10 license was still shown as "transfer pending" in e-licenser as a result of yesterday's issues. As I already entered the upgrade code yesterday (£30 bought in July and supplied as an Activation Code (8 groups of 4 alphanumeric digits) not a download code), I figured that I just need to get the e-licenser in sync.

So, all I tried was running "online maintenance and synchronization" which it still took an age to do and failed on a couple of stages BUT this time I got a popup saying something about the vendor has upgraded Cubase 10.5 to 11 and now my e-licenser is showing Cubase Pro 11 (which is also shown in my online account).

Thanks for providing me with some hope.  Unfortunately, no success yet.  I'll keep trying.  Cheers...

1 hour ago, Frank said:

I did it just now without problems.  Activiated my 10.5 license and got 11.0

Seems the overkill of the server is over.

Still no luck here...

17 minutes ago, Zo said:

How the helldid ya got that price ?

During the annual summer sale.

49 minutes ago, Cecelius2 said:

After reading this thread I waited.  Then after several attempts, I finally was able to update my Cubase 10 to Cubase 11 Pro (using a 10 to 10.5 update).  I had purchased the 10 to 10.5 update this past summer, but held the activation until 11 came out. 

At first, my eLicenser would not perform its maintenance process.  It took several tries over several hours.  But just now, the eLicenser successfully did its maintenance process.  So, I then entered the 10 to 10.5 update and got a message that said they were updating me to Cubase 11.

Hmm. I guess Steinberg just doesn't like me. 😞

For those of us unable to update to version 11, I thought I'd share my particulars (in the hope that we can figure out why we cannot update while others can):

- I purchased an 'update' license in July of this year: Cubase Pro 10.5 Update from Cubase Pro 10 ($35.99)

- I have both 10.5 Pro and 11 Pro installed (both function perfectly; I'm using ver 11 in grace-period mode)

- I was able to successfully perform the Maintenance Tasks in eLicenser CC

- When I enter my update activation code into the eLicenser CC, it's recognized correctly; however, after continuing, I receive this error message:

"Currently there is no license avaialable which can be upgraded by your upgrade license. Please connect a USB-eLicenser which holds an appropriate upgradable license"

- I have unplugged and re-plugged my eLicenser dongle into my USB hub

- I have rebooted my computer

4 minutes ago, cclarry said:

I registered my 10.5 update, and was immediate upgraded to 11 through the eLicenser Control Center...
Then used the Steinberg Download Assistant to install

Okay, thanks for letting me know. I'll try agian tomorrow. Cheers...

On 11/5/2020 at 6:26 AM, cclarry said:

From the Steinberg site:

If you've activated a software license up to 4 or 6 weeks (depending on the product) before
the release of a newer version, you might be entitled for a free Grace Period update.

Has anyone been able to update to version 11 by activating a 10.5 license?  I've had no success after many attempts.

When I enter my activation code into the pop-up box it's correctly recognized. But after clicking the continue button I get the following error message:

"Currently there is no license avaialable which can be upgraded by your upgrade license. Please connect a USB-eLicenser which holds an appropriate upgradable license"

I realize that there's a lot of traffic on the Steinberg site, but this seems more like a local rather than network problem.

I need to type faster...😀

I wonder how functional SpectraLayers One will be (and which version will be added to Pro)?

https://musictechtips.com/2020/11/04/steinberg-cubase-11-is-coming/

1 hour ago, Brian Walton said:

Any idea on how they mapped the sounds?  "GM" standard or something proprietary which will require mapping if using somehting like JamStix to control it?

See attached PDF...

Midi Map.pdf

No. I'm not familiar with this VI. I justed posted it because I thought someone else might be interested in it.

I did skim the first video and remember the author talking about some of the details, so maybe the answer to your question is in there.

Overview:

The Organic Calfskin Kit (OCK) is an acoustic drum VST3 ROMpler plugin for both Mac and Windows.  This is a comprehensive and easy-to-use solution to working with the thousands of multi-track/multi-velocity samples.

This specific download features samples from the Default-Dry kit.  This kit is a moderately dry sounding setup that offers good punch for modern music styles and minimal sustain for easy mixing.

Download & Videos:  https://www.organicdrumloops.com/ogdl-plugins/ock-vst/

Has anyone successfully relocated the (>5GB!) IR files from the default Waves' folders (see below) to an external hard drive?

  Virtual Acoustics:         C:\Program Files (x86)\Waves\Data\IR1Impulses

  Sampled Acoustics V2: C:\Program Files (x86)\Waves\Data\IR1Impulses V2