Sidney Earl Goodroe

Setting the threshold is a variable. Depending on the audio coming in determines what the setting should be. Different types of music require different settings. It is no crime to back the threshold down!!! If you notice, some of the presets are based around -4! That is a good starting point. My target area I pay attention to is the master bus output level meter. Most hard rock, hip hop, etc, my levels there are usually bouncing around -3 or 4 and the peak at -0.3. Music that is very dynamic is usually around -6 to -0.3. Those seem to be the industry sweet spots unless you are wanting to compete in the dreaded loudness war. That is a whole different argument!

I use Mixbus standard from time to time for audio mixing and mastering but the MIDI is absolutely horrible!!!!!!! It does have a warmness and character to it that I don't quite get from my other DAWs.

Hi, I had the privilege of having the Bakers use a quote from me in the marketing ad for Adaptive Limiter! This by no means makes me an expert on mastering whatsoever. I can only tell you my experience with AL and hope it helps. I try to set my master bus so it peaks around -6. Then turn on AL. The next step I have found to be invaluable!!! For CD purposes, I heard and read that the limiter output should be set for -0.3!! It seems that some older CD players will start to overdrive if you don't leave that little extra headroom. I know that a lot of you are saying horse hockey to this but I and many of my clients and tech guys tried it and there is a discernible difference. This also seems to help with MP3 conversion as well. For WAV digital downloads you can get away with the output at -0.1. But, as you have found, the master bus sounds better at -6 before hitting the limiter. As I said before, everyone has their workflow. This works for me and I master album releases for pro studios all the time. Hope this helps. Good luck!

Hi, y'all! From Macon, Georgia!!! 75 miles south of Atlanta. That is Georgia in the US. Not in the Russian vicinity. 😀

Starting to feel like a beta tester?😉

Of the less expensive orchestral libraries, GPO 5 and Miroslav 2 are my goto instruments. Of the two, GPO 5 gets used more but it is an absolute necessity to learn the use of the vast controllers included along with the mod wheel controlling expression. There is no velocity control for the strings so you must record mod wheel or edit it in a controller lane. I can give you a lot of tips if you decide to get GPO 5. I have used Garritan since version 3.

That's what is peculiar! I have had this thing since they came out and have never used the zone setup buttons! I had to have inadvertently hit that zone button by mistake. Anyway. Thanks

Handling hot tubes can damage the internal wires and grids! It's always a good idea to let the amp and tubes cool for a little bit before grabbing and snatching them around.

I found it!!! The zone channel for zone 1 had somehow got set to channel 2!!!! You must remember on the M-audio Keystation Pro 88 (old model) to press global channel button TWICE to set the ZONE channel!! Thanks for your help.

I think your still misunderstanding my OP. The global channel is set for channel 1. You can assign any knob, slider, wheel, etc., to any channel you want. All are set to channel 1. The problem is the keys themselves are transmitting on channel 2 and there is no setting to change just the keys to a separate channel. This only is so in the standalone version. The vst works fine. This has been a problem for a long while it seems. There was a post a long time ago on the original forum about this problem and I was wondering if anyone else was still experiencing it. Thanks for the tips but I have the manual and also the editing software for the Keystation. I don't see anything out of the ordinary in the software editor.

There is no channel 0. Only 1-16. Thanks for the response. Just makes no sense that all controllers other than the actual keys transmit on one channel. I do not see an assignment for just the keys. Back to my workaround, I guess,

BTW, this seems only on the standalone version.

Hi, guys!! Question: Is anybody still experiencing the midi channel transmission bug? I am still on version 3 and STILL haven't figured out why the sliders, knobs, etc., all transmit on channel 1 but the keys transmit on channel 2!!!! Yes, I have checked the channels on my Keystation 88 Pro. All set to channel 1. I don't get why just the keys are being recieved on channel 2. Has anyone else experienced this and if so what was your fix. Thanks!!!

Let's hope that Cake is not moving to a rental only licensing model!!!! That article is rather disturbing!!!

There is also Rematrix Player which is a freebie convolver worth having.

Freebies that are good and fairly easy to operate are Orilriver and Dragonfly Room and Dragonfly Hall. Don't expect them to be super high dollar sounding reverbs but I have found them very useable as far as strictly reverb units go.

Btw, there are videos on YouTube for TW16Wx.

I have been using the free version of TX16Wx for longer than I like to admit! That thing is so feature packed that I have no need to get the pay version. But be aware that the learning curve is very steep. It will take a while to get familiar with it. It is well worth getting it in your arsenal. The editing in it is very much like Kontakt. You can load samples or record directly into it. Check it out and if you need help or tips just contact me in this forum.

I had a major problem with vb3 after a Windows 10 update version before last! I had no audio and some projects with vb3 in them crashed. I had to uninstall vb3 altogether. I contacted the developer and he and I chased that dog for about 4 days before he even gave up! Then, 3 weeks later an update patch fix installed. Just out of curiosity i tried vb3 and VIOLA! Everything was back to normal!!! Infuriating!!!!

7 is a straight volume controller. Controller 11 in some cases will control the brightness as well as the volume. Some vsts and vsti have a learn function on them so you can click on the knob or slider and a window will appear saying LEARN. Then you move the slider or knob or foot control on your keyboard and the vst feature should respond.

My problem is I am running usually 10 to 20 vst instruments and fx in a normal project for me. Then if you pile Convology on, the CPU is strangling. It will work well on audio only projects but not working well at all with a ton of other costs munching away at the processor.

VERY CPU intensive!! Barely useable but will continue to try.

I NEVER use VST3 plugins, just VST2, unless the VST3 version is the only available plug, and have had sporadic results with the AIR plugs. I say sporadic meaning once or twice in 10 years or more. Thankfully, there are far better plugs around than the ones that give me trouble so I just steer clear of them. Still, it's perplexing and would like to know why this problem persists.

That one still finds it's way into my projects. Even against the newer kits in SD3! The room mics in Allaire are stellar.

I must correct my prior post!!!! GFX does work in the track FX bin allowing you to record in real time thru the amp as you would record mics on an amp. I was trying to get the raw direct track that was recorded with Amplitube in an older project to play thru GFX and that is when I found that it only works in an aux or buss. Sorry for the confusion!