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Eesh, I saw PPG and my first reaction is "paint." Is funny how many acronyms span industries with entirely different meanings.

Yeah, it certainly takes a different breed to be in the submarine community. The news on that just gets worse, since the initial pics of recovery showed a de-laminated section (of a 5" hull), but no one in the news seems to know what they are looking at or saying. The appeal to authority fallacy of putting James Cameron out there as a materials expert took the cake for me. For anyone interested, wiki has a decent write up of HY-80 steel that is used for submarine construction (and why). I may need to stop reading news for my own sanity, the recent roller coaster "crack" was another one. The use of the word crack versus break just comes across as intent to downplay the seriousness of what a spectator videoed. Field failures are the ultimate failures any engineer can suffer (specifically with loss of life), but there seems to be a growing cavalier attitude towards design.

Try typing "Cakewalk" into the Windows Search bar and see if "Cakewalk by BandLab" pops up as the recommended app (it should). The installer is saying that you already have it installed, which is why it did nothing.

iZotope has always exceled at purging older products from stores and the internet, so you might try reaching out to iZotope's customer service. The file was named "Exponential_Audio_Stratus_Win_Release_3_00.zip" (105MB) but has no hits for search engines.

I must have just hit one of those windows by dumb luck then. I thought that was the norm and it got changed.

Quick FYI for folks not familiar with these. I had to go back and check what this entails (read the details at the bottom of the above link), since I only ever pop these open if something strikes my fancy when I open GP8 (one per day pops up randomly if you own GP). Basically these help with practicing transcriptions (not all are accurate), and even using credits you cannot save or edit scores (just allows printing them). I think you also get a free 7-day trial to everything when purchasing GP8. I went on a massive "unsubscribe" binge last night (my custom email filters to screen "advertisements" are suddenly leaking) and Arobas got nailed from sending me one for GP8 when I already own it.

These promos always make me check this... there was a time when HELIX Native was free to HELIX owners, but for a while it seems that it is often 75% off rather than free. Never quite understood that since it is essentially a VST version of the hardware.

+1, it took a while for me to take advantage of pulling the DI signal from guitar inputs, but one of the best advantages of amp sims allows for rapid composition with the ability to re-amp in the box (that, and you can own $50,000 in "gear" that weighs nothing, of course). As far as presets, I finally upgraded to TH-U last Christmas, but still haven't downloaded any of the monthly presets. Presets (and samples) can be the biggest waste of time to sort through; it is often better to know how to tweak them to make them fit with what is "close enough." I have found "in the box" a bit stifling to creativity over the years, specifically camped out near a computer. I ended up going wireless several years ago, so can go outside on the porch to play and just let the DAW be itself (why I appreciate Studio One Remote a lot). Sitting in front of a DAW (or even with the screen in view) seems to shift focus to "potential editing" rather than "just playing" for me.

This is also the preferred method to clean temporary files. A "Save as ..." with the above settings to a new project folder will only copy over the audio in use by the project at that save point. You can test that out quickly by trying and comparing to the original folder. Depending on your work flow you could be creating a lot of temp files (Cakewalk does not delete those for you as a fail safe for oopsies, but they can build up quickly in size). If you are using Melodyne, there is a similar issue with it's cache (where the "Separations" folder is being saved in Melodyne preferences) or if you save a Cakewalk project with active Region FX in them (the cwp file will be noticeably larger). That Separations folder also does not purge, and can get to GB in size fast on you. Quick edit: typed that from my phone so edited to add clarity regarding Melodyne. Where temporary audio is saved is in the preferences for applicable programs (Cakewalk, Melodyne, et al.), but those folders also do not purge themselves. Temporary audio (and video) files can consume massive amounts of drive space quickly. Melodyne's Separations folder (I think it defaults to 10GB max) can be purged regularly; it will reconstruct itself as needed when opening projects with active Region FX in them. For the OP, adjusting preference settings to save data to the D drive is preferred as already mentioned.

Not me... first thought is always, "Where's the candy!?"

Last item has a verb you don't see in update lists too often ... "Hacked a bug in Ableton Live [...]"

Did he say (or even hum) anything like this during the live stream? "I am the eye in the sky, looking at you I can read your mind I am the maker of rules, dealing with fools I can cheat you blind"

This is why MCharacter is one of my favorite plugins, since it focuses on control of the harmonics/partials in material (excels with monophonic material). He doesn't get into much detail with the harmonic series of one-node (i.e., wind) instruments, but the partials there have fractional wave lengths due to the open end. Because of this, MCharacter is great for changing timbre to either clean up sub-standard samples, or even morph them into a totally different instrument by adjusting the overtone set.

Melda sorta concerns me in a way now. Of all the forums to experience "lifetime upgrades" and then have them taken away, this one would be top of the list. Some of the buy-in prices for MComplete seemed too good to be true, so if that was another "money grab before we bury you" trick, I am going to be on the irate end.

I didn't realize about Melda either, which may explain some of the recent sale. The issue with a lot of the investment firms is often that only the investment part matters (not the company); make financial statements look good, then resell many times. When this includes a portfolio, the piece parts can be split off and told to become profitable or be liquidated.

Also bear in mind that CTRL-S is a Windows-embedded function. In order for an application to override the global Windows keys it needs to be careful in how it does that. Just in case the application doesn't do this correctly, it is good practice not to override any key functions that exist in Windows itself (in any application). I remember one application that had "CTRL-A" as an internal function, but it simply "selected all" because Windows already owns it.

Another place where this is applicable has also gotten numerous posts over the years (and is addressed in some DAWs). Situation: You are 50% through mixing something and want to either redo a track or add a new one. The DAW can monitor which FX are putting the load on the audio engine, so something like "I am tracking" could either automatically (or, even better, make suggestions) on new buffer size and bypass (only) the CPU-intensive FX at the same time for the user. The audio engine already has to monitor all of this for reassembly into the buffer, so adding that additional functionality isn't that far-fetched. SONAR is one of the few DAWs that makes almost everything available to user tweaking in preferences, but that can also be a double-edged sword when the user is not clear on what exactly they do or how they interrelate.

The "Technology of Music Production" (formerly Introduction to Music Production), was one course that got a lot of attention in the old forum years ago. It is a good course and focuses on using a DAW (generic), so great for new DAW users. I am very curious if that is simply the same video set, since the profile pic is the same as from 10+ years ago. He actually used iZotope Alloy 2 (no longer exists) in a few of those videos, so that would be a dead give away.

Yeah, that certificate is an option you can get with completing the course, not any requirement. In fact, each course has a forum set up for the current class of students, and one of those classes had a pretty heated debate on the "value" of said certificate. There were similar debates regarding the specializations (some of the courses in those specializations are also free), and the advice was pretty much "unless you have an employer that values said certificate/specialization, it may not be worth the cost to you (or make them pay for it!)."

Seems all of the courses start today. I did find that Fundamentals of Music Theory (University of Edinburgh) course. That guy is listed as basic (still) but is a bit more intense than "basic" for some parts. 323,010 enrolled in it though! Can set up an account on Coursera and peruse through what they have to offer... is a LOT more than "just music" on there.

I did a quick check on this, and all of the courses I took from Berklee were actually through Coursera. Often most "Specialization" or "with Certificate" had some fee, but it seeems that the ones which say "Enroll for Free" on the red button of the description page are still free (but didn't enroll to make sure). Seems all of the classes started today (26 June), so worth checking out if interested. Quick edit: the "certificate" part was an option for finishing the course, but didn't affect the course itself (just paid for a certificate if you wanted). Some of the specializations were charged to take the course itself.

Yeah, that was my concern

I always have to reset myself and reread the OP for threads like this. He specifically asked for tutorials, but I do not know of any offhand. CAL scripts are so old school that new users aren't even going to know what they are. Being "legacy" products, I am not sure if there are tutorials on them that a new user could follow/use?

I like that description! Actually the thread on optimizing CbB going forward to better reflect other DAWs could also use this input. The engine's ability to dynamically adjust to the specific project to keep the engine going is what matters most. Cakewalk has always exposed those in preferences to the user as hard stops (massive hurdle to a new user), when a simple input of "I am tracking" or "I am mixing" would allow Cakewalk to adjust accordingly for the user (most interfaces are exclusively connected to the DAW, or should be, and will let the DAW adjust them as needed). Unfortunately, threads like this in the past have tended to focus on the user needing to do this or that (same concern as the OP), but the engine can be scripted to make recommendations or even adjust itself to ensure dropout protection for a new user. There have been a LOT of threads on this topic over the years.

That is the crux of it, and the TI chip seems to be most necessary for the PCIe FW card. New drivers for legacy products can very much be the bigger issue though. I still use an old Saffire PRO 24 DSP, and when I set it back up I loaded the MixControl 3.7 drivers without thinking (the one that "broke" everyone's Saffire). Turns out, that issue was really that MON 1/2 outputs through MON 3/4. Nice WTF moment there, but since I only use 2 outputs and never look at the back of it, I left it like that and blew off the "maybe I should break down and get a USB interface?" The better solution to that issue is to back out to 3.6 (3.7 was really a MAC update), but once I found this issue I thought it was kind of funny.