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I have not yet used even once, my Melodyne Assistant, but always believe I will, eventually. Primarily, I'm an instrumentalist. Currently I can upgrade it to Editor for $99, which I can spare easily enough. But given what I have just written, I really don't know the positives to having Editor. Can you, or anybody, give me suggestive reasons for upgrading to Editor since I suspect that when I get around to vocal recording, clearly it would be one track and voice at a time for which my existing Assistant would be more than good enough to do the work. Am I correct? Thanks for any replies.

I do not have the answer to that question, but just to let you know my entire install with programs of every sort and kind only took up about 90+ GB. I never store data on the C-drive. You can point CbB to store projects on a different drive, and the same thing could be done for the numerous presets of your plugins. If you follow the same good practice, your 250 SSD is more than sufficient. Add another SSD if you obtain piano and guitar samples that can run into the 10s of GB. Just store the samples on another SSD drive added to your system.

You're telling me that that was humor?

I edited my post immediately after I posted. I got confused with my wording. My post is accurate now.

There is a setting in Preferences called "Hide Related VST2 Plug-ins" under VST3 Migration, which does work as it is advertised to do. Turn that checkbox on and see if that solves your dilemma. And I was just asking about plug-in management a day or two ago. You can pick up some things here: https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/9186-help-on-how-to-manage-or-delete-plugins/&tab=comments#comment-81784

I just tried your suggestion and it does not work. I used the selection tool (which looks like a capital I), held the Shift key down and dragged across a whole group of notes (one following the other), then right clicked to bring up the parameters window, and typed in a new velocity and clicked OK. The change only happened on the last note selected. All the other notes remained blue (selected), so I did not accidentally cause the other notes to become deselected. Only the last note dragged on got the change applied to it. Tried again, but this time chose a new note value to change them all to, but again, only the last note selected was changed.

Your post is helpful, but as I delve deeper into CbB's HELP menus and online information, and the PDF reference, some of my questions are not addressed. I have not found the meaning for color fonts of the VSTs/VSTi. Also, can you tell me if having both VST(2) and VST3 on the system (thus duplicates but in different versions) is a problem? Is it good to have both versions accessible, or best to have only one from an efficiency standpoint? Does CbB break into a sweat at some point? Is there some number of plugins that causes CbB to start having issues? Y'know what I mean?

Can somebody point me to an excellent source on how to understand and manage the plugins, specifically my desire to cleanup numerous duplicates. If the Vst3's work, it bothers me to see the same plugin (.dll) being displayed twice in the CbB browser. But if I may encounter a problem later and wish I had the VST2 version, I would like to educate myself on how to manage all these things. Also there are 2 or 3 colors of plugins that I cannot keep straight (white, brown, and green). Is there a good place someone can point me to on how to be best educated on all these things? Does the CbB reference PDF go into any detail on how to, or is there a website that discusses the difference and how to temporarily block version 2 VSTs from not showing? Can you simply delete a VST2 .dll and that is sufficient, or rename it, without issues? One example: I have Truepianos Cakewalk (the older version) alongside the "Truepianos" listed in the browser, both listed side by side. Can I simply delete the "Truepianos Cakewalk" from the browser, or is that inefficient? Is there a better way to get that resource off my PC so it does not consume resources? I want to understand this stuff better. Thanks to anyone who replies.

Thanks much for that reply. 'Appreciate it, greatly.

Looking over that spreadsheet and seeing a dozen modules in the ProChannel that X3 did not come with, but are now included in CbB, is darn sharp! And it sparked a question in my mind: Can anybody describe the difference between our ProChannel vs Scheps Omni Channel (on sale for $40 for another 7+ hours)? Would there by any reason to obtain Scheps Omni?

Looking over their collection images, I must say they are rather difficult reading. I get it when I read "Symphonic Strings", but the cover art work is not typical on most of them, nor the descriptions. When I scan down the page and see "Olafur Arnalds Evolutions" I think, What the heck is that? Same thing for a bunch of them: Orchestral Swarm?, Hauschka Composer Toolkit?, The Grange?, Edna Earth?, BT Phobos?, and many others. First instinct is to move on. I don't have time to click every image to see what might pop up next.

And while you're at it, it would be cool if you could select multiple notes in Staff view (Control + select with mouse) and then right click to bring up the parameters window (i.e. note or velocity) and allow the change to affect all notes simultaneously. Staff view is my favorite view as well.

This is not a rare thing. I asked about this too in another thread here, but got no answer. I also see it was asked by couple other people on different sites. And I've had this happen once more since. Kontakt works from the MIDI controller, but won't play actual sounds when you tell a MIDI track to use it. The solution for me was to make sure I had the latest version of CbB. and then start with a brand new project. Then I add Kontakt player to a new Track (drag it from the Plugin browser) and it works for any of the selected instruments inside Kontakt, from my MIDI controller. So far so good. Then, I manually create or import a MIDI track (a .MID file) and then select its output to be Kontakt, and things work as they should. I suspect a glitch (somewhere along the flow line) for any of us who have had the issue you are experiencing.

Both articles are complete rubbish. The first, is so typical of psychologists putting on an air of superiority of learning, that to say it is confusing and makes no sense, but then I run the risk of being esteemed as unable to follow. I was unable to follow, and my ability to read tough things is pretty good (if I may without wishing to seem conceited or arrogant). I can usually follow difficult textbooks, and run on sentences which require parsing, and endeavor to understand topics that I know most readers will not attempt more than a couple sentences before putting the book down. I could not digest it. It was as though the writer was deliberately trying to be difficult to understand, so as to make it appear as though whatever was said was to be accepted because of "authority." The same thing is done in economics -- if it is made to seem very difficult and near impossible to understand, then people might believe they cannot understand and should leave the money business to the "wise authorities". (Spending more than you earn, or take in in taxes, will make you bankrupt, is not rocket science. But most schools of economics do not teach this. Why?) The second is not scientific, although a few statements do seem proper and logical. But the continued use of "evolution" which is not only untrue, but a theory that even evolutionists are not in agreement about, so when the word is used as if it were a scientific fact that everybody understands and accepts is, weak. In this case, the word was used in an ineffectual way in each of the 3 or 4 times I saw it. Then countless assumptions by the writer are made. One, for example, that being in a large crowd and being subjected to loud music makes me want to participate with the rest of the crowd in whatever the "performance" is attempting to achieve. NOT TRUE. And also, the premise that the majority of people like or love being subjected to loud music and that it is because they find it pleasing. That was the thesis, but it was never proven! As if you did not already know, I object. I and all my friends and family do not find it pleasing. I did like the statement about loudness causing the other sensory spaces to get drowned out. That made sense. But the writer's belief that loudness is something enjoyable is not a fact. Increasing the loudness (intensity) is not the equivalent of increasing pleasure. I mean really, what's that thing about diminishing returns...

While I view your viewpoint (which by your own admission is deemed to be "like drug use") as really saying all that needs to be said, I am intrigued by your information about hearing therapy. Looking over the map of practitioners and consultants, the closest to me is on the other side of my state next to Kansas City, unfortunately. Question: Roughly, what is the breakdown of cost for this?

So says you. And your frame of reference is wrong. You should not use "hurting" as the standard for playing music just a notch below. What makes you think the people could not hear and enjoy the music in the street if it's coming across at 90 db? If the music can be heard, it can be heard. "Loudness", like you are referencing, means you have to yell to talk to your date and friends. <shaking head> It also means the music is too loud. Just because a few people said to you "your volume was just right", does not mean it was so. Had I and the people I hang with been there and been surveyed, our viewpoints would have been dismissed? Many, many people don't speak up and complain because of bad rearing, and thinking their ideas are on the fringe when in reality they have no idea how accurate their assessment is and how beneficial it would be if they raised their voice and complained. There are always some yayhoos who ruin it for others. A lot of immature people like music LOUD. Probably because they don't know anything about conversation or have anything worthwhile to speak about, i.e. animals who party. It's true about restaurant service, bad service in clothing stores, etc. People usually refrain from complaining, when they should not refrain. And how very often you are at a restaurant and a table is so loud in their talk that everybody is uncomfortable because they are "ignorant". <sigh>

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If only they would fix the entire UI and especially the font size. I just ordered a large magnifying glass so I can read Kontakt Player's interface. Had I known how horrible it is, I would not have bought Orange Tree Guitar Samples (the whole collection). I hate Kontakt Player with a passion.

In all seriousness, it makes no sense to me that bands insist on using a PA system when playing venues the size of a diner, cafe, or coffee shop. The vanity of the singer, and out of touch with reality of the band, thinking they are playing coliseums, is what causes them to lose another patron - me. An audience in a room those sizes, can hear waitresses gossiping and complaining from 60 feet away. A singer does not need a mic and PA system. But they will never even consider the truth. Even with a band, the singer really does not need a mic. And when it's just a couple of acoustic guitarists, even more so the PA system is not needed. What a joy it would be to hear some musicians playing without using a PA. I mean it would be fantastic to find since it's more rare than a perfect emerald.

And let's not forget the ridiculously tiny font that cannot be enlarged for NI Kontakt Player. I feel the urge to curse them every time I open Kontakt Player. I mean, WTF was the programmer thinking? Has his head up his... I already feel my blood pressure rising just thinking of that poor software user interface they force on everybody. It's absolutely painful to use. My eyes are not what they used to be and I am forced to move forward in my chair, lean over the desk and into the monitor and use reading glasses like a magnifying glass to try and read labels. And sometimes I have to stare for a long time attempting to make sense of the tiny print. Huge time waster. I really do loathe it. If I had to do it all over again I would not buy the guitar samples I purchased that require Kontakt Player to use them.

I'm surprised how expensive upgrading to 7 from 6 is ($299), as well as how expensive each of the 3 additional plugins are individually ($199 each). If the price becomes reasonable next month, perhaps I'll upgrade. But no way at current pricing.

FWIW, the update took 3 more hours from when I had last posted about it, and it messed up all my audio settings - both in CbB and my standalone instances of numerous synths. Not really a big deal as I simply uninstalled my audio driver from Device Manager and reinstalled it which fixed everything.

I've been "updating" the V Collection 6 ASC and all plugin collection for an hour now, and it's painfully slow. CMI V takes about 1%/minute. What's new about this (I think it's new) is that you can both pause and stop the current download. So when I click Pause, it reads 39% and then I click the Play arrow to continue the download. Do the same a couple minutes later and it then reads 40%. I hope only CMI is the problem plugin for downloading. I'm going to go to a restaurant and eat lunch and hopefully this will all be finished when I get back.

Allow me to say the following, having no idea about you and your values. Just listen and be careful. An acquaintance of mine went to the Philippines about 7 years ago to meet a female he met online. While at his hotel a couple of young girls came onto him, and he not being too smart, but generally a moral guy, allowed them into his room. They wanted to have s_x, but he told them no. Something was stolen by them, I do not remember what. But he later in the week discovered that the hotel had cameras and management was working with the girls. Long story short, if he had succumbed to a base instinct, he might have been brought up on child s_x charges, or blackmail, or both.

Going along with the theme, Buddy Rich giving a statement and explaining the reason for his statement. In this 18-minute video he plays twice, and with a band the 2nd time. I was impressed with the pianist, too.