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It looks like price just went back up!

21 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

Bought it from Guitar Center.

The usual iZotope routine, but in this case it's supposed to include Yet Another License For Melodyne Essentials, any quick hints on how I obtain that?.

I think I already have 2 of them. I'm starting to think I could perhaps defray some of my cost of Nectar 3?

Wow, this feels like an iZotope graduation. Even though I own licenses for Iris 2 and Breaktweaker, as well as Phoenix Stereo and Excalibur, this is the first non-Elemental iZotope suite I've obtained a license for.

Use this link https://www.izotope.com/en/lp/redeem/nectar-3.html to redeem Melodyne Essentials

 Crossgrade from any Exponential Audio Product: Includes R4, NIMBUS, PhoenixVerb and Excalibur

Only $69 at Audio Deluxe

2 minutes ago, Mesh said:

Is Nectar 3   included in Ozone  9 Advanced? 

Nope, its a separate plugin like Neutron 3.

I just went ahead and got it anyway. 😛 I paid $14.99 when I added my $25 voucher.

Found this from their newsletter:

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This modern tool helps you to compare your mix to any reference mix with a simple click of the A/B button, while you're mixing in your DAW. And it gives some of the best analyzing tools out there as well. See it. Hear it. Believe it.

JUST $39.99 TODAY!*

METRIC-AB-3999
Use this voucher code during checkout!
Offer ends August 15, 11:59 PM California Time

 

Looks interesting. How does this compare to iZotope's offerings (Tonal Balance, etc)?

I just found this link randomly while looking up reviews of a Plugin Alliance plugin. Found it on reddit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SQ7NLM9

This was the response after I finished the survey:

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Thank You for Completing Our 2020 Survey
We’re committed to delivering the best products and services you need for your productions, and your feedback will help us achieve that. To thank you for your participation with this survey, we'd like to reward you with a $25 Voucher (Minimum Net Order Value $39).

Your $25 Voucher:
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This voucher will expire December 31, 2020 and can be used on a minimum order of $39 (Net Order Value). Please note that this voucher cannot be combined with some of our other vouchers, for example the monthly loyalty vouchers.

*Note: Please make sure to copy the code above and use it during checkout. This voucher can only be used once in your account.

 

*Voucher not shown for obvious reasons* 😛

The difference between the one month limited time $25 voucher and this one, this one has a $39 minimum instead of $32 and expires at the end of the year instead of end of the month. So if you have used your month voucher already you can use this. If you haven't, you can use the one you have then use this for the next purchase you make within the year. If they have crazy Black Friday sales this year, this may come in handy because it extends to the end of the year!

Looking at one of the pics, it looks like you have Melodyne 4. The one included with Cakewalk is outdated. You are better off uninstalling it and downloading the Melodyne 5 trial from the official Celemony website:  https://www.celemony.com/en/trial

1 hour ago, simon said:

The main thing that stops me using Amplitude is that you can't hide products you don't own - same with t-racks.   It's so frustrating wading through masses of presets or amps trying to find out what it is you have....Doesn't encourage me to spend more money - just makes me not use it !

Obviously doesn't affect you if you have MAX but for the rest of us

Can imagine if all plugin vendors did this...You buy one Waves product but it installs the LOT....it would soon be total chaos.  Or Plugin Alliance.

Also you no simple way to check for updates although they are not alone in this.  Just noticed there was a MODO drum update - no way of knowing without logging in and checking version numbers against one's you have installed.  Painful 

Still great value for money at £0

 

It's the reason why I don't use the TRacks stuff or Amplitude as well. At least with SampleTank I can hide what I don't own, but not the other two. I only have the free stuff when it comes to TRacks and Apmlitude and have not even installed any of them. I just registered them so it can be in my account. I will only install and use them if I feel I REALLY NEED to. Which is probably never, LOL!

Speaking of Nectar Elements..... I found this https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/audio-plugins/izotope-nectar-elements $29! 😛

Do I still think it is worth it buying any Elements for $29? Nope 😛

If you need Elements, this is still a way better deal: https://www.bestservice.com/music_makers_bundle.html $48 Elements Suite (all 4 of them)! Also included: Iris 2, Trash 2, Stutter Edit 1, Breaktweaker.

I had already made custom layouts for Instruments and FX. So whenever I install new plugins I simply just use the plugin manager to add the new plugins to where I want and save the layout. When I got the new update it was no different. Easy as going to the manager and adding the new plugins. Channel Tools is the only VST plugin while the rest are DX plugins. 

If people cant seem to find the new plugins, check the plugin manager first.

I got Nectar 3 standard (also comes with Melodyne 5 Essential) and Vocal Synth 2 both together for around $99 (I don't remember the exact amount but less than a hundred)! They had a special crossgrade price from Vocal Synth 2 for I think was $45 and they had Vocal Synth 2 on sale at the time for $49, so it was a no-brainer to get Vocal Synth 2 and get all three for under a hundred dollars!

Since i managed to get the full MPC 2 software for very cheap. I now have both this and MPC Beats. I have no experience using both (as I recently just got both. I couldn't decide so I got both, lol) and will start to learn using it. I noticed that MPC Beats opens and I am greeted each time with what template I want to choose. It even has a section at the bottom for recent projects. I find this helpful. But when I open the standard MPC, I don't get that same pop-up screen.

Is there a way I can get all those templates to use in the standard MPC. I am also unsure if there is any use of having them both. Do I use MPC Beats then when I am more comfortable with using it, use the standard MPC? Or should I just uninstall MPC Beats and just use the standard MPC and just learn from there? 

I have not made any projects with either of them yet. So there is no risk of loosing anything or whatever.

I got Reason 11 (the standard full version) because I loved all the instruments and the capability to use midi out and have any instrument or effect control any VST I have already loaded in Cakewalk. I basically get all the cool stuff I like from the Reason Rack to run in Cakewalk. I prefer the interface and ease of use I have using Cakewalk than I do with Reason DAW, so this way i get the best of both worlds!

What I really want to know is if there are any worthy instruments in FL Studio that I cant get as a separate VST? Also if I could get every instrument as a separate VST, would buying FL Studio be a better deal than buying separate plugins? 

The whole idea of running FL Studio in Cakewalk has me very excited, lol! I may not need it at all and it would probably be overkill having both Reason Rack AND FL Studio as a VST in Cakewalk, but the idea is very tempting and cool, haha! I just wonder if there would be any overlap or would I be getting anything unique that I don't have in either Cakewalk or Reason 11. Plus I already have a lot of synths and effects already. But if money wasn't an issue, would it still be worth it? 😛  

I don't see why this thread is still open when it is clearly trolling 😛

Apparently Reason 11 wasn't the first to try this out. 😛

I just found out that FL Studio can function as a VST inside any DAW! I am thinking they probably were the first, if not MPC. The difference with MPC is that FL Studio is a full DAW. Reason 11 as a VST is just the Reason Rack. I am guessing FL Studio runs as a full DAW as a VST just like MPC. Has anyone tried using FL Studio as a VST in Cakewalk?

7 hours ago, Noel Borthwick said:

Correct since we have no idea whether this is a user edited preset or not, we can't remove them. Only a fresh install will have the new presets. The other alternative is to manually delete the presets from the registry and rerun CbB while holding CTRL key down, then tell it to personalize. That should recopy the factory presets. I've not tested this mechanism. 

That said many of the previous presets should work now since we added several plugins that were utilized by them.

 

I deleted them instead. I found it to be the easier way. I also made a thread about it to help others:

It's not a big deal since it's easier to just locate and delete the files manually. For new users at least they wont be confused why some presets don't work. This also makes Cakewalk seem more polished and will make it easier to recommend to friends without having to explain what doesn't work. 

😛

24 minutes ago, scook said:

It is nice to have a list for others who started with CbB prior to 2020.08,

Yes, that is why I made this list. It's for people who rather not have to deal with uninstalling and risk loosing something. Because the new update doesn't remove the outdated presets, I decided to do it myself.

I found all the presets that have plugins that are not included in Cakewalk by Bandlab. Find all these presets in your Cakewalk Content folder (wherever you installed it) then go to [...\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Core\FX Chain Presets] and delete all the ones you see in this list:

Drums

• Automate me
• drum bus master
• dum bus parallel 2
• kick drum life 1
• kick drum life 2
• kick drum punch
• snare life
• snare snap
• tight warm kick
• tom bus basic
• tom bus verb
• tom helper 1
• tom helper 2
• tom rack basic

Guitar and Basses

• Big clean creamery
• can't B bigger
• clean filtered virus
• clean hole sun
• clean N sweet
• clean slap

Modern

• Bit ripper
• corruption panel
• deep modudelay
• duck duck goose
• dumb step
• feedback apparatus
• liquid morphballs 2
• metallic hydrogen
• nice AND naughty
• repeaterating
• super sweet

ProChannel

• advanced shaper
• z3ta+ fx

Retro

• big classic chorus
• button box
• buzz trigger
• classic slap
• dirt surfer
• tape is rolling
• tideonizor

Vocals

• lead vocal female 2
• lead vocal male 2

42 presets in total!

It can be annoying finding a preset you want to try then finding out it includes a plugin you don't have. I have never used the FX Chain presets because of that. That's why i decided to finally find all the ones that are like that so that I never have that problem again! 😛

3 minutes ago, Jim Fogle said:

If someone started with the first release of Cakewalk by BandLab, in other words does not have a previous install of any Sonar product, and applied every update is that a new install or might it have existing presets that reference non-included plug-ins?

The way I understood him: Any install from this point forward wont have presets with non-included plugins. Anything before will. Or if you do a clean install it will not have old presets. So I am just going to have to delete the outdated presets manually 😛

2 hours ago, Ken McMullan said:

...and, most importantly, which of them is NOT going to force me to install some social media platform which I'm not in the slightest bit interested in?

All of them wont force you 😛

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BandLab is the easy-to-use,
all-in-one, social music
creation platform

OH NO! Does this revoke peoples ability to join the Anti-Social Social Club? 😛

Cool update and love the changes and new plugins. There is one fix though that was listed in the Misc bug fixes that doesn't work however:

• Cakewalk includes FX Chain presets that reference non-included plug-ins

This still happens. It still lists z3ta+_fx preset, Advanced Shaper with missing TS64_TransientShaper_64 plugin, Automate Me preset missing BT Limiter LM2S-3 plugin,....etc.

I am new to Cakewalk so I don't have old Sonar plugins.

For $10 more you can get the Producer Pack which also includes Hybrid 3 and The Riser on sale at Plugin Boutique