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Very nice update! Thanks for the heads-up Larry.

Thanks Bandlab - seems super stable on a few projects I have tried so far.

As a side note I have also finally updated to the latest Melodyne (4.2.1) which seems to work fine.

1 hour ago, Ashay Arekar said:

Will it be of any use to non-dance music (rock, pop, metal, etc. ) ?

I downloaded the demo (8.2 Gb) which has the limitation of producing white noise every 30 seconds or so. 

The standalone version strangely only offers Windows Audio or Directsound with no ASIO option. I chose Windows Audio which seemed low latency and I didn't notice any glitches.

The VSTi worked fine though in CbB with ASIO and I had no crashes.

I skimmed through a number of patches before getting fed up with the white noise.

I would say that a lot of the patches are aimed at dance music but I did also find quite a few non-dance patches. Liked the piano, choir and FX drone patches.

It's probably worth the money but I will pass as I already have enough synths to cover these sounds.

If you are in two minds try the demo.

23 minutes ago, kakku said:

Hi. Has anyone tried the wa production's Ascension workstation vsti? Only 19 dollars so might be good

I was wondering the same thing.

Seems like excellent value given the following specs although it is being marketed for Dance Music...

Over 870 Presets & 900 ROMs

Over 1100 Waveforms

Over 1700 MIDI Loops

10.5 GB ROM Library

PluginBoutique have a trial version so I might give it a go... https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/5285 

KVR thread here --> https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=504689 

23 hours ago, Zo said:

Guyz , i can t say more but Start saving money ....i m beta testing some stuff you guyz will want for sure ...

Cheers Zo. I think I better start a monthly savings account for new plugins. I will certainly look forward to your in depth video review. 👍

Thanks for the clarification Matthew. 

21 hours ago, Monomox said:

Is it like Waves Vitamins or Gullfoss or what?

I guess it is similar. I don't have Gullfoss but have used Vitamin quite a bit only on the master bus whereas when I demoed SPL Vitalizer I used it on individual tracks.

I really liked what it did to bass and kick drum tracks. I'm sure it can also be used on the master bus though.

I just figured at that price it was a useful tool to have in addition to Vitamin.

3 hours ago, Cookie Jarvis said:

Mark is right....I have to wait for the e-licenser to arrive to activate so I'm all installed and reading the manual right now Last time I used Cubase was about 10 years ago...we'll see how quickly I get back into it.

My key is in a USPS regional center in Indianapolis right now, I can wait a few days.

Bill

Hey Cookie,

Just wondering are you able to run Padshop and Retrologue 2 with only the soft e-licenser? 

I was thinking that my upgrade cost from Cubase Elements to Artist (which I don't plan to use) is cheap enough to make it worthwhile even if I only intend to use Padshop (plus the upgrade to Padshop Pro) and Retrologue 2.  I wouldn't need a USB e-licenser would I as I don't intend to use Artist?

Also, wondering if I would still be able to run Elements or does the upgrade to Artist license replace the Elements one rather than being in addition to it?

Nice! Thanks for the heads up TS. 

1 hour ago, mibby said:

If you do nothing else, pick up their FREE bundle too.  They're all good, but the Hofa 4U Meter is absolutely fantastic and I use it all the time.  My favotie tool for automating gain and panning. But it does a lot and does it well.

Thanks for the heads-up Mibby.  I don't have any of these so will definitely give the free bundle a try.

Tried and liked. No brainer. 

Cheers Larry

5 minutes ago, jerrydf said:

Mine seem to coexist. Never had a problem dongle-wise. ('ll regret those words, I'm sure)

jdf

 

Thanks jdf 

Does anyone know what happens if you have some Steinberg software that uses the soft e-licenser and then buy Cubase Pro and an e-licenser USB dongle?

Do you have to transfer all soft e-licenses to the USB dongle or do the two things happily co-exist?

The USB e-licenser dongle is the one thing putting me off going to Pro as my USB ports are all used up so I would have to add another USB hub.

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/zombi 

1.59 GBP

For the next 3 days

Thanks Husker!

1 hour ago, filo said:

1.0.5 -> 1.0.9
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- Darkface '65 and Bassface '59: improved UI realism

- Fixed situation that could lead to unresponsive DAW when opening or closing a project

Thanks, I have updated the first post and I note that Overloud have now fixed the change log on their website.

New update to v 1.0.10. 

Changelog...

1.0.9 -> 1.0.10
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- Fixed an issue that could mute the plug-in after some minutes of usage

Login to your account then go to the User Area and Download Installers tab for the latest version of all your products.

https://overloud.com/ 

1.0.5 -> 1.0.9
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- Darkface '65 and Bassface '59: improved UI realism

- Fixed situation that could lead to unresponsive DAW when opening or closing a project

1.0.4 -> 1.0.5
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- Installer: fixed an error message appearing at the end of a successful installation

- Brunetti amps: removed a possible crackle from the Metropolitan

- Brunetti amps: corrections to some names which didn't match the registered name

- Rig Player: smoother transaction when switching between rigs

1.0.3 -> 1.0.4
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- Rig Player: amplifier and cabinet can be loaded from two different rigs

- Rig Player: added support for rigs with no cabinet

- Rig Player: extended the range of the Presence parameter

- Fixed a timeout occurring occasionally during plug-in scan by Cubase on Windows

Link here -->

http://rigid-audio.com/products_cinematrix.html 

11 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

I got Instachord and Instascale in the 2-fer bundle deal that Pluginboutique were running a few months back and just now got around to trying out Instachord.

I've run into two main issues with it.

The first I think I've solved with the help of a YouTube video, and that was how to route it in Cakewalk. Kinda convoluted, but I have it to where I play my MIDI keyboard, the Instachord plug-in's onscreen keys light up, and sounds come out of TTS-1.

The second is trickier, and that is I can't quite figure out WTF the thing is supposed to do, apart from making a few people on YouTube super excited that they own a copy. 😤

From what I can make out based on their gesticulations, it enables you to play arpeggios with only 2 fingers while you talk about music theory.

I can't figure out how to switch it into the mode where it plays the arpeggios in the first place, and the manual is little help.

If that's all there is to this thing I'm going to be a little bummed because I didn't really need a payware arpeggiator, especially one that you need to apply music theory to set up.

That is spooky Starship! I have recently had a very similar experience having also got it and Instascale in a 2 fer a few months back.

I got the Jazz and Blues presets from PluginBoutique last week which made me want to explore Instachord a bit more...

It seems to me to be a way of simulating guitar strums or picking (although chords can also have notes played simultaneously) whilst selecting chords to pick or strum using single notes which you assign to chords.

So the two columns in the top left part of the display titled Chords will select the chords listed (which can be changed by clicking on them or loading presets). 

These correspond to the two octaves on your keyboard labelled Chords A and Chords B. When you press any of these keys you are simply changing the chord and won't hear anything until you use the the keys in the octaves labelled Pick A and Pick B. These correspond to the Columns in the top right of the display.

The actions for Picks A and B are listed in their relevant column which can also be changed by clicking on them. 

So by default when you play C in the Picks B octave (for me this defaults to Strum Down Fast 1 2 3)  it will play the first 3 notes very quickly one after the other of whichever chord you have selected in Chords A or B. When you play the next note in the Picks B octave it will play notes 2 3 and 4 as a strum up fast and so on until you get to F# which plays a slow strum down for notes 1 to 5. You can change any of these actions by clicking on them. 

The Picks A octave allows  you to play any of the 6 chord notes (kinda like guitar strings) plus a bass note. Like Picks B the actions can be changed.

Have you worked out what the hold mode does? I cannot tell any difference between Pick and Pick+ modes and Fret mode makes no sound so not sure on that one.

UPDATE: WA Production's website gives the following information for Hold Mode...

This feature allows the fretting hand (chord changer keys) to control the sustain. So as long as the chord key is held down any note you play will ring out, just like a guitar or using a sustain pedal.

Scroll down on this website for more information  https://www.waproduction.com/plugins/view/instachord 

In all honesty I'm not sure how much use I will get out of this plugin and there are so many other variants which do something more akin to what I actually would use (Cthulu, Obelisk, Chordz, kawachord, Tonespace and probably a few others that I can't recall).

16 hours ago, Fleer said:

Don't forget about Blura Red. 

Instant access to Interstellar.

Found it on KontaktHub but not on SAS website strangely. Thanks for the heads up Fleer.

https://www.kontakthub.com/product/blura-red-kontakt/

Thanks for the heads-up John!

Very happy that it no longer uses BOME and works as a VST 👍

41 minutes ago, cclarry said:

Cubase 10 Crossgrade is $149.40 in cart with promo code pa-cubase10
https://pluginalley.com/product/steinberg-cubase-pro-9-5-crossgrade-download/

That's a great price Larry (about 115 GBP)! 😲 

Soooo tempting and could then also upgrade Padshop to Padshop Pro for 8 GBP. 

5 hours ago, Sidney Earl Goodroe said:

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

That's strange. I tried this out on a song I have been reworking.

With one VST3 instance on a vocal track CPU core 1  went from around 3.5% to 5.5% no matter which preset I selected. I then added a VST2 instance to another vocal track and CPU core 1 went to around 7%. It seemed to work fine and there was no crackling. When I get a moment I will compare it to my other convolution reverbs.

I definitely used the right password but anyway I sorted it by selecting "lost password" which let me enter a new one.

I was more worried that they had lost my account along with all the rewards but it was all intact .

Downloading now. Thanks APD 👍

UPDATE: Well worth the effort - some super lush sounds.

Nice one TTF thanks! 👍

I already had (and love) Mountains and Resona but managed to get the 70% off on Autumn Choirs and Talua for 14.38 USD (about 11 GBP).

Also picked up the freebie Consona (not sure what it is yet but free is free).