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12 minutes ago, mibby said:

My Windows 10 PC came with Waves MaxBass as part of the Sound System.  I've been told that some car stereos are also equipped with Waves technology.  So my WAG is that the plugin market is a secondary source of income behind the licensing for PCs and car audio systems....

yeah, you are  right: 

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The Waves Maxx® suite of audio and voice modules with Waves Nx® 3D audio enhances the sound experience on millions of laptops, tablets, smartphones, smart speakers, headphones, and is available on SoCs from the world's foremost chip makers. Learn more about Waves technologies for consumer electronics at maxx.com.

https://www.streetinsider.com/Business+Wire/Waves+Maxx+Audio®+Sound+Enhancement+Technology+Is+Now+Available+On+Knowles+Advanced+Audio+Processors/16796910.html

I suppose that means we're stuck with this

LOL

3 minutes ago, FranciscoJ said:

It seems good to me that he is earning well for everything he does and dedicates, if it is to everyone's taste or not it is another topic like the waves plugins there are many who do not like them but even so there they are still making money without be questioned for how much they earn.

I was thinking about waves too... I thought, these guys are earning more than $5k a month, what's their excuse to not even update the UI of all of their plugins?

1 hour ago, Esteban Villanova said:

yeah, I remember him saying that he could do it full time for $800 a month, which means he's way over the target.

where I live that would be enough to pay for the rent of a dumpster... if you find two roommates 

from the demos I learned that a House Piano is a regular piano stuck on velocity 127

18 hours ago, FranciscoJ said:

Strange, I also have Smasher and it offers me activation "Computer hard Drive", "iLok Cloud session" and "iLok USB dongle".

I also have the "Mu" and it offers me the same forms of activation, I asked a friend who owns the "1178" and the same forms of activation.

This is from their manual (https://pulsar.audio/downloads/manuals/Pulsar Smasher - User Manual.pdf)

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All our plug-ins are protected by PACE's iLok system. For correct operation, we recommend you ensure that you have the latest version of the « iLok License Manager » software, available for free download at www.ilok.com.

They require:

• either an iLok 2 / iLok 3 hardware USB Key (which you can order online or buy from your music dealer)
• or a permanent internet connection on your workstation (iLok Cloud system)

 

EDIT: not trying to start an argument, just to show that your situation may be an anomaly

I got PA's Smasher for free, but don't use it because it requires Cloud iLok, which means it doesn't work without a continuous connection to the internet,

just FYI

28 minutes ago, petemus said:

Judging from a quick try, the seem to work just fine! Baxter and Density - back to the toolbox. As well as all the others... 😁

I'm hoping BootEQ comes next

6 hours ago, Grem said:

Best advice so far!!!

We have to remember that Win 10 ain't just gonna stop working when Win 11 debuts!!

I feel like the dude who's making those whiny videos knows this very well, but he's just fishing for clicks (that's his hustle, though, so whatever)

The other thing is that I'm sure MS will relax their requirements (up to a certain point) as we get closer to the actual release date and even beyond

Ultimately, for good and bad, with Windows computers there's (almost) always a way... with Apple, the OS and the HW are so tightly integrated that if they say you can't, you can't (for good and bad)

$41.65 at JRR with automatic code in your basket

EDIT: aaaaaaah, but no Phoenix, never mind

EDIT 2: although, if you already have PVerb, JRR would make more sense, so do mind!

the release includes VST2 versions, which I thought was not possible any more

This is all-around awesome!

Klang Kontakt instruments start at $5 and change.

https://www.pluginboutique.com/manufacturers/281-KLANG

3 hours ago, Christian Jones said:

I think I *maybe* get it. Can this be done in Cakewalk in real-time so it happens without you even noticing? Because if so, then perhaps that midi transpose in the daw thing could work for the OTS Lap Steel too, because that Lap Steel is in open E, and I'd like to take that down to.. Anybody know? Yep, Eb 🤣

Maybe don't try to understand it and just try it?

I use Studio One, so I don't know if it's helpful to you, but this is what I do:

Step 1: one semitone down in Kontakt

Step 2: one semitone up in your DAW

The only thing this does, in the end, is to give you one extra note in the lower range of the instrument.

Tuning in virtual guitars doesn't really matter, particularly with the OTS system. Those libs are designed for keyboard players, so you can even play two notes on the same string if you want to. 

EDIT: I guess the timbre of open strings changes, too, so just follow the instructions and you'll be OK

12 hours ago, Christian Jones said:

Thanks Greg, I'm confused though; if I wanted to tune the whole instrument to Eb (which I do) by tuning Kontakt's tune knob down a semitone, why would I then want to transpose my bass part up a semitone? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? Can't the whole mapping of notes just be slid down a half-step so the Eb flat appears on the Eb key of a midi keyboard and so on for the rest of the notes? Basically I just want to tune the whole instrument down a half-step to Eb and then be able to play those notes on the appropriate corresponding keys on a midi keyboard. 

Sorry but one other thing; how about the Lap Steel.. can that be tuned flat as well? I know you sampled it in open E tuning .. Thanks a bunch 

Hey man, let me tell you what I did, to see if this is what you're looking for. 

I have a bass library that I wanted to use for metal. The lowest note of the library is C, but I wanted it to reach down to B, because that's how my guitar is tuned. So I used Kontakt's tune knob to tune the bass down half step (it's just a pitch-shifter that tunes down the audio, IMO). The problem is that now every note on the piano roll and my keyboard doesn't match what I'm hearing, right? So in my DAW, I transpose the MIDI one half-step up, so that everything lines up. I press E on the keyboard, my DAW sends E sharp to Kontakt and Kontakt detunes the output down to E.

On 6/20/2021 at 8:09 AM, Zo said:

Thks Larry , do we have to mess and create a windows account and all or can i say "f...you" to each questions at initial set up ?

pff, late response, but you don't need to create an account or login during installation... the surefire way is to make sure your computer has no access to the internet while you're upgrading or installing Win 10

I didn't want to upgrade to Win 10 either, but Win 10 has been super stable for me, no regrets

the only exception I remember is that my Waves plugins became unusable after a recent update and had to re-run some Visual C++ redistributables 

every OS has its tradeoffs

by the way, this is just my two cents, but I'd rather do a clean install than an upgrade... it's up to you, it's more work, but that way you don't get a frakenstein on the other side... I don't know, maybe the upgrading process has improved... personally, I don't chance it, though

EDIT: by the way, I'm on 20H2... I'm under the impression that Win Pro let's you have more control over updates, but can't tell for sure

1 hour ago, aidan o driscoll said:

Not anymore @Alas De Tortuga  ... looks like UJAM dropped off the freebies on that Compeition:

https://marketing.loopmasters.com/p/6D38-6BG/global-producer-challenge-participants-pack

I wonder if it was a mistake (seems unlikely to me), or if UJAM got flak for making a plugin available for free so soon after release

EDIT: It could have been a mistake, I've seen worse

1 hour ago, sarine said:

I wish I could actually use this thing. It refuses to do what I tell it to do, i.e. trigger loops. Looking for alternatives at the moment because I want to get back to making music instead of troubleshooting why a virtual drummer won't virtually drum on command.

I got this about a year ago to replace Jamstix, which has too much a mind of its own. I figured this would be a happy medium between a "dumb" drum vst and one that just does whatever the hell it wants. The thing is that the learning curve is just too much. MChandler (hehe) is a great resource, but still, learning how to use this thing was too much for me.

One cool thing is that you can use it to drive another drum VST, if you have the patience to map every MIDI signal coming out of MDrummer.

holy molly, stay safe!

4 hours ago, paulo said:

It can't be just co-incidence that things that I looked at one day have so often gone up the next day.

 

it is... camelcamel tracks Amazon prices for everyone. You can sign up to get notifications when prices go below a certain threshold. They're tracking millions of items, imagine if they also had to sync with everybody's cookies to give them personalized prices. Also, when someone shares an Amazon price in a forum like this one, people would see different prices, right? But they don't. Prices just go up and down based, partly, on demand.

I always buy the same type of jeans (even the same color) from Amazon. Under this logic, the price for me should continuously go up since I obviously am very interested in this item, but it doesn't. Same for sneakers, I'm just a simple man. 

One could make an argument to give a potential customer a lower price the second time they browse the same item, to entice them. 

The internet would be full of strategies to defeat this type of algorithm (clear your cookies, browse unsigned, use different browsers, etc.), so I don't think Amazon bothers, really. 

49 minutes ago, filo said:

I don't understand why it happened but I  have got 20 "coins" just after my registration

yep, it looks like you get 20 coins just by registering (and being good looking)

Called it

This is a free update for existing customers. Additionally, any user who has previously trialled Archetype: Abasi has a 14-day trial extension available automatically in their iLok account, so everybody can check out the changes.

Download Archetype: Abasi 2.0.0

Most notably, Archetype: Abasi has been rebuilt with our ATI algorithm, offering improved performance. Furthermore, we’ve added our new adaptive noise gate and updated the IR interpolation engine.

they sound amazing

@Reid Rosefelt, have you upgraded the Stream Deck software to v 5? And what do you think about it?