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The best results in removing reverb that I was able to achieve in terms of quality was thanks to this free AI standalone app, called Ultimate Vocal Remover GUI: https://github.com/Anjok07/ultimatevocalremovergui/ direct link to win setup file: https://github.com/Anjok07/ultimatevocalremovergui/releases/download/v5.6/UVR_v5.6.0_setup.exe It's primary purpose is to remove/separate vocals from audio (as well as stem separation to some extent), but it also has a great external AI model for reverb removal/isolation, to be found here: https://github.com/TRvlvr/model_repo/releases/download/all_public_uvr_models/Reverb_HQ_By_FoxJoy.onnx It's not perfect, but still much better than all the other stuff I've tried so far (incl. Accentize, Acon, Izotope, Steinberg, SPL, Sonible, Zynaptiq, etc.). Pros: 1. Capable of removing (in most cases) reverb from both music and spoken audio, and not just reducing it like all the other ones. 2. No significant artifacts left behind. 3. Free to download and use, installs and works completely offline (you may download additional models on another machine and place them in appropriate folders manually). Cons: 1. No plugin version, standalone only. 2. Very slow processing speed on CPU, decent on GPU. 3. No audio editing capabilities, can only process whole files.

Please let us know what worked for you. BTW does anyone know if is there's a (simple) way to teach a piano sustain pedal how to trigger FX bin (or individual plugins within it) on and off?

Before you build a custom DIY sustain pedal you may want to disassemble the existing one and check if there's room for changes inside. I recently changed the polarity of my Roland pedal by resoldering the "hot" cable to a different pad on the tiny PCB inside it (since there's no physical polarity switch on the pedal housing). It takes no more than 15 minutes. Plus half an hour for cleaning, if it's 20 years old, like mine

Mirax Labs vstPlayer may be worth checking.

Depends on version. For exapmle EZDrummer v3 does not support VST2, AFAIK.

And even if it worked it would force us to wear headphones all the time, because of interference between voice and music from speakers.

Ample Sound Lapsteel may also be worth checking.

That's weird. Usually dead horses full of bricks sound great. Try to kick it harder. 🙃

Seems like it is possible to trigger hammer-ons in strummer mode, however not directly inside strummer panel. You'd probably need to either press "F0" key on your musical keyboard or input this note manually to corresponding track in your DAW, right between 2 chords.

I also doubt it's currently possible inside the program (Riffer maybe?), nonetheless it's good to know, that it works outside and sounds OK.

Exactly, as for Ample Sound Guitars a chord change (plus a keyswitch) is required to achieve this effect, but the result sounds quite convincing to me. Although I can't agree that recording a real guitar is always the best option, since you'd need a top instrument, good recording conditions and equipment as well as some basic knowledge to achieve what professional VSTi vendors are capable of. We also need to keep in mind, that there are non-guitar-players among us.

I guess Ample Guitars may have what you're looking for: [Tutorial] Strum Legato in Ample Guitar Somewhere in the middle of the clip there's also a topic on using hammer-ons (and pull-offs) switches while strumming.

Take a look at this thread: https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/26721-percussion-plug-in-recommendations/

It'll be a self-composing, self-listening and self-reviewing, fully autonomic iDAW.

Seems like sampling range of EZBass is not complete for strings other than G string. Therefore everything played beyond 4th fret on lower strings sounds IDENTICAL to notes played in lower position on higher strings (including open ones). Which is simply not true as far as real guitars are concerned, since the same pitches sound a bit different on different strings. And probably that's why the program will neither let you choose your left hand position nor string you'd like to play on, see: https://www.toontrack.com/forums/topic/ez-bass-questions/page/2/ Apart from that - well featured and nice sounding VSTi.