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Lifted from Larry's post in the great beyond This physical model of C. Bechstein Digital Grand is originally derived from a C. Bechstein D 282 concert grand piano. Authorized by Bechstein, the Pianoteq model reproduces the outstandingly brilliant and powerful sound of this magnificent instrument with its singing, richly coloured voice, suitable for many different music genres. More details: https://www.pianoteq.com/bechstein Buy it now: https://www.pianoteq.com/buy Offer until 31 January 2019: buy the new C. Bechstein Digital Grand and get 50% discount on one additional instrument pack of your choice

The electric company seems to have sent their final notice. You are visiting the legacy Cakewalk forums, which will freeze on Wed, Jan 16, 2019 Once frozen, these forums will become read-only. But thanks to the many valuable contributions of this amazing community over the years, the forums will remain in place as a vital information resource for legacy Cakewalk products. Most importantly, we have a vibrant new home for Cakewalk by BandLab to better serve the community! Please join us at discuss.cakewalk.com.

FUSE AUDIO LABS BRINGS YOU THE VCL-864U, A FAITHFUL EMULATION OF A CLASSIC 50S TUBE LIMITER/COMPRESSOR. ON SALE FOR ONLY $29 UNTIL FEBRUARY 15TH 2019! (REGULAR $69) https://fuseaudiolabs.de/product.html?id=300879685

If you are running any computer with any OS in 2019 you need an SSD, LoL. As a rule of preventive maintenance and data preservation I always replace hard drives around the 5 year end of life mark at the longest before they get semi retired to a server bay and used for 2x duplicate data backups and FTP server for closed collaborations. Only exceptions would be if a HD started making abnormal noises or became corrupted and flunked a ScanDisk test, then I'd replace it immediately and trash it. "-Erik "If a technical discussion on a DAW forum goes on long enough without a solution, someone will eventually tell the OP that they need more RAM, an SSD, or a Waves plug-in." These are actually all great suggestions, though as much of a fan and advocate of Waves plugins as I am, I would highly recommend being very careful and judicial in using them with less than powerful computers as many are very CPU intensive. Waves TrueVerb is one of my all time vintage favs and really a great one and easy in the CPU. I was also a big fan of Waves IR-1 convolution reverb which was a CPU hog even running in "lite" mode, it still used massive amounts of memory for "Impulse" samples. These days my all time #1 go to fav is Waves HReverb which can be very easy to quite CPU intensive depending on how many and how much internal processing modules (built in plugin FX loop) are turned on. But on the downside of using Waves plugins having older release versions of Waves with v10 plugins on the same system can cause a mine field of problems from tediously slow VST scans, and as far as I know to date, you cannot run v9 and v10 plugins together in the same DAW project with any DAW. Waves support is second to none, but I don't believe they have much incentive to correct this condition and offer much support to those who won't support them back. But on the upside, your old vintage Waves plugins will always work as they always worked, there just won't be improved functionality and refined for the latest Windows or OS X drivers, go from VST to VST2 to VST3 and or have ARA support and so on and so forth. In other words, they will eventually become obsolete as did Win XP and soon to be Win 7.. All things must pass..... R.I.P. @mdiemer I think I'm on my 5th year using PC Matic and absolutely LOVE IT! I run it once a week on Saturday morning on all 4 Windows computers all at once. I start it up, go have a cup of coffee, then go back and reboot the computers then run it again if I'm not satisfied with a noticeable boost in fresh boot up speed. It cleans the Registry, defrags mechanical drives, optimizes SSD's, checks drivers, graphics and HD health diagnostics, performs a full virus scan, checks internet speed, and makes all changes and tweaks when and where needed. It would take me at least ALL DAY Saturday to perform all these PITA maintenance tasks, it takes less then a minute to start it up on all my PC's and PC Matic has been doing it all for me during breakfast. Since using PC Matic I have NEVER had a crash nor have I ever had to do a fresh clean install of Windows. Not only have I had all good upgrade experiences from Win 7 to 10, I had 100 % success rate CLONING all my mechanical hardrives to Western Digital SSDs with the free Acronis software. And the last time I cloned, I didn't even have to reregister any plugins, not even with the XLN Audio AD 1 or 2 or Addictive Keys plugins.. 😍

Last week I mentioned to CD Baby that they haven't had a sale on their standard single song distribution in a long time. Well they listened to me & posted this today! "Start your year right by releasing your first single of 2019 for only $5! Flash sale expires Jan 11! Use code: FLASH5 at checkout" https://cdbaby.com/

Greetings Dimpro experts. Doing a bit of clean up for 2019, I noticed that I have multiple Multisamples folders to support DP 1.5. One on the Correct C: drive and one on another...I probably toyed around with moving the library in the past, but a more recent build installed to C:, which Is fine for now. I was intrigued by the older Multisamples folder being much larger and comprised of Wav files vs FLAC for the more recent......was that a Cakewalk change that I missed? No worries, doesn't seem to compromise the sample sets, just curious if it's worth keeping. If not...out the door or through the window! Thanks in advance .

Interesting - any CbB coders ( @Noel Borthwick ) know if this would affect performance? https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2019/01/09/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-18312/?fbclid=IwAR1ycVXxAedMN3u0ejLugykUTrquurZc8LKHJXPznFGcDOn1MemXwtly5K4 Here's the excerpt of interest: Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18312 FLS Slot Limit Increase As PCs get more powerful, musicians have created increasingly complex projects with more tracks, more instruments, and deeper effects chains. As a result, some of those musicians were running up against a FLS (Fiber Local Storage) slot allocation ceiling that prevented them from loading into their DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) as many unique plugins as they’d like. This build greatly raises that per-process FLS slot allocation ceiling, allowing loading potentially thousands of unique plugins. Beyond musicians, this change will positively impact any application that dynamically loads hundreds or thousands of unique DLLs that have statically-linked Visual C++ runtimes, or otherwise allocate FLS slots.

Free GROW and LEVELS plug-ins from Mastering The Mix This month we’ve teamed up with Mastering The Mix to bring you GROW (worth £17) and a free 6-month licence to the trouble-shooting tool LEVELS (worth £49). To access both plug-ins simply log-in to your Focusrite account before the 7th March 2019 - 4pm UK time). https://customer.focusrite.com/register

MakeMusic is committed to providing free technical support for current Garritan products. Two years after the release of Garritan Personal Orchestra 5, technical support for the previous version, GPO 4, will be discontinued effective March 1, 2019. We encourage GPO 4 users to continue to find alternative support through our Help Center, which includes links to our Knowledge Base and Community forums. GPO 4 users are also able to upgrade to GPO 5 for $49.95. Because these changes impact support, we are contacting all GPO 4 users, including those who have opted out of email in the past. Please take this opportunity to make any desired updates to your email preferences via My Account. https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

All: For me this all started with a CompuServe Account and the Cakewalk discussion in that service. Glad to see we're all still around and making music. Best of all the Holidays to everyone and looking forward to 2019. -DonM

8-Jan-2019: Voxengo is pleased to announce the release of Warmifier version 2.2, a valve warming/harmonic enhancing plugin for professional music and audio production applications, available in AAX, AudioUnit, VST and VST3 plugin formats (including native 64-bit support), for macOS, and Windows computers. This updated version includes the following changes: · Added ProTools 12+ AAX64 support. · Redesigned the infrastructure controls. · Implemented color scheme editor with load and save functions. · Added several new color schemes. · Made the user interface scale switchable without host reload. · Added 90%, 110%, 150%, 175% visual scales. · 29% lower CPU usage on AVX2-capable processors (in 64-bit mode). · Added Retina support on macOS, and automatic high-resolution UI size adjustment on Windows. Warmifier is a special audio effect AAX, AudioUnit and VST plugin for professional sound and music production applications which processes audio signal in a way similar to analog tube/valve equipment. By using Warmifier you can achieve valve warming and “console” coloration effects. Warmifier is applicable both to the complete mixes and to the individual instrument tracks. You have several parameters at your disposal that allow you to control the strength and the color of the effect. Also, you have several tube/valve types to choose from. Each valve type offers a different overall coloration. While the effect of this plugin is definitely subtle, the difference it makes is similar to the difference in sound between various analog mixing consoles. In most cases it boils down to adding a subtle “sparkle”, “presence”, “warming” or “solidifying” effect to a sound track it was applied to. Warmifier features: · 7 valve types · 2 processing modes · Stereo processing · Up to 8x oversampling · 64-bit floating point processing · Preset manager · Undo/redo history · A/B comparisons · Contextual hint messages · All sample rates support · 41 ms compensated processing latency · User interface color schemes · Resizable user interface · Retina and HighDPI support Warmifier is available for purchase on-line for US$ 39.95. Demo version of Warmifier can be downloaded freely at the Voxengo web site: http://www.voxengo.com/product/warmifier/?eref=ml

January 16, 2019 per a post Jesse Jost of BandLab posted in the old Cakewalk forum.

Lush, Organic Soundscapes For this exclusive product, the Vienna team went straight to their vast treasure trove of orchestral sounds. The core of Vienna Smart Spheres is entirely organic and acoustic, with all the liveliness and vibrancy that comes from live performance. The breath, Bows and body movements of Vienna’s famed musicians shine throughout the range of each patch. After Vienna’s sound design team experimented with their raw samples it became clear that their acoustic recordings would provide uniquely vibrant sounds with tremendous depth and interest. Using the possibilities of Vienna’s new Synchron Player with its powerful integrated FX plug-ins and routing options, Vienna Smart Spheres offers a shimmering and impressive collection of sounds that will be useful in any musical environment, from film scores to the more experimental side of electronic music. The Vienna team’s goal was to design soundscapes from various sources, recorded over the course of many years, with the highest attention to detail. As always, the included presets are a suggestion, a starting point that ideally inspires any musician to explore, modulate and expand sonic boundaries within the traditional symphonic realm. You may tweak the presets and the FX amount simply by moving pre-configured Continuous Controllers, such as CC1 or CC3. If you want to go further, the flexible and open structure of the Synchron Player’s user interface easily allows for far more detailed editing. Whatever your personal approach will be, Vienna Smart Spheres will guide you through a variety of settings, from fearsome dark drones to heavenly ethereal spheres. Ambient symphonic explorations Hand-picked sound-design presets Organic, living, breathing sounds from the finest acoustic sources Flexible routing and sound-design possibilities Experimental sounds for Basses, Leads, Pads, Plucks and Pulses If you’re a registered or new user of the Vienna Smart Orchestra, your crossgrade price to Vienna Smart Spheres is €85, only through January 31, 2019! Starting at just $95. For more information: https://www.vsl.co.at/en jrrshop: $97.00 https://www.jrrshop.com/vienna-symphonic-library-smart-spheres-for-owners-of-smart-orchestra Best Service: $105.00 https://www.bestservice.com/vienna_smart_spheres.html

Hiya folks - less-vague freeze date for the old forums: Wed, Jan 16, 2019 Edit: Adding emojis to convey sense of warmth and security 🍰🤗

I believe what you meant to say was... "It's 2019, Im using a free state of the art DAW that allows me to use up to 100 project templates

@Chuck E Baby I agree! Thin the heard, indeed. This is not really a problem, just a curiosity. On a side note. The year is 2019, computer Hardware and DAW limited to 100? Although, It' makes sense to limit to 100 for load-time purposes. The Cakewalk DAW is all about customization. For example It's not for me to decide (imagine) how you use the DAW by limiting options. Imagine: Sometimes looking a various template icons / title choices inspires the next project.

Wishing all our users a brilliant 2019. May the creative force be with you all! We have a lot to be thankful for and its great to see another fresh start with Cakewalk. Onwards!

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2-Jan-2019: Voxengo is happy to release its newest free plug-in - Correlometer, an analog-style stereo multi-band correlation meter plug-in for professional music production applications. Correlometer is available in AAX, AudioUnit, VST and VST3 plug-in formats (including native 64-bit support), for macOS and Windows computers. Correlometer is a free analog-style stereo multi-band correlation meter AudioUnit, AAX and VST plugin for professional music production applications. It is based on correlation meter found in PHA-979 phase-alignment plugin. Multi-band correlation meter is an advanced way to check for presence of out-of-phase elements in the mix. Broadband correlation metering reports overall phase issues and may misrepresent problems present in select spectral bands, while multi-band correlation meter easily highlights problems present in mid to high frequencies that are not easily heard by ear, but may still reduce clarity of the mix. Another application of multi-band correlation metering is phase- and time-aligning of channels and tracks, especially bass and bass-drum pairs, guitar mic and D.I. source pairs, two-microphone stereo recordings, etc. Correlometer can display 4 to 64 individual spectral bands, with adjustable band quality factor that controls the degree of band’s selectivity. Averaging time of correlation estimator can be adjusted. Correlometer supports side-chain inputs for easy correlation estimation between separate audio tracks. Correlometer features: 4 to 64 band correlation meter Adjustable band quality factor Adjustable averaging time Side-chain input Resizable user interface All sample rates support Zero processing latency User interface color schemes Retina and HighDPI support Correlometer can be downloaded freely at the Voxengo web site: http://www.voxengo.com/product/correlometer/?eref=ml

Well, the thing is, as I said earlier in the thread, and it was probably tl;dr, I don't use Superior Drummer, I play the drums. I don't use huge sample libraries, I don't do projects with dozens of tracks and big piles of plug-ins. I've learned enough about mixing that I don't need that many plug-ins to get a sound that I like. The first project done on the upgraded Windows 10 system was all live instruments, no VSTi's or samples, and the eventual track count was 12. I do rock songs, pop songs. Under 5 minutes long, guitar, drums, bass, vocals, mostly live audio. The biggest load I ever put on my system instrument-wise is Sonivox Orchestral Companion, which is pretty lightweight as sampled instruments go. I have been monitoring all along with Resource Monitor and have not been straining resources RAM-wise or disk-wise. I don't want to get into a big debate about what constitutes the minimum requirements for a DAW in 2019, but I will say this: As Lord Tim alludes to, the minimum requirements for one use case are entirely different for another. I would never tell someone who is only going to use soft synths to do phat beats to rap over that he needs 16G of RAM and a fast i7, because it would discourage someone who might not be able to afford that when I know he could get a lot done with way less hardware. Heck, he could do that on his phone at this point. To assume that every user configuring a DAW is at some point going to load up huge sample libraries and a zillion effect plug-ins and soft synths is unrealistic. There are many people who never, ever use soft synths. Or sample libraries. At all. They only want to record audio and mix. This in fact describes most of the musicians of my acquaintance. I am unusual in that I sometimes dabble in a bit of synthy stuff and orchestration. My poor old i5 Dell notebook ran CbB pretty well for my kind of projects with only 4G of RAM under Windows 7. What else can I say?

Hmm I pledged to go electric in 2019..............................

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The specs of my long-suffering audio laptop is in my sig below. This is running Windows 10 and doing some pretty big productions. Absolutely agree with Jim in that 8gb is much too small for a DAW in 2019, but I've found Win10 to be at least as snappy as Win7, even on this ancient hardware.

Welcome to GAS 2019

SMI music has released Trap E.Piano, a free virtual instrument for macOS and Windows based on SMI Player (Maize Soft technology). Key features: 32-bit samples. 3 layers, which vary depending on the strength of pressing the key (change of velocity). 227MB unzipped. SMI music's other products are 50% off until February 2019. Trap E.Piano demo in mix Free Piano | Live demo http://www.smimusics.com/product/trap-epiano-free