Jerry Freese 2 Posted November 17, 2019 On 11/14/2019 at 11:36 AM, pwalpwal said: only bandlab can answer this quesiton Good luck getting them to do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry Freese 2 Posted November 17, 2019 8 hours ago, RockinMillie said: Try this freebie as an alternative. I prefer it to CA-2A personally: Sonic Anomaly SLAX - http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=2593 I tried this one it buzzed and had all kinds of problems Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry Freese 2 Posted November 17, 2019 3 hours ago, John Noizz said: I was about to say that here , this plugin is really really good, and the best part is that is FREE! recommended! Thanks I'll try it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry Freese 2 Posted November 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Starship Krupa said: My favorite free optical compressor emulation VST is the AdHd Leveling Tool. Looks like it is 64 bit also. Normally not offered for free! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pwalpwal 1,138 Posted November 17, 2019 another good freebie https://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/molot/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuno.P 8 Posted November 17, 2019 It would bew great if bandlab adds the CA-2A to cakewalk. I love the prochannel 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry Freese 2 Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Nuno.P said: It would bew great if bandlab adds the CA-2A to cakewalk. I love the prochannel I don't see why not. At one point it was being given away for free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry Freese 2 Posted November 17, 2019 Thank you everybody for all the great suggestions! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RockinMillie 1 Posted November 17, 2019 14 hours ago, Jerry Freese said: I tried this one it buzzed and had all kinds of problems Really ? SLAX works absolutely fine in the latest version of Cakewalk here 😕 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry Freese 2 Posted November 18, 2019 I am still running the last non bandlab version. I am skeptical of the "free" version which requires a "downloader" to download. If it was really free this wouldn't be required. Seems there is something going on behind the curtain I don't know if I can trust. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scook 2,818 Posted November 18, 2019 FWIW, the "downloader," BandLab Assistant, performs the same functions that Cakewalk Command Center did for the last SONAR series: installation and activation. BA has two additional functions - it provides access to BandLab's web-based DAW and acts as a front end to their loop library which is accessible to both the web-based DAW and Cakewalk. That's it. There is nothing else happening "behind the curtain." While there is no charge for the software, BandLab owns the software and this is how they have elected handle licensing it to users. Even if one wanted to stay on an old Cakewalk product, there are updates and bug fixes to the shared utilities that would be beneficial. It was common for Cakewalk support to recommend users install demo versions of newer versions of SONAR even if they had no plan to upgrade just to get the updated utilities. This still holds true, 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry Freese 2 Posted November 19, 2019 On 11/16/2019 at 9:03 PM, John Noizz said: I was about to say that here , this plugin is really really good, and the best part is that is FREE! recommended! Problem that I have with this is that it t doesn't seem to have any "makeup gain" and diminishes the signal quite a bit. Am I missing something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Walton 828 Posted November 19, 2019 24 minutes ago, Jerry Freese said: Problem that I have with this is that it t doesn't seem to have any "makeup gain" and diminishes the signal quite a bit. Am I missing something? These units don't have a makeup gain. If you need more Gain turn the gain up. As you reduce the peaks, you will hit a point where it has a reduced overall output. The CA-2A works in a similar fashion. However the Gain on the CA-2A seems to add quite a bit of saturation if you crank it where the Leveling Amp can stay cleaner at higher gains. In this particular respect, I like the Leveling Amp better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry Freese 2 Posted November 21, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 10:13 PM, Brian Walton said: These units don't have a makeup gain. If you need more Gain turn the gain up. As you reduce the peaks, you will hit a point where it has a reduced overall output. The CA-2A works in a similar fashion. However the Gain on the CA-2A seems to add quite a bit of saturation if you crank it where the Leveling Amp can stay cleaner at higher gains. In this particular respect, I like the Leveling Amp better In the CA-2A peak reduction controls the amount of compression and gain controls the post-processed output level. I would call that make-up gain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Walton 828 Posted November 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Jerry Freese said: In the CA-2A peak reduction controls the amount of compression and gain controls the post-processed output level. I would call that make-up gain. You are correct. Depending on the settings, there might not be the clean headroom desired for normal make up gain with the CA-2A. It can add a lot of saturation when used as Output gain. I do agree that the Level Amp could also use an additional output clean gain if you need to really compress something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry Freese 2 Posted November 21, 2019 The ADHD had just so low output and no makeup gain so it was unusable for me. Pretty much cut my track volume in half at all settings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
