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Yesterday was my birthday, so my oldest friend in the world treated me to dinner and a show - Booker T Jones at the Mount Baker Theater in Bellingham, WA. As we're all aware, you never know what you're going to get with nostalgia acts. I am actually a little fearful of going to see the heroes of my youth, lest they disappoint me. I'd rather remember them as they were at their peak than as somebody just continuing to do it because they've got bills to pay and can't do anything else. So I didn't know what to expect going in. How do you stretch Green Onions into a 2-hour show? I was afraid it might just be another legacy act getting a patter of applause from polite boomers. Of all the scenarios I anticipated, what I did not expect was a frickin' transcendent experience. My first clue that the show wouldn't be anything I'd expected was the intro to the first song, before Booker came on stage. The band was frickin' amazing - just bass, drums and guitar, no backing singers, no horn section, and most notably, no damn backing tracks. And the guitarist was truly phenomenal. Not just technically - he did have some impressive chops - but he had dynamics and soulful inflection to rival David Gilmour. The whole band had lift-you-outa-your-seat dynamics, but it was the guitar picker who stole the show. I wondered "who is this guy, and why ain't he famous already?" Then he steps to the mic and introduces Booker as "my dad, Booker T. Jones". I realized that this guy, whose name is Ted Jones, probably grew up sitting in the recording studio watching his dad produce hundreds of artists and soaking up decades of wisdom. Every song of the night was an absolute treat. At one point, father and son did a duo, both on guitars for a cover of Purple Rain. Holy guacamole, it was so good, and I don't even like that song. I don't know what to call their style. Progressive Blues, if that's a thing. Imagine if Pink Floyd became a blues band and stripped down the show to its essence. Whatever it is, I came away from the experience absolutely chuffed to be a musician. After all, Booker is way older than me and if he can still do it, I've got no excuses. Then again, I doubt he helped carry in his B3.

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Welcome to our bi-weekly update! We're committed to keeping you in the loop about our progress, much of which is shaped by community suggestions. This week, we're excited to share some key updates on Sonar. Color Customization A simple yet effective approach to color theming is well underway. We know it’s important to personalize your workspace, not just for aesthetics, but for creating a comfortable environment that reduces eye strain and helps you stay in the creative space longer. We're designing a system that is both powerful and easy to use. We're closing in on the first edition and expect to release it to the beta team shortly. Plugin Updates We're continuing to enhance our suite of plugins based on user feedback. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s in the works: Long awaited updates for the LP EQ and LP Multiband are almost here. Retooled for modern systems, these plugins provide exceptional sonic transparency for surgical, artifact-free adjustments. The Adaptive Limiter is also getting an overhaul and will be deployed alongside the LPs. This power trio will bring a powerful, mastering-grade toolkit to your mixes, available later in Q4. Soon, you'll see spectrum analyzer overlays integrated into some of our Core effects. This will provide immediate, precise visual feedback right where you need it, making it faster to identify frequency issues and make informed EQ decisions. Early Access Returns! We are reintroducing the Early Access program, which will be available to Next and Sonar users. This will help us gather more pre-release feedback before final deployment. It also reinforces our commitment to transparency and building the future of Sonar together with you. On the Horizon We’re cooking up some other new features that we can’t wait to put in your hands: Soon you'll be able to probe various tap points with integrated signal analysis, helping you visualize your audio's journey in real-time and troubleshoot routing issues with ease and precision. Global app search is in the works, designed to get you to your tools faster than ever. Get ready to turbocharge your workflow! We’ll be back in two weeks with another update. Thank you for your continued support and feedback! Best regards, The Cakewalk Team

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yeah, only comes with the orchestra mode. The paid version has two extra modes.

This started off as a short piano improvisation, and I built up some textures and counter melodies around it.

'Spensiv.... I know Omnisphere has a loyal fanbase, but $500 for one VST? Uff da....

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Prior to this group buy, I already had the vast majority of IKM products (in part thanks to multiple group buy ins in previous years). As a massive TONEX fan, I was glad to grab the new signature collections that I didn't have yet - even if EVH and Engl isn't my thing. But the biggest surprise for me is how much I like the Pianoverse options. Yes, they are pretty large libraries, but they seem to be recorded RAW and close mic'd so there is a lot of freedom in how to process them - and they are extremely dynamic and responsive. Easily among the best piano VSTs overall that I've tried.

In case any FZ fans missed this recent release. One of my fav periods, unbelievable how the material & performances changed from show to show. Classic Frank.

This is the first of our new, bi-weekly product updates relevant to all of our software. Our goal is simple: to be transparent about what we’re working on and why. We've been heads-down, not just on small fixes, but on a series of major updates designed to address your most frequent requests. Here are some of our immediate priorities: Color customization We are in the process of refining our existing themes and bringing new color theme customization capabilities. We look forward to posting more about this soon! Stability We remain dedicated to hunting down and resolving other reported differences in behavior between CbB and Sonar to ensure a seamless transition for those of you still on CbB. With our focus shifted to Cakewalk Sonar, we've made numerous improvements. Widespread field testing has revealed a few regressions that we’re happy to report are now fixed, including a fix for virtual desktop window support, which arose from high DPI support changes. Core Plugins (Early Preview) We recently announced the availability of Cakewalk Core plugins, a suite of essential, high-quality, low-CPU track effects. An update with improvements and a new plugin is coming within a few days. NEW: Spatial Panner - a perceptual sound panner with Doppler and attenuation rendering, and graphical path editing for immersive automated panning effects. Phase scope visualizer - Core Phase now has a scope display that provides a real-time visualization of the stereo relationship between the left and right channels of an audio signal. Sonar’s preset manager now has direct access to factory presets and will automatically migrate any Sonitus user presets you may have saved previously. UI refinements Read more about the Core plugins here On the horizon We are working on bringing more instruments and effects, track management improvements, and a novel workflow enhancement that could be a game changer for many. These are just a few of our priorities, with your feedback continuing to be a key driver of our roadmap. We’ll be back in two weeks with another update! Best regards, The Cakewalk Team

Good news for all owners of version 5: the update to 5.5.2 is free of charge. Highlights of version 5.5.3: Resizable UIs for all individual plug-ins (except Effect Rack) - windows can now be freely scaled SpaceBlender, the new experimental reverb, is now fully integrated into the Effect Rack - plus, 67 new presets are included. Improvements to EchoBoy Jr (up to 15s delay) and PanMan (LFO down to 0.01 Hz), along with numerous bug fixes and optimized preset assets https://www.soundtoys.com/

What's happening is that freezing actually adds 3dB to the level of mono synth tracks. This is a long-standing issue/quirk of SONAR/CbB/Sonar. This can be addressed either by changing the Interleave of mono tracks to stereo or changing the inputs to stereo before freezing.

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The input echo always needs to be on for an aux track. It's been that way since aux tracks were introduced in SONAR Platinum. Downstream buses aren't muted when soloing, no change to this behavior.

Hello , here's a new instrumental I'm finishing up. It's pretty sparce with drums , bass , stereo acoustic and electric guitar thru Bias FX2. I'm wondering about the low end in this and if you think there may be room for a few organ or piano fills in a few spots. Thanks for the listen , any crits or suggestions for improvement. mark https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=15117093

Headphone calibration software would be my guess... https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?item_id=18619

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I've just finished the track and video of the recording session for this new track. I also decided to try out a few of the new Core plugins from Sonar. All compression, eq and delays were used and I have to say I'm really impressed. I was a huge fan of the Sonitus suite but I won't be using them again. Many of the folk on the forum will be familiar with my good friend Larry who plays drums on my projects and once again he performed on this song. What I would like to mention is that the song is not a straight forward piece of music and he came to the studio, did three takes of which I preferred the 2nd. He's a pleasure to work with. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed recording it.

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Soundforge Pro 17 makes this worth it.

Pianoverse is very good, though the royal upright isn't one of the better ones IMO. You'd be better off doing what Larry did with the APD deal to qualify at the $99 tier and getting the better Pianoverse instruments (Yamaha grands; Steinways). I do like the Black Pearl, though!

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IK Multimedia doing weird IK Multimedia things..... We here at the Deals forum call that "Tuesday." I agree though, kinda crappy. I'm sitting this one out. I've about reached my limit with IK. And this is coming from a Waves apologist.