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The sonitus plugins will definitely be supported going forward. We're in fact currently working on some updates to the suite so stay tuned.

In this free update, a powerful new Modal engine meets enhanced filters, modulators, and creative tools for unprecedented sound design freedom. Run ASC to update it. If you don't yet own it, check your personal offer here (and get more details): https://www.arturia.com/products/software-instruments/pigments/update Pigments V 6.0.1 Release Notes New Features New Modal Engine: Featuring two resonators algorithms and two multimode exciters Sample Engine New features: New Granular Scan New Grain Size Continuous Ratio New Round Robin & Random sample assignation per Key or per gain BitCrush Decimate mode now allows to choose between 2 downsampling colors Sync All has been added to Density rate type New Cluster Filter: From classic formant filtering to modern bass sound design New LoFi Filter: Per voice downsampler coupled with pre and post filter New revision of the Multifilter: Renamed Classic Filter Added Input Drive Added three All-pass filter modes New Analog resonance mode, which distorts the signal when resonance is high while preserving the low end New Vocoder Effect: For color-bass sound design and hollow vocal sounds Effects improvements: Multimode filter: Added All-pass filter type and analog resonance mode Distortion: Added All-pass filter type and analog resonance mode More parameters are now modulable StereoPan has been renamed "Panner" and a "Pan" parameter has been added New Random modulator: Simple yet powerful and versatile random source New Voice Modulator: A controlled source of randomness providing different modulation values per voice in the spirit of vintage synths New Envelope follower: Tracks the amplitude of any point inside the signal path and turns it into a modulation New Function V2: New preset browser New S-curve New Smooth parameter New grid mode Rework of the operation and retrig modes UX New Browser for Samples, Wavetables and Noises: Factory samples and wavetables are now sorted into new categories User samples and wavetables are now separated from the factory content, under the Folders tab Quick Edit V2: The quick edit workflow now supports the assignation and edition of sidechains using drag & drop and the Quick Edit pop-up New Global Transpose section in Keyboard panel (octave and fine tune) New Preset recommendation system allowing to suggest similar sounds from the library to the selected preset Revamped filter selection pop-up New Content: 100 Presets 53 Wavetables 97 Samples 60 Noises and Transients New tutorials Improvements Sound Engine: Filters clicks have been reduced, particularly on digital filters Comb Filters algorithm is now smoother when tweaked and holds a better tuning in the high frequencies GUI: The interface style and layout have been refreshed and improved The interface and interactions of the keyboard panel has been improved The interface and interaction of the filters has been updated The UI and UX of the engine Tune and Output sections have been improved The sample engine playback visual feedback is now polyphonic The Distortion effect layout has been improved The LFO layout has been improved Improved parameters tooltips and descriptions UX: The modulation assign mode now features a toggle on the sidechains Some default values have been changed Bugfixes Comb filter: no more clicks when changing modes Filters: no more clicks when swapping filters Amplitude Envelope's parameters no longer produce noise when modulated FX Distortion no longer acts as a notch filter when doing parallel distortion Formant filter's Q Factor has now cleaner modulations Glide no longer jumps when Microtuning is enabled Sequencer / Arpeggiator : First step now plays correctly each time Fixed a bug where the interface was lagging with AMD GPUs Tooltips and desriptions: Typos and various fixes Various other GUI fixes P.S. You can access the 100 new factory presets from Pigment --> Sound Banks --> Pigments 6.0

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No secret that I really like MeldaProduction's products and business policies. Here's my review of MTurboEQ: I've had MTurboEQ for years and I still haven't used it on any project. Using Plugin Doctor, I was able to use MEQualizer (from the FreeFX bundle) to dial in the same curve, took me about 5 minutes from starting Plugin Doctor. The Saturation knobs do the same thing, the "Analog" control on MTurboEQ brings up the noise floor a tiny bit, and that's about it. The big difference between them in practical use is that MEQualizer is much more versatile.🤨 (Unless you have FabFilter Pro-Q, I suggest spending some time exploring the features of MEQualizer. When it comes to performing tonal surgery, it does things I've never seen in another manufacturer's EQ, most notably the harmonics feature) What it looks like is that they used MEQualizer as a starting point, then made "devices" (Melda's term for simplified GUI's) that mimic the control layouts of various classic hardware units. This is more apparent if you go into MTurboEQ's settings and disable "custom GUI for devices," which does away with the skeuomorphic UI's and exposes the controls. If it were possible to create devices and custom GUI's in MEQualizer, MTurboEQ would be entirely superfluous. It's really just MEQualizer with "devices," and as is the case with any "device" in MeldaProduction's plug-ins, they are subsets of the plug-in's features, designed to simplify the use of the program by hiding certain controls and overlaying a more familiar interface. They don't sonically emulate the hardware they imitate, they only vaguely copy the front panel controls. They admit as much in the ad copy on the website. So unless you're trying to leverage your way into the MMixingFX, MMasteringFX, MTotalFX, or MComplete bundles, skip it. That would be the only reason to drop the $9, unless you'd pay $9 to add custom GUI devices to MEQualizer.

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New in Sonar 2025.02 build 31.02.0.049: This release adds improvements to Bounce to Tracks, the ability to exclude markers and meter/keys from Arranger operations, includes subfolder count in top folder stats, an updated Light Gray color scheme, as well as usability enhancements and bug fixes for user reported issues. "Arranger Sections" is now a Source Category in Bounce to Track(s) "Arranger Sections" is now available as a Source Category in the Bounce to Track(s) dialog box. Only sections from the active Arranger track are listed, and the resulting clip names are derived from the section and the category source. Ability to exclude markers and meter/keys from Arranger operations In addition to individual tracks and the Tempo track, you can now also exclude markers and meter/key changes from Arranger operations. To prevent the tempo map, meter/key changes, or markers from being affected when editing Arranger sections, right-click or long press the Select Events with Sections button in the Control Bar’s Select module and select the desired options: Arranger Exclude Tempo Track. Prevent the tempo map from being affected when editing Arranger sections. Arranger Exclude Meter/Key Changes. Prevent meter/key changes from being affected when editing Arranger sections. Arranger Exclude Markers. Prevent markers from being affected when editing Arranger sections. Track Folder info panel shows subfolder count The track folder info panel shows how many tracks it contains. Because folders can contain multiple levels of subfolders, the total subfolder count is now shown if it is different from the immediate folder count: <immediate subfolders> / <total subfolders> "Allow Module Resizing" option in Console view/Inspector module Options menus You can now enable/disable module resizing in the Console view and inspector. When Allow Module Resizing is disabled, the drag handles are removed from the top of the Volume, Sends, and FX Rack modules. To disable module resizing in the Console view, click the Options menu and disable Allow Module Resizing. When disabled, the drag handles are removed from the top of he modules. To disable module resizing in the Track Inspector, click the Display control at the bottom of the Track Inspector, point to Module Options and disable Allow Module Resizing. Support for Smart Swipe behavior for tracks/busses in Export Audio dialog In the Export Audio dialog, you can now swipe (drag up/down) in the Tracks/Buses in Project list to quickly select/mute/solo multiple tracks/buses. Send Pan knobs are now shown in narrow strips Send Pan knobs are now shown in narrow Console view/inspector strips. Previously, only Send Level knobs were shown. Updated Light Gray color scheme The Light Gray color scheme has been completely redesigned. Misc. Updated localization Misc. color scheme refinements In FX Racks, newly inserted plugins are visible and scrolled into view Inspector/Console view track and bus strips now automatically scroll to newly inserted sends The max number of visible sends per track/bus has been increased from 10 to 100 Clamp sample rate to 44100-48000 when exporting to BandLab The Quick Start Screen now shows a CWZ icon when a project thumbnail is missing for CWZ files Fixed: Crash inserting Waves Curves Equator MONO Fixed: Crash restoring configuration Fixed: Opening project or OMF file containing track/bus names with formatting characters crashes Sonar Fixed: User crash when setting FX Chain preset from Console view Fixed: Console view Sends option say unlimited sends, but only display 10 Fixed: Cannot see Send Gain Level value within Console view Send clusters Fixed: Crash drawing Pitch Bend in Piano Roll view Fixed: Dragging Controller pane closed in Piano Roll view causes audio track to delete unexpectedly with Ripple Edit Fixed: Long track name display issue in Piano Roll view Tracks pane Fixed: Holding SHIFT prior to clicking notes in the Piano Roll view fails to select controllers when enabled Fixed: Shift Select using Select tool does not behave as expected in Piano Roll view Fixed: Unexpected resize of Controller pane in user project Fixed: MIDI side of Instrument track stuck muted in user project Fixed: Disconnecting an Instrument track causes track templates for other instruments to save incorrectly Fixed: Workspace is not applied after opening a MIDI file Fixed: Chorus/Reverb MIDI controls are created with an offset of +64 Fixed: Articulation "Full Chase" fails to chase CCs Fixed: Project shows time incorrectly in Play List Fixed: Staff view Track pane can fails to draw background correctly Fixed: Step Sequencer templates can become orphaned clips Fixed: PDC latency not reported correctly in Track Inspector Fixed: Surround panner draws incorrectly on Console view/Inspector track strip Fixed: Track Manager shows audio icon for nested folders Fixed: Clip automation preview is inaccurate to bounced audio Fixed: Undo of Copy and Assign Envelope fails to restore Edit Filter state Fixed: CPU Meter Options in Performance module only available if set to large size Fixed: CPU Meter Options menu has misaligned text on 4k Fixed: Unexpected meter/key change added to project after ripple editing Arranger sections Fixed: Incorrect handling of Meter/Key in Arranger move operation Fixed: Grouping On/Off for sends behaves unexpectedly Fixed: Quick Group Freeze Synth behaves inconsistently Fixed: Quick Grouping of Edit Filter is inconsistent with Instrument tracks Fixed: Group mute of Instrument tracks fails to dim Clips pane Fixed: Help Module "Learn More" button text is wrong color on mouse over in Light color scheme Fixed: Track View bus strip labels are the wrong color Fixed: Toast notification displays wrong border colors when signing in to activate Fixed: Fix for Track view Sends Look & Feel Fixed: ProChannel visual artifacts bug Fixed: Unexpected layout change on applying config profile Fixed: Autosave doesn't save after changing track mixer parameters Fixed: Splash screen appears on wrong monitor on high DPI multi-monitor systems Fixed: Right-click to lasso select doesn't change active item focus resulting in unexpected effects deletion Fixed: Snap to Landmarks inconsistent in user project Fixed: Preview in Media Browser plays at wrong speed after sample rate is changed in Preferences Fixed: Transport is unresponsive when zoomed in all the way in Track Fixed: Text in Big Time view looks pixelated opening on 1080p Fixed: Inspector advanced MIDI strip layout issues after vertically scrolling Fixed: [Regression] Regression: Console view no longer shows offset modified color indication Fixed: [Regression] Track Templates fail to preserve MIDI ports routed to plugins Fixed: [Regression] MIDI track on Split Instrument fails to show Frozen button state Fixed: [Regression] Tooltip for Console view/ProChannel Sends missing when making adjustments Fixed: [Regression] Preview at Host Tempo no longer working in Browser Fixed: [Regression] Browser GDI object leak when floating Fixed: [Regression] Text Edit Field Cursors are Center Justified Fixed: [Regression] Console View Maximum Sends value does not work Fixed: "Cannot Sign In" message not localized Fixed: Incorrect error displayed when importing an unsupported wave file Please give us feedback on this release. 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This is not a comprehensive list: Spectrum Analyser on every track Pro Channel Concrete Limiter Session Drummer 3 Routing Enhancements for sends Satrt and End Markers Track Manager Enhancements Articulation Note Offsets Automation Smoothing Configuration Backup/Restore New File Types Cakewalk Zip Files Cakewalk Next for Windows & Mac Audio Engine optimizations Greatly improved latency Plugin oversampling Plugin Load Balancing PDC Overrides Flyout Dynamic Tooltips External Insert improvements Quick Exit modes Deag and Drop opmtimizations MIDI drawing optimizations You can now quickly delete specific articulations that are in use in a project, directly from the Articulation Map editor Command to "Select Associated Tracks/Buses" Command to "Select Associated Instrument Tracks" via the Synth Rack New "Left Click Sets Track Focus" global option Improved Toast Notifications Updated Command Center New Sampler

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SampleTank 4.2.4 Fixed an issue where the plugin UI would appear blurry on Windows with high DPI scaling Fixed browser not retaining favorites and search text when closing and re-opening the UI Fixed a crash when using the Flexi Amp effect at 96 kHz Fixed a crash when the library rescan process completes and the plugin window has been closed Fixed a potential crash at shutdown Fixed an issue where Syntronik Multis with custom waveforms would not load properly General reliability improvements Syntronik 2.1.2 Fixed an issue where saving a DAW session would not save custom waveforms selection Fixed browser not retaining favorites and search text when closing and re-opening the UI Fixed a crash when using the Flexi Amp effect at 96 kHz Fixed an issue where duplicating Syntronik instances wouldn't retain custom waveforms General reliability Improvements Run IK Product Manager to update.

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Hey, just wanted to say thanks to the creators and developers. I didn't realize until now how much I have benefited by stumbling upon this app. So many beautiful memories and experiences. Thanks to Meng for salvaging splat from the ashes when the Gibson debacle transpired, and don't get me started on the Roland fumble. All the great SI instruments, the Pro Channel, Rapture and Dimension, zeta, the forum, on and on and on. Specially all the nights with friends, or solo, a beer or two, and hitting record to our hearts content. Not sure I jive with the new direction, but it is yours to do as you wish, and I hold no grudge. Just gotta say that because of you I have learned to try new things. I still remember the first girl I kissed. It was in kindergarten. I was walking home with her, and she was pleasant, and I had seen me ma and pa kiss when they left for their jobs, so I kissed her. I still remember the first time I used sonar. Kind of the same thing as my first kiss. I still wonder what happened to my first love, she is etched in my memory, but I just can't seem to find her. Sincerely, thanks for everything!! You taught me so much.

Well .. all I can say is this is a strange one for me. I Really enjoyed doing it ! 😁 All crits , comments and suggestions welcomed. The link now reflects my Final mix and mastered by Gary Brun. 2/14/25 https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14937445

Hi It's been a while since I posted here, but I remember it was a good place to get feedback from other aspiring artist. I'm planning on releasing this soon and I wonder what you think.

Should have been my first project in Luna. But it's to unfamiliar, and thus not really comfortable. But the UAD plugins are a joy.

For subscription model to be somewhat tolerable, it must (MUST!) be like some software development companies do. You pay for a year, you get a year of updates, if you don't pay for the next year, you don't get updates, but what you already have, you can use for as long as you want.

Hi all - please use this topic to post feedback specific to the Sonar 2025.02 release. Release-specific feedback is valuable to us, and consolidating it in a single topic is extremely helpful. We request that discussion in this thread be restricted to issues directly concerning this release, to make it easier for us to assist users. For other topics, kindly use the feature request section or create new posts. Off topic messages will be deleted. Thanks in advance! Sonar 2024 Overview

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Cableguys updates ShaperBox to v3.5.5 and MidiShaper to v1.6.1 (Feb 4th) Most of their other plugins had updates in December (in case you missed them) Download the latest versions from your user account. https://www.cableguys.com/user-account Changelog for ShaperBox 3 (inc. ReverbShaper, TimeShaper 3, DriveShaper 2, NoiseShaper 2, FilterShaper Core 3, LiquidShaper, CrushShaper 2, VolumeShaper 7, PanShaper 4, WidthShaper 3) 3.5.5 - February 4, 2025 =================================== - Improved: Up to 256 MIDI ports can now be addressed, whereas previously only the first 16 were selectable. - Fixed: When using the VST3 version in FL Studio or Maschine, the sidechain input did not work unless the plugin's power button was toggled, and adjusting sidechain settings could cause a crash. Additionally, loading the plugin in place of any other sidechain-enabled plugin could cause the sidechain input to stop working until the project was reloaded. Changelog for MidiShaper 1.6.1 - February 4, 2025 =================================== - Improved: Up to 256 MIDI ports can now be addressed, whereas previously only the first 16 were selectable.

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Here's a new one. I had a lot of help, so I'm hoping it doesn't need much... UPDATED Feb 02 2025.

Hello all - been a while since I've been back. Time to catch up again! This is a cover from one of my favorite old albums, Trilogy by ELP - this one had some success on the charts. https://baselines.com/?p=7262

MSoundFactory is starting to give other orchestral libraries a run for their money. Melda releasing new libraries to owners for free is a nice perk.

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The devs have said that the Sonitus plugins are slated to be ported to VST at some point - but that it's not super-high on their priority list. However, they did recently fix a long-standing bug in Sonitus delay.

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A little concerned that they're going to try and do too much with Scaler as it progresses. I've only seen sneak peaks of v3 and on one screenshot it looked like it had multi-track sequencer, plus audio mixer at the bottom of the screen. I appreciate that they have to add value to make the update saleable, but hopefully it won't become un-necessarily resource heavy or complicated in the process. Also, I hope that they keep the focus on integration with the DAW as it's primary purpose, because with a mixer and multi-track sequencer it will bring the temptation to offer a one-stop shop utilising a DLC model to expand it's own sound library or MIDI patterns/motions. Looking forward to giving it a go though.

You say this like it's a bad thing. 😄 I wonder how many people reading this ever have people walk into our studios as clients. Anyone who thinks like that would first observe that I was using Sonar and it would be game over for them. In the event that I did work with clients, and someone had a problem with whatever tools I was using to do my job, I would most definitely want them gone ASAP. This goes for any enterprise I might engage in, audio engineering or otherwise. In the past I have run a business where clients did come into my shop. It never even occurred to me to acquire something with the goal of impressing clients. Whatever tools I use are up to me to choose and acquire, and anyone who has a problem with them is strongly encouraged (required even) to find another provider of services who would be a better fit. Some of the tools I regularly use in my studio are considered to be top-tier in their categories. Others are bargain basement and/or freeware. The only criterion for their use is that they get the job done.

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As I mentioned in an earlier post, my friend Bob Hermes was taken of life support in January 15th, and he succumbed 14 days later. I thought I would post one more song of his for you to hear. It is called There Must be Magic Around Here. Thanks for all your listens, comments, and thoughts. https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14927774

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To expound on the above and give you terms you can Google for help. MIDI data (what you are using in the Piano Roll View (PRV)) is simply note data (essentially pitch, velocity (loudness), note on/off timing). MIDI is not audio, which is why MIDI files are so small. The most common method starting out is to insert a Simple Instrument Track (SIT) into a project, because the routing to connect the MIDI to the audio output (via a virtual/VST instrument, or VSTi) is done for you. "Input Echo" is another term to be familiar with, which lets you monitor live MIDI input even when not recording. The key thing for you is that MIDI is not audio... you will never hear it unless it is sent to an instrument to play it. For searching, things like "setting up a virtual instrument in Cakewalk" will focus on what you need to do. Below is a video that is referenced above for convenience.

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Here's a new piece I just finished up. I treated myself to UVI Falcon at Christmas, and this kind of started off as a get acquainted project. I also recently downloaded a piano called Piano In 162, and the detail and quality is really fabulous! Also, made liberal use of the free Solaris shimmer reverb. I basically started this off with a very simple, kind of cyclical piano movement, and built everything up around that. All done in CbB.

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