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I love them as a company. I just have too many synths 🤣

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Well, Well, Well. It finally arrived.

04-28-25: 042425 000001 200075v -- replaced awkward section and fixed tuning glitch https://amberwolf.bandcamp.com/track/behind-you-lie-many-unseen

I'm not going to get the upgrade either, and for the same reason; I'm still exploring V Collection X and FX Collection 5. I was just showing a little love to one of my (new) favorite companies. Cheers...

No, there is not a Keyboard short cut for global Input Echo toggle. Nor can one be set.. Looks like a candidate for a Feature Request. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/forum/8-feedback-loop/

Using math (maths), and my current configuration, I would be able to view about 45 tracks with the monitor in a vertical orientation.

I have no issue with the pricing. I just don't find myself compelled to get something I know I don't need. I suspect tarrifs may be affecting price too

https://www.spitfireaudio.com/splice-acquires-spitfire-audio

Maybe we'll be lucky and they'll go back to the old way of making their stuff work, that was useful and didn't constantly break systems. Their present way caused me to give up on them entirely because their updates would break things pretty much every time I went to use their stuff, and instead of making music I'd have to troubleshoot things, which was depressing and wasted all my time so I didn't get to make any music. Since their support would only uselessly say to remove and reinstall and redownload all the many gigabytes of stuff again everytime there was any problem, and they would never fix their actual problems with their stuff, I ended up just removing everything of theirs and now I'm much happier with the tools I already had that "just work". If they would make it so it just worked locally, no internet connection and no login required, and you just use the version that you already have that just works, no updates or checks required, *then* it would be useful for music. Otherwise, it's just a headache not worth dealing with.

I don't use CV, but I wish there could be multiple *track views* open, with different windows on to various sections, and each one had a separate toggle for "scroll lock" so I could see sections of projects I need to work on "together" (using one as a reference for another) without having to constantly rearrange my tracks and views. (even if I had a whole wall that was a monitor, I couldn't fit everything I need all at once at the zoom level I need, so multiple separate independent views is the only way that would do what I really want).

I've mentioned this on another thread as a Feature Request and hope it gets implemented (https://discuss.cakewalk.com/topic/81343-feature-request-multiple-console-windows/) I'm probably an outlier, but I use (3) 4k TVs as monitors. It would be GREAT if you could have *multiple* Console Windows open at once - that would allow for LOTS of tracks (and busses) to be displayed, along with many plugins, etc. - especially with a monitor(s) in Portrait Mode:

Found this photo, dating from 1986 - the year Les Canadiens won their second to last cup. They were still "Les Glorieux" back then. With my mother, brother and grandfather (who visibly didn't care for photos) - grandma was taking the picture. I would have been 13 or 14, sporting what looks like some kind of mullet, and my precious Guy Carbonneau jersey (my hockey hero at the time). I wore number 21 for several years because of him. From memory, my mother was 5'7", so judging by that pic, I was somewhere close to 6'. I always had good shoulders, but I was very skinny...

Also bear in mind that there are a handful of 32:9 (5120x1440) ultrawide monitors out there as well (roughly 45-49" wide). Mine came with a screen-split app to automatically chop up the display into sections as needed (each acting like a sub-monitor basically), which is convenient to "full screen" mode windows, then put them where you want them without fiddling with resizing (the app tells the window how big that sub-monitor is). As far as monitors themselves, refresh rate and response time tend to be the biggest differentiators these days... "true black" capability has become more standard but is also something to keep in mind (this can dramatically affect contrast capability).

How are you finding working with a curved monitor? I find working with two 24” straight monitors that I’m struggling to see the GUI stuff at the left and right hand edges, so the idea of two curved monitors providing a constant viewing distance looks like a good solution.

But how much does it come out to when you calculate the Plugins You Actually Use?

Not if you wait for Black Friday. Also, might be worth skipping an upgrade or two, if you want to save money. Edit: I just checked how much I've paid so far. I crossgraded from Analog Lab Lite&Pigments to V Collection 9 for €149, then upgraded from V Collection 9 to V Collection X for €99. In total, that's €248 for 39 plugins, which makes it €6.36 per plugin. That's ridiculously cheap. People charge more for a handful of presets.

It's becoming increasingly difficult to imagine what else they can add to this Collection given how good and complete it is already.

oh no. lets hope they don't offer a good deal. i dont want to part with my money. i have too many synth emulations.

For the Prochannel stuff, save as a preset. Then load that preset into the another track’s Prochannel For the effects rack/bin, temporarily create a FX chain. Then Drag the whole FX chain to the other track. Hold CTRL and drag to copy the FX chain to the other track. When done, extract the Effect Chain plugins of the source (if copied) and destination.

Try converting the effects added to the rack to "Convert FX Rack Effects to FX Chain", then holding down the "CTRL" key, you can copy the converted FX block to any other track the required number of times, and then extract the effects in other tracks to the standard format of separate effects using the "Extract FX Chain Plugins" function. This is also not done directly in one click, but it will still save you a lot of time and effort in such operations. Try to perform plugin extraction operations on new tracks by selecting several tracks and holding down the "CTRL" key, it is quite possible that it will work, and you will be able to save even more time.

I believe you can load VST3 in SONAR 8 by hosting them Patchwork from Blue Cat Audio. You insert patchwork into your track as a VST2 effect, then load the VST3 within Patchwork itself.

Also awkward that they don't even mention it anywhere on the official IK Multimedia website. @Peter - IK Multimedia Please enlighten us

Purchased! (will) Installed! (tomorrow)