Mánibranðr Studios

This is a huge trap as after saving a copy as MIDI, the current working file will be saved in the same format. It is easy to forget to manually save as the Normal format too, since the extension shown in the project's header and the file extension still shows up as *.CWP that means you can easily overwrite your project with a MIDI file with the CWP extension without realizing it, and only finding out afterwards when you've closed and reopened the project with no way to recover the original work.

It's probably best if you do so yeah.

I think it is. A lot of my more recent projects are done using SCVA. And considering how much more expensive other synth libraries go for these days, I think it's worth the price. One of the best $125 I've spent. I mean you could use the SYXG-50 too, but I wonder about the legality of using it in projects you intend to sell.

It's mostly nostalgia, and the appreciation for people who put countless hours into making them.

Danke schon! I'll have to purchase GPO5 at some point

A new Studio Instruments release would be nice. I would like to see the strings section get keyswitch articulation and updated samples. An addition of a Woodwinds, Brass and Choir section would be nice, as well as the addition of more oriental instruments, like the Koto, Shamisen, Erhu, Kawala Shakuhachi, and also Guitars, acoustic, electric and hybrids.

You could always try out Roland SCVA which is an emulator for the SC-8820

How exactly do you get Aria?

This is very nice. My only real critique is that you could add a short pause at the end of that pitchbent saw climax before the rest of the song begins, so as to give it a bit of a dramatic flair.

Thank you! Those are all good points emeraldsoul, but I made the pianos in the middle third loud in the mix because I wanted it to stay dominant until the final third when things changed over.

Started from a piano track on Musescore that was meant to be a re-composed intro of one of my first songs, a small idea to add orchestral texture evolved this piece into something fully-realized. I leaned heavily on Spitfire Labs' free instruments, while using Kontakt's Factory Selection for the acoustic Upright Bass and Cakewalk's Studio Instruments Strings for the top layer of Violins.

This mix sounds very nice and smooth. It could use a bit more dynamics to emphasize certain beats even more, but other than that it sounds good.

I think there are spots where you're resting on the tonic for too long. I counted 14 bars of straight up I chords at the beginning, which can feel a bit redundant after a while. If you can do something to jazz up the progression like the I-Ima7-I7-IV line cliche, it would keep the listener a bit more engaged. The mix itself is pretty nice though.

Will they ever be available again? And if so, what is the current timeline and progress for re-releasing them?

There are other options available if you don't have a Hardware MIDI module. You can always use Plogue's sforzando to load soundfonts and SFZ libraries, and use those to route MIDI channels through individually.

You'd be better off if you use Expression instead since Expression scales off of the Volume, which will make it easier if you need to do an overall adjust on the track's loudness.

Yeah...I keep coming back to this. Enjoy! EDIT : Yeah screw it, I am just publishing it on Soundcloud

Forcing a reset seemed to work! Thanks!

Maybe I am missing something, but I have been missing the option to manually add ProChannel modules to the Pro-Channel lanes for a while and I am assuming that it's a config issue. I had been trying to fix this for a while but with no luck, the only way I could load stuff outside of the default is load a preset that has the module I need and then just live with what else is missing. Anyone else having this issue?

A dump file would be a good idea anyways, it could be a symptom of another issue.

You can try uploading to Google Drive or Dropbox and then linking it to them in PMs.

I think I may have fixed this issue. I looked deeper into event viewer and noticed that my Bluetooth driver had also malfunctioned at around the same time, with the same error opcode. Since I don't use Bluetooth on this PC anymore I uninstalled it, along with a bunch of other software I no longer need, and that seemed to make the crash go away. I also realized that I forgot to launch Bandlab Assistant before launching Cakewalk, maybe that might be causing some of the crashes?

Use LoopMIDI to create a custom MIDI port and SAVI Host to load SCVA. Then on Cakewalk, add the MIDI port that you created as a MIDI device.

Did you try starting from a later part of the song? I believe I mentioned that the project plays fine if I start from the beginning. Thanks though! I may have found a clue in Windows Event Viewer which ended up logging the crashes.

So I have been having issues with Cakewalk, in fact it's kind of a brick wall that I'd consider a huge liability. I have this project that basically sending MIDI data to my SD-50 with the objective of creating a MIDI file that is specific to the SD-50. However, I ran into an issue where if I move the transport past a certain point in the song, it would crash as soon as I hit play, causing the MIDI module and the ASIO driver to hang, forcing a system restart each time. I don't have the time or resources to diagnose this further, and it doesn't help that only an empty dump file was created. I am going to just include the project file itself so you can take a look at it yourselves. I am running Windows 7 x64 with 8 GB of RAM, my SD-50 is being used here as my ASIO interface and MIDI module. Keep in mind, the song plays fine if run from the start, and only crashes if the transport is past a certain point. TEAR-The 4 Fates.cwp