Doug Steinschneider

I use Vegas for video editing - most of my work is combining iPhone camera footage from band members cameras with a front on camera and the mixed down track from Cakewalk. I was on 19 from the last bundle which had added multi-camera features that made the workflow much better. Not sure what's in 21 but for $30 since it's my video editor I'm in.

Went with Starlight

Sure hope so 😃 UPDATE: on Reddit /ProMastering a participant who bought Pro-Q 3 on BF inquired and the response was that we get Pro-Q 4!

I personally use Reaper to track and Mixbus for finishing mixes of tracks. If I'm not recording/editing any midi tracks I go straight to Mixbus. I never go beyond Reaper if I'm not going to do a "finished" mix. For our band's studio we chose CbB two years ago. The band leader is considering ProTools so more pros could easily participate in our mixing. It's over $30/month which I think isn't worth the off chance said pros will help with a mix. Shortlist of replacements is Studio One, ProTools and Cubase. Considering moving over to Mac also.

My only BF purchase was FabFilter Pro-Q 3. I'll hang with it this version until I find out something about Pro-Q 4 that will save enough time to make the extra investment worthwhile.

I just downloaded the mobile version and am using it with my live performance software, Cantabile, which the developer built a plugin for. The mobile version runs well on my Pixel 6 phone. It works well but only 4 buttons without an upgrade. I trust the physical Stream Deck devices are a better way but it's tempting to try out the full mobile version.

Ade on the Cantabile forum (very well known pro keyboard/guitar/composer) recommends the original VB3 through the free Anvil amp simulator (for saturation) and then into the UAD Waterfall Rotary for a rock Hammond B3 emulation (heads up - don't know if they've fixed a requirement for Rotary to check online - I've only used the above in the studio). I've joined a local open mic playing with an Axiom 61 into a laptop and Behringer UMC202HD USB audio interface running Cantabile with Blue3, B-3X, AcousticSamples B5 or VB3 through an EV ZXA1 SUB and JBL Eon 610. It sounds very good but what works live is very different from studio recording. I've never used VB3-II playing out but it's great for organ trio style playing. The laptop is an almost 10 year old Lenovo x230.

Things to do when GAS is in check. I bought Cherry Audio Polymode in one of those "don't have to think about it" $5 deals here a while back and never spent time on it until I came across this tutorial: POLYMODE Synthesizer from Cherry Audio - Full Programming Tutorial & Sound Demo (youtube.com) Very understandable tutorial, walkthrough with presets demo

Since cables insert into expensive gear I usually source from known suppliers. Aguilar had to replace and entire I/O board for a bass player friend whose cheap Speakon connection failed and was stuck.

Thanks - I think everyone's advice above is good. I get the recommendation to Bounce To Tracks - VST plugins get updated - uninstalled - lose authorization etc. The Freeze option makes sense while the session is active.

We're doing a guitar heavy mix adding IK Tonex to many guitar tracks. We have a fairly powerful computer but I've decided we should look for advice on the best way to "print" tracks or whatever alternative is recommended so that we're not running 10 instances of guitar amp sims. What is the recommended way to do this in Cakewalk? We want to keep the option open to further modify the track. Thanks

I'm considering the Tonex One pedal - the bigger Tonex Pedal would be overkill for me. I was thinking a while back that a simple one I can store a bunch of presets on would be useful. Just learned of the Tonex One when looking at the IK website yesterday. Those guys are busy! Also looked at the Axe IO One - another iteration of their guitar oriented USB audio interface that I probably would have chosen over my Axe IO Solo. Really the only difference is the Axe IO One is single input channel. The only scenario I can think of requiring the second channel is if you wanted to record electric guitar and vocals simultaneously. It's got MIDI DINs in and out, the same JFET/Pure switch, Z-Tone knob, Active/Passive switch. It's more compact and 1/3 the price.

Installed!

I didn't get the email but it was on our studio email APD account. The code from it works with my account. I'm not sure exactly what I'm buying as I've been using Tonex quite a bit by just going online from AmpliTube 5 and picking Tonex presets and it lets us use them. The 20 downloads thing for CS (correcting earlier when I called it SE) also is confusing. Any comments on benefits of buying Tonex would be welcome (Peter IK - are you here?) Thanks, Doug

Installed!

I bought a pair of iLoud MTM's in excellent condition on ebay for a little less than 1/2 price. I don't have the best position for my mixing desk and should do more acoustic treatment but the ARC feature mostly took care of that. They are very clear - great for mixing multi-track live performances we record.

To quote Ed (Bapu) - "Installed!"

HookTheory's HookPad web app is worth looking into. It will sync to a YouTube version of a song and show you the chords. It's also a composition tool.

Lois responded - said they are considering the model I proposed - it's the same as Cantabile or Reaper - you get a year of updates - then software keeps working but you can't update until you renew the license. I don't mind it for software I use regularly and if the annual isn't a crazy high amount. Cantabile hits me up for $99 a year but the developer Brad is continually adding features and resolving bugs and the software is awesome for live performance using just VSTs with a midi controller. I think we all agree Reaper is a great value. I think they may well go that route.

I posted feedback - said I prefer perpetual license that can lapse but keep working at that update until you re-up. Cantabile and Reaper are examples.

I've only bought a limited selection of Unify libraries; Cloud City is one of them. Modern Cinema Back To The 80's is another good one.

Mr. Figg....for some reason that makes me think of "Mr. Anderson" ? Perhaps your Matrix sub program is stuck in a Deals loop.... My method for this forum is I check it once a day looking for anything free and worthwhile or specific upgrades or expansions at very low prices. I then mark all as read in the upper right so next time I can see what's new. When I see something new for a thread I already looked at I click the highest page number - if the thread is continuing on in an interesting way I back up to earlier pages in the thread. I'm only on for a minute if I don't add comments. The Deals forum has helped me build a very inexpensive and comprehensive plugin collection not only for myself but also a studio I work at. I think the commentary on the value of "soft synths" and mixing plugins here is some of the most useful I've seen. Thank you Larry and the rest of us who try to beat him to the punch ?

We have a situation where we've setup some band members to be able to overdub in a copy of the project at their location and then send the finished track back to the studio. They all have different plugins so we have them "print" a track with the effects and also send the original unprocessed track. We use bounce track to make the "print" track

I regularly use Reaper (when recording midi heavy project), Cakewalk (chose it for recently created studio) and Mixbus (mixdown). Since the studio isn't very midi oriented, I will probably go to Mixbus. Version 10 is running very well. It works better for mixing sound for videos which we've been doing a lot of.

We bought and Axe I/O for the studio I'm working with so had $45 in Jam Points - we used those to buy Total Studio Max 4 for $154. The studio is just a year old and hasn't participated in a Group Buy so this really helps for mixing and adding guitar parts.