Matthew Sorrels

It's not a Kontakt instrument, it's using Spitfire's own sampler. That still only loads a single instrument right? No multis. I suppose it doesn't really matter that much, but I'm not sure I'd invest that much in their software developer chops just yet.

I have all of those and then some. Some are better than others but nothing in the sub-$30 dollar range would I classify as improving workflow. Even at the sky is the limit end of the pricing spectrum (Cubase Pro/Orb Composer S/Rapid Composer) you really don't get much in the way of really improving workflow. I only mention Captain Chords because it really does seem to replace all the functionality Waveform has in a DAW neutral way. There are a some free plugins that can help with various things though, the stuff from https://www.codefn42.com is very good. The pizMidi stuff is also pretty nice https://code.google.com/archive/p/pizmidi/

If you don't want to learn yet another DAW you might want to consider Captain Chords. https://mixedinkey.com/captain-plugins/ It's slightly more EDM centric than perhaps you'd like but it's become my favorite play with chords and rhythms without doing a lot of work tool. They don't list it but it works fine in Cakewalk (better than in Cubase actually, the resize works in CbB). The Windows version of Captain Melody may still be a beta. But I've been using it without a lot of headaches for a while now though. I guess the big downside is you have to be online -- copy protection requires a net connection or something. Doesn't effect me so I haven't cared, but if you are purely offline it might.

The real ATH-M50x costs less than this. It is the better version. That said I'm kind of unhappy with the pressure they put on the top of my head. Going to have to find something a little lighter I think. Maybe try the ATH-R70x

I went ahead and picked it up. In a nutshell the difference between it is this drop down (and a bypass button): The old 2016 Stereo Room reverb only has the Vintage Stereo Room. This new one has the other choices. Other than that they (seem to) have the exact same available settings. The new one has a bunch more presets. The GUI is also larger (though not resizable). I like the way Modern Stereo Room sounds over the Vintage Stereo Room, at least on the test Trumpet midi bit I fed into it. But I have to admit with so many reverbs I'm not really sure either of these 2016 based reverbs stand out. If you liked 2016 Stereo Room, you'll like this more. I could easily see using this as a solid choice for a simple go to workhorse reverb. On the other hand it's really not special enough for the full retail price ($249!) and to be honest I think it should have just been bundled with Anthology XI. I suspect I'll still be using ReMatrix, Fabfilter Pro-R, MeldaTurboMB, Spaces II and Reverberate as my workhorses (not that they have anything in common with this really). I could see this being a better choice than LXP or TSAR-1 though. Was it worth $29? My quick take (maybe too quick?) is it wasn't worth it for me. It's not an unfair price ($69 new/$29 upgrade) though if you don't have a workhorse algorithmic reverb.

Normally I'm loath to "undercut" the computer magazines, if they want people to enter words from specific pages I won't share those or if each copy has a unique code. But in this case they didn't do anything to connect access to this free version with the purchase of the magazine, which kind of devalues my buying it. I fully expect Tracktion to start offering this free version to everyone as soon as the various music magazines have ran their exclusives. The free version seems to be missing a few of the things I was actually interested in (chord tracks). Here's the list of what is missing from a post on KvR https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=530966&start=37 From that post: - Melodyne - AutoTune - Groove Dr - Actions panel - Edit groups - Track snapshots - Track editor - Subtractive - Artisan collection - Drum sampler - Macros - Modifiers (except LFO) - Faceplates - Chord track - Multi sampler - Master mix There are no track or plugin count limits in Waveform Free.

Or you could just go right to the sign up page directly http://tracktion.com/cmpromo

I'd love to hear what people think about this. The full version is way too expensive and this compact version seems too cheap by comparison. How does it compare to Broadway Lites and NI Session Horns Pro? I think perhaps what I really want is a really good solo trumpet (and not a full bass/wind section). Thinking about getting the Realitone one. I don't have any Chris Hein instruments but they do seem to be well liked, even if the GUI seems a bit dated.

Have you read this thread: https://www.dell.com/community/XPS-Desktops/XPS-8390-NVMe-SSD-install-issue/td-p/5765334 Sure seems like your problem as well (the model number is different though).

The Superior line has never gotten a lot of sales/deals, just a few from time to time. And of course any new products will be at least a year before we see a discount of any kind. Looks like they are releasing a separate EzKeys MIDI and a drum MIDI on the 24th to go with this dual release (Big Band EZX is based on Decades SDX).

They have a playable demo on their website, might want to try it before you buy. On this page (hard to find on their site) https://www.designmybeat.com/products/virtual-instruments/tomorrowland-2-elixir-of-stars-complete-2-0-0 Click the "Download Preview" button, you do have to give your email address.

I'm pretty sure they understand exactly what they have done and how well it's working. The real problems with what they have done will take a bit over a year to show up though. A year from now if the subscription thing is awesome for them, we'll see some big/great new products being released. If it's not working so well they will have scaled down new product development and lost partners, and the new releases added will be lackluster at best. I don't have a problem with subscription software but I evaluate everything on a cost/benefit basis. For what PA offers I'm not willing to consider a subscription. Same goes with Slate too. No audio mixing/mastering plugins are worth that kind of cost to me. I've had been thinking about trying the Roland Cloud but when they killed off the permanent license bonus and never seem to have a sale, I decided it wasn't for me. I had EastWests's Composer Cloud for a year back in 2016 and felt it was a fair deal, but wasn't something I wanted to continue on. Oddly enough their new releases then had slowed down and were pretty weak, recently it's picked up a bit though but not enough to get me back on board.

Yep, if you used a $50 personal monthly voucher already (your own or someone else's) you can't use a second one. Same is true for a $25 and a $75.

Glad I saved my $50 Voucher, just got this for free. Though I've got so many SSL-type plugins this is actually the least appealing of the bunch. But I've wanted one of the console plugins and the price was right.

Did they ever update the Cakewalk/SONAR ones with the fix for sample rates other than 44,100? I have the Integral Studio Pack so it doesn't effect me, but I'm not sure the Cakewalk version of these got that fix. I vaguely remember something about the timing being wrong if you were using anything other than 44.1k. So anything with a time component would be off (delays/etc).

I got the email too. Funny how much it looks like a ATH-M50X.

Was it the first time you used the coupon? I suspect they track coupon usage by account and it won't work a second time.

I have both Sundog and ChordPotion. I really like Sundog. Has very active development, they have been adding new features pretty often. I was using the beta for this for a while and was impressed with how stable it was and the changes they made. It's a lot of fun to use. It's not a plugin (drag and drops MIDI very easily), so using it within a DAW is kind of a mess (virtual MIDI cables). I'm pretty sure I bought it on sale. I do think it's worth having, though at full price I might hold off a bit. ChordPotion I haven't used very much, it kind of confuses me to be honest. I think it has potential but I really haven't fully groked how to work with it. I've not looked at Melodic Flow though it looks interesting too (even if I have a few other chord/scale keyboard plugins). I also recommend people check out the chord education stuff they offer up, some nice stuff for free. https://feelyoursound.com/chordsguide/ https://feelyoursound.com/scale-chords/

No the discount is only for you first order, I don't think you can use it twice.

I think if it was based on the price when you signed up it would work better for me. So if you sign up for the rent-to-own during the 50% off sales (which Melda does a few of) then your "total" to own is the 50% off value. If you stop/pause your sub and later restart, the goal price is reset to whatever the current price is (so you'd need to wait for another 50% off sale) but you still get credit for what you have paid so far. Of course they can't do this because everyone would pause/stop during a 50% off sale and then restart to get the lower goal price. So rent to own would become rent to own at 50% off. It's possible there just isn't any reasonable fair way to do rent to own. Rent to own may be better than a subscription, but still isn't so awesome. Melda's economic policies is what lead to me just biting the bullet during the last 50% off sale and upgrading to the MCompleteBundle. The credit you get for upgrading is definitely not as good as just jumping to the finish line. You can't win buying the smaller bundles and/or single plugins with Melda if you end up deciding to get it all.

Melda's rent-to-own is always based on the full retail price of the product which has made it seem like a bad deal to me. 0% interest on something with double the price is kind of bad math.

MIDI FX plugins are a Cakewalk/DirectX thing, not VST. There are very few (almost none) 3rd party plugins that work that way. The only way to do MIDI effects with VST plugins is by making them into synths. These MIDI FX synths process MIDI in (like a synth) and then send MIDI out. They usually have no sounds (but must have an audio channel assigned to work). The way you set them up is add them as a synth, enable MIDI output on it. Add a real synth that you want to use for the sounds. Set the input to the real synth to the output from the MIDI FX synth. Turn on the track echo. Then when you play notes on the MIDI FX synth's MIDI track, it gets processed by the MIDI FX synth and sent to the "real synth".

It's only 50 pages with a fairly white space friendly layout/font. No real content to speak of, it's more like a giant ad for Sonarworks Reference. It's not a detailed guide to doing anything. Only two chapters. At the end of each is a Key Takeaways page. Those two pages tell you everything you need to know.

It all depends on what synth you are using. Cakewalk has no native MIDI players. I can't remember very well but I think Sonar 3 may have come with Roland's Sound Canvas for general MIDI files. But that version was a 32-bit DX only plugin that won't work in 64-bit Cakewalk. With CbB I think you get TTS-1 as the default GM synth. In theory if you load the same exact synth you were using in Sonar 3 into CbB you'll get the same sound. But only you can tell us what synth you were using and what you are using now. There aren't a lot of great General MIDI synths anymore but there are some choices much better than TTS-1. Sadly Sound Canvas is a subscription only product now I think (or is crazy expensive).

Is that a photo of Armin Van Buuren in the walkthrough video? This product looks like a lawsuit waiting to happen. At 3:50 in the video