Matthew Sorrels

ACID Pro 9.0 Info page: https://www.magix.com/us/music/acid/acid-pro/ ACID Next Info Page: https://www.magix.com/us/music/acid/acid-pro-next/ Comparison page: https://www.magix.com/us/music/acid/acid-pro-next/version-comparison/#c1045545 They don't compare with version 8.0 though. But from the 9.0 page it looks like MIDI Playable Chopper, VST3 engine with 32bit compatibility, and some more weak soft synths and loops.

There is also ACID Pro 9, which is a $99 upgrade from ACID Pro 8. I can't understand any of logic behind MAGIX anymore. I don't see how adding a stem unmixer and an essential version of Melodyne is worth $200 more than ACID Pro 9. $400 for the full priced ACID Next is crazy pricing and $300 to upgrade is laughable.

I went a head and got these and installed them. It did let me uncheck AAX, 32-bit versions and 64 bit versions (I just installed the 64 bit VST3 versions). But after fiddling with them for a few minutes I was pretty much underwhelmed. They aren't bad, but they really don't bring anything to the table. When I built the new machine this winter I just skipped moving over lots of magazine ware and freeware. These would have been in that category.

V5 with the resizing was kind of a must (at least for me at 4096x2166). I only picked up V6 when they offered the upgrade for $99. I'll wait on V7.

So far no. It's fast, indexes well, and now is stand alone (one big feature it was missing). Doesn't seem to have adware or other issues, it's not a store front (yet). There are some things I'd like to see but this is a winner so far.

I was never able to get the V Collection 6 update to Synclavier V. The others updated (though some I had to restart a few times) but Synclavier V always died about half way through. I even tried downloading it from their website with Firefox and that died half way. In the end I VPN'ed to the UK and was able to download it from the web site. I'm guessing their CDN configuration isn't quite right, by coming from another country it directed me to a "better" server. Kind of extreme but if you have a VPN account that has hosts in other countries you might want to try that.

Toontrack Product Manager has an update for Superior Drummer 3, version 3.1.3 (released 2019-04-24) and an update to the basic sound library (released on 2019-04-11). I don't think there are any release notes. Not sure what they changed.

Did you delete your East West data folder at c:\ProgramData\East West Personally I'd uninstall Play and Spaces II (if you have it) and the East West Installation Center. Then I'd delete the entire "c:\ProgramData\East West", then I'd reboot and reinstall Play. The Play VST DLLs have nothing to do with your problem because you said the problem happens in the Stand alone version, which doesn't use any of the VST plugins. But the database of what is what is all stored in c:\ProgramData\East West and if that's borked things like WordBuilder won't work. Play may not realize that the patch you have loaded needs/supports the WordBuilder function if the databases it uses to decide that aren't working right. If it's not that then there is something wrong with your sound library (the larger download) itself (corrupt files/etc) In which case you'll need to redownload and/or re-install it. Pretty much the only shot you have at fixing this is clean everything and reinstall. You might be able to cut some corners depending on what exactly is wrong but I doubt there is any end user way to fix this problem so I doubt anyone on these forums can help you all that much. So I'd again stress you should open an actual support ticket with them. Good luck.

I have V6 and it says $199. Seems a bit pricey.

I gave it a try when I saw your message but everything seemed fine for me with Play 6.1.0 and CbB Might help if you said exactly which of the WB patches you are loading (I tested a few of them). As a rule I'd say your problem is most likely the library's install itself (maybe re-download it using the EW Installation Center?). You really should just open a ticket with EastWest, I suspect they have actually seen/dealt with your problem before. Their forum isn't the recommend route for any support.

New Cubase 10 update https://www.steinberg.net/en/support/downloads/cubase_10.html Only thing on the change list I think I care about is they added some things to the right click menu.

No one seems to use it. Not really sure why. Since I broke down and got Albion II this morning it's not for me, but I wonder if I would have decided to get this if timing was a bit different.

I waited for a while on a lower than $199 upgrade price but gave up in Feb and bought the upgrade (from Sound Forge 9). Then in March they announced 13 with free upgrades for purchases. I asked the sales team this morning and was told there was no grace period and the upgrade service you might see mentioned on the Sound Forge Pro pages, doesn't apply to Sound Forge Pro. They seem to be following a no discount but they might bundle/include some other thing as a sweeter sales approach (at least with Acid, so I'm guessing they may follow the same with SF). Sound Forge Pro 12 was release in April 2018. So this is pretty much exactly one year. Which means they aren't trying to make a product release with great new features and improvements that convinces people to buy it, but rather they are hitting subscription driven milestones. I suspect their discounting/pricing is so bad because they want to sell the subscription version. Releasing a new version every year with a full priced upgrade means they don't have to fix any bugs in previous versions/support them at all. So if you are using it seriously, you are out $200/year. Which not surprisingly is more than their subscription plan but not as much more as you'd think, that $9.99 price is a "special" the normal sub price is $14.99/$19.99 depending on length of commitment. I wanted 64bit and I got it with 12, but I don't see any more paid upgrades in my future. I don't have a problem with products that are sold on a subscription basis, but trying to also sell the exact same thing as an outright purchase can be difficult. I don't think Magix have found a viable approach yet.

Captain Chords and Melodyne 4 Studio work for me in the most recent CbB. The errors your reporting definitely aren't inside any of the Captain Chord binaries. You might want to search your system and see if you have a Fantom VS.dll or ARX.DLL vst. Not sure why you'd have those but those error message are definitely related to the Roland VS-700 and/or Roland Fantom VS ARX editor. Might be part of something else you installed (Roland Cloud maybe)? Software developers rarely support any DAWs directly. It's not just Cakewalk. Captain Chords does work in Cubase but it's window resize option doesn't (resize does work in CbB). I sent them a note about it and the only response was they forwarded my message to their development team. So they aren't even really supporting Cubase (it's still broken 6 months and several updates later) and works even less in REAPER. I'm not sure there is a DAW you can choose that won't have some issues with some products.

Searching for "ARX MIDI" turns this up: https://www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/20090609/ARX-MIDI-Port-Error-upon-inserting-ARX-Editor Do you have a Roland V-Studio?

I've had it for a while now and I've not had any problems with it but I've mostly been using Cubase 9 and 10, only rarely CbB these days. I just tried it and it seemed to work. I only did the Captain Chords plugin itself, I didn't try adding the others and seeing if the communication between them would work. What your describing sounds like something unrelated to Captain Chords since the error happened while you were scanning for VSTs, which most likely means it was some other plugin and not Captain Chords.

The way they "give it away" is by adding a coupon to your cart that sets the price to 0. But the rewards program is also coupon based and you can only use one coupon at a time. So you have a choice of free AAS bundle or reward, but not both.

They shipped an update to 8 recently now has a choice between dark and light mode. If you have experience with 7 and earlier I think 8 isn't that bad. But for someone new or looking for a first DAW, it hasn't aged so well. But at least for me it was worth upgrading. Still has the best loop arranger DAW experience.

Got mine at T&S with the free AAS bundle. Paid in GBP, came to like $24ish. Couldn't get the free AAS bundle and use reward points though.

As long as your reasonable about what to expect these are great. And since they aren't included in any of the Waves bundles (Mercury/etc) are safe buys. But you can't add TG12345/REDD to every channel and expect to record audio with low latency. Some channel strip plugins you can really add to every track/etc but not these. Buses and mixing can work just fine though. And it's not your computer and more cores/ram won't help. Still worth getting though.

You most likely also have the option Project->MIDI->Zero controllers When Play Stops set. It's saved in every project and every template (so it's hard to "fix"). It wrecks havoc with soft synths. I suspect it's the cause of anything zeroing after playback stops.

They sound great and look great. But there isn't a computer you can buy or build today that really can run them very well. I had hoped my new i9-9960X (16 cores) would be able to at least use a few more of these kinds of plugins. But no, not really.

I like their brass but it's has very narrow focus/usage, but the same can be said of a lot of brass libraries. I don't think it's worth full price though, unless you are doing some sort of TV/Movie score with a lot of adventure/theme brass bits. These days I'm mostly just using Forzo, though I recently picked up 90's Retro Trumpets and I find I like playing it more (but it covers a very narrow range too and only trumpets). I played trumpet in junior high, very badly. Which I think means I'm less qualified to talk about good vs bad brass libraries, but if you can live with Caspian's limits and need that kind of brass sound I do think it's worth having. I think the Soundcloud samples they have up are pretty good at showing what it does best. It's not an all purpose brass library, so you may need something else to go with it.

They aren't new. I have their Fluid Shorts and Caspian Brass. Their instruments are kind of bare bones featurewise but have really good sound. Very much meant for keyboard players, no articulation switching, the instrument does most of the work you ride the mod wheel a lot. Lots of coverage on VI-Control. They have a "demo/early" version of the Violins for free https://performancesamples.com/conmoto-violinslegacy/ They do have sales from time to time, personally I'd wait for the bundle to be complete then for a black Friday sale.

My Focusrite R2 is in my account (even though my email addresses aren't the same, but the iLok is). I also see a 20% discount coupon but it doesn't seem to work with anything. Any Exponential Audio product or bundle from PhoenixVerb, R2, or Excalibur 20% off Use Coupon Code: ---- in cart An extra 20% and I'd most likely buy the bundle. May buy it anyway. ? But the coupon code they give doesn't seem valid for any Exponential Audio products I put in the cart.