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Best of luck! Hoping all will be fine.

Thanks @bitflipper - appreciate the comment. I think I'm going to try and add a bit of loudness to the WAVs - the reason being that, while some services (like Apple) will turn you up, others (like YouTube) will not, so some of the pieces might be way to quiet on those platforms.

Thanks for all the input! I'm using the web version to test the WAV files from 2 Classical Piano CDs I recorded (in 2010 and 2014). Not sure if the plugin would be any different or just more convenient. Either way, it looks like my Classical WAVs need to be turned up quite a bit to get in the ballpark of 0.00 or thereabouts. I know Classical is way different than other genres when it comes to dynamic range. Some of my piano pieces go from a whisper to a thunder (example: Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C sharp minor Op 3 No 2) - that's just the nature of the beast. Hoping this tool will help me get them to a respectable (and musical) level for Spotify, YouTube, etc.

@Old Joad - song sounds great! Did you use the plugin, or just test your song using their website tool? Also - how did you achieve the synced lyrics? Are you using Distrokid or another service?

I'm going to (finally) start uploading my music. Using Distrokid. Going to start with Classical Piano pieces that I've recorded over the years. The Classical Piano pieces were recorded by a professional engineer (onsite at my home, on my Steinway Model B grand). He also mastered them and I had CDs made. I am planning to upload the WAV files to Distrokid but, as a complete newbie to all of this, want to be sure the loudness levels are good (and appropriate for classical music, given the inherent dynamic range). I tested a few of the WAVs at https://www.loudnesspenalty.com/ Some are good and others look like they'll get turned up by some (like Apple Music). But other sites (like YouTube, Amazon), don't seem to turn anything up - only down, so it seems like some pieces will be really quiet on some outlets. Example (note - the ones with -- above the name (like YouTube) don't turn up, only down): The folks behind the site also have a dedicated plugin that seems like it would be more convenient to use: https://www.meterplugs.com/loudness-penalty Questions: > Has anyone used the plugin. If so, opinions? > Any other plugins, etc. that you think might be as good / better to get this kind of information / insight? Thanks!

Thanks @Glenn Stanton, hopefully @Noel Borthwick can let us know if it’s possible and under consideration!

Just giving this a bump... hoping there is enough interest that the Bakers will consider it. 🙏

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^^This. I remember watching a good tutorial on this. I’ll try and find it and post link but you should be able find it with a YouTube search.

Looks interesting. Will give it a go since I have and like some of their other stuff - especially their Guitar VSTs (since I'm a keyboard player!).

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Posted this in the Feedback section - not sure if it would be more appropriate if it was in this forum - Moderators, please move/adjust as you see fit. Quick overview: Here is a link to the original post: https://discuss.cakewalk.com/topic/81342-feature-request-2nd-time-multiple-console-windows/#comment-563413

I posted this a while back and am hoping that with the new GUI for Sonar it is easier to implement and more likely to be included in a future release. Here's the original thread: Here's an image (from the above post) that illustrates what I mean:

I've been following him for a while. Has some great content - and this seems really cool. Can't wait to try it out!

Any insights from @Noel Borthwick or anyone else? Thanks!

There was an update to Musio today and the problem seems to be fixed. Haven't heard back from support yet, so not sure if the update specifically addressed the issue or if it's just a coincidence. Not sure why, but for this project, Sonar reports using 27GB of RAM: But Task Manager shows 12.5GB?: When I exit Sonar RAM (shown in Task Manager) immediately drops to about 6GB, then slowly declines to 0 over about 15 seconds before sonar.exe fully terminates. Not sure if it's Musio related or if it's common for other plugins to slowly release RAM before sonar.exe terminates?

Got a reply from Musio that their tech folks will look into it. I’ll post an update with what they find.