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Yes, but this only helps to avoid obsolete files for a SPECIFIC project! Like this you cannot find out whether files in the "global" audio folder are still referenced, unless you do the "save as" for all of your 100s of projects! ?

Thanks, I checked this. It seems it runs to a certain degree, i.e. if I open any project, open the clean utility and go up to the projects top folder it lists at least all audio files that are not used in the top "Audio Data" folder and the one of the opened project. But all audio files in other project "Audio Data" subfolders are not being checked. At least it solves the most important issue for me, the data in the top "Audio Data" folder can be checked like this! I know this possibility, but it does not solve my major issue, i.e. to find out which files in the global audio folder are obsolete! This is exactly what I am looking for!

Today I wanted to clean the general "Audio Data" folder in my projects directory. But in the utility the flag "Search entire PC" is always enabled (inactive)! ? This is a PITA on a modern PC where you have that many files. And I absolutely know that all my project files are only in the project directory! So what shall this nonsense mean? ? I tried to use the Clean Utility of Splat instead (it has a different flag). But it seems it uses the same utility in the background, it seems it is part of the Shared Utilities folder! So is there a senseful way to do this task? Or is there a possibility to read the project files with an own program? Is there an official definition of the project file?

This is just another example that VST3 has just been a developer quirk and a PITA for the users!

IMO Strum GS-2 is not so bad, I like it! But I set almost all effects to off for a freeze and add them later with other plugins. But in general I think there are too many instruments (guitars, drums, ...) with effects and patterns that are too busy, too wide to be easily integrated in a mix! Most of them sound awesome if you play them alone (that's good for marketing!), but they are terrible in a mix, you have to thin them totally out and move them to the background and this sounds awful! E.g. Ample guitars are great instruments, but their patterns, riffs, etc. are not well usable in a song, absolutely too busy! The same thing with effects in drum instrument presets and patterns (AD2, NI, ...), they sound skillful if you listen to them alone, but for a mix I set most of the effects off and thin the patterns before I bounce to audio. Also EZKeys is like that, most parts are too busy to be used in a song as addition to other instruments (bass, guitar, ...), unfortunately! If you listen to real good band songs (old or new), then you can hear that each of those top musicians knows that he cannot play something in already occupied frequencies and sections. Thus they deliver subtle additions to what the other band members play. It is the proficiency to supplement and not compete what is already there that makes great songs!

The newer NI effects are much too resource hungry IMHO! I see that I avoid to use them for that reason. I have many other FX that do the same jobs with a fraction of resources! The update from K11 to K13 was disappointing for me, but YMMV.

Thanks! But then I wonder what is the preference setting for? If it is only for project pan setting, then I wonder why it is not part of the Project settings? It really doesn't make any sense IMHO! ?

I just open a blank CbB, no project, no workspace (none). Then I open preferences (=P) and change the Stereo Panning Law in the Driver Settings, Apply, Close, close CbB, reopen CbB (blank again) and see the setting has reverted to 0dB!

If you set the -3db setting and then create a new project without template, then it works as long as you keep CbB open. But what I meant is that if you configure -3db (and save it), then close CbB, reopen and then create a new project without template, then it doesn't work anymore! Also the setting is reverted to 0dB. This does not happen in Sonar Platinum or X3! Exactly, that's what I meant, too!

This is the way how it works in Splat! But CbB (2020.08) brings for me always the 0dB default, even if I opened CbB without anything open (no project/template) and then save with -3dB pan law in the properties (Driver Settings). When I reopen CbB and either open the properties at once or create a new project with --blank-- template, it always reverted back to 0dB pan law (default). Terrible! This is one of the 1000s quirks you have to keep in mind if you use CbB! ? The only thing that works here with CbB is if I change the pan law in my template and create a new project from the template!

Or maybe "Quasi MODO":

Definitely for CbB/Sonar! But in other DAWs it maybe different, e.g. in Reaper the pan law is bound to the project! This is clever IMHO, because on one hand you can choose your preferred pan law in your project template(s), but you do not have problems if you revise older projects or have a project from extern that use different pan laws! Very interesting! It seems I am one of those that walked often into this trap (CbB default pan law! I will use -3 in the future!). I think probably it also explains some trouble that I had converting virtual instruments (especially drums) into audio. In this case it seems even more complicated, 'cos you may have panning before and after the freeze!

The only issues I see: gain-staging maybe affected panning a mono track may always require to adjust its volume the mono mix maybe affected and has to be reviewed Finally I agree that we are using our ears to mix, but I fear that I miss some of the issues above. I must admit that in the past I did not care about pan law (especially in the hardware time). I will surely do some tests to find the pan low that suits me best! By the way I noticed that CbB does not support -4.5 center panning law that is quite common in other Daws!

I have been always at war with the panning logic! Lately it caught my eye when I was panning a mono wave clip a tiny bit and it suddenly clipped, although I knew that the wave file did not (even if it was a bit too hot)! First I thought there is something wrong in CbB, but then I realized that it was the panning logic. When I panned back to center the gain was okay. But I wonder whether it is good like that? How was it with a hardware mixer? I can't remember! Thus my question: Does anybody know how is the panning logic in a hardware mixer compared to a DAW? Does it also suddenly boost the signal if you just pan a little bit?

Sorry, sometimes I am a bit dumb! I did not understand that you wanted to do it yourself. I thought it is a good idea of you, so I tried! Finally I think it is not bad that we both did, it gives it more weight!

The only difference that I noticed with Waves' shell compared to Reaper is: if I don't insert my Waves authorisation USB stick and start a plugin scan, then in Reaper there is no interruption (Waves shell is just skipped) and in CbB/Sonar I have always to click skip in a message box! This is a bit annoying, 'cause I know that there is no new Waves plugin! This is what I would recommend to everybody, 'cos normally you know when you added a new plugin and then you can start the scan manually! Like that startup time is improved! I don't see much sense in automatic plugin scanning! ?

The only thing I am missing with them is changing the controls with the scroll wheel! Else I always liked them, especially NastyDLAmkII !

If 'forced' Windows updates would only impact the operating system, then I could probably agree with you! But this stupid company called MS is merging everything: OS, security, desktop, browser, file explorer, drivers, user tools, shop, social media components, ... Does it make sense to force updates on all these items? Some of them even not requested by the user! NO! SURELY NOT! For me it is the same thing with the newer CbB updates. There are so many add-ons that I don't need/like. I really would prefer that CbB was more modular, i.e. that the user could choose which components he wants. If it was like this, then I would still update, but as it is now I prefer not! I hope that I still can reactivate 2020.08 in the next years, otherwise I have to go back to Splat, probably!

I don't think that energy saving really helps to completely change the world's climate, in the best case it slows down a bit. On one hand there is still a frightening growth of human population (consuming all kind of resources), on the other hand there maybe other factors that change the climate (think of the past of the earth without humans, I think we aggrandise ourselves too much).

A lot of people fear Microsoft more than God and the devil! ? I am sure Windows 11 is even worse than Windows 10, more user enforcement, more slobbery social media integration, more greasy shopping experience, more incompatibility to older hard- and software! ? An example for the latter is USB compatibility, in W10 I experienced a constant worsening of compatibility with USB hard- and software (unfortunately you can't revert to an older W10 release). Even USB disk removal got worse in each release, I noticed this comparing my W7 pc, my W10 1909 pc and my up to date W10 laptop!

Fxxxing updates! 99% of plugin updates are only a waste of time. That's why I hate if there is no detailed update description and that's why I hate those plugin manager programs, because they do a lot of sxxt and you don't know what it is for!

What great news! I like some of those!

If you are online, then I think it will not be possible to stop it forever! But if you keep your system offline most of the time and disable update before going online for a short time, then I think you have a chance to block it for a longer time. It is such threads that make me very thoughtful! There are so many users today that fight against automatic updates on many software (not only Windows). I think there is something completely wrong if the users don't want updates anymore! I think the developers should really reflect about their unloved updates! The modern software update philosophy reminds me more of communist brainwash than of real boon! ?

Honestly, I don't believe in any support anymore. Nowadays it's common that the user has to support himself!

There are many that just write VST2/3 support is required, so no limitation to the Windows version. And by the way there is even a DAW that supports XP: Reaper!