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For the newer Softube plugins I cannot find pdf manuals anymore! Nowadays it's like a plague with these online manuals! I know there are some utilities to convert web pages to pdf, but Everyone has to do it again, pointless! Sometimes it does not work with the content links. If there are cookie prompts (EU), then they cover the contents. There are additional pages included that do not belong to the manual. It's a real PITA! ? But maybe someone here has a great idea?

That's what some companies assert. But I doubt that they make more profit installing some annoyance for the users. In the contrary, they lose more purchases (e.g. me) than they win. Those bad guys that misuse software surely won't buy their products, if protection is added! So I agree with @Brian Walton that no or an easy (offline) protection is the best for the users (I have a long list of company names that delight and it seems they can survive)! And I prefer such companies in the last 2 years (that increases their purchases! ?). On the other hand I agree with you that iLok is definitely a better/acceptable protection system (compared to online, login protection). Whereas time limited authorization is one of the worst protections (like CbB ?), totally user unfriendly IMO. But YMMV!

@cclarry don't you ever sleep? It must be quite late (or should I say early) in your place! ?

I'm getting old, for me the freebies in some shops get worse and worse! ?

Also in the Roman Empire there were some old men that had pointed out the decline before it actually was true! Sometimes it would be a good idea to listen to wiser old men/women that have a great picture of what is going on! ?

I received a $25 voucher in January, February and now !

If you have a look at journalism in Europe, then you know there is no more objective reporting left! Everything is biased and not only in journalism, it goes around in all organizations, in state departments, in education and even in the film and advertising industries. Here propaganda is omnipresent. If 30 years ago someone would have told me: "this will be the future of Europe", then I would not have believed him!

I really cannot understand the iLok haters! I prefer it a 1000 times over online only installations or exotic authorization models! I would have paid even more than $15 (although I own too many compressors, also a real dbx166 from the 80s)!

If you don't like their installation manager (like me), then you can download the installers directly! Just look in the FAQ!

Thanks for the post, too! I don't understand Softube! They could have made a lot of money if they gave it for say $10 - $15. And I think the marketing effect would have been about the same!

For me the only question is when do I need an audience choir? I think I'll skip the hassle to install it, because I would never have a use for it. But YMMV.

IMO some of their classical instruments sound quite good (I purchased the Neo Complete bundle some time ago). The only thing to be aware is that if you open the Kontakt instruments only the near microphone is enabled and that sounds poor. But as soon as you enable some room microphones (you have to click on M=mute, very strange!) and add them to the mix the sound is astonishing for such low-cost instruments. I like especially the woodwinds, but also some of their pianos!

Generally they tend to use decimal fixed format (also called packed) in banks, because float is a digital format and this results in rounding differences in the positions after the decimal point for decimal numbers (used of banks). But nevertheless there are cases where they use floating points, because the decimal fixed format's range is limited! The format itself is not more lossy than 24-bit integer IMO, because as long as you do not exceed the digit range (of the mantissa) there is no loss. If you exceed this range, then there is a bit of loss, but only in the low end of the value. With intergers its even worse if you exceed the digit range, because then they start at the other end of the range (depending on the kind of integer: signed spin to the greatest negative number and unsigned spin to zero). That's how some engineers crashed an expensive skyrocket in the last century, because they used a software part of an older rocket as "black box" and were not aware that number input of the new one did exceed some integer values of the old code! ? By the way some comments above mention the number of digits for 32-bit float. This is only true for IEEE floats (as used in PCs). There exist other float formats that have a totally different construction!

There is one person on Cakewalk discuss who always reproaches others for bitching, if they criticize something. But isn't it bitching what he does? We should give him the award to be the greatest bitch! No, I will not give you a name, but I think those ones who often visit the forum know it! ?

The bit depth of files is independent of the parameters above. Either you have copied the file from anywhere (or installed) or you have set the bit depth in the Export Dialog to 32 bits.

Jump?

Also they did change their authorization to online some time ago! Before they were a company with pleasant file authorization, but that's gone.

As I am more of a preset user, I am in love with the audition note, this is really a great idea! Makes preset searching really quicker!

Regrettably comparing the preferences of Sonar and CbB didn't take me any further! I am at my wits end! ? But it is not so dramatic as the VST2 version runs as expected! So I'll use VST2 in CbB and VST3 in all other DAWs, no problem!

Luckily I was missing the stompFilter ! ?

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Thanks! This means there must be a setting in my project/preferences that makes a difference, whatever it is! I can't imagine something else, because there is nothing that I did in addition in such a new project. I use v1.3.0 of InfiniStrip. As it does not crash in Sonar Platinum I tried now to create there a new project with the same template that I use in CbB. Though this gives a warning (newer version) it works and does not crash, i.e. it is not the project configuration that is relevant. Now I will spend some time to compare the other preferences, perhaps I can find out what is the culprit setting.

Did you set the track interleave to mono (before or after)? If you put it on a stereo track, then there's no problem!

Now I have tested with CbB 2023.09 and it is still a crash (but not in Sonar Platinum)!

There are also the 2 harpsichords from Sampletekk: https://www.sampletekk.com/historic-keyboards I like especially the ST Virginal for integration in rock music. I prefer it over the one of Experimenta or the one in the Kontakt Factory Library.