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Looked up a listing for a used JV-1080, 3rd hand, with original printed user manual. $400 at Reverb! There is also another unit fully expanded - 4 SR-JV80 modules, listed at $700. https://reverb.com/p/roland-jv-1080 Wonder what a 1080 in a sealed box would sell for? Down payment on a Korg Nautilus, maybe?

If you don't want to take any chances, and are determined to upgrade to Win 11, you may want to consider buying a new computer with Win 11 installed and running it in parallel with your old computer. At least until you have Win 11 up and running well with your music projects. Everyone's setup is different, so you never know if something might go sideways with an upgrade. No guarantees! Windows 10 is supported until October 14, 2025. So no rush! Let Microsoft get the details right first, unless you wish to be an informal beta tester! https://www.howtogeek.com/741245/dont-panic-you-can-keep-using-windows-10-until-2025/

My last workstation was a 76-key Korg X2 back in the mid-90's (The X-series was the nineties update to the legendary M1). Then I got a PC, an M-Audio sound card, and Cakewalk. Sold the workstation and bought a JV1080 rack. ? https://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/x3.php Loved that cool floppy disk drive! At least now I have the full Korg Collection 3 to satisfy my Korg nostalgia.

Right you are! Just use Skippy's method of dropping BPM Drums into everything! ? For example, start with a cool Quadra split preset, then switch your Unify library browser to UniLoFi (or anything with BPM Drums), set to insert preset automatically as a new layer. Then add search text "drum" to narrow down the list, and choose a chill BPM Drum groove at random by using the dice to audition different grooves. Now you're jamming!!! Love them dice!

I grabbed the CA Quadra version! Awesome! This synth is ideal for keyboard splits and layers in one plugin! FYI, this synth comes in two versions for the host, a single audio output plugin, and a multi-audio output plugin. The single output version has individual sliders in the on-board mixer section where you can adjust the audio levels for each synth module before it gets to the master stereo output > Bass, Strings, Poly Synth, and Lead Synth. The multi version offers the stereo output with all 4 channels mixed, and in addition has a dry stereo out for each of the 4 synth modules. Obviously, the single output Quadra version is the one used in Unify today. But hopefully some day Unify will offer multiple outputs so there will be some opportunity for outboard mixing using Unify with instruments like this.

Way outside of my budget, LOL!!! ?

Yep, definitely!

I was logged in... says I'm not eligible for the $79 upgrade. And I acquired Modo Drum in the 2020 TSM Maxgrade deal...

Not yet, apparently...

Hey Larry, I think I'm about to begin singing your song about the IKM experience for loyal users! ?

So I uninstalled MODO Drum 1.5, because it couldn't locate my already paid for (TS MAX 2) full MODO Drums content that I had installed on a secondary SSD drive. Then I used the old full installer for MODO Drum 1.1.3 (available in my account, past releases, 6.4GB), and it put all of my old kits back in place unlocked. No need to download the original kits individually.

Check it out. 10-day free trial here! https://www.izotope.com/en/products/neoverb.html

Enjoyed the Mosquito Coast re-visit!

RX9 Standard updated here as well.

I've got Neoverb, as well as Phoenix, Nimbus, and R4. I do like Neoverb, but it seems difficult to match it up with the presets from Phoenix or Nimbus as a replacement. Sounds a bit different to me.

That's great, but I'm not wasting any more time on it personally. I'm done here, just wanted to share my experience in case it informs others!

Correction. 1.5 CS is free, no new kits included. But it broke my existing full install!

Same message for me! ? But I got MODO Drum with the Total Studio 2 MAX Maxgrade deal in October 2020. That was prior to the group buy 2021.

I installed the MODO Drum 1.5 update that IK dropped into my account today, and it promptly broke my existing MODO Drum full install. So I uninstalled it and rolled back to 1.1.3. Details: I have the MODO Drums library content installed on my D (data) drive. After the update, MODO informed me that my content was missing and that I needed to reinstall. So I reinstalled, but it wouldn't let me put the content on my D drive path, it automatically selected my C (boot) drive. Cancelled. So I rolled back. Wasted an hour. ? Then I found out it is a paid upgrade to 1.5. SMH...

Sorry to hear that it didn't work out for you. I think it's one of the coolest freeware programs to come along in a while. It only added the most recent MS Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable to mine. I already had all of the others installed. A standard practice if an application requires a later VC runtime library than what is already installed on the target system, so not a big concern for me. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/redistributing-visual-cpp-files?view=msvc-170 And it can be a hog when initially scanning. Cosmos took several hours to index and tag 40,000+ loops and samples here, with all 6 cores nearly full blast and fans revving up. I am running a fairly recent 9th gen Intel Core i5-9600K at 4.3GHz. I listened in on a Waves "ask me anything" Discord with the product manager yesterday. Waves is using some state of the art "AI" training to analyze each music sample and tag it, it's not just reading the file name. It will not even run on older CPU's that lack "AVX" (Advanced Vector Extensions).

2. Undetermined here... I think there may be something strange with the way this CR8 plugin is identified in any given DAW that varies. Plus the fact that the actual plugin is masked by the complexity of the WavesShell plugin thingy. Not really a big concern, as I can use some version of it anywhere! But I don't quite grasp why it is disappearing on yours. ? For example I have 5 different DAWs installed, Ableton Live 11 Suite, Cakewalk by BandLab, Reaper, Studio One Pro 5, and Waveform 11 Pro. I use the same plugin scan paths in each of these... Ableton recognizes both CR8 VST and VST3 versions. CbB only recognizes the CR8 VST2. Reaper recognizes the CR8 VST2 as an FX, but the VST3 as an instrument. Studio One only shows theCR8 VST3 because that DAW is set to ignore VST2 if both are available (CbB can be set either way, and I tried both - no luck). Waveform shows both CR8 VST and VST3 versions. 3. Waves Central puts a notification that updates are available, but it's up to you to install them. It synchronizes with your Waves online account whenever you launch it, and checks for updates at that time.

1. Not here. 2. Cakewalk only shows the VST2 version here. Refuses to show the VST3, although it is installed in the correct folder. VST3 shows up fine in Reaper and elsewhere. Tried reset and rescan in Cakewalk preferences. No improvement. Weird! 3. Install Waves Central. All update notifications and update downloads are issued there, as well as installation and activation.

Or Bioscape by Luftrum! Definitely not free! A Kontakt Player compatible library. Includes a folder of *ASMR ( Autonomous sensory meridian response) presets. https://www.luftrum.com/bioscape/ *ASMR - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASMR But Luftrum does also offer a large 22GB fully licensed library of environmental field recordings samples, for a minimum $5 donation to World Wildlife Fund, for use in any DAW or sampler. https://www.luftrum.com/free-field-recordings/

OK, after having tested it, gotta agree with Zo! This sounds like a very cool idea, but have no idea how they produced all this slick KIA media with it. This product seems to be a bare bones beta, IMHO.

Let's back up for a sec. I was merely suggesting using the available tools to Unify this bank for my own personal use, since I own a license for it. The Unified banks are only publicly released for factory banks, as the "Unification process" entails capturing some plugin data. Anyone can "Unify" presets for plugins and preset banks that they own. But for personal use only. Info on the "Hardwire" bank available at Kilohearts (most of the synth sequence in the promo video is preset "Star Chaser"): https://kilohearts.com/products/hardwire