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Free Field Recordings https://www.luftrum.com/free-field-recordings/ The field recordings in the playlist are free to download (click ‘view track’ and ‘more’ to download). There are 60 recordings and they serve as an excerpt of the full library which contains over 300 different field recordings and found sounds and is 22GB of size. The recordings are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 3.0) which means you are free to share, copy, remix or otherwise transform the sounds for commercial or non-commercial use, on the terms that you give appropriate credit when using the recordings. You can also purchase a user license of the full 22GB library and gain access to over 300 recordings, including the recordings from the playlist. With a user license, the CC license is waived, so you do not need to give credit + you will receive a download link to the full library and your donation goes to WWF.

I think it would likely upset a lot of folks if any other DAW hosts discontinued VST2 support. There is a large body of plugins that are and forever will be VST2 only, as they are no longer being actively developed. But they are still good plugins. Only true open source plugins could be picked up and migrated to VST3. For the rest of the VST2 plugins at "end of life" that have proprietary licenses, not so much, especially if the original developer is no longer in business. But in any eventuality, the workaround would be to use a host within a host, such as PluginGuru's Unify. It's available as a VST3 plugin, and can host VST2 plugin layers internally. They have a small dev team of 1, and I am sure he is not controlled by Steinberg!!!

Then I would recommend staying as close to up to date as you can. Some folks have dedicated DAWs, and keep them isolated from the net and updates, but those are mostly pros that cannot afford any interruptions to their productivity. My preference is to only delay monthly updates by a few weeks, and the major feature upgrades by about 6 months. I delay the monthlies for a short period because most patch related issues are quickly identified and corrected by Microsoft in the days following release. I choose to let other users be the Day 1 "early adopter" testers. Then I tailgate when it's "all clear". FYI, if you let the feature version get too far behind, you will no longer receive support or updates, so avoid that. And as @msmcleod mentioned, you may run into extra issues trying to update a way out of date machine. Since you have Windows 10 Pro, just take advantage of the group policy editor to automate your decisions for you, such as how long you may wish to delay the monthly updates. You will then get the current monthly updates offered when that period (# days) expires. You really don't want to never receive updates. Then once a year, just set a new target version when you are ready to upgrade. If you leave the target set to your current version, you will never receive the next version. Windows is switching to an annual version upgrade (Feature Update) model from the previous semi-annual one.

This installer worked great! I had attempted to uninstall/re-install Cakewalk, but then discovered that I had only saved the "update" installers, when I actually needed the full installer to run. The update installers from BandLab Assistant had failed as they were dependent on an installed version of Cakewalk.

"Steinbug". Hehehe... ?

I completed my Andre Ettema collection with these 2 packs 30.876 Hz and Raw for UA VA-3. Good times!

I believe Live added VST3 support in version 10.1.

Just use VST3 if available. Some DAWs, such as Studio One, will automatically ignore the VST2 version if the developer has set the appropriate flag in their VST3 plugin. In Cakewalk preferences, you can choose to have only VST3 if both are available.

You can't add 2 discounts in the IKM cart. So no Jammies this time...

Unify is a great idea! It can host a variety of plugin formats, including VST2, and can then present itself to a host as VST3. But just pointing out that this latest announcement only affects Steinberg hosts and VST2. So for anyone else, including me, that is NOT using a Steinberg host, then you can relax for now... at least until your host of choice decides to bail out...

With Win 10 Pro you can set a few useful items in group policy editor (gpedit.msc) to prevent "early adoption" of newly released updates. In summary, you can set a target Feature Update (major annual version release, i.e. 21H2 is the current one) so you will not get an entirely new Win 10 version by surprise. Secondly you can set an automatic "deferral" period for monthly quality/security updates. I tend to defer them for about 3 weeks (21 days) so Microsoft can fix any current problematic monthly updates, but I do want to stay fairly current security wise, so I don't put them off forever. And definitely learn and make use of a regular disk image solution if you are not using one already. That way it's much easier and faster to roll back if things ever go sideways, than it is to rebuild Windows and all of your applications from scratch! Recommend Macrium Reflect Free that is perfect for home use and is very reliable! The Windows Update policies in group policy editor that I use are: Select when Quality updates are received: [Enabled, 21 days] Select the target Feature Update version: [Enabled, 21H2] I am currently updated to Win 10 Pro 21H2, and will not receive the next one until I update the policy to that effect. 21H2 is supported until June 2023. Windows 10 Home and Pro follows the Modern Lifecycle Policy. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-home-and-pro

MODO Bass and The Arturia V Collection 8 have me sold on that idea! An extensive bass and keyboard collection with hardly any footprint compared with sample libraries. I did have to add samples for a decent upright acoustic bass, however. But orchestral and band instrument samples will still probably be required for now and the foreseeable future. But never say never!

You are aware that you can use a number of effects from Studio One elsewhere if you install PreSonus Hub, such as Ampire, Fat Channel, Analog Effects Collection, & VU Meter, right? That makes them available as unlocked VST3 plugins. My main issue is that none of the proprietary Studio One instruments are included, and I agree with @dubdiscipleregarding their possible reasoning for not releasing them. But the fact that FX were released, but not any instruments, leaves me scratching my head...

Truth!!!

An exception that I wasn't aware of. I have the original.

My sample/content drive is full, and I recently bought a replacement SSD to double my sample content space. But I haven't installed it yet. That has definitely slowed down my buying, LOL! I really like the Soundpaint platform, but not really too crazy about buying any more sampled synths and the GBs of storage space they consume (thinking of you Syntronik). I think samples from the real world are much more useful. Like acoustic instruments and found sounds...

And since it has been almost 4 years without BandLab re-releasing ANY of the old premium Cakewalk developed plugins, I sense that they really are not all that interested in pursuing further plugin development and support. They would most likely have pushed something out by this point if they were...

Same here. Some DAW specific plugs might be great, but learning to use any plug well takes time. I would prefer to invest that time into learning something universally useful. Plus, I already have too many EQs and compressors...

Last year I got the Kontakt 6 crossgrade price, plus a 50% discount. Total was $124, compared with full retail price for Kontakt as $399. Lucky me!

Have you tried in Cakewalk: "Preferences > VST Settings > Scan Options > Reset"?

Those Style Dials are ironically similar to the Waves "One Knob" series of plugins...

Kontakt is a very fine modern virtual ROMpler. I would say that it is the industry standard, where it offers an open field to all sound designers. I used to use hardware ROMplers from Korg and Roland, but expansions were limited, and the UI was clumsy and inefficient.

Kontakt is the only thing from NI that interests me. I have no use for Komplete, as that's just a way to fill up another hard drive with stuff that I will never use.

Has anyone tried this lately? https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR&language=3&help=ProChannel.10.html The FX Chain module "The FX Chain module allows you to use FX Chains (see Effects chains) and individual audio effects within the ProChannel signal flow. The FX Chain module can be used as an FX Rack that can be inserted between other ProChannel modules. An FX Chain is a container that can include multiple audio plug-ins. Assignable knobs and buttons can control automatable plug-in parameters in the FX Chain. An FX Chain preset can store up to six assignable knobs and six assignable buttons."

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