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1 hour ago, cclarry said:

Their Development is really poor IMO

I would qualify that statement to say that "their new product development is poor". The existing XLN programs still work very well, and they are frequently offered maintenance updates by the developers.

Just a lack of new products or content for existing customers to look forward to...

XLN needs to come up with some new stuff. Their sales used to generate enthusiasm around here!

15 minutes ago, Fleer said:

Is this new?

“Click & drag resize

V Collection’s instrument windows can now be resized simply by dragging the corner.”

Yep. The old resize required a visit to the plugin menu.

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https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/call-of-the-sea

45 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

retractable cupholders

???

58 minutes ago, charles kasler said:

Thanks for yr input. I found out it works on a bus but not as an insert, for some reason. I have v1.5. It's a cool app.

z3ta+ comes with 3 flavors: z3ta+.dll, z3ta+_fx.dll, and z3ta+_fx2.dll.

I've only ever used the first one, which is an instrument that loads on an instrument track. Cannot report on how to use it as an FX on a bus or insert.

Here's an old SOS article on the topic by Craig Anderton:

Using Sonar's z3ta+ Synth as an Effects Processor https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/using-sonars-z3ta-synth-effects-processor

18 hours ago, dubdisciple said:

Thanks. Almost forgot. I definitely need a drive for this

But realize that paying $7 (with Jam Points) to re-download expired sounds is still WAY cheaper than buying a new drive to store them on...

"Sounds expired? You can reactivate ALL of your sounds downloads access by purchasing 1 (one) 'Download Reactivation Credit' in IK Multimedia's webstore. Reactivation will open download access for 180 days for all registered products."

z3ta+ was bundled with Sonar Producer 7 thru Platinum, and may have been made available in promo editions, but I've only used the Sonar versions.

z3ta+ is included in the Platinum Instrument Collection via Cakewalk Command Center.

That 5.25" bay drawer is a cool idea! eBay has a few... https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=Drawer+5.25

z3ta+ v1.5 is a 64-bit VST2. Works fine in CbB here.

Any 32-bit plugins in the CbB plugin browser will be shown in green text.

2 hours ago, Esteban Villanova said:

can you luad your own samples to Cube mini? How's the CPU? Sounds amazing.

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15 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

For something useful I look for up to spending $30 max.

Other things to look at are tutorial videos, synth presets.   Something useful is bound to go on sale by the end of the month.

Take a look at the Miniverse Module Collection, from Cherry Audio. On sale now for $39.00 ($19.50 for owners of Miniverse).  https://store.cherryaudio.com/bundles/miniverse-module-collection

Build your own Mini in Voltage Modular, with the individual modules from the Miniverse (Minimoog) instrument. All you need is the free Voltage Modular Nucleus edition to get rolling your own!

Edit: corrected pricing info...

26 minutes ago, kitekrazy said:

 I think I'll wait for something on sale that will actually be useful instead of getting arthritis looking for that cheap product I wont use.

I'm getting arthritis looking for something on sale that will actually be useful...

27 minutes ago, Vernon Barnes said:

You should be able to create a user template in Arturia's MIDI control centre software and recall it as required. I have not done it for Minimonsta 2 but I have for other virtual instruments.

You would still need to MIDI learn each individual keyboard CC control from the synthesizer end, right? Otherwise, how could it know what your template was sending?

It is my understanding that you can use the Arturia MIDI Control Center to customize your keyboard to send what you wish, but this synth has zero pre-mapped CC controls that I can see. In other words, it's default is a blank slate...

43 minutes ago, User 905133 said:

Good question.  I hope someone who has the Mini version can test that and report back.

Not with the Mini version. I was curious because there is a "User Audio" sub-folder in the main samples folder.

1 hour ago, Bad Penguin said:

Does anyone know if it is possible to assign the virtual knobs on the vst to the 16 physical knobs on the Arturia Mini-Lab? Some sort of template that can be loaded somehow? ?

Don't have that particular Arturia keyboard, but on my KeyLab MkII it's pre-mapped in their instruments to the select macro controls in their soft synth GUI, such as in Analog Lab.

But with any third party VST it's necessary to use whatever MIDI learn capability is built into the plugin to map the controls, as each physical knob sends a unique CC#, but that assignment needs to be known by the instrument. That's a manual setup, but the Arturia is a capable controller once the MIDI CC assignments are made.

From the MiniMonsta2 manual: https://gforcesoftware.notion.site/Global-Controls-986571e6857448729b20c6dadf9777be
 

Quote

MIDI CC Button

This activates the MIDI CC view revealing where you assign MIDI controller numbers to Minimonsta2 parameters
in order to control them from physical knobs or sliders on an external hardware controller.

Once this mode is activated you can simply click on the parameter you wish to control, and move the physical
knob or slider with which you wish to control it. The assignment is ‘learned’ and that knob or slider will now
control the movement of that Minimonsta2 parameter.

To remove an assignment, simply double-click on the number assigned to that parameter.
When all assignments are made, turn off the MIDI Button.

This is what my Scarlett 2i2 inputs look like with "use friendly names..." unchecked.

Also, with the Scarlett 2i2 you can record into 2 Cakewalk mono tracks at the same time from the 2 inputs, so that you don't need to split them later.

In Cakewalk track input settings:

[Input 1  1 L]

[Input 2  2 R]

Instead of [Input 1 + Input 2  1+2 S]

SynthMaster One has many presets and expansions that you will not find in SynthMaster 2. If you are planning to get SynthMaster 3 at some point, it's time to get on board with these sounds!

For those that don't know, SynthMaster One is newer than SynthMaster 2, and was a spinoff project to create a simplified one-layer wavetable based synth, that is quite good on it's own. The developer has back ported all of the newer SM One technology into the latest version of  SM2 so that the synth engines are compatible. It will be really cool to be able to open these presets as layers in SM3!

5 minutes ago, Mark Morgon-Shaw said:

No I don't have one

Do you have MIDI output enabled in Kontakt settings?

But I can get Kontakt 7 FULL for $99 (update from Kontakt 6)...

Still running Native Access 1.14.1 here.

Found 14 updates to Komplete 13 Standard, all are FX:

• Bite
• Choral
• Dirt
• Driver
• Flair
• Freak
• Phasis
• Raum
• Replika
• Solid Bus Comp FX
• Solid Dynamics FX
• Solid EQ FX
• Supercharger
• Transient Master FX

This is a typical change log for many of these plugins. Of particular note is that the minimum OS required is now Windows 10 or macOS 11.

14 hours ago, husker said:

When Sonar went under, I demoed Studio One and Cubase extensively before ultimately going  with Cubase.  Been with it since version 9.  

I tried the Studio One Pro and Cubase Elements demos at that time. Since I don't have external MIDI hardware other than my USB controllers hooked up these days, Studio One Pro was an easy decision. Cakewalk Sonar was my main rig when I used to have several external synths and a drum machine attached.

I went with the demo for Cubase Elements because it didn't require a dongle at that time. I probably could have got on with Cubase, but I was a little annoyed that I'd have to buy a dongle just to demo Cubase Pro. I think since MIDI hardware support wasn't my main concern, I actually preferred the more intuitive UI of S1.

Good to hear that Steinberg has moved off the dongle!

4 minutes ago, locrian said:

Thanks for the reply!

I don't have the folder shown in purple.  At least now I know what the problem is.  Cheers...

I installed the Cube Mini samples on my D drive.

"D:\CUBE Samples\Lunacy Audio\CUBE\Samples".