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Look up on the wall, there on the floor,
Under the pillow, behind the door.
There's a crack in the mirror.
 

How does this compare to Arturia's Solina and Mellotron?

Essential String Machine. Nice list!

Mac only. No wonder it's free! ?

Where was that deal 10 years ago! LOL!

3 hours ago, Finnbogi Ragnar Ragnarsson said:

If you are only looking for something that can run number of plugins with a preset, you can check out BickTickAudio Zen.

Zen looks like a good idea if you are looking for a preset browser (discontinued by dev, use at own risk).

But the real power of VIP is the layering and mixing of up to 8 instruments together, in a mixer with busses and effects. The browser can allow you to bring all this together in a way that is really unmatched. Then you can save each of theses multis and create performances with them.

So you can drop just one instance of the VIP plugin into your DAW and have all this setup and ready to go. Then if desired, just add more tracks and plugins to your DAW for as much as your computer can handle.

1 hour ago, User 905133 said:

So I am wondering if a VST3 version of VIP3.1 would have the ability to change patches of the plug-ins it manages on the fly via midi?

 

As far as I know, VIP does not use MIDI messages to change patches of the plug-ins it manages, as it is a plug-in host. I could be wrong, as that part is "under the hood" and not exposed to the user.

It can actually load a patch and play it without even opening the synth UI (which is optional). It's sorcery, LOL!

Well new plugin developers are forced to use VST3 only, unless they already have a license from Steinberg for the VST2 dev kit.

And Steinberg has shut that off as far as issuing any new VST2 dev licenses.

I too picked up VIP 3 bundled with an Alesis VX49 a few years ago. I never really got into the little keyboard screen and buttons, as I much  preferred using VIP with my DAW's monitor anyway, but it's a functional controller for VIP, as well as a generic MIDI controller. I got it to replace an aging M-Audio Axiom 49 that was like a first gen version.

But as for VIP 3 itself, I have 20,000+ presets installed in that (sadly stuck at VST2). It's obviously not moving into the future, but there's really no replacement for it yet.

I have really become obsessed with PluginGuru's Unify lately. It is another tool for building layers of synths and presets. A cool discovery is that I can load VIP 3 as a plugin (along with my 20,000+ existing presets) inside of a Unify layer, along side of any of my VST3 plugins that were loaded by Unify! Best of both worlds!

1 hour ago, Grem said:

Often wondered about this software. Does it do what it says? Can you use it in your DAW or is it just a standalone app?

It works, and it does what it says, with a few limits and disclaimers.

Many VST plugins, but not all, can share their preset info with it so it can act as a giant patch librarian for many of your plugins. But some do not share any preset info with the host. So that's the 3rd party plugin's fault, and not VIP's. So it's not 100% universal out of the box. Is still a handy tool.

VIP is both a standalone app and a plugin, but it's still limited to working only with VST2 plugins. They never integrated VST3. So there's that... It gripes me that there's no VST3 support (and likely never will be), as more and more plugins are released as VST3 only.

But the real biggie is that it's another good product that seems to have gone down the same inMusic Brands rabbit hole with AIR and SONiVOX products, and hasn't gotten any recent love from their development team.

There is really nothing else quite like it, and I also have Komplete Kontrol and PluginGuru Unify.

Power supplies, bad switches, loose cables, overheating (fan issues), a failing motherboard, bad RAM, just about any number of hardware issues could cause a PC to shutdown. If you don't know how to troubleshoot PC hardware, take it to someone who does.

On the other hand, a software or driver error that drastic usually results in an error code, or a blue screen (BSOD). You do know how to set your computer to freeze on a BSOD (with the error code), and not automatically restart, right? > https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/69012-enable-disable-bsod-automatic-restart-windows-10-a.html

1 hour ago, cclarry said:

The Deal Jeanie somehow granted your wish!  

I just gave this one a try this weekend. Me likey!

Has anyone else given it a try? It seems to raise the bar for what you might expect from a free product!

Odin 2 Open-Source Synthesizer

• 24-voice polyphonic synthesizer. It covers about every type of synthesis out there:
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• Flexible Routing
• Four ADSRs
• Four LFOs
• XY-Pad
• Big Modulation Matrix
• Arpeggiator
• Preset Library some great sounds in here!!!

2 minutes ago, Hidden Symmetry said:

My AA VST2's are in their own separate folder on internal SSD. They load fast & there's plenty of GB space which is needed. You can change all the paths in Aquarius.

That's what I just said. I think...

Installation tip (Windows):

Be sure to set the VST2 path in the Aquarius installation manager before installing a product with it for the first time. Recommend creating a new sub-folder in the path just for Acustica in your VST2 folder, otherwise Cream2 will splatter your main VST2 folder with files. Maybe it's just me, but I like to keep things tidy!

After the first try, I had to delete the Cream files, and re-install the plugin using a proper sub-folder. ?

This might be an issue for all DAWs, not just Cakewalk! ?

Not  intending to be harsh here, and no offense intended, but there may really not be an easy way to distill a high tech recording studio into a "For Dummies" version.

Years ago, in a real professional  recording studio, you likely would have had to sweep floors and make coffee for several years before you could touch a knob or slider.

So Cakewalk (a very good emulation of a real recording studio), and really any other leading DAW, will have a learning curve. This will require an investment of your time to understand the technology. Read the manual, watch some tutorials, and be patient. Those expecting instant gratification are sure to be frustrated. Those who stick with it will be rewarded.

Yet @Noel Borthwickand team have managed to provide a very customizable UI that can be applied to your needs, once you learn what to show and hide.

11 hours ago, kevin H said:

Other Acustica plugs I own have nice presets that I use as starting points but I can’t find any presets on this one.  Am I looking in wrong spot? 

Ditto here. No mention in the manual either.

I guess Acustica must have assumed the target audience might know how to set up channel strip hardware from the 60's-70's era.

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Too bad you cannot convert Jam Points directly to Gear Credits! ?

As far as CPU load goes, the manual suggests using the largest buffer size setting possible to save CPU cycles.

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For instance, there is generally no specific reason for using a low buffer size setting during mixing or mastering sessions. Increasing buffer sizes (hence also latency) highly decreases required CPU power.

Too bad you cannot combine Jam Points with Gear Credits. Or use Jam Points up to 100% of the purchase price. ?

*Since Larry's not here, gotta keep IKM on their toes, LOL!!!