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Is that out of the box, or how many hours did you spend setting that novation up?

The email servers are shut down at the old Cakewalk site, so they are never going to send out an email verification. The accounts were left online so users could access the products they had purchased. But you will need to get all help with your old account from BandLab at this point. The BandLab support team can help at: support@cakewalk.com

As far as MIDI keyboard playing notes, just about any one will work with CbB. But for new out-of-the-box controller support with CbB, that ain't happening. There will always be some necessary user setup required, involving manual reading and fiddling with MIDI CC control parameters. There might be some brands that can be setup more easily than others as transport controllers, but I'll leave that to others who have experience with new models. Been a while since I setup an old Roland A-300PRO controller that was made for Sonar, and apparently still works with the Cakewalk ACT control in CbB. For reference that was the A-PRO series. But I'm not aware of any other manufacturer that made an out-of-the-box compatible keyboard controller for Cakewalk since then.

SM 2.9 is actually a good ways beyond "nice and cheap" regarding sound quality. I think its sound quality is as good or better than many other virtual synths on the market. And I have U-he Repro and Arturia Pigments in my collection as I'm making sound quality comparisons. Both of those are at the top of the game in quality and features. The former is a meticulously circuit modeled reproduction of a classic analog hardware synth. While the the latter is a modern beast of a virtual synth that is not trying to emulate or model anything, unlike the mainstream Arturia modeling collection. SM doesn't attempt to model any specific synth hardware, but the current version has back-ported the newer zero delay feedback filters designed for the SM One synth. It's like a chameleon in its capability for emulating many types of synths, and does a very convincing analog emulation, especially with preset expansion banks designed by Big Tone and Nori Ubukata. Where SM may be perceived to fall a bit short against the "big boys" is in the GUI and workflow, as user experience is now key for those spending the big bucks. Almost any virtual synth sounds good these days, so we'll have to see what KV331 Audio cooks up for SM 3.0 re-design.

Yes that is correct. The second one drops in price for you, AFTER you have purchased the first. There is no bundle discount for buying both at the same time. Just pick one and add it to your wish list, then buy the other!

I have the Voltage Modular Core, so I just tested out the host module as I had not tried it yet. Thanks for the tip! I can see that host module would come in handy, but after trying both demos (SEM & 8 Voice), I settled on the SEM for now. I preferred the full integration with the modular workflow.

If there ever was a no-brainer, then at this price, this is it! SM 2.9 is one of the most across the board useful synths out there, that can be used for nearly anything. I am amazed at the scope of the expansions (I have them all in the "everything bundle") that display it's brilliant capabilities, thanks to a group of very talented sound designers. It's not a sampler, but you can import your own samples or wavetables into the oscillators to create your own sounds. Can't wait to see what SM 3.0 will bring! Beyond the needed GUI and workflow improvements, the dev has previously announced plans for more layers, granular synthesis, and an on-board wavetable editor. Plus it will load presets from SynthMaster One as a new layer. So you will have access to all previous SynthMaster presets in 3.0.

Plus, with the SEM modules one could always build a monster 16 voice modular ... why stop at 8?

As I recall the upgrade to 3.0 will only cost something like $30-35. Not a bad deal! Or upgrade free for "Everything Bundle" owners.

It would be cool if Cherry would bundle the two. I already have Voltage Modular, and was wondering which Oberheim to get? The module, or standalone?

You can add Voltage Modular, Nucleus edition, from Cherry Audio to this list. It's free now. https://cherryaudio.com/free Includes: 20+ Modules Voltage Modular Software Nucleus Presets (176 presets)

Everyone should be primed with the $1400 stimulant upon your return Larry! ?

I think the OP abandoned this thread back in January.

Imagine what Total Studio could be with IKM, NI, & iZotope together. That would make for one hell of a Product-Portal-Access-Manager! ?

I have the free Ample stuff and a paid Bass. Never had an issue with stuck keys. Sounds like it may be a MIDI error, like note off events being dropped somewhere along the way.

And the full price of the last option is $59. That ain't free, but it does a lot for the money! https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/3-Studio-Tools/93-Music-Theory-Tools/6439-Scaler-2

You would need to have both the serial number and activation code. Both would be available in your old account, but there's no way to get a new one.

Surely you jest! That thing was legendary, back when ROMplers ruled! I've got a Roland JV-880, JV-1080, and XP-30 (JV-2080 based). Although they sound good, that sample ROM is no match for the 350+ GB I've got tied up in IKM samples for SampleTank, Syntronik, and Miroslav.

Scaler 2.2 has added a new Bass Mode, with over 100 basslines categorized and capable of responding to your chords.

Scaler 2 is another option for creating chord progressions and bass lines. https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/plugin-boutique-scaler-2 Now with key and scale detection for MIDI and audio.

So that code gets the S1 Pro 5 upgrade down to around the $100 mark. That's pretty much what I paid for it last December at Best Service. Haven't noticed any deals yet going lower...

Hey RGit, Many others have discovered that if you are using ASIO, you should only have ONE version of ASIO installed on your machine, to avoid conflicts. Some hosts have a hard time making a distinction if they have more that one choice. That Steinbug generic thingy got my Cakewalk all upset once, as I already had installed an M-Audio ASIO driver. Steinbug software seems to install that driver along with their demo software for some reason. On a side note, I use ASIO4ALL on my laptop with the on-board Realtek audio chip, but as a tip, I would caution against mixing that one with a real ASIO driver on the same machine as well. Glad you got it sorted!

I've got one of those sitting in a closet. Haven't plugged it in for over 10 years... Virtual instruments FTW!

We had a CP/M based microcomputer in our ops center in the 80's that was dedicated for some network management tasks. On night shift we would fire up Adventure on that. Seemed amazing at the time... ?

Do you think NI will still be having a 50% off sale this summer?