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Not much. Mostly demos... I got the full version with Total Studio Max2. T-RackS CS:

Reaper is $225 for a commercial use license. $60 is for personal only.

No it's not free. Only free to evaluate for 60 days...

Reaper is free to use for 60 days, then $60. But I cannot stand the Reaper UI and the user experience. It has some great tech under the hood that I like, but I'm not interesting in building a DAW (i.e. the endless customization that can be performed to the UI to hack into something pleasant to work with).

Most DAWs are not comparable to Ableton Live in that regard. Hence the name "Live". Maybe Bitwig, but haven't tried that. I would head over to the Reaper forum for more info on that program. They have an active user community.

Yes, Cakewalk is a full featured DAW with many features of a traditional recording studio (emphasis on studio), and is basically the updated version of Sonar Platinum that used to sell for hundreds of dollars. You can do professional recording, arranging, and mixing all within Cakewalk. But if by productions you mean that you want to do productions for live performances and DJ stuff, you would probably be happier with something like Ableton Live, because of its unique session view for loops, uninterruptible audio engine, and the live sampling capability. Cakewalk and most other traditional linear DAWs don't excel in that type of thing.

Personally, I prefer Studio One Pro overall these days. Bought the crossgrade when Sonar went "dark". Still a learning curve from Sonar. But as a Cakewalk user of over 20 years, there are still times that I open CbB first if I need to do something quick. Muscle memory I guess! ?

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I recently acquired T-Racks 5 and haven't had a chance to explore all of the modules yet. But thanks for the tip! I just looked and the TR5 Metering looks like a great tool! I will try it out!

Maybe a control surface or controller with transport controls would be a workaround for this issue?

As far as I know, the Realtek is decent at audio output. I use it on my laptop to play streaming music as well as some of my VSTi collection. But I would never consider trying to record audio input on it. I would use my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 for that. That is primarily used on my desktop, but since it is small and USB bus powered, it is quite portable.

Download them both and try them for free. Decide for yourself! You will only get personal opinions about what is best for others with a question like that. There is no "best" DAW, only the best for you.

Glad you found it useful, but hate that you had to spend 15 bucks. It's a handy grab and go ROMpler with a small footprint. I think the sample file is only 1.5GB, so it reminds me of the old days when Roland packed all of their sounds into a few MB of sample ROM waveforms. AIR Music Tech was bought out by inMusic Brands and they've been selling it for cheap ever since. They were practically giving Xpand!2 away a few years ago to promote the purchase of the upgrade to the full AIR collection from any single AIR product. The bundle is a bit old now, and hasn't been updated in years. But there are some good values in the bundle for someone who is not interested in buying only current high end instruments. It includes the AIR Structure 2 sampler with a 37GB sample library (the sample format is locked to the instrument). The complete instrument bundle upgrade is still available for $74.99, and you now qualify with Xpand!2! https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/58-Inst-Bundle/2294-AIR-Instrument-Expansion-Pack-3-COMPLETE-UPGRADE- AIR Instrument Expansion Pack 3 COMPLETE UPGRADE Inst Bundle by AIR Music Technology "NOTE: This is an upgrade for users who own previous versions of the AIR Instrument Expansion Pack, the AIR Instrument Expansion Pack SELECT or a single AIR Music Technology instrument (including Xpand!2 & Hybrid3). For more information and to download a demo trial, simply click the product's user interface/image."

Agree that it's probably Cakewalk only. I set it to 96Khz and it started glitching on me when I brought it down to 64 samples. But OK at 128, 256, & 512 though. Maybe something in the way Cakewalk handles ASIO buffering. Maybe something different happens with the buffer when using something like a jBridge wrapper with the plugin in Cakewalk?

That is interesting. I heard some glitching in Cakewalk with my audio buffes set to 64 samples. Bumped it all the way up to 256 and the glitching stopped. Was running at 48000. So I tried it in Studio One and was able to get it all the way down to 16 samples audio buffers without glitching. Using Scarlett 4i4 3rd gen at 48000/24.

Somebody should probably sticky that comment! This is not the first time. ?

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It has a Tango Accordion. I'm not a good judge of what they should sound like, LOL, but it's in there. Also Dulcimer, Harmonium, Banjo, Recorder, Sitar, Panpipes, Harmonica, Bottle blow, and many others among the 58 instruments listed in the "Ethnic" category.

OK. I understand. Just wondering because I have an old hardware rack Roland JV-1080 with a decent GM sound set that I haven't turned on in years. Do you have the AIR Xpand!2 that was on sale for $1 a few years ago? 2500+ presets of mostly bread and butter sounds. I think it blows my old Roland and TTS-1 away. It's not GM, but has a good pallet of sounds, and is 4-part multitimbral. This used to be a part of Avid Pro Tools collection. Currently $14.99 at Plugin Boutique: https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/64-Virtual-Instrument/1560-Xpand-2

Just curious, but do you really need GM?

Set the input to the drum kit to 'None'. That will set Omni input for the instrument, so if you are using a virtual controller or any other, it will route the MIDI correctly.

Probably same as always... Cakewalk is the last to be tested, if at all.

VG-Carbon is the exception for the guitars at 1.0.1. I have it and it does have the finisher and instrument mode. Different from VG-Sparkle at 1.0.0 in many ways, which I also have.

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The lower range of the keyboard is dedicated to key switches for style and and patterns etc. Move up an octave or two... For example with Sparkle, C4 and higher play the chords...