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Oh yeah!!! ? Sold out already! ?

Dang, Coulda had a V8!

I agree with Starship Krupa's assessment. There is no point to avoiding the 5-pin MIDI connections. It won't cause any problems and should not cost extra. Most controllers have them, in addition to USB. You never know if you might acquire an external MIDI sound module someday (no USB) that you want to connect the controller directly to, say for live use without a computer. Then it might be handy to have it! USB MIDI is only available on computer and mobile devices. MIDI 1.0 is a serial data connection that runs at low speed 31,250 bps. http://personal.kent.edu/~sbirch/Music_Production/MP-II/MIDI/midi_physical_layer.htm Even USB 1.1 offers far more bandwidth than is required for the MIDI spec. My MIDI controller is plugged into a USB 2.0 port, but the system shows it running at USB 1.1 Full Speed, as MIDI ports are generally backwards compatible with older versions of USB. From MIDI.org to the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the goal was device interoperability. More on USB MIDI basics are described here: https://www.midi.org/midi-articles/basic-of-usb USB speeds that I commonly see used: USB 1.1 --> 1.5 Mbit/s (Low Speed) 12 Mbit/s (Full Speed) --> Keyboards/Mice/MIDI controllers, etc. USB 2.0 --> 1.5 Mbit/s (Low Speed) 12 Mbit/s (Full Speed) 480 Mbit/s (High Speed) --> external disk drives/flash drives/audio interfaces USB 3.0 --> 5 Gbit/s (SuperSpeed) --> Higher bandwidth for external disk drives/flash drives/audio interfaces. 3.0 drives make backups much faster than 2.0 drives! USB 3.1 --> 10 Gbit/s (SuperSpeed+) --> Haven't used a device with this speed yet, but I have the USB 3.1 ports available on my computer!

Just for reference, Cakewalk here is reporting effective latency at 48kHz/stereo: 1.3 msec at 64 samples buffer size. ASIO reported output latency (includes buffer and hardware latencies) at 3.8 msec. For comparison, Studio One reports output latency at 3.79ms at 64 samples buffer size. Using audio interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Gen 3 USB2, with Focusrite USB ASIO output. System spec: Intel i5-9600K 6 cores locked at 4.6GHz on Asus Prime Z390-A motherboard. Intel integrated UHD graphics 630 RAM 16GB DDR4 at 2666 MHz XMP. SSD Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SATA 6 Gb/s, benchmark sequential read 555 MB/s. Avira Pro AV real-time scanning active. Windows 10 Pro 2004

Or you could just stick to freeware to avoid authorizations. I just recently replaced my motherboard and it turned out that nearly all of my authorized software (not just Waves) was tied to my hardware and has to be re-activated. Even Windows 10 had to be re-activated. ?

Not that I'm aware of. There would essentially be no point in connecting a USB keyboard through an audio interface, since the USB keyboard connection directly to the computer's USB port is available. If more USB ports are needed, most modern motherboards have optional header pins for direct connection to an extra USB expansion bracket on the rear of the PC case. Otherwise you can add a USB hub. The reason some audio interfaces have 5-pin MIDI ports is to allow legacy MIDI devices that lack USB to connect to the computer. Most modern MIDI controllers are USB compatible, so it's generally not an issue.

I WUPPED to get the new browser and resizeable UI. Was worth it for me. But one and done! I'm out going forward... ?

I ran into that with ST4 MAX for a few instrument packs that I missed way back when I first installed that. I used JamPoints to get a 30% discount on the download reactivation. Cost me $6.99.

I assume it is an issue with Studio One. I cannot even see the instrument version of z3ta+ in there. But other DAWs, such as Ableton Live 10 and Reaper, see the FX version of z3ta+ correctly, as well as the instrument.

What he said. ^^^ Studiorack is still v11.

Your Waves licenses are tied to your old hardware. If you had moved your licenses back into the license cloud prior to swapping hardware, you would be good to go now with just reactivating the licenses on your new hardware. But now, with no access to deactivate them from your old computer hardware, you will need to perform a complete license recovery. The good news is that Waves will allow you to perform a full recovery once per year (don't ask me how I know, LOL). ? https://www.waves.com/support/reactivate-recover-licenses

They borrowed the retrospective MIDI record from Live. Ableton added that feature called "Capture" to Live 10 a couple years ago. From the Live User Manual:

I really like Flow Motion, but that old 90's patch browser was a buzz kill. ? Same for Element 2! I think it's one of the best sounding analog emulations that I have, and more pleasant to browse now! Haven't tried Codex yet.

I guess you did not see my edit 2 hours ago. I had to dig into the info panel with the plugin running to find my actual version. 1.3 is the version, and the other numbers are the build number. So there is apparently no later version. Just something in the old SONiVOX installer that conflicts with today's computers that they should have removed a long time ago. A good reason to be wary of un-maintained software!

LOL, it's looks like it was bolted on in a manner not likely to break anything! But it still works better than the old way. I have a few of their synths and I had become reluctant to use them due to the old browser, auditioning presets was a big PITA.

The OP in that thread references Vocalizer Pro 1.3 Edit: I am running Vocalizer Pro 1.3, build 2.3.0.16, installed in 2016 from Plugin Boutique. iLok says: "we moved on from TPkd.sys more than 5 years ago, and our recent License Support/iLok License Manager installs do not include it. There is a recent build of Windows 10 that does seem to have a lot of problems with the old TPkd.sys file". So the reference is to the installer from SONiVOX being the cause of the problem now. They have not updated any of their older products in years so this was bound to eventually happen.

And as far as Twist goes, meh, don't bother... ? Don't believe me? Trial here: https://sonivoxmi.com/downloads/trial/twist-spectral-morphing-synthesizer

It works fine in CbB! Setting up this vocoder is a special arrangement that requires a separate MIDI track for note input to play it, as well as a live or recorded audio input source to mangle. Start a fresh Cakewalk project. Insert a fresh audio track and a MIDI track. Vocalizer Pro goes into the effects bin of your audio track. Enable MIDI input on the plug-in. Important! Set the MIDI track input to your controller, and the MIDI track output to Vocalizer Pro. Now put some sound into the audio track. You can drop an audio clip and loop it to test. If using a clip, hit play. Otherwise any input signal from a mic or instrument would work on the audio track. Use input echo = on in that case. But you still won't hear anything on the audio track output! You can test this by bypassing the plug-in, and then you should hear the original audio source. You will need to play some MIDI notes on the MIDI track to trigger the Vocalizer plug-in. The MIDI notes open the gate in the plug-in that allows processed audio to flow to the audio output. You can simply play some notes on your controller, or add some notes via the piano roll. Now have fun and experiment with the various Vocalizer presets and see how many ways you can mangle your audio!

CbB 16-track template in <2 secs (I did wait for the initial plug-in scan to finish on first CbB launch prior to testing). <5 secs to load CbB and open the 16-track template from double clicking the template shortcut in one step. Intel i5-9600K 6 cores locked at 4.6GHz on Asus Prime Z390-A motherboard. Intel integrated UHD graphics 630 RAM 16GB DDR4 at 2666 MHz XMP. SSD Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SATA 6 Gb/s, benchmark sequential read 555 MB/s. Avira Pro AV real-time scanning active. Windows 10 Pro 2004

That's odd, because the SONiVOX install directions that I have used previously first pointed me directly to the iLok website to register for an account, download the latest iLok software, and then activating the new license on my machine via iLok. That was all before downloading and running any SONiVOX installer. So I do not recall SONiVOX ever installing anything iLok related. But even though that was a few years ago, those instructions are still current at my dealer (Plugin Boutique).

Is that the Waves price, or with the discount from an online dealer such as EveryPlugin? Waves will give you a purchase code customized for your upgrade that you can provide to a dealer for a competitive quote. Just click on the "Buying from your local dealer?" on the Waves upgrade page to get the purchase code emailed to you.

VSTi should work in Reason. Why would you want to pay extra to have a rack extension?

Koby hooked me up with a WUP deal. I had to bite on the V12 because it addresses my 2 main issues with Waves plug-ins. The preset browser and the tiny UI. V12 is a welcome change! The new preset browser works very well with the up/down arrow keys for auditioning presets! I found that the 125% UI zoom fits nice and graphics look OK for most of my plug-ins on a HD display @1920 x 1200. The larger zoom sizes are obviously blurry due to lack of vector graphics, but I really don't want them to appear full screen, but just large enough for readable knobs and labels.

The "for Reason" means that these are rack extensions and not VST format.

Here is the ST4 SE instrument list including the new instruments. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/include/st4/soundlist/SampleTank_4_SE_Instruments.pdf