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The InMusic Brands family of companies like AIR Music Tech and SONiVOX have been years since releasing the last update or bug fix patch for their older products. I'm not certain they ever updated anything for Windows 10 (released 2015), and they are falling further behind every day as Windows evolves. Not a good recipe for continued compatibility. Development of application software is best kept in sync with the developments kits used by the latest OS. Using the OS (Windows 7) that was mainstream when the application was written and tested may be the best option for compatibility. If you think you found a bug in Structure you could contact their support and open a ticket, but if it needs a patch I wouldn't hold my breath. https://airmusictech.com/support

Running it now. Looking and sounding good! Today is the last day for the intro price...

I don't have them installed anymore to count them, and they are not listed in the manual or the AIR Music product page. But the Structure 2 library should be about 37GB in size. I uninstalled it to make room for SampleTank 4 MAX. You think SE was a nightmare, LOL!!! I thought that the samples in Structure 2 were very good. But the UI is quite dated at this point and needs an update. Especially needs a scalable UI and a better browser. But if you are patient it is mostly functional. Here is a review (from 2015): https://soundbytesmag.net/structure2byairmusic/

I did that to USB hard drive once, and the partition disappeared. I was lucky to find some partition recovery tools (not file recovery) that recovered the partition table with all files still intact. But it probably depends on what exactly gets zapped with that last write. The keyword here is that I was lucky! Your advice to power off is the safest method, followed by ejecting the USB drive with the "safely remove hardware and eject media" icon in the task bar notification area. If that doesn't work because the drive shows in use try this: if it shows up in disk management, you can offline it there and then online it again. Afterwards it should allow the eject command to work and say "safely removed". It would probably be wise to do this methodically when switching between PCs using the USB switch, if there is storage attached to it.

I wish they offered a discount on their controllers if you have already purchased Analog Lab.

When mixing, what I have heard changing buffers even higher, like to 1024, can make a big difference. Low buffers are only really needed when tracking. and recording, especially with live effects or instruments.

OK, I took a look at those two presets, and didn't see any unusual system demands with either one. No dropouts here. Running a 3rd gen Intel Core i3 desktop on Windows 10 with SSDs for system and content drives. Firewire ASIO for audio output

No mistake. Just trying to reign it in a bit for the local audience, otherwise it could become a global discussion. Thanks for your input!

That's a decent piano, and well worth $5... ?

I picked up LiquidRhythm a while back from WaveDNA. Never tried Liquid Music. LiquidRhythm is a unique way to create drum patterns, and you can use the LR pattern generator with any drum VST in your DAW, if you want to use your preferred drum sounds instead of the internal sounds in LR. It would be interesting to hear from any users that are using Liquid Music as to how it expands the chord progressions and song ideas... And just FYI, the old bug with Sonar and the transport loop appears to have been resolved with Liquid Rhythm in the current version of CbB! The loop region appears to remain intact while looping with LR! Previously, the loop region in the Sonar host would eventually (after x number of loops) just run past the end of the loop length in LR and keep going (the loop length in the host and LR must match) .

Thanks for that video, it was very informative! Well. the first point is that without questioning why or how Steinberg ended up in this role, VST is a current standard 20+ years in the making. Plus they are now fully owned by Yamaha, so they do have some industry weight behind them. I'm not opposed in any way to a workable plugin standard that is controlled by a non-profit org, such as MIDI.org has done with the MIDI spec. But those standards are decades in the making by the very nature of the concepts of a standard. You need ALL of the equipment and/or software manufacturers to sign up for said "standard". Otherwise we are back in the wild without a standard, and with each manufacturer releasing their own. And efficiency by committee is not the fast track by any means!

Yep, download all 5 parts to the same folder, prior to running the first one.

Apparently, ZT has some old plugins that MUST be installed on a hardware iLok.

I almost asked the same question. But then I thought maybe he doesn't have it yet and was asking about the deal... ?

Wowza!!! ?

Here is the full V Collection 7:

I think the answer is yes. Just sign in to your Arturia account and it should show you any deals you are qualified for. But I would wait until they run the 50% off deal on the V Collection. For me the deal is $399 right now. Analog Lab 4 is very nice, and I do like how Pigments 2 integrates with it. Btw, Pigments 2 is not included in V Collection 7, but Analog Lab is.

I have never used the iLok key, always just the soft iLok License Manager. My products allow 2 iLok activations, and I have never seen that limited to one at a time. Just my 2 cents... Good luck with your PC project. I just set up a new laptop bought mainly for travel and away from home office use, not as a DAW. But I want to take my toys with me so I had to narrow the list down to stuff I actually use, and would fit on a 250GB SSD. Still was a lot of time downloading, installing and activating that much, LOL, so I feel ya!

With Arturia stuff It really doesn't make much difference who you buy it from. Because once you activate it on the Arturia site, it is always available in your account through Arturia Software Center. The advantage with a 3rd party reseller like PB is that you can use any available Virtual Cash to extend your discount.

Which presets?

The TTS-1 is multi-timbral and is like having 16 instrument voices in one plugin instance, each one capable of responding to a different MIDI channel, 1-16. Or all on the same channel for a big. layered sound played together. So you would only need one TTS-1 to do what you want, but if it is less confusing you can add a second TTS-1. That way each gets its own MIDI track automatically routed to their respective TTS-1 on MIDI channel 1 when you insert TTS-1 as a simple instrument track. There are 16 MIDI channels on EACH track. To do a multi with one instance of TTS-1 will require a separate MIDI track for each sound you want TTS-1 to play. You will need to "add MIDI track" manually for each additional MIDI channel you wish to use, then manually set the track to the instrument and channel you want to respond to that track. In the following example I have three instruments set up in TTS-1. 1. Piano, using the MIDI output from the initial simple instrument track. Track output set to Cakewalk TTS-1, MIDI ch 1. 2. Acoustic Bass, using an additional MIDI track. Track output set to Cakewalk TTS-1, MIDI ch 2. 3. Synth Pad, using another additional MIDI track. Track output set to Cakewalk TTS-1, MIDI ch 3.

Of course, but those formats are of little interest to Cakewalk users using Cakewalk, since it has no support for AAX or AU, etc. Cakewalk being the assumed scope of this particular forum, "Cakewalk Products > Instruments & Effects ... ?

Please see my comments edited above. Have added a link to the Steinberg VST3 license which clearly establishes it as a GPL licensed technology. Also a link to the GPL description at Wikipedia. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused.

I believe VST3 is GPL. That is why the Surge devs have turned to it for their free open source license.

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