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Another thing to consider is whether the MIDI drivers that are being used by the interface are multi-client or not. Some legacy MIDI drivers were not. If not multi-client, then if something else is using them, they will not be available for the DAW or another MIDI app. Similar to ASIO drivers only being available to one app at a time.

Exactly! When using a legacy 5-pin MIDI DIN connection, the application software is interacting with the MIDI port and driver of the interface being used, and not the actual keyboard.

It's only rock and roll, but listen to what the man said ...

Install MIDI-OX and set it up to monitor incoming MIDI on the MIDI port that the Korg is connected to. http://midiox.com/ Play around with the keys, mod wheel, etc., on the Korg, and see if you are getting good MIDI data at the MIDI interface into your PC, or if there is anything strange being transmitted. If that all looks good, I would assume it is strictly an issue with Cakewalk, and the way it handles the legacy MIDI port. Especially since you said it worked OK with a standalone virtual instrument.

Using Google.com, search like this (yes include quotes): "search topic" site:forum.cakewalk.com

TX16Wx does have multiple outputs.

Or you could have tried spelling s e x ...

If you have Iris or Iris 2 I would highly recommend his Luftrum 10 sound bank, containing 74 amazing presets!!! https://www.luftrum.com/luftrum10/ With the 40% off code"icecubeswouldalsomelt", you can have it for $13.80 (normally $23) until July 28th. He has also created sound banks for Diva, Zebra, Hive, Repro-5, Dune 2&3, Omnisphere, and others (prices vary). Just listening to the Luftrum 19 sound demos for Repro-5 makes me want to buy that synth! I tried the Repro-5 demo and I think it sounds slightly better than Diva! https://www.luftrum.com/luftrum19/

No. XLN Addictive Drums is a separate online installer that you must install with the XLN online installer from your XLN account. Login here: https://www.xlnaudio.com/ It was always that way with Sonar, and still is. If you ever registered your Sonar bundled XLN products at XLN Audio, your account should be good to go!

I hear that bass, but there is also a synth playing a part above that one. That could be a "sync" lead making that sound. I think that the Z3TA+2, Classic z3ta+ content, might be s a good place to start! There is one patch in there that might be tweaked to fit in the "Leads Soft" bank called "80ies Syncer".

OK, tried the demo and then I caved in... It ended up costing me $5.38, so no regrets! I played with the demo for about an hour, and really clicked with the intuitive workflow. This synth has a lot of potential, and I hope that they keep developing it. I like the GUI, and everything is laid out so that you can easily figure out what everything is doing. I really like this trend of UI streamlining for ease of use that is getting popular with the more recent synth releases, with synths such as this one, and Pigments, etc. It really doesn't matter how powerful a synth may be, if the good stuff is buried deep in the interface!

I got it on sale in 2017 for $19.95 at Audio Deluxe, so maybe wait for a better deal! Cool program though!

Maybe, but what would the advantages be for doing that?

Update: I tested the same old LR plugin again today with Cakewalk by BandLab (2019.05), and I looped a 2 bar pattern for over an hour without losing sync. Maybe the bakers accidentally fixed something in the Cakewalk transport?

An additional note: When using Liquid Rhythm as a plugin, it actually uses a VST2 plugin called Liquid Rhythm Bridge that links the full Liquid Rhythm app to the DAW host and transport. With the plugin active, you will need to set up a loop region in the host DAW track view, and then use the DAW's transport controls to start/stop the Liquid Rhythm playback. You will have two app windows to work with, one for your DAW and the other for Liquid Rhythm. Initially the internal Liquid Rhythm audio is sent to your DAW via one stereo (1/2) output, but there are up to 8 stereo audio outputs that can be configured in the Liquid Rhythm mixer. In the plugin mode, you will also see Liquid Rhythm available as an available MIDI input in the DAW instrument track inputs, so you can trigger other drum virtual instruments in the DAW host, and replace the Liquid Rhythm sounds by muting the audio track(s) from Liquid Rhythm. The Liquid Rhythm Bridge brings over the audio and MIDI from Liquid Rhythm, that you can use them as desired in the host, or not. So it's sort of like a ReWire hack, without using ReWire. Otherwise Liquid Rhythm is also a standalone app. When used as standalone it should work fine using its own transport, because it is not dependent on syncing to a host transport for the loop function.

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I bought Liquid Rhythm on sale a few years ago, and it works as advertised, with the exception of the sync issues (looping region loss) with Cakewalk Sonar. I contacted WaveDNA support about that, and they admitted knowing about the issue, but had not solved it yet. Apparently Sonar and Bitwig posed some unique challenges for them in that regard. They stated that "This same plugin version works fine in Ableton, Cubase, Studio One, Logic, Reaper, but is unpredictable in Bitwig and Sonar." It is a very useful way to generate original MIDI drum patterns, and try many variations without having to draw them by hand into a piano roll or step sequencer. You can set it up to drive your drum VSTi of choice within your DAW, or use the factory sounds in the plugin. So I was able to drive Addictive Drums 2 with the patterns in Liquid Rhythm.

I'm still having enough trouble getting my head around FM synthesis.

I was actually referring to just recording the audio outputs from the plugin, live recording the audio outputs into DAW tracks, and skipping the drag/drop action completely. Yes, I have seen other requests for live MIDI output from Strike. That was a missed opportunity!

There is one thing have I never tried that might work, and that is recording the audio tracks from Strike 2 in Cakewalk as you live jam with it, and then use Drum Replacer to detect the transients in the audio drum tracks, and use those as MIDI note events to trigger AD2.

Did you ever have any luck getting any MIDI patterns from Strike 2 into your DAW project? Any attempts that I made to capture a performance as MIDI data in the plugin ended up with unpredictable results, including some extra bars when exported to a DAW. Other AIR users have reported having similar issues

I frequently see Nexus recommended for dance music style, and it's regarded as a "ROMpler", so it's good for the non-programmer. https://refx.com/nexus/ It start at $249.99 (which puts it just under your $250 limit), and many factory expansions are available. As far as the u-he synths go, they are probably some of the best, especially if you are into tweaking and programming. But synths like Diva are intended to model the sound of vintage analog synths. Excellent sound quality, but you would probably need to tweak it to get your sounds. Zebra is a programmer's dream synth with endless possibilities for designing "way out there" sounds. Instead, you could try their Hive synth which is more oriented to modern music. $149 and a demo is available. Scroll down the page and click on the "Demo tracks" link to hear some demo tracks made with Hive 2: https://u-he.com/products/hive/

Thanks, but I already saw that, and read the reviews at KVR, both good and bad. I got the impression that it's mostly a Serum knock-off, which is a synth that I never felt the need to own. So I am curious what folks here may think now that they have owned Sektor for a few days, weeks, months. You know, after the new smell has worn off. I could demo it, but it would still have that new smell, so I'm afraid that I might give in!

I have always had the best results when learning about something specific that I am trying to do (or to a question asked by another user). Then it always makes more sense in the usage context, and I am not as likely to forget how to do it later on. Just reading about a list of features, or watching some videos about them is useful for getting an overview of the program's capabilities (and this is a deep one), but nothing beats applying specific skills to meet one's current objectives, hands on style. One feature at a time. Maybe the better question to ask is what are you attempting to do?

I tested the forum email notifications out a few days ago, starting on July 3rd. I turned them all on and waited ... for 3 days ... Nothing. Then I checked my spam folder. Google Mail (gmail) had marked them all as spam. So I turned the email notifications off again. Browser notifications are good enough for me.