Per Westin

Yes you can reinstall Sonar providing you have the install files & serial + response code or can log in to your old CW account or CW Command Center. Cakewalk has never locked your licenses to specific hardware (at least since CW Pro was replaced by Sonar around 2002). I.e. no reason to hurry.? If you´ve lost your login info I think CBB:s support can help you.

Nope AFAIK, but the Competitive Crossgrade to Pro seems ok IMO, click the Buy Cubase link & Pro 11 to see requirements & pricing.

Thought, and maybe a stupid one: how about minced bacon? Mixed with mashed potatoes & maybe wrapped in flatbread? Hmmm....?

I Am "that " guy today: Actually she´s swedish, you can hear it in the accent when she says Skål + her YT-info makes it very obvious. In case anyone wonders - yes everyone in the nordic countries go bathing (au naturel, off course) in frozen lakes in the winter ......??

That looks nice and is definitely worth trying out, thanks @Brian Walton?

It´s a pity CW stopped development of Soundstage, i.e. not making a 64-bit version, because it was a brilliant plugin IMO. There are great sounding newer reverbs out there but ifaik none let´s you place the instruments/players in the room like Soundstage did.

My .02$ Ilok is good if you use several different computers, if you only use on - it´s kind of pointless for the user. Some companies´ install + activation process (like Izotope) are a bit quirkier than others - while Slate was very smooth IMO. Anyway, IMO the modern Ilok is a lot better than some of the other antipiracy protection variants we´ve seen the last 20-25 years, remember the AAS Tassman 2(or was it 3?) which was locked to the specific computer and couldn´t be moved? That said, I´ve been in touch with Izotope´s support regarding their Product Portal, which isn´t as smooth as it could be, I mentioned good ol´ Cakewalk Command Center and Native Access as good examples of how things could be smoother for the user. For instance why can´t you just mark the FX you want to install and have a "silent install and activation"? Why can´t all libraries for Iris be installed with the synth, i.e. click "install all" or just the marked alternatives? Why aren´t the Exponential Audio FX included in the portal? The guy who (very politely) answered promised to pass my thoughts on to the development team for product portal. I suggest that anyone who has ideas or criticism contact Izotope´s (or whichever other company it concerns) support, if they don´t see/hear any constructive criticism from the users - why would they try or know how to improve?

For some reason bagpipes have always attracted me too, maybe it´s the rawness & a sense of "back to mankind´s roots", just maybe or because I was brought up with swedish folkmusic around me a lot of the time, or maybe I just Am a bit odd. Apart from most of the already mentioned tunes Hendrix´ Bold as love (especially the outro solo), Where Were You(Jeff Beck), Nazareth´s Please Don't Judas Me to mention a few.

I thought the idea of using GPU-power for sound was considered more or less dead since most CPU´s (apart from the really cheap ones) today can handle more than most DAW-users need, whether GPU's can be used for audio is however still a valid question IMO. There´s a whole lot of 3D processing power just sitting there during normal DAW-use, even if the GPU is considered a modest one by todays standards - so why not make use of it if possible? Maybe GPU-handling of VST´s/FX is something for Bandlab/Cakewalk to look into? Theoretically it could turn a modest gaming rig into a monster DAW. Thanks for the newer links @Teegarden?

I sent Izotope/Exponential´s support a report on the 7:th, no reply yet though, so I have no clue whether they´re looking into this issue or not.

Sorry to see that @kennywtelejazz, I feel for you. I had to put my cat/vermin killer Gullan(Cuddler) to sleep 5 years ago, sometimes I still "see and hear" her in the house.

I agree 100% with @Noel Borthwick, it has never happened with any other plugins and definitely not with the ones that comes with Sonar (which I´ve used since XL) or CbB. I´ll try to get in contact with Exponential/iZotope ASAP & suggest other users with the same issue contact them too .

I will now @chris.r?

We got the "feedback when rendering problem" here as late as today using R4 (excellent sounding reverb), I´ve experienced it earlier too & solved it by lowering the reverb level - which meant a bit more work on the mix. Today we got the idea, since it only occurs during export, to try realtime export (i.e. not "fast bounce") - which worked fine without having to change anything else.

Good that it turned up?, but for any loss of CW-programs/plugins later on: If you already bought the Gate/Expander-module (or whatever program/plugin) and it´s registered it should be available for download from your account on the old CW-site - yes it still works!

O&OSU10 + CCleaner (with CCEnhancer) is what I use along with tweaking services according to these guides: BlackViper (also has Services Explained) and (partly Windows) Tweakhound , as always if you´re not sure if what happens if you turn off service "xyz" - don´t, or at least turn off one service at a time so if there´s a problem you know which tweak caused it. From memory I think I tweaked according to Blackviper´s "Tweaked for Desktop" last time I reinstalled W10 about 3 years ago, no problems so far. Back when Vista was new Tweakhound´s tweaks turned my Core2Duo laptop from barely internetable to recording 16 tracks (soundcards limit) and handling at least 30 tracks in Sonar. Does O&OSU10 affect DAW or plugins? Not directly, but it can keep your computer safe from mistakes or not so good for DAW:s MS-updates.

I use this program O&O to make sure my computer doesn´t update unless I want it to, one thing that really was irritating was when MS decided that I "needed" a service called "Connected Devices Platform Service" (CDPSvc, intended to syncronize documents and stuff like email between say desktop, ipad and cellphone) and a couple of services connected to it. These have all been turned on again after each update, with new suffixes each time. I started looking into it since the computer felt somewhat sluggish and when I finally managed to turn them off (changing start type in the registry) it was like lifting a wet blanket from the mouth or removing a backpack from an olympic swimmer. New services may be good, but whether they should be on or off should be decided by the user according to hers/his needs, not MS, I paid for a fully functioning OS and bought pretty expensive hardware & do not use any connected devices. I turn off everything but Windows Defender and "Disable password reveal button", when for some reason it feels like it´s time to update I switch "Automatic updates" on and do Windows search for updates.

Apart from making the Audio Engine dropout immediately after hitting apply/OK in preferences, everything runs smoothly after resetting the ThreadSchedulingModel value to 2. I´m testing with ThreadSchedulingModel value to 3 and Load Balancing off, which seems to work so far. The current 25-track project doesn´t use any software instruments, PC and Boz on all tracks and some Izotope plugins on the buses.

The original developer/owner was actually Stockholm-based Alien Connections, I can´t remember when Peavey bought it, but it was eons ago..

I assume they will optimize and update it, so I´d register and download anyway if I saw any future potential in it - free (almost) always tastes nice.

Just a word of caution in case users suddenly get CbB-crashes. I installed Ciel last night, seems like a nice plugin, but it (at least it seems like it) didn´t play nicely with iZotope´s plugins. As soon as I tried opening or adding a iZotope plugin caused crashes in a previously working CbB project, I also tried it in SPlat with the same result. Since Ciel was the only new thing added I simply removed it´s files from the VST-folder & eureka(!) - problem solved. I also got what sounded like swing/internal feedback (in hardware) when using the "GoldenRod positioner" and the same thing with the Eq-section - I assume this is not by intention. Apart from the above I liked it.