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I also updated to MPS 6.5 less than 2 weeks ago. Will be interested in what you find out.

@RexRed Waves added VST selectable display scaling sometime around version V12. On the Vocal Rider display, just to the right of the "Save" button, there is a symbol for a drop-down menu to set the display scaling. I don't see that drop-down icon on your screen pic. Perhaps a more recent version of Vocal Rider is needed to change it's display size. I'm on version V14. As a test (using the latest Sonar release), I inserted Vocal Rider, and it appeared at the expected size and was resizable. It's larger than how it appears in the first screen picture you posted. I'm using a 1980x1200 display. I'm guessing you're using a higher resolution display.

Glad to hear you have these plugins working again!

Hopefully, this reply answers your good question ? Around Dec 2017, during the time-of-uncertainty (i.e. post-Gibson, pre-BandLab), AAS offered serial numbers which allowed the 'old' SONAR Edition of the AAS instruments (e.g. Lounge Lizard, Strum Session, etc.) to run on any DAW. The serial numbers were offered upon request for a limited time. That explains why I'm still able to use the old-SONAR Edition of AAS on Studio One and presumably other DAWs today.

It's been a long while since I installed Dimension Pro for the first time and don't have all the details. I thought my DimPro was packaged with a SONAR professional edition(s). Perhaps, there was an upgrade offered somewhere along the way. I've had DimPro since at least the SONAR 8.5 days.

Also can confirm Dimension Pro 1.5 (x64) works on Studio One 6.2.1. I believe my DimPro is the full version with a few expansion packs. Was able to get sounds from Lounge Lizard and Strum Session on Studio One also.

Andres, As Glenn wrote, did you set the timeline to milliseconds? That seems to be needed to display the elapsed time. Right-click on the timeline, menu: Time Ruler Format > Milliseconds.

I've also observed the ThreadScheduling is Processor/OS dependent. On my i7-12700K Win10 system, I experienced dropouts, late buffers, etc. Changing the "ThreadSchedulingModel = 3" fixed the issues. On my old i7-950 system, ThreadSchedulingModel 3 causes dropouts, and Model 2 works the best.

I understand the OctoPre doesn't have an ADAT input. I didn't realize that the OctoPre actually has analog outputs. Thanks for the clarification. One would think the interface would have digital access to those outputs using an ADAT input! When I saw your post about the odd sounds heard when connecting external HW to the OctoPre, it reminded me of clocking issues that can occur when using analog I/O between two digitally connected interfaces via ADAT optical. My post about this topic may not be relevant to what you described. It will be interesting to hear what solution you choose for the expansion.

It seems like there's a clock synchronization issue when connecting your external HW components. Wanted to make sure I understand your setup: Are the HW components receiving analog signals from the 18i20 and returning signals to the OctoPre inputs? Does your 18i20 have a word clock output BNC connector (that may depend on the 18i20 version). I'm using an RME UFX as my primary interface and have an older MOTU interface connected via ADAT light-pipe to receive 8 extra inputs. I believe this similar to what you're doing too. In addition, I have the clocks between the interfaces synchronized using the word clock BNC connectors on the units. I see the OctoPre has external clock synchronization, but it's unclear to me which 18i20 generations have that feature. If your 18i20 has that feature, I can elaborate a bit more. The ADAT optical connections are somewhat self-synchronizing, but can be problematic in some scenarios. This might explain your success with microphone inputs vis-à-vis the analog HW effects loops.

This is a timely post. When I tried to insert a TONEX plugin, CbB displayed the "... plug-in failed to load (80004002)..." error. The path for TONEX is: C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\TONEX.vst3\Contents\x86_64-win\TONEX.vst3 . "TONEX.vst3" is the DLL name and is part of the file path too. I used the registry trick to clear things out. Then did a VST rescan, and it fixed the problem. I updated my Eventide H9 plugin bundle. Of course, it has the same error others have encountered. I'll try your temporary move suggestion to fix this these plugins. Hopefully the Cakewalk Bakers are aware of this issue. Thanks for the tip!

There are a couple of free captures of a Trainwreck Express M25 by Tone Junkie. Search for: TJ Twreck Express on ToneNet. One of the captures uses a 4X12 Greenback cab. The tone leans toward a Marshall with Greenbacks. Haven't played a real Trainwreck and don't know if the sound is authentic. Edit: I listened to TJ YouTube video for this amp. For my needs, I found the capture sounded a bit better with a slightly lowered input signal (using humbuckers). It still has a nice grind.

Received an e-mail from Arturia with an "exclusive" offer to upgrade from V8 to VX for $299. That will exclude me from upgrading anytime soon!

Oops! Meant to post in the other thread about the VX release. <deleted>

If you're running on an Intel 12th or 13th generation processor, this post by @Jim Roseberry discusses why migrating from Win10 to Win11 can be beneficial: