TheSteven

Compared to last years bundle - anything new?

Best strategy is to wait for it be on sale for $29. It'll happen sooner or later. In meantime most of us probably have enough saturators to fill a Christmas stocking.

I've been having ASIO problems since installing the 2019.11 update. I later installed the HotFix and but still having same issues. Before installing I had my latency set somewhere over 20msec and rarely had dropout issues. Now Cakewalk is almost unusable - even with Buffer Size/Latency maxed (as shown below) I can play some projects and not others. Case in point - I've got one project that has one audio track (electric guitar) that has IK Multimedia's Amplitube 4 loaded using the "Live Magic 1986" patch from the Brian May Collection and it won't play for over a second without stopping due to 'Audio Engine Dropout'. This wasn't an issue before the 2019.11 update, I could use any patch in the BM Collection with no dropouts. Also... I installed 3 Waves v11 plugins this weekend - 1 new, 2 upgrades; I have Mercury so I have a ton of v10's but will not be ugrading them for a while. The first time I rescanned my plugins it took a lot longer that usually, with the scanner pausing 1 -3 seconds on every Wave plugin (v10 & v11). After 20 minutes I gave up waiting and left to watch Netflix. Rescans are speedy as previous.

There are many excellent libraries available for less than $10

Also unless the plugin name or link is obvious please include enough info so people know if it's worth looking further. Posts like: 28% off www.mysteryplugincompany.com\unknownVST are a worthless, let Larry or some else post it if you don't have time to do it right.

Thank you for the info! Looks like you can't demo the amp clones but I'll check out the ACT Combo later today.

Trying to check that out, but not seeing it... Or is it not available in demo mode?

Is this sale still on?

Lol, and I did a search before creating the post! Not sure why it didn't find these.

This has been mentioned on specific plugins in other threads but sale covers all DDMF plugs. https://ddmf.eu/product/ Metapluging $49.00 $29.40 a modular AU/VST/VST3 audio plugin host MagicDeathEye compressor $99.00 $59.40 (Zo loves this puppy) Virtual Audio Recorder $15.00 $9.00 Plugindoctor $25.00 $15.00 Envelope $39.00 $23.40 a Stereo reverb NoLimits $39.00 $23.40 a look a-head limiter... and many others...

but those are 'frozen' in development so no GUI updates or probably even bug fixes will be coming their way

and it's so friggin portable. Fits easily into my laptop bag.

So any Cakewalk project that had embedded v10 plugins automatically started using v11s and all the setting were retained? Issue is not with installing but usage. When I upgraded to v10 I had to manually swap out the v9 versions and try to recreate whatever setting I had previously, many hours of wasted time.

Great deal - love this drive. It's small on size (contains a 2.5 inner drive), big on capacity, and runs off USB power.

I ended up getting Omega TWK https://www.thehouseofkush.com/products/omega-twk I like was it does to a drum track, just a little bit does a lot. but I also got Ravage https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/30-Distortion/4923-Ravage for $10 it's a no brainer sweet deal. Lots of flavors and modulation options.

Because I follow AAS on KVR I received an email notice. I was going through my emails an found this. It arrived around midnight on Wed night/Thursday morning and got buried in all the holiday spam . Edit: Under My KVR, Global Options / Preferences / Email Settings You can opt to receive email news on items of your choice. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++= From: KVR Audio <themailbot@kvraudio.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2019 11:50 AM To: KVR Notification <XXXXXXXXX@gmail.com> Subject: [KVR News] AAS updates Lounge Lizard EP-4 to v4.3.0 Hello TheSteven, A product or developer that you have chosen to follow at KVR Audio has had a News Item posted: AAS updates Lounge Lizard EP-4 to v4.3.0

Their phrasing is awkward they mean 240 gig (and/or mix) ready piano presets - ie ready to professionally use, not as in size.

yup - has a resizable GUI. Takes a little finagling, but definite resizable.

Don't think so, but will report back as soon as I finish installing.

AAS updates Lounge Lizard EP-4 to v4.3.0 https://www.applied-acoustics.com/lounge-lizard-ep-4/ AAS has updated Lounge Lizard EP-4 to version 4.3.0, and they believe it's their best sounding release to date. What's new: New Library - The completely renewed factory library features classic electric piano sounds as well as over 240 gig- and mix-ready custom electric pianos making good use of the compressor, equalizer, and multi-effect processor. New Compressor and equalizer - These new additions are designed to add punch and definition to your sound, letting you cut through any dense mix or stage. New Character control - The new Character control provides five classic studio and stage signal path emulations—that's the cabinet, pre-amp, microphone, and recorder chain that follows the piano's output—to help fit your electric piano part into your track. New Streamlined interface - Redesigned from the ground up, the new interface now divides Lounge Lizard EP-4 into three panels: Play presents shortcuts to the main piano and effect parameters including bypass switches for quick edits; Edit lets you get under the hood and voice the piano to taste; while FX supplies equalizer, compressor, multi-effect, and reverb processors for final shaping duties. New Limiter - The new output limiter protects your ears and monitors during experimentation with the piano's physical modeling parameters while providing a maximum of distortion-free dynamics. New Bank and program manager - Lounge Lizard EP-4's new manager allows simple and efficient organization, backup, and sharing of your sounds. Overhauled effects - Reinvigorated, polished, and tuned especially for the electric piano, Lounge Lizard EP-4's multi-effect processor features our best sounding chorus, delay, phaser, flanger, distortion, notch filter, wah-wah, auto-wah, and reverb to date. New Microtonal tunings via Scala scale files - Lounge Lizard EP-4 now supports the Scala scale file format for microtonal music making. The update is free for Lounge Lizard EP-4 owners.

Been there, done that, still doing that... ? I committed to the upgrade bundle. But this wasn't on my shopping list. ? I may have to cross off another item.

I got an email from Waves: From: Waves Audio <news@mail.waves-audio.com> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2019 1:10 PM To: XXXXXXXXXXXXX Subject: Here’s Your Free Waves Berzerk Plugin

If you run either of the upgrade route the total come to $58 So either $19 for LM2 + $39 LM2n to Stereo Loudness Bundle = $58 or $49 for LC2 + $9 for STEREO LOUNDESS BUNDLE upgrade = $58

Does LC2 contain LM2 or are they 2 separate products?

This appears to be a free update if you purchased a license, you should have received an email Thursday evening with info and download links. What's New in Liquid Music 1.7.0? Project Clips Project Clips provide users with idea management tools for Liquid Music within DAW projects, offering increased flexibility for swapping and adding new variations to tracks, or for trying out different combinations of accompaniments across a selection of instruments. All tracks under Liquid Music's control can access and edit the list of Project Clips. Track Selector The Track Selector in VST / AU / AAX aids navigation between multiple plugin instances (tracks under Liquid Music's control), from directly within Liquid Music's UI window. Users can set a custom name or color for tracks as desired to further streamline workflow in the current DAW project. Other Improvements in Liquid Music 1.7.0 General Import MIDI workflow improvement for VST / AU / AAX: Importing MIDI now creates a new Project Clip while preserving any current content in the Arranger Canvas as a separate Project Clip. In previous versions of Liquid Music, content in the Arranger Canvas would be replaced by the imported MIDI and lost if not saved LM VST / AU / AAX: A bug where the UI would hang and require a force-quit when closing the host DAW has been fixed, and the UI window should now automatically close when you exit your DAW. Similarly, if you delete all instances of LM from your DAW project the LM UI window will also automatically close. The Devices tab of the Preferences window now has a scrollbar if you have enough devices that the Devices list would have previously caused the Preferences window to expand (that is, more than 22) Switching the Harmony Builder to the “Key” Layer tab no longer causes the Harmony Builder to resize itself and grow. Changed Channel Header Piano label to read “Keyboard” Updated aesthetic of JColorChooser (previously used for Sketch color setting, now also used to set Track Color in VST / AU / AAX) to fit the theme LM Harmony Tools: General efficiency improvement with mass overhaul of update notification structure. The AMXD-specific “Import Clip” disable-arranger-overlay was sometimes incorrectly being triggered in the VST / AU / AAX plugins, due to shared codepaths in the different plugin versions of the software. One case that was reported which triggered this issue was when plugin instances had many notes of very short durations, and the Liquid Music UI window was closed and reopened; upon reopening the UI window, the “Import Clip” overlay from the AMXD was incorrectly showing; this is now fixed. Performance improvement when switching Tracks that the Liquid Music UI is focused on, as a result of changes in the shared codepath for loading tracks / clips, as described above. Usability Improvement for Ableton Live and the Liquid Music AMXD: some drum racks in Ableton 10.1 are not being automatically classified as drum racks by Liquid Music, and are instead being loaded into the Harmony Tools perspective, which then brings up the “Import Clip” disable-arranger-overlay. There was no easy way for Users to switch to the Rhythm Tools, as when the overlay is up, the UI and all application menu options become disabled, so Users would have to press “Import Clip”, and then “Bypass”, and then go to the View Menu and select “Switch To Rhythm Tools”, for this clip. Instead, the overlay was changed to include a “Switch To Rhythm Tools” button. Installation / configuration improvements for Ableton Live 10.1: Ableton changed the application ID between Live 10 and Live 10.1, meaning that when the Liquid Music installer ran, Live 10.1 was not being detected, so if Live 10.1 was the only version of Live on the computer at the time of installation, the AMXDs would not be installed in the appropriate location in the Ableton User Library. Known Issues & Limitations WaveDNA’s Liquid Music and Liquid Rhythm are being tested with macOS Catalina 10.15 across various DAWs; this domain is still being mapped, and in the interim, we cannot guarantee compatibility until systematic tests have been performed. Export to File (MIDI or Clip) doesn’t prompt you about overwriting if a file with that name exists, it just overwrites the file In AMXD, duplicating a Live Clip in Ableton will result in a new “Untitled” entry for the Project Clips rather than selecting the Project Clip from the source of the duplicate In VST / AU / AAX, attempting to Import a blank MIDI file will fail, not initially, but after you select a Key and then click “Import” — this should raise a single Wave sadface error dialog but should recover gracefully from here, it instead used to be a catastrophic crash requiring LM to exit, should be better now though want to look at further fix in the future (this is also a very corner case, why would you import a blank?) This info & more at: https://www.wavedna.com/wavedna-releases-liquid-music-v1-7-0/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=e96e449e58-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_11_28_2019_LM_1.7.0&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ff6299896d-e96e449e58-139598689&mc_cid=e96e449e58&mc_eid=f9aa3e9316