TheSteven

3 hours ago, El Diablo said:

Thanks! Now I have two of these plugins.. So when the other is expired, I'll activate this one!

56 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

Doesn't work that way.  The 1 yr til wup starts once you claim this deal.  

As Brian mentioned this freebie doesn't work that way.
Now if you had been provided with a redemption code then that would be the case (wup kicking in on activation).
If this freebie had been part of a deal from let's sale PluginBoutique - they may have provided you with a redemption code but when you click on a Wave's link to get a freebie it's instantly activated in your account.

17 minutes ago, HIBI said:

After installing this update, the workspace unexpectedly changed to "Basic".
Anyone else? Just me?

I was a little surprised at the change in appearance.

Mine is still 'Advanced'

Waves Kramer HLS Channel Plugin

10 minutes ago, Tommy Byrnes said:

It's a Helios emulation and I have always liked it. They got the low end bump when you engage the LF right. The UAD version is my absolute go-to for tracking electric guitars through Unison. I have often used the Kramer HLS on the tracks after recording.

Helios?  Not familiar with the reference.

NM, read the info from the plugin webpage (duh)

"Channel strip from the renowned Helios console at London’s Olympic Studios was famous for fat bass, sweet saturation, and high-end presence."

53 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

I've got a number of their plugins but I have a very hard time believing I could sell the collection for much more than the cost of WUP.  The math of what someone might pay for them isn't pretty and the cost of WUP is ugly.

That might be a factor in why they don't cut the cost of WUP as it might inadvertently create an avalanche of people dumping their old libraries.
Of course they could mitigate that if at the same time they added a transfer fee.
I'm not saying that they should do this or it's the only way but the present system just feels, AFAIC, broken.
  

I bought Falcon & additional libraries & plugins at the previous big sale end of Dec/Jan 2023 (if I got the time period correct) and aside from the $100 voucher never received any others.  Should I expect any others to appear in my account at some point?

Waves aren't bad plugins - I'm just too tired of being WUPed around to care anymore.
If WUP maxed out at $50 a year I'd probably perpetually subscribe.
At current prices I'll probably only WUP when I decide to sell off/garage sale my collection.

 

I still took the freebie.  Don't know if I'll use it, as I've been avoiding & replacing all my Waves plugins, BUT  being an avid member of the Cakewalk Plugin of Day Club i graciously accepted today's offering.
Thank you for bringing this collection of coded bits to my attention. 

My update keeps failing - UVI servers are probably getting hit hard.

The easier to read, pretty version of release notes:
 

Release Notes (2023.09)

Bug Fixes in Update 1 (build 29.09.0.075)

• Splitting a clip using 's' shortcut with automatic crossfades enabled only partially selects the chosen side.
• [Regression] Hidden buses are unhidden on project load.
• Buses are not hidden properly in UI in Track view.

Activation Changes

• All Cakewalk products require activation. Changes to the activation server require that all earlier versions of Cakewalk by BandLab (CbB) must be updated to version 2023.09 in order to activate successfully. Earlier versions will cease to activate in the future.
• BandLab Assistant is no longer used for installing or activating CbB or other Cakewalk products. You must use in-app activation as described below. You can continue to use BandLab Assistant, but not for Cakewalk products.
• In order to activate CbB, you must sign in to your BandLab account by choosing Help > Sign In to BandLab. When the sign-in web page opens, enter your BandLab credentials to sign in from there. If activation was successful, you will receive a 'Cakewalk is fully activated' confirmation message.
• Note: Opening a web browser to independently sign in to BandLab will not activate CbB.
• Version 2023.09 currently does not support offline activation, so your computer must be online to activate it. Offline activation will be available soon.
• In order to automatically keep your activation status up to date, CbB will renew your activation status whenever a new version of the application is installed and run for the first time, and when you sign in to BandLab from within CbB. If you have never signed in to BandLab from within CbB, you will be prompted once to sign in.

Bug Fixes

• User reported crash enabling MIDI sync in project
• Crash right-clicking assignable controls in Console view
• [Regression] Crash when copy/insert Arranger section
• Drag and drop of audio from track with patch point crashes
• ACTController crashes when comments have more than 512 characters
• Cakewalk/ACTController crashes on start up when ctrlsurface.dat is corrupt
• Crash bouncing step sequencer clip
• User Reported crash when running task export
• Fixed Help Module UIAutomation crash
• Crash when exporting to MP3 when the target file is not writable
• [Export Audio dialog] Changing selection causes Windows sound if clip or track inspector is open
• [Export Audio dialog] Unexpected gain increase when exporting mono clips with Source Category Clips
• [Export Audio dialog] Adding a task doesn't resize the queue panel
• Toggling Send On/Off in Inspector fails to dirty project
• [Regression] Right inspector strip disappears when choosing HW output
• Automation track not assigned when 'Ask This Every Time' is unchecked
• Convert MIDI Controllers to Envelopes does not handle some shapes
• [Arranger] Overwrite isn't always enabled when moving section
• Unexpected results when copying an Arranger section selection with overwrite on to itself
• Ripple All delete with absolute time Arranger track not working as expected
• Unexpected results when move an Arranger section selection with shift existing clips
• Excessive section paint calls in Arranger causing slow UI performance
• [Arranger] Selection lost after multiple section move
• Multiple Arranger section selection not shown in drag image
• Incorrect Arranger track ripple delete with non-contiguous clip selection
• When previewing an arrangement, the arrangement inspector pane does not scroll
• Inconsistent Arranger copy behavior with lanes on/off
• Corrupted clips when drag/copy Arranger section during playback
• VSTScan not properly removing compatibility entries when rescanning a plugin that has been updated
• Persist compatibility updates for VST
• [Regression] Renaming of Bus/Aux Tracks/Patch points not reflected in Control Surfaces
• Cursor change fails when moved from Console bus pane
• Inaccurate drop indicator when dragging multiple clips
• Subfolder comp tracks scrolling incorrectly in certain circumstances
• Allow expanding of collapsed docked windows by double clicking
• Help URL in crash notification displays invalid legacy subdomain
• Virtual MIDI input changes unexpectedly after synth delete
• Apply Trimming to MIDI clips does not trim note durations
• Inconsistent auto crossfade with split clips
• Ripple Edit Delete does not auto crossfade
• Tracks sourced from aux track L/R/S always show a stereo record meter when armed
• Snap offset unexpectedly set when stretching cropped stretched clips
• Import as mono tracks fails to work when importing video
• Control Surface items not opening correctly with multiple surfaces enabled
• Glitches in playback when changing active track during playback
• Insert of user track template goes to hardware inputs instead of assigned virtual ports in track template
• Position lock inconsistently locks data
• Paste Special/Slide and Move not working as expected

More Bug Fixes

• White Noise when exporting to MP3
• External FX ports not persisted in track templates
• [Regression] Synth Rack or Help Module docked by itself fails to collapse as expected
• Aux Tracks do not retain routing correctly with Patch Points when inserted as track template
• Race condition updating meters when loading ProChannel preset
• Hitting ENTER on Tempo track value should commit tempo and exit edit box
• Typing a backslash (\) becomes +\ in preferences with Finnish keyboard
• Empty track folders are moved to the end of the project on project reload
• [Regression] Hidden tracks are unhidden on project open
• [Regression] Strips/tracks hidden when loading user project
• [Regression] Control surfaces aren't being updated when Send Destination changes
• Missing tempo entries/envelope nodes in user project
• External FX ports not loaded when loading FXChain containing external insert
• Note selection lost on Piano Roll note drag undo/redo
• Update CWAF tool for v29 builds

15 hours ago, Frank said:

Is vst3 supported here?

 No. VST2 (32 & 64) Last release was v3.0.0  14 October 2019

Debbie the Deal Downer here...  I picked this up and never use it. 
The preset browser / patch browser is too painful - no way to preview anything other than loading it.  So unless you know exactly what you're looking for you end up wasting a lot of time.  I just don't have that kind of patience.

If they rewrite the GUI, then a VST3 version would be nice otherwise I'll probably just delete it at some point.
 

8 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

But @TheSteven (FTR, I could ask a developer, but you're a tech pro, so I think you'll know the answer) I don't think there's a single developer that has a piano library or VST that literally sampled 128 velocity layers -- wait is it actually 127 or is it 128?  I'm going to go with 127, because that's the max for MIDI. 

I believe that there isn't a piano sample library that has 127  velocity layers all fully sampled 128 (velocity layers) x 88 (keys) + round robins. Can someone confirm that?

Pianoteq MODELS 127 layers,  SoundPaint uses sampling and claims it has 127 layers for its pianos but uses modeling, not 127 individual sample layers. I've had the latter explained to me by a developer and he compared it to, I believe it was Yamaha, that he said used a similar modeling technique.   
 

velocity 0 is silence... so as mentioned by @antler 127

No one/company in their right mind is going sample all 127 velocity layers for a piano.
While some of the features could be mimicked via programming by the time you add multiple mic positions, alternate round-robins samples (if taken), pedal resonances, lid open or closed, cat or singer lounging on piano lid,  etc. you'd require a terabyte+ drive just hold the samples and it'd probably play like a dog (i.e laggy as hell).

If you look at EastWest Quantum Leap Steinway D, which is regarded as an excellent sampled piano, it's 57.6 GB - just for the samples and the number of recorded velocities is far below 127.
Its specs are:

• Load any piano or mic position individually
• 3 mic positions (Platinum/Diamond); 1 mic position (Gold)
• 10–18 velocities per note of sustain and sustain with pedal
• 8–12 velocities per note of repetitions and repetitions with pedal
• 5–8 velocities of soft pedal and soft pedal with sustain pedal
• 16-velocity staccato on every piano
• Repetition samples taken from 180 BPM performances for a true repetition sound (not simply an alternate take)
• Software detects true repetitions
• Pedal resonance recorded for every note at multiple velocities, as well as with the soft pedal down
• Proprietary resonance captured on the Steinway
• Release samples with software envelope follower
• 8 Articulations on each piano include Sustain, Sustain with pedal, Repetitions, Repetitions with pedal, Soft pedal, Soft pedal with sustain pedal, Staccato, and Release trails
• Recorded in optimal piano environment with vintage Neumann microphones, Meitner AD converters, through a vintage Neve 8078 console
• Stereo swap possible in software
• Mic position mixing in software
• Lid position simulation
• Articulation matrix for quick and straightforward loading
• Powerful streaming engine available with highest polyphony counts

BTW I've been sitting on an extra license (nonregistered so no license transfer issues) for EW Quatum Leap Pianos Diamond that I was given by EW's European distributor in compensation for selling me an out of stock item when he was closing down his shop. PM/DM me if interested in picking it up a good price.

On 10/17/2023 at 10:07 AM, cclarry said:

If you already own it...TFB

18 hours ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said:

Time to Fight Back?

Thanks For Bupkis (Yiddish slang for goat crap) 

Of course your acronym may differ. 

I had to manually update my IKM Product Manager.
Which meant I had to find the download.  If you're in same boat here's the web page:

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/productmanager/

If you have any Neural DSP plugins you can check for updates at:
https://neuraldsp.com/downloads

Nicely formatted web page - shows latest versions, release dates, link to change logs and if desired you can download previous releases.

I don't need my license for this, let me know if you can use it.

Gone

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Overall I agree with @PavlovsCat's last post.

3 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

You don't know that.  We are talking 128.  How do you measure those 128 layers?   When does layer 64 not sound exactly like layer 79. 82, 67, .........yada, yada, yada,

Basically I'm not gonna fall for a library with zillion of layers thinking it is more realistic.  Last I heard people don't listen on high fidelity systems.  These are people who are not into DAWs.  

I get it when there are few layers like soundfonts but our ears are much different than the listener.  These people listen on phones.   No one does 3 way speakers and high end receiver.   

I never said I thought sampling 128 layers was a requirement or even practical but that doesn't negate that you need a decent velocity range for reasonable expression. 
Regarding phones - that argument is dated and frankly agist. You're ignoring that many of those people are listening on decent earbuds many which have multiple drivers and better fidelity than the systems most of us grew up with.
Frankly most of those phones (without ear buds) sound better than the cassette players many of us toted around.

Just now, kitekrazy said:

Hmmmmm not as much as you think.  A flute can't play pianissimo in the piccolo range.   If you can I'd love to hear it since I can't to this day.  Next you'll tell me a flute can play fortissimo at middle C.  

 My point is a human can't play 128 velocity layers.  How do you think they sample a piano? No human is touching it.

But no.........the average person wont detect many things.    Do you think they notice such things on a phone?

 

 

 

Some good points.
In terms of pianos - "a human can't play 128 velocity layers"
Yes they can, concert pianists do it all the time.
They just can't consistently hit a specified level multiple times in a row, for every key on the instrument at least not without getting tendentious.
They use a robot because it's more consistent and probably cheaper & faster than having a musician waste their time doing so. 

9 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

How many people in the street gonna say, "Nice piano. Too bad it lacks velocity layers."  A live musician lacks velocity layers.  A   flute in it's low end and extreme range lack velocity layers.

Sorry but this is so off base.
Even at flute's extreme ranges pianississimo & fortississimo sound different.
Without velocity layers a sampled flute is going to sound like a cheap synth.   
"A live musician lacks velocity layers." ??
For example with vocals - you're saying there's no difference between whispering and screaming?  

With some songs a lack of velocity layers won't be an issue, with others it will be a major issue.
For example if I was doing a cover of Bohemian Rhapsody I wouldn't even try it with a dynamically limited piano.
The 'average' man might not recognize what was wrong but they would sense something was off.

Note that I haven't heard this piano nor do I intend on getting it as I already have too many virtual pianos.
It's possible that dynamic scripting (EQ/filtering) may make up the lack of velocity layers to some degree - after all that's how (in the old days) it use to be done with sampled instruments.  So this piano may be more flexible than just the number of velocity layers would imply.

1 hour ago, tansetter said:

I've been having a tremendous amount of fun with 2 other plugins that they've recently released for free:
quad fromage : 4 fromage filters
ohmicide: 4 band distortion

Ohm Force plugins are quirky but can be very useful. 
 

5 hours ago, ralfrobert said:

Any coupons around for these two? 

Get 0% off with coupon code:  IALREADYHAVEABUTTLOADOFSATURATORPLUGINS
You'll get a message that code is invalid but don't be fooled that message is designed to discourage newbies - you'll still get your 0% additional discount.

Your price may be lower at PSP (depending I assume on what you already own)
https://www.pspaudioware.net/UserArea/store/view
my price for Saturator is $34.58

Changes in Filterscape v1.5 (just recently released):

• Redesigned, modern GUI.
• CLAP version included.
• Support for native Silicon AAX (Pro Tools).
• New analogue modeled state variable filters (12/18/24 dB).
• More oscillator wavetables.
• Output clipper guards against digital distortion.
• Support for macOS Ventura / Sonoma.
• Native support for Apple Silicon (M1, M2…).
• Full-featured preset browser.
• Revamped factory preset library.
• New in Filterscape FX and VA: pan modulation.
• New in Filterscape VA: LFO rate knob and transpose selector.
• Filterscape VA also supports MTS-ESP microtuning.
• Preset vocal formants and snapshot morphing functions.
• Configuration pages (preferences, MIDI remote control).
• Improved Windows installer.

a look at the new 1.5 release...

and includes a VA synth!

EnergyXT was a fun little DAW.  Would be nice if they got it working.

EnergyXT 32 bit still doesn't work in Windows 11 (last release 3.0 hangs on loading, previous versions seem to work...)

64bit version can't open songs created in 32bit version.
 

9 hours ago, Gnarls said:

Does anyone have this working on Windows 10? Despite the installation video, I'm not seeing an application file.

 

"VST/Audio Unit Format" see no mention that an app is included.
If you don't want to run it in a DAW you'll have to run it in a VST hosting app - just Google "vst host application" if this is new to you.

Nice reminder Clint!

Blue Labs had some interesting plugs.
2+ years ago they announced that they had discontinued the development of their products and that the plugins were now available for free. 
Although their website now appears to have been taken over by parties unknown, possibly by malware according to BitDefender, you can get the whole suite by way of the WayBack archive web site:

https://web.archive.org/web/20211120133206/https://bluelab-plugs.com/