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Bottom line is that we can't configure and use it the way we liked it anymore. We have to use it the way someone serves it for us. Windows is no more a subject of merchandise, now we became the subject of merchandise.

If someone has just a few plugins I can see how it can quickly become a tedious task. Shouldn't really be on the user.

I'm on Pro, I realize there are some possibilities to dive in the policies but I'm not a power user and since the updates are forced anyway I took the approach of doing the least amount of changes and not having to re-set everything over and over again. My typical style of utilizing the OS is set and forget and I'm used to have a session opened for days if not weeks while at home. Also I bought a nice and robust HP mini desktop with an intention to use it as a host for software instruments on stage without having to draw along any monitors or pointer devices, it could work by using Akai VIP and a Vip enabled keyboard but the blue screen quickly blew the whole idea out in the air. What a bummer, very unprofessional as for Windows Pro. Actually with Win10 all of this is not possible anymore. I could keep using win7 or 8.1 but there are some compatibility issues starting now so I'm puzzled. Looks like sticking with the inferior (for me) Win10 is the way to go in a long run. I may separate the on-stage task for another box with Win8.1 on it and stay on 10 at home but that's another money spent unnecessary. Hope you starting see how all of this add up and quickly becomes a pain to deal with in my case if I want a quiet ride and peace of mind. Never had any security issues on Windows 7, XP etc. Since Win7 I stopped using 3rd party antiviral software, just a scanner on demand once in a while.

no , but I only have 3 plugins to top up my bundle and T-racks is kind of simple to deal, you can go to the plugins folder and just delete anything you don't own then rescan and you're good... wouldn't know how to deal with same task in Amplitube

In T-racks suite there is a setting in menu to filter presets by owned modules. Not seeing anything like that in Amplitube.

I would love to agree with you but I cant. For me Win10 is a creepy creature that is constantly reshaping itself to something different in front of my eyes and sneaking in new problems every other week. It can't stay the way you set it, it wan't respect your preferred ways of utilizing operating system and if you refuse to creating microsoft ID it will act like an adware throwing a blue screen of 'welcome' in your face. My bad luck is that I'm forced to keep using it. /end of rant

Controller names are just a standardized names, they can serve different purposes in virtually every synth. Maybe you mean that we could create separate controller names for each synth and save it as a controller definitions? As for keyswitching I heartily hope it's already on the todo list.

And if you prefer to keep it tiny and your system in sanity, something like Blue3 is better in every aspect. Every means sound too. And I was a hardcore fan of NI B4 until I met Blue3.

Wrong forum.

It almost asks for a thank you for the 'uplifting' words... yet something feels strange about saying that

Oh there is a way to install just Cakewalk without Bandlab Assistant and logging in. You would have to visit a coffee shop with internet, install Bandlab Assistant and login there, after downloading anything you like just copy it to your flash drive and bring home. After you finished installing Cakewalk you'd need to go back to coffee shop for an offline activation file. Oh and I wouldn't call all of this a save way unless you're armed with the best antivirus packages on the marked. I simply choose to stay healthy within my own laptop boundaries. And I hate adware too but thankfully Bandlab Assistand is adware free.

Unlike most of those other DAWs, Cakewalk is based on and uses a bunch of Windows software libraries (MFC, C++ runtime, etc). Things other DAWs don't (usually because those other DAWs are more cross platform so aren't tied to Windows only things). Plugins have always used a bizarre mix of system services (and Pace can be seen as a system service too). When the DAW and the plugin both try and use different versions of the same things, conflicts can happen. It has sometimes been why Cakewalk is slightly more picky about some plugins than other DAWs. It's all too easy for some other software to overwrite some shared C++ runtime library with a version it thinks is best and break someone else. Usually it boils down to broken installers. It can be due to a broken installer from a completely unrelated app even. And don't forget the endless Windows updates and driver updates. Plugins also use a bizarre mix of OpenGL/DirectX/GDI +/GDI for visuals which also has to work inside Cakewalk. In the summing up, all this defaults to having more risk for issues with Cakewalk than other DAWs. Deep integrity with Windows is often claimed as an advantage, but I start to see it more and more as a drawback. Other DAWs seem to be more independent from Windows issues. Sorry for the negative attitude here.

Thanks, I have a few of their cheap or free products from PB. I'm asking only about the free stuff from their free page where I could only find a way to get it through signing in to Soundcloud or pumpyoursound.com and follow some random names. Is it only me?

The sad part for me is some developers stop supporting win 8.1, like Celemony for example. Then you're forced to stick with this bizarre thing called Win10 if you want to keep using Melodyne. The problem is that Melodyne probably could still work on 8.1 but the installer doesn't allow to install on it anymore. Here's where my plans to go back to 8.1 fail. Sick ☹️

oh no! jrrshop back in danger...

That's a good sign

Yep, pretty impressive timesaver, in vein of S1 quick workflow a bit. Next... maybe a swipe over plugins in the console to bypass all of them in the same row with one swipe, pleeez?

I think I've read there's 6 or 7 minutes limitation on Bandlab. Maybe they did remove it?

I just checked and sadly it's true, the fades are simply there after disconnecting two clips. What you can do is to disconnect them in two step, first move one clip back to achieve smallest overlap possible then disconnect, you'll end up with much smaller fades. But it seems you can't disconnect two clips with fades going automatically back to zero. I'd call them semi-auto crossfades. Unless there's a setting somewhere to change that, buried in the menus, I think it's a bad design of the feature.

The only way to get them is to have an account on pumpyoursound.com or soundcloud, at least it is for me. I couldn't find another way. And I don't use these services. Wondering if I'm missing something.

So tempting to check out what is my personal bad deal on this @pluginboutique...

Ok, so after another hour or more of digging in I finally succeeded(!) in making the signal to travel in full stereo from in to out and through only one of the racks just to discover that Fulltone TERC chorus module does collapse my stereo signal to mono as well! What the heck? The Fulltone delay respects stereo signal perfectly but not TERC chorus, it produces beautiful lush stereo effect especially sweet with the Preset button on but first it collapses my stereo to mono, bummer. Oddly I couldn't use routing matrix 2 for that because both racks did process the left/right signal independently no matter what, but routing 6 did the trick even though from the scheme that was unexpected for me. Had to play a lot with Pan, DI, Vol and the 'speaker' icon, not intuitive at all. If only TERC chorus could keep it stereo... oh well. Is there any chance to see TERC as an T-racks plugin in near future? This chorus is a golden!

Peter, I couldn't find it. All I have found is that if I select any of the stereo routing then either I have to pick a separate instance of TERC for each of the L/R side which makes no sense for a chorus, or the stereo signal is collapsed before entering rack module, which cancels any previous stereo effects. Could you please give a hint? I'm sitting in front of my amplitube now again fiddling with the settings... Cheers EDIT: any chance to see Fulltone as T-racks modules?

I don't know what is Pro Tools (at least we have Smart Tools in Cakewalk) but the title says "annual update renewal plan" so I read it as subscription .