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Ai = Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Insemination. Because they're both full of w*nk (apologies to non Brits for the slang!).

Right - sorry, misunderstood that. Did you then select Custom once you'd come out of that edit box. I had forgotten All wasn't editable, so it should show the FX bins.

But the actual drop-down in the Track View shows All.

Try Custom.

Preset is Custom; selected is All. Now All should mean All, but check how it's set up in the Preset Manager (or select Custom in the drop-down that currently says All).

Hmm.

32 bit VSTs if the 32 bit folder(s) is in the 64 bit version's VST scan path. Sadly not for 32 bit DX effects.

Thomson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!

I didn't even know he could spell erroneous!

Ozzy Osbourne - Mr Crowley

Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky Another double pointer there. Maybe triple if you count AC and DC separately 🙂

AC/DC - Back In Black *2 points for that one

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Soul II Soul - Back to Life

That's not untrue!

I can't think of any good reason *not* to keep it online - downloading OS patches and software updates, posting songs to YT or Bandlab or wherever. Having to do that the old-fashioned way is just, well, old-fashioned.

Just leave it in offset mode. Then an envelope shows a 1:1 correspondence with the non-offset slider and if there's no envelope, then the offset is the current value. Then pan and volume work identically to an automated parameter of a plug-in: there's either an envelope (it's being automated) or there isn't (the control in the plug-in's window shows the value). Showing net effect somehow would be nice however!

Got a Mark Knopfler vibe on the guitar playing too - very impressive!

It was MIDI notes though - that should affect just the start but since it's a weird one, you never know.

MIDI Buffer size?

The (one) time I'm trying not to sound like Hawkwind and look what happens 🙂 I'll definitely revisit the bass and kick in light of what you've all said here.

Goalposts moved. Seriously, how do people send files to clients? Download stock images or samples from the web? Install OS or plug-in updates? It's a complete pain doing the floppy USB sneakernet approach.

I have to use a separate laptop for work and for personal use. It's a complete PITA and the thought of going back to using 2 computers for personal/DAW would fill me with dread (I did it years and years ago when there was less online).

I don't buy this argument: graphic designers, say, are in the same boat and are online (I work with some).

My rule of thumb for upgrade is do it when you can get about *2 the power (for an affordable amount) of you current one. That's worked pretty well for me over the years, although now it wouldn't be that affordable 🙂