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FWIW, my computer has two VST3 Presets Folders. One has 3 subfolder, two of which are empty. The other has 1 subfolder. The presets must have been placed there by the manufacturer's installation process. One is Plug-in Boutique's Virtual CZ (by Oli Larkin), the other is McDSP's EC300 (Magnetic Echo).

Sorry just saw this response.... yes I'm talking about the Inspector panel. The slider widget there is not easy to guide to a specific number without over running. At times - I'm trying to adjust a key offset ( audibly ), to get an idea of how many keys to edit transpose. A Plus or minus 1 at the edges of the slider would be helpful as well as a numeric input. Makes sense. Finding a specific value with the slider widgets is a problem. For me the Shift+mouse wheel method works in part because I am comfortable with using the mouse and the rectangular widgets are nice, large hot spots. I can understand that for others clicking on the widget and typing a number might be easier. Maybe the developers can redesign the widget.

Back in the day, a friend and I slowed down a fast part (IIRC it was the sped up sax section near the end in Peaches en Regalia) using 2 machines. In addition to slowing it down, the pitch dropped 4 octaves. We could have then dropped it by another factor of two to make it 8 octaves from the original (and then to 16). But as noted, the drop in sound quality compounded with each iteration. We didn't have a variable speed motor to drop something in multiples of 1.5 octaves. We only had 7 1/2 and 3 3/4. In the interest of mentioning other options, Voltage Modular has a Sampler II module which is visually patterned after an old E-Mu Emulator. Using Pitch Control Voltages, a sample can loaded, triggered, and be played across the span of a keyboard (for example). I found a vocal sample of a female singer saying something ("Yeah, yeah, yeah.") and played it across a 48 key keyboard. I pitched the keyboard down to the lowest midi value and at my lowest C it sounded like a foghorn or something like that. Pitching the keyboard up also worked, but after "chipmunk pitch" I got nasty artifacts--probably because internally Voltage Modular does 48K. If you are looking for higher sample rates, this might not work for you. Not sure what you will be doing, if you are wanting to batch process lengthy audio files, or manipulate individual slices or selections from larger files. A full-fledged audio editor might best meet your needs. However, when you say "various sounds in nature, percussion kits, pieces if junk, etc." you might want to re-pitch those individually--as sounds or as clips. And if you are really into sample manipulation, there are a few third-party sample manipulation modules for Voltage Modular. Just another option depending on what you will be doing.

FWIW, I did a quick test yesterday and on my older Win 10 PC that had older versions of SONAR installed, I have the Export and Manage buttons enabled for some of the plug-ins. However, my current Win 10 PC didn't have the older versions of the plug-ins installed. The Export and Manage buttons are greyed out (until I Import an *.SPP files]. I just assumed this was normal.

JMO: Right now it is for guitarists who are really into the sound of specific guitar gear (and amp, cabinet, & stomp box combinations). I have tested it with AAS Strum and with some soft synth patches with a guitar-like sound (contour and harmonic complexity). For my own personal needs, AT5, Mix Box, and other tools works. If at sometime you plan to upgrade/Crossgrade/MAXgrade to an upcoming version of TS Max (assuming it will have TONEX Full or MAX), TONEX CS would give you a head start understanding how to search for models, how to download them, how to tweak them, and how to insert TONEX models into AT5. I don't do much with guitar-sounding patches/presets, but I did download some of the limited number of models that come with CS. The algorithms are definitely geared to modelling guitar gear. If they ever develop algorithms for synths and offer tone models based on the sound of classic synths (esp. synth FX chips), I would be interested. Imagine if they had tone models of the cheesy sound of the Roland MT-32's FX chip, the unique all-in-one sound of the Casio CZ FX, or something like the advanced FX chips found in the E-Mu Command Station line. For guitar model sounds, I defer to the opinions of the guitarists here.

What matters is that you can do what you want in a way that it feels comfortable to you. Glad you got it solved.

Is there a guide somewhere to creating *.spp files?

See "Using the Plug-in Browser" in the online documentation (G. Search Filter).

Evidently the owner of the group (Mike of Creative Sauce) created it as a private group at Facebook, which is his right to do. There are plenty of groups that make their sites accessible to the public for reading posts and comments and for watching videos, etc. I noticed on a recent video Creative Sauce still creates videos including a recent one related to Cakewalk. He now has a sponsor. Perhaps that is why he doesn't have a presence here. I wondered if that's why he left and why the group is private. From what I have seen, there have been others who used the forum here and then "went private" such as developing content and then publishing it. I think they have a right to make money from their efforts. In this case Sal was kind enough to share the information about this possibility (presets being listed via an *.spp file) and Mimo was kind enough to have posted here the work that he did. I assume any individual who contributes material the results of their own individual efforts there is welcome by Bandlab to share it here. I can understand that the owner/moderators of a private group might see a need to have a blanket policy. Personally, I have never met Mark Zuckerberg, but based on what he has done and continues to do I have no plans to join Facebook. I am thankful for those companies and individuals that have made their groups public. In fact I have now book marked two such groups that have content related to my music-making interests. Peace.

CbB still has Screensets, flexibility with customizing the Control Bar, and Key Bindings. Not sure why you aren't seeing them or why they aren't working for you. What Workspace are you using? Try either none or Advanced because sometimes other Workspaces don't have features enabled. Also, have you looked in the current Reference Guide or online documentation? I don't intentionally use Screensets any more and only use a few keyboard shortcuts. Maybe an other user can tell you if the F shortcut has changed. I have different Control Bar configurations for different types of projects, mostly a floating one with most modules collapsed and only the floating, resizable Transport Module (Large) showing. Right-clicking on the Control Bar should bring up a context menu where you can set it up, lock it, etc. Right-clicking on any module should bring up the context menu for any individual module, including the Tools module. I don't change that myself. If there is a problem with the settings not being saved, maybe another user can help with that. Sorry, I can't help with the specifics, I just wanted you to know Screensets are still a part of Cakewalk, keyboard short cuts still work, and in my experience settings do get retained, although there have been some changes, such as various settings for some default behaviors. In fact, I just used F to get my tracks equally spaced verticcally.

Thanks for sharing the details of this very unfortunate situation here. If you are still working on sorting it all out, I hope it gets fully resolved soon. And thanks for alerting us to the need to be overly cautious--Stranger Danger!!!!

Your videos are quite helpful. Hope YouTube can get it sorted out!

This ^^^^ helps explain what I was wondering about when I stumbled onto the change to my Special Offer. With tips like this, I am starting to learn about the arturia's marketing MO. Thanks! This ^^^^ helps, too, both in terms of understanding their marketing MO and in my financial planning. Pigments is new to me so I have been going through more tutorials and manual reading. It seems quite flexible -- enough to keep me busy developing a deep understanding of how to design sounds for my own use for a while.

Update: My Special Offers now includes the MiniFreak V for the same $189. So its now $798 $189. Not sure I need / can afford this; not sure if the successor to V Collection 9 will be even better (and might include sets of 10 Sound Banks, non-vintage emulations, new / original instruments, how arturia's marketing promotions work, etc.). Updating this for 2 reasons: (1) to let others who were sitting on the fence know in case they want to see if their offers have also gotten better (more alluring) and (2) to ask for insights / thoughts on this revised deal.

JMO: So far the videos available to date seem to be full of self-promotion, are geared towards absolute beginners and people who have very little understanding of orchestration, and has a high videographic pizzazz to actual content ratio. I have been watching / listening to an orchestration series elsewhere, so maybe I have higher expectations. I previously knew a lot that's covered in the paid series but have also been learning a bit. It is more like reminding me of what I learned decades ago and forgot from a lack of regular use plus tips that supplement my personal knowledge base using computer tools. On the other hand, the Virtual Orchestration series, in assuming a near total lack of prior knowledge, seems light weight, dumbed down, etc. Might be ideal for beginners. Might become more useful as a resource for non-beginners once they add more meaty content without the promotion and glitz. Time will tell. Worth book-marking and checking back later.

I assume you know that TOTAL MAX 3.5 doesn't include a lot of new things that have come out since it was released. If you currently qualify for the $99 MAXGrade, don't want any of the newer stuff, might not be able to save up enough money to afford TOTAL MAX 4.0 when it comes out, etc. $69 plus Jampoints might work for you. Only you can say whether or not the stuff included in TS3.5 MAX would be a good decision or if it would be in your interest to wait. If by "them all" you are including reverbs that were released after TS 3.5 came out, I would encourage you to check out the What's-Included list to make sure the ones you want are included.

Done. There's no time like the present. Thanks for the encouragement.

I agree; there's lots of potential here. Artists can specify charities and maybe they could even specify charities for their individual tunes. Someone who uses the foghorn might want the proceeds to go to restoration projects. Another artist might want contributed space music tunes to go to science/space exploration. There's potential to tap into donations from existing dedicated communities. Other ideas: Tunes using string libraries to benefit music education, community orchestras, etc. Low-income artists specifying neighborhood/regional artist organizations

If this type of technology [modeled acoustic spaces] isn't used in VR, it should. Is anyone here into VR? Is this kind of thing done? I can imagine VRers moving from space to space based on the modeled audio environments combined with visuals and subtle sonic cues. Simple example: walking out of the confines of an elevator into a spacious building lobby. Not just specific sights and sounds to orient VRers, but the acoustic environment. Cool technology!!!

There are no contributions there yet. Maybe that's intended to encourage contributions?

Yes, for those who like automation lanes. Cakewalk's automation has never fit my work flow. I have work arounds,** but since CCs have been such a basic part of MIDI since the beginning and continue to be both useful and used, the lack of that kind of MIDI control is an omission. I pride myself on being resourceful enough to design workarounds, but sometimes its nice to use direct approaches. Thanks for the suggestion; I will give it a try, but since the parameters are exposed to other software, I fully expect MCCGenerator should provide another successful workaround. Just to be clear, I agree with this ^^^^ and have always found its creative potential agrees with the stuff I do. My point was simply one about $20 for objeq delay alone. As noted, it was previously offered for $10 and free with purchase. I paid more for mine and have not regretted it. NOTE(S): **My go-to workaround is Voltage Modular. It is child's play for me to put Objeq Delay in there and use the Plug-in Host module to assign remote control CCs. Works interconnected with CbB (VM as an FX Rack within CbB). [This space reserved for reporting results of the MCCGenerator workaround.] Update: I started to try, but setting up MCCGenerator is taking way too much time for me. I might try another time. Since I already have the VM FX Rack approach down pat, I'll stick with that, but thanks for the suggestion. Also, I can already send CCs (learned and generated) from VM to control plug-ins inside of CbB. I'll spend my Melda learning time with Chandler's MSF videos!

If it responded to MIDI CCs, I'd agree.