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Now Pattern Strings is half price at Plugin Boutique as well. https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/55-Kontakt-Instrument/7406-Pattern-Strings?a_aid=5e21f6c78a022&nosto=frontpage-nosto-1-3-products

I'm in the same boat Vernon. But looking at the comparison on NI website of K12 to K13 standard. The standouts for me are Noire, Cuba, Gtr Rig Pro 6, Session Guitarist Electric Sunburst. Plus the freebies from T&S. So I think I will bite this time. Besides, I like the fact that all my editions are on a hard drive. Just feel a bit more secure.

Jumped on these when Ben first launched them. You would be mad not to get them. Can't praise the m enough. Make sure its ver 1.2.

2 things come to mind. 1) Go into plugin manager and exclude one by one the vst's you are using (so exclude one , run plugin manager, then open Cakewalk and see if it loads ok, repeatfor each vst) 2) If you can - move each vst outof its folder to the desktop, open Cakewlak.Again see if it opens and runs. (Don't forget to move them back )

Doug. You may have hit on why I will never touch iLok. I had a trial vst some time ago that put iLok on a pc built for music. And rendered it useless. I could not delete iLok. And it would not allow me to access files etc. And gave up in the end. Though the pc was getting on a bit. I had to invest in a new pc. I thought it was iLok but had no evidence and my understanding of computers was limited then.

NFO: Orchestral Swells – Pianobook https://www.pianobook.co.uk/library/nfo-orchestral-swells/ Dan Keen has put up a free orchestra sample library at Pianobook for Kontakt and Decent Sampler. Featuring the Northern Film Orchestra. 1GB in size (Kontakt is K5). Check the video in the link.

Yes. Black Friday means Spitfire will be back to these prices. And maybe The Ton will be as good as 2 years ago (BDT, Edna Earth, Piano). Agree that Spitfire have a more sound design orientation in some of its instruments than NI. However Arkhis was in collab with OT (Orchestral Tools). And sounds very interesting.

Very tempted by Albion V - Tundra (love me a bit of on the edge of silence). But NI summer sale is coming up and could get K12 to K13 upgrade and possibly Arkhis for the less than Tundra. Can only get one.......?

You can now get for free hundreds of free patches on the official Vital forum submitted by users. Each months submissions are rolled into a single file. And there are patchs from Nov '20 to April '21 https://forum.vital.audio/t/may-2021-free-patch-sharing-thread/6730 You will find some duplicates between months. But just show all presets and delete the duplicates. These new files are put in the Vital documents folder and then imported/ converted. You can then delete the file from docs.

Same for me. However the chances of getting a MOTU M2 are very slim at the moment (certainly here in the UK). So I got the Presonus Studio 26c which hass a loopback facility as well. Good specs and a bit cheaper. Plus a load of freebies incl Studio 5 Artist (just got an offer to upgrade to Pro) Ujam Rowdy bass, Arturia Lab Intro (got an offer from them via this freebie for Pigments for £60. Plus these others https://www.presonus.com/products/Studio-Magic

I find I have to completely uninstall BA everytime (I use the free Revo Uninstaller - highly recommended) and d/load and install the new version . Otherwise I always have 2 versions sitting there. And the whole app becomes unresponsive.

I also have 8.5 Producer on my machine as well as CWB. There was no issues at all in either accessing old vst inst or effects. In fact I just no longer use 8.5 as CWB is light years ahead now. I never changed after 8.5 due to the bugs I kept hearing about. The fact that Gibson no longer allowed me to upgrade through my usual dealer etc. I would strongly suggest you do the same. You won't regret it.

Amazon have the Crucial MX500 1TB internal SSD at £67.64 (Don't know for how long ,but got one anyway) Amazon.co.uk: Crucia lhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Crucial+/page/0D979D7C-0EC6-457F-8577-30489C23E570?ref_=ast_bln

IK Multimedia. Musicians First https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?item_id=10632 says it all really. Pot luck.......

Free LABS — Percussion https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/percussion New LABS out. needs the Spifire LABS player.

Thanks Tezza. I was using the last driver. I think I was just lucky as many can no longer use the device on W10. I'm going to go for the Presonus 26c which is £145 here as it has much improved specs than the 24c. And the 24c has an achilles heel in a low headphone output.

Thanks JonD. The system has had all the tweaks necessary. Installed LatencyMon. And tit says the system is fine for audio. There's no onboard wifi etc. The drivers were never passed for W10, but were originally for XP/7/8. My old system was on the first i3 540 and Gigabyte H55M mobo from 2010. So I think it's just falling over now. And looking on forums etc many others are finding the Fast Track Pro is no longer working on W10. So I think it's time to upgrade.

Thanks Bjorn. Love "The Pearl" along with all the other EG records ambient releases. Was sad to hear that Budd had passed away.

Annnnd relaxxxxxx. Thanks emeraldsoul

Thank you jack.c ?

https://soundcloud.com/bemused-2/fragments Illustrating some of the new pianos on Pianobook - Claustrophobic Piano and Midnight Upright. And Echoes Guitar also from Pianobook. Plus atmos from the LABS instrument Tundra Atmos. Dedicated to the musician Harold Budd who passed, from Covid 19 complications late last year.

https://www.pluginboutique.com/deals/show?sale_id=7798 There are 17 Rigid Audio Kontakt Instruments (K5 & K6) reduced at PB. Now £3.95/$5 each. InclHypernode which is rarely reduced. Plus all the latest releases. Perfect to complete your collection. For Kontakt Full only.

As rare as Unicorn turds here in the UK unfortunately. I may hang on until stocks get better.

Hi. Having upgraded my mobo to an Asus Prime B460 Plus, CPU and Ram. I'm finding that my old M Audio Fast track Pro is flaky on W10 now though it worked fine before. The drivers are old. And I have narrowed a replacement down to a Presonus Studio 26c, and MOTU M2. The MOTU are not in stock at all and probably not for some time. And would have been my preferred choice. I need the midi ports and a limited budget. Anyone have experience of these two interfaces ? and feedback ?

Probably because K6 has wavetables plus the mod pack Choral, Flair, Phasis are integrated and Replika built in making it more complex