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This is really good for a freebie ! Sounds great, easy to install, wanted to start writing straight away. Blimey! we have it pretty easy nowadays to compose and not be stuck using inferior tools.

Share your sentiments completely PavlovsCat. I was a demoist for PB from the start (under the name Bemused). Recent chat on the site indicating some of the mods have gone and the rest have not heard from Spitfire. An amazing resource for all (and helped Dave Hilowitz - Decent Sampler get a foothold ). There has been talk of setting up elsewhere. But the cost and other issues rule it out.

FYI. None of Christian Hensons instruments are available on Pianobook anymore (and have not been for some time). if you ask nicely on the Pianobook Discord. Some kind people will give you a link. Not sure how legit that is. But what remains of the mods there do not seem to mind. Seems Spitfire is not engaging anymore with PB. I would also suggest that people make backups of any Pianobook instruments they have. or download now and do so.

I'm reading on VI-Control and NI site .That this update screws up . A solution for Windows is to install the latest X64 redistributable. But i would suggest hanging back (again!!)

VoS has updated BootEQ to version 4 (Windows only). Incls VST3 and a number of changes under the hood. Free d.load. I use this all the time (esp on female vox - really good) https://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/blog/

Variety of Sound has updated the console strip Nasty VCS to MKII. Windows only VST3/2. Love his stuff. And amazing freebies. https://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/nastyvcs-mkii-released/

I uninstalled the V3 Elements to this V4. What a mistake!! After 3 days it was uninstalled and V3 re-installed.

Rigid Audio has released a free multisampled Grand Piano for Kontakt 6.8 (full) https://www.rigid-audio.com/products_rigid_grand.html

My music desktop was built by SCAN here in the UK (music pc specialists). I am off line but however go online once a week for MS updates and any others. I always load Cakewalk and it obviously phones home as I get a toast for Melodyne. So no issues with cookies. And last friday I was on line and loaded Cakewalk with no reactivation issue. But on Monday it had the 11 day warning. It did use to be 6 months but just since March this has happened. Not a big issue. But just a bit annoying not knowing how soon the next prompt will be.

Well here we go again. Opened up Cakewalk again today (29/4/24) and I have to activate again with 11 days to go. As per this thread last time was 11/4/24 with 13 days to go and before that 25/3/24 with 13 days to go. Is this to be the new "normal" until Sonar is fully released?

Exactly. This is Cakewalk by Bandlab not Sonar. And signing in is what I did (and always have done once we moved to within DAW activation). I keep a log of actions taken whenever I renew or install a product so i can track if issues arise. Hence the dates being striking.

Expires in 13 days. Same message as the 25th March. Was reactivated then as soon as the toast came up, and now.

Hi I last reactivated CWB (latest version- always keep it updated) on 25/3/24. Just loaded the program again and it's requiring reactivation again (that's 18 days since the last reactivation). Is this the new normal now. Not an issue. But seems rather short.

This rather good. Fits well with their previous (but no longer available) freebies upright and Alt piano.

Oi !! Lars . This is by Riot Audio not Rigid Audio. I don't know ?

https://lofiaudio.com/product/lofi-audio-vintage-resonance-upright-piano-embrace/ LoFiAudio has released a free piano for Piano day 24 in the free Decent Sampler format https://www.decentsamples.com/product/decent-sampler-plugin/ He also has other instruments available for free both in Kontakt and decent sampler format

In order to get this update. You would have to steer through the problems with NA 3.9.1 Which having read on the NI forum is causing numerous issues for both PC and MAC. Matbe hold off until they sort that out.

Have to say that looks a lot better then i expected it to be. Ideal if starting out,then to transition to Sonar at a later date.

Doesn't seem so. Still showing on PB (they are removed quickly if withdrawn).

There's a conversation on VI-Control I'm in with EvilDragon the NI wunderkid. It's Ni implimenting a new file system so it deals with individual filles that need updating and not a full ISO download (he gives a better explanation here) https://vi-control.net/community/threads/recent-ni-updates-hundreds-of-gbs.149324/

https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/ Changes in Surge XT 1.3.1 Surge XT 1.3.1 contains bugfixes to the 1.3.0 release and a continued expansion of our OSC protocol support. It also provides a broader set of choices for Linux users who want to download a binary, as opposed to self-build. Open Sound Control Consolidated all the various OSC settings into a single settings dialog Added an option to set the IP address for OSC output Added a set of messages for observing and setting modulation Improved and expandd outbound messages allowing surge to work with TouchOSC Fixed an update bug where modifying mixer solo and mute over OSC would update the engine, but not the GUI Plugin Upgraded to CLAP to 1.2.0 Implemented the CLAP preset-discovery and preset-load extensions This means DAWs like Bitwig Studio and MultitrackStudio have access to the entire set of factory, 3rd party, and user presets in the DAW and can create a track with a preset loaded Restored our build pipeline to Ubuntu 18.04 and gcc 9 with a Docker image, lowering the libc requirement Applied fixes to allow the LV2 to build in CI pipeline, although we still have better behavior in most settings with CLAP or VST3 plugins, LV2 is now back in the binary bundle again Added a suite of OBS builds for various Linux distributions - this means we have nightly and release builds for Linux aarch64, ready for your ARM devices! DSP Ensemble effect clock rate lower bound clamped to avoid underflows (sound disappearing). This will result in existing patches responding differently under modulation of this parameter Feedback summation in the Ensemble effect was incorrect, so it is fixed now. This can also result in existing patches sounding slightly differently (for the better, we would say) Fixed Sine oscillator modulation of Feedback parameter crossing zero created clicks in the output Retriggering Amp and Filter EGs with modulators now properly obeys the Envelope Retrigger Behavior option in monophonic modes (Retrigger from zero vs Continue from current level) Fixed occasional crashes in Twist oscillator related to parameter uni/bipolarity Clamped lowest frequency for Twist oscillator to 2 Hz in order to prevent CPU overloads Clamped String oscillator tuning to the length of delay line, avoiding problems with very low frequencies Fixed a bug where MIDI All Notes Off message would occasionally miss a note UI/UX Improved patch comment tooltip display (in some cases text would be cut off) Favorite and Find button in the Patch Browser are now accessible and can be focused via keyboard Ctrl+click or Ctrl+Shift+F10 in the Patch Browser will open the menu listing only user patches Text input fields in Patch Store dialog, Tuning Editor and OSC Settings dialog will not keep showing the text selection range after losing focus anymore Switched time-based display units to milliseconds when below one second Corrected left/right mouse click behavior of the Tune button in Status section Created an undo entry for parameter value typeins Tuning Editor keyboard can now play notes when clicked Fixed an off-by-one error which made the Rotation page in Tuning Editor show the wrong tone by one key Changing an effect type clears modulation again (this was a regression introduced in Surge XT 1.1) Undo changing an effect type will now restore modulation as well Swapping or moving an effect will now preserve modulation mutes Fixed MSEG editor not drawing vertical lines when time was below 0.1 phase units Fixed a crash in MSEG editor after a certain scenario when deleting nodes left the loop in invalid state Formula editor now asks if you really want to close it when clicking the X button in the title bar (previously this only worked when pressing Escape key) Formula editor debugger now shows realtime parameter updates Filter Analysis window no longer focuses Filter 1 tab button upon opening Alert dialogs now respond to Enter and Escape keys immediately, without tabbing into the dialog Infrastructure Windows installer now shows a Surge-themed banner instead of the generic default one Updated clang-format to version 17 in CI Fixed a build problem with gcc7 Added a CMake bypass for the Linux 32-bit early-fail warning Added Bluetooth permission text to the standalone, fixing a crash on macOS 13 in some cases Integrated the Superparasites firmware for Clouds/Nimbus (but not implemented yet) Added guards for LV2 headless builds Be a bit more pedantic/explicit about the in-place constructor strategy with SurgeVoice, squashing a debug-only memory leak in some MSVC debug settings, but also making the code a bit more correct CLI with OSC running will now quit properly on Linux Code Refactoring and Quality Split SurgeGUIEditor menu make/show methods to a separate file Fixed MSVC stdext::checked_array_iterator warnings Improved the time taken to rebuild the SQLite patch database used for rapid searches Added a modulation edit begin/end gesture to the modulation change listener Allowed tests to build if Lua is not available Updated code headers to reflect the year 2024 in the copyright Content New patches from John Valentine Template patches now all have balanced output level to -15 dB RMS Restored some missing Formula modulator tutorials mistakenly excluded from 1.3.0 release

Love my DimPro. Got it with Sonar Producer 8.5 (stayed with 8.5 till the resurrection of CWB). It will be used on almost all tracks. Some amazing pads and textures. I have Kontakt Ultimate 14 and a ton of other Kontakt instruments. But I still find something in DimPro that sits or works better on many a track. I appreciate it is old tech. But when it is this versatile who cares. I would love to see an updated version for the new Sonar. But doubt it will be.

Interesting that they have gone to Kontakt. And not the Spitfire Player with this one. And yes, too expensive (for me).

Auburn Sounds has updated all their plugins including all the free ones as well. Can recommend Panagement, Graillon, Lens. https://www.auburnsounds.com/blog/Routine-Improvements.html

Have to agree with Larry on this. I would suggest getting any LABS you want soon. Just in case. And I'm afraid that Pianobook may also be a victim as well. I was in Pianobook from the start. And made a demo every month for them. However it has stagnated this last year also. And despite promises about new faces and plans. Nothing has happened. There have been long gaps between uploads of new instruments. What has been posted has been somewhat limited compared to previous releases (IMO). if you look at the demos of the month which used to be refreshed every month. They are currently showing ones from June last year (2023). Spitfire is obviously paying for hosting etc. And I'm unsure they have the will or pockets to keep paying for all the freebies. And from a business standpoint it may no longer be viable for them. And it was after all a CH project. And they may want to move on. I hope I'm wrong. But it has gone on too long now to see any other route.