Brian Walton

I wondered the same thing. Take 10 minutes to watch the new video demo and I think you will find the tweaking features for the three modules to be different. You will have to determine if the changes are good or bad. I opened a project that I was trying to get Satch1 to fix a real kick I didn't love. Satch1 wasn't getting me there. No clue why but Satch 2 tweaking got me where I wanted to be quickly. Hopefully that holds up for other projects. I recorded the kick with a favorite kick mic but the bare recording was not good. New kick drum I had not worked with before. Also v2 requires a Serial Number. v1 did not. So that is the only step back for me.

A little more on the "ozone" type of plugin set. Very good tools from when I tested them. However, Izotope has machine learning built in that can really help get to a great starting point much faster than I can, so I end up using Izotope instead.

Ordered the upgrade through Plugin Boutique to get the "free" Regroover Essentials plugin (retail of $99).

I would understand the plugin resetting issue, though I've never experienced it with over 200 projects. So I wonder if this is truly isolated to the CBL program, if this was happening to a ton of people, the forum would be filled with complaints. The other issues are anything but show stoppers. They video author says things like "maybe all those complaints were right," really? He claims to be a long time user and never had isssues before this. I've had way more problems with Waves plugins which are market leaders. Yet I still use them. Instead of abandoing the software and learing a whole new system, why not try to look at the variables. There have been multiple reports on other platforms of FabFilter losing settings for example.

I have, but rarely see anything really low on the stuff they offer for $1 or less. Realistically are the majority of people going to give one or two stars for something they got practically for free? Doubtful. It is actually more likely on an expensive product. And should they get scores that low, chances are they won't carry it long.

Wonder why they don't have a plugin with Restore Assistant (have to use the stand alone app), kind of an annoying workflow. The other Elements series have the Assistant function in the VST3 version.

Confirmed (as did others). I already had 6, bought this one and put the serial number in my Account and it enabled RX7 elements automatically.

This. iZotope Ozone Elements is the easy answer here. Basically no real knowledge needed and instant very good results thanks to AI learning

They had this as a giveaway a few years ago for Black Friday I believe. Got it then and don't think I used it on a single mix. Not that it is junk or anything. Just seemed like another clutter up the plug-in folder tool.

It sounds like you are saying JRR sold the same serial number twice. If so, shame on them. Once sold it was yours and should not have been sold to someone else, the passage of time is irrelevant.

It is still the best looking interface on the market. Not sure what this nonsense about being obsolete about.

For me, this is the path. AI for drums driving good sounding samples. AD samples are good enough. I use JamStix to drive it. JamStix the only issue is the complexity to get it to do what I want. However, when it is working, it sounds far more realistic than these other platforms and "static" patterns.

I think I got my pair of 402s for $150 (without the control module). Not sure I'd pay that much for the added feature. I prefer my 502s. FWIW. (Also have to be careful some have noise issues. I kept 4 502s, but bought 6-7 to get the keepers.

Sounds even worse to me: This feature requires that the computer is continuously connected to the internet during use.

Never used the built in sounds. It is a unique tool to create interesting drum parts though. No clue how to get it to actually play an idea I have in my head, but have been able to get a number of parts I've used.

Had interest until I saw this: Plugins require an iLok3, or iLok cloud for authorization

Sweetwater isn't exaclty a low cost leader and the actual customer support will depend on the rep. As for your original question, yes the Audio device and driver should be front and center in the conversation. If you haven't upgraded in a while you might not have the best connection and stability with the computer.

As long as it isn't in the program, no problem with the tiny ads here.

Anyone have a direct email to Spitfire support? You can't open a ticket about the forgot password function not sending a password. You have to actually have a working password to open a ticket about it - basically a loophole. (and yes the newsletter emails come to my inbox on a regular basis)

There can be major differences between plugins in terms of the way they use resources. Try Putting Waves' Abbey Roads Reverb on 20 tracks, do the same with B-Reverb or Rematrix. Chances are your computer can't handle Abbey Roads, but will have little issue with the Overload pro-channels. Same basic effect, reverb. As for the OP, the Fly out EQ in the PC seem to be very efficient, use them on every channel all the time and don't see big spikes in the resorurce manager.

I would say so on Win10, as others have noted that basically means you would need to have a super clean machine and only run Bandlab to have about 1.5 gigs of ram allocated to it. How much actual recording can you do with 1.5 gigs of RAM? Not much if you plan on using any effects, etc. Yes, Cakewalk with actually open if it is the only program running on a Win10 machine with 4 gigs of ram. You won't get far though.

Windows 10 needs more than 4 gigs of ram. Period.

Honestly that isn't true at all. The internet is a very dangerious place even staying on the "main paths" However, Windows 10 seems to have some decent protection built in. OP has WIndows 7 - not as safe without ad on programs for defense. If it was me. I'd connect and download the latest, authorize it and then go back off the internet for about 5 months, then do another update at that time with the same method. I also woudl back up all projects and data to an external HD that is not connected during those updates.

XLN requiring an new authorization every windows update is out of control, but every single time the process worked for me as long as I have an internet connetion and can remember my login and password. Waves on the other hand gives me problems every single time I buy a new plugin from them, without fail as it seems to require a Waves Central update and then along comes some problem along the way.

Very helpful for picking out chord progressions very quickly. I listen to a lot of music where sheet music isn't avaialbe and have found this great when I don't have time to work things out. A real time saver. Sad they are getting rid of it. Curious what the next product will be.