Brian Walton

Saving a Track Temple (doesn't matter if it is Audio or MIDI/Synth) closes/crashes Cakewalk every time. Never seen this happen before. When I re-launch Cakewalk the new template was saved though.

I probably should have demo'd this one before pulling the trigger to get the EOS reverb "package" deal. But when I eventually get a super computer, it should be a good one. (pretty high CPU usage here. Think on a machine where a Channel strip like the AMEK is getting 3%, this Tantra 2 thing is at 12%)

Wow you are correct, looks like a bug to me. Just confirmed on "N" and "Meter" Wasn't seeing this on other plugins I tested. (on social media they confirmed they are aware and devs on working on the fix)

Nope that isn't it, because I get the same stupid pop up despite the fact I own everything that is in the version of AT5 I have installed (i.e. I didn't update when they released Mesa 2 as I don't have that and didn't update the program to give me stuff I don't have) But I also wish AT5 was lighter on the resources and everything didn't feel locked into opening up the whole thing.

Or you could have spent a little more and got Bettermaker eq on top. By using vouchers for both the EQ, reverb and $25 loyalty for an out of pocket $25 to get both.

You can not use the daily discount code and a $25 loyalty voucher to get it for $25. This is one that hasn't seen extreme discounts that I recall.

Not a scientific test but I also opened gig performer and individually added some of the PA plugins to check "cpu" usage and doesn't seem like we are seeing any significant efficiency improvements in the update. At least not by percentage ponints anyway that are measureable. I checked about 15 out of the usual suspects in my 70 PA plugin collection. (Windows only related)

On the Windows front, True Peak Limiter got a resizable update (which I think was in beta version then dropped previously), but sadly I spot checked a bunch of other plugins that actually need a resiable update and didn't see any. So I'm curious about the under the hood improvement they mention but don't detail across a large portion of the range.

I've already got the XL version which includes this. But does this one come with the pro channel version as well? That is a selling point to the Cakewalk users if it does.

this one sounds great, IMO. But if you are on an older machine, test drive it as it has rather high CPU usage.

Hopefully you replied back with, what I'm really asking is how do I authorize my "beat making and drum mixing" products from today and moving forward that I purchased from your company. I got Regroover but never used it. So not a major loss for me, though any company that is still in business like they are should be able to honor the product even if they don't support it.

In many ways they are different products. Waves Clarity is going to be the go to with unusual and inconsistant noise problems with a quick one knob fix. ERA has more tools to actually tweak the sound and works pretty well on small/normal noise like computer fan, AC, in an otherwise quiet room. I'll have to spend more time to figure out how to get the best out of voice de-click, de-breath, etc. I've had the de-esser for a while but never felt like it was very good compared to other options. Depending on the types of recordings one deals with both have their place in a tool box in my brieft testing over the last couple days.

I've exported 3 tracks so far during a trial with no issues. I gave it some real world stuff that must be beyond what all the demos I heard. Results are certainly better than I was getting, but the results were not the same as the demos. Certainly run a trial if you are expecting it to actually get rid of a band playing in the same room as the vocalist. It does attenuate it fairly well however.

It makes no sense to me why they made an announcement about the Install Manager update if even the basic maintenance update isn't avaialble yet. Correct me if I'm wrong, but seems like we have zero value add thus far. I think I noticed the update yesterday and wondered if I should run the installer on all 70 of my PA plugins, but held off as I couldn't find anything indicating they actually released updates yet.

I wish virtually any other company released it. I agree it looks very interesting. I'm very curious how it performs on a live vocal in a room with a loud band as one use case.

I'm guessing WUP for Mercury was an order of magnitude more expensive than a $30 plugin, so euphoria might be a placebo effect here

If resale on software wasn't basically non-existant, it would be a lot easier to justify $75 given the other stuff you could sell off that this will replace. This is the only channel strip that doesn't feel compromised in some significant way to me. If they were able to add a pre-amp section with some saturation varieties it would be practically perfect. And this has very low CPU usage all things considered. Don't run a trial on this one if you are looking fo avoid the purchase that is for sure!

The 50 and 75 are unique. I'm glad they started making the 25 generic as once you start pending enough to earn the other two types, they are ironically frequently harder to spend without having to fork out even more money. At the same time, once you spend to maintain those tiers the only thing of interest are the ones you need a $75 for.

I have a couple but don't use them much, even so, very much in agreement regarding end of life. Shines a very direct light on the potential life span of these investments and it doesn't paint a pretty picture. I was opening a number of recording sessions I did 8 years ago and brought to light the plugins and workflow I was using then. Could have easily run into effects no longer working, and 8 years ago really felt pretty recent.

I gave it a test and think it could use some work. Sounds are fine but they only play while you play but noise drops off quickly when you stop playing and to me that sounds unnatural. Lots of the sounds would work well constantly playing but I don't see an obvious way to do that.

I haven't used it yet, but the concpet is a bunch of sample textures within a plugin that should overlay on top of your track. Therefore I'd assume it is basically looping or simply playing large WAV files for good fidelity. That is my assumption anyway, and with 70+ presets, I can imagine that could take up some space if that is how it works.

No comment on the price as I haven't tracked what a good deal is or not, but have used and like this MIC.

Nope, but that helps anyone not on the "list" to get them. And that is the tier that tends to be valuable in growing the collection. Still hoping for a deep discount on the Amek Console, as we only saw that once in January for a Day (and after most people would have used a voucher)

The phrase "long in the tooth" comes to mind here.

That picture yes. But this plugin has a bunch of alikes. Check the left hand column for the name clues. Was a free with purchase at plugin boutique a while ago and started my Melda collecting.