Brian Walton

https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/23625-almost-flat-ui-theme/&do=findComment&comment=233537

This seems to state May 11th https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?id=25thT-RackSSinglesKrazyDeal

Deal is up on IK....so with Jam Points can bring a deck down to $17. Grabbed 24 even though it is a CPU hog...it does sound good.

I'll admit it is a little odd with the inconsistancy in the menu - synth doesnt' have the arrow but rewire does. Certainly try a re-install or wait for the final release for .04. But I'm personally thrilled with the new menu look. A vast improvement.

The arrow isn't there but if you click on Soft Synths it should show the menu as in my screen shot.

That is what my screen shot is showing. That is the view. it hovers out and doesnt' look "connected" but that is it

Sorry new system is better:

I got it about a month after that....so same idea here.

Wonder how PA will deal with the upgrade path (assuming they offer the product). Straight from GP website those that bought it since March 1st get the upgrade for free. But says if you bought from PA, then to see PA for upgrade info.

I use Decent Sampler and also have MSoundfactoryLE....I'm curious which of the formats offered work with MSF?

Vey good point about gain staging this one on input (as well as output). I can run the input gain at -20 and that can broaden the lower gain range for sure. If the plugin will maintain the output you need is a bit of a different question and one might have to run another plugin as a clean output boost (depending on various factors). But that is an excellent point.

Updated my modification of this for 2021-04 compatibility. This has turned into my most used theme. AFUI 1.5 - BW Pro_2021-04.sth

Done!

Now updated the file in the link for 2021-04

Train II has way too much gain on tap. It would be a better plugin/simulation if they had a broader range in the lower gain territory, but otherwise it really is one of the best I've used. For perspective, I've played each actual Trainwreck model...though I havne't used a Fuchs Train, my experience is only with the real thing that inspired what Fuchs made. ODS I think is great for clean sounds (though on some settings some artifical fizz can get really annoying). I've never been a big fan of ODS "gain" including real Dumbles I've played (not just Fuchs knock offs). That said, I think the ODS pluign is actually surprisingly close to that tone and eq controls. I just don't love that part of the sound, but as emulations go...well I think it stacks up quite well as long as you can tame the fizz depending on the settings you use. Overall tone and response of them were "next level" from what I'd experienced in the plugin realm.

Thanks, I will make an attempt at it after the official release. Due to some computer updates and projects I'm working on, I'm waiting until after the early access to install the latest and greatest. Will see if I can figure out how to do the update on this one for the new button, etc.

I own Melda MMultiAnalyser that seems to have a fair bit of overlap to this. Curious how it performs as the price point is considerably less, and they also fit in the camp of treating customers well without crippiling authorization methods or limitations.

Yeah, I'm not sure they ever got the mutli-outs to work in Cakewalk. It is another add on pack, but the Billy Martin expansion remains my favorite kit out of any drum software. I just love the sound of his kit and the recording is clearly of his actual kit. All depends on what you are looking for, but some of the kits in there I think are way better than the standard generic affair we get with all the other packs. There is something to be said about a legit drummers that spent decades getting a matched yet unique sound. So many of the kits in other programs sound like someone walked into guitar center and started playing the generic kit that works on most things, but has little personality. I think DrumCore is great to getting outside of that sound. THe loops do sound good, but I personally wish there was a better system to not download those. They just take up a ton of un-necessary space for me, as I generally use something like Jamstix to drive the kits...and if not, I want the freedom of midi to adjust the grooves....the loops end up serving no purpose as I don't want the regitiy of them and I'm not a slice and dicer that would put them in a sampler to mix them up....that to me seems like the point of using MIDI in the first place.

Con, Not pretty enough to be that expensive.

That one has to be used all in one shot though, right? Otherwise it would seem like there is zero catch to getting the maximum value. (i.e. even during a mega sale sometimes they have resetting vouchers you might be able to stack)

I can't feel too bad after using my $25 monthly voucher on Gig Performer which is excluded from this deal (and seemed like it might have been an all time low price). But....sure would be nice if they had reset monthly vouchers to use in conjunction with this sale. ?

It has been that way for years. Took me a sold 20 minutes to get to the stage where I could actually get to the goods. Which is absurd.

If musical hardware/software is the biggest expense to be concerned about, Sweeden must be some kind of utopia. ?

I'd check these out for free and see if you feel like you actually need something else. https://www.meldaproduction.com/MCharmVerb https://www.meldaproduction.com/MConvolutionEZ Reverb settings will always depend on the source. It is pretty common to increase the pre-delay for reverb on strings so you get the up-frontness of the dry recording and then the reverb on the sound/tail.

It seems odd to me that they didn't also develop a VST plugin version so you could load that into a DAW that way the preset/effects chains you create could be loaded and used within the DAW easily. The free Element program does this. Really thinking about grabbing this, but that lack of functionality doesn't quite put it in the no-brainer catergory for me.