Brian Walton

My 2.9.8 player isn't updating via the "check for updates" method.

I think this was posted a while back as I already have it. A no-brainer here. Small footprint, no crazy authorization scheme, sounds great, works on modern (and old) resoltion setups and FREE.

+1 Reverb from last year was fantastic....expectations are high here.

Without going to far down the rabbit hole here....there were 3 Trainwreck amps. Express Liverpool Rocket The express is what most people associate with Trainwreck. The designer, Ken Fischer didn't even like that amp....but everyone kept asking for high gain (this was the 80s) and so he made them. The Rocket was the only amp he kept for himself and the one he kept he nicknamed reality check, and he would use it as a bench mark for amps he would make. It is a much lower gain, much more dynamic and unforgiving amp. It also sounds far better. I've played all 3 and there is no comparision, it is honeslty a shame his legacy is tied to the Express as it isnt' anywhere close to the best amp he built. The liverpool is kind of a middle ground compromise between the two. The Z-Wreck was a Ken Fischer design that he shared with Dr. Z. It isn't a high gain "express" design. It is closer to the ball park of a Rocket, but doesn't require the same level of part tolerences and ear to build. The PA Fuchs Train is Express Territory, which again isn't want Ken wanted, but now what the average person associates with Trainwreck. So yes, the Fuchs is much more "express" if that is what you are looking for. However, I also personally think the Fuch's isn't the Trainwreck sound....Kenny and Trainwreck were synomyous...and that isnt' the sound Kenny loved. He only built 5 Rockets....and something along the lines of a couple hundred Express.

The FLAT WHITE theme from Colin as I've noted in the original thread is one of my favories. This is a fantastic "mod" of that theme to give something diffierent, but similar. Thanks for sharing it!

I can confirm it seemed to fix the resolution issue as stated on my machine...great news. As for the dialog on "best amp sim" in the box. This new AT5 is the only one I've tried that I expect to actually use on productions. Not all the amps are equal, so it can depend on what you have and the sound you are after. The Z-wreck with matching cab is my go-to amp and it is quite sensitve to setup/gain staging so you have to get that right. I can even run boutique pedals into the input before my interface and it takes them about as well as I'd expect software to take them. I sent an example of myself playing through it to a friend that owns the best Trainwreck Amp ever made (long story) without telling him how I recorded it or was getting the tone. His comments were favorable that it kind of sounded like a Wreck, and he is an expert on that subject. Now it doesn't sound like his amp, it doesn't respond like his amp, it does not have anywhere close to the harmonic richness of the amp, but honestly in a mix it is surprisingly good...good enough to actually use when you don't own a priceless amp and want to record at really low volumes without an amp. I'm normally against non-hardware options for amp simulation, but this is the first one that will actually make it into my workflow sometimes if that means anything. But like I said, not all the amps and combinations are "equal" it takes an ear and some know how to get good tone, but I can say it is possible with this software.

It is awesome, but with the lame single authorization seat, many of us do have to pay double to integrate it into our "collection" ?

Thought the same thing, but I do like the option for the "analog" look that holds peaks and displays common frequencies at the bottom. I can see myself using this view for some potential visualization and troubleshooting. Not that the same type of thing isn't available with SPAN using different settings and hovering the mouse....but I think it adds a different option.

I'm guessing the update that will have the resolution fix.

ugh, I didn't realize this process. I grabbed taht one but never ended up installing it, though the 180 days is now long gone. Oh well. Surprised this new one is like 5 gigs of HD space.

Indeed it is an interesting way to do it that I'm not sure I've seen before. I don't even use the "strip" colors a lot but apprecite the simplicity of the BW view as the "fruit loops" track colors can become a bit much over time.

Will have to see how this changes things. Plugin Boutique has become my 1st stop for VST purchases thanks to deals, free with purchase offers (with very low priced options), and a respectable rewards program. Hopefully they are allowed to continue on that front.

With all the tracks / wave forms being black and white, it is an interesting departure from the normal that is for sure.

It seems you will need to set it to a higher resolution. It solved that problem but that means I can't use it when I'm mobile, which in a big part is kind of the point. I have other solutions to record guitar when I'm at a full blown setup. Missing amp problem still persists for me though, and hopefully they address the resolution issue as it makes us all look like first round beta testers with such a glaring oversight. It does sound better than other in the box amp sims I've tried. Have yet to find anything that is actually inspiring to play on the feel front.

Are you on a laptop? If you plugin an external monitor and run at 1920x1080 resoltuion it might work. It seems like they have a design flaw that won't let it run on a 1366x768 resolution monitor which is standard for any business class Lenovo Laptop made in the preivous 10 years.

Don't even run at all on my 2nd more modern machine either in stand alone mode and immediate crash of Cakewalk as a VST.

The Tiny Terror freebie isn't showing up in v5 or the Customshop but is still in v4 for me. Other packs are showing up.

I don't own the full strum player (as a guitarist, I'd hope it the the one I'd be least likely to need), but was wondering is it possible go get the midi files from something like Post Rock, like is available presumably to those that do? I didn't see it in the same path as the "cakewalk sonar" version of Strum where they have midi files you can select and then drag to a project. I'd think those would get installed somewhere for the people that have the full Player.

I didn't have an isssue, look thourgh your account as it took me to a page where it says to use a code at Plugin Boutique to get it....they don't just drop it in your account there, extra steps are involved.

Well all limiters are different. Haven't played with this one, but there are certainly things (saturation types and curves) and settings one can set that better serve a voice than some other settings and saturation types. It is simlar to why you see some "vocal compressors" it is usually about optomizing a plugin for ease of use to a particulrar range of the voice. Certainly not necessary, but sometimes such tools can be easier to use to get that sweet spot you are looking for on a given source.

Don't have WUP...so no. Seriusly though, Vocal Rider is more of a gain adjustment plugin, and this seems mroe like a traditional limiter. Haven't tried this yet due to the checkout issues.

This isn't a product release I'd take a vacation day for, but I'd imagine there are those that might and thus becomes a bigger deal if the point of the day was surrounding setting up and playing with it. With a product some people will be paying $300 for you have to imagine there are some hard core fan bois otherwise how could they charge that insane amount of money for software. I didn't see where the offiical launch date was posted, but normally when I see a launch date, I expect it to be within the day of the US calendar day during reasonable business hours. They have the largest "music" related market in the world.

It varies, but you can expect quite a few to no longer be authorized. It is a pain, but for those with limited authorizations I'd suggest de-authorizing before you swap. Some will work just fine without that process if you are putting it back in the exact same machine.

Are you using the newest Sclaer 2.2 that was released yesterday? Also, check your Input on the Labs 1, if scaler is still listed as the midi input and those settings you do have showing are "as is" I would expect it to be recording the notes scaler 2 is outputting on playback/record.

I don't expect it to go under $49 (which is the best it has been for v2). They should have no reason to. But it doesn't provide the same value to everyone, all depends on your needs and workflow. For me, it is one of the only plugins that I say is absolutly worth the normal asking price. Honeslty can't think of any others I'd say the same thing about.