Brian Walton

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.

Tons of smart people out there, that doesn't mean they are educated consumers. It isn't about using WAVES and not being educated, it is the WUP program itself that preys on the uneducated consumer. You are clearly educated enough to know you didn't have to WUP, there are lots of people that buy into WUP when coverage expires for no reason other than to be "updated" which doesn't mean things like better compatibility, new functionality, etc to a broad base of users....they do it becuase they are used to software updates that provides those things. I've had more trouble with WAVES than any other plugin maker. Our definitions of unreliable are perhpas different things. When they are working, they are fine. The install, authorization process, and scanning of shells is anyting but a 100% uptime guarantee. I have friends that are "sponsored/have an artist deal" with WAVES.

Yeah, J37 was a hard one for me to give up, I do like it. I use a combo of things. Airwindows Tape isn't the same but surprisingly good when I add it with other things in my chain. Toneboosters Tape is good, but I find I have to compensate for the high end roll off. Honeslty I think there are some better options on the market - IKM for example but haven't seen it go on a real sale outside of the bundle which I don't need all of the different tape machines. NLS was the other hard one to give up, sound is good and the workflow is better than some alternatives for sure. I can't say any that feel like a real 1:1 replacement, but I have found other ones that I think are good enough and use depending on the sound and the project. Plates sounds very good, but so process intensive, I just gave up on it. The Exponential Audio stuff covers most of my baisc reverb needs (though you have to buy two of them or you are also stuck in the 1 seat model), and Arturia EMT Plate whcih was free at one point - is no slouch on that similar concept front. I actually like WAVES Sibilance better than the De-esser. Haven't found a single De-esser that does everything on every source so I use a combination of them. Some are dirt cheap (Hornet), ToneBoosters CM, Airwindows DeBess, Flux Bitter Sweet come to mind.

Only WAVES plugin I didn't find a reasonable replacement for is Omni-Channel. I fully agree they have some good sounding and useful plugins. Curious which one(s) you are clinging to? WUP is a percentage off of the retail price not the sale price, so I've found instead of doing WUP, it makes more sense to just buy another seat for the same plugin on sale if you can't get out of the WAVES system.

Were you actually pulling that down from their servers? I have a decent connection but the download took at least 20 minutes....I think they were getting slammed pretty hard. I'm fairly confident they don't have servers taht can handle 1Gig downloads from a single source connection. With the new sounds I was surprised the install size didn't grow that much. Haven't tested stability yet, but the new featues are most appreciated. (an upright bass would have been killer)

Only thing I'll add is if WAVE Central updates and you add a new pluign to the stable, or they release a new version (v13) and you update. I had v9 plugins die when I added v10. On one computer all v10-v12 worked fine. THe other machine had one v12 plugin that no longer worked. No other hardware, OS or Software changes. Just simlply that WAVES Central and the install/authorization system is not 100% reliable. Yes, there is no reason that they shoulnd't keep working, but I've worked with more computers than the average person and can confirm I've had a bumpy track record with WAVES that I have not had with any other plugin maker. Any change at WAVES has some risk. If you are on WUP they will help sort it out, if you are not, you are on your own.