Billy86

Long-time user here. I never received such an email? I’m signed up for notifications in my account. 🤔

That's what I suspected, thanks.

I've been around since it was Sonar before CbB, so I tend to think of them as the same. But, this update is for those who paid for a membership to access the "new" Sonar, is that right? I don't see an update available in my current version, 29.9.0.98 (according to the toaster pop up). However, my help window pop up says Version: 2024.02 (Build 98, 64 bit). Not sure why there seems to be a conflict in the version number.

Let me ask you this: if a person was to pick up something like the Jam Stick MIDI guitar and record strumming and picking patterns, could they then be used to “play” Evolution Steel Strings?

I did watch those back in the day trying to get the program figured out. It’s a deep program and top-notch sound. I just rewatched them and, for me, the patterns are very, very limited compared with others in the same space. More patterns I could drag out and tweak would be a game-changer for me. I’ve never been able to get a realistic sounding performance using strum keys, not just with this, but with any of the guitar VSTi. Maybe it’s the feel of my keyboards? I can’t seem to finesse it very well with the various strum articulations. Creating patterns from scratch and getting them to sound good is just so tedious. Again, just me. Maybe I shouldn’t be so lazy and should have more patience with it! ?

Evolution Steel Strings was my very first guitar VSTi. Mostly because of the raves about its sound quality. I’m picky as well. I play guitar, piano and drums, but don’t have the recording environment to make them sound studio quality. I agree, NI sound quality is great, with a good selection of useable patterns I use VTS almost exclusively for strumming parts. Unfortunately, I found Evolution GUI/workflow really daunting when it came to strumming patterns, whereas NI seemed much easier. Maybe because I was so new to the basics of Midi. Now, it’s like sticking with what you know in terms of NI line. LOVE Evolution’s tone and would pay you for usable strumming patterns for Steel Strings! ?? it’s been collecting dust on my VSTi shelf. ?

With the latest Session Guitar releases, this one and Mint, you can now drag the patterns out into PRV and manipulate them. What drives me crazy is the keyswitches for ending strums. Sooo tedious to get them to work, if you ever can. So many times, in my experience (and I have every NI guitar), you can’t find a way to end things, as in smoothly stopping the instrument to transition into another song section.

Hey John. Just to let you know, I’ve been toying with Studio One while Cakewalk/CbB/Sonar lets us know what’s happening. S1 has both features you mention.

I don't mind paying for Sonar, either. But, I have a sour taste on subscription plans, here or anywhere else, To me, it's just a constant money grab.

I've never been able to figure out how/if a subscription was involved. I don' t use Bandlab and won't subscribe if that's required to use Sonar.

I hope they don’t go to a subscription model for Sonar. If so, I’m definitely out.

Good to know. I’ve never seen one before on a folder.

THAT fixed it! Thank you! I've been working with IK's tech support and will let them know that appending .vst3 on a folder name is suboptimal.

Agreed! I always hold my breath and hope it doesn’t break something.

This error has been reported with a number of plugins over the years. Did you recently update Windows? I think that’s usually a common's denominator.

I updated IK multimedia Tonex, installed, scanned VSTs, CW "saw" in the scan file path in the pop-up toaster window, but when I tried to load it I got the error message in the attached. I checked the scan paths, and the Tonex vst3 path is in there. Any ideas? Thanks.

1 $100 minimum spend for the $50 off is the catch. Tried it on a $99 plug. No joy. Seriously? Trip you up for $1? 2 Picked up Sound City for ~$50 as part of a $99 select-two bundle during holiday sales. That same bundle option is now $199. So you could get Sound City for about $100 as part of that, if interested. Will probably come back to $99 at some point.

There’s this stem separator. https://www.lalal.ai Currently 50% off for Christmas sale.

??? Distrokid is one of the major distributors, and this is from the site: What Audio File Formats Can I Upload? Audio files should be WAV, MP3, M4A, FLAC, AIFF, or Windows Media (WMA). If you're sending a WAV, 16-bit, 44.1 kHz WAV is typical but pretty much anything works. https://support.distrokid.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013647753-What-Audio-File-Formats-Can-I-Upload-

Worked great! Exactly what I needed! Thank you! All I need to do is import the MIDI from Project 1 to 2. Thanks again!

Are you using any Soundtoys plugins? The last update has caused known intermittent glitch issues in CW. There is a thread on it on this forum. Like others, I’m waiting for the fix.

In Project 1, I have a folder containing 6 simple instrument tracks, each with a separate articulation of a VSTi. (The VSTi doesn't accommodate sending out separate articulations to separate tracks.) See photo. I'd like to bring the folder and individual tracks into Project 2. I don't see the ability to save the folder and its contents as any kind of template I could save/import into Project 2. The individual tracks can be saved as Track Templates. Is that my best route to rebuild it in Project 2? Is there any way to bring all six inside a folder from Project 1 to Project 2? Thanks for any help!

Searched and didn't see this posted. Hope it's not a duplicate Reg. $149.99, Sale $39.99 https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/audio-plugins/ik-multimedia-t-racks-sunset-sound-studios-reverb EDIT: Not sure why, but I pulled the trigger on this and a FREE IK Multimedia Tape Machine 80 ($99 at IKM) was added to my cart. With a deluxe bucks credit I had, got both for about $35. SUNSET STUDIO REVERB Few studios in the world have contributed as much to the sonic imprint of music culture as Los Angeles’ Sunset Sound Studio. T-RackS Sunset Sound Studio Reverb lets you step inside Sunset Sound studios, capturing the sonic mojo of each one of these echo chambers, live rooms, booths, plates and springs, as well as the unique vibe of their custom consoles and classic mic collection. It’s the closest thing to tracking your session in this hall-of-fame studio itself. Key Features Captures the acoustics of the iconic Sunset Sound studios Includes each studio’s live room, iso booth and 3 echo chambers Includes two plates and one spring reverb, all original vintage units IK's proprietary Volumetric Response Modeling (VRM™) technology gives you ultra-realistic sound spaces Variable room dampening and multiple microphone positions Console preamp and signal path modeling add the exact harmonic content of the studio gear for warm, lush reverberation that goes beyond classic convolution reverbs Pre Delay & Decay Time controls, EQ and mic options Dry & Wet signal level controls with solo buttons Works as a single plug-in or inside T-Racks 5

No worries. I was asking if anyone had used them. Your experience is interesting, but I can't answer your question: "Is there a filter or gate I can use to only record changes?" because I don't actually have one, though I'm interested. That's why I suggested you contact the makers via their website. There's a contact form. Apologies if I wasn't clear.

I don’t know. I don’t own one. I’d use the contact link here and ask: https://themidimaker.com/