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Okay, so it's going to be Chris Lord Ambience (Clambience). It'll have all the set-and-forget presets from the outboard gear he talked about in part 2 of his course. And I guess you'll have to use one instance for each buss in your mix (drums, guitars, vocals,...) . If true, it seems like it would be easier and less CPU-taxing to just use one instance of each of the 11 ambience processors he mentioned (7 verbs and 4 delays), and then just control the send levels to these via automation to obtain the overal mix "landscape".

Ha ha. Yes, I've heard about those new-fangled slidey thingees. ? But if it's just a simple plugin that you send to, and get a wet return from, that's not novel; especially if you have to instantiate it for each instrument. By that I mean I'm not sure how you'd get a unique buss configuration for drums, vocals, guitars, with just one plugin. I guess what's throwing me off here is his emphasis on doing this "economically". To me, it doesn't seem economical to use a plugin that contains four reverbs and four delays for each instrument. And so, I assumed we'd need just one.

Just watched the video (which was quite good!) and at 8:47 he says "It's really not economically friendly to even attempt this in your DAW ... yet." (Cue epic music) So, I tend to agree with all those who say it'll be some sort of ambience plugin that (economically) reproduces his SSL-based setup in our DAWs. Though exactly how the routing will be handled is unclear.

So, not worth all the trouble for one vanilla EQ. Thanks. I pass.

Actually I was so desperate that I read (the very blurry) manual where I discovered that there are 'internal' and 'external' modes. The latter puts the plugin into a state where you can play individual notes from a controller. To get to the external mode you have to click the microscopic "Int Seq" button off. Sure, that was obvious.

Yes, I found it too (thanks). But what I've not found is a way to just trigger single notes. I bought it because I liked the sound of the some of the kicks on the demo video and was planning to use it as a quick-and-dirty drum augmentation plugin. Oh well...

It failed my "never-read-the-manual" and "just-start-turning-knobs" tests. ? Don't even get me started on those wretched devices. Cheers...

Virtual CZ sounds great, but Drumazon is disappointing (not one of D16's better plugins).

I think the other one was Berzerk Distortion. Last year was the year of distortion!

Last year's freebies were actually pretty good: Abbey Road Saturator, the three MDMX Distortion Modules, and there was something else that I can't remember.

Right! Just insert it, press the big "GO" button, and it mixes, masters, and uploads your track to all the major streaming services (and then routes the resulting income to your bank account).

Yeah, I was thinking either saturation, reverb, or something novel like Brauer Motion (CLA CoMotion).

Any guesses as to what it will be? The CLA line of plugins already seems fairly complete.

If you hover over the top-right corner of the video, it will be flagged for later viewing. However, to your point, I couldn't find where these 'favorites' were saved (so I just dragged shortcuts from my browser to a folder on the Desktop).

Just watched "Daniel Wyatt's Mastering Tips" and have to say that it was really good! I've watched many mastering vids before and most were vague, long-winded and more inspirational than practical. This one, in contrast, provided very concise, specific, and useful info that you could immediately and easily apply to your mix. Highly recommended!

Hmm. I searched for "FL Studio All Plugins Edition" and "FL Studio" before posting and nothing came up. Strange.

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Every year I plan to buy a Roli Seaboard...but it never happens. Maybe Equator 2 will push me over the edge this year.

Yes, it does run standalone. I'm using it that way right now.

Matthew, what you say makes perfect sense and I'm now convinced that this is the reason why I have not had success updating to version 11. However, two things to note. First, I still have an active copy of C9.5 Pro in my Steinberg account (online, but not in the eLicenser dongle) despite having updated it to version C10 Pro (I still have the invoice). Second, I am able to run C10 Pro with the eLicenser that contains neither a license for 9.5 nor 10. And it's not running in demo/grace-period mode. So, it seems there's a disconnect between the formal license activation process and the practical side of using those licenses. Very strange.

I just submitted a support request...let's see how long it takes to get a (useful) response. This has been a truly painful experience.

Actually I think you may have identified the problem. Thus far I've been concerned exclusively with my license for 10.5 Pro. However, the update I bought in July is specifically for 10 to 10.5, and currently I do *not* have a license for 10.0 (I applied an update last year to bring that to 10.5). And so that's probably why this keeps failing: the e-licenser has not found a 10.0 license to upgrade. I do however have an old 9.5 license, so maybe I can somehow reactivate my 9.5 to 10.0 update and then apply my 10.0 to 10.5 update (in order to get 11). This system is absolutely riduculous! Anyway, thanks for shedding light on this issue. I have a hunch that's the problem. To see if I'm correct, would someone who has successfully updated to 11 please let me know if they were able to do it *without* a license corresponding to the update they purchased? If this has been done successfully, then what I wrote above is likely wrong.

All entries in my online account match those shown in the e-licenser. So it appears that, for me, the problem isn't a matter of syncing but rather of accepting the activation code and proceeding to download it to my e-licenser. Yes, that's about the only option left to me at this point. Thanks again for your help -- it's greatly appreciated!

The only Cubase Pro license shown in my e-licenser is my *current* license for 10.5 Pro. I have not been able to activate my 10.0-to-10.5 update license (purchased in July), which should be converted to 11 given that I'm just activating it now. The problem is that I'm not able to complete the Enter Activation Code process: I enter my activation code, the e-licenser CC correctly identifies it, but then I get that error message that I posted above. From what you've written, you must have got past this step but then had to wait to complete the activation (via the actually syncing, as you mentioned). I'm beginning to think that something more serious is wrong, but am not sure what to try next.

Thanks for providing me with some hope. Unfortunately, no success yet. I'll keep trying. Cheers...