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tkdelay remains a favorite, even if it's been knocked out of my #1 spot in recent months by Valhalla Delay. The reverse delay and ducking feature make it very useful on vocals, especially ethereal BGVs . Also check out irid, the regenerative pitch-modulated reverb. It's like Valhalla Shimmer, except that you can tune the tail to harmonic (or inharmonic) intervals, up to three intervals to make chords. Basically turns any sound into a lush pad.

There's a guy who comes to the Wednesday night jams I sometimes attend who plays bass and is missing his right hand. He plucks the strings with a Captain Hook kind of appliance, and despite that challenge he's actually a decent player. Puts my whining about one sore finger in perspective. But still. I did made it through last Saturday's gig fairly easily, just by going easy on that finger. By the end of the night the pain had actually lessened, suggesting that exercising the hand is probably beneficial. It was throbbing the next morning, but I'm going to assume for now that continuing to play might be the best therapy. btw, it's my "naughty" finger that won't extend properly. So there's that minor handicap. Won't be able drive effectively in New Jersey.

One of my greatest fears is having something happen to my hands. Every activity I love requires manual dexterity, whether it's typing or playing the blues. I could lose almost any other capability and still manage to live a meaningful existence. If I went deaf I could still flip bits, if I lost my sight I could still make music. During the two years when I could barely walk due to back problems, I did both. But without hands, I'm screwed. This, you may recall, is why Keith Emerson killed himself. An extreme reaction, but I get it. A couple months back, my dog chomped my finger pretty good while we were playing tug-o-war with a too-short chew toy. It didn't break the skin, so I dismissed it as a bruise that might be painful for awhile but would eventually heal. Problem is, it didn't. One morning I woke up and the finger was curled and I couldn't straighten it without pulling with my other hand, which made it suddenly pop into position. I was eventually able to consult a doctor and have the finger x-rayed. It's a condition known as stenosing tenosynovitis, commonly referred to by the less-ominous sounding term "trigger finger". In extreme cases, the finger can get stuck permanently in one position. In my case, it's just painful to straighten or to put pressure on it (like when playing the piano). Now I wish I'd learned proper technique on the piano, curving my fingers instead of keeping them straight like I do. I'm also fortunate that it's my left hand, so I can still impress the drunken rubes with lightning-fast solos. I haven't tried playing guitar yet, but I suspect it would be prohibitively painful. I'd be curious to know if others have experienced this condition, and if so, were treatments effective?

If you've got a file that you think may contain audio data, send it to me. I'll tell you if it does, and if it does I can probably recover it.

Yes, you can export with mixed bit-depths. Cakewalk will convert the 32-bit files to 16 bits automatically. Use whatever dither algorithm you normally prefer.

Technically, that second one would be a host, not a plugin.

Curiously, I can't recall ever having a stuck note issue with anything other than certain Kontakt instruments. There must be some scripting trick that's not universally known, as evidenced by vendors whose products never seem to exhibit this problem (e.g. OTS, Indiginus, Spitfire). Probably not coincidentally, those vendors are also known to employ sophisticated scripting, suggesting deep expertise. OP: which synths have you experienced stuck notes with?

Give it a try. I think you may already have my email address, but I'll send it to you via PM if not.

I once counted up all the reverbs I have. Sheesh. Way too many. Some of them are unique, e.g. D16's bizarre Toraverb, Valhalla Shimmer or tritik's otherworldly irid. Some are especially adept at disappearing into the mix if that's what you want, e.g. FabFilter's infinitely tweakable Pro-R. I suppose MTurboReverb falls into that category too. Very versatile. But despite all those options, 95% of the time it ends up being Valhalla Plate. (No Nimbus for me, though; I have a Pace-free system and aim to keep it that way.)

Bapu is a compulsive collector. Like that weird person you know that collects clowns, salt shakers or dream catchers. Ask him how many he actually uses. Or has ever used. I've heard enough of Bapu's mixes to know he's good at it. I doubt he's scrolling through a hundred compressors trying to decide which one to use. I admit to being a reformed collector myself, although I'm down to 339 at last count. I could easily reduce that to a couple dozen.

There is no link in your last post, Annabelle. A wav file would be much easier to restore than a Cakewalk project file, even if the file header is gone. Adobe Audition, for example, can treat a file as raw data with no file header, open it, and re-save it as a RIFF WAV. I'd be happy to try that if you like.

I think so. Here's a comparison of features between Elements, Standard and Advanced.

When I add a new plugin, the subsequent scan takes about 3 seconds. A lot longer if I do a reset first, in which case it's more like 30-40 seconds. Either way, significantly under a lifetime. OP, how long do your scans take? Could be one plugin that's holding up the process.

When I read the thread title, I took it as literally one plugin. If that were the case, it would have to be an EQ. Everything else you can do with painstaking automation. But now that I realize the OP meant "third-party plugin", and presumably does not include virtual instruments, then my answer would be Ozone. (Although technically if you use Ozone Advanced, that's actually a bundle of, iirc, 21 plugins.)

"Underrated" will be laughable if you're Dutch or Scandinavian, but here in North America Floor Jansen is, sadly, relatively unknown.

It's not surprising that smaller plugin vendors don't have the resources to test every version of every DAW out there. Note that when they do include one, they specify the exact version they support. Cubase 10? Sorry, we don't support it, even though the idea that any VST might be incompatible with any Steinberg product is silly. Looking at iZotope's list for RX, I see a lot of DAWs that aren't included. Samplitude, Tracktion, Bitwig, Audacity, Ardour, Mixcraft, ACID Pro, Digital Performer, MuLab, GarageBand and many others. Too many for any company to properly test on a frequent basis. Also note that they never make any mention of hardware console compatibility. The list, I think, is just there to reassure novice buyers who might not understand that the whole idea of a standard interface is to assure universal compatibility.

That was my first thought, too. It looks like an encrypted file. Although in my experience ransomware targets files with specific file extensions, e.g. .docx, .xlsx, .mdb.

Was going to say the same thing. They have frequent sales and loyalty discounts. The Rain Piano is quite nice if you're looking for an upright. The 7CG is a deeply-sampled Yamaha if you want something brighter than a Steinway. There is also a cheaper version of it, presumably with fewer samples.

Since somebody mentioned bagpipes...

Verify that the vst3 version is in fact installed and in the right place, then rescan. All vst3 plugins should be in the same place, e.g. c:\program files\common files\vst3. As long as it's there, the scanner should have no problem finding them. If the file is in the right place, run the scanner with its log enabled (Preferences -> Files -> VST Settings -> Generate Scan Log). After rescanning, open the log (%appdata%\cakewalk\logs\vstscan.log) with Notepad and search for the name of the dll. If the init failed while scanning that plugin, an entry in the log file should indicate why.

Cakewalk has no concept of "end of song". It tries to figure that out based on where the last event occurs, which might be the end of an audio or MIDI clip, a MIDI note, an automation node, or an ARA region. Quite often, the "end" that it comes up with doesn't land where you think it should be. The good news is that it doesn't really matter until you export your final mix. At that time, you have to decide where the beginning and ending are and select the region in between for export. I deal with this by placing markers labeled "Start" and "End". When you export, you can specify those markers. If it really bothers you, you can find that last event and move or delete it. It would be nice if Cakewalk would let you indicate Start and End markers as references that the export dialog would default to, but I've been lobbying for years for that feature with no luck. But as I said, it's really not a problem.

A good price, but only get this if you don't already have any other choir libraries. There's no new ground here.

Anything can be a slide guitar with nimble use of the pitch wheel. Mostly, I use Zebra2. But if I'm feeling lazy, I do keep an arsenal of sampled bendy instruments on hand. None of them do it all, so selection is based on the particular part. The STEEL Lap Steel Guitar, The Resonator and Delta Blues Acoustic Guitar, all from Indiginus SLIDE Acoustic and SLIDE Lap Steel from OTS Young Love, Glorious Steel and Smoked Lap Steel patches from Omnisphere Here's a tune I'm currently working on that features The Resonator.

Classical music and Broadway show tunes, that's all keyboards are good for.

Even though I don't drink myself, I will never dismiss the power of drink to break down barriers. It was a crucial factor in 90% of my pre-marriage, um, casual romantic encounters. The other 10% was due to being a rock 'n roll musician.