Sidney Earl Goodroe

I have a fellow musician who is blind. He has used JAWS for many years! He recently had someone suggest a reader program called NVDA! It's FREE!! https://www.nvaccess.org/download/ He seems to be very enthusiastic about it! Might be worth a try!

Seems like a revamped version of MasterDesk!

I have done commercialy released cds, radio commercial projects, video soundtracks, and on and on with those Rolands and no one has ever said anything about not having pro quality results! I have mastered tracks for a music hall of fame producer and he liked the results so much, he wouldn't use anyone but me to do all his mastering for the past 12 years! Yes, there are more advanced interfaces out there but these things have held their own.

I bought 2 Studio-Captures in 2013 and they worked even synced together with absolutely no problems for about 6 years until they both developed a problem with the power supply boards internally!!! Still have them with the intention of having them repaired but it was cheaper to buy replacement on ebay! It's still purring along with no hiccups!!

Try reducing velocity in certain points, such as, velocity reduced on verses and slightly increased for chorus and middle sections or during solos! This technique can bring a bit more character to the entire song! Try this with all instruments, not just the drums! Dynamics are the very soul of music!

IMO, good call on Surge! I don't actually do a lot of projects using synths in the box, but I have played around with Zeta quite a bit over the years. Surge XT is a beast! BEWARE! There will be quite a learning curve involved but it would be well worth it!

I do fully enjoy some of the new features, but the brightness of the screen makes it hard for my old eyes to withstand! I worked hard, staring at Cakewalk products since the 90s!! I have earned these cataracts and I intend to enjoy them as long as possible!!! Hee-hee!

I'm prepared for the flamethrowers! This gui is butt ugly!!! Can we have some darker themes, PLEASE!!!

BEWARE! Installed it! Liked it very much BUT my very stable computer started getting wonky, freezing, slow response on clicking, some slight delay in pressing play and actually starting, etc.! Uninstalled both V-pan and Codemeter and cleaned the drive, rebooted and all problems are gone! NOTE: UNINSTALLING V-pan DOES NOT GET RID OF CODEMETER! YOU MUST UNINSTALL CODEMETER AS WELL!!!

FWIW, I have an old Asus laying around mainly for just goofing around. It doesn't meet the specs to even install Tonex! I got the A5 update and installed! The first time opening took almost a full minute! I immediately shut A5 down and reopened it. It opened in about 18 seconds! It does so everytime after that first initial opening! Not too bad for an old dinosaur of a desktop! Will be interested to see the results on my studio computer. It was has Tonex on it. Will keep you posted!

The Metal Gems would be installed in users. Would it not?

Question! I have used up my 20 user spots in Tonex CS. As I understand, if I download the Metal Gems it will overwrite and I would lose 4 of my installed user amps possibly!! I have probably 5 or 6 of those spots used up by pedals that I never use. Can I delete those spots and that leave me open to get the Metal Gems without overwriting my other amps? I have the Dumble Collection and do not want to lose those! BTW, I do plan to move from CS to full version asap but money is tight right now.

When I say I will continue to support Cake, it is conditional to them leaving it alone as is! I am no fan of any subscription model that is just chomping at the bit to turn off my software! The least you could do in my opinion is turn off my ability to update but leave me with a working software as is! Give me the choice to upgrade. For years I have preached the gospel of Cake to anyone and everyone who would listen. However, we have been so roiled over the past year about pay or subscription that I stopped doing it. I use several other DAWs and would have no problems jumping ship elsewhere but I CHOOSE to use Cake. What is sad is that the other DAWs I use I have been sometimes as far behind as 2 to 3 versions and they worked brilliantly until I could afford to upgrade! I don't see that subscription model anywhere close to Cake right now. AND NO ONE IS BEING COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THEIR INTENTIONS BEYOND THE MISERABLE SUBSCRIPTION MODEL WE HAVE NOW! I will continue to use Cake as long as I can but until I see a better sales plan than what we have now, I will not recommend Cake to anyone!

I have used Cake products since Pro Audio 9! I have a copy of every version since then all the way to CbB. I have amassed a HUGE collection of their plugins along with third party plugs! My point being, there is not much they can offer me to jump to subscription because I am perfectly happy with CbB as is. That is aside from the known bugs that are already there! I feel that I have spent enough hard earned dollars for Cake products up until now that we deserve to either have a free version or a stupidly cheap stripped down version for those of us who don't need the bells and whistles of a fully blown out version costing hundreds of dollars! If they leave CbB alone I will be perfectly happy to use it the rest of my days! I will also be a die hard supporter of Cakewalk products as have always been.

As I said! Badly missed but not so much that it would stop me from going back to SPLAT. I do have to say, Reaper is not looking too bad after all this drama with Sonar perpetual license drama!! Currently, my projects are seeing a lot of use with Samplitude and Mixbus. I finally broke down and tried Reaper, which I must say, was pretty impressive for the price point and features. I do like having a notation editor built in to the DAW so I don't have to skip around for quick score print outs. That is one feature that I absolutely must have! It is also what attracted me to Cakewalk in the first place. Anyway, I am struggling with facing the ever growing fact that I will have to walk away from Cake after 20 some odd years of dedicated support and use of this product I have loved. Still hoping ? for perpetual licenses!