Sidney Earl Goodroe

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!

When they first announced they were going to charge for CbB, I opened some recent projects in SPLAT and they ran without a hiccup! I did miss some of the newer features but nothing showstopping!

This update worked on my Toshiba laptop fixing the standalone disappearing trick! STILL DISAPPEARING on my Asus desktop!!!

Ended up installing 1.1.5a standalone while installing 1.1.6 VST3! Working fine!

Will this amp work in amp locker or do you need ReAmp for it to work?

VST3 version seems fixed! I was having to move the .dll file around to get it recognized but it seems to be ok now!

Let me know if the clean reinstall works! I tried it and had no luck!

I have the same problem with the stand-alone! Tried restart and reboot! Still blips out! May have to rollback unless they fix it quick!!

Website still shows 1.1.2 version on download! Wazzup!

Tried for almost 2 hours to get the download from Octane for the setup to quit stopping at 99.99 percent!!! Shut it down and started the plugin but can't get it to find the sounds or presets folders! Finally, UNINSTALLED!!!!!

AI is going to put me out of business!!

T-zenith installed fine on my laptop but no go on my older desktop! It installed but when cbb scanned for new plugs it stopped scanning on t-zenith! Just uninstalled and moving on. If I need it I will use it on the laptop and import the track on the desktop. Ain't tech grand?

Sorry! Took a while to get back! The website installation would stop half way thru the registration process! I ended up locating the installer in my downloads folder and installed it myself. It went right in with no problems! I opened the program manager and toontrack recognized the new version as installed! Go figure!!!!

Maybe someone could tell me about a problem I have! The update went right in on my desktop rig. The same update on my laptop downloads fine but on the installation it gets half thru the registration process and seems to freeze or lose the connection! I know the website is probably getting slammed but I have tried to update 3 times today at different intervals and still no luck! Anyone, suggestions?

If Mixbus had a notation feature I could see myself easily moving to it as my main DAW!! I love the sound of it!

I used the support site at Harrison and asked about the $29 update they used to offer to update from Mixbus 9 to 10. Nathan responded with an email confirming that the $29 update is still alive and well for the $129 version if you are a longtime user! This version doesn't include the channel gates., atmos, or the xtc plugins but I already have thousands of vsts anyway. There was a coupon code in the email to be used at checkout. The location of the license was pretty confusing but I finally got it.

How about moving to a new computer? Will I still be able to download a version of CbB to my new computer and reauthorization with little to no problems? Still a lot of questions!!!

Had the same trouble but finally got thru. Installed and registered. But, very disappointed!! Probably EDM or house music folks will like it.

Kind of a down & dirty approach that we have used even on pro level is to export the song as a roughmix mp3 stereo with all parts included for them to hear the intended recording! Then export another copy to each individual musician minus their part allowing them to record their tracks. When they are done, they can send their tracks back to you and you can fly their tracks into your project! While this seems rather archaic, it seems to be the better fail-safe and flexible way. The reason being that you are leaving the actual mixing and mastering steps to the end of the project. You also can keep a folder of every take that was done for that project! If replacing midi, they simply export their midi track, send it to you and you can place it in the project wherever you like. You can use your own plugin! Even replace your original! If recording audio, as far as the plugin problem, they can use whatever plugins they have in their arsenal so they have a comfortable sound to record. When they have what they want they should switch off their plugin and export just the raw track for your use! Of course, if they have THE SOUND then they just send you the audio track and you put it where you want. This way, if you have better plugins or just prefer your own, you fly in their track and apply your plug! Written down, it looks like a pain but it really is simple once you get the flow! One bit of advice! Keep your original project and make a copy of that project strictly to do your collaboration!! You don't want to be left in a position of saying to yourself, "I wish I hadn't replaced that track!!!" Hope this helps! Good luck!

I have had tts since it was made available. Although, I have moved on to shall we say more pro line synths and samplers. I was speaking in terms of new Sonar customers who will no longer have the option of a GM synth right out of the gate!