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I think a big part of that is system dependent. Are you using the same audio interface on both systems? I seem to recall getting both signal attenuation and a feedback situation on different occasions when the stereo input was used, and IIRC was between TH2 and TH3. I also shifted system, but not interface, in that period.

Very nicely done gentlemen! This is a very powerful piece full of expression. Simple and elegant. You actually got several more listens than just me for this one (got a couple of group listens in here). I have an aspiring pianist visiting and have been struggling to convey the power of expression via variation in volume and timing, so this was a perfect example for her (thanks Simeon).

Or keyboard... the special function keys are what always got first on mine, specifically the CTRL key, which makes for interesting troubleshooting when it fails. The mouse would make more sense for what you are seeing, since as the contacts go it is common to suddenly get "double-clicks" when you think you have only done one. You could test that in the Windows mouse options and see if single clicks are triggering the double-click folder; but if that is the root cause, you would also be seeing it anywhere you use the mouse (that takes double click inputs).

As the OP uses synths in composition, this is something to be very aware of. In general, reverb benefits most to add "room space" to something close-mic'd and dry. Ironically, recording practice has become "strip all environmental effects, then add them back during mixing." Most synth presets are loud, wide, and dripping with reverb (to make them sound great solo), so those are things to address early on in your mixing chain. It is easy to over do FX on synths specifically because of this.

+1.... Win10 will even allow you to scroll through a non-focused app if the mouse is over it. Scrolling through some lists with those little up/down arrows is just painful. It seems like CbB is carrying forward internal scripting rather than leveraging newer APIs.

Ouch... that just reminded me of the need for mouse scrolling in the menu lists (there was another thread recently on that). Unless RX Connect is one of the last 5 FX used, scrolling through iZotope to get to RX is a PITA.

Both of these threads should be stickies... for NEW users, one of the first things they are gonna want to know is "What are the most-liked free VST(i)s for CbB." Managing it for the OP could become a nightmare, but a link in the OP to an external webpage might be simplest. There are often a lot of golden nuggets dropped by folks in these forums, but not everyone has time to mine for them.

This is an important point. When first starting out, the input echo allows the soft synth to be heard from the controller. Since you will most likely be building songs by overdubbing, leaving that setting to default will let you leave your controller assigned to the same channel and get your work recorded. When input echo is off, the soft synth will respond to notes in the track. Some soft synths allow "MIDI through," which is something to be aware of... sending a MIDI note to them will pass through (to other tracks), so if you get a "weird" instance of driving one synth, but hearing a second respond to your controller.... check 1) input echo is off on the second synth and 2) MIDI through is off on the soft synth you are using. Channels are something also to be aware of, but starting out what Bob mentioned is easiest... input to Omni, and automatically echo the selected track (default behavior). Side note: A cool feature of CbB is that if you have NO MIDI outputs enabled in preferences (highly recommended), when you open a MIDI file with CbB (right click and "open with..." if you didn't automatically assign MIDI files to CbB during installation), CbB will automatically insert the TTS-1 GM synth and route all instruments/channels for you. This is a nice feature if you want to play with MIDI files downloaded from the internet.

I only had experience with one. I do remember it being rather warm, but it wasn't hot enough to deter me from shaking a friend's until it was a perfect homogeneous solution. She said it took a month to separate back out and wasn't ever quite the same again. I told her NEVER tempt engineers with odd toys... they will either tear it apart, or stress test it till it breaks (and then probably waste hours fixing it).

I just put a Crucial MX500 1TB from the offering a couple months back in my machine as a sample drive. It maxed out write speed and stayed there for the most part moving 463GB of Kontakt libraries from my Samsung 970 NVMe m.2 (X4) (also 1TB, and I wanted the Kontakt libraries off of that one). First Crucial I have owned, no issues noted, and the MX500s seem to be rated nicely.

When TH3 is re-installed, it will reset, and default to "stereo" under the master controls (the "Master" button to the left of the tuner). That has caused issues in the past for me, so make sure that the "In source" is set to the proper mono channel there.

There are quite a few freebies on Patch Arena, and nicely sorted. The Muz3uM for Z3ta+ is at this link (download is in the upper right of the OP).

Jeremy Soule did some of the Elder Scrolls scores and I believe he is exclusive to Guild Wars, but definitely no amateur, since he "has been described as the 'John Williams of video game music'" https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Jeremy_Soule [Just read that through and he signed an exclusivity agreement with EverQuest... found that odd.]

The advice above regarding programming synth sounds is worth considering... There will be times when you will want to commit ideas quickly so you can move on, and tweaking something will end up being far faster than searching presets.

That statement can be applied to far too many applications! I am hesitant to suggest certain things to people because a follow-on sentence could easily be "invest X hours into it and you might get useful results with it." Have to step back when it is going to come across as "Get this, you'll never really use it." ?

Nothing to add, but wanted to comment on how nicely presented the OP was.

Rewire also loads on startup, and the one time I experienced this was from a 32 to 64 bit rewire wrapper, literally took minutes for SONAR to launch (sans project). Noel had mentioned Rewire in the old forums way back when (was a nice post on how SONAR loads), and deleting that solved things. Rewires for other apps if in your scan path could be similar. Since it is occurring on different versions, recheck your scan paths and if you really use what is getting loaded.

To add to the above, on the save as dialogue you will want to check "save one file per clip." The non-destructive edits is very likely, since clips are windows into the underlying wav file, so 10 "20MB" clips from the same 100MB file can actually save as 1GB. If you can extend the end of a clip and expose more audio, this is what you are seeing.

These are the technical alternatives for attack, decay, and sustain... the translator missed exonerate ?

https://soundtips.net/piano-vst/ Has a nice list and descriptions/sizes of the more popular ones. Post-processing is needed to tweak the character of most since they are free.

It is easiest to set tempo maps so that MIDI is firing in sync with the grid (simpler and just visually easier to track). TAB-ing through transients, and using Set Measure/Beat at Now (Shift-M) is a manual process, but can be quicker/more accurate than their automated counterparts, especially on material without easily detected transients. This is also how you can touch up where Melodyne drops the ball. Although you "can" fire off AD2 (MIDI) to some detection trigger, it can get convoluted and also prone to errors. Setting a tempo map (by beat if tempo roams a lot) makes things a lot simpler down the road.

Eesh... Extended version of Mortal Kombat? Once I hear a riff twice, I get it... listening to it incessently is beyond my patience.

^^^^ Did you give this a try? It seems like this is what you are looking for... Auto Track Zoom basically remembers two track heights (selected and non-selected). With ATZ enabled, you can use the mouse to collapse ALL non-selected tracks to a height you prefer, and when you select a track, it expands to the "selected" height (also adjustable). When you select another track, it will shrink back to the non-selected track height automatically.

FYI - It only took two cycles for MStereoSpread to show up on Melda's Eternal Madness (50% off 4 plugins each week). One thing to always bear in mind is that there is no right or wrong for anything artistic, so always take things with a grain of salt and pick and choose things as they apply (or don't apply) to your situation. Regarding collapsing to mono... cell phones speakers can be a brutal test bed for music, but a good reality check. They lack in both low and high frequency playback, and collapse things to mono. They do serve a purpose to check mid-range frequencies, crossover band (and slope) selections, mono compatability, and hear the song in a less-than-optimal enviornment. A lot of music is listened to on mobile devices these days, so I often use the cell phone speaker as a litmus test with the assumption that ear buds (and mp3 formats) will be the most common playback medium (and ear buds really aren't a massive improvement).

I ended up ordering one of these since K12U is eating a massive chunk of my NVMe and not sure which libraries I will actually be using yet. I never thought I would see the day where a 1TB sample drive was too small, yet here it is. The drive prices are funny to remember... it was a HUGE deal when they broke the $1/MB mark, now they are significantly faster at $0.10/GB. A year and a half ago I got a phone which sported "support for a 2TB MicroSD card"... they weren't even available then, but are now.