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@Bass Guitar . . . thanks for the great tip ! (Strangely enough, when I launched my Cakewalk Command Center . . . it kept saying I have no internet connection . . . yet here I am online talking to the forum) I just updated to version 1.1.8.1 as you suggested, now it works. I can see PH-64 Percussion Strip was a part of the Boutique FX Suite under Sonar Platinum

LOL . . . long may you live, well past when VST2 expires ! I guess I just wonder where the installs for these will come from on a new computer system . . . would we install from the old Cakewalk Command Center, which must be floating somewhere past Pluto by now ?

Long time Cakewalk user, and of course I have a lot of Cakewalk nuggets from back in the day installed. Now, when I finally have to upgrade to a newer computer, I'm hoping I won't lose them. In particular, tonight I was playing around with the PH-64 Percussion Strip to fine tune a Kick Drum sound . . . it's actually quite brilliant, with the range of controls and options this thing has, but alas, it is VST2. I'm guessing these came with Sonar Platinum ? (there was also a Tube leveler, and a Vocal Strip from around that same era) Can we even future proof this ? Will it still be available on a brand new Cakewalk install . . . or will it be lost in the old plugin time warp ? Anyways, would love to see a VST3 revival of these, but wonder if they were a 3rd party add on, that cannot be licensed by Cakewalk / BandLab, or if they were developed by Cakewalk. Haven't heard anyone mention them in a very long time.

Hi Mark, no "riff raff" here . . . another masterfully conceived groove ! It's mostly about the guitars in your mix. as it should be . . . but show the bass player some love . . . oh, wait, that may be you too ? That's just my way of saying, my personal preference is to hear more bottom of the bass guitar . . . even though it's more an upper funk bass, instead of a low driving rock / country bass. It's also possible, I'm just wanting to hear more lows in the kick drum ? I realize it's a delicate balance, and you don't want to mud up those great guitars, perhaps that's why you mixed it this way. 2 cents from Bruce

@subvibe . . . good one, with catchy pop chorus . . . such great arrangement skills you have . . . enjoyed this !

@steve@baselines.com . . . what a great upbeat track and fun listen ! . . . like a Beatle track turning into a marching band (in my dreams)

@Bajan Blue . . . amazing and energetic, really enjoyed this Nigel . . . that rhodes type sound is such a great repeating groove worm, and the drums build in energy as the song goes along. Very creative with the lyrics / vocals echoing back and forth in the chorus . . . also, your video really enhances the experience big time. Super piece ! Bruce

Oddly, it's not that unimaginative at all . . . this new fixed PC of yours seems to have some very cool thingies . . . . . . especially the "Hit skins and Purple coloured metal wet suit" . . . did you get those at Plugin Boutique ? Seriously though, I did enjoy my listen ! (this one could also use some vocals, and a video ):

@treesha @Bajan Blue @bjornpdx @steve@baselines.com @mark skinner Thanks to all of you for listening and making some great comments, much appreciated on my song journey, I assure you !

Wookiee, hope you are well ! . . . you fluctuate between jazz and rock in a very interesting way in this one, it's enjoyable to listen to, and well mixed . . . though, the opening description you offer is questionable: "Oddly Unimaginative Two Noise makers used A keys thing Another keys thing Yet Another Key thing Hit skins and metal whatsit . . ." Well, perhaps you may need to take a marketing course or something ?

Hi Mark . . . this is a great listen ! Lots of amazing playing on your different instruments . . . weaponized nicely (: Now, I don't know the song at all . . . but a great song you've chosen to cover here . . . only thing I wonder about mix wise is the Ibanez bass you mention, I don't really here it very much filling in the bottom, you've mixed that very subtle. Sounds like you may replace it with an upright bass anyways ?, but thought I would mention the lack of low end I was "expecting" to hear. Great stuff as always !

Hi Folks . . . something new, where I attempt to tell a story, this one inspired by a fellow at my workplace, who migrated here with his family from Ukraine, a few years ago . . .

Not familiar with Naked Head Clubs, more up on the Fuzzy Grey Club . . . but agreed, the install should create that directory . . . so, the question would be why it didn't after running the plugin install at least twice on my computer ? Maybe everyone else here has newer computers.

No, that directory did not exist for me . . . perhaps I'm guilty of having every version of Sonar installed since Sonar 8 living on my 14 year old computer.

@Noel Borthwick . . . Hi Noel . . . I am running Sonar with BandLab membership. Here's what I did: Opened Sonar, noticed the update, installed it . . . went to Cakewalk Product Center, it made me run an update . . . installed the new plugins . . . did a sandbox VST scan . . . the new plugs did not show up in Cakewalk Plugin-manager . . . the directory in your install instructions (C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Cakewalk\Core\) does not exist on my computer, and is therefore not in my VST scan path . . . created that folder . . . added it to my VST scan path . . . went to my downloads folder and ran the latest Sonar update installer again, after that, noticed the new plugins needed to be installed again from Cakewalk Product Center, installed again, did another sandbox VST scan, still no plugins in Cakewalk Plugin-manager . . . noticed your instruction said you needed to login to your BandLab account from within Sonar . . . tried that, still no joy . . . . did a complete VST scan (this took the longest), restarted the computer, opened Sonar, and they finally appeared, and are installed to the directory C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Cakewalk\Core\ If you can do this "addon takes seconds" in seconds . . . my hat is off to you:)