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I also sold my Ableton Live 10 Standard a couple of months back. I tried it as a DAW alternative but never really gelled with it. It's another good one to buy though as it's a doddle to resell via your account and I easily got my money back.

I just sold mine on KVR @aidan o driscoll. Thought I would use it, never did. YMMV. It's a nice plugin for what it does though. Transfer was easy though if you decide to sell it on and it doesn't go NFR afterwards.

At least there is a logical explanation for the problem. Not sure what the solution is though as I guess you would need to update 9.5 to 10 before a 10 to 10.5 (and 11) update would work. ?

Hey Mesh, the best way I have found to keep up with the latest Unify and Unified libraries is to watch the weekly PG livestreams (there were two this week because of the big 1.2 update). That's where John highlights and often demos completed and upcoming libraries such as the those referred to in TTF's post above. He has been demoing the upcoming BBC Discoverstation (paid, full version of the 6 patch freebie) lately and it does sound amazing. It was the reason they created ComboBox as they needed it to do what they are trying to do in Discoverstation (imagine a single patch which you can play live and it sounds like a full John Williams score!). Alternatively, you can download them from https://www.pluginguru.com/products/unify-standard/ - scroll down to see them. Just to be clear there are: Unify Libraries - these are libraries written specifically for Unify. Examples are UniSCREAM, Cloud City, Skippy's Big Bad Beats and Airwave Melodic Techno (this last one needs Unify and Serum). Unified libraries - this is where a PG library or 3rd party plugin has had all of its presets replicated in a Unify library so that you can load them directly from within Unify without having to load the plugin, open the UI then select a preset. You need to own the 3rd party plugin! A lot of the PG Omnisphere libraries have already been Unified, thanks in part to a very dedicated end user (Kendall Cochran III) who has converted a vast number on his own, which was what prompted my Omnisphere purchase last week. There are a growing number of these, especially for PluginGuru's libraries (see TTF post) but also for things like MOK Waverazor, Brainworx Knifonium, Synapse Audio Obsession, Eventide Pendulate, Cherry Audio CA2600 and DCO-106. John will often add some z presets to these at the end which are bonus presets that he has crafted (see download link above). If you own PG libraries that have now been Unified the download will be available in your account. As an aside, I actually created a Unified library for my Kontakt version of PG Megamagic Bells and Winds which Shane (PG's developer) turned into a .guru file for me and was planning to make available to others. However, in the process he discovered that, because Kontakt library presets reference the absolute location of samples, it is not feasible to share a Unified Kontakt library as end users tend to put their Kontakt libraries in different locations. So my example of the Megamagic Bells and Winds library works fine for me but for anyone else, unless they store their Kontakt libraries in "S:\Kontakt Instruments", they would get an error when trying to open a preset from within Unify. Symbolic links also don't fix this problem with Kontakt. Here's what I have currently installed (FYI I'm using one of the Repro patches for the melody in the noodling MP3 I uploaded)... UPDATE: There's another new update video out today which is worth a look ...

@locrian what does your online account show in terms of Cubase Pro? Does it match your elicenser? The message you got still might indicate that the license is not yet in sync with reality! In case you still need it, it might be worth raising a support ticket as they are probably snowed under so the sooner you raise it the sooner you will get a reply. Stick with it, I'm sure it will come good in the end! ?

What does your e-licenser display for Cubase Pro? Mine had a small symbol (yellow exclamation mark?) and transfer pending against it and I think it said Cubase 10.5. I think that must mean that it had got as far as processing the upgrade and updating me from 10 to 10.5 yesterday, but hadn't yet auto-updated me to 11 which is what it did this morning. The e-licenser sync was still as slow if not slower than yesterday and I still had 3 stages that failed. I will try to download Cubase 11 at some point to check that all is OK but really I am just updating so that I can sell it at v11 which I cannot do until my USB e-licenser is all as it should be.

Just tried again now with success! Initially Cubase Pro 10 license was still shown as "transfer pending" in e-licenser as a result of yesterday's issues. As I already entered the upgrade code yesterday (£30 bought in July and supplied as an Activation Code (8 groups of 4 alphanumeric digits) not a download code), I figured that I just need to get the e-licenser in sync. So, all I tried was running "online maintenance and synchronization" which it still took an age to do and failed on a couple of stages BUT this time I got a popup saying something about the vendor has upgraded Cubase 10.5 to 11 and now my e-licenser is showing Cubase Pro 11 (which is also shown in my online account).

Damn, you sussed out my methodology ? Just keep it between us ok? ?

Thanks for the information. My Cubase license is now shown as "Transfer pending" in my e-licenser. Will try again tomorrow and then raise a support ticket if no joy ?

I was trying to move Halion to the new PC and I had quite a lot of back and forth with their support to do something which should be simple. In the end Steinberg support had to create a new soft e-licenser which then let me install Halion on the new PC. My issue with the hardware dongle is that it is very restrictive for transferring licenses so I will effectively have to sell Cubase with my USB e-licenser which means physically posting something losable rather than via a quick e-transfer.

I bought the upgrade in July and received an activation code (8 groups of 4 alphanumeric digits) rather than a download code. As it is on my old PC the e-licenser and download assistant software were outdated so I have updated them but it still fails to connect. I suspect that my e-licenser database is out of date but it cannot connect to synchronise ? To be honest I can't wait to get rid of this Cubase/E-licenser nonsense. It was also a hassle moving my Halion 6 (soft e-licenser) to my new PC.

Yup I was out earlier or I would have done it then. Just wondering whether I can enter the code on the Steinberg website instead of the e-licenser software? Otherwise I'll just leave it until tomorrow!

Guess their servers are busy at the moment ?

Thanks for confirming Larry. Was waiting to register mine until I heard from Steinberg that the V11 was out. I will go ahead now.

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Hey Mesh, yeah it's a lot of fun! You can start with one patch and keep adding layers to build up an immense creation. I find it an excellent way to stimulate song ideas by just noodling around with a patch, such as this idea I made using one of the new Wavesequencing patches... Unify_Me_Mixdown.mp3

Must have posted at the same time as simon I am at my PC and it is showing as 11Gb on my system using explorer properties (11.1Gb using Treesize Free).

It was very straightforward Starise. You might as well get the latest version 1.2.2 (you should have just received an email with links). - Download the update zip and unzip it to a folder. - Run the updater in the folder you created above, follow the prompts etc - Run Unify and drag and drop the .guru file from the folder you create above onto the Unify UI. It should rebuild the database and you should be able to search and find all of the new 1.2 patches (e.g. Arrival - 0 "Welcome to Unify, The Future is Here My friends" - vocoder patch ).

There's still only one version of Unify plus a demo version. There was talk of a Pro version, in fact it was mentioned in the last livestream but it sounded like a Pro version might be a very long way off as they keep adding new functionality to the standard version ? In fact I got the impression that John seemed less bothered about doing a Pro version but I might be wrong. There was also talk a while back of a paid upgrade for multiple outputs but that seems to have gone quiet lately.

Same here! Seriously great value. I picked up Repro 1 & 5, Diva 1 & 2, Omnisphere and the Dune 3 packs - 6 packs for £48 or around £8 per pack. Noice ?

Where do I apply?

Cheers Larry! Some great prices there on some expansions I was waiting for.

I decided against upgrading in the end as I wanted to put the money to other things (e.g. Omnisphere). There's also not enough in it for me and I picked up a 1 year Groove 3 sub on KVR for a great price.

Thanks Matthew, I have added that information to my post.

Yes it is! ?