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Thanks, still not tempted by any of the offers in my account but I noticed that Sonible Balancer is available for free. https://www.sonible.com/balancer/

Running the latest version of Orb Producer Suite 1.1.2 (full) also seems very stable for me (no crashes) and pretty low CPU loading (6 to 7% reported in CbB). I'm using all four modules and they all play back fine simultaneously with the latest version.

Not that I have found Fleer. It let's you download it as per all of the other packs but, unlike the others, it doesn't then show up as something you own in your account. Strange.

Good choice Fleer - I did a tiny review of the freebies on this thread.

Exactly! But as it happens they're pretty good if, like me, you aren't a keyboard player first and foremost. A quick run down... The FX Toolkit is sample based and covers things like white noise, foley, ambience, risers, downlifters, buildup drums and impacts. Lots of good stuff in these for use in EDM, Cinematic or anything else for that matter. Comes in at just over 3Gb unzipped. Essential MIDI is 350 MIDI files of keyboard patterns covering every major and minor key but I didn't find any duplicates in the quick sample I did so the first Cm one is different to the first Dm one etc. Being MIDI of course it means that you could use all 350 in any key you like. One of the 7 packs is dedicated to ARPs and includes WAV examples (for some reason). Topaz - another 80 MIDI keyboard patterns so could be used like the one above.

Same here. Actually I think I only have their free stuff (first one was a Halloween pack from a couple years ago) but I think it has all been useful.

Wow! Brilliant work from the King ? Thanks a bunch Larry

There are a couple of accordions in the free Halion Sonic SE library which sound good. I used one of them layered with the Melodeon from the Kontakt library in a cover I made of Alan Parson's Nothing Left to Lose. UPDATE: I think the accordions I referred to above may have been in the paid version of Halion Sonic 3. Apologies for any confusion as I upgraded from HS SE to HS3 then full Halion 6 and I thought I had recorded the song when I only had the free version.

Thank you for your message Piotr and I wish the same for you and all of your family and friends. ??

That fixed it! Fast work thanks a bunch bakers! FOR INFO: I just ran the installer as normal (not as admin) and Kaspersky AV was enabled. The difference in the installation process with the new build was a long pause at the end on "finishing installation" presumably while it populates the registry. Wow there are A LOT of presets. Here's just the EQ ProChannel module...

Ok tried: installing as admin installing with AV turned off Same result - no ProChannel presets. Would it be possible to provide a .reg file so that we can import the presets manually?

Windows 10 Home and Kaspersky AV. I am the sole user with admin access. Would it be worth trying to run the installer as admin?

@Noel Borthwick I have now rolled back to 2020.01 (the rollback seemed to work OK) and then re-applied the EA 2020.04 again. I still have no PC presets and my registry looks similar to Carl's. I have overlaid a few PC modules into one image here to save image space.

After spending a long time playing with the new arranger (so far all great) I just checked my Pro Channel presets and there are none. I seem to have the same issue as @Carl P Clovis and my registry key also looks similar to his. Will do as per your instructions for Carl and report back.

I just tried it with some volume automation on a simple 16 bar 4 section EZKeys song that I made (see below). Seems to work as expected. Note the first Section 5 copy (bar 18) was made before I did the automation envelope and the second copy (bar 22) after. UPDATE: Also, just to be clear, in the arrangement below section 5 (with the fade in) is played twice which you probably wouldn't want in reality but you could just make another copy of the section without the automation for the second iteration. Also just ignore fade in up to the end of section 6 FYI in EzKeys I used its built-in transport to create the sections then dragged the MIDI into CbB and muted the MIDI in EzKeys. I have also posted an mp3 of the arrangement so you can hear how the volume envelope is applied. Arranger Test-Arrangement 1.mp3

Glad you got it sorted Simon ? I have had a few oddities with LABS since its inception. Just now, after clicking optimise my dulcimer samples folder disappeared! It's back again now though after doing a repair within the app. The difference in size for the download vs the hard drive content I can only assume is due to the download being compressed. I used to get Error #0 a lot when I opened LABS which I eventually fixed and the LABS log file was useful for fault finding (under settings - troubleshoot - show log file). Looking in the log file gave some clues (load failure on patches/presets) and I ended up repairing and optimising pretty much all the libraries within the Spitfire app. After doing all the repairs I still had error #0. The log still showed errors for Soft Piano and when I looked at the presets and patches subfolders I found some older versions of soft piano. I removed these (moved them elsewhere temporarily) and it then worked fine with all instruments.

Mine showed an update to 1.0.4 and I have just updated. I also had an "Optimise" button underneath Strings 2. This is one of those odd things which I have seen a lot in the Spitfire Audio program - you hover over the Optimise button and it goes grey but when you click nothing happens and the Optimise button remains there. After exiting SA and restarting it the Optimise button is gone ?

https://www.kontakthub.com/product/caleidoscope-kontakt/ Requires full Kontakt. DETAILS You will find Keys, Pads, Multis, Live Vocal Performances and Fields. All Keys turn to delicate lo-fi Pads with Mod Wheel. MW turns all Pads and Multis to rhythmic pulses. 1.2 Gb in total 85 pristine samples (.ncw) 41 Pads 64 Multis 7 Live Vocal Performances 24 Keys 14 Field Recordings For Kontakt 5.8 or above *Full Version Only (Will not work with Kontakt Player) One of the best freebies I've had in a while! Lots of great patches and multis. Keys will change to Lo-Fi pads using the mod wheel and Pads and Multis to rhythmic pulses. All very usable and with a low footprint. What's not to like?

Thanks Larry. Anyone using IOS note that Sugar Bytes IOS apps are also on sale and IAPs are also included! https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/sugar-bytes-gmbh/id614418826

Lol, Dubstep's not my genre either Probably not much of it is my genre if I'm honest but you never know if there's a loop in there somewhere that will inspire or that can be mangled in some way to add something unique to a track. I quite like getting MIDI stuff as it can be used in things like EzKeys, Band-in-a-Box, ReMIDI etc and takes up hardly any space. I started going through the freebies I listed and there are some potentially useful to me but I guess it depends on what you are looking for. The ones I listed are mostly quite small (100 to 300Mb) apart from Oracle (700Mb), Eternity (840Mb) and Life (2 x 1.2Gb). The MIDI pack (Python) is of course tiny so just get it. Potentially Useful Python (MIDI pack) - 51 MIDI files in various minor keys which would work for keyboards/strings or edit for your needs. Oracle - Melodies and MIDI but will delete the 808 bass notes as I have 808 well covered Melody collection - 40 melodic loops plus the individual instrument stems for each loop. Life - Lots of Ambient/Foley sounds - useful for background audio in videos or maybe some tracks. Covers things like rain, fire crackles, city ambience, crowds, calm ocean sounds, waterfalls, rivers, streams, vinyl crackles, farm noises. Eternity - useful for Lo-Fi vibe. Cobra - Hip Hop - mostly useful plus some hi-hat and melody MIDI. Euphoria Vocals - good selection of dry and effected vocals. I like these as they often cover things that I could never sing myself ? Millenium and Roses - Future Bass/EDM - lots of drum loops, FX, melody, Serum presets and MIDI Drip - Hip Hop - some nice guitar/drum loops in this one plus MIDI I think that's about it for now. Hope that helps. Now to check out the download vault ?

Ok will check them out in the morning. I have had a few Cymatics packs in the past and found them to be ok. With all of the recent free or cheap sample packs I have filled up my downloads area so I am spending a bit of time most days installing/auditioning/archiving/moving and often deleting things. I think I’m going to have to be more discerning about what to keep.

Thanks, downloading them now...

Same here.

Doh! Ill get my coat ? Must be cabin fever. Corrected it now.

Thanks for the heads up Larry - that worked!