Syphus

Are your head phones working correctly?   Just a thought . . .

Impressive!    But imagine the carbon footprint!  LOL

I have been there!   LOL

Syphus

On 10/11/2022 at 2:37 PM, Noel Borthwick said:

The reality is that it's an incredible amount of work to support any new protocol and deal with the inevitable bugs and confusion

So are you saying that there is no plan to support the CLAP protocol for Cakewalk?
 

Syphus

Although a small point - by using a third-party sampler (as a VST plug-in) , you have a varied choice of what you can use for any given situation.

Sometimes you may only need a simple one (FX) or maybe a complex one (for beat generation).

By NOT having one integrated into the DAW, there is no compromises happening.  Bakers do not have to keep developing the application for user demands, and less chance of application problems.  This is just my opinion and doesn't mean I would not welcome a built in sampler . . .   Just an observation.

Syphus

4 hours ago, Last Call said:

Reaper supports it ?

Only in the development versions - Stable release does not have clap support that I could find.

35 minutes ago, Bapu said:

so, you did read simon's post then mate?

?

 

Got it - thanks for the link (meaning I found the info - lol)

 

Syphus

46 minutes ago, lawajava said:

The audio examples for the new EZBass expansion arriving in mid September seem to address a gap in Toontrack’s existing EZBass sounds.

I might beat Bapu to the cash register on this one!

So where did you hear about this  . . .   Nothing on their site that I could find?

Syphus

 

 

Release notes for EZdrummer 3.0.4

2022-08-23

EZdrummer 3.0.4 is now available to download using the Product Manager or from the ‘My Products’ area in your Toontrack account. Please note that version 3.0.4 is required for the support of EZX expansion packs released from this point forward (Q3 2022).

CHANGES

General

A print function has been added to the MIDI Mapping Layout window.

BUG FIXES

General

Loading a Drums and Mixer Preset from the EZdrummer 3 core libraries or Big Stage EZX did not properly set the values of the mixer effect knobs.

Loading cymbals or toms from the other side of the stereo field did not automatically flip their stereo position like EZdrummer 2 did. Importing EZdrummer 2 projects or loading user presets could also have this issue.

On Windows, loading an auto-save would incorrectly treat it as a normal project and it would be added to the Open Recent menu.

Song Track

In Steinberg hosts when host playback was started and the plug-in window had not yet been opened, MIDI on the song track would not always be played at the beginning, depending on the playhead position and where it had last been stopped. Performing an Audio Mixdown would also result in silence from the song track before the position was reached where playback had last been stopped.

In Steinberg hosts, starting playback of the song track inside the plug-in (with the host still paused) not would not work properly if the SD3 playhead had been moved to an earlier position than the host playhead (with the Follow Host setting on).

Exporting the track as audio having a sample rate other than 44100 Hz could in some cases lead to a crash.

On Windows, it did not work to export as audio to a folder whose path contained non-ASCII characters. If instead the filenames (the chosen prefix) contained such characters, the export would work but some extra empty files would be created.

The time signature editor would in some case contain the wrong Options menu – the one for the tempo editor.

E-Drums/MIDI In

When Add or Learn Note/CC was used, the new line in the mapping list was sometimes not immediately visible.

Editing the hi-hat CC control did not enable/disable the hi-hat calibration slider when needed.

23 minutes ago, Patrick Wichrowski said:

After the 5th re-autorization it worked after this morning.

I wonder if it is just the site getting hit fairly hard . . .

 

When I tried it gave me the popup, but then I got an error saying to try again or contact support . . . tried a second time - same error , but this time the popup went away and after a bunch of moves (re-auth, and refresh) it showed up as unlocked . . .

 

I don't know what is going on with IK,  I had to contact support to get the comprexxor to show up . . .   Sometimes it seems like too much work to get freebies!  LOL

 

Syphus

3 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

Missing Larry here to chime in agreement with me regarding the fact it is lame that those who already have a copy do not get another copy added to ones account for participating.  

Or how about completing the survey and not getting any product.  I have a support ticket in right now  . . .    Once completed I did get a message (on screen) that indicated I had the item (Comprexxor) but only have the option to buy (in T-Racks or Manager)

Syphus

 

18 hours ago, Music Software Deals said:

Hi sorry can you clarify a bit more for me? Which plugin/product was it and we can take a look and see what you mean?

ok - I was looking for prices for Fabfilter Pro-Q (using this search term - fabfilter pro-q) typed into the first box on the left.

Clicked the box titled "Include Products Not on Sale"

Three items showed up.  The first was showing a title of "Not On Sale" - I clicked on that box.

That took me to the website of "Thomann"  and the page said "The product FabFilter Pro-Q 3 is regretfully no longer available."

Your page just showed me the product at $125.   So when I came back, I though would it not be appropriate to be able to mark this as "Not Available" through the "Alert" button.   It could be a checkbox that says "Not Available"  and now users could not waste their time going to the site  . . .   Not a big deal . . .  but would be usable.

Perhaps checking the box (or whatever) could possibly change the "Not on Sale" to "Not Available" (again just my suggestion).  I guess the point is that people would be getting this website whenever they click the item . . .

Thanks,

Syphus

Alerts!

Just recently, I was looking for a price on a plugin and I turned on the "Not on Sale" box.  It showed one instance of the plugin (site) that was not on sale.  I went to the site and was greeted with "no longer available".

Perhaps you could expand your "Alerts" function to include a "Not Available" marker or such.  It would be a nice "alert".

 

Just an idea . . .

Thanks,

Syphus

 

Wrote the James bond theme - Passes at age 94

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/12/11109...eme-dies-at-94

 

Syphus

 

Its on their site(AAS) now @ $19

 

Syphus

50 minutes ago, Christian Jones said:

Thought I'd ask if they do this at certain times a year, since I've decided I need Real Machines but it's currently $78. Or is there no point in waiting? 

I don't know if they have predicable sales pattern, but I do believe they do go on sale.  I have got ADpaks for $53 dollars . . .    The forth is coming up - they may be doing a sale for the holiday.  Also, I believe the just had a sale for 30% off all ADpaks ($54.40) in the middle of May . . .

Syphus

I was doing a search for the word "Chord"  (I was looking for chordpotion)  and I got a LOT of hits from the STORE ADSR for the same deal, same price

The item was "Chords" - Price $19.95 - Manufacturer was WA Productions

I think this is a bug in your search - I believe there should only be one listed with the above parameters.

 

Thanks,

Syphus

Just now, Sidney Earl Goodroe said:

Ran my installer and everything showed up to date! I don't remember the last time I updated but it seems like it's been a while. 

same here . . .

Release notes for EZdrummer 3.0.2

2022-05-24

EZdrummer 3.0.2 is now available to download using the Product Manager or from the ‘My Products’ area in your Toontrack account. Please note that version 3.0.2 is required for the support of EZX expansion packs released from this point forward (Q2 2022).

BUG FIXES

General

Adding or removing the plug-in in Cakewalk should no longer cause a crash.

Grooves Tab

The Bandmate button in Replace MIDI is now correctly disabled when the Bandmate is not active (has no input).

Bandmate

It was possible to play in the Bandmate after the source had been deleted.

The Swing knob value was not updated when a new groove was selected.

 

Known issues in EZdrummer 3.0.2

2022-05-24

General
– Mixer presets from EZdrummer 1 are not available in EZdrummer 3.
– On Windows, if display scaling is set to a value above 100% and EZdrummer 3 is used in a DAW, dragging MIDI to the song track becomes difficult.*

Mixcraft
– Follow host is not aligning the EZD3 song track with the DAW timeline properly in Mixcraft.**

*An offset causes the MIDI to not land on the Song track correctly. A workaround is to turn off High DPI mode in the DAW preferences, or set the Windows display scaling to 100%.

**Acoustica reports that this issue is fixed in the next major version of Mixcraft. They hope to release Mixcraft 10 late this year. A beta version of Mixcraft 9 that fixes the issue is available at the following link. https://acoustica.com/mixcraft/support/beta

26 minutes ago, Leandro Álvarez said:

Not a Reaper update:

 

Now Reaper is able to auto update. No more download, unpack,drag, drop, replace, replace all...auto update for everyone, automaticallly automatic!

ok - I did a search for "auto-update"  and did not find anything to say of . . .  @Leandro Álvarez  please explain what you mean about "Auto update".

thanks

 

Syphus

REAPER 6.58: Now With More Phlogiston  (pronounced - Flow-gist-ten)

 

a substance supposed by 18th-century chemists to exist in all combustible bodies, and to be released in combustion.

 

LOL

 

How about maybe the track is not armed to record?  Just wondering?

Syphus

Use Toontrack Manager to update:

 

Release notes for EZdrummer 3.0.1

2022-05-18

EZdrummer 3.0.1 is now available to download using the Product Manager or from the ‘My Products’ area in your Toontrack account. Please note that version 3.0.1 is required for the support of EZX expansion packs released from this point forward (Q2 2022).

CHANGES

General

In the File menu, “Import EZdrummer 2 Project…” has been moved up to just below “Open Recent.”

Added high-resolution graphics for more buttons, etc.

Grooves Tab

In Tap2Find, “Quantize” has been renamed to “Resolution” and a “Swing/Triplets” header has been added in the menu.

Bandmate

The text has changed in the main Bandmate drop zone to emphasize that audio files with distortion, for example, may not produce optimal results.

“Swing/Triplet” was changed to “Swing/Triplets” in the Filters menu.

BUG FIXES

General

Loading the plug-in in Cakewalk could cause a crash.

Pop/Rock EZX was not shown with the new graphics with larger background.

The ride in Americana EZX did not look right at 70% scale.

When an EZX is loaded and is missing drum graphics, an alert is now shown to inform that the EZX needs to be updated or reinstalled.

In REAPER on Windows, it should now be possible to drag MIDI from DAW tracks (by holding ctrl+alt) directly to the plug-in.

In Studio One, it was not always possible to drag audio (of supported formats) from DAW tracks to the plug-in. (PreSonus Audioloop/Musicloop is still not supported.)

Trying to load an EZX (or a project that uses that EZX) which has no drum graphics (and thus needs to be updated or reinstalled) should no longer cause a crash.

Song Track

Recording MIDI while having the grid editor open caused a crash.

Drums Tab

When previewing an instrument, the first hit would sometimes get the wrong pitch.

Previewing hi-hats from another library would sometimes cause a crash.

Grooves Tab

The e-drum preset indicator was never shown on third-party MIDI folders (those that have been installed in the same location as Toontrack MIDI libraries).

Grid Editor

The Humanize on/off state was not saved in projects.

The Humanize on/off state was reset when a different EZX was loaded.

When Humanize is off, the previous bar is no longer used as template for velocities when notes are inserted.

Bandmate

Trying to load broken/empty/unsupported audio files should no longer cause crashes.

Custom song parts are now handled better in the Bandmate.

Using the Bandmate with Latin Percussion EZX loaded could cause crashes.

Dropping a new groove on the Drums track while the browser was searching could cause crashes.

Changing the playhead position with keyboard shortcuts only changed it graphically.

Dragging the Bandmate output groove out from EZD3 (to the desktop, e.g.) and then trying to load another groove in the browser could cause the text “Loading groove…” to become stuck.

E-Drum Settings

CC values were not shown unless explicitly specified in the presets. Now all mapped CC values are shown.

CC values could be written as keys when they had been edited.

Opening the menu for an articulation under Mapping and then clicking on a different drum or switching between Key and Note Number could cause a crash.

Standalone

When the standalone is started, if the main window with its previous position and dimensions doesn’t fit on the screen, it is now moved and resized as necessary.

On Windows on a display with a scale larger than 100%, parts of the window contents could be cut off and menus would open at wrong positions.

On Windows, it was possible to launch more than one instance of the standalone.

Installer

On Windows, the standalone was installed in an unexpected directory on some localized systems in some circumstances.

On Windows, the installer will now detect that the core library is not yet installed and display a reminder.

 

Known issues in EZdrummer 3.0.1

2022-05-18

General
– Mixer presets from EZdrummer 1 are not available in EZdrummer 3.
– On Windows, if display scaling is set to a value above 100% and EZdrummer 3 is used in a DAW, dragging MIDI to the song track becomes difficult.*

Mixcraft
– Follow host is not aligning the EZD3 song track with the DAW timeline properly in Mixcraft.**

*An offset causes the MIDI to not land on the Song track correctly. A workaround is to turn off High DPI mode in the DAW preferences, or set the Windows display scaling to 100%.

**Acoustica reports that this issue is fixed in the next major version of Mixcraft. They hope to release Mixcraft 10 late this year. A beta version of Mixcraft 9 that fixes the issue is available at the following link. https://acoustica.com/mixcraft/support/beta