Nuno.P Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 It would bew great if bandlab adds the CA-2A to cakewalk. I love the prochannel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Freese Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Nuno.P said: It would bew great if bandlab adds the CA-2A to cakewalk. I love the prochannel I don't see why not. At one point it was being given away for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Freese Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 Thank you everybody for all the great suggestions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinMillie Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 14 hours ago, Jerry Freese said: I tried this one it buzzed and had all kinds of problems Really ? SLAX works absolutely fine in the latest version of Cakewalk here ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Freese Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 I am still running the last non bandlab version. I am skeptical of the "free" version which requires a "downloader" to download. If it was really free this wouldn't be required. Seems there is something going on behind the curtain I don't know if I can trust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 FWIW, the "downloader," BandLab Assistant, performs the same functions that Cakewalk Command Center did for the last SONAR series: installation and activation. BA has two additional functions - it provides access to BandLab's web-based DAW and acts as a front end to their loop library which is accessible to both the web-based DAW and Cakewalk. That's it. There is nothing else happening "behind the curtain." While there is no charge for the software, BandLab owns the software and this is how they have elected handle licensing it to users. Even if one wanted to stay on an old Cakewalk product, there are updates and bug fixes to the shared utilities that would be beneficial. It was common for Cakewalk support to recommend users install demo versions of newer versions of SONAR even if they had no plan to upgrade just to get the updated utilities. This still holds true, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Freese Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 11/16/2019 at 9:03 PM, John Noizz said: I was about to say that here , this plugin is really really good, and the best part is that is FREE! recommended! Problem that I have with this is that it t doesn't seem to have any "makeup gain" and diminishes the signal quite a bit. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 24 minutes ago, Jerry Freese said: Problem that I have with this is that it t doesn't seem to have any "makeup gain" and diminishes the signal quite a bit. Am I missing something? These units don't have a makeup gain. If you need more Gain turn the gain up. As you reduce the peaks, you will hit a point where it has a reduced overall output. The CA-2A works in a similar fashion. However the Gain on the CA-2A seems to add quite a bit of saturation if you crank it where the Leveling Amp can stay cleaner at higher gains. In this particular respect, I like the Leveling Amp better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Freese Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 10:13 PM, Brian Walton said: These units don't have a makeup gain. If you need more Gain turn the gain up. As you reduce the peaks, you will hit a point where it has a reduced overall output. The CA-2A works in a similar fashion. However the Gain on the CA-2A seems to add quite a bit of saturation if you crank it where the Leveling Amp can stay cleaner at higher gains. In this particular respect, I like the Leveling Amp better In the CA-2A peak reduction controls the amount of compression and gain controls the post-processed output level. I would call that make-up gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Jerry Freese said: In the CA-2A peak reduction controls the amount of compression and gain controls the post-processed output level. I would call that make-up gain. You are correct. Depending on the settings, there might not be the clean headroom desired for normal make up gain with the CA-2A. It can add a lot of saturation when used as Output gain. I do agree that the Level Amp could also use an additional output clean gain if you need to really compress something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Freese Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 The ADHD had just so low output and no makeup gain so it was unusable for me. Pretty much cut my track volume in half at all settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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