@ZincT  Well, I just finished spending an hour with Soundbox, and it reminded me why I passed on it last year.  The sound and capabilities are pretty good, but there are two issues for ME that may not be of concern to others.

#1)  The gray on gray color scheme and poor font scaling on Windows 4K display are just so fatiguing that tweaking pa…Read More

1. I live in the USA.

2. My main instrument is guitar which I have been playing for about 41 or 42 years.  I am also proficient at keyboards/piano, drums, bass and some scattered other instruments.  I guess I started with alto saxophone but my real musical start was on guitar.

3. Yes, I sing.  I held back from singing a lot when I was younger be…Read More

Wow, @peter-ik, thanks for the kind words. It is great to have you here, and just think about how far you and I go back. I wonder if my KVR account has PMs from the early days? That would be amusing to see.

As far as the Peter #2 thing, nooooo, we can do better than that. Although I think that’s pretty much just your sense of humor. How about…Read More

Happy to help.  And I never did respond to Peter #1’s post and I ought to because I do understand that people can be frustrated and things can get heated and I’m honestly no stranger to it as I’ve been on forums as IK’s rep for an insane number of years (yes I chose that wording wisely, it is pretty accurate).  I’m not “the victim” though, or a…Read More

@bluescat I did the same as you re Playbeat 4 and I’m glad I did. Thanks for the heads-up.

I was also not interested in Soundbox on release, so will be interested in your view now.

It is very sweet to see the Pianoverse pianos selling for $29.99! That’s definitely tempting me. I’d love to hear from anyone who has these. I mainly do rock and folk-ish rock / singer songwriter productions.  I’d love to get some recommendations. Even though I have a great Yamaha Grand, I really like the demos of Grand Piano Y7. The Yamaha…Read More

Just adding that the coupon is good for upgrades and bundles too.  I didn’t get Playbeat 4 when it released for €29 upgrade a few weeks ago.  Now with coupon it’s €20.  I’m gonna take another look at the Soundbox stuff, which didn’t impress me when it came out.  They kind of botched that premiere by not giving any library to use with the “free”…Read More

Thanks @peter-ik ; that’s what I was waiting to hear. I appreciate the response.

@joegyork – Thank you, I appreciate the kind words.

Another note – with regard to opening IK support tickets, there is a FAQ search first when you click on Support on our site (or visit https://www.ikmultimedia.com/contact-support/ ) but once you search the FAQ you are presented with a “Contact Support” button to open a ticket at the bottom of…Read More

@Peter-IK

I’d just like to place on record my thanks for your help on the Cakewalk forum over the years – great to see you here too!

On May 8, 2025 at 1:59 am ZincT said
@rsmcguitar I understand your frustration and I am currently holding off buying the TS5 MAX Crossgrade deal for $99 for this exact reason.

The main reason for me buying it would be for the TONEX collections and to a lesser degree the Morley pedals.
So to have to contact support just to get what I have…

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