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i guess when the people who own Fender acquired billions in new debt, they probably missed the boat without realizing that their market is already a) saturated, b) no longer interesting for the majority of people (Esp those using AI in lieu of actual instruments, composition, and mixing). as a result someone is likely freaking out and thinking of all the possible ways they can use to repay that acquired debt before the axe falls… if they were serious, they’d have acquired the exclusive rights to sell their instruments to educational institutions – replace those 19th century marching bands with 20th century electric music! lol

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probably need some more: KVR, Fender Studio One, Avid Pro Tools, Home Theater, AVS 🙂

also, i would probably exclude things like “off-topic”, and “coffee house” etc sections since by design they’re meant to be a free for all.

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ditto on the no need to win for me, i think my drives are nearly full with samples and vocal synths LOL. but i do want to say – the low noise, intelligent and thoughtful interactions with people who have a real interest in music and production sets this forum apart.

cheers!

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i have a bunch of 8Dio stuff, and the nice thing is a lot of it can be used in their SoundPaint app vs solely in Kontakt. plus it looks like they’re planning on making more of their catalog available on SP because of the issues with NI… https://8dio.com/blogs/news/soundpaint-%E2%84%A2-vs-native-instrumets

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thanks, for me, 40+ years of working with giant evil corporations seeking world domination (aka wall street etc) when i say “operations” – i mean as the corporate executive whole, not the folks on the front lines creating the products and maintaining them. 🙂 irresponsible compounding of debt is (in my speak) an “operating issue”.

anyways, i am hoping my few thousand dollar investment in NI and Kontakt platform instruments will be preserved… but i’m somewhat cynical that the same type of people running NI into the ground in the first place, will be able to discern the proper path forward…

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the “New Owner” is legally obligated to honor existing licenses, but you are responsible for proving you own the products.

unless they sell off the IP versus the operating company(s)… for example, if the reason NI is going under is poor operations, then one could wonder if a smart acquisition would be to buy the ops, vs just the IP and re-brand it… or another common one – buy the ops and IP, then resell the IP and dump the ops… thus avoiding potential legal issues for NI if doing it directly… and NI then simply becomes just another innocent instrument provider vs the entire infrastructure…

 

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hmmm, so they’re saying that non-productive holding/shell companies, indiscriminately buying popular companies using leveraged corporate debt instruments, results in unsustainable debt which cannot be repaid to the shareholders? lol, go figure…

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GEOFF DOWNES?

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very cool. i use the original insight all the time and wanted to update to v2 but it was way too much money… problem solved

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just my sense from visting it daily. i don’t really care about the “deals” section, mostly i’m interested in helping folks better use the product, report bugs (rare), or read up on techniques.

don’t really know anything about “larry”. i saw a bunch of spamming back in the day but thought he got banned. he was on my blocked list for years because of the noise.

not surprised about haters. they seem to be everywhere these days. if i have someone hating on me, i block them or call their boss if they persist (everybody serves somebody…).

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interesting AI perspective LOL. the Cakewalk forums are going strong and growing. a number of folks who left are now back under new accounts (partly shame? partly because they got banned a few times? dunno) but it is interesting.

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Saturation knob and Sonar Pro Channel Console emulation for quick and dirty results. a variety of tape emulations from Softube, Wave, and some freebies when going for “tape”. also sometimes the Izotope Neutron has some nice saturation, Izotope Ozone Vintage Tape, and Acon Acoustica has some nice saturation for WAV edits needing some love.

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software giant Atlassian company just laid off 150 workers and replaced them AI (Thompson reporting). not sure what their roles were, but i should expect that as less skilled people learn to write decent-enough prompts and accept the (generally poor) quality of the output (and then put that into production) then more skilled people will become rare creatures… (until the bosses have to endure the customer complaints (or in the world of music loss of sales and plays) or, as trends suggest, ignore the peasants)

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long term – if you’re in the business for a livelihood – you’re doomed. the entertainment business has been looking for a way to exploit all the previous works and generate “new” content for as low cost as possible including no commissions, no royalties etc. for, oh, 60 year or so. AI with all the content available to harvest, and some creative prompt writing, will render paid services (besides the prompt writers) to artists and production teams essentially null and void.

short term – become a really good prompt writer.

hobbyist – feel free to use AI. i do (mainly generating performances, not composition – still mainly do composition the hard way).

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i hope Cakewalk Sonar isn’t going to be pulled soon. i have almost 18 starbucks coffees invested over the past 6 months…

lol.

pretty sure people who use CbB will find the free version of Sonar to be quite good, and free. same for Next. the upgrade to free Sonar is easy, free, and effective. 97% of people making the switch agree.

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i think sometimes we attribute “evil” actions / inactions to some ability to scheme… lol. most likely it’s a somple combination of “stoopid” and “more stoopid” combined. having helped giant evil corporations (F100+) attempt to achieve world domination, i can assure you that the majority of those people running things a) simply inherited a good starting position, and b) are as stoopid as the day is long.

meanwhile, i will continue to enjoy my choice of DAW until such a time comes that either me (senility) or the other team (whoever “they” are) become more stoopid…

cheers!

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i think the next step up would the very expensive and large Toontrack Superior Drummer. or perhaps from Goran – https://library.gorangrooves.com/drumsets-for-beatbuddy/jazz-brushes-drumset/

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the “code” worked but once installed, the installer app, it doesn’t show the plugin until you sign up for a “free trial” (meaning provide them with a credit card), and no guarantee (i can see) that the “free plugin” would remain so if you don’t get the full subscription… so it seems sketchy. uninstalled and removed my account on their web site.

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thanks! i’ll do it that way. i’ll also include some of the thinking or stories behind the songs as well.

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my pro band from the early 90’s – Classix in and around NYC

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