Freddie H
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 05:31:41
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LJB
I actually feel a little "taken" by CW's marketing strategy at the moment.
In December they give away a $20- voucher, with very little on offer in the store. A week or two after expiry, they release a plugin for - tadaaa - $20.
Guys, if you are going to "give" your users a voucher, why let it expire? I know many of the guys on this forum will disagree, or be "oh well, that's business", but I get the idea CW's marketing team do this stuff on purpose, with a s**** and a chuckle.
Is it just me who feels this way?
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BluerecordingStudios
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 06:21:31
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UA made LA2A revisions, out in february. I wait for them and compare to Cakewalks emulation. But I think if revisions sound in same league as 1176 revisions, CA-2A will no longer be necessary...
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Alegria
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 09:21:42
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Is this available for X2 only? What about Sonar X1?
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scook
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 09:31:03
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The ProChannel module will only work in X1 Producer Expanded or X2 Producer, the VST version will work in any version of X1.
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Dave Modisette
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 09:39:41
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Man, Cakewalk sure makes it difficult to buy things from them. Took two different browsers and several tries to get the purchase completed.
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Alegria
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 09:46:22
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"scook" The ProChannel module will only work in X1 Producer Expanded or X2 Producer ... Thanks!
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mikey
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 09:56:22
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I got my downloads (PC and Mac), serial# and reg# in less than 5 minutes using IE & Windows 7, thru paypal. No issues... And FYI for those running X2a and "other" hosts, this vst works (as expected) well inside Cubase 7.01 too...
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SvenArne
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 10:01:22
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BluerecordingStudios
UA made LA2A revisions, out in february. I wait for them and compare to Cakewalks emulation. But I think if revisions sound in same league as 1176 revisions, CA-2A will no longer be necessary...
While the PC2A certainly stands its ground against the old UAD LA2A IMO, the new ones will hopefully be in another league (judging from the difference between the old and the new UAD 1176 models). The PC2A (or CA2A) will still be my goto vocal comp for tracking, works-in-progress and whenever I'm running out of DSP on my solo card...
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jbow
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 10:04:58
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OK.... over 12 hours and still not SN or Reg number. Nothing in My Account, nothing in email...
Come on...
J
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Dave Modisette
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 10:05:39
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Got my Paypal confirmation within seconds and over thirty minutes later, I'm still waiting for a Cakewalk confirmation. Good to hear that the VST versions aren't locked to CW products. <EDIR> Product showed up in my products page but email hasn't arrived after 40 minutes. <Sigh> The infamous CW email system. All is well, as it stands.
post edited by Mod Bod - 2013/01/26 10:12:11
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Dave Modisette
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 10:20:51
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The VST interface looks nice. All the switches and dials work as expected. (Better than some of the competing products.) I haven't time at the moment to do side by side comparisons but I expect it will sound good.
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Taurean Mixing
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 11:59:33
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If this is a vst now, why isn't there a demo available? Did I miss it?
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pdarg
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 12:58:47
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Do I understand correctly that the older version does NOT do sidechaining?
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scook
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 13:07:31
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Yes, the original PC2A module does not sidechain.
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Funkybot
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 14:32:10
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BluerecordingStudios
UA made LA2A revisions, out in february. I wait for them and compare to Cakewalks emulation. But I think if revisions sound in same league as 1176 revisions, CA-2A will no longer be necessary...
I'm in the same boat...the UA 1176 Collection was a HUGE step up over the originals, and has probably become the only reason I haven't sold the card yet. If they do the same thing with the LA-2A Collection, then I can't see myself buying the CA-2A. Plus, it will be $149 for me to upgrade to the LA-2A collection to get 3 very different sounding units (at least according to UA - which I believe based off their 1176's), whereas it would cost me $99 to buy the Cakewalk version. That said, I did go looking for a CA-2A demo and couldn't find one, so until that happens, there is absolutely zero chance of me buying it.
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jbow
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 14:47:39
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I emailed CS, didn't get a return email but the SN and Reg number showed up in My Account. Well over 12 hours but it is installed and registered. I haven't used it but it imported into the PC of a project... looks good anyway!
NICE!!
J
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ltb
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 15:00:14
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Where's the demo link? I can't find it.
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Funkybot
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 15:12:55
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carl
Where's the demo link? I can't find it.
I don't think there is one (yet). If there is, I'd certainly like that link too.
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Taurean Mixing
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 15:31:44
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carl
Where's the demo link? I can't find it.
Carl thanks for asking again, apparently me asking didn't warrant a reply lol I'd really like a demo for this thing!
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jb101
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/26 20:06:46
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Tried to buy upgrade today using same card I've bought all my Cake stuff with, and got "card not approved error". Good old cake.
Never mind.
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burkek
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/27 05:59:30
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The installer for the 64bit version of CA-2A ignored my standard VSTplugins folder (/program files/steinberg/vstplugins/) and instead installed to Cakewalk's own VSTplugins folder - where I have nothing else installed. And there's no way to tell the installer where you want it installed.
Seriously. These oversights ...
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John
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/27 06:19:18
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Actually I think that is hilariously cool!
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maximumpower
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/27 09:50:12
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Do you think the $20 upgrade price will always be there or is it time limited?
Thanks
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Elffin
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/27 10:00:27
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where is that offer of a "free voucher" when needed!
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miguelito
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/27 10:36:10
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Yes life sucks....then you get married! Very funny Freddie. If I might paraphrase? Yes life sucks...then you get divorced! Back on topic: I couldn't believe this offer when I saw it. Just last week I was thinking how badly I wanted to use the 2A in a different DAW but couldn't. Apparently now I will be able to which is a good thing for me. I use the 2A on all acoustic guitar tracks which is the majority of what I track. Like the sidechain too... Bonus!!! Regards,
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ProjectM
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/27 11:29:16
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Besides side chaining, does this version offer anything new?
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pdarg
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/27 14:52:16
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Loptec
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/27 15:16:40
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I don't know if they've worked on the algorithms or anything.. Would be nice to know, actually. But function-wise the update gives you two new things: Side chaining and a VST-version (to use outside PC) I don't think it would be very smart to give it more new features, since it's a emulation of a hardware unit. Better to stay true to the original
post edited by Loptec - 2013/01/27 17:01:26
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/27 16:03:19
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"The installer for the 64bit version of CA-2A ignored my standard VSTplugins folder (/program files/steinberg/vstplugins/) and instead installed to Cakewalk's own VSTplugins folder - where I have nothing else installed. And there's no way to tell the installer where you want it installed.
Seriously. These oversights ...
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pdarg
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Re:CA-2A upgrade
2013/01/28 11:54:02
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I upgraded and did the install.
Now Sonar X2 will not open and is giving me error messages about not being able to open the old version, and not displaying the new version.
ARrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhh.
Beware!
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