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Glyn Barnes
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Re: AutoTheory 4 is out
2018/07/25 10:37:30
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I bought AutoTheory 3 in a sale a while back but I have never used it, I figured if i got a few good chord progressions out of it it would be worthwhile. I really must give it a decent go, it seems a reasonable program. It looks like there is an upgrade path.
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BobF
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Re: AutoTheory 4 is out
2018/07/25 10:46:49
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☄ Helpfulby jude77 2018/07/25 14:46:30
$29 to upgrade from prior versions. It's a no-go for me though. Having to disable my controller in the DAW in order to get it routed to AT, which appears as the input ... blah.
Make it a VST and I'll upgrade.
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Michael A.D.
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Re: AutoTheory 4 is out
2018/07/25 12:49:19
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I remember getting very annoyed with this program. If I recall, it created 8 (software) MIDI interfaces and it really mucked up my music environment. Google it and you'll see that there were lots of complaints. Perhaps they have finally gotten it right, but I am not going near it again.
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Glyn Barnes
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Re: AutoTheory 4 is out
2018/07/25 13:20:43
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It's not caused me any problems. I have hidden some of the virtual MIDI ports in Sonar, just to reduce the visible options. It seems to do "what it says on the tin" both driving stand alone instruments, VSTs in Sonar and recording a MIDI track in Sonar. That said I have not used it much so I may not have encountered the problems others have seen.
Version 3 does not seem to give me much over and above the latest capabilities in Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol. The later has been developed and now supports many more scales than it did in the beginning.
Toontrack's EZ-Keys has a different approach and certainly works well as a tool for experimenting with chord progressions.
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dubdisciple
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Re: AutoTheory 4 is out
2018/07/26 05:10:50
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Not a bad program, although a bit unintuitive at first
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oockkk
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Re: AutoTheory 4 is out
2018/07/29 10:27:02
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Don't buy... It's not VST
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Fleer
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Re: AutoTheory 4 is out
2018/07/29 10:40:34
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oockkk
Don't buy... It's not VST
That’s actually what I like about it. It’s a standalone composer tool. Creativity unleashed.
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Glyn Barnes
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Re: AutoTheory 4 is out
2018/07/29 11:35:01
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☼ Best Answerby Fleer 2018/07/29 13:25:47
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oockkk
Don't buy... It's not VST
That’s actually what I like about it. It’s a standalone composer tool. Creativity unleashed.
Its more like having extended functionality in your controller keyboard than a plug in effect. I played around with version 3 a little more recently and while Komplete Kontrol overlaps a lot there is some interestingly different features. Both these programs are very useful if you want to try out different scales and modes and break away from the usual major or minor scales. KK scores by lighting up the scale on your keyboard (if you have NI hardware) but both are quite educational.
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dubdisciple
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Re: AutoTheory 4 is out
2018/07/29 19:51:46
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☄ Helpfulby Fleer 2018/07/29 20:10:36
oockkk
Don't buy... It's not VST
It would be more limited as a VST. Ideally it’s functionality would work best integrated into a DAW.
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Re: AutoTheory 4 is out
2018/07/29 22:10:42
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I bought v3 and had nothing but weird intermittent trouble with the MIDI port driver it installed...with no way to uninstall, even if you uninstall AutoTheory itself. The Win10 upgrade from Win7 finally killed it. The dev never showed the slightest interest in the problems his implementation caused. He'll never get another dime of my money. Besides, there are other, very similar tools that behave nicely, and have responsive devs. In case I haven't been clear, my opinion of Auto Theory is: 
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dubdisciple
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Re: AutoTheory 4 is out
2018/07/30 01:09:39
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I honestly think they are trying to get a DAW to buy them out
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