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  • Last days: $99 for David Bendeth Signature Series Compressor Bundle (p.12)
2015/02/11 09:38:05
Kamikaze
Ahhh cool. I thought I was missing something from the webpages for a sec. Good to know they are from your computer, as it shows they are the final version. Thanks for taking the time to upload. 
 
For me it's pure curiosity, as I paid for it a few days back, but will download in the New Year (Luna) next week, but helpful for other interested to see.
2015/02/11 10:35:15
jb101
Razorwit
Kamikaze
I had seen the compressor PC pic with the pre release info, and too the above discussion about it being different to mean it was as originally pictured. But this is the first time I've seen the EQ module. Where did you pick that up from?




My computer, track 3 
 
Dean




This made me smile.
2015/02/11 14:28:47
twoifbysea
Razorwit
Hi twoifbysea,
The compressor PC module is on the website, but here ya go all the same:
 

 
Dean


Thank you much!
2015/02/12 00:49:20
Anderton
cclarry
Really, what this says is Cake Membership means nothing...

 
There is no Cakewalk membership. There is SONAR membership. It relates to new features, content, fixes, tutorials, etc. It's not intended to undercut third party developers with "deals."
 
You don't get Cakewalk's iOS programs or instruments as part of SONAR membership, either (you do get new samples and presets for instruments, though). I suppose that could happen in the future but certainly, membership is not being promoted on that basis.
 
I'm not saying the +10 db isn't good.... but if you decide you really won't use
it after buying it...you're stuck with it....period.  Not good.



Download the demo version. If you don't like it, don't buy it. Then you won't be "stuck" with something you don't like. 
 
2015/02/12 06:39:18
mudgel
It would look really classy in ProChannel if there was a meter the in the centre of the display and a flyout with the remainder of the knobs same with the compressor
2015/02/12 08:44:46
Razorwit
Just a quick note on the EQ, it's a really interesting animal. After some experimenting with pink noise running through it there are a couple things I noticed. First, the parallel thing is strange, but cool. Normally if I took pink nose and boosted one band at (e.g.) 500, and then boosted another band at the same frequency, the boosts would be additive. Not so here, though it's also not completely ineffective as you might expect with a pure parallel eq. Why? Because of the next thing I noticed: the bands are not all the same. The curves and even gain amounts from one band to another are different. +20db at 500 in band one does not get you the same results as +20db in band two. Along those same lines, +20db in band one at 500 and -20db in band 2 at 500 also does not result in no change, but rather something closer to the "Pultec trick".
 
Anyway, I haven't gotten to try it out on an actual project yet (experimenting with new toys on other peoples dime is something I try to stay away from), but hopefully in the next few days. I think it's likely going to be an EQ that does specific stuff for me, rather than a general purpose EQ....more along the lines of my Pultec emulations than a replacement for my FabFilter EQ.
 
It's a cool addition Cake. Thanks for adding it to the Pro Channel.
Dean
2015/02/12 13:57:10
Afrodrum
Razorwit
(...) The curves and even gain amounts from one band to another are different. +20db at 500 in band one does not get you the same results as +20db in band two. Along those same lines, +20db in band one at 500 and -20db in band 2 at 500 also does not result in no change, but rather something closer to the "Pultec trick".
 (...) 
It's a cool addition Cake. Thanks for adding it to the Pro Channel.
Dean



Very interesting Dean, could you explain what you mean by "500Hz band two" and what is a Pultec trick?
2015/02/12 14:39:12
stevec
backwoods
...But one thing that is not so great are those miniscule arrows one must click to max/min. Make it like Ableton where you can click any part of the modules header bar to max/min. But then, that would work against the PC EQ implementation where double clicking header flys in/out big gui. 
 
As more modules get introduced the selection method is getting more cluttered also. Maybe have a "last 6 selected" list up top, then a dividing bar with the remainder below. Or some kind of radial selection method like some computer games use. (weapon selection in unreal 3)
 
lastly, I wish in inspector bar, I wish the gui would flip from ProChannel to meter view with a simple "tab" button push. None of these ideas by themselves are worthy of a feature request but put together would make things in the prochannel more elegant IMO.




Post 'em to the features forum anyway!   They're good ideas IMO and worth a few stars.  
 
2015/02/12 16:33:28
paulo
Anderton
paulo
Kind of sucks though that you've so recently been pushing what amounts to half an upgrade based on promises of future goodies over the coming year...the upgrade pricing was based on a few minor modifications."

 
As a follow-up, here's the blog post from Noel of the under the hood enhancements and bug fixes. It delineates why I think "half an upgrade...based on a few minor modifications" is not an accurate summary.
 




Sorry, but you'll never convince me that fixing things that didn't work as they should have or putting back some features that were removed from earlier versions constitute an upgrade. I call that fixing things that didn't work properly and putting back things that we used to have before they were removed. There are some valid enhancements of course, but for me, I still don't see the latest incarnation so far as anything like the upgrade x3 was.  I look forward to being proved wrong at the end of 12 months, but more fising of things that don't work properly and .....
 
Anderton
"you do get new samples and presets for instruments though"

 
..... isn't likely to do that.
 
2015/02/12 17:23:24
Splat
Can't please all of the people... Stick with X3 then and we shall see you in 6 to 12 months time...
I'm convinced myself.... I can understand why people might want to hold off for a few months if they want... But they are missing out...
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