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If you are looking for more plug-ins for Biab/RB that work excellent with the PG Products, you can d/l (Free) from https://www.bluecataudio.com/Download/Products/ . They have both 32 & 64 bit plug-ins. I do NOT work for Blue Cat, just passing on where to get them at. They were originally recommended by PG Music (Decades ago). They are amazing! Some are demos, but they also have free versions as well. Trax
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Nice tip. Blue Cat plugins were at one time bundled with something I purchased, think it was Cakewalk. They were quite nice as I recall.
At the above download link, there is a Freeware Bundle option at the bottom of the list of downloads. This might be a good place to start if you wish to explore...
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Too many guitars (is that a thing?)
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There were DX versions available at the time PG made that recommendation. I ran some of them a good bit with PowerTracks (and Adobe Audition) and found them to be quite usable.
the Insolent LadEnough small empty boxes thrown into a big empty box fill it full. ~Carl Sandburg
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More free stuff. Yikes. I probably won't.
I swore I was going to limit the amount of plugs in my DAW. And for the most part I have..... Well ...kind of.
I do carefully evaluate the quality of and need for a plugin before I pull the trigger on it.
I'm constantly reminded by the length of time it takes for my DAW to scan the plugins when I add something new to the list. I have the automatic scan on start-up turned off otherwise I'd never get anything done.
I came to the realization some time in the past that I tend to use just a very small number of the plugs in the DAW on a consistent basis. Maybe not more than the same 6 or so. The others are there and get used on an occasional project where I absolutely have to use them. Stuff like Kontakt, Synth master, etc, mostly set unused 99% of the time but when I need them, nothing else will do that part. Same thing with the FX plugs. Do I need 7 different reverbs and compressors and EQ? On occasion, absolutely.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Nice tip. Blue Cat plugins were at one time bundled with something I purchased, think it was Cakewalk. They were quite nice as I recall.
At the above download link, there is a Freeware Bundle option at the bottom of the list of downloads. This might be a good place to start if you wish to explore... I've been using Cakewalk products since the mid 90's ( Cakewalk Pro Deluxe 8 ) and don't recall them ever bundling Blue Cat products. I know they were including Sonitus plugs because I still have those in my plug-in bin.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Nice tip. Blue Cat plugins were at one time bundled with something I purchased, think it was Cakewalk. They were quite nice as I recall.
At the above download link, there is a Freeware Bundle option at the bottom of the list of downloads. This might be a good place to start if you wish to explore... I've been using Cakewalk products since the mid 90's ( Cakewalk Pro Deluxe 8 ) and don't recall them ever bundling Blue Cat products. I know they were including Sonitus plugs because I still have those in my plug-in bin. That's no doubt correct. I was on Cakewalk from the early days as well. Was probably a soundcard or something else then that bundled Blue Cat stuff. I do remember the Sonitus plugins though. Those were the days. I must own 500 plugins, but I've slimmed my newish DAW down to (mostly) the ones I really use. The Cakewalk Studio Strings plugin is something I still use a lot, and found that it's still available. Which is of course very cool. I own a recent version of IK's Studio Max, but probably have 1% of it loaded. Nice to know it's there though.
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Presonus Studio One
ASUS I9-12900K DAW, 32 GB RAM
Presonus Faderport 16
Too many guitars (is that a thing?)
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And cakewalk just released a new series of plugins labeled as "Core". Oh well........
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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