Doing The Unthinkable - Trying FL Studio

[cooliadh]

As a professional you should know that any new piece of software comes with a learning curve.

I can understand why FL isn't for everyone and I'm still trying to bang out a workflow with it that is as comfortable as Orion's Pattern Per Generator.

When I found Orion I've tried all other DAWs before: Cubase, Logic, FL, some Tracker...Orion's workflow kicked in: The ease to create sounds "out of the box" and get your ideas down that fast was very inspiring for me - and is still up to me (as long all my workhorse-synths are running).

[Teksonik]

Some of my favorite plugins will not load in Orion although they load and work just fine in my other DAWs. A fix is not coming from the Orion side and no plugin developer is going to bother to look into reports for a DAW that has been discontinued.

Hold on as long as you can to Orion if that works for you but I've moved on..........

[Kriminal]

Which plugins Tek?

[Solid Technica]

http://www.airmusictech.com/product/air ... 3-complete

[Teksonik]

Yes the Air Music Technology plugins. I own Hybrid 3, Loom, Vacuum Pro and XPand!2. I use Hybrid and Xpand the most.

[Mark]

Tek, have you tried IL Mini Modular? Works a treat for problem plugs.

[Teksonik]

Yes I've tried Mini Host Modular which is still in Beta and looks like it's been abandoned as well. But then I might as well use FL.

It's not the plugins that are the problem.....

[Kriminal]

Yes the Air Music Technology plugins. I own Hybrid 3, Loom, Vacuum Pro and XPand!2. I use Hybrid and Xpand the most.

Ive never tried those... is it def an Orion problem or could it be system/Orion problem (ie win10 etc)

Have they ever worked in Orion?

[bassg]

I use the AIR plugins in Orion 8.5 (the latest 8.6 seems to be less stable on my system so I am not using it for production) on Win7 32 bit regularly, they do work but there is a bug when you open a project ("MM timer could not be initialized" or something like that). I have to turn off the "always running" option in audio preferences before opening the project; then it loads without issues. I remember the only plugin I wasn't able to run inside Orion was Strike 2.

[Teksonik]

Yes the Air Music Technology plugins. I own Hybrid 3, Loom, Vacuum Pro and XPand!2. I use Hybrid and Xpand the most.

Ive never tried those... is it def an Orion problem or could it be system/Orion problem (ie win10 etc)

Have they ever worked in Orion?

No they have never loaded in Orion (Win 7 64 Bit Orion 64 bit). I had a screenshot of the error message but can't find it, I'll have to make another.

They work just fine on the same system in Reaper, Sonar, and FL so the cause seems to point to Orion.

[Teksonik]

EDIT: OK I searched back and the Air plugins used to not load but an update fixed that however as mentioned above the following message is still generated when loading a project.

[bassg]

EDIT: OK I searched back and the Air plugins used to not load but an update fixed that however as mentioned above the following message is still generated when loading a project.

Yes, this is the error message I was referring to - if you want to load the project correctly you have to turn off the "audio engine - always running" option in audio preferences, then the project opens just fine (after that you can switch the audio engine back to "always running", important is to turn it off before opening the project). Works for me at least.

[Teksonik]

Thanks but I'm not going to bother with that. Like I said to those who wish, hang on to Orion as long as you can. I've moved on....

[bassg]

Thanks but I'm not going to bother with that. Like I said to those who wish, hang on to Orion as long as you can. I've moved on....

Sure! Anyway, the information might come in handy for those who still want to use AIR plugins in Orion (like myself).

[Teksonik]

I was reading some comments on a DAW thread and several people raved about Mixcraft. Doesn't look like my cup of tea and I haven't tried it but maybe someone will find it a replacement for Orion.

http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/