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MacFluffers - Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:06 pm

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I got the free version of MuLab v4 and have been working on it all afternoon. The whole time, whenever I played the audio, I heard a voice in the background that said something along the lines of "Please upgrade MuLab". I didn't mind, because I figured it was just there to bug me. However, I just exported the music to an audio file, and to my despair, the annoying voice was still there in the background.

I tried downloading v3, but apparently it doesn't have forward compatibility.

Is all the work I did this afternoon wasted? Is there a way to get rid of that voice?

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mutools - Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:52 am

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It's because you're crossing a limit of MuLab Free, cfr http://www.mutools.com/mulab/docs/mulab-versions.html

Buying a MuLab XT or UL User License will give you more MuLab power!

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MacFluffers - Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:25 pm

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I suspected as much, but I didn't see where I did anything like that. I have only 4 tracks, there's only one channel on each rack, there are no audio inputs or outputs, and I'm pretty sure I can say the same for MIDI...

Here's an image of what the composition looks like, if that helps:

http://i.imgur.com/WeStS.jpg

Is there some way for the program to let me know what boundary I've overstepped?

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bpblog - Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:35 pm

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thumbs up for a spooky thread title.

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janamdo - Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:19 pm

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Does the Mulab free always have a sound in it ,when you record with 4 tracks..?
So it is not a real free version, but limited?

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pljones - Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:30 am

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It's free of cost and without nagging. It's got all the features of the unlimited version but will nag if you go over the threshold into non-free XT usage. The XT one does the same, AIUI, if you go over the limit into higher-fee UL usage.

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mutools - Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:34 am

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Not explicitly, but there are only 2 reasons why the voice alert will be there:

1) Or you have more than 4 tracks
2) Or you are using "Per Part" MIDI channels.

To check for reason 2, right click a track -> Choose MIDI Channel.

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mutools - Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:37 am

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MuLab Free is free. Of course it has limits.
If i don't try to manage a humble income, MuLab will die, of course.

If you stay within the limits of MuLab Free, you don't get any alert!

The different MuLab versions are listed here: http://www.mutools.com/mulab/docs/mulab-versions.html

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janamdo - Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:08 am

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MULAB is now easy to start with and has nice look for youngsters, so the road is open to a conquer the world
Marketing is the next thing , go to the big music shows for new products..and so on

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MacFluffers - Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:16 am

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I would have much preferred a hard limit to this, because now I don't know how to salvage my work.



As you can see in the image, there are only 4 tracks and 4 racks.

As for number 2, all the tracks are on channel 1.

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mutools - Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:27 am

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It seems that you have multiple compositions in that session.
Maybe you got more tracks / MIDI channels in the other composition(s)?

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pljones - Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:40 am

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Maybe there needs to be a pop-up dialog at the point you exceed the limit (not an auto-disappearing one). Maybe also a dialog when you open a session that exceeds your licensed limits, saying what violation has been detected (e.g. if the limit of {thing X} is {n} then you'd list all of the {thing X}, with those over {n} in red or something).

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MacFluffers - Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:46 am

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Oh wow, I didn't notice that. I thought those went away.

I deleted the other tracks, and that seems to have worked, but is there a way to delete compositions as a whole? I don't see where I'd do that.

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mutools - Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:37 am

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Right-click the composer => Composition->Delete.

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MacFluffers - Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:02 am

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Thank you very much!

One last question: if I bought MuLab XT, could I run it on multiple computers, or does it only work for one? I might be switching computers soon...

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mutools - Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:35 pm

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You're allowed to install your MuLab 4 XT on 2 computers. There won't be a problem. Please respect the user license agreement, and in case you need more, please buy more licenses or contact me via email.

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audiojunkie - Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:51 pm

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Do you have a road map for what will be in MuLab 5? I'm interested in PDC and freeze. I heard that you have a vote list or something for registered users. Where can I see the direction that mulab is headed?

Thanks,

--Sean

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mutools - Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:12 am

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I already have many ideas wrt M5, and there also is a long wishlist with a mix of little and big feature requests.

At a proper point, early in the M5 R&D stage, i'll do a poll here on the forum for the most wanted features and will take that into account. Almost without doubt multi-core is the top FR.

I can't give much more comments or details on M5, it's too early, sorry. I don't want to express any promises without solid grounds. Now i'll first concentrate on releasing M4.

A new M4 pre-release package is getting closer and there is some (new) nice stuff in there. Check it out soon

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audiojunkie - Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:16 am

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Thanks for letting me know. I wasn't aware that there is no current support for multi-core CPUs. That would be another one that I would need to wait for. I played with the demo verison, and it seems like a nice, easy DAW, but I will really want PDC (and now also multi-core support ) before I purchase and join the MuLab family. I'd also love to see a freeze function at some point.

Thanks for responding!

--Sean

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