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Anartist's image of what an ivory-billed woodpecker looks like. So far, naturalists have captured only a fleeting video image of the rare bird in Arkansas. George M. Sutton/Cornell Lab of Ornithology hide caption

There's new evidence suggesting the majestic ivory-billed woodpecker, once thought to be extinct, is indeed alive in eastern Arkansas. Researchers have captured the sounds of bird calls and woodpecker rapping that reinforces earlier videotaped evidence of the bird in flight.

Scientists recently revealed a video sequence shot in 2004 that purported to show an ivory-billed woodpecker taking flight in an Arkansas swamp. However, the video was short and blurry and some experts weren't convinced. But the new sounds have persuaded at least some skeptics the ivory-billed woodpecker sighting was real.

For the latest NPR/National Geographic Radio Expedition report, Christopher Joyce traveled to the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University to listen to the new evidence -- more than 18,000 hours of recordings collected by devices planted on trees in Arkansas wildlife refuges.

Hidden in those countless hours of recordings are a handful of gems -- short, faint calls that are characteristic of the species. Researchers used recordings made in 1935 to confirm the authenticity of the new calls. Even with that valuable tool, however, many doubts remained.

The team also has another kind of audio evidence from Arkansas: dozens of "double raps." The ivory bill and its woodpecker cousins in Central and South America all make a distinctive double rap or double knock -- what ornithologists dub a "display call."

Still, the Cornell team says their evidence is "suggestive," and isn't what they'd like it to be -- the bird or birds are skittish and quiet, the video is short and blurry and the audio recordings are faint. Teams are planning to return to Arkansas this fall.

Ivory 5 is a transparent yet extremely musical processing suite that shines on pretty much anything you throw at it. Whether you're a mastering engineer looking for the utmost control in the studio, or you're producing and mixing your next big hit and need powerful, versatile tools to shape your subgroups, Ivory has got you covered.

This plugin is the perfect choice to control even the highest peaks if inserted at the end of the audio chain in a traditional way; however, it can also be used as an extreme tone-shaping tool on individual tracks.

To use both limiters, you need to turn on HF; this enables a crossover at 2kHz that splits the incoming signal into two bands, and allows you to work separately on different portions of the spectrum (LF and HF). When "HF On" is bypassed, the processor becomes a classic wide-band limiter.

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Thanks to a good friend on the forum and their generosity, I was able to play with Synthogy's new German D on the Ivory III engine. I now have some initial thoughts that has made me a bit uncomfortable. Before I go there, let me show you my system specs.

The sound. I read in the documentation that this German D was recorded by the same team who did the American Concert D for Ivory II. Interestingly, this Hamburg instrument has a much rounder tone than other Hamburg D's, something I like very much. My favorite microphone positions are the side B and ambient mics.

Accessibility. All values can be browsed and adjusted. Just load the VST 3 plugin into Reaper, then use the up and down arrows to locate the inserted track, then press the letter P to open a dialogue where parameters can be cycled and adjusted using the up and down arrows and Tab key.

Release and resonance improvements. Finally there's a difference between higher pitched releases and lower pitched releases. The low notes have a fat release on an actual acoustic piano. Though Ivory has come too late on the bandwagon, it's good they have it.

Price. This is not a cheap piano. Like I mentioned above, this post won't be possible without this friend's generosity. I do have to say, I was quite surprised and honoured when I read their message yesterday.

CPU crackling. For me, I turn on half pedaling, release samples, all kinds of resonances, soundboard simulation, and that new smooth velocity control. If I turn any of these things off, it would minimize the realism. But even when I have 60 voices when turned on, I can't use the plugin without hearing significant crackling.

Question, do you think I need a more powerful laptop with a big CPU? I thought my equipment was already modern enough, fast enough and futureproof enough. But it looks like honesty has brought my presence from heaven back to earth. If you're wanting to upgrade to Ivory III, unless you have some power in your computer, you may have to refrain for now.

I doubt it's a CPU problem - it might be a problem with their engine, or it might be a driver issue with your system. Did you try simply putting headphones into your PC's output, bypassing the Babyface interface altogether and see if the crackling is still there? I know the playability and such would suffer, but if the crackling disappears, it might be the audio driver to your interface, or the audio driver settings.

OK, I'm attaching a file with a 128 KBPS MP3 and the accompanying midi. The file was played with 128 buffer size. I've discovered the loud buzz has something to do with how the Ivory III engine handles gain. I don't know what setting can this be turned off, but I remember used to hearing a similar sound on Ivory II. And then when some setting was turned off, that buzz was gone. Now if only the buzz can be sorted out, that would be great!

Maybe, just guessing here, this Windows release is too fresh out of the oven still, and contains inefficiencies and/or bugs that need to be addressed first before a heavy professional use like yours is feasible.

On their website, Synthogy lists an 8 core processor in their system requirements. If they actually mean cores and not threads, then I guess this could explain the crackling you're experiencing since your CPU is 4 cores / 8 threads.

I don't have it so I can't try it myself, but I have read that if you go to the "Preferences" section, you should have a "Show Engine Performance" option, and a CPU meter there.

1. Macs / upgrading computers. Out of the question for now, as I know this laptop still has some years left, and I'm not ready to invest in a new machine till most software that I run is causing loud fan noises, or the hard drive gives up, or one of the USB ports stops working. As for PC or Mac, I'm not really sure if Macs are the right ones for me. Whenever I browse the Applevis forum, I often come across people talking about VoiceOver bugs on the Mac, some of them long-standing ones. Most people who find Macs problematic, would recommend Windows PC for more productive work instead. I began my computer journey with a PC, and have been using Windows for 16 years and counting. So all this may mean that a PC works better in my context than Macs. Also, due to my mobile life, laptops work better than desktop computers. I'd like to read about new CPU developments, but I won't be on the market soon.

2. On a related note, I agree with HZ. If Ivory III really doesn't work, I can always switch back to Ivory II for my piano use with Reaper, plus Garritan CFX, or one of the VI Labs pianos. Though I've never gotten UVI Workstation to work with Reaper, maybe it would be something to experiment with. But I'm not going to spend more money on Ivory III if I'm not able to resolve the crackle issue.

Synthogy Support is asking me to turn down the design trim (labeled "program trim") on the Reaper parameter menu, from what I know. This was without success, the buzzing continued. They then asked me to send them my preset, which I didn't because I can't find where to save my preset. I did send them the RPP file, which I doubt there'd be any use.

Based on ease of use, laptop limitations and over all experience, I've for now removed my installation of the Ivory III engine and German D. Going back to Ivory 2.5. It's been fun, but the buzzing is not for me. I guess I'll see it again in a few years. ?

I have a Lenovo Tiny P360 with I7 12 Gen 12, 8 performance cores and 32GB memory. I own a vast collection of plugins and this is the only one that's unplayable. When I bought it just after the Windows release it was ok, but about two months ago I started experiening severe crackling an dropouts.

I'm trying to determine if CPU is being throttled. My PC isn't warm but CPU-Z is showing a dramatically fluctuating core speed. I run this under Cantabile performer (which is also Synthogy's standalone engine) and have been working with the developer and also reached out to Synthogy support, but no joy. Synthogy told me they recommend an I9 so this is obviously CPU intensive.

My BIOS, drivers, Windows 11 updates are all as current as possible. I've started playing with some utilities (Process Lasso, ThrottleStop) to see if I can make some magic adjustments but haven't gotten it to go.

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