The Sound Board

Looks like "everything will change" meant "a visual refresh of the website". I got an email telling me to activate my account in their new store. Ok.

https://www.gak.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=645,height=280,format=auto/https://58eca9fdf76150b92bfa-3586c28d09a33a8c605ed79290ca82aa.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/arturia-v-collection-9-download-1464846.jpg A UK retailer has jumped the gun, apparently it’s properly released on Monday 9th May 202...

60% is not that aggressive for them, actually. They've done a quite long run of 80% deals. Who knows what tomorrow will bring, but if they're staying on Kontakt then your guess doctoremmet about a new permanent pricing model a la Soundpaint sounds plausible to me. Geoff - I have a few 8dio libraries...

I know I'm Mr Cynical, but seriously - can anyone watch this trailer without bursting out laughing? https://youtu.be/DUEy0dPYgC8 That shot at 1'34... EDIT, I'll behave after this, I promise. I know why that shot is a trigger for me, it's from a British sketch show called The Fast Show. One of the mo...

After 20 years, Massive X has finally caught up with the original Massive. There's also a crossgrade offer with 3 new expansions included for $99. Version 1.4.0 2022-05-05 MASSIVE X is available as AAX, AU, VST and VST3 Plug-ins in this version. MASSIVE X requires an Intel processor with AVX or an A...

$49 til June 15 - https://www.native-instruments.com/en/specials/2022/soundwide-intro-bundle Native Instruments Massive Guitar Rig 6 LE Brainworx bx_console N bx_delay 2500 bx_digital V3 bx_stereomaker bx_subsynth IZotope / Exponential RX Elements Ozone Elements Neutron Elements Nectar Elements Voca...

Guy, if you scroll down a bit from the top of the page, on the left side you'll find the text 'What instruments are in Musio?' with a link to a pdf. The pdf is truncated thoug. Everything above 'bassoon' is cut, so we only get to see what percussion instruments are included. You'd think for major r...

I don't think we've covered Cinesamples new subscription platform Musio at all here, and perhaps it's little wonder. The Musio website - https://www.musio.com/ - is a quite extraordinary information vacuum. I'm not being hyperbolic here - I've looked high and low, but nowhere does it say what produc...

https://youtu.be/xSsJVaERAQA A new all-in-one orchestra from VSL based on their Synchron series. Articulations and mic positions are considerably reduced from the full versions, but IMO they've made very wise choices - 2 mic positions CLOSE and ROOM (99% of the time all anyone really needs imo), and...

Lots to like in EZD3. But - oh dear lord - they removed the NO QUANTIZE option from Tap2Find. Impossible now to start with any kind of swing. And it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that.

An hour ahead of EZ Drummer's release, Superior Drummer 3.3.0 is out. Not as major a release as EZD3, but a few significant new features: VST3 support New percussion instruments from EZD3 (shakers, maracas and tambourines) New midi column with a visual representation of the groove Here's the full li...

I know SINE player doesn’t have too much love around here. This doesn’t look like it will fix a lot of core problems some have, but it may help in a few areas. Here’s the changelog: 1.0.9 SINEplayer 1.0.9 is a big technological and stability update. It introduces a VST3 version of SINEplayer, as wel...

@Guy Looking at the table I guess some smaller/Indie Post companies could use the studio version, something they really couldn't before. Same with smaller music studios wanting to deliver in discrete formats. And thus saving some one the license compared to the old Ultimate. I haven't really looked...

Hey, this is fun. Avid have updated the Carbon page (their most recent hardware interface, which always came with a perpetual Ultimate license). Are you ready? You will get… wait for it… a 1 year subscription AND a “perpetual parachute”. Carbon comes with a 1-year subscription to Pro Tools software,...

FWIW - I think Matt's hit rate is far higher than average. And I've never been one to think of it in terms of going through one by one, giving them star ratings. It's meaningless to me. Typically I'm only interested in a sound within a context, what I'm looking for one moment may be the opposite of ...

I picked up the pre-sale at its discount even though I very very very rarely pre-buy anything. However, historically Toontrack doesn't put new products on sale for a very long time, and I use EZD on nearly everything, so I went for it. Only a few days to go! I think you're right - it will be a whil...

Great deal - The Unfinished is best in class. 75% off all four in the Colossus series - 1,800 patches for 59 euros.

https://vstbuzz.com/deals/75-off-omnisp ... nfinished/

There’s an interminable livestream walkthrough here to skip through: https://youtu.be/xTC_Sh9A7bw Looking at this myopically (the only way I know how) from an SD3 owner who upgraded from EZD so gets the cheap upgrade offer, I think I’m gonna jump on this. 3 new Hansa EZX kits and 2,500 midi grooves ...

FriFlo - yes, since this is Native Instruments cross-promotion, I guess it can only be the Kontakt version.

Out of interest, can you run your instruments enabled but no samples? I can't remember if Sine does on-the-fly background loading.

Jeepers. I really like Orchestral Tools, but DAYAMN.

Their RRPs are so high.

I only have Ark 1 and it is really solid - workhorse is a good description.

Back to 12.0.0 it is. It's mostly stable and well-behaved. But I'm starting to really despair at Cubase again. I know. It's really depressing. Developing Cubase feels like whack-a-mole - they sort one thing out and yet another takes its place. Sometimes old bugs come back like bad pennies. I can ne...

12.0.20 was out today, a fairly swift release to try and address some serious issues The 12.0.20 update addresses a couple of performance issues that occurred with different combinations of CPUs, plug-ins, MIDI Remote controllers, project settings or preferences. The performance on systems with many...

An avid FAQ to the madness can be found here - https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/artic ... ools-Tiers . Good luck all.

Now here’s a very weird thing. Avid are reintroducing reinstatements. So lapsed Ultimate users can get back on board the bargain $399 train to stay current, and are encouraged to do so. They have, in fact, taken away the possibility to “upgrade” their permanent licenses to subscription. For new Post...

As from today, Perpetual licenses for Pro Tools are only available for existing customers. Resellers may still have stock, and AFAIK existing re-instatements will still work if they haven't yet been used (I certainly bloody hope so), but no new perpetual licenses from Avid. Presumably they will even...