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- Nov 24, 2023 5:20 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: VPS Avenger 2
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17591
Re: VPS Avenger 2
Well don't be fooled - of course this can do all the EDMs, but this is also a highly capable sound design synth. The new spectral synthesis gets some very interesting tones, similar but different to granular and less over-familar to my ears. There's a lot of good raw material in the factory library ...
- Nov 24, 2023 3:22 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Black Friday / Christmas / etc tips
- Replies: 56
- Views: 149221
Re: Black Friday tips
https://media.wavescdn.com/images/products/plugins/hero/silk-vocal.png?auto=format&fit=crop&crop=edge&w=2560&h=900 Waves' freebie this year is Silk Vocal - https://www.waves.com/plugins/silk-vocal . Free today only though I think, so get on with it. Silk Vocal is a smart EQ & dy...
- Nov 24, 2023 10:12 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Incirios announcement - a new sampler and audio engine
- Replies: 21
- Views: 24519
Re: Incirios announcement - a new sampler and audio engine
Maybe it’s because I was trained classically to write for real players but it just wouldn’t occur to me to ever play a solo woodwind sampled instrument polyphonically expecting it to be the real performance. Not classically trained here, but quite agree. It never works, especially on woodwinds for ...
- Nov 24, 2023 7:35 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Incirios announcement - a new sampler and audio engine
- Replies: 21
- Views: 24519
Re: Incirios announcement - a new sampler and audio engine
The monophonic stuff does sound good. Playing the sustains polyphonically sounds like an organ, but to be fair it always does with woodwinds. Actually at 5.30ish the Oboe transitions sound horrible - the monophonic legato still sounds good though. What's the deal with this as an engine for 3rd party...
- Nov 24, 2023 5:26 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: VPS Avenger 2
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17591
Re: VPS Avenger 2
It's out, but quelle surprise, servers are down. Price for new users seems to be £133 with a Black Friday discount. Upgrades are circa £73 with the discount I think, but until their servers are back up I can't be sure. While we wait, here's a nice no-nonsense 8 minute overview of some of the new fea...
- Nov 22, 2023 5:03 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Toontrack Kicks and Snares EZX
- Replies: 41
- Views: 31037
Re: Toontrack Kicks and Snares EZX
Well it's time for a thread revival. This is a classic, so good to have Chris Whitten contribute here. Anyway, Kicks And Snares is now 70% in the Black Friday sale, and I think I should probably do the decent thing after all this time. I'd forgotten about the extra layers of electronic elements whic...
- Nov 21, 2023 7:59 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Kontakt 7.7 - now with ads [FIXED BY NI]
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17599
Re: Kontakt 7.7 - now with ads [FIXED BY NI]
NI has added a preference option in 7.7.1 to entirely remove "New Instruments For You", out today.
Good. Next, the ability to restore double-click loading into an empty slot on the rack please.
Good. Next, the ability to restore double-click loading into an empty slot on the rack please.
- Nov 21, 2023 7:54 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Audiobro Eternity: Adult Choir
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8653
Audiobro Eternity: Adult Choir
https://audiobro.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Eternity-Legato-2_00x-Sharpen-Skewed-2-800x622.png Pricing to be released on Black Friday, launch day. Video and audio demos on their webpage: https://audiobro.com/eternity-adult-choir Built on our exclusive Audiobro orchestral engine, the Eternity Ad...
- Nov 20, 2023 8:51 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Black Friday / Christmas / etc tips
- Replies: 56
- Views: 149221
Re: Black Friday tips
Pretty much everything half price at u-he - plugins and soundsets.
https://u-he.com/specials/autumn-sale-2023.html
https://u-he.com/specials/autumn-sale-2023.html
- Nov 19, 2023 10:23 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: VPS Avenger 2
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17591
Re: VPS Avenger 2
Any updates on the copy protection that will be used? Something about my system makes codeMeter (that's what they're on now, isn't it?) it is think that it's constantly a new system, and I haven't been able to get Avenger running for a while. It's no longer Codemeter, hasn't been for a while. It's ...
- Nov 19, 2023 8:37 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: VPS Avenger 2
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17591
Re: VPS Avenger 2
Manuel has indeed this ‘almost stereotype’ ( south) german feature to look like he doesn’t enjoy what he’s doing, but clearly he does, producing soundbanks after soundbanks, including his participation in Refx. A contrast appears clearly in his video’s with Dr Mix. Although for my side I quickly ha...
- Nov 19, 2023 5:13 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: VPS Avenger 2
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17591
Re: VPS Avenger 2
hmm, not yet heard anything that would actually cover new ' ground' , while new features suggests the upgrade price to be valid..... maybe when new sound banks come it might show what it's capable of... I don't disagree. It's an evolutionary update, not a revolutionary one, but the features look so...
- Nov 19, 2023 4:04 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Musio - latest stuff
- Replies: 48
- Views: 38740
Re: Musio
Taylor Davis violin has been added, which I've not had before. Where this seems to excel is in fast legato phrases which are very agile and not smeary. Vibrato is pretty strong, so I accordingly miss port transitions for emotive stuff. It feels limited in what its appropriate for, but what does do i...
- Nov 18, 2023 3:23 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Black Friday / Christmas / etc tips
- Replies: 56
- Views: 149221
Re: Black Friday tips
Well even that UAD madness yesterday didn't lure me... I'm doing pretty well so far this year. Those drum machines at something like £16 (wonderful btw - tons of rare models in there) have been my only weakness to date.
So far (UAD aside) there have been very few really new eye-catching deals imo.
So far (UAD aside) there have been very few really new eye-catching deals imo.
- Nov 17, 2023 8:48 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Black Friday / Christmas / etc tips
- Replies: 56
- Views: 149221
Re: Black Friday tips
Getting ridiculous with UAD now - $142 for the 44 instrument Signature Bundle at Plugin Discounts - https://plugindiscounts.com/product/universal-audio-uad-signature-edition-crossgrade-from-any-uad-bundle/ . This is labelled as a crossgrade from any bundle, but apparently it works on the free LA-2A....
- Nov 15, 2023 2:54 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Black Friday / Christmas / etc tips
- Replies: 56
- Views: 149221
Re: Black Friday tips
My real weakness is drum machine samples, and imo the best out there (mmmaybe even better than Samples From Mars) is Goldbaby. They have a 40% off BF sale. I see they have a new huge Tape Drum Machine Collection which includes some of the stuff I already own, and they do extra discounts in these sit...
- Nov 15, 2023 11:25 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Black Friday / Christmas / etc tips
- Replies: 56
- Views: 149221
- Nov 14, 2023 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Black Friday / Christmas / etc tips
- Replies: 56
- Views: 149221
Re: Black Friday tips
Arturia have their deals back. Log in for your pricing, for me V Collection 9 from 8+SQ80 is €99, and FX Collection is €69. I've always resisted both since I have so much stuff. But - more fool me - I was playing around with some of the interactive demos on their website for the FX collection and th...
- Nov 14, 2023 3:00 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: The Happy Thread Of Free
- Replies: 43
- Views: 38952
Re: The Happy Thread Of Free
A nice little freebie for those with Arturia's Analog Lab - 32 presets called Modern Lab, shamelessly re-creating some famous patches by the likes of Grimes, Radiohead, MGMT, Tame Impala, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars. It's there in the Analog Lab store to download.
- Nov 11, 2023 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Crow Hill: String Murmurations (intro £149)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 25350
Re: Crow Hill: String Murmurations (intro £149)
Christian's argument is that straight, simple samples lose the richness and texture of a group of players performing together struggling with complexity and timing where the outcome is blurry and wonderful, using Hedwig's theme as an example. It's hard to disagree with that, but solving the problem...
- Nov 10, 2023 11:28 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Cubase 13 [13.0.20 and trial versions released]
- Replies: 42
- Views: 43064
Re: Cubase 13 [RELEASED]
Actually, Guy, navigating a track importing list is super-easy, barely an inconvenience. There's a file-structure list organized in folders on the left side, so at the start of a project I open the 'Winds' folder, click on the folder for each winds library I want for the project, click it closed ag...
- Nov 10, 2023 11:18 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Cubase 13 [13.0.20 and trial versions released]
- Replies: 42
- Views: 43064
- Nov 10, 2023 9:55 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Kontakt 7.7 - now with ads [FIXED BY NI]
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17599
- Nov 10, 2023 8:56 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Kontakt 7.7 - now with ads [FIXED BY NI]
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17599
Re: Kontakt 7.7 - now with ads
People power is not yet dead. Adil_NI We’d like to let you know that we’ve heard your feedback loud and clear, and will release an update to Kontakt in the next week or two that includes the ability to hide the “New Instruments for you” panel. Our intent in adding this feature is to help people disc...
- Nov 09, 2023 4:54 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Crow Hill: String Murmurations (intro £149)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 25350
Re: Crow Hill: String Murmurations (intro £149)
In amidst this new video there's more detail on what is actually going on (I suggest jumping in at around 6m 40s if you want to get to the meat of it). The main thing is - the gestures are triggered by key velocity, so you can control the amount of them fairly easily. https://youtu.be/50Lrg4XRFqo?si...