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by Guy Rowland
Sep 20, 2024 1:51 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Eventide H3000 mk ii
Replies: 1
Views: 4660

Re: Eventide H3000 mk ii

Upgrades half price now.
by Guy Rowland
Sep 17, 2024 3:07 pm
Forum: News Flash
Topic: Waves sale now down to $19.99 each (inc. Torque)
Replies: 2
Views: 193

Re: Waves sale now down to $19.99 each (inc. Torque)

I see the Clarity range hasn't made it in that cheap yet.

Most of their older stuff is perfectly fine, but it's obviously an extremely crowded market now and there's not much that's essential. However three vintage plugs that are still worth having around imo are Soundshifter, Maxx Bass and Center.
by Guy Rowland
Sep 17, 2024 11:54 am
Forum: News Flash
Topic: Waves sale now down to $19.99 each (inc. Torque)
Replies: 2
Views: 193

Waves sale now down to $19.99 each (inc. Torque)

This is the first time a significant volume of Waves plugins have hit the $19.99 level I believe, and there's some excellent newer ones included - https://www.waves.com/big-september-sale. One of particular note is Torque, which enables you to hange the pitch of a drum but keep its transient propert...
by Guy Rowland
Sep 13, 2024 1:29 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Hollywood Strings 2
Replies: 29
Views: 21288

Re: Hollywood Strings 2

On sale this week for $199. Any positive experiences out there? If I say what I think Nick Phoenix will hear about it and come here berate as a traitor looking for revenge against EW :) Oh I forgot he did that! Fair enough, and of course your comment tells me a lot. I need a REALLY good reason to b...
by Guy Rowland
Sep 12, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: News Flash
Topic: Superior Drummer 3: EZD crossgrade offer
Replies: 0
Views: 257

Superior Drummer 3: EZD crossgrade offer

This hasn't happened since the launch of SD3 - a crossgrade for EZD owners. Was €299, now €239. Not an amazing bargain, but better than nothing I guess.

https://www.toontrack.com/product/superior-drummer-3/
by Guy Rowland
Sep 11, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Hollywood Strings 2
Replies: 29
Views: 21288

Re: Hollywood Strings 2

On sale this week for $199. Any positive experiences out there?
by Guy Rowland
Sep 07, 2024 6:15 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Musio - latest stuff
Replies: 70
Views: 78087

Re: Musio - latest stuff

I haven't fact check those yet, can you point me to resources please? This is what Mike Greene posted at VI-C back in July: As evidenced by the massive layoffs in the last few months. (There are now a few sources for this, so I feel like I can say it publicly.) - They had at least ten people full t...
by Guy Rowland
Sep 06, 2024 4:17 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Musio - latest stuff
Replies: 70
Views: 78087

Re: Musio - latest stuff

Mike Patti steps down as CEO of Cinesamples and Musio: After 17 years of starting and running Cinesamples, Inc. and launching Musio (http://musio.com) these last 5 years, we’ve built a strong foundation. I’m incredibly proud of our amazing team, who, despite a pandemic and numerous challenges, launc...
by Guy Rowland
Sep 06, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Hits - made easy!
Replies: 4
Views: 1633

Re: Hits - made easy!

The big winners in the California gold rush weren’t the hopeful gold miners, they were the merchants who sold them picks and shovels. Many more merchants making money than musicians in the music biz, and even a lot of them are struggling. I quote this daily! Applies to almost all the creative indus...
by Guy Rowland
Sep 06, 2024 11:33 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Steinberg 50% off sale
Replies: 26
Views: 4709

Re: Steinberg 50% off sale

One thing I just noticed - mine are actually loyalty rebates ie discounts on other products. I do have Wavelab and have a 70% rebate off Pro. What I don't have is an upgrade for the same product but a newer version.
by Guy Rowland
Sep 06, 2024 10:27 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Steinberg 50% off sale
Replies: 26
Views: 4709

Re: Steinberg 50% off sale

Sorry, but the My Steinberg vouchers are for buying the full version only….at least for me they are. i am upgrading from Wavelab 11.2 to version 12 and the best price, including the current discount, is only available via the Steinberg web site. Larry wanted to upgrade, not purchase a new full vers...
by Guy Rowland
Sep 06, 2024 5:01 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Hits - made easy!
Replies: 4
Views: 1633

Hits - made easy!

https://yt3.ggpht.com/HB4WYxWtqs3bt1247rGJuIyi32ts1t7OtCBKTkofowYO_Db77GaWoplXI0HehJCOFl0Qb6z0GILbWW8=s1500-rw-nd-v1 Take a look at that advert. Something snapped in me. It's nothing to do with whether this is a good or a bad product. It won't be long before you can upload the worst mixed WAV known...
by Guy Rowland
Sep 04, 2024 1:32 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Musio - latest stuff
Replies: 70
Views: 78087

Re: Musio - latest stuff

I can't see an Audiobro buying out the CineSamples catalog. They are a very small developer who take many years to develop a single product.

It seems a little more plausible that someone else of heft buys out Musio and add a lot more content from a third party, but that too is fraught with problems.
by Guy Rowland
Sep 04, 2024 1:29 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: NI Kontakt 8 and Komplete 15
Replies: 3
Views: 1202

Re: NI Kontakt 8 and Komplete 15

I'd really like them to make it super stable first, but I guess that doesn't sell. K7 still doesn't work for me as Komplete replaces my K5 and 6 instances with empty K7 instances (so helpful!) every time it opens, so I've had to delete it. I don't quite understand what's going on there.... a few DA...
by Guy Rowland
Sep 03, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Softube / Model 77
Replies: 3
Views: 921

Re: Softube / Model 77

The updated Arturia does well for me.
by Guy Rowland
Sep 03, 2024 4:46 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: NI Kontakt 8 and Komplete 15
Replies: 3
Views: 1202

Re: NI Kontakt 8 and Komplete 15

To add - there was a lot of confusion of Reaktor 6's inclusion or otherwise in Komplete 15. It wasn't mentioned anywhere on the Komplete 15 and comparison pages, but on the Reaktor 6 page it said it was in Collector's Edition. NI have now updated their comparison website, and Reaktor 6 is in all ver...
by Guy Rowland
Sep 02, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: When you first listen to a song, how important are lyrics to you?
Replies: 16
Views: 13383

Re: When you first listen to a song, how important are lyrics to you?

Here's another interesting example - Drive, by the Cars. Likely the second you read that, you thought of starving children in Africa. Needless to say, that's not what the band had in mind when they wrote it, and indeed "Who's gonna drive you home tonight?" is utterly nonsensical in that co...
by Guy Rowland
Sep 02, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: NI Kontakt 8 and Komplete 15
Replies: 3
Views: 1202

NI Kontakt 8 and Komplete 15

https://i.imgur.com/8Bot6fH.png Komplete 18 and Kontakt 8 are released on September 30. Kontakt 8 doesn't look like it is the ground-up rewrite I was looking for after the debacle of Kontakt 7, but it does appear to be substantially different and does host a new hybrid synth called Conflux - with R...
by Guy Rowland
Aug 31, 2024 4:17 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Any strings library that comes close to this sound?
Replies: 2
Views: 1858

Re: Any strings library that comes close to this sound?

These are sordinos I think, right? VSL Duality sordinos might be a good place to start. They do a 15 day money back thing too if you wanted to trial them properly, something I took advantage of. I though they were excellent, but the HOOPUS emulated sordinos were close enough for my uses.
by Guy Rowland
Aug 30, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Musio - latest stuff
Replies: 70
Views: 78087

Re: Musio - latest stuff

Hello everyone! Trying to make sense of everything Cinesamples related. Is Musio 1 at 199€ still a bargain ? Or risky ? I don’t have anything from them, oddly enough. Thanx :-) Honestly I'd be a little wary right now. Their public communication has dropped to near zero, and the vast majority of the...
by Guy Rowland
Aug 30, 2024 4:24 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: The Happy Thread Of Free
Replies: 50
Views: 71013

Re: The Happy Thread Of Free

I'd omitted Audiobro's Silver plugin, now added to the OP. https://youtu.be/D5hoQBgVWwg?si=528eZ17YCzFNeMWB Audiobro say they will be adding instruments, here's what's there at the moment: Silver Tongue – a multi-dynamic tongue drum played with hands, soft mallets, and metal mallets. It includes Rou...
by Guy Rowland
Aug 29, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Steinberg 50% off sale
Replies: 26
Views: 4709

Re: Steinberg 50% off sale

Linos wrote: Aug 29, 2024 12:06 pm One question about the update for Cubase. I am on Cubase 13. On sale is the update from Cubase 12 Pro to 13 Pro. If I buy this, can I use it later on to upgrade to Cubase 14? I'm unsure because the text reads 'update from Cubase 12'.
Honestly not sure Linos...
by Guy Rowland
Aug 29, 2024 4:00 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Steinberg 50% off sale
Replies: 26
Views: 4709

Re: Steinberg 50% off sale

Good timing for Finale users. If you own some of the sale products and log in, you get vouchers that give some really steep discounts. In my case - presumably as a Cubase 13 user - Wavelab Pro and Absolute 6 are both £127, RRP £424 (Absolute 6 is Halion and a large suite of other instruments). Doric...
by Guy Rowland
Aug 28, 2024 10:12 am
Forum: News Flash
Topic: Spitfire Audio 50% off cart until Aug 31st
Replies: 1
Views: 3716

Spitfire Audio 50% off cart until Aug 31st

What the subject says. Bundles, hard drives and Paul's book excluded.

Code CART50

https://www.spitfireaudio.com/
by Guy Rowland
Aug 26, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: The Happy Thread Of Free
Replies: 50
Views: 71013

Re: The Happy Thread Of Free

Plugin Alliance have expanded their range of free products from 8 to 20. bx_blackdist2 This exacting emulation of the classic ProCo Sound RAT 2™ stomp pedal provides instantly recognizable guitar tones. bx_bluechorus2 The rich, smooth chorus of the classic “Blue” pedal in plugin form. bx_boom! An in...