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Ok, the Bounty for this year... Thanks to the EXTREME KINDNESS of Grem, and a HUGE DOUBLE HEAPING of THANKS to the EXTREME GENEROSITY of many of you here in this forum, this is where my Black Friday landed...and I can tell you, without a question, right now, it has been THE ABSOLUTE BEST BLACK FRIDAY EVER, barring NONE! And THAT is SINCERE! Here are the items that were at the TOP of my list: Studio One 5 Upgrade w/FREE Chris Hein Chromatic Harmonica - $98 at Best Service (THIS was my only "Must have" BF Item) Virharmonic Choral Bundle $99 ($700 value) (way too good of a deal to pass up!) SoundIron Insane Bundle $99 minus $10 coupon = $89 ($650 Value) at APD (way too good of a deal to pass up!) The Rest of These are all "Icing on the Cake-walk" (see what I did there?) Loom II $1.59 at Best Service Corel Video Studio Ulimate 2020 $26.49 75% off at Corel Synthmaster Player $5 at Plugin Boutique (already had the free version but it wasn't good for upgrades) Rigid Audio Loops Bundle - $6 at Plugin Boutique (had Rewards) Rigid Audio Drums and Wavetables Bundle - $15 at Rigid Audio SoundSpot Evade for $3 at Plugin Boutique Black Friday Items Received for Free There was a plethora of Free Stuff this year, and we're quite fortunate about that! Free Udemy Course - Music Composition - Guidelines for a Professional Sound IK T-Racks EQual FREE from Bedroom Producers Blog Preparato Piano LIte FREE CLA Echosphere from Waves FREE Slate Fresh Air from Slate Digital FREE Slate FG-2A from Slate Digital FREE (AA) Synare From Mars from Sounds from Mars FREE Cherry Audio Surrealistic MG-1 Synth FREE D16 Drumazon FREE from Plugin Boutique w/purchase Eventide Quadrovox FREE from Plugin Boutique w/purchase Master the Mix Animate FREE from Plugin Boutique w/purchase Cymatics Memories FREE w/ a lot of other freebies Noizefield Warrior FREE from Noizefield And all of that is FAR MORE than I ever imagined I'd be able to get! And, from henceforth, unless it's FREE, I ain't gettin' it! This party is over, and it was a GOOD ONE!!! And I'll most assuredly enjoy the "Hangover"! Have a LOT to dig into now! And, most importantly, I am TRULY and HONESTLY blessed to dwell here, amongst the giants! So I graciously bow to you all, and am humbled to be able to serve you all in your quest to "make music", Enjoy it, and do it as cheaply as possible, and to be of any help that I can, when I can!!!

I pretty much have everything I need (and more). It's unlikely I'll be spending at my past rate for the foreseeable future. 2021 is the year I intend to pay off my interest free debt purchases. But will I leave this place? NOPE!

And a VERY special thanks to a very special someone for a very special something...you know who you are!?

PluginFox offers the Omnipressor ($149 value) compressor plugin by Eventide as a free download for a limited time only. https://pluginfox.co/collections/plugins/products/eventide-omnipressor

Thank YOU Larry!!!!!!!!!! Now that my wallet is empty, I no longer walk with a limp.

I've already added two more freebies...Eventide Omnipressor Mistake Freebie, and the Embertone Ivory Winds Freebie!

Love Jamstix - the developer is deathly slow at releasing fixes and updates but he's promised another update before the end of the year ..... edit at that price just get the full package, you'll thank me later - although you'll be too busy dealing with the MASSIVE learning curve

Well of all the people that deserve it, you are at the very top of the list. ?

You all know where waves is.. kind of saw this coming :). 4 delays and 4 reverbs all CLA setup to feed like he does. You too can be a one plugin to rule them all hero :). 29.99 for Cyber Monday!! https://www.waves.com/plugins/cla-epic P.S yes I broke my no new paid plugins rule for end of year for this one... lol. Tony

Run the SAA and select "Labs" then "Not installed" to download or go here https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/guitar-harmonics

Found this one that I didn't have.. https://www.embertone.com/instruments/ivorywind.php

https://www.patreon.com/posts/britpressor-44141645

That's the hangover talking!

Word. ? Is there a code for everyplugin.com? (Yes, I'm asking again on this thread like Fleer is dropping his WUP-hate. I would too, but Fleer is doing a bang-up job!)

Boy ya gotta wonder about marketing: We are going to make it more attractive to WUP by giving you a voucher to help defray the cost of WUP'ing! But, you can only use the voucher in certain circumstances so that we don't give you all your money back!!!

https://www.nembriniaudio.com/products/live-rig-plugin-host

They have a Buy 2 Get 2 Deal going on too - TODAY ONLY!

If you've been enjoying the free version of Jamstix 4 and have been debating stepping up to the full version, this is your time. Jamstix is now on sale with deep discounts. For example, 'Jamstix 4 Studio' is just $99 instead of the normal $249 price. If you already own Jamstix 4, now is the time to get those expansions you've had your eye on. All of them are on sale, Jamcussion is only $29 instead of $69, MetalPak and BonzoPak can be had for $19 each instead of $49 and the big MiniPak bundle, which is already a great deal at $59, is on sale for just $39. The sale ends on December 31st. Secure Online Shop Please note that the macOS version is still in Beta. We recommend that you delay any purchase for macOS until the official release is out. There will be similar discounts available at that time so you are not losing out on the holiday sale.

You're really just asking for someone to post this, aren't you? ?

Summary of the things that RR is trying a bit too hard to sell now....... UJAM. ?

For people who just need the non-orchestral samples ST4 is more than enough. The sounds are actually pretty good. The issue I have is that the software is not set up great for browsing and finding the sounds. The folder view is not as good as the docked browser in ST3 (which works like the Kontakt Browser). You're constantly having to jump between screens. With ST3, setting up multis, etc. is far quicker. For Orchestral Libraries, you can easily just buy something else and it isn't really much of a loss. The other stuff in TSM2/ST4M easily is worth the price you pay for it (esp. during these promotional periods). You can just ignore the Philharmonik 2 stuff ? Beyond that, no, you don't need to supplement SampleTank with stuff like Addictive Keys, etc. unless you simply prefer the character of one of those instruments. It comes with everything you need to make music. That's the biggest selling point of the package - similar to NI Komplete. Once you get it, you can [largely] stop wasting time looking at other stuff.

what about those new ToonTrack products that are in the pipeline ?

I spent 100 bucks this month but the only BF sales I got were the ARC3 upgrade and the Hypersynth editor. I don't know if that means I have become wiser or poorer. Probably both ? Wedge Force Matcha - $25 with my monthly PA coupon Cherry Audio CA2600 - $21 IK Multimedia ARC3 upgrade - $40 Hypersynth Alesis Ion Editor - $19 Eventide H9 Plugin Collection - FREE!!! (as I own an H9 Max pedal)

I got my Serial # email....so was one of the lucky one's I guess!

The library requires the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt. https://wavelet-audio.com/trailer-ambient-tools/

WUP is shite

My list is long so I have categorized it 1) The "I prepared this wants list before BF" XLN XO (audiodeluxe had the best deal after considering bucks) Spectralayers upg to 7 (from Steinberg) Soundforge 13 (I was waiting to see what Magix would offer, in the end their deals weren't interesting enough so I got the "cclarry special") Audiority Echoes T7E (from pluginboutique) 2) The "I would have bought them anyway sooner or later" AAS Chromaphone 3 (from dontcrack) Virtual Bassist upgrade to v2 (from JRRShop, I thought it was a 3-to-3 upgrade and I got the very pleasant surprise that it was 3-to-4) Orb Producer Suite DDMF LP10 (from JRRShop, nice to see them there, DDMF has some really useful plugins) Harrison AVA bundle 3) The "maybe I should stop subscribing to deals emails and reading this forum" Samples From Mars complete bundle Virharmonic Choral bundle OpZilla Sampletekk pianos, organs & flutes (various purchases, from APD & Sampletekk directly) Gain Match Ina GRM Creative bundle 4) The "Freebies, which I would have missed if not for this forum and the deals emails" CLA Echosphere Surrealistic MG-1 Quadravox Animate NOS Audio Roomer Slate Fresh Air Shortnoise 1 RA Granulat Audiothing SR-88 Sonixinema Medicine man One Man Tribe HandPan Entertaining mp3 song from ZincT 5) The "they were on my list but I already spent too much, I'll leave them for some other time" Magix upgrades (Acid, Vegas, Samplitude) Arturia V Collection upg and FX Collection crossgrade Cherry Year One collection Reason upgrade Presonus Upgrade Realivox

But two plugins and get 2 free of equal or lesser value from THIS list https://www.waves.com/free-plugins-cyber-monday-2020 http://everyplugin.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result?manufacturer[]=6

Run Waves Central to update!

Oh you won't have to leave, You'll be banned! Pull it together man. ? Rocky

So far just FabFilter Pro-Q 3 -$120 (at JRR) Thanks Larry Not a BF deal but I did get Slate VSX on the rent to own program. Love it, hearing stuff in songs I've never heard before. Lol I even got the Pro -Q3 with Paypal 4 payment option for my own rent to own program. So just $39 Vsx and $30 for Pro Q 3

I found it totally depends on the track and what you want to do with it. I've lifted vocals from a track and they have been pretty good. Pulling out a piano or drums is less successful for me. It splits the stems into layers and if you add the layers together they are identical to the original - the artefacts 'cancel out'. This means if you just want to pull the vocal down a bit or eq then I think it's useable. It does remove the vocal AND it's reverb as part of the unmix - which is less useful than just the dry vocal. definitely try the demo, on the right material the unmix thing is amazing.

I moved closer to Melda everything by getting the MMixing Bundle for $132. Part of me thinks I shouldn't have bought it but it is a one time purchase and no WUP or having to pay for upgrades.

Sure was a limited time offer.

Yes... I guess I should include the link for those who are "New" to Spitfire...so will make a note of that...

Udemy frequently offers many discounted $9.99 courses. Any music courses by Jason Allen PhD are excellent. Jason is qualified to teach music as he is a composer, producer, songwriter, engineer, sound designer, DJ, remix artist, multi-media artist, performer, inventor, and entrepreneur. He teaches at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN, where he runs the Music, Media, and Management program. https://www.udemy.com/user/janthonyallen/ His courses on Udemy include Music Theory Comprehensive, Mixing Masterclass, Composition and Film Scoring, Ultimate Ableton Live, Drum Programming Masterclass, etc.

I got those two as the BF specials for MIDI at Toontrack as well at $10 each, as well as Americana EZX for $20. Also grabbed EZKeys Upright Piano for $39, along with Americana and Piano Pop EZKeys MIDI for $10 each.

Ed, thanks for creating that site when you did. It was a time of need, and you rose to the occasion with more than just words and hand wringing. I believe I had the temerity to post the very first song? I can't remember, but it was an intentional sonic dumpster fire, and you understood its humor value . . . so thank you for that as well. RIP and to the Great Beyond.

I think the upgrade is $99...but can't swear to it... You'll be better waiting until Class A makes it to the $29.99 (or even $14.99 with voucher) market

I read "WaveWorm" and thought: "Wow, that's a really cool name for a plugin. I wonder what it does?"

Alright, thanks- it's the price of impulse buying.

Sorry...I updated the OP...there is ALWAYS a list on these types of sales...I just forgot to mention it.

Im a sucker for Synthwave .. 80s child Bought ..

? Oh boy ! that ain't the half of it .....according to him , he gets upset if I'm on the computer for to long ......no problem lets jump on top of Kenny and knock him off the chair . Kenny

I have to turn off my computer tomorrow. It will be tough learning about any killer Cyber Monday deals after the fact but I'm tapped out: 1. Got the drives mentioned above 2. AT5 update 3. Orb Producer Suite 4. Ownhammer IRs 5. The usual freebies (thanks, Larry!)

It's the contrast between the controls and the background (or lack of) that is the main problem IMO. ST3 is better in that respect, although still somewhat lacking in the looks department.

Same here. Currently I use modellers for tracking and then reamp using tube amps, cabs and mics or IRs, depending on the situation. So far, tube amps provide noticeably better results even with IRs.