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Thanx Reid! Not hardly a god...nothing close... but I put in a LOT of work....way more than most realize... I start at 5 am...and go all day long trying to keep track of all of these sales, and trying not to double post, and trying to make sure that I've put the requested "disclaimers" i.e... Full Kontakt, iLok, eLicenser...etc...in the posts...it's takes a lot of time and effort...despite what some people think!

I KNOW for a FACT that I'm appreciated here - and that's why I do what I do!

It's nuts. I was up early, but didn't even get to eat breakfast until 11. I'm typing all day and I'm always behind. I don't know how King Larry does it. The man is a God. Maybe it's because I still haven't gotten over my Covid shot? No morning bike rides for me from now on.

Each plugin is a work of art. I had to stop using Pro-R because rather than applying reverb to my track, I'd end up staring at the beautiful display for hours. 😀

45% 60% 65% 70% 80% off .... getting there

Holy crap.... I actually had active WUP on the SSL Collection.... I think this is the first time WUP has actually been worth it. I for one am shocked!

Out soon... FabFilter Volcano 3! Redesigned interface, new filter types, enhanced filter quality, drive control and much more..

Free Phrases Compilation https://sonuscore.com/shop/free-phrases-compilation/

It's called GAS (Guitar Analog Synthesis) It's 50% off and I have no idea if it's good, bad, or ugly, but that name is briliant! https://www.lootaudio.com/category/kontakt-instruments/audiowarpc/gas

You can't put a lot of metadata into a standard wav file because the file spec it's based on (RIFF) simply doesn't provide any standardized place to put it. That's why most of that kind of information is handled at the host level, e.g. a CD's TOC or a DAW's project file. Mostly all you get in a standard wave file are essential technical information such as sample rate, word length, interleave and number of channels. Yes, the standard is extensible and can even contain ID3v2 tags, but such variants are not universal and can be problematic. Think about how many times users have come here for advice because they inadvertently imported a BWF (a RIFF-based format that does support metadata) and were confused when it didn't behave like the WAV file they assumed it was. MP3 and similar formats, OTOH, were designed specifically to have self-contained, portable metadata to facilitate music distribution. Consequently, there is almost no limit to what kinds of information they can contain. Even then, not all fields will be meaningful to all applications. Bottom line is that it's not an oversight in the DAW that prohibits you from entering metadata for a wav file. If an application does provide such features, it's probably writing a nonstandard format that other applications may not understand. The wave files that Cakewalk writes, however, can be read by any DAW and most players, making it possible to collaborate across different DAWs and platforms. As long as you stick to widely-used formats, anyway. Here's a reference that might help. It lists applications that can write ID3v2 tags to wave files. My longtime go-to for things like that are the free foobar2000. This is a very useful tool to have on hand.

Two new plugins added to this months Plugin Boutique freebie offer; Audiority PolyComp and AudioThing The Orb. Choose one of these for free with any purchase (along with Heavyocity PUNISH Lite, Mastering the Mix LEVELS, United Plugins Autoformer or an AAS Sound Bank) https://www.pluginboutique.com/articles/1761 for full details.

FREE Update In order to provide a better user experience when using the Gem plug-ins on large sized displays, we made the graphic interface resizable. From the preference panel you can change the plug-in size from half of its nominal dimension (50%) to double of its size (200%). The upgrade is FREE for any plug-in of the Gem series. HOW TO GET THE UPGRADE The Upgrade is Free for all Gems registered users. Log into your Overloud user account by clicking on the button below Go to the "download installers" page You will see the list of the installers for the Gem plug-ins you own. https://overloud.com/user/login

I want to upgrade for $29

Gotta admit I kinda miss the excitement of Thanksgiving morning thinking of what may be in Black Friday sales. All this Early BF thing I am not a fan of. I notice all the stores are jumping on this early thing, not a fan. I also miss the Best Buy ad I used to get with my newspaper. Call me Old Fashioned

The 12 Days starts up on December 6th. They usually do a BF sale on selected libraries and that stuff doesn't end up as 12 Day deals.

Just a quick Thank You. My studio (Pie Man Sound) briefly switched from Sonar to Protools when Gibson stopped support, but I've been on Cakewalk by Bandlab since you "rebirthed" it. More than 1000 projects later, I've never lost a track, and aside from a few blips, the stability and functionality has been fantastic for both full band tracking on a console, and for one-person sessions where the musician is also the engineer. And most remarkably, service improved when the software became free. Whatever you are doing, it is very much appreciated - all day, every day. Thanks!

Picked up my upgrade to Hyperion Strings Elements. Had a discount code in my pocket from my purchase of Hyperion Strings Micro last year, and was able to combine that with the latest sale price! Upgraded for $34.60.

Wives don't appreciate Lars too much either...

Starts Nov 25 with Black Friday https://www.sonokinetic.net/

Up early at Best Service https://www.bestservice.com/deals/arturia_50_off_3634.html Thanx to Reid for this one!

Up to 60% off KV331, including SynthMaster Player for $9 and SynthMaster One Crossgrade from SynthMaster for $9: Extra discount with code FORUM at JRR https://www.jrrshop.com/kv331?dir=asc&order=name

Here's a slightly pumped up mix of a song on the album The Instrumentalist. https://baselines.com/?p=6336

Hello! This is a song almost mixed. I have to cleen up the voice tracks ("ssss", "plop", and so on) and to fix some reverb effects (e.g 0:49). What's your opinion? Vocals more loud or quiet? It seems to be a little too much "in the face" when switching to a mono listening.

Well it was either that or someone was going to add Yellow Submarine, right?

Unrelated to this sale I recently put together a guitar passage where I ran the same passage through Eventide’s Blackhole, then through Valhalla Shimmer then through EOS 2. All of them sounded terrific with their own character. I liked all of them very much. I played it for a friend and he liked them all but liked the EOS 2 portion the best. It has just a slightly cleaner aspect within the reverb.

Seeing all of these awesome icons on my desktop gives me a warm happy feeling. Until I ask myself, "which one today?" 🤣 My solution: Just open Analog Lab V and look for an inspiring sound. Then launch the full synth UI when you have something you want to tweak...

Also extra 20% off with code TIGER. Which is a much better code IMHO.

I have resisted upgrading my V Collection since 2016, but they've got me this year for $99. That was on my list if they had this price. But their FX Collection was not on my list because I already have more reverbs, compressors, etc. than I can use. But I do admit there are some very unusual plugins ithere that could be fun to play with. And they all look beautiful. Even if they aren't any better than the ones I own, they look stunning. Good artist. My memory is that it was $99 for me to get the original set and now it is $69 to get version 2 which has more stuff. Hmmmm.... This is definitely GAS at work.

Clean links https://www.softube.com/products/celestion-speaker-shaper https://www.softube.com/marshall-murder-one-lemmy-signature

I'm confident that every store that handles Arturia will have the discounts when Arturia starts the sale. Somebody on VI:Control said they tried to buy from Best Service and they didn't have the serials yet. Best Service jumped the gun on Eventide's SplitEQ too, putting it up before Eventide did. And if you own anything by Arturia already, definitely wait until the sale starts, because there will no doubt be special prices for you when it starts. I'm hoping for $100 to upgrade to the latest version of the V series.

Wow. Just wow.

Yes, Zo. The System-1, System-1m and System-8 have the capability to host some of the Roland plugins and run them independently of a computer. The System-1 series can host one of the monophonic plugins at a time (SH-101, SH-2, Promars and System-100) and the System-8 can host these plus the polyphonic ones (Jupiter-8, JX-3p, Juno 106 and Juno 60, the first 3 come free when you buy the keyboard) and it can keep 3 of these in the memory (you can select them with dedicated button on the front panel). At this moment only this 8 plugins have this so called "Plugout" capability in Rolandspeech. This is somewhat old news... as I said Roland alerady sort of phased out this technology in favor of the more efficient Zen-Core engine. But, as I also said, the ACB technology that empowers this Keyboards and plugins is the more realistic analog emulation that Roland have produced to this date. And I can attest the long way they come until it 'cause I have a JP-8080 HW synth to compare, powered with the very first Roland virtual analog engine (the same of the JP-8000, with some minor improvements). Here are some demonstrations:

One of my fav reverbs

@cclarry MAC only it seems??? Might be worth adding to title ( looking at download page ) https://www.add.app/download

I've heard before that the ladies can get a bit tetchy once they find out that there's more than one of them.

Sorry, but you're just not my type.

Even though this part of the year normally focuses on Black Friday sales we are coming up with a little free present. QuickAG has been updated. Bigger, better, brighter, smoother There is one major change in this version. It's the way this acoustic guitar mixing plugin acts after the 15-days trial version expires. Instead of generating noises, the plugin remains fully functional (soundwise). QuickAG 2.3 turns into a FREE second-hand version and only loses the chance to tweak some of the parameters. But you can still take the advantage of using a mighty FREE plugin. Presets made with the full version remain functional in the FREE version. To get the free version just download the trial version and let it expire. No registration or licenses are necessary. 50 Euros https://unitedplugins.com/QuickAG/

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Whenever I try to upgrade my Wives plugins they start acting up, giving me all kinds of strange messages and making weird, scary sounds. Removing them is also a pain, as the process either simply fails (the infamous "are you sure you want to do this?" loop) or some important stuff is removed with them (and even then they usually leave all kinds of useless clutter behind). I've also noticed that I can't use more than one in a single session or they interfere with each other. Lovely sound, though, and the UI is really pretty.

Easy pass on this. I don't care how good it is. I have channel strips from IK and PA. They exist on 3 machines. So far I haven't used one either.

Thank you for doing our work for us.

You have my respect. And I know everybody else's too. Maybe I'm getting older, but I don't remember it getting this crazy until next Monday.

Matkat Music has launched a new programming course called SimpleMBComp, and it’s FREE! Just use the offer code ‘FreeCodeCamp’ on their website, and you can download this 8-hour long course for free. https://www.programmingformusicians.com/simplembcomp/

No, it has to be that way to make the mistake in the guitar solo look deliberate.

For (1) change your Audio Export Folder within Preferences to %PROJECTFOLDER% ( i.e. remove the \Audio Export part )

I have the same issue (i.e. expired SSL Collection). However, this new SSL Channel looks like a nice upgrade and worth replacing the old SSL versions. I suppose it's time to try the demo. I see @simon suggested everyplugin.com to help with the decision.

@cclarry I thought you had some gospel musicians for hire 😉

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