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Free choices from group buys are eligible now. Something I and a couple others here really pushed for and got the team to implement. For example, those who own T-RackS Sunset Sound Studio Reverb qualify for the 9.99 upgrade (vs 49.99) MixBox Sunset Sound modules. Do they get it right every time? No. But I also now take part in a regular meeting with the lead of the team that sets up the eligibility and the reminders are not so gentle any more so I hope this gets squared away to be right each time, every time, from the go.

You should really buy this on their site for the same price and support the developer: https://pulsar.audio/mu

OTS and Greg are Great people \m/ and we at www.amplesound.net are just working differently...😉 we'll try to be quicker for the winter sale.

Just one more..

So how many "the only synth You'll ever need" are out there?

Just a thought for next year. You may want to time your summer sale BEFORE the Orange Tree Samples group buy. Just saying...

As long as they're buying the drinks.

Deal: 50% off "Phase Plant" by Kilohearts Value: €199 Discount: 50% Price: €99 Grab the deal now on http://www.VSTBuzz.com Phase Plant is a multi-award-winning, semi-modular softsynth developed for music producers and sound designers. With a unique combination of top-quality processing, creative freedom, and an intuitive workflow you will be creating amazing patches in no time! Get Kilohearts Essentials free when you create your Kilohearts account! Grab the deal now on http://www.VSTBuzz.com!

$69 https://audioplugin.deals/scorpio-by-artistry-audio

You'd be a LOT richer if you broke out in hives every time you bought a plug-in! 🤣

Bioscape and Lunaris are amazing. Lunaris 2.0 is imminent as well.

Such a down-to-earth guy. And for a guitarist, very attuned to things like instrument balance and separation. He approaches a live mix like he's in the studio. Great quote I'll no doubt use: "you always have that 6th gear but you don't live there" (talking about playing quieter to combat overly-reverberant rooms).

You should either read the documentation articles about PVR or watch the many tutorial videos on the topic. That’s how we all learned how to use advanced features of Cakewalk. The hard way is to blindly poke at buttons. Go to the tutorials here https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/forum/35-tutorials/ I have my ow series as well https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/36057-cakewalk-2022-owners-manual-tutorials/

Agree that they are great! Just meant that many shoppers might have already exceeded their summer plugin budgets due to that group buy and 60% off on guitar bundles, LOL!!! I own Ample and OTS products! Great quality stuff!

Sparks > Fireworks.. Elvis Costello - Indoor Fireworks:

Thanks Mark, So I already had the full version and unlocked it. That's interesting. I have a fair number of strings libraries and against some of them, this rocks. There are some patches in here I would need to dial in with other libraries. IOW, lots of useful patches I think will fit in a mix probably untouched. Even though this is a "synth" strings library, it competes well with sampled strings libraries all depending on what a person is doing. For me, I think I can simply slot in a bunch of these with no tweaking. The process makes more sense to me when I consider Arturia's building legacy of modeled instruments. This stands somewhere in between. A good instrument with a small footprint. Hard to go wrong there.

€99 /$99 is the lowest price it ever gets to: https://musicsoftwaredeals.com/price-history/Phase-Plant-by-Kilohearts-1989/

While I'm not biting because I'm trying to limit my spending, I must acknowledge that I don't recall ever seeing a negative post about Phase Plant from a user, just very very positive comments. That is compelling.

I guess it's better than "Face Plant"!

Their legacy plugins became free. They still have current updated plugins they sell.

"Behold, the patient shall be rewarded with a better deal. "

My budget is much happier with waiting, LOL 😂

Norway I got back from Sweden and Norway a couple of weeks ago with thousands of pictures and videos of fjords and villages and churches etc etc. I was going to jump in and make a music video from my Norway images, but I came down with Covid a day after I returned. Until a couple of days ago I felt like crap - coughing and nausea and fever, but the worst was a sore throat that discouraged eating and drinking. And yeah, I'm fully vaccinated but I think I got the newer variant that manages to get by the vaccine. Hope you're all doing okay. -Bjorn

Yoo stoopid penguin. Nah, you’re good.

It is my primary synth now. I often find myself using it for everything. Most of my bass even comes from it these days

One of my personal favorites is Luftkraft for Diva. Marvelous Kraftwerk sounding presets.

Pigments is one of the best, IMO!!!

There's always "just one more"!!! 🤣😜🤪

You didn't specify which ones but you're absolutely right.

Yeah their upgrade policy is bizarre.. IMO they would sell a HEAP more software if they counted them for upgrades too.. I can't see any real need to upgrade anything I own from them (which feels almost like I own everything thanks to a previous group buy 🤣) but that aspect would make them more enticing as a company if I felt the need right now.

I was trying the lite version this morning on a track. its kind of cool. sort of reminds me of the NI Play series synths. But yes, it does eat CPU like a sheep grazing the fields in fine hills of Scotland.

The countdown doesn't seem to work correctly but Morphestra 2 is $74.99 too now. https://www.samplelogic.com/products/morphestra-2-for-kontakt-retail/

Beachwood Sparks - By Your Side

Definitely more than one it seems 🤣

Those look like crock interfaces to me.

I expect W12 to be a government mandated OS for our brains forcefully inserted through our rectums. Fun times ahead!

I want it too, but I can wait until it goes on sale for $49.99 😃😁🤣

nice cover of "The Logical Song"....music is nice....simple, but effective....Jennifer's voice is quite likeable, charming and, considering the mic and equipment used, very impressive 🎶🎶🎶🎶

Queen - Tie Your Mother Down:

A good track and I like the alterations you have made as you have gone along Cool Nigel

For anyone interested this deal is back again. No idea for how long though.

I have them both, and enjoy them. From the usage standpoint with modelling, Arturia definitely has the advantage. But the Syntronik synths can sometimes sound more realistic. Maybe because they sampled real vintage synths? And the new samples and synth engine in Syn 2.0 are even better! But I won't be collecting any more sampled synths, that is for sure! The house is full! 😂

Thanks for listening and commenting Andy and Bajan.. I recently was interviewed by Colin Clarke of Fanfare Magazine. Here it is for those interested:

hey J G would you ever consider doing a collaboration with me? PM me if you would like to collaborate I have been listening to you for many years

👏 agreed... t I kept waiting for the "secret message" at the end; perhaps if I could find my trusty "little Orphan Annie decoder ring"?

Lots of that now