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Enjoy Greg 🙂 This is a case of a developer doing the right thing.. so often they offer freebies for people buying something and leave out the loyal customers that jumped in earlier. Full credit to Steinberg on this one. They get a big tick in my book for that.

If I deny myself 17 copies of Omnisphere 2, I can buy 292 $29 plugins…food for thought…hehe

Spitfire audio : Labs FREE VINTAGE DRUMS https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/vintage-drums

If you think about it, you only need to deny yourselves 17 deals on $29 plugins to save up the $499 needed for the one and only Omnisphere 2. This is heresy on the "Deals" forum, I know... 😜 ... Edit to add deal: https://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/spectrasonics-omnisphere-2 Use code "LABOR" in the cart for the discount price. Deal ends September 7th.

Indiginus.

All KONTAKT devs... If you aren't aware of Sound Dust, the dev's really super interesting and in the decade plus I've been a fan, I've found some heavy hitters in film composing have become fans and guys like Trent Reznor. Pick up his freebies. His stuff has a very quirky vibe to it that I love, but I'm sure it isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea. Majetone is a pretty new KONTAKT dev, but I love the Zeppelin-esque drum kit he has or had on sale for only $15USD. His other libraries sound really nice too, like his glockenspiel. Pick up his freebies. AudioThing has a bunch of high quality libraries, but they've been around for a while, so you probably know them. Beautiful Void Audio makes some beautiful synth patches in KONTAKT and for various soft synths. XTant Audio is an indie developer who mostly does work for other developers including Strezov, Tronsonic, Wavesfactory, Paper Stone Instruments, Bela D and and Auddict, I've only picked up his glockenspiel so far, and it's the only dev I've actually given my permission to use a review at his site for, as I sometimes played glockenspiel in the school band as a kid and I've been in love with the instrument ever since and his is really nice and only around $5 or $6 USD. https://xtant-audio.com/product/bell-lyre-glockenspiel/ I'll update the list when I could think of more. I know I've bought from a lot of indie devs. But I know you already know some of them, like Fluffy Audio from our PMs. If you're looking for specific types of sample libraries, I'm sure that will jog my memory!

Amazing visuals, great gameplay: https://store.steampowered.com/app/473950/Manifold_Garden/ 36 hours left in the sale....

Save 40% On Cubase 12 And Get Free Partner Products! Whether you want to switch from another DAW, start producing with Cubase or upgrade to version 12, now is your chance to save 40% on all updates, upgrades and full versions.* Available in the Steinberg online shop and at your local retailer, this unmissable offer is valid from September 1, 2022 until October 3, 2022. And there is even more! Every Cubase Pro 12, Artist 12 and Elements 12 customer will get access to some stunning partner products without additional costs. Depending on your Cubase 12 version you will find voucher codes for some excellent plug-ins from our friends from Acustica Audio, Arturia, Celemony, Softube and also Steinberg in your MySteinberg account, based on the Cubase version you register.** https://www.steinberg.net/promotion/ Freebies available even if you bought Cubase 12 ages ago!!!!! Existing users check here: https://account.steinberg.net/vouchers I already own these, so if anyone has anything interesting to swap you can PM me 🙂 Celemony Melodyne Essential Softube Dirty Tape

I like finding small dev gems who are turning out great products that are every bit as good (sometimes perhaps better) than the big guys, and for not a ton of money. Since Labor day is coming up, what are the best *small time* devs should I be checking out for sales and any time of year, all categories? Looks like people like Ben Osterhouse's stuff. Who else out there?

These days the real secret is in the speaker IRs. You can get some incredible sounds out of really old sims that would otherwise sound like garbage just by disabling the cabinet section and running better IRs with Nadir or something like that in the chain.

When you start adding some of the amazing preset packs by third-party developers, it can become that great

Accept - Midnight Mover

Faith No More (Theme from) Midnight Cowboy

I'm not upgrading till they add it. Once you let them get away with leavin stuff out you're just invitin' trouble.

What if I need all those 17 saturation plugins??

Now for a limited time you can download Soniccouture's HAMMERSMITH FREE. This is a single mic perspective version of HAMMERSMITH PRO which includes many additional mic positions. https://www.soniccouture.com/en/free-stuff/ This is a Konkat Player library, so you do not need the Full version of Kontakt to use this. You register the serial number inside of Native Access. This is provided after you sign up for a user account with Soniccouture They are also having a sale on the Pro version for $99 until September 30th. Enjoy! Simeon

FYI, MNTRA has a new website now and has come out with version 2.0 of MNDALA https://www.mntra.io/mndala/ I think if you get the free Huracan it downloads with it, as it is a MNDALA 2.0 instrument. Per VI:Control when you put in MNDALA 2.0, it gets rid of all your old instruments. It will be sorted, but I'm going to wait a bit before trying this. 😀 I suppose the old instruments continue to work in the old MNDALA. I think they just need to make 2.0 versions of them.

It took me a couple of years to save up enough to get Omnisphere... something else always seemed more important... but I don't regret it. It's one of the few software synths that to my ears sounds as good as, or actually better then a hardware rompler/sample-based synth. The only others that come into that category for me are the Korg collection, which are just exact clones of the hardware, and SynthMaster.

...or something...

Sweet - Blockbuster

https://www.pianobook.co.uk/ A community of samplists, the way that the instruments have stories behind them is also nice , there's a huge amount of creative instruments some feel like they should have been paid libraries , though they recently added the possibility to tip people check for example sample packs by dan keen & hunter rogerson

https://narothaudio.com/ And right now: Flash sale: save up to 40% for a limited time!

dammit i have to change my post

Next update will include masking tape 😉

Married men take note........ if you really want to know who is your best friend, lock your wife and dog in the garage before you go out for the day and then see which one is still pleased to see you when you get back.

I can recommend Kiive Audio. Small dev, probably one person. Choose from a great sounding, very little CPU tape plugin, a channel strip or some guitar stuff.

Yes. My game queue is a vast as my plugin collection. Getting this means I have no brains.

Dang, I'm watching that Corey video for Sospiro Strings and that library sounds great plus Corey likes it and yeah I've come to trust that guy too as far as YouTube goes. I'll wait for a sale from that link above

Makes me question about 73% of all buying decisions I’ve made in the last 5 years.

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Well, here's an old Pugtones tune. Mark Cline, Warren Willingham Nd the late great Mike Eastman (He left us a couple years ago to play for God.) This one is called CITY SONG, A TRUE ROCKER. I think! LOL https://soundclick.com/r/s6uspy

https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=14483274

I’ve been using backing tracks since midi arrived back in the early 80’s. I found the most bulletproof system has been creating my tracks with midi and good quality VST instruments using Cakewalk and then mixing them to a 44.1/24 wave file. Why use MP3? I sing and play guitar so I only need bass, drums and keyboards on the backing tracks. I have a system of mixing them so they are all exactly the same levels for all the songs. I then use a small very basic laptop and Win Amp as a player. I use Win Amp because it can be set to stop at end of the song. Like @Pathfinder I use a USB foot switch to control playback so my hand never leave my guitar. I have never had any issues with this set up. My band fits in a briefcase. I toyed with using Cakewalk as the playback system but it was just way more work and I found it slow between songs. I also would loose the hands off system I now use. Only advantage of using a Sequencer live is it can then also control lights and effects.

This is Omnisphere combined with an 80 GB sample library.

Two huge thumbs up on Indiginus. Often we say, "for the money it's great". With Indiginus I'd say "it's great" and for the money it's one of the best deals available.

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@murat k. @User 905133 - -get a room guys 🤣 actually could be a fr for a new sub-forum, "hotel", threads called "rooms", where users can take this kind of back-and-forth hoo-har to work out privately and avoid polluting a thread? 🤷‍♂️ /asyouwere

FREE for current owners... https://www.nembriniaudio.com/products/lofi-vintage-clipper

$7.56 at JRR with discount code "GROUP"!!! Installed!!!!!!

You are looking for trouble 😏with Kenny don't you ?

Deal: 62% off "Viola Da Gamba" by Ben Osterhouse Value: €50 Discount: 62% Price: €19 Grab the deal now on http://www.VSTBuzz.com “Viola Da Gamba” is a unique instrument with a full, earthy tone that differs from the violin or cello and can provide a rustic alternative to the classical string sound. It is a library that can provide unique textures and sounds for Intimate Film Scoring, TV Music and Chamber/Baroque Music! Note: Requires the FULL Retail version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or later (NOT compatible with the Free Kontakt Player). Grab the deal now on http://www.VSTBuzz.com!

Now you have me wondering....... Do ursidae consider forested areas as a suitable location in which to deposit fecal matter ?

Claim: I have all 3. Evidence: http://forum.cakewalk.com/m/tm.aspx?m=2157793&p=1 Warning: link exceeds 5yr limit. SPlat disk was offered without a box.

I'm still trying to work out the mind-bending puzzles in Myst...

There is a positive side to being an older guy...... you no longer have to worry about the avoidance of temptation. Because now temptation avoids you.

Keith , I guess the 1st thing to consider is the amount and type of inputs you need now , and possibly in the future. The second would be of course how much you want to spend. My really old Roland/Cakewalk interface that I Loved finally fried the preamps last month and I Had to replace it. I had an older cheap m-audio unit I used until I got a new one. Giant difference in sound between the 2. I researched for 2 weeks and checked out Everything in the Focusrite price range. I settled on a Tascam US 2x2 hr. The sound is good and the pre amps are super clean with a Lot of boost. 2 inputs used with either mic/instrument or line level and midi I'll never use. l I had also considered a Universal Audio Volt 2, but for now I'm satisfied with the Tascam. Another thing to consider is the free software that is bundled with whatever interface you purchase. There are tons of videos comparing different units in a price range. Enough to confuse you. Good Luck .. mark

Kontakt Player Libraries that you can use for free.. I know people have been looking for more libraries for Kontakt Player these should help you out...😀