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Reaktor: Free Maximizer Supposedly a Sonnox Inflator clone and whilst not really to my ears, I was really surprised at how much this thing can be pushed as a limiter/clipper anyway. Completely free and has controls for the clipping part, including Inflator aspect and the limiting section. I was testing BX True Peak over the last few days and on one particular track I tried it on, this goes a lot louder than that before breaking up and distorting the sound.. No compression before it, but BX gets the track to -11 / -10 LUFS whereas this free Reaktor ensemble gets it to -9 / -8 LUFS short term before hitting that same level of breakup. Pretty amazing for a free ensemble. Requires Native Instruments Reaktor. https://www.native-instruments.com/en/reaktor-community/reaktor-user-library/entry/show/9777

This perfectly explains the virtual performer phenomenon, as well as other crowd-powered genres such as EDM and KPop. It's the shared experience that audiences enjoy. I think it's a symptom of the isolation people are feeling nowadays. Though not unique to young people, they have been impacted most due to being conditioned to equate social media with actual social interaction. We've long heard about old people feeling isolated, but honestly this old person could not care less. I have no Facebook friends, I have real friends that I can count on two hands with enough fingers left over to hold and light a joint.

Mega sale season is just around the corner. Buy nothing in October!

Phasing phreebie Also- update to the Kilohearts system https://kilohearts.com/products/channel_mixer

I would find it much less threatening if an audience full of holograms had paid to watch me perform.

run UVI portal Falcon 2.8.0 is online Here is the changelog - Add Texture oscillator - Add Dual Delay X FX - Add Shifter FX - Add Harmonizer FX - Add Granulizer FX - Add Feedback Compressor FX - Add Diffuse Delay FX - Add Velvet Delay FX - Add Balloons script - Add Boids script - Add Chip Arp script - Add Ostinato Arp script - Add Portamento Stepped script - Add Slice remixer script - Add Strum Wheel script - Add Tape Mod script - Add Waterfall script - Add support for sample Drag'n'drop on multi envelope for pitch extraction - Some M1 CPU optimization - Fix possible crashes with Logic on M1 - Fix some issue with VST3 version - Fix possible glitches in Analog Chorus - Add KeyTracking support to some filters Special offer: https://www.uvi.net/falcon#

I don't know if this was posted yet. Run your Softube central update. There is a 2.5.52 / 2.5.53 released Sept 20. All the plugins updated and some bug fixes. https://www.softube.com/support/change-log/2-5-52

Run Kilohearts installer

As just such a user (Player only), I appreciate this. The library thumbnails with patch list browser on the right (complete with single-click auditioning!) will make KP7 much more of a go-to. I have some libraries that I'll probably only now hear all of their presets for the first time due to the clunkiness of browsing the old interface. I've always loved the sounds and functionality built into the Kontakt libraries I've downloaded, but detested the crud I had to crawl through in order to just call them up. This is brilliant. It even has a way to "favorite" presets in the library view. I love to play fine acoustic pianos and guitars have no interest in making them. Same with Kontakt instruments. For the more committed users, I'll send out hope that they are also in the process of making improvements to the under the hood UI in the near future.

Zo turned me on the GK bass amp and Buxom Betty was all that was left for guitar. Fini. Great deals at PA over the last couple of weeks, and didn't take too much away from the Black Friday Fund.

Glad to help. This is basically how editing had to be done back in early versions of Cakewlk for DOS when the Event List was the only method of doing note-level editing. I still find it useful. And even when not using it to audition notes, Tab-to-Notes/Transients is extremely handy in all views for precisely setting the Now time and then setting From=Now or Thru=Now. to mark one end of a selection or split clips, etc.

On the Izotope Portal, there is an update for Ozone 10 advanced to 10.1 I don't have the change log yet.

https://www.indiginus.com/the-banjo Requires Kontakt full 5.8

You can usually find this on kvr for cheaper. I don’t know about the other ones but this one sounds pretty nice compared to MAutoPitch and ReaTune.

agreed. tbh, had it for much longer than actually using it but thanks to the pandemic started exploring it in detail as an option to existing platforms. my initial post was a comment on click bait YT titles not worth the pixels they're printed on, let alone being relevant. think it's worth noting Cakewalk even -got- a mention, which might be the result of Meng's decision to offer it for free. however. ime there's some reflection of reality in the rankings, so -why- is Cakewalk 'underrated'? imho, ecosystem dynamics are bigger factors than inherent capabilities, ala the VHS/Beta or DOS/Mac wars where incumbency, pricing and marketing were key. ~70-80% of my network is 100% Mac based with maybe another 10-15% dual platform = a limited pool for active elements of the musical community. That includes 100% of the commercial facilities which are another channel of influencers. ymmv. so platform compatibility is a factor. yes, you can export/import, but that's overhead with "interoperability" issues on the finer points of collaboration. Couldn't get rid of PT fast enough but most of my Mac peeps are pretty productive with Logic, along with the likes of Live, Cubase, maybe Reaper or DP, etc explored a couple of cross platform candidates as an option (S1 and Reaper). Reaper is highly capable and just as highly obtuse for peeps who could care less about tweaking tools when they could be making music. I get that and quickly learned -not- to recommend it given the support load required to become productive. S1 shares many of the main conventions as other major DAWs with some nice project mastering capability but that's becoming less significant as artists evolve to releasing content on a schedule as a tactic to maintain a social media profile vs releasing an "album". Some current projects are on S1 but still preferring workflow and features in Cakewalk. Live has a different (but interesting) approach. Cubase is just too cluttered for me. it's also a "horses for courses" thing where goal, access and genre are factors. if ur just banging out some loops 'cos ur bored, u really don't need or want to fire up a rocket ship or science project. and ya, sure you can play guitar parts on a keyboard after loading a klunky ui, reading a manual and programming a bunch of articulations, but it's easier to just plug into an AI and roll. then there's the perception of "reliability". in both my experience and observation, this is the challenge of being on a PC platform with an infinite number of system configurations hobbled by a decidedly finite level of technical capability. a quick survey of the forums should confirm that. Macs have their own issues, but for must musicians, it's much less to deal with. and ya, marketing. but you know this, and expect the same as most on this forum would agree that Cakewalk not only is, but -has- been a mature, full featured DAW with leading edge capability that other "market leaders" are still struggling to catch up with. agreed. it's music first, then tools. my preference is Cakewalk. I recommend it for anybody considering a PC platform, advocate for it (to the extent of helping peeps get started with it) and appreciate the ongoing development and support. it's also worth mentioning just how useful and valuable this forum has been for becoming productive with it. not just Cakewalk itself, but wrt to a wide range of related topics.

i think Frank Zappa would have approved of the hologram act. he probably would have taken it places though which at least were R-rated LOL... ?

SIRENS Freebie that works in the free Kontakt Player they also have 2 more KONTAKT Player freebies from before that are still available : - Contemporary Bass:  Freebie - Abstract Freebie

The gift that keeps on giving.

This update is going to keep me busy for a long time. ? I love all the current scripts in Falcon, so these additions are right up my alley. Thank you, UVI! Seeing as how this is a free update, I imagine there will be some new Falcon Expansions coming that take advantage of these new features.

Not everyone owns Komplete, so Massive might be new for them! https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/synths/massive/

All depends on what you are interested in. Take look at the new content. I got a deal on Komplete 13 last year and have left half of it uninstalled. Just wanted a few of the instruments. Don't see anything except for K7 that I care for in Komplete 14.

And Ozone 9 Advanced And Nectar 3

And then there’s the kick of buying it, handbag style. Can’t take that away.

The key-word here is 'using it' ? But I get it. I don't feel stung when I pay a particular price and it went cheaper after a year or even 6 months. Even if I only used it once or even never. I am however a bit upset with myself. "You idiot, you just wasted €20. Never used it and now it is cheaper". Then I get mad a the developer for not waiting until I have used it, to go for a lower price than I paid for it. But then they make up for it by releasing a brand new shiny toy which I will buy at too high a price. Then the price drops...buy, install, rave, repeat. This (and nothing else, honestly ?) is why I made the switch to hardware. The new shiny toy costs me € 1000. That'll show me!

10 or so years ago, I went to see a big ticket band* for a not insignificant amount of money either, and it was clear that a significant part of the performance was being mimed - the drum sound, for example, didn't match what part of the kit was being hit... It really spoilt it for me, and I was really disappointed by the whole experience. I've nothing against backing tapes or running sequences (I've used them, and my favourite live bands use them), but don't try to trick me, OK? ? * The female lead singer of said band may or may not have very Blonde hair if you see what I mean.

Germans! It's OK for me to say that since my ancestors on all sides were 100% Prussian, emigrating from what is now MeckVor (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) to the U.S. from 1845-1864, before Germany was unified.

I thought this was a good sale overall. I didn't buy anything I need, but it was nice to get some possibly useful plugins for cheap.

That's a good thing to remember when people feel stung by seeing something they spent good money for go on sale for a fraction of the price years later. If I pay $35 for plug-in X and then 2 years later it's put on sale for $15, should I whimper? Would I trade back the 2 years of using it for $20? If so, how much did I need the plug-in in the first place? ?

Okay, finally. Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Class A $9.99.

I picked up j console. Been meaning to pick up forever but always passed. Hard to pass for $9.

Until Windows breaks "her" with an update.

https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/electronic-antique

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I went for the gk , i wish i didn t missed the first 20 no minimum ... might ask support since i have aun auth error , impossible to authorise all my pa ...on new comp .. this gk is really somthing , never liked any emulation , and while checking online , all i heard is metal head doing zero justice . testing stuff on your own os so key ...

I believe he was just asking for plugin instruments, not hosts.

Yeah, unless they’ve changed it recently, definitely no machine-based licensing. I’ve got the plug-in ….and like it. Nevertheless, it does irritate me that I need either a dongle or to be online to use it.

Needlepoint was $49 today, mine for $24. Not the greatest bargain, but I'm ok with that for now since the best I would have been able to do was 2EVAH29. I'm off to buy an $8 burger to make me feel 'right'.

Picked up the last two Ampegs I didn't already have.

True peak,mastering A or console J for $10. I paid more than that for each and had to get to high purchase loyalty tiers to do so. I wouldn't complain about these deals with reasonable min spend and sale prices this sale was insane even for those with no loyalty spending.

I wish they allowed at least the machine-based version of ilock on this. Alas…

thanks dream! i do enjoy playing guitar! heheh, when i don't have stupid cracks in my fingertips, like i do now, from yardwork. LOL, sux gettin' old!

I like the 2 Overloud EQ plugins I own and they have some of the best UIs out there, but I don't have many because they are always too expensive. I'm still finding $50+ per plugin way too much for my cheap-o self... There are too many reasonably priced alternatives and I have a few of them. Didn't there used to be a 20% off coupon in our accounts if we owned a GEM?

I own: the V4B is more warm, enveloppant(in french?) and with polished transient. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqbbC0IwSXE I don't own: the GK is more in your face and less warm but it can be more tweaked (may be less intuitive and fast than the V4B). The transient seem to be more draft but with more body in the same time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgeJ-NWbBVA

The B-15N was my favourite, followed by the GK 800RB as that was a bit more unique, then SVT-3PRO and lastly V-4B. But I actually like all of them and picking them in that order is based on what they offer to compliment what I already own in bass amps across other developers and suites that I have. It also depends on the type of music and sound you like too, along with pickups and DI. I would say B-15N was a clear winner for me though.

Sketch Guitar Rebuilt is a perfect tool for fast guitar scoring. It provides a clean and light sound of a steel-string acoustic guitar. Reassembled with a new interface with a lot of sound design possibilities, this library is usable for both natural guitar parts, crazy hybrid sonic palettes and everything in between. All necessary controls are in front of you, as well as 10 creative effects with step sequencers. FREE with any purchase until 31st October 2022 https://www.lootaudio.com/category/kontakt-instruments/sketch-sampling/sketch-guitar-kontakt

In addition to the above-mentioned Dopamine I use Echoson on some tracks with nice results

Very cool - I do love the GEM series. The three that practically go on all my mixes are: Comp76FET Comp LA Dopamine