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8Dio just put their 1928 Steinway Grand Piano for KONTAKT, normally $249 USD, on sale for $0 / FREE! I find this the best quality, full-featured, deep sampled piano sample library for KONTAKT available for free anywhere. I do not know how long this deal will last. It's not labeled as a Black Friday sale, but I'm guessing that's what it is part of. First, I'm friends with 8Dio's CEO and we were texting yesterday and she mentioned that the team was working on their Black Friday sale, but she didn't tell me any specifics of what will be on sale and this sale wasn't referred to as a Black Friday sale on 8Dio's website, so I'm not exactly sure how long this deal will last. FTR, I'm not doing this as any kind of favor, I'm sincerely blown away at 8Dio offering this piano library for free because it's a premium quality piano sample library and I am very aware of other free piano libraries for KONTAKT -- I maintain two threads on this forum containing lists of my picks for the best free sample libraries -- and no other developer I know of is offering a highly detailed, full-featured KONTAKT grand piano sample library at this level for free. No one. The piano is also available in the SoundPaint format for free too. But it's never been available for free for KONTAKT before and I've contemplated buying it before coming across this today. IMO, the highest quality free piano sample library for KONTAKT available prior to this was SonicCouture's* Hammersmith Free, which is a cut-down version of their full grand piano library (it's superb, BTW and I highly recommend getting it too). But this is a full-featured KONTAKT piano library. It's on another level from the free piano sample libraries I recommend in my two lists on this forum. You simply can't find another piano library for KONTAKT with this level of quality and detail for free. It has 11,095 samples, two mic positions (close and player), more than 40 convolution reverbs and 23 presets. Its normal price is $249 USD and I don't know what the lowest sale price they've sold it for was, but I'm guessing it was something like $49-$79 USD from memory. FROM 8Dio's website: MICROPHONE OPTIONS The 1928 Scoring Piano contains over 11,000 samples and two different microphone perspectives, including a Close Microphone and Player Microphone, which was a mix of 8 Neumann Microphones run through a NEVE console. The close position consists of microphones close to the soundboard of the piano, highly intimate and with a clear sensation of the resonance. PIANO BLENDING OPTION The 1928 Scoring Piano contains a variety of custom piano morph options, so you can blend the piano with a selection of instruments and create completely new instruments with a single click. The instruments you can blend include Guitars, Caisa, Marimba, Rhodes, Crotales, Bowed Percussion, Glass Marima, and Glockenspiel. ARTICULATIONS The 1928 Scoring Piano is the first ever to have round-robin based sustains and round-robin based staccatos in combination. The round-robin sustains allow you to get a hyper-natural variation in the sound, even when playing slow and with the pedal down. The staccatos were recorded separately, since the attack of a short note on a piano differs from a sustain. FEATURES Deep-Sampled 1928 Legacy Scoring Grand Piano 2 Microphone Positions (Close/Internal & Ambient/Player Perspective) Round Robin Sustains (X 3 Round Robin Pr. Note & Velocity Layer) Round Robin Staccato (X 6 Round Robin Pr. Note & Velocity Layer) Advanced Release Triggers Pedal Noises And Pedal Noise Volume Control Custom Convolution Reverbs (+40) Bonus: 8 Piano Blending Options Several Custom Convolution Reverb(S) / Impulses 11,095 Samples 12 GB Installed 24 Bit / 44.1 KHz Stereo .NCW Compression Format Format(S): Kontakt / .NCW Compression NEW Superlative Presets (23) NEW Bonus: 8 Piano Blending Options OPTIONS: Uniquely Sampled Pedal Up And Pedal Down Live Keyswitch Pedal Volume Control Release Triggers Of Hammer Action Release Triggers (Time Based For Both Tail Of The Sound And The Immediate Resonant Buzz Associated With Damping A Piano String) https://8dio.com/products/1928-scoring-piano?variant=41309999792328 (FTR, I've provided consulting to around 3 dozen sample and plugin developers, including SonicCouture many years ago, but my consulting never involves my posts; I'm not an influencer and do not / would not hawk products for anyone; my posts reflect my opinions; if I like/love something, I post about it, but like to be transparent if I know a developer personally or have done some consulting in the past.)

I thought it would be valuable to have a thread with links to various sites with Black Friday sales lists. Please add any lists / links in your post. I'll start with the Bedroom Producer's Blog Black Friday List: https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2023/11/06/black-friday-2023/?fbclid=IwAR3bePfyvQ-Q0flxDMYt4a2PLmLFBX7bCmnPsh1D0w67TKuJgifjvvVwU3s

https://www.sonuscore.com/black-november-sale-2023/ SAVE BIG NOW: Origins Bundle Vol. 1-5 for only $19.90 instead of $249.00 until November 9th 2023!

nice, I will add this thread to my list of the coolest lists of lists of black friday deals. Gearnews is searchable: https://www.gearnews.com/black-friday-and-cyber-monday-deals-2023-dont-miss-out/ A thread at vi-control categorizes: https://vi-control.net/community/threads/live-now-nov-dec-early-black-friday-cyber-monday-christmas-deals-2023-edition.145156/

Up to 75% off...buy 3 and get another 10% off https://heavyocity.com/products/

Earn $14.97 DeluxeBucks on this product https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/audio-plugins/universal-audio-uad-signature-edition-upgrade-any-uad-plugin

UA Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor and Manley Massive Passive EQ now Native? The links go to a 404 page for me, but can add to the cart. I haven't seen the announcement yet, but they show under Native and say Apollo / Native too. Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor $299.00 $99.00 You'll Save 66% Manley® Massive Passive EQ $299.00 $99.00 You'll Save 66% Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip $299.00 $99.00 You'll Save 66% Capitol Chambers $349.00 $99.00 You'll Save 71% https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins.html

ReverbShaper unlocks the hidden rhythm of reverb, putting your sounds inside amazing spaces that move, groove and flow along with your music. Imagine chopped reverb tails infusing your music with rhythmic space. EDM synths wrapped in vast pumping halls. Trap melodies transformed into vivid groove atmospheres. Vocals suspended in mid-air with stunning ambient sustain. Precision ducking and shaping like you've never seen. And much more. Running inside Cableguys' ShaperBox 3 effects plugin, use ReverbShaper on its own or with other Shapers — they all work in exactly the same way, stacking up to create elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out. https://www.cableguys.com/reverbshaper It's on sale now for $19 for previous ShaperBox owners and free if you purchased it after September 1, 2023. The regular price is $39.

Slappy is a delay plugin My crusher is - you guessed it - a bitcrusher Bad tape is - who would have thought - a lofi effect You get all three for free. You only have to give them your email address.

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/81-Bundles/39-Effects-Bundles/11493-Black-Friday-Bundle Plus freebie, around $50 depending in where you are. Three separate keys. Until November 11th.

Ambient Guitar (normally $20) & Hybrid Rhythms (normally $148) are also FREE at the moment. @PavlovsCat maybe you could add that to your title & first post

I really love the UAD plugins, especially the unison stuff on Apollo. But I really don't like there are no upgrade paths. Also the fact they are adding bundles and offers all the time makes it very difficult to make a decision. In the past month I spent $450 in individual plugins and bundles, which are all included in this bundle, and this one offers even more things. I feel ripped off.

One of my fav devs.

Prices from $17.50 https://www.pluginboutique.com/deals/show?sale_id=14594

Yesterday just playing 3 chords. It sounds really close to a real Hammond. My seek for the Hammond organ sound in VSTi is over .

https://www.reaper.fm/ Lanes actions to delete comp areas have no effect if comping is disabled action to reset lane names preserves comp lane identifiers, but resets comp lane numbers add actions to explicitly show or hide fixed lane buttons add action to delete source media within comp areas and re-comp for selected tracks add menu item, action to delete all lanes except for the clicked lane add preference to show/play only one lane by default display lane collapse button when track is tall enough, regardless of user setting for empty space at bottom of track display media item re-sync buttons when lanes are collapsed fix behavior of toggle action to set track to fixed lanes when multiple tracks are selected with mixed states fix crash when right-clicking comp lane that has no comp areas fix lane size changing when moving media items out of and back into fixed lane tracks fix occasionally pasting razor edits into the incorrect lanes fix pencil-drawing media items on tracks with hidden lanes when multiple lanes are playing fix recording overlapping media on tracks that were formerly set to fixed lanes recording behaviors are equivalent for a track that has never had lanes vs a track that was formerly in fixed lane view when disabling fixed lanes, only retain hidden lane information if there are hidden media items or items on multiple lanes when reordering lanes, only affect other selected tracks with the same number of lanes when showing/playing only one lane, ignore actions that would result in no lanes or multiple lanes playing ReaScript gfx.getchar(65536) returns additional flag if mouse click would hit window add set_action_options() for Lua/EEL2 which allows customizing behavior when re-running an already-running script fix get_action_context() for alternate keyboard sections MIDIEditor_GetTake/EnumTakes() will return NULL rather than take in an invalid item optimize CountSelectedMediaItems/GetSelectedMediaItem simplify script exported from mouse modifiers preferences support setting script toggle state via set_action_options() improve IDE suggestion mouse/mousewheel/scroll behavior improve IDE help auto-navigate on F1 for some functions Comp areas actions to move comp areas up/down re-selects items after running actions to move comp areas up/down skips lanes that only have source media within the comp area fadein/fadeout actions to move comp areas up/down re-comps items if they are not already in sync fix glitch when rapidly dragging comp area from right to left improve handling of unlooped media items that are longer than the media source when deleting comp areas and media, avoid leaving tiny pieces behind Comping actions to toggle comping set the track to fixed lanes, create a comping lane if the track has never had one; otherwise re-enable most recently used comping lane action to delete comp areas and re-comp ignores crossfades action to delete media within comp areas and re-comp skips lanes with no media allow setting source lane by right-clicking comp area improve behavior when comp areas contain multiple copies of the same media when moving comp areas up/down via buttons or actions, skip empty source lanes when re-enabling comping, handle edits in the comping lane that were made while comping was disabled Envelopes improve organization of context menu remove redundant 'Tension:' from mouseover tooltips mouseover tooltip on overlapping automation items displays both current and combined item values FX containers fix parameter modulation issues in certain instances fix possible incorrect undo state when recording new automation improve accessibility for nested containers by allowing left/right arrows in chain list to navigate up/down hierarchy Keyboard sections avoid incorrect menu modifiers being generated when editing alternate sections fix temporary override behavior with modifier keys improve behavior and default mapping of ESC when copying main action assignments MIDI editor fix displaying time/value in the correct place when setting enabled, set channel for new events on mouseup rather than mousedown Preferences fix disabling backup preferences fix setting configuration of default item fade length Razor edits display vertical guidelines when creating razor edit areas improve horizontal guidelines when editing on free item positioning or fixed lane tracks FX actions to apply first track or take fx also bypass all take or track fx, whichever FX chain is not being rendered License import improve wording and explanation of old license keys macOS fix toolbar switching actions for various toolbars Marquee clear envelope selection if envelope is selected and marquee is largely outside of envelope Menus fix 'move to folder' menu items after customizing menu Navigator do not display items in hidden lanes Paste allow pasting media items onto a specific lane when pasting items on multiple tracks Recording add recording option to add overlapping media items in layers, replicating v6 recording option 'Add media items' Track reordering add more options in Preferences/Editing Behavior/Mouse to control folder creation via drag/drop Track spacers action to insert spacer after tracks skips hidden folder children Video support VLC 3.0.19+ WALTER fix loading custom images from subdirectories in certain themes Wildcards $hour12 resolves 12:xx as 12 rather than 00

F--- 'em! Amplitube works just fine in CW. As does Guitar Rig, TH-U, Softube and pretty much every other amp sim. FYI Amplitube's Jimi Hendrix is very nice....

Wow, I have a couple of those and they're very nice. This is a fantastic deal!

Got around to adding an update check tab to the compressor. It's always a manual check, never automatic. Just switch to the update tab and click "Check for updates" and it will list the latest version available vs which version you're running. Release notes since v1.9.8: - Improve visualization rect cropping glitch - Update tab for checking latest product versions - Additional minor fixes and improvements - Fix transfer function visualization for gate - Improve quick-access layout - Improve panel and other layout elements - Fix look-ahead behavior in some cases

It's free to walk away. And you don't have to wait 6 months. You can do it today!

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2023/11/06/airwindows-consolemc/ https://www.airwindows.com/consolemc/ Airwindows releases ConsoleMC and ConsoleMD, two free situation plugins based on the MCI mixing console. For Mac and Win

https://karanyisounds.com/ Karanyi Sounds are offering a FREE copy of Lofi Keys with any purchase from their store for a limited time, (value $69.00) Lofi Keys is available to PC and Mac users (VST3 and AU).

No list list is complete without this: https://www.audiopluginguy.com/all-the-black-friday-plugin-deals/

Capitol Chambers reverb's gone native as well!

MUDHONEY - HATE THE POLICE:

This is the first track for my next album. This song was a collaboration between an old school buddy and myself. Alan is a good friend from our school days where we played together in a band back in the 70's. Our old school band had a reunion in March this year where we recorded one of our songs. The song was written in 1973. After the reunion Alan and I decided to start writing together and this song is the result. Hope you enjoy.

Like always with UA, just ignore them.. the sit and wait game is the key to UA and if they don't recognise already owned, I'm sure you already have plenty of plugins and if not, just buy someone else's 🙂 Lots of good sales over Black Friday, so I'm happy to skip them this round. I just see UA getting cheaper for anyone that holds out.

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You need to be patient. They said they will make it available. It is free software and they are basically done with it and moving on to Sonar. They need to focus on the 2 new products not worry about a half dozen off line users. I used to be off line and sure it was a hassle but I would just take my computer to town to my brothers house and update stuff then take it home for another year. Personally if I had no options about the internet I would never depend on software that does.

The above was your first reply. So the answer/solution was given 3 days ago. I missed this answer as it was on page 1, This is also due to when you set the Master to "none" I just tested this. Setting to none turns off the audio engine. The reason most likely is this project was saved when no audio device was present. This defaults to "None" I didn't know this until I tested. Took a project and I set the output to None, save it and close. I open another project and it is correctly set to the hardware. Re open the project I saved with None, and it is still set to none so no Audio. If it's always been this way I've never noticed before because I guess I always have something connected. But problem solved and I learned 2 new facts.

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No this KONTAKT library has never been free before. As I wrote in an earlier post, I believe that the lowest sale price I can recall seeing was probably $49 USD. There is a SoundPaint version of the piano for free and I highly recommend getting that too. But, as I explained, there is just something special about the way this piano sounds in KONTAKT version that I love. The SoundPaint version lets me do things with effects, sound design and the arpeggiator that I can't do in KONTAKT. But I don't know what it is, maybe it's the convolution reverbs and presets in KONTAKT, that makes me love this version of the piano. It's simply a very high end, superb KONTAKT grand piano library, and if you're a KONTAKT (full version) user, I think this is one of the best freebies I've ever known of for KONTAKT.

I "bought it" (for free) on my phone with no problems. But I have a Samsung (Android). Try 8Dio's support. Hopefully, this wasn't a pricing error.

It is, but there's something about the KONTAKT format that I really love for pianos. If you have full KONTAKT, I'd say, get this, install it, listen for yourself and report back here. That said, SoundPaint does let you do amazing programming and sound design work with ease that goes far beyond KONTAKT-- and I'm a huge fan. I've heard developers describe SoundPaint as a blend of kind of a hybrid next-generation Omnisphere and KONTAKT. There's a ton more you can do with a library in SoundPaint than KONTAKT . And maybe it's just me. But I think it's worth having both with the SoundPaint version used for effects, layering and sound design, and the KONTAKT version for a straight piano. I don't know if it's because of the way the layering/transitions or exactly what it is. Anyhow, the fact that you can pick it up free makes this a no brainer. Of course, they're giving the SoundPaint version away free to entice people into trying out the SoundPaint sampler/ ecosystem, and I'd strongly recommend doing that too.

Unless my smattering of German has failed me, your master bus is going to nowhere.

We changed sign-in to launch the browser, as too many people were having issues with the WebView2 component at the time. I can't recall exactly when this was, but I think it was some time mid 2022.

Well if I have an issue with a plugin I always report the problem both the plugin writers and Cakewalk support. That way they both have an opportunity to examine and respond. Frequently Cakewalk support will help identify the issues and report back. If unfortunately the OEM response is we don't support Cakewalk but Cakewalk support has identified the issue is in the plugin I will supply them with Cakewalks findings. In some cases it is true that Cakewalk have helped resolve an issue but that is normally by working with the OEM to resolve it. Like when they highlighted a Bug in Steinberg's VST 3 SDK, then helped Steinberg correct it. Personally I always look to the third party before blaming the host, and I am not referring to CbB as I do use other software that uses plugins. Some work fine in CbB but not I other software. As to the implementation chart it looked quite comprehensive to me.

Also this one: https://plugindeals.org/blackfriday/ and this one on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AudioProductionDeals/comments/17l4fm5/psa_welcome_to_black_november_2023_info_and/ (the main one is: https://www.reddit.com/r/AudioProductionDeals/new/)

Blimey, there's a lot there for $300! The new Sound City plugin looks like it'll be an Ocean Way Studios on steroids!

The effects bundle’s price is awesome, already have it but thats great

As I posted earlier, signing up now doesn't do anything. This is just a trick to get people on Waves' mailing list. https://www.waves.com/legal/free-plugin-black-friday-2023-terms-and-conditions

It seems that when you purchase VHS ATMOS, it automatically has the same content as LOFI KEYS PRO. It was a good deal.😎

I'll leave this here: I have followed and worked with Guido since the Soundfont days and this is a great update. Guido has really packed some cool features into this one as well as added the original VB3 version 1 engine back as an option. The iPad application has also been recently approved and if you have a VB3II license there is a way you can activate it on your iOS device.

Vernon, I took organ (piano and drum) lessons as a kid, but I have tendinitis and play terribly in my old age. But still, considering the deal on the IK Hammond B-3-X at JRR Shop and the "GROUP" discount brings it to only $33.59 USD, and your testimonial in this thread I think is breaking down my defenses. That price is too good to pass up.

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No, that isn't possible. Neither hardware MIDI devices nor plugins report what they respond to.

Boy...that site is crazy! It doesn't let you know that you've signed up...it just sits there and says nothing after pressing "sign up"