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7 minutes ago, jngnz said:

bx_rooms, which I don't own because it's awful

I remember reading somewhere that bx_rooms can be quite good; you just have to consider it a special FX reverb rather than a room simulator (as the name would imply).

This doesn't seem as flexible as some or their other instruments. For example, Shimmer, Shake, Strike has an integrated sequencer along with the percussion sounds, letting you customise the rhythms.

The loops sound cool; but it feels this could have been more powerful.

9 hours ago, Artie Choke said:

Does this have any bearing on Synth V Pro and the voice packs? They don't go through this trouble do they?

I don't think so. The thing with Vocoflex is that it's a voice-morphing tool - it's technically possible to do bad things with it. As the outputs are (supposedly) watermarked, Dreamtonics could trace unethical usage back to the original purchaser when combined with KYC (i.e. the additional documentation).

With their other products, the vocal characteristics aren't as malleable and so there's much less risk of malicious usage.

Looks cool.

@jesse g here you go:

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/bx_aura.html

Maybe he's busy downloading/archiving his VSTBuzz purchases? ?

Sorry @cclarry - my interpretation of the title is that VSTBuzz will shut down soon. But I don't see any news of that on their website. Was it announced somewhere else, or have I misunderstood something?

6 minutes ago, Bapu said:

I have a perpetual license for Musio 1. Are you saying that Ireland & Scotland will be free to me? 

That's how I interpret that page. But I don't work for Cinesamples (or have any connection with them other than being a customer), so I can't say for sure.

Cool. It's a great sign that they're continually releasing more libraries. And from their videos, it looks like they have fun making them too.

And for anyone wondering what the cut-off point for Musio 1 will be, I suspect it will be after one more library - Scotland - based on this page:

https://musio.com/whats-included/

If it matters to anyone, I believe Crow Hill plugins use CodeMeter.

The naming of some of Christian's new projects seems to have a dark undertone to it: 'crow hill', 'demon drops', 'concussion'... I wonder if there's a library of extreme growling vocals for metal in the works...

4 hours ago, Nick Blanc said:

My take on it was that I wanted 1 big pack with all kinds of foley and fx for whatever projects I have.

If you're still in the market for real-world sound recordings, consider this one too if you don't already have it.

https://www.freetousesounds.com/all-in-one-bundle

7 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

It's actually technically,  pretty easy to implement. As much as you're having fun, I think it actually would be very cool to have a deal rating system.

No need for fancy implementations. I'm sure what Larry does is already a lot of work, so this is not a request of any kind. But if Larry wanted to, it's not to hard to add the rating as part of the text, e.g.

8/10

or

* * * * *

50 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

I haven't recognized any deals from JRR lately, but then again, I'm only looking for certain brands I currently trust since America banned Kaspersky Antivirus, I'm only installing from vendors I currently own.

Fair enough. Just bear in mind JRR is a reseller that usually discounts when others also discount. If you'd rather bypass it, please simply ignore this comment.

1 hour ago, cclarry said:

If they are in individuals posts, then you just bypass all the stuff you're not interested in and keep right on going.

I actually prefer it this way. After all, a deal's a deal - it doesn't matter which shop is hosting it. A lot of the best deals are on JRR; the only difference is that it's not explicitly in the title.

(P.S. I'm just making an observation; I'm not asking for or suggesting anything be changed.)

18 hours ago, El Diablo said:

The really odd thing is... plugin boutique is really pushing this, yet I don't see it being pushed by any of the people I watch on YouTube.

The thing about YouTube is that most (though not necessarily all) people are really just sales-people in disguise. They do a review and claim it to be unbiased, but they've probably either taken a chunk of cash to say good things about a product, or received a free version, or have an affiliate link to buy the product. Plugin Boutique likely don't want either the extra effort involved in getter influencer marketing, or the reputation associated with it - after all, they have (I expect) a large user base they can already advertise to.

18 hours ago, El Diablo said:

Nobody else is giving any kind of opinions on this software that I trust. 

By all means, use YouTube as an info source for what a piece of software can do/sound like, but it's probably a good idea to keep in mind that potential negative aspects can be de-emphasised. (e.g. an extreme example is the well-known MIDI chord pack advert that frequently pop up on YouTube.) The best thing to do is to demo the software yourself to see if it fits with your workflow and existing toolset.

I think every release of Serum has been marked as beta.

5 minutes ago, Heath Row said:

For anyone interested in this type of stuff, this is awesome

How does this compare to e.g. DearVR Pro?

Funny - I've bought a few things from RRA, but didn't get that email from them. I did get the announcement from ISW though. The nice thing is that my previous purchases were automatically merged in.

13 minutes ago, PavlovsCat said:

But for me,  the problem with software subscriptions is that once you stop paying all of those projects you created can no longer be accessed.

I know of two plugin subscriptions that mitigate that:

• PA gives you vouchers to 'buy' multiple plugins to keep.
• There's another company (possibly NI? - someone please correct me if I'm wrong) where the plugins remain openable, but no longer tweakable.

And there's Composer Cloud (and by extension of the idea, Musio, et al.), where you can bounce your audio down. It's not the same thing as you can no longer edit the part, but at least the project is still openable/re-mixable.

Not the same as a DAW though - I know.

36 minutes ago, SVSX said:

I was thinking about Studio One  but lost interesst when they started to treat subscriction customers different then regular buyers. But Studio One looks awesome featurewise.

That's fair enough; you should pick whichever DAW platform suits you most. Personally, I went that way because it fits my workflow, and there's tight integration with the FaderPort (both from the same company).

In my view, there have been only two ways in which I feel I've been treated differently from a subscriber:

1. I don't get their new synth (sorry, can't remember its name).
2. In the past, I was notified via email about some new feature/s a few days later than people who had subscribed.

Given I have enough 3rd party synths, (1) doesn't bother me at all.

I don't mind about (2) because:

• I found out about the new feature/s anyway.
• I find being notified a few days late an acceptable compromise for not paying them at fixed annual intervals or losing access to their software*.

More lately, there's been some drama around add-ons. But they can be purchased via 3rd party resellers. Don't know if it was intentional that they originally walled them off for subscribers only, or if it was a genuine oversight. As long as I can buy them if I want them, it's not an issue for me.

* This was on their previous subscription scheme; you now get a perpetual licence if you pay a certain amount.

7 minutes ago, SVSX said:

I started with Sonar 6 Producer and now i'm regretting all my time i've invested into Cakewalk.

I converted to Studio One when it was announced Sonar was discontinued and Presonus offered a crossgrade price. I don't regret my choice with starting with Cakewalk though: it was the best choice for me at the time, I picked up transferable DAW skills, and I got to know this forum. Had I started with another DAW, I'd probably still have spent as much in total, but I might not have stumbled upon this helpful community.

10 hours ago, Soundwise said:

Now, what can your god favorite guitar library do to compete with this?

This is Ample Guitar TC. The only thing I did was to turn on the amp, and drive section; everything else is left at default settings.

Mixdown.opus

According to Thomann, these need iLok(?). Can someone confirm if this is true?

https://www.thomann.de/gb/steven_slate_audio_vsx_platinum_edition_578617.htm

6 hours ago, cclarry said:

Codes are personal so check your emails!
*Coupon excludes Big Fish Audio gift cards, already discounted libraries,
bundles, Best Service, and Waves libraries.

https://www.bigfishaudio.com/Insider-Offer-Deal-June-2024.html

Hmm... Doesn't look like I have one; guess I either buy too much from them, or to little (probably the latter).

(double post)