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It's all good. I remember I used to have the buy-now-learn-later mentality; figured the advice might help others with the same mindset.

They have one trick the others don't - you can use them in Kilohearts' host plugins, e.g. PhasePlant

Opto has a relatively long attack time - use when you want a smooth sound, e.g. on vocals, or a bus to glue things together. FET naturally is a bit crunchy, and you can set really fast attack times. Use when you want a slightly more aggressive/rough tone, e.g. on rock drums. I personally use them when applying PC on drums - use maximum ratio with really fast attack times to absolutely crush the signal. Adjust the wet/dry ratio so you get the transients of the source, and the body of the processed. The above is just a guideline though - if they sound good somewhere, go with the flow!

Sounds good - perhaps they noticed a min spend of $50 caused a lack of voucher usage; it certainly contributed to me letting a few vouchers go unused. It mentions that the new vouchers will exclude the latest and greatest for a little while - I wonder how long that gap will be.

Got to agree with you there. It might sound silly, but it's been a factor in me staying out of sales from Orchestral Tools and Spitfire (who are fairly large teams); I don't want to learn a different plugin. Probably a good thing though - I have enough orchestral libraries and if I can't make music that sounds good from those, the problem lies with my skill rather than lack of libraries.

Thanks Simeon. Does this code only work during this sale, or will it work at other times too?

https://karanyisounds.com/product/frequencies-drums-free-pdf/ Requires a free purchase and PDF reader

Are those DAW towers housed in Fractal Design Define cases? They look a bit like them; very nice PC cases.

It's also slightly strange comparing the price of a PC with all new components including warranty (I'm assuming), to that of a PC with an OS licence of questionable nature and second-hand components where the vendor of your graphics card would probably shrug shoulders if it broke one day.

Hey @Peter - IK Multimedia - if I plug in a guitar and record a gear snapshot*, will the tone sound different if I plug in a completely different guitar that naturally has a different sound (e.g. if they have different pickups)? Or is there some sort of modelling that tries to make the input signals the same too? *sorry if I've not used the right terminology

That's kinda different though: a company has a choice whether it continues to offer a payment plan; on the other hand, it's (really) quite difficult to continue paying peoples' salaries when there's nothing left in the bank.

Well... the phrase goes that third time's a charm. Not sure whether that applies here, but we are talking Heavyocity - so probably 😁

Immerse yourself in this richly evocative, atmospheric, and soul-stirring vocal experience. Vocalise 3 is an emotive exploration that unearths the beauty, intimacy, and profound power of the human voice. From organic phrases to abstract whispers to haunting soundscapes ━ these are delicate hybrid vocals that flow beyond emotion. https://heavyocity.com/product/vocalise-3/

There's a slight difference though - Pro Q3 (which indeed is excellent) is a more clean/transparent EQ, whereas the PA models introduce some colouration to the sound. Both approaches are equally valid; it just depends on the end result that you want. A typical approach might be to use the colouring EQs on individual tracks, but then to use the cleaner EQ on a bus.

Looks like it's still live at Black Octopus; maybe at some other places too? https://blackoctopus-sound.com/product/ik-multimedia-miroslav-philharmonik-2/

As I understand, these are select patches from their other paid-for collections; you might want to take a look at those, and they do have sales every now and then.

Very cool song indeed. Kinda reminds me (in a good way) of the soundtracks of some games I used to play on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

I know the Haas effect on the vocal was intentional, but just one thing to keep in mind: the 'important' elements in a mix (e.g. kick, bass, etc) are usually centred for two reasons: Mono compatibility They will automatically be louder in stereo because you have two speakers playing the centre signal in phase I think the vocals could do with being brought up a bit more in the mix, but otherwise it's sounding great. The guitars sound great too - glad I picked up a few in the OTS group buy a little earlier 😁

Yes - Cinemathique made Klang an independent brand due to its popularity. Most are 5 Euros, but e.g. the KONZEPT ones are 15. I thought I saw one for 20, but I can't find it anymore. They do still release freebies. Not as often as they used to, and they are interleaved with paid-for ones.

The link didn't work, so I popped over to your SC page to listen. Nice cover - I like it. Some great guitar work in there too. Splitting the vocals so wide is quite unusual - it was a little distracting. I didn't really notice the vocals popping in, but I did feel they disappeared quite quickly after each phrase; almost like there's a noise gate that's chopping the tail off with quite a fast attack. It's sounds ok, but in response to your question: if you're not doing so, I'd recommend passing the vocals through an optical compressor quite gently. Maybe add a little reverb here too to give the vocals a little tail*. Then maybe compressing the whole mix a little (again quite gently) on the master bus to help glue the elements together. Maybe before any compression, also use an EQ and roll off the lower frequencies on the vocal - this will help to not trigger the compressors with the bass content. Nothing wrong with how it sounds now though - well done! *Remember that the tails of a reverb are what's heard, and that the bass of the reverb has a tendency to muddy up a mix; if you put the reverb on a separate bus, put an EQ after it to roll off some lows if things start sounding mushy.

I misunderstood MODO Drum. It's main selling point is that it's a physically modelled drum kit - from that I understood that it was a bit like Pianoteq in that, while it's a piano, you get sound packs that use the engine in different ways to produce sounds ranging from tubular bells to electric pianos. I was hoping this meant that MODO Drum could do brushes, as it seems that this might be a tweak in the modelling algorithm. There are no brushes in MODO Drum, and the cymbals are sampled meaning that the overall footprint is still relatively sizable: just something to be aware of when deciding whether or not to purchase.

https://www.audioimperia.com/collections/all/products/flourish

The series is available here: https://klang.cologne/ Some instruments are free; some are paid for, but generally modestly priced. They're (full) Kontakt instruments, so they don't stop working/start charging.