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Thanks - glad you liked it. I'm not associated with any music related company, so this isn't an attempt at any kind of upsell, but if you're considering Full Kontakt at some point, it might be an idea to pick up a Player library that you can upgrade to Kontakt with. Libraries and Kontakt upgrades go on sale from time to time, and once you get full Kontakt a whole world of freebies gets opened up, e.g. I've picked up 32 free KLANG instruments so far; there's a free edition of DRONAR; and some online stores sometimes have time-limited offers of a free library with a minimum spend. Edit: and also what abacab said

This is actually quite a good freebie - here's a quick tune I wrote using only sounds from it

If anyone has a $50 voucher that they won't use, consider passing it my way please.

Check your emails. Note that it expires on October 27 - probably a Halloween sale coming up at the end of the month.

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Is this an audio editor? Why does it want 10 GB free HD space?

Full Kontakt required https://klang.cologne/klang21_free.php

I 'bought' a free plugin a while back, and more recently decided to (actually) buy a bundle during a sale; the discount code worked for me.

For some reason, I really like this one

Hi Craig Make sure that when you edit a clip, the edits end up on a zero crossing - when audio clips play through, they won't click if they end and start on zero crossings. If that's not possible, try to introduce a crossfade (or increase the crossfade time) between the two clips. If the click is recorded into your audio, you'll need an audio editor to cut out that section - Audacity is a good free one: https://www.audacityteam.org/ If you're serious about removing clicks that are recorded into your audio (and you're prepared to pay), check out something like iZotope RX (there are usually some deals around Black Friday/end of year) https://www.izotope.com/en/products/rx/features.html

I wonder if behind the scenes, it's just got several MIDI files grouped by genre and it picks a random one (or drum part of one) every time you click the button. Of course, if you've already bought it and find it useful, more power to you.

Something by OTS?

I was actually kinda looking forward to the course, but you've got to do what you feel most enthusiastic about; the book sounds very cool too by the way. I think that when we go about our lives, we get used to the daily grind, thinking that they're just ordinary everyday events. We forget that other people may not have had the same experiences, and we don't give much thought to the skills and stories that we've picked up along the way that other's might like to hear about. I'm glad you've found a project that you're excited about - best of luck with it!

hmm... something crushy, not at all suitable/useful/applicable for sibilance, but yet offering fine control of how much to crush, and a good metaphor... crushes sibilance like a vice/vise* * regional spelling variations may apply

I suppose in one case it's being descriptive of the product (e.g. anti-dandruff shampoo) and the other describes the target that the product aims to reduce (e.g. dandruff shampoo). The marketing line that I saw once and always thought was silly was for a cloth that soaks up water like a magnet: a magnet is a block of non-porous metal; it's the last thing you'd want if you needed to clear up a spillage!

For Pro-Level chords 😜 (whatever they are) I saw something on Twitter the other day (which was a joke) that said something along the lines of the next MIDI chord pack should be a pack containing notes lasting 4 beats, 2 beats, 1 beat, 1/2 beat, in all 12 keys - just drag and drop.

I haven't bought so can't say for sure, but I guess it's like buying a MIDI-6-pack: you'd get three generic serials that you can use to each activate a product at your convenience.

Is this thing iLok? The FAQ reads I think I'll pass personally, but glad too to hear that this might be useful. Not sure why they'd limit the purchase to 3500 licenses only though - makes sense that if you've truly made a really good product, you'd want to see as much as possible - unless there's something a little janky somewhere and they want lots of purchases before news gets out. Also, marketing like doesn't really help - nobody would advertise a product by saying 3000+ shoddy samples; not commenting about their product (don't have enough info to make a judgement), just their marketing.

Thanks for the input @StefanoM. It looks really good, by the way! Really nice of you include a loyalty discount - thanks again.

Not quite sure what PG's trying to say, but their marketing image has quite nice colours.

Nope - or at least if it is I've fallen for it. It's Pitch Innovations' privacy policy https://www.pitchinnovations.com/privacy-policy/ You can get to it by going to their site, clicking on the three-lines menu in the top right, and clicking Privacy Policy near the bottom of the flyout panel.

I'm sure this is just part of a boilerplate privacy policy, but I'm not quite sure how providing medical records and history, sexual orientation, and biometric information will offer a more user-friendly experience.

Wow - they look amazing!