Doug Steinschneider

I'm hooked on the PA Brainworx Ampeg B15N (created by Nembrini) for headphone bass practice. It sounds and responds like the real amp and overdrives nicely when you play harder. Nevertheless, I'm intriqued by the enthusiasm for Softube's WT-800. My daily driver bass amp is the WT-400 into a 210XLT/D115. How does it compare to PA's WT-800? UPDATE: Downloaded the demo - they gave me a 3 week trial. Will report back here on my evaluation. UPDATE 2: Used it for practice tonight. It does respond well and sounds very like the WT-800. I don't mind going as high as $40 for an amp sim if I think I'll play it enough. Thinking about it. Will go back to AT5 and Tonex and see how the Eden's I've saved in there play compared to the Softube WT-800

I just bought a used pair from a guy in Brooklyn. Will report back how that goes.

I already have some tabla and other Indian percussion instruments for Kontakt but downloaded this anyway because I don't know how to play them 😀

That piano seems a little out of tune...... 😀

Thanks for responses. Thank goodness for your wife or you wouldn't be using MTM's and instead be blasting your ears with those Adams 😀. My acoustics consultant friend says the MTM's will work better in my room. I leaning towards ordering them.

I'm thinking of buying the currently $600/pair iLoud MTM's. This idea was triggered by the release of the ARC Studio. I use ARC 3 when mixing, it would be nice to run everything through ARC all the time which isn't really feasible with the plugin. Then I realized my current amp has unbalanced inputs and I would have to figure out the correct (if possible) connection of the ARC Studio to it. I looked into active near fields and the MTM's look to be a very good choice. I'm wondering if the built in ARC would be enough room correction? I've done about half the recommended acoustic treatment in the room (remaining recommendations by acoustic pro friend would involve radically changing room layout) so I have a bass bump at 100hz that ARC does a good job flattening. Interested in any feedback on the standard MTM's (not Precision). Thanks

That was quick - there was an update just a few days ago

I logged into my IK account online and put it in my cart and tried TXPD100 and it said invalid code. Maybe only for non US buyers?

Good to hear, maybe Microsoft is being more generous with Win11 licensing.

Just spent half an hour playing it. Pretty sure it will go into regular rotation. Good sounding piano for sing/songwriter rock multi-track recording.

I bought it - had some credit on PB so was $8 plus I chose UA PolyMAX as freebie. I usually use modeled pianos, Mrs Mills is the only sample based piano I use regularly. This piano was on my short list because so many people on music forums have mentioned they like it. Did you guess I'm not a concert pianist? 😀

I've used Reaper for years but decided Cakewalk was better for a band/studio I'm working with. We've been very happy with the results. Reaper is good for accomplishing certain recording/mixing/editing maneuvers quickly though it's scripting ability. I'm hopeful Bandlab rolls out an inexpensive perpetual license that you can elect to upgrade annually for an also reasonable price. I'm allergic to monthly subscriptions.

These licenses work only for the hardware first activated on. If your motherboard dies you would need to purchase again (or any change to hardware significant enough to confuse the licensing server). I've used these types of licenses before, you're activating against a volume license key.

I was hoping for a sale on New Bee earphone tips 😀:

I'm working with a studio that moved from analog to digital this past year. I've been collecting freebies as we go along and we bought a few IK products on deep discount. I've found some of the older Waves products are useful (like Renaissance plugins). It's annoying that the 2 additional free plugins are from a list that omits plugins we would like to get such as Vocal Rider or the live autotune. I think in our position of not having bought many plugins that this bundle is well worth it. Interested in any comments on this decision. Thanks

It worked in Kontakt7 Player. Agree with several others here that it's an acquired taste 😀

Worked for me - when I got the cart I logged in as I have a Melda account

I've got Kontakt 7 player and use it for several instruments. I could swear I read that Aquae Organ required the full Kontakt.

Good catch, I installed it but didn't test - I only have Kontakt 6 Full so no Aquae Organ for me.

I just got a license and installed.

I bought their wah-wah pedal emulator (WF3607) - it's very good - surprised it's not in the list above

I'm a long time user of DD-WRT going back to the old blue and grey Linksys units that predated N WiFi. For this R7000 though, I reset it back to factory and then reconfigured it as an AP and it's working well again.

I'll take one - thanks - Happy New Year!

I went for Masala 1 this year. Last year Angelic. I'm a long time Lounge Lizard user - I think their instruments are innovative and they have some good sound designers. The Swatches collection is generous as are the yearly gifts.

Since my music day job (not my actual day job 😀) is playing bass I limit what I will spend on tools for music creation and recording. This forum has helped me build up a pro quality set of tools on a shoestring budget. It also helps in avoiding shiny objects that aren't all that useful. Finally, I use many of the freebies discovered here on a regular basis. I get the collector mentality, years ago when I had my Roland D10 and later Korg M1 I was always desperately looking for useful patches which were few and far between but very rewarding when found.