Craig Fowler

Sounds good PC - can't beat Neil Finn (if you're interested, this was prob my fave concert - Finn family at Auckland zoo!) I like your mixing, too. The vocals sound pretty good - only thing I'd say is that sometimes the double tracked vx sounds a bit phasey

You mentioned the instruments; if you don't have the Electra88 and Waterfall, they're my favourite Rhodes & Hammond, respectively, although I don't care for Ravel. If you already have those, I think it's the reverbs that are standouts. Capitol Chambers for sure, and like Grem, the Lex 224 is pretty great.

The Chroma grand looked really interesting and the demos sounded great. I want this upright. But I can't have it.

I was just able to get an educational license for Studio One Artist 6 for $49 at Sweetwater. I don't think I need what's in Pro, and it seemed a good way of readying myself if the current free version of Cakewalk goes away.

Well, that's a boatload of great sounding plugins for the money!

No need! Now that VSL are letting you re-download their piano libraries in a smaller-footprint format, you can indulge your multi-manufacturer madness!

Lol...there was I, thinking the nz at the end meant I had company here!

The Soniccouture Wurli and Rhodes really are wonderful. I don't have the Famous E (which I know gets lots of love), but the SC instruments just ooze vibe. For the noodly sort of way I play, UA's Electra88 suits me better, but if I hadn't come across that VI I'd still be wondering how a virtual instrument (i.e., Canterbury Suitcase) could be so good. The ability to tweak the harmonics opens up a whole range of sounds that are way beyond what I thought a Rhodes could make. As to the Wurli and @PavlovsCat's temptation, I'd say go for it. The Skybox Audio instruments are brilliant at what they do, which is to provide a really contemporary take on what you can get out of acoustic and electric pianos when you pair them with effects/synth engines etc. But the SC versions are grimy, old-school delights. And if memory serves, they're not particularly new libraries, which makes it all the more amazing how much they're capable of! So...listen to @jngnz! (btw - username indicates you're a Kiwi?)

Very clean and natural sounding IIRC. If you're already well-stocked, you probably don't need it - I have so many that I forget I have it sometimes! But when I pull it up, I always like how it sounds.

I don't know if it's 'better,' but it sounds great! I have a *lot* of great verbs (all the UADs and Relabs, IK etc) and this one is still pretty special.

I didn't even get that when I logged in!

Ooooooh I still have a hardware SY85 and have been tempted by this many times! Can I resist?!

If you did the VSL survey and got the voucher, a couple of the Big Bang Orchestra percussion libraries end up being $35-40 USD which ain't bad!

I love Klevgrand, but 'best jazz drums ever' is a big claim just a couple of weeks after Toontrack's Jazz SDX dropped!

Perhaps this is a stupid question, but I bet others have it as well. If you already have the constituent parts in plug-ins from UA (610pre, LA-2a, 1176) then is there any reason at all to consider adding this? It's something I'd *love* to have in hardware form for tracking, and if I had an Apollo I might jump on this. As a Satellite-based peasant who owns a bunch of UA plugs already, though, I'm not sure this offers much. Apart from being a shiny new toy, of course. And I love those.