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  1. Did you try PayPal? I think the billing address stays between you and PayPal unless you are required to sign up for an account at the reseller site and give your actual address. Which they do not actually need, since it's a download only.
  2. Addictive Keys free studio grand works just great on a 48 key controller = 4 octaves. https://www.xlnaudio.com/demos https://www.xlnaudio.com/products/addictive_keys/instrument/studio_grand A random list of the 8 Best FREE Piano VST Plugins in 2022 https://www.producersphere.com/best-free-piano-plugins/ I have only used one of these 8, Soft Piano, from the Spitfire Audio LABS series. Even better is the LABS Glass Piano, particularly the Glass Grand preset. Recorded at his home in New York City, this is legendary composer Philip Glass's beloved piano. His entire breadth of compositional work over the past 30 years has been written on this piano — including seminal works The Piano Etudes, all of his Academy Award-nominated film scores, and hundreds of other compositions. Discover the unique sonic personality of this baby grand with a range of sounds — from classic and beautiful, to soft and atmospheric. There are currently 47 free instruments in the LABS series, with regular additions. Worth checking out! Downloads are available via the Spitfire Audio app. The plugin doesn't require Kontakt or anything, as Spitfire now uses it's custom player plugin [VST2, VST3, AAX and AU], for all Spitfire libraries. https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/#type=&search=&new=true
  3. I wish we had one that made us sound like this: https://youtu.be/p7YXXieghto
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    Windows 11 Lite

    No hacked or cracked software, please! 😉
  5. The suite is sweet! You could sell much of your 3rd party stuff and just use this, if Ableton was your main DAW. There are tons of bundled instruments, effects, and downloadable packs that are intended to to make sound design within the DAW part of the Ableton workflow. All are optional downloads, so you can pick and choose what suits you. No need to load it all. Many of the instruments even come with included demo projects so you can see them used in context, and experiment with them. Included instruments: https://www.ableton.com/en/live/compare-editions/#software-instruments Included packs: https://www.ableton.com/en/live/compare-editions/#packs Included audio effects: https://www.ableton.com/en/live/compare-editions/#audio-effects Included MIDI effects: https://www.ableton.com/en/live/compare-editions/#midi-effects Max for Live devices: https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/#?item_type=max_for_live
  6. abacab

    Windows 11 Lite

    Use caution, since this is not an official Microsoft build! At best you would be running an unlicensed, unsupported, version of Windows. At worst, you would really have no idea whose code you are executing on your computer. A perfect vehicle for a trojan! Not saying that it is, but I would never take the chance to find out! 🤣 https://beebom.com/how-install-windows-11-lite/
  7. Yes, especially if you have MPE controller capability.
  8. "Now with native Apple Silicon support."
  9. "Man in the Box" ... since '90. 😉
  10. Download .guru file for Arturia Augmented Strings > https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6if6iyg218yiyt/Arturia Augmented Strings Unified.zip Download .guru file for Brainworx Oberhausen > https://www.dropbox.com/s/yylulc96e9it3wr/Brainworx Oberhausen 1_5 Unified.zip Today's livestream (Saturday at 12pm PDT) to include coverage of Skippy playing with the new free synths in PluginGuru's Unify:
  11. Way ahead o yo time! 🤣
  12. What really matters in the end is what sounds good to our ears, and meets our needs which are all different. And inspires us! No software emulation is likely to match the original hardware. Even two analog units are unlikely to match each other!
  13. Head on over to KVR where the real synth beatdowns are happening!!! 🤣🤣🤣
  14. OK, stick to your hardware. Oh! I forgot, it's still in the box! 🤣
  15. If you watch the video I posted above, the Minimonsta fell short in the comparison. The Legend was near the top... and Arturia was somewhere in the middle of the pack. Cheers!
  16. Right! That's where I'm leaning. Been waiting for that large EZD GUI for a while. And already have the Arturia Mini V, so don't really need another Moog Mini clone. But it sounds so goooooood!
  17. The Legend is showing at $50 USD right now at Thomann! https://www.thomannmusic.com/synapse_audio_the_legend.htm Well, now it's either Legend or EZ Drummer 3 upgrade for me this month...
  18. I replaced my computers in 2000 (Pentium 1 to Pentium 3), 2006 (Pentium 3 to Pentium 4, 3.0GHz), 2014 (Pentium 4 to Core i3, 3.4 GHz), and 2020 (Core i3 to Core i5-9600K, six cores at 3.7GHz to 4.6GHz). These were all home builds, on a budget, with consideration for needs vs. power, and a desire to built something useful for my needs to last at least 5 years. This last stretch of "make-do" between upgrades was with a CPU that was released in 2012, starting life on Windows 7 32-bit, then upgraded to Windows 10 64-bit in 2016. I struggled with CPU load for VST's for a while towards the end, especially after I upgraded to Win 10. It is much more fun to run a computer without constantly having to "manage" the load! Lifecycles... I stretched things a bit to 6-8 years a couple of times, but felt a bit underpowered after about 5 years both of those times.
  19. The Hammond B3X and the MixBox are excellent, and definitely nice to have! I have found the MixBox great to have as a go-to for insert FX on virtual instrument channels. With 70 processors you can quickly add effects that are better than most on-board synth FX units. And having almost everything you could need available in that one rack provides for instant plug in chain options. Like having a monster FX pedalboard for non-guitar tracks! The FX modules are based on T-RackS, Amplitube, and SampleTank.
  20. The Arturia hardware synths don't have VST emulations in the V Collection, and the Analog Lab only represents virtual instruments that are actually in the collection. The hardware has downloadable sounds available, and the Polybrute even has a software editor/librarian that runs on your computer. But they are entirely separate from Analog Lab.
  21. The automatic move worked well for me. Glad to hear that it's working out well for others! Overall, it's pretty decent software!
  22. Generally speaking, it's probably a good idea to refresh your tech at least every 5 years, especially if you wish to keep up with cutting edge software development. Not that there's anything wrong with holding out and trying to squeeze everything out of what you have invested in. Believe me, I have been there, and have been building my own PC's for over 20 years on a budget. But eventually you have to pay the price for progress... Especially with virtual instruments. Every new generation is much more CPU hungry than the last one! It is, what it is!
  23. That's an 11 year old CPU. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/53474/intel-core-i72760qm-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-50-ghz/specifications.html So yep, would expect a few issues with running the latest software with that.
  24. The Larry-bot is usually the best in the business!
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