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The SampleTank Neil Peart library would qualify for GB at the $79.99 level. I do not recall ever seeing crossgrade prices for any instrument libraries. Just for the instruments and effects.

It's clearly on the qualifying list... https://www.ikmultimedia.com/25gb/#products

A quick 3-4 minute video tour of how to implement a drum map from scratch in Cakewalk (video is already cued at 5:35 for this drum map topic). This example uses AD2, but I assume you could follow this to implement one for any drum kit you are using.

So I woke up this morning, fired up my copy of AKAI VIP 3, and after it scanned my new KORG plugins, guess what? There were factory preset maps available for some of them!!! 😎 The VIP preset browser has these all tagged by "Instrument | Timbre | Style | Articulation". M1: 1524 presets MonoPoly: 257 presets MS-20: 32 presets Polysix: 32 presets Wavestation: 900 presets

If you don't already have Unify, you should get it! Only $79. https://www.pluginguru.com/products/unify-standard/ Unify comes loaded with content out of the box, and also has many free "Unified" patch libraries available for many commercial and free synths (you will need to have the synth licenses to use these libraries, demos won't work for them). Such as:

Yup! 😎

Well you do get WUP for a year on those 3 plugins...

This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end

Sonic Reality apparently produced this one for Cakewalk Session Drummer 3. Interesting that it's still available for sale. I have the Neil Peart kit for SampleTank. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Reality

You would have to actually "BUY" 2 licenses to achieve that. Sweetwater's deal is buy one from them, and IK will give you the free one. So if you buy 2 and register 2 at IK, then you will get 2 (or more with Group Buy) at IK.

Larry caught the fine print. Sweetwater is not giving anything away. They are just luring you into the IK group buy with 1 free item. Shady if you ask me... "Free Product will be available upon REGISTRATION" (at IK).

You're apparently right. I missed that! I thought they were offering a direct deal when Sweetwater said "one". Tricky dudes...

Sweetwater is offering a buy one get one with T-RackS Sunset Sound Studios Reverb. So buy this, and get a free plugin of equal value there, and then register at IK as qualifying item for more group buy freebies at the $149 level! https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TRacksSSVerb--ik-multimedia-t-racks-sunset-sound-studios-reverb Same deal for the Lurssen Mastering Console at the $159 level... https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LurssenMast--ik-multimedia-lurssen-mastering-console And MODO bass for the $299 level (with the Sweetwater bogo deal that's like half off!!!) https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ModoBass--ik-multimedia-modo-bass Amplitube 5 Software Suite for $299 (Sweetwater bogo) https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AmpliTube5--ik-multimedia-amplitube-5-software-suite Not a deal! "Free Product will be available upon REGISTRATION" (at IK)

Those are all good ones! I like the MixBox better than T-RackS, as you can quickly slap an FX chain on any track as you are getting creative as a musician, and tweak that. I'm not an engineer, so T-RackS takes a bit more patience and planning... probably much more useful for mixdown and mastering... And for some reason, anything that I run through Lurssen sounds better coming out of the other end (says the non-engineer)! That Hammond sure sounds authentic (created in close collaboration with both the Hammond Organ Company, of Chicago, Illinois, and Suzuki Musical Instruments Mfg. of Hamamatsu, Japan)! My go-to now for tone wheel and Leslie goodness!

Thank you sir! I stand corrected! I had looked all over, and checked the FAQ, but missed that! Regardless, the Acid Music Studio still appears to be crippled compared with the Pro version. Still think I will pass on this...

MixBox is killer! Find a way to get that!

I ordered my TPM 2.0 module for $15 the day the requirement was announced. By the very next next day they were nowhere to be found! Dang scalpers! Please keep us posted on Windows 11 DAW performance. I will probably keep running Win10 for at least two more years. I usually wait at least a year from RTM for major upgrades, and let others volunteer to be unpaid beta testers in the interim.

I wish there was something I needed! 🤪

I have RX 8 Standard (came with MPS bundle), but grabbed Sound Forge anyway. I used to use Sony Sound Forge 7, and it's pretty easy to use. So the 64-bit update was a no-brainer for $25. A Swiss army knife for audio editing. RX has some interesting healing options. I have been using Audacity for the past few years for quick and easy audio edits and conversions. It will be nice to have Sound Forge available for that again!

I once was WUPPED, but never again!

Not quite accurate, You can buy items at a sale price and receive full retail value towards the group buy at IK. But you do need to "buy" something! No freebies, or magware will cut it! But IK won't ding you for the sale price. Nice guys! For example, last year I found and bought an IK crossgrade item on sale at an online distributor, and then registered it at IK, receiving the full $299 retail level credit as the qualifying item. That got me into the both MODO's and the Hammond B3 for free. Tip: You can even buy something on sale that you already own, and register it as a 2nd license. That worked for me!

I didn't bother installing Samplitude, as I already have a few other Pro DAWs. But I was curious about Acid Music Studio as a former Sony Acid Pro 6 user. But as soon as I discovered that Acid Music Studio came with absolutely no content, not even a demo project, and cannot even export loops, I binned it immediately! $99 to upgrade to Pro? Fugedaboudit! The reason I picked up this bundle was for a cheap 64-bit upgrade from my old Sony Sound Forge 7. An audio Swiss army knife...

Question about the user manuals... anybody see an English PDF for Samplitude Music Studio? I got the others in English, but there are no choices here, and I am signed into the website as a USA user. I got the bundle and successfully registered the applications in my Magix account. Didn't plan to install Samplitude, but thought that I might glance at the user manual. I only get the German version "handbuch_sms2019_de.pdf" when I download the instructions... 😢