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I vote 1, meh, meh Didn't like 2, and with 3 i didn't really care for the FX; would rather add my own chorus if I felt it was needed. Forgive me for not reading all 6 or so pages; I got hungry around page 3, lost focus to the kitchens siren song and succumbed to temptation.

I'll agree to disagree and retract my claws (or at least switch to decaf for now). Though the horse is dead the audience would probably appreciate that we'd stop beating on it.

Sorry I don't buy that at all. If Steinberg weren't such @sshats about the VST3 rollout; if VST3 wasn't the buggy wonder it is; etc. then I'd say you had a valid argument. Many devs have resisted implementing it (or still refuse to) because they resent(ed) being strong armed into adopting it.

So ... you're saying your ears like the sound but that's not good enough? Lol - 1/2 joking though it does remind me of the guitar player saying his pedal sounds better because it has more knobs. Sylenth has a warmth/presence/pizzaz that I find missing in so many synths. To me that was enough for me to buy it when I did and enough to still be a favorite.

If you own other devious stuff your best deal may be a combo upgrade through their shop. The only plugin I'm missing is Infiltrator 2 - my upgrade cost for the full bundle (to get that + Percusive Layers for Texture) is $70.33

https://www.jrrshop.com/tracktion-biotek $41.16 w code group updated OP

Was checking it out - tasty! Killer price right now https://www.jrrshop.com/tracktion-particle-motion-novum-expansion-pack Code: GROUP

As developers update their SDKs to move their apps out of the stone age (fix non-resizable GUIs, etc.) and to either not run into Win11 issues or take advantage of its features - the graphic libraries get updated as well. And sometimes crap like this happens - it's not the audio developer deep state working in cahoots with GPU developers to force you to upgrade your hardware so that they can get kickbacks. NI is probably checking it out and weighing their options. Fix may be relatively easy or involve a major rewrite to use an older graphics engine with their new code or just not do-able because the graphics code may be baked into one or more of the programming libraries they use.

Tone King is pretty awesome.

Nice, didn't even need a coupon code. But did have to 'manage my order' just to get a workable download link.

I have no idea how this compares to anything, certainly not giving up my Presonus interface for it. But for remote audio Zoom has a lot of cool stuff that ranks with the best. This might be the ticket if you need a simple interface for recording on the go with your laptop.

$49 for an upgrade vs $79 Vanguard was one of my first soft synths, so it does have a special place in my heart. Still have it installed but haven't touched it in ages. Vanguard 2 - kinda feels like I finally got that BB gun I was promised when I turned 13, would have meant a lot more if the delivery was more timely. Really appreciate the upgrade discount but at $50 it's not a no-brainer purchase. Will need to evaluate V2 to see if at this point it is something I'll actually be using.

Their spectrogram program is free. https://www.toneboosters.com/tb_spectrogram_v1.html

$199 from Legacy... Probably won't indulge, got too many other synths to justify this.

Lol, you're right! That's the info linked in the installer(s) I just downloaded and installed. Looks like the release notes are way out of date on all of them (that I had access to)! The current DLLs are dated 11/8/22. Ran each and they all report that their version is 2.4.0

Edit: the info below is wrong/old. See subsequent posts - Korg has not yet updated the release notes. Here's the release notes from M1 & Wavestation: Here's MS-20, Polysix, MDE-X, & Mono/Poly and Legacy Cell Don't own the rest... Change logs: M1 https://support.korguser.net/hc/articles/4403869885081 Wavestation https://support.korguser.net/hc/articles/4403877700121 MS-20 https://support.korguser.net/hc/articles/4403877536153 Polysix https://support.korguser.net/hc/articles/4403869768857 MDE-X https://support.korguser.net/hc/articles/4403877670681 MonoPoly https://support.korguser.net/hc/articles/4403877645721 Legacy Cell https://support.korguser.net/hc/articles/4405077394073

I shall wait till some future sale... By then I should have the disk space.

Dear Customer, We are happy to announce the release of Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer 3.5. With the new macro parameters and many other improvements (full change list below), this new version redefines multiband effects and lets you create your own. This is a free update that you can download from the same location as the original full version (you may have to refresh the web page) What's New: New macro controls editor to edit plug-in parameters mapping. Assign multiple parameters from multiple plug-ins to a single macro control, and adjust the range for each parameter. Assign a name to each macro control, that is now displayed in automation lanes in most host applications (may require a session reload in some cases). Parameters names for existing sessions will be automatically updated upon load. Select macro knobs appearance among 18 predefined styles. Updated dozens of presets with macro parameters. New learn modes to quickly assign plug-in parameters. Added an option in global & preset input settings to send MIDI events when MIDI-enabled parameters are modified in the plug-in (to update control surfaces accordingly). In most plug-in formats, internal audio I/O configuration can now be selected regardless of the configuration defined by the host (you can for example reduce the number of channels to save CPU and process only selected channels). Improved performance to load the user interface. Improved VST parameter value display in some host applications. Added Apple Silicon support for AAX Plug-in Format. Mac: installers and plug-ins have been notarized to avoid security warnings on Mac OS Catalina and newer. Fixed bypass that did not let MIDI messages go thru for some MIDI plug-ins. Fixed some GUI resizing issues with some VST3 plug-ins. Fixed an issue with some VST3 plug-ins requiring to click twice on the bypass button to get bypassed. Warning: presets and sessions saved with this new version will not reload properly with older versions of the MB-7 Mixer (params maps will be lost). Enjoy!

Eventide web site shows $29.40 crossgrade for me. I have everything (Eventide/NewFangled Audio) but Generate.

Ah yes, see it now - newest version 13 not supported on XP. If you're still using XP more power to you... Not being snide, sometimes what you got is what you gotta use.

The VST3 seems to be working OK on my Windows 11 machine... From https://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html System requirements OP-X PRO-II is available for both the Windows and Mac platform in 32bit and 64bit format. The plugin formats cover VST2 and VST3 in Windows and AU and VST3 in Mac. More info on the demo version page. - Windows XP SP2 or higher - OS-X 10.8 or higher - CPU: Core2duo or higher - A 32bit or 64bit host supporting VST2, VST3 or AU

Yeah but 8dio has walk-through videos on numerous items - but none on this? That's not a good sign. Regarding naked demos. Nowadays if the vendor can't spare the time to throw up a clean or naked mix along with the others I'll only spare the time to watch their walk-through video(s) if it something I'm highly interested in for one reason or the other. After all if the vendor can't make it sound good by itself (and they know the product) - what chance do I have?

Be really nice if 8dio's sound demos had 'naked' versions (only the sample library without burying it under orchestration and/or drenching it under 12 feet of reverb). Is it snarky to add something like "but I guess it would cost them sales" or just editorializing?

Links are always nice... https://8dio.com/products/liberis-epic-childrens-choir

Newfangled Audio stuff... https://www.eventideaudio.com/plug-ins/invigorate/ Appears so... don't know what else you could crossgrade from. Web site is super slow at the moment.