PavlovsCat

Yeah, to be fair, this isn't really the group you turn to for advice and help when you have a plugin and sample addiction. Sorry. I think we're a pretty well meaning bunch, but we all suffer from the same addiction and cclarry is clearly the ringleader.

It really should read "Cakewalk Deals powered by CC LARRY." He is our guy. When he left us for a while, not to exaggerate, but it was terrible, horrifying and pretty much, all hope was lost until he returned. That said, I saved a lot of money.

If you're spending time at this forum, the choice you've made is already evident.

Yeah, I actually use Cakewalk, which makes me feel like I'm in the minority!

This is one of the things I love about this community. I can make a stupid off-topic remark and instead of someone ripping on me for going off-topic, somebody starts a new thread where we all go off-topic! Still my favorite music making related forum.

Darn. I was hoping that Voice Changer could change my crap singing voice into Chris Cornell's great singing voice.

Cups of Joe are regularly involved in my experience.

At first, I misread this as "Ground Coffee" and I was pretty excited to click on that. I thought, okay, well sometimes people post about video games, now their adding coffee to the mix. And I clicked. I suppose that tells you a little about me.

I use Izotope software and was interested in SmartEQ 3. I would be very interested if a knowledgeable user comparable with both could compare the two. I'm very much not very knowledgeable when it comes to eq/mixing/mastering and Izotope is pretty useful for me. With that in mind, how does SmartEQ3 compare? (And yes, I'm going to check out the video shared earlier in the thread).

Owned by the same folks who bought BFD. This is why I'm hesitant to upgrade my BFD Eco to BFD 3.4. My experiences with inMusic Brands software with Air Music Technology VSTs (I also own a Sonivox -- another old brand they own -- soft synth I'm hesitant to install after my experience with an AIR VST and reading other users horror stories) -- and I know they have a long history of issues with other brands of software they bought from declining brands in fire sales -- makes me extremely hesitant to purchase any software from any brand they own. I spent hours and had to do a Windows rollback after trying to install one of the AIR VSTs on one of my PCs. And when I went to KVR to find out if there was a fix for the issue, I found they acknowledged that they have long known about the problems -- for at least 6 months they stopped responding and did nothing about it. Not exactly a company I would put much faith in when they buy out a software developer. They really need to be held to a higher standard. Yes, they're selling their VSTs for dirt cheap, but if it causes problems big enough where multiple users have reported having to go as far as to re-install their OS, even free is too high of a price.

I don't know if it's a false positive, but Malwarebytes is reporting there's malware on the eSoundz site. Knowing how common these hackings are lately, I'm inclined to go with their assessment. If anyone is in touch with the eSoundz folks, let them know. I am connected to Dave Kerzner but I don't think he's running the operations these days.

Wow. The forum just censored the phrase "bl*w me aw*y." Strange.

Why is their so much hate for the dev? I take it that there's some history I'm not aware of? The library sounded okay in the two minutes I checked it out. It didn't ***** away, but it didn't sound bad.

I downloaded it and played it a few minutes. It isn't bad.

Okay, I actually did look at the new M-Tron library, but it didn't appeal to me. However, my 12 year old daughter was amused by hearing the kazoo samples.

No, I didn't. But I will go check it out. I wasn't sure if what to make of the promo. I'm not into loops/preplayed parts so I expect that's what this is.

I'm a sucker for Tron collections. I own the first Sampletron, M-Tron Pro, all of Puremagnetik's Tron libraries, Tronsonic's Tron libraries, Sonic Reality's Infinite Player Tron libraries and several others and yet I still want this. I'm a Tron addict.

I own Melodyne Studio 4. To those who upgraded from Studio 4 to 5, did you find the update worth the price and what specifically do you feel makes it worth it? Thanks.

I've been thinking about getting the Nashville headphones plugin and Torque for changing the pitch of drums and would love to get the insights of forum members who have used these plugins. I really don't have sound engineering/mixing or mastering skills and appreciate tips from knowledgeable/experienced folks.

Is there ever a point where Waves isn't having a sale? Not to get technical (which means I'm getting technical), but the FTC actually has regulations on exactly the kind of practices where, as you recently put it, a sellers offerings are perpetually on sale --- that is, the full retail price isn't really reality. That's totally the case with Waves. Of course, you could say that it doesn't hurt anyone, but it's not exactly honest either. At this point, I would actually feel sorry for a non-wealthy musician/producer who stumbled upon any Waves plugins and bought them at full price. I mean, the odds are against that anyone could actually buy at a point Waves wasn't having a sale, but in the rare instance that someone does, and if they purchased at that price, it would be a bit disappointing.

Same question I ask myself for every piano and drum library I buy! But I do love the sound of felt pianos and this one is different. I have really enjoyed the libraries that Jon Meyer has generously given away free.

I chose Pipe Festival and really like it. Some of the patches sound very close to the pipe organ at my former church.

Flavio makes really compelling demos. I must admit, I hear them and want to get every sound I hear! Definitely an exciting developer.

Sampletekk does have libraries in the SFZ and HALion formats too. I have their Rain piano as a KONTAKT library and as a SFZ library. But if you qualify for the 90% off sale you can pick up Black -- a really high quality grand piano library for $10 USD, which is an incredibly low price for a piano library of that quality and a KONTAKT player library as well.

It's around $10 USD with the sale, so it's impossible to resist. FTR, I had to do a search to find the Vertikal MKII, as it's not shown using the site's navigational links (only the earlier version is shown). I sent Per an email to let him know.