PavlovsCat

I give you: - An A for creativity; this is out of the box thinking - An A for discovering an innovative new, next-gen form of clickbait But I'm going to have to remove points for the follow-through. I was hoping for a better pay-off in the OP. I look forward to your future threads like , : ;

I spent today trying to bring developers together with a site owner who's been spreading very toxic misinformation about a developer on another forum -- that frankly is concerning in the developer community (I've consulted to around 3 dozen developers over the years), and the sad part is that it's ruined that forum, IMO. But this forum, and the way you came together and helped @GoncaloL, in his research that's awesome. We don't have a giant community here, but it's a great helpful community. If Bandlab ever shuts this subforum down, I'm game to start and run a forum of my own and everyone is invited. The beer's on me. I'm dead serious. Not about the beer, but I would actually create a forum to replace this one if Bandlab's plans result in this closing this subforum down with their transition from free to paid products.

I bet you that they will. I shared in this forum that I was probably going to purchase the metering bundle then but it seemed that everyone -- including a few people who've given me some pretty good advice over the years -- were like, why would you bother with that? Consequently, when my fellow gear addicts question buying something -- which is so rare and shocking it gets my attention and I gave up my plans and didn't buy it. But lately the idea has entered my mind again and I may pick it up, if it's offered on BF. Reign me in now fellas if you think this is a mistake!

Heaviocity is, IMO, one of the most interesting and high quality developers making libraries today. They also tend to come in over my budget. If money was of no concern, I'd immediately purchase everything they make. Basically, I'd be living like Bapu.

Is it bad for the price? Absolutely not. But if you have more to spend, you may prefer other options. I own BFD Eco and they've priced the upgrade for that at $49 USD for at least a few years at this point -- they've been on version 3 for -- I would guess -- at least a decade. The plugin has been plagued with a ton of technical issues and that is why I've never upgraded. BFD3, even by the acknowledgment of one of the developers who works on the team on this forum, is dated. It's not competitive with SD3, but then, it's also a small fraction of the price. I'd boil it down to this. If budget is a significant factor and ezDrummer and AD2 are out of reach, I would say it's worth picking up for $49 USD from what I know -- and again, I don't own it. You might want to first download and install BFD Player. It's not the same library and it's much newer, but you'll at least get a feel for the developer's work.

Thanks for tagging me, @Bapu. It sounds like a little work but it's a step in the right direction. If the tool worked well, I'd happily be willing to pay for it.

Thanks for the reply. Well, your earlier response makes more sense to me now. I definitely wouldn't turn to Puremagnetik for sample libraries of acoustic instruments, electric pianos, organ or anything beyond synths, as that's really not their forte and they don't make highly detailed AKA deep sampled highly scripted libraries and that's what I want in those instances. Their wheelhouse (area of expertise) is electronic sounds, mainly samples of Micah’s synth patches. Detail isn't really necessary for those, IMO. So, I suppose I understand more about your disappointment if your expectations was for detailed sample libraries of acoustic instruments, I would never turn to Puremagnetik for that. Where I do find them worthwhile is for synth sounds. They have a couple of Mellotron libraries I really enjoy too (I'm a huge tron fan). But I also wouldn't turn to them for electric pianos, as those are really dependent on dynamics and that is an area where I think detailed sampling is very important. I do have a Wurli sample library from Puremagnetik I bought maybe 12 years ago. Okay, to be more specific, I bought it but later deleted their Wurli library because it lacks the kind of detail I want in a Wurli or any electric piano library. But their tron library and various synth patch libraries seem solid to me. But I don't use a lot of synth sounds in my productions as I tend to stick with piano, organ, guitar, bass, drums, percussion and other acoustic instruments often with a tron.

Double post.

These guys are influencers, so I take every influencer "review" with a grain of salt. But I seriously doubt they'd give a favorably review to a developer that's total trash. From searches, a number of folks at KVR have good things to say about Puremagnetik in recent years. https://macprovideo.com/article/ableton-live/review-puremagnetik-retro-synths In addition to the folks at KVR, this thread, led by a recording pro pianist, praises Micah Frank's work (the developer behind Puremagnetik) and some of the regulars join in with praise. https://vi-control.net/community/threads/puremagnetik-fx-plugin-suite.106534/

I have a bunch of their libraries I bought many years ago (they've been around at least 15+ years). The libraries aren't detailed, and candidly, I don't use them very much, but I didn't think they were bad quality or I wouldn't have shared them. It'd be interesting to get a number of points of view. Going back a decade or more, over at KVR where I discovered Puremagnetik, there were lots of users there, including some developers I know. As far as scripting, these are pretty old libraries, but synth libraries have very little scripting. What are the specific kinds of problems you've encountered with the scripting and the specific reasons why you feel they're badly sampled? I'm pretty busy the next couple of days, but I will take a hard look at my Puremagnetik libraries-- I bought most of them over a decade ago -- this week. I'm guessing if you're seeing scripting issues, could it be because the scripts were written for a much earlier version of KONTAKT? I certainly don't wouldn't want to share anything that's as bad as what you're describing and that hasn't been my experience with Puremagnetik, however, I haven't used the libraries with the most recent version of KONTAKT and I own maybe a dozen of their libraries, not this bundle nor many others.

Puremagnetik Flash Sale - Electronic Impressions collection, including 9 sample packs for Ableton Live, Kontakt (full version) and Logic, is 88% off - $12 (reg. $99) - until October 23. https://puremagnetik.com/collections/bundles/products/electronic-impressions

My friend and I both enjoyed your music and thought it was all very cool. I'd encourage others to check out Nick's videos too. We've been posting in the deals forum and had some friendly interactions, which always makes it more interesting to me to find out more about people's music and musical backgrounds. Maybe if I didn't get tendinitis-- and also two kids -- and instead remained single, my house would look a lot more like Nick's. My first house, when I was single, kinda did. It had lots of acoustic and electronic drums, percussion, guitars and other instruments in addition to a much more modest collection of synths. These days, I mainly use MIDI controllers and a bunch of virtual gear.

Yep. Maybe you can work something out. Maybe €20 for a free page of stickers for you! What a great FREE deal!!!

EDIT: I was referencing the library from a different thread from a new developer. D'oh!

I was sharing your videos with a friend of mine, a keyboardist and gear junkie out of the UK -- originally from Germany. I knew he would be able to identify all you gear and he was paying it compliments as we were chatting and listening to your music. I really enjoyed this one (hey, I gave your videos likes too.)

Cool It appears, based on the walkthrough, that this is a pretty high-quality developer. Has anyone bought this library? The CEO, Olajide Paris, has worked with some pretty serious heavy hitters -- 8Dio, Sonuscore, UVI, Sample Logic and Orchestral Tools. They've got my attention. While I'm not going to pick up this library because it's not fit for what I do, I'm definitely going to watch them to check out their future releases. I subscribed to their email. https://tripleaaudio.com/about-us/

satya, Larry is the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time). I'm not comparing anyone to Larry. There's only one Larry. But I think you're pretty good too. You're your own man and I think Larry would be proud of you! You're keeping us gearaholics happy and that's not easy.

That is in no way free. It's a deceptive business practice using simple sleight of hand to derive their revenue from shipping costs instead of showing a charge for the product -- this stuff isn't even following the law (technically, FTC regulations which is how the US handles business trade and marketing practices, other countries have laws some also use regulations and regulatory bodies like the FTC) in the US. I would suggest revising the thread title to reflect $9.97 USD for some stickers. But just because they're being deceptive business calling something they're charging too much for free shouldn't mean that their deceptive practice gets promoted in the forum. I'd change the title of the thread. Shipping those stickers in to US addresses from a US location costs them $1 to $2 total with postage and packaging. This is a sleazy operation.

First, you're doing a great job of carrying on in Larry's footsteps! Second, there is already a thread created about this.

Man, I have a Guitar Rig Pro, Amplitube LE, Electrum, Bias FX and some others, but I really only heard NeuralDSP earlier this year and their stuff sounds fantastic to me, but I'm watching my budget. Sooner or later, I suspect I'm going to get something from them. They really seem to be different in this space, and I love what I've heard. Someone, I think in this forum, said to watch them for big Black Friday discounts. That is my plan.

Thanks for sharing that, @BTP. I didn't recall that Cory made something on the library, but watching it, like everything I've seen from Cory, that was really useful. Darn, that makes me want this library! It sounds really beautiful in that video and the song Cory wrote/played at the end is really lovely.

Thanks, Jeff. Man, I think is triggering our GAS and FOMO instincts. Again, if this was solo strings, I would be posting that I've just bought it. As it stands, I really don't have much use for it -- but that doesn't stop it from tempting me, given the price!

Wow, maybe there is hope for mankind. Nah. Wishful thinking.

This developer seems really talented. I've read (I've never heard anything first hand) that this is a really beautiful sounding library from owners, and I agree, there's been some criticism that the workflow could be better and I've noticed a number of folks at VI-CONTROL have commented that it's not an ideal library if you're just getting started, but I don't recall seeing anyone articulate why; I'm guessing it's a combination of the library not having a great deal of articulations and the workflow. In any event, at this price, I think a lot of objections people have become less significant. I don't recall anyone who's posted they own this and they don't think it sounds great or that they regret their purchase, which I think is noteworthy. I only wish it was solo strings, because that's a better fit for the music I do. But considering the sound of this library and the sale price, it's still very tempting for me.

Troelsing?