Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann

I got it and I won't be using it.  If redemption is not personalized, mine is up for grabs

You can get unbiased reviews from a professional reviewer if you pay the reviewer and make it a viable business for him/her. An example would be "Snake oil" White Sea Studios who gets funding from Patreon and YouTube memberships (I'm one of his Patreon supporters). He occasionally gets some "perks" from a manufacturer, like a review version not accessible to the public, but he discloses it when that's the case (and notes that he is not getting the videos "vetted" by the company)

https://www.youtube.com/@Whiteseastudio/videos

Nothing but VWAG (vouchers we all get) for me since the end of last year, therefore I haven't bought anything from them this year (I was looking for an "All new plugins 2024" deal but they didn't do that either, I guess I'll wait for the end of the year).

Anyway, I have every PA plugin up released until the end of 2023, and that should cover my needs. My goal for now anyway is to focus on snapping up long-term wants when good deals show up at knobcloud (I recently got a couple of Zynaptiq plugins and Omnisphere, still on the lookout for Serum)

That's great! Not always, but I often give away things for free as well

I only suggested knobcloud because I didn't want to "be generous with things that aren't mine"

1 hour ago, Fleer said:

If you’ve got everything from AAS then those freebie codes won’t be of any use as they don’t work on future packs. 

For people who have everything AAS, there's always knobcloud and buy/sell forums

As a reminder, a one-year sub is $24 (base price if you have accumulated rewards, $90 otherwise) at  https://audioplugin.deals/product/beat-magazine-12-month-subscription-2024/

The 10% off coupon pushed me over the edge (m-tron mk II and the veevum bundle)

With all these caveats, you may be better off getting a SM58 or SM57 and using the bigger windscreen+eq tricks for making them practically equivalent to an SM7B

10 hours ago, Heath Row said:

Anyone have good experiences to report with these?

The Alan Meyerson Edition works ok in Pro Tools and it's not bad, maybe better than "plain" Waves Nx, but not as good as CLA Nx with the head tracking device, which is my favorite environment for reducing "headphone fatigue".

I have the Alan Meyerson Edition and it makes my Cakewalk (Cbb and old Sonar) crash during startup. Anybody else seeing similar issues?

Don't forget to stack the ETHERALOYALTY code during checkout if this is not your first Ethera purchase

Is this a good path towards M-Tron Pro - Complete? https://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/m-tron-pro-complete/

I couldn't find the Streetly tapes bundle being available anymore (the link that I found in older messages in this forum, it just takes you to the M-Tron Pro - Complete page), and buying this one and the expansions independently, could potentially be more expensive

Maybe someone who has it already can comment if you get a personalized offer for the expansion bundle from time to time?

10 hours ago, audioschmaudio said:

By default my soundpool settings were set to .ogg. I now changed it to .wav to get better quality files but it didn't download the .wav files. Does anyone know how to force it to redownload the soundpools after the settings were changed?

1) Delete (or move to a different folder) the folder containing the soundpool with the ogg files

2) Rescan the soundpools (there is a button in the same program settings dialog you used to switch from ogg to wav) and then exit MMM

3) Start MMM, go to Downloads (View>>Window>>Downloads) and it should be available in the list of available downloads (with a button to actually download it)

Of course, you can always do it manually (and it may be easier if it's only one soundpool)

1) Log in to Producerplanet.com

2) Find the soundpool in your library page

3) download and unzip

47 minutes ago, Promidi said:

Some in the past have been non commercial. Maybe Magix changed their policy.

Yes, for many years the vast majority of the deals included only the non-commercial license (unless you got a voucher for a certain amount of money and used it to buy commercial licenses). In the second half of 2023, they started offering deals that included the commercial license, finally! (but, make sure to check each specific deal)

(clarification: no, I'm not affiliated with Magix, but I am a soundpool addict)

9 hours ago, audioschmaudio said:

What is a soundpool? Is that something that only works inside Magix Music Maker or is it just a sample pack that you can use with any DAW?

It's MAGIX's name for their construction kits, that is, sample packs (available in wav and ogg versions) where most loops are available in 6 or 7 keys (in some cases it's not just pitch shift, but a slightly different version of the loop in a different key, and changing from major to minor when appropriate). Soundpools also include additional info files (an ini and an xml) so that they can be integrated into MAGIX Music Maker's Songmaker AI composition tools (but you can just ignore these files if using with other DAWs)

The "sounds like Ukraine" topic reminded me of Pripyat Pianos and Emisynth

https://strixinstruments.com/pripyat-pianos/

https://strixinstruments.com/emisynth/

($19 each)

(note: better deal at Pluginboutique https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/55-Kontakt-Instrument/7597-PRIPYAT-Pianos thanks to Virtual Cash and tokens)

12 hours ago, satya said:

haha they included Cakewalk Forum inthe list

we are FAMOUS

 Nice! we no longer need to select "Other" and type it in.

For reference, from the email that plugins-samples sends every month:

Get the 139€ synth impOSCar 2 by GForce for 5€ with BEAT 02/24

So, better than $19.99 but not free

13 hours ago, Carl Ewing said:

Do you (or anyone) know if there is a way to export the one shot / loop samples (vocals, percussion, etc.) as .wav files? Looking at the World Suite walkthrough, there are some cool vocal one-shot performances, but much prefer to have these as raw .wav files in my sample / loop  drive. This can be done with Kontakt, but not sure about Falcon.

There are Tools that can sample virtual instruments automatically (essentially the equivalent of sending midi notes one at a time and recording the output). I have Chickensys Translator that can do this with its autosampler feature. There are probably cheaper alternatives. On the other hand, the main functions in Chickensys translator can be useful if you start getting into Falcon, as it will allow you to create Falcon libraries out of unencrypted libraries for other instruments (e.g., libraries for older versions of Kontakt or Sampletank, but not libraries for recent versions because those are encrypted). Note also that it will output an unencrypted Falcon library, not UFS files. Note that Translator is one of those programs that you really should demo it first and make sure you understand what it can and what it cannot do.

https://www.chickensys.com/products2/translator/

IIRC the Universal AAS packs are a code, which should be easy to resell

Happy New Year!

The code would bring Pro Tools support renewal down to $162.44 minus $6.57 best coin, $155.87, the lowest I've seen in years (since the JRR glitch)

https://www.bestservice.com/en/pro_tools_support_renewal.html

Merry Christmas to everyone!

My wish for everyone is that you receive as a Christmas present that important component for music making that money cannot buy - Inspiration!

Also, in the options on that same page, the 2i2 is $119.99

37 minutes ago, cclarry said:

https://www.skyboxaudio.com/cart

individuals also on sale...

That's the link to your cart, perhaps you were close to clicking that "Checkout" button?... 😄