Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann

The relatively short notice was a total bummer. Since the cancellation is due to their convenience they should at least have offered full refunds for unused vouchers. Now we have to discount them for a quick sale or use them for a plugin we weren't that interested in. It may still make sense to grab a few Kirchhoff-EQ licenses and resell them later but, because of PA's transfer fees they will be trickier to sell.

I have 5 unused vouchers myself but I haven't discounted them yet. I have been selling them for approx $50 ($52 after accounting for all the Paypal fees), at this price they didn't sell quickly but I didn't mind waiting

For reference, it should be any plugin included in the Mega subscription, the full list of products for which the F29 vouchers can be used is at:

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/mega-monthly.html#included

On 3/3/2025 at 9:24 AM, Vernon Barnes said:

I will probably upgrade, but having to upgrade the voice will push the cost up a bit. I will have to investigate further.

While don't envisage using it for a final vocal part I find it a valuable tool when writing and creating a guide vocal to send to a singer. Hopefully the new version will remove some of the clunkyness.

For reference, they've said that v1 voices will still work in v2 (and e.g., you'll be able to benefit from the faster performance) but they won't have the new features like mouth opening (although, if you aren't using the voices for final work you may not care)

The upgrade will include 1 voice (select one of: Mai 2, Liam or Mo Xu). If you have Mai and aren't interested on the others you can use your selection for upgrading Mai to Mai 2

Upgrades for Eclipsed Sounds voice banks are purchased separately ($5 for NYL, $20 for the others)

Edit: I just added my Eclipsed sounds serial numbers to the dreamtonics store and I can use my selections for them as well (although, for NYL it should be a better deal t get it directly from Elipsed Sounds)

I have been doing a quick comparison of the Korg ARP2600 and Air TimeWARP 2600 and they sound very close (which is probably a good thing)

Now I am playing with the following:

Unify

• Layer 1: Korg ARP 2600 + D16 Tekturon, pan left 30
• Layer 2: TimeWARP 2600 + D16 Sigmund, pan right 30

Then choosing similar sounding (but not identical) patches for both synths

It sounds spectacularly good.

On 2/1/2025 at 7:18 AM, Frank said:

for me it's $99 from V4 to V5 😒

I got $99 on the landing page, and when I clicked on the "buy" button, it automatically applied the code and went to $49

That said, if you are eligible for the  Plugin Boutique upgrade, that's a better deal with the cashback tokens etc.

(I'm not eligible because I got my collection directly from Korg and not PB)

If you buy this together with 4 other plugins, you could get this for $63.20 ($79 - 20% off when buying 5 products) at dontcrack.com (yeah, it's not that often that you want to buy 5 items at the same time, but...)

https://store.dontcrack.com/product_info.php?products_id=4493

The market is getting a little crowded with CS-80 emulations and sound-alikes. Arturia, Cherry Audio, Memorymoon, Softube, Xils-Labs, a few free vst's, sample-based versions from UVI and IK, and more

I think that there are still some old hardware synths used in iconic albums that haven't seen good emulations yet, like the RMI Harmonic Synthesizer used by JMJ in  Oxygene. I hope we'll see them from Xils Labs in the not too distant future (I did email Xils Labs about this instrument and Xavier Oudin replied that it looked interesting so, keep fingers crossed!)

1 hour ago, kitekrazy1 said:

Anyone remember what Acid and Soundforge were owned before Sony?

I think they started as Sonic Foundry (at least Soundforge)

I got Cosmos, but it makes my Pro Tools crash on start up 😞

The good thing is that I didn't spend any money on it so, thank you Fleer!

If you have the individual Nx plugins, upgrading to the collection may be an option (it would give you 1 year WUP)

https://www.waves.com/bundles/nx-virtual-studio-collection

And... when the video ended, YouTube suggested another one showing how easy it already was, using AI with the previous version...

Coupon Usage Limit has been reached

https://parawave-audio.com/rapid_synth

Reminder if you get the bundle and GUI Maker is one of the products you're interested in: Save a link to (or download) the tutorial.

Online documentation/resources can be good because it's easier to update it, but it can be hell when the company closes down... (although if it's on YouTube and not costing them money, you can hope it won't be taken down)

and... for those of us who aren't fluent in Chinese language, here is a link to the English version

https://www.martinic.com/en/products/kee-bass

I don't remember them reducing the WUP price during BF, I think they'd want to "capture" some renewals for plugins purchased during the previous year's BF, but the 25% off comes up a couple of times a year anyway.

@GTsongwriter You get 1 year of WUP for free when you register a plugin or a bundle. "Real bugs" are rare and generally ironed out by the time that 1y expires. I pay for WUP renewals when I want the new plugins that have been added to the bundles I have. Another reason for getting WUP would be for versions that add support for newer OS or chipsets (this mostly impacts Apple users, I use Windows and I cannot remember when it was the last time that older versions of Waves didn't run on newer Windows) or updates related to hardware evolution, like high-dpi

I am not a WUP "addict" that renews every time it expires, but I was very annoyed when it was temporarily discontinued in early 2023. It does have its usefulness.

The main reason for me to subscribe was the bundled software, but I did like scanning the table of contents and reading many of the articles: programming synth patches, reviews, etc. Probably it was my #1 source for new product announcements (well, if the product had a launch sale then I'd read about it it here first but, for almost everything else it would be at Computer Magazine)

"Deals" as in "great prices for interesting plugins", or as in "this deals forum"?

For updating, as usual, run the Arturia Software Center

Yay! The PRO version does fractal image resizing 😎

This time around I got the "simpler" versions for some of their plugins that I already had the "better" version (e.g., DeeLay, when I already have DeeLay Plus) , it's like paying a dollar and change for the option of a "streamlined UI"

$95.99 LEGO Ideas Fender Stratocaster 21329 with 65 Princeton Reverb Amplifier

Note: this is a decorative toy, not a playable guitar

https://amzn.to/3ZsCPDQ

https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Fender-Stratocaster-Building-Players/dp/B09FM58RBV/ref=sr_1_1

Also for soundpaint

https://soundpaint.com/products/pluck-hammer-piano?variant=44180222214315

(note: I just noticed that I already had it. This may have been available free for SoundPaint for a while)

3 hours ago, Zoukiman said:

Another Yamaha CS-80  emulation, right?

Yes, but in addition to the vsti you get the Softube "bonuses":

• Model 77 offers seven modules for Modular: Oscillator, Dual Mode Filter, Amplifier, Envelope Generator, Low Frequency Oscillator, Ring Modulator, and Reverb.
• The Model 77 modules for Amp Room consist of Ring Modulator and Reverb. With them, you can create unique sounds for guitar and bass in your Amp Room platform.

1 hour ago, overbit said:

I figured out this is regional limited. Prices shown to me become the same as yours if I use VPN.

So use JPN address VPN (or other JPN e-store) though not sure if XLN allows VPN at payment.

I tried using a VPN. The checkout process asked me to log into my account (which has my address) and at that point the cart updated itself to US pricing

Do I need another chord detector? It's only $5+tax with this coupon...