Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann

For me it feels quite random when I get Thankyou coupons. And I have to check by adding something to the cart, sometimes I find a thankyou coupon available that I did not receive an email about.

42 minutes ago, Kirean said:

Nice. Got my coupon.

Did ya'll get a another $25 after using the tuesday-coupon for the first time (possibly combined with the 25 you had from before)?

No

2 hours ago, audioschmaudio said:

I want his voice as an instrument.

You were probably joking but there are a few AI voice cloning systems that will let you exactly do this E.g., https://www.descript.com/overdub

Or use your favorite Internet search and look up "AI clone voice" or "AI clone vocals"

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there will no longer be a separate, higher priced upgrade for customers who have dropped off their Updates + Support plans

😮 This is quite a surprise

Is Avid going to become "more normal" after the acquisition?

2 hours ago, MusicMan said:

For us newbies to UAD yes, but I do wonder what some of the long time customers think about it knowing the premiums they paid and how that could affect their loyalty!

I paid $99 for the Creative bundle, so essentially double, not factoring in the price if someone need to buy Polymax.

But I love seeing someone get a win and even though I paid more, I still think it was a pretty reasonable price 🙂

If you have been a long time buyer of plugins you need to get over it when others pay much less otherwise you'll get an ulcer right away (e.g., don't ask me how much I paid for Waves, Plugin Alliance, etc. a few years ago...)

E.g., I'm very happy with the upgrade price, but I already had Opal (which I got for $50). If you got polymax for free and then upgraded, you actually got it for a cheaper total cost.

Sorry to hear your coupon was not stackable. I did not get a coupon initially and had to contact support to get it added to my account, and the one they added was stackable

The minimoog is part of the Creative Edition bundle.

In August, loopcloud had a promotion where they gave away Polymax, There is a promotional upgrade to the Creative Edition bundle for $99 (if the coupon doesn't show in your account and you only see a much higher upgrade price, you may need to ask support). Note that if you didn't get the free one from loopcloud, people are selling the codes for a low price in the the well known buy/sell websites. The interesting twist is that you can stack the promotional upgrade coupon with the current PULTEC50 code and get the entire Creative Edition for $49 (or $49 + the cost of Polymax)

I've purchased a couple of items directly from them and got a Thank you coupon only for the first one. I thought that for a purchase where you use a Thank you coupon you don't get another Thank you coupon.

I did ask support about the discount for Creative Edition if already owning Polymax (which I got at Knobcloud, from another member of this forum, not from UAD). They sent me a $200 voucher, which could be stacked with the pultec code, a nice total of $49+tax for the upgrade to the full Creative Edition bundle 🙂

IMSTA FESTA is a celebration of music technology packed with Panels, Workshops & Master Classes, Song Critiques, Demonstrations and more. Hosting industry experts in an environment where music-makers can network, interact and learn with each other face-to-face, this annual one-day event is not to be missed. IMSTA FESTA is open to everyone in the music making community.

Admission is FREE with REGISTRATION

https://imsta.org/2023_nyc.php

When: September 30, 2023

Where: SAE Institute New York
218 W 18th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10011

Demos from:

Avid, Melodyne, Acon Digital, Baby Audio, Nugen Audio, D16, GPU Audio, Fabfilter, IK Multimedia, FL Studio, McDSP, Presonus, PSP Audioware, Sound Theory, Sonarworks, Sonnox, Soundtoys.

One of the presenters is Adisa Mtima, and this note in his bio surprised me:

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Notably, he taught audio at Riker's Island jail, introducing students to Cakewalk Sonar

I never imagined that audio production was one of the skills taught to people in jail but hey, why not!

Note that this is an nvme ssd in an enclosure, which is very easy (and cheaper) to assemble your own

https://www.newegg.com/team-group-2tb-ms30/p/N82E16820331840?Item=N82E16820331840&cm_sp=Homepage_SS-_-P2_20-331-840-_-09112023

https://www.newegg.com/orico-m2pg-c3-enclosure/p/0VN-0003-001K2

Has anybody found a quick summary of what's new/changed compared to the previous version?

1 hour ago, Byron Dickens said:

Libre Office does 90% of what MS office does. Even opens MS files too. The other 10% are features no one uses anyway.

I am no one

RX PPS 7.5 includes the new Nectar 4 Advanced (compared to Nectar 3 in RX PPS7)

$99 at Plugin Boutique, with £3.96 Virtual Cash back

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/39-FX-Bundle/11168-RX-Post-Production-Suite-7-5-Upgrade-from-RX-Post-Production-Suite-7

Note that if you already got the latest iZotope MPS, it already includes Nectar 4 and you can probably skip this

Even lower with coupon: vst10off

And don't forget to add the free WA Vocal Splitter

I jumped onto the deal earlier today, and without reading the fine print (and before helpful folks here read it, noticed important bits and posted about them). I started from an "All plugins" bundle (and I don't remember which version of MPS was included but it was certainly earlier than August 2023).

After requesting and receiving the codes, I entered the MPS one into the iZotope Installation manager and the GuitarRig one into NI Access. Both were accepted ok. Guitar Rig did take a few minutes before showing up as available to install (it felt like 10 minutes approx, but I was multitasking and not counting, the number may be off). A MPS6 license was deposited in my iLok (there was an option to license the machine instead, but I chose iLok)

Overall I was pretty happy with how it worked (and many thanks to the developers of iZotope Installation Manager and Native Access for making installations easy!) Now I have a small amount of uncertainty... Will the licenses be revoked? I hope not

11 hours ago, Reid Rosefelt said:

Anybody have ideas for something cheap to buy to get Loopmix Lite?   I'm trying to think of something I actually want.  

MRhythmizer is a fun plugin for $22

XO Packs are $23 (discounted, but there are better sales if you wait)

On the cheaper end, Soundiron Kazoo is $5.40 but, I have it and even at that price I would NOT recommend it...

4 hours ago, ALC said:

Upgrade from any MAX product should be $199.  Did you log in to check the price?

I did log in (otherwise I wouldn't be getting the "upgrade from any paid product"). I have TSMax 2. I tried to find out what is supposed to qualify for a Maxgrade but the links (where it says "click here) just take you in circles and not to the page with the info. From memory I think that a maxgrade is TS4->TS4Max but I may be wrong

Actually, if you get past the tongue-in-cheek part, this article also includes links to other articles on "not BS" that I found it quite interesting (10 Plugins That Have Become Legends, 5 Plugins Which Just Make Mixes Better, and We Name Our 10 Audio Plugins Of The Decade)

$199 is only the upgrade from 4. For me, upgrade from earlier TSMax, it is the "upgrade from any paid product", $299

Considering what I already have, even with jam points is is not that attractive a deal. I'll wait for another time

14 hours ago, Scott H said:

Does it make any sense to get Synth Anthology if you already have Vintage Vault?

They are quite different, SA has more breadth and VV has more depth.

VV is a collection of instruments, each focused on sample-based emulation of specific synths and with a UI specific to each instrument.

SA however has a selection of samples and a common UI for manipulating al of them, and this version also lets you "morph" between 2 sources.

SA is based on a larger collection of synths but VV has a large number of samples from each original synth.

In summary - Yes, it may make total sense having both, depending on what features you are interested in

1 hour ago, fitzroy said:

So tempting, as I really like my PSP plugins. I'm just not sure I'd use it much, on top of all the other stuff I have and use. And in terms of flexibility within a single plugin, to get you going quickly, MixBox is hard to beat. 

A very interesting feature in infinistrip is that it matches the settings when switching between different variations of the same type of module (e.g., switching compressors, even if one model uses FET, the other is opto, etc). I don't remember MixBox doing that

@cclarry What is currently on your PA wishlist?

If you have Pro Tools Inner Circle you can get a nice deal for eXplorer-8:

* Use the Inner Circle coupon and register Predator-3 PL if you haven't done it yet

* Go to your Rob Papen account page, Free Deals, and claim RP-AMOD and Prisma

This will qualify you for the eXplorer-8 upgrade from 3 RP products $111 (or $74 from 4 products, if you have purchased some other RP product)

Even less ($96) here

https://joannecooper.co.za/band-in-a-box

(with free ebook and video course)

If you missed Bapu's, here is another chance - $75 code is available via DM