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2 hours ago, abacab said:

Gear lust 4-ever!

That's  why I don't buy it. If I could only ween myself off sites with deals.

34 minutes ago, abacab said:

The full VC updates sure do spray a few icons onto your desktop, LOL!

That's why I keep a folder on my desktop called "Instruments". I always sweep new instrument icons into that folder. Out of sight, but one double-click away!

I've been doing that with all of my VIs.  I have separate folders for each developer.

 My ears would not know the difference.

I'm replacing my Seagate 2TB HDD (RMA replacement), 10 year old WD 2TB Black, in place of a WD 4TB Black, which will free up a SATA port for my 2TB SSD.  I'll only put Kontakt libraries on there.

3 minutes ago, OutrageProductions said:

I've had too many failures with Samsung SSD's. I only use WD Black for 4 years now. No issues.

How was Samsungs RMA service.   WD and Seagate are very good. So was Intel bu they sold off their SSD division.

I bought a Crucial 2TB from Best Buy last week for $164.

51 minutes ago, abacab said:

Dang! Your PC needs to go on a diet! 🤣

I'm only showing 20 GB installed here for Arturia, with 7.3 GB of that used for Arturia samples. That's with V Collection 8, Analog Lab 4 & V, Pigments 3.5, Augmented Strings, and a few of their FX plugins.

It is 20gb.  You can also move it to a different drive.I stopped buying Sample based Reason REs because you can't move them anywhere.

6 minutes ago, abacab said:

It can also be a resource hog if you add 100 generators to it, LOL!!!

I'm sure someone has done that for a PC benchmark.

On 7/17/2022 at 1:20 PM, abacab said:

No, really! And I've actually been deleting some sampled synths that I own and never use, such as from UVI and Tracktion.

I've set a hard limit for my disk space to use for sampled libraries. Orchestral and other "real" instruments make sense, but synths, nah not really. I'll allow Syntronik to remain, but that's it!

Arturia is my go-to now!

I've gotten that way.  BTW Arturia takes up some disk space like 30gb.

Programmers do a great job using Kontakt as a synth.  People are trying to reinvent the wheel with synths.

As for pianos I don't really need anymore since.  Most of them time my choice for pianos are often the ones that load quick on a HDD. 

My largest sample libraries happen to be IK.  They take up over 800gb.  I don't think I'll move those to a SSD anytime soon. The loading times are pretty decent on a HDD.

14 hours ago, MusicMan said:

Definitely more than one it seems 🤣

I guess that would change if you spent $4K on a Korg workstation.  That would leave out expenses to buy more stuff.

13 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

While I'm not biting because I'm trying to limit my spending,  I must acknowledge that I don't recall ever seeing a negative post about Phase Plant from a user, just very very positive comments.  That is compelling. 

I have. It can be a resource hog with the 3rd party presets.

9 hours ago, Promidi said:

I am just wondering if Phase Plant can be expanded with paid modules? 

Also, is it a forgone conclusion that these modules help one get the most out of Phase Plant?

That is what I didn't like about it.  You eventually buy all of the effects.  They also discount on what you've bought to have everything just like Melda.

 So how many "the only synth You'll ever need" are out there?

Maybe I'll get it when Komplete 21 comes out.

Sine Player = easy pass.

1 hour ago, Doug Rintoul said:

And in some cases free: https://reverb.com/ca/software/samples-and-loops/reverb/3514-reverb-drum-machines-the-complete-collection though probably not as slick as the ST4 ones and without the midi patterns.

That's always a selling point for all drum VIs.  

On 7/13/2022 at 6:18 AM, fret_man said:

If you already have several of their sound banks, check your personal deals on AAS. My price is $7 each for the 3 new banks I don't already have!

I have 2 missing and it's 19.

Anyone watch the videos of that guy using this stuff.  I'm embarrassed I can't do that stuff with these.

AAS could benefit more by having short walkthroughs.

https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/production-expert-1/are-we-entering-the-age-of-bullshit-plugins?utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Are+We+Entering+The+Age+Of+Bullshit+Plugins%3F+🤬 - 8564698

  BTW so may people like to create their imaginary unwritten rules of music.

 These are a dime a dozen. 

Kontakt version >>>>>Soundpaint.    No machine limit with Kontakt. 

You can get get Acid Pro 11 for less than the upgrade at Magix.

8 hours ago, cclarry said:

Best Buy has a bunch of NVMe's on sale...

I bought 2 Crucial 2.5 1TB for $89 each,

These are not deals if you don't have Prime.

On 7/11/2022 at 1:42 PM, dubdisciple said:

I still use my old z3ta+ patches from him.  Great sound designer

I dont think I have it installed anymore.  I've got some of those Xenos patches for Z3 v1.  They are really loud in v2.

13 hours ago, abacab said:

Correct. Always look deeper! 😉

NO thanks!