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Yes, they have sales. I bought Intensity last month for roughly one third of its normal price through Best Service.It’s the only plugin of theirs I have any experience of.

Not tried it but I very much would expect that to work.

No tuner on Nembrini amp sims

The Ampeg is a nice freebie but it coincided with me demoing the Nembrini Blackice over the past few days. The latter is the best bass amp I’ve ever played through, not that I’m claiming to be an authority. It’s also very versatile and the possibilities endless. At the current sale price of $39 it’s obviously not free, but it’s worth every cent in my opinion.

Vera much third party. If you work with harmonies it's a godsend. Top quality

Anyone tell me what the one new feature is? I..e “Updated ARA integration for VocAlign” I use this combination all the time, seems to work pretty well as it is

Trying out the demo and I like it. At present I use an FX chain for bass guitar: CA-2A compressor Waves PuigTec EQP1A Softube Saturation Knob Kush Reddi Tube Direct Box OwnHammer bass IR Have to say the Nembrini sounds tighter, fuller and also a little better in the mix compared to my Heath Robinson hotch potch. That may not be saying much, but have to say that chain has worked well for me. Anyone else have opinions on the new Nembrini offering?

Dumb question time - do these only work in Reason?

The Voxbrini is coming! Nembrini AC30 Instabuy territory for me 😀

It’s funny how you can become nostalgic about software. I opened up CbB today and there were several “ah, I remember that” moments! Simplest of things like a single click opens a plugin in the FX bin. Nice! Who needs a double click PreSonus? 😂. Also love still the Pro Channel...

There is a settings option in Version 4 called “chase long notes” which will do what you want in your last paragraph. Don’t know if it’s there in version 3.

You can optionally have Stop rewind to where play started, or stop and not rewind. You can also create a macro which creates a button so you have both options in the transport bar. Create pause button I have to say I prefer the plugin management and layout options in CbB.

Interesting re Reaper and Mixbus...having invested in PreSonus hardware, it precludes doing serious work in DAWs that don’t make integration with the FP16 a breeze. Thanks!

So, like many here I “left” Sonar Platinum three years ago and have used Studio One Pro ever since. When I started using SO, within a week I preferred it to Sonar, even though I’d used the latter for years. For those of you who know both these days, how would you rank CbB now vs. Studio One Pro? Are there features that you prefer in CbB? I’m sure there have been many improvements since the Sonar days. Above all, is it rock solid from a stability viewpoint? Like many here, I have stacks of external plugins so I’m not bothered about an extensive list of onboard FX and instruments. Two of the things I love about Studio One - Melodyne ARA integration, and using it with my FaderPort 16. Also love being able to chop up audio and drag the gain up or down on individual clips.

I’m also after the Melodyne Studio upgrade but holding out for Celemony to come in with a New Year offer. They’ve taken a lot of criticism over on the FB Melodyne users forum for their pricing policy for us Studio owners so hoping they might listen!

To be honest, not much! Of the features introduced in version 5, I would use clip gain envelopes. Having recently purchased Scaler 2, I would like support for external midi note FX.

Moving from Version 2 to 5 for $79 is no brainier territory, if it’s your main DAW. As I’m on version 4, I would hope to upgrade from 4 directly to 6 for a similar price in the future. Or, I’d go to 5.x if they actually included a new feature that I could imagine using.

You don’t. I’m in the same boat. But I won’t use the Show Page or the Score Editor, or an enhanced mixer scenes thingy, I don’t care that the PreSonus FX look prettier. It’s the most useless update ever. Come on, be strong and resist

Been very happy with mine for the past few years - great purchase.

Exactly! That’s what’s stopped me buying it before now. My “go to” for getting my head around new stuff is Groove 3, but they don’t cover Scaler, but Plugin Boutique’s course is equally professional

I left it late - my purchase of the year came yesterday, 27 December in the form of Scaler 2. I also bought the Plugin Boutique video course for it for an additional $10 or something like that. I’ve spent several hours going through the videos which are crystal clear and highly recommended, typing notes as I go as I have a sieve like brain. Biggest game changer for me as a songwriter since EZ Keys. In fact, for the way I work, I think I’ll use it more than EZ Keys going forward. Several jaw dropping moments. One of the best was setting Scaler as the input to Trilian - truly gobsmackingly gorgeous bass lines! Wow. Wow. Wow. Can’t wait to get working with this thing! 😃

Your post finally persuaded me to buy Scaler 2 (didn’t own version 1).I have thought about it for a long time! I have also bought the Producer’s guide to Scaler 2 video series which gives step by step guidance in an extremely clear manner. Just as when I got EZKeys years ago, I’m hopeful Scaler will bring massive benefits to my songwriting! Only an hour in and it seems awesome 😃

Nice thought - best wishes to you all from Sunny Spain 🇪🇸 Here’s to a massive improvement in 2021!

Caved in and bought Intensity at $119, plus a Halls of Fame freebie. Only been thinking about buying this for two and a half years! I spent a few hours with it last night. I like it on individual tracks that need to be FEATURED in the mix. Just as subtle volume automations can bring a static mix to life - you know, touch the acoustic guitar fader up for a second or two in between vocal phrases - I can imagine Intensity being used in a similar way. Overdoing it would be very easy, but to be honest, your ears soon tell you to back off! So, don’t use it on every track so that they are all competing, and just a 10 to 20% nudge on the Intensity ball is usually all that’s needed. Not had a serious go at using it for mastering yet. I’m pretty comfortable with Ozone Advance 8 in getting what I need, and my initial impression is that I could not get Intensity to match my results with Ozone. But, rather than replacing it, I think Intensity could be part of the mastering chain, perhaps replacing the Exciter module within Ozone. Some of the Halls stereo reverbs sound great. I know, who needs another verb? but it was free! Initial tests suggest it matches beautifully with some guitar sims - really brought Nembrini’s SoundMaster to life, far more so than Nembrini’s own reverb for example.