John Maar

Xenon update installed. Thanks for the heads-up. Don't know how I missed that one. I have ZERO problems with iLok soft licensing (to my PC). I have BEAUCOUP problems with the dongle. Companies like Slate that force you to use the dongle or the cloud are the problem. And I go back with iLok to the individual app Centronics printer port dongles. Only the first one in the chain ever (mostly) worked. You had to keep swapping them out, depending on the app you wanted to run. And don't get me started on A: drive key disks like Lotus 1-2-3 (the #1 reason I switched to Borland's Quattro Pro). And a shout-out to PSP Audioware for giving me the option of NOT installing the AAX version.

Ding ding ding ding. We have a winner!

Same in France

Unless you were of drinking age 50 years ago, it's tough to imagine Bud being a decent beer. They started degrading it in the early 1970s. First from a 21 to 14 day brewing cycle (that's when I stopped buying it; the new version tasted like cwap). Then from a 14 to 7 day brewing cycle. Compared to the original Bud, it's water now, with alcohol content. There may have been a 30 day version way back that even I am not old enough to remember. Coors used to brag on their 10 day brewing cycle when all of the other majors had gone to 7 days. Then they got caught shipping 8 day beer to their canning plant in Memphis (bought from Stroh's; remember Zuma?; same plant) and calling it a 10 day beer because it spent 2 days in train tanker cars. 🤣

...who saved a lot of money by not gigging during the pandemic. They still have their beer money in their pockets. 😋

For example...how many different 1176 emulations are available? Quite a few. Most are pricey. But then there's the single dev's (Klanghelm) MJUC (a terrific product) that has ALWAYS cost 24 €. Who needs anything more, really? I have several myself, so I'm as guilty as the next guy.

I've bought a bunch of hardware from them, but never thought of them as a software vendor. Thanks y'all for pointing that out. I've been happy with Thomann's service and prices.

With T+S now out of business, I checked Best Service for this MIDI pack before seeing this thread. Best Service: 23,20 € Toontrack direct: 23,00 € (purchased, authorized immediately, installed) Why I always bought from T+S and never Best Service.

And I SO much preferred T+S to Best Service.

Oh, what the hey-ho. I was able to apply $12 in JAM points, so got the Dimebag collection for $27.99. Now I just need a good sale on Mesa 2.

The only collections I don't own are Dimebag Darrell (which I don't think I'll ever want) and the new Mesa/Boogie 2 collection (which I'd like to have, but isn't on sale). So, nothing for me.

OK, so they haven't abandoned the AD2 and AK executable, but where's the new content? There hasn't been a new drum kit released in the last 4-5 years and even longer for a new keyboard.

The cheapest way to get the Soundtoys bundle is to buy as many individual plugins on sale/free as possible. It took me a couple of years, but I saved about $200 doing it that way. I also just noticed that there was a minor update of the bundle to v5.3.6. Don't know what changed. The release notes page came up blank for me. They must have run that page through Decapitator. 🤣 EDIT: Just found this. Looks like v5.3.6 has been around for awhile. Missed it on release. 5.3.6 Update October, 20, 2021 Fixed an issue where Effect Rack could crash when doing an offline render to a new sample rate with VST. Fixed an issue where Effect Rack could produce an incorrect “out of automation slots” alert during an offline render. 5.3.5 Update September 30, 2021 Fixed issues with offline rendering in certain hosts, where the effect might have a delayed onset or undesirable fade in. Fixed audio artifacts that could happen when editing modulation patterns during playback. Fixed issue where events could be edited to 0 level and then no longer modified. Effect Rack now resets delay buffers on preset changes. Fixed an issue with PhaseMistress sound for certain 2-stage phaser styles. Fixed an issue where Effect Rack could crash on load in Reaper on Windows. Pattern editor stability improvements. 5.3.4 Update March 30, 2021 Fixed CPU Spiking in Bitwig when certain plug-ins were on an instrument channel. Fixed incorrect license expiration warning that would appear in certain circumstances. Fixed bug where Effect Rack could lose signal after re-ordering effects in certain circumstances. Fixed issue where EchoBoy could crash while changing presets during audio playback. Added new transport indicator to Rhythm Editors to convey current location within a pattern. Stability improvements for Windows versions. 5.3.3 Update December 10, 2020 Added support for macOS Big Sur (11). Fixed minor graphics issues in macOS Big Sur. Fixed issue where plug-ins would sometimes crash on instantiation in GarageBand or Maschine on macOS Catalina. Improved handling of bad floating point values. Fixed graphical issues with pattern editors. Fixed tempo sync during offline render in certain plug-ins. Fixed issue where delay of dry signal path in Little AlterBoy did not match host DAW delay compensation. Fixed issue where Decapitator would flood undo history with AutoGain changes in Ableton. Eliminated low level noise from MicroShift. Adjusted levels of Decapitator’s “Dark Drive” preset. Added numpad and arrow key support for string controls. Improved mouse tracking behavior in preset menus. Fixed Effect Rack crash that could happen during certain preset changes. Fixed “Waveform and Rhythm Too Complicated” alert in certain rhythm presets. Fixed Tremolator crashing on selection of “12 Bar Roller” rhythm preset. Fixed Organize command disappearing from the preset menu in certain situations. Fixed rare crash on recall with multiple Effect Rack instances in Ableton.

I forgot about the BF sale. About the same price. It's still worth it. A fine bit of software, it is. [Just watched the latest episode of Boba Fett with Grogu and the Mandalorian; stuck on Yoda-speak 🤣]

Acoustica Premium is excellent. It loads quicker than any other audio app I own. Great UI. I bought it to replace SpectraLayers and was surprised at everything else that came with it. Acon Digital's Restoration Suite is included. No need to deal with iZotope RX (I've had trouble with two different iZotope products not being scanned successfully by plugin scanners, so uninstalled both). About the only Acon Digital add-on NOT included is their DeVerberate plugin. If you do any spoken audio recording, Acoustica becomes very useful. I started with Standard. Liked it so much that I uninstalled SpectraLayers and purchased the full-price upgrade to Premium. No regrets. I don't recall Acon Digital ever doing a sale of this magnitude themselves, so this is a great deal. A nice "hidden" feature is that the Acoustica dev is very responsive!

I haven't used this in awhile (it's a good emulation), but I remember it being kind of a CPU hog.

It's 7h30 here in France. Not up yet here, either. Bwaaaaaaaaaaa.

As with Gary Numan and Persia, one of his three daughters.

I received that email, too. Wonder what took them so long?

Some peeps seem to be hung up on the size of the UDS (Ultra Deep Sampled) instruments. A normally sampled version, significantly smaller (equivalent to other companies typical sampled VIs), is available of each of those instruments. The UDS versions are meant for true professionals, which does NOT describe me.

FWIW, v1.04 was released on 17 December. I 've been running it for some time.

Modern U was on a BF sale, but still pricey. I waited, due to other VI purchases. But I want it. Bad! These are three excellent pianos, but still a teaser for the Ravenscroft.

But not the physical dongle. Soft-licenses to your PC.

Try asking the dev (Benjamin Botkin) to provide MusicXML files in addition to the Cubase CPR files. Should be easy enough for him to do.

Terrible translation. "Free selection out of 50 packs". Or "from" instead of "out of", which is the more literal translation.