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I almost made it all the way, but my CC was declined at the very last step. Oh well...

Asterian is here and installed!

That's what we thought too when we first landed on Earth.

Yes. From inside.

I don't think anyone on this forum would ever actually think such a crazy thought! 😁

Short answer: I find the GUI to be extremely frustrating to use, especially the controls which are very fiddly, counter-intuitive, and often poorly labeled. There are huge differences in sound level among the instruments (as much as 15-20dB). And the library is not nearly as versatile as I had hoped (which is truly disappointing given my only expectation was to use it as 'melody support' where I'd layer it under certain vocal melodies to produce a fuller sound). Long answer: Atlantis 2 was the first Kontakt library I bought a la carte (I have many others, but they're part of Komplete 13 UCE). I don't care for Kontakt and, up until now, I'd just load a library, select an instrument, close the GUI and never even think about making any adjustments; I would do all that in Cubase. However with Atlantis 2 it does seem that to get what you want you do have to interact with the GUI a bit. And as I mentioned above, it's very difficult given the way the controls are set up. I also had hoped there'd be more 'playable' instruments vs fixed vocal lines/phrases. And much of the playable content is somewhat timbrally homogenous. To be clear, the three voices are hauntingly beautiful, and that makes it even more frustrating because I don't feel I can get them to do what I want. Of all the vocal libraries I own (some of which are Kontakt-based), this one is the most unresponsive and inconsistently responsive; and this is only exacerbated by the huge variation in sound level among the instruments/patches. Bottom line, if I knew everything I mentioned above before purchasing the library, I would have passed.

This year my focus was vocals: Synthesizer V Studio Pro (love it!) Dreamtronics Natalie (love it!) Eclipsed Sounds Solaria (love it!) Zero-G Ethera Gold Atlantis 2 (hate it!)

You can still right-click on the video and paste the URL into your browser, which I did: Björk - It's Oh So Quiet (HQ).

BTW, Synth V is no longer in beta ... ver 1.8.0 has been released.

https://www.waves.com/plugins/bb-tubes?utm_source=wnletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cyber-monday-bb-tubes-nl1-nov-2022#introducing-bb-tubes-analog-saturation Beautiful to Beastly Tube Saturation You’ve never heard anything like this. Huge-sounding tube saturation which makes any vocal or instrument jump out of the speakers. From delicate to aggressive analog brilliance, BB Tubes makes your mixes sound expensive and brings your music to life. It's supposedly a Cyber Monday only, limited-time intro price, but Waves will likely hold the price at $24.99 for a while.

It's got shrooms! 🤣

This one seems really cool for only $35! https://lunaticaudio.com/plug-ins/narcotic# https://audioplugin.deals/search/?search=narcotic

Me too. Without the additional $15 off, I'm going to pass. I guess I'll just have to suffer while using the other 10,000 VIs I have. Sob. 😞

Good question. I don't see it either. Hmm.

I have all three PRS Amp Sims and use them fairly regularly.

I'd like to upgrade from SSS 1 to SSS 2, but not for $58.98; even if I do get the coveted video manual for free.

They were hidden in plain sight! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

While ordering ETHERA Gold Atlantis 2 I also added what seemed to be a few BF freebies (see screenshot below). However none of them turned out to be free. Is this typical behavior for Zero-G? I've never ordered from them before.

Valhalla has released Supermassive version 2.5.0 featuring two new reverb/delay modes. Download: https://valhalladsp.com/demos-downloads/ Info: https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2022/11/22/supermassive-anniversary-update/

I agree. I think with a little processing it could be quite usable for some songs.

Isolated Asterian voice: https://vi-control.net/community/threads/synthesizer-v-vocaloid-haters-might-want-to-check-this.115973/post-5226646

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2022/11/19/xynth-audio-le-phonk/ https://www.xynthaudio.com/plugins/lephonk

Certainly no need to apologize, especially since I would not have known about the Solaria & Asterian offer if you didn't post it. Cheers!

I was planning to get the Synth V Pro + Solaria Bundle from Dreamtronics but may instead go for the Solaria & Asterian offer. Thanks for posting that info...