Simeon Amburgey

The pricing is "everyone" can upgrade using the pricing above even if they do not own the previous version. It's a little confusing on the surface but basically they just lowered the prices of the Retail versions to the Upgrade price.

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Agree with @msmcleod, the Studiologic recommendation, I use an older SL-880 with a nonoKONTROL. As far as a nice portable righ I have been using an IK Multimedia iRig Keys I/O 49 which I am really enjoying. I am actually working on a review and video to share my experiences. Best, Simeon

From Feb. 14 - 18 save 40% off on HALionSonic 3 (including updates from earlier versions) and a select group of other titles. It is a great time to upgrade to HALionSonc 3 if you re using an earlier version. link to the sale: https://www.steinberg.net/en/promotion/valentines_sale Here is a runthrough demo of HALionSonic 3 I did a little while back. https://youtu.be/NrixEtUO64c

It's a great reverb for sure, having that nice Lexicon sound. It is based on algorithms that is probably why it is very CPU friendly. Reminds me to go back through some of my older SONAR installation DVDs to find it 😎 Very nice on vocals, etc..

I have both Sound Forge 11 and 12 and still find myself launching SF11 as they look so familiar in GUI and workflow . I think SF12 was released with some additional plugins from their Sequoia DAW but mainly think it was to bring 64 bit compatibility. The next version of Sound Forge (13?) will probably bring a more substantial upgrade as far as updating things more thoroughly. If you can still acquire CD Architect and it can work on your existing system, I really see no reason to spend that much more for SF12. As far as I know, yes it can. It has a lot to do with the capabilities of the actual CD burning hardware you have on your system. SF 11, 12 and CD Architect all should have META DATA fields where all of this can be entered into your project and burned onto the CD. Here is a screenshot of a recent project of mine laid out for CD production: You can see you have a field for ISRC codes, etc.. Hope that helps?

CD Architect is now sort of baked into Sound Forge 12.