Doug Rintoul

36 minutes ago, Fleer said:

Wishing Upon a Pickle!

Hmmm, I think an bot has taken over Fleer's account.

11 minutes ago, Fleer said:

What Utter Poop

Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.

20 hours ago, Craig N said:

Sounds like it's a library that's going to want you to use the batch resave feature in Kontakt. If anyone else doesn't know what that is, I've recently discovered it's well worth giving it a go! 

It's a function that re-saves the files in what must be Kontakt 6 format (it warns that you lose compatibility with older versions) which makes for faster loading times. If you have a library that sits unresponsive for a minute after you click on it, this can solve that. Makes a huge difference with Pearl Concert Grand Piano for example, so the UI appears in about two seconds (I have it installed on an 8 gig HDD, not a speedy SSD). 

An 8 gig HDD? 1995 is calling and wants its hard drive back. I am assuming that is a typo. The Pearl requires 12GB minimum. 

2 hours ago, abacab said:

Same general idea, but they are Waves plugins. And you can use them anywhere, not just Cakewalk.

Here's the whole OneKnob Series (8 plugins) bundle for $65.99, or $24.99 each. So far I have collected 5 of 8 for free... https://www.waves.com/bundles/oneknob-series#dial-in-mix-sounds-fast-oneknob-series

You're lucky. I have only gotten three of the eight for free.

I got the email too and decided to try it out. Mine ended up being £35.65. Not sure why, maybe because I am not in the UK and no VAT? 

2 hours ago, paulo said:

 Not sure that the demo video here backs up that statement. There are better options available. I do like that AAS continue to add midi options to it, but they mostly fall short of being actually usable to my ears.

Are you talking about All That Jazz or Strum GS-2 in general?

6 minutes ago, Fleer said:

Love this. Wish I could get the Omnisphere one, already have the other. 

Wish I could get Omnisphere. Just can't justify the price. It has never been at that no brainer level for me.

58 minutes ago, mibby said:

Is there a VI for that? 

Of course. Well at least a Kontakt instrument: https://soundiron.com/products/flatulus. Full Kontakt required though.

1 hour ago, antler said:

Reminds me of the phrase: Beans, beans, good for your heart; the more you eat, the more you **** 😁

Also, beans, beans, the wonder fruit. The more you eat, the more you toot.

1 hour ago, antler said:

Reminds me of the phrase: Beans, beans, good for your heart; the more you eat, the more you **** 😁

the more you cart?

1 hour ago, fret_man said:

FYI, I found it was cheaper for me to buy these directly from AmpleSound's website even considering Best Service's discount. Maybe they gave me a "loyalty discount"? I got 13 instruments (their electric guitars & basses) for $650. That's $50 an instrument! Highly worth it. These are very high quality instruments. I'm a fanboy.

AmpleSound does dynamic bundles. The more you add to your cart, the higher the discount. You probably get a discount if you have bought from them previously as well. Wish I had  cash left over after engaging in the Orange Tree group buy(though I don't regret those purchases either).

16 minutes ago, chris.r said:

Doug, are you sure the soundpack installs MIDI files there? That was exactly my concern because I was thinking that everything comes inside the GS-2 soundpack bank file and you have to drag&drop the MIDI sequences from the plugin GUI. If you're right though, then that's exactly what I was looking for.

I just installed Post Rock on a machine that did not have any AAS products installed on it, and sure enough, the midi files were installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Applied Acoustics Systems\Strum GS-2\MIDI Library. However, as Magic Russ has stated, the midi files contain only the strum patterns one octave above middle C. For example Downstroke is one octave above middle C, Palm Mute is C#, Upstroke is D, etc. You could use the midi files if you had another VI that used a similar mechanism but you would most likely have to remap the midi keys. 

1 hour ago, chris.r said:

That's two different paths. Not sure how much it would be useful with GS-2 dedicated soundpaks.

The Soundpacks are not dedicated to GS-2. As has already been noted, the packs also work with AAS player. The MIDI files I pointed to, are the same MIDI files used to generate loops in Strum GS-2 and in AAS player. When you install a pack, they are installed in the Strum GS-2 path, even if you do not own Strum GS-2. The Session path only contains the MIDI files for the Session factory library. 

Having said that, I am not sure how useful the MIDI files are when not used with the soundpaks. Maybe that is what you meant.

1 minute ago, Fleer said:

Then again, we are not worthy. 

Perhaps a sacrifice of some sort is needed.

Those other sites are okay, I guess, but what I really like about the Deals forum is that each deal gets its own topic, and discussion for the deal is limited, for the most part, to that thread. 

Plus the people around here are a so much better breed than those yahoos over there.

3 hours ago, chris.r said:

If I have only Strum Session, is there still any way to utilize the AAS soundpacks (for GS-2)? Like for example do they come with MIDI files included or it's just proprietary GS-2 bank and I can do nothing with it? I would me mostly interested in getting the MIDI out of the styles to be able to play them with another guitar VIs.

Strum Session 2 and Strum GS-2 have MIDI files you can access outside of the plugin. On my computer, they are store in

C:\Program Files (x86)\Applied Acoustics Systems\Strum GS-2\MIDI Library

and

C:\Program Files (x86)\Applied Acoustics Systems\Strum Session 2\MIDI Library

Not sure where they would be stored on a Mac.

3 hours ago, abacab said:

Simeon, Reid, and Larry are a tag team created to empty wallets... 🤣

I would add  Fleer as the fourth amigo. Things he likes, I generally like too.

On 7/17/2021 at 1:57 PM, abacab said:

So you are saying that even if I was to create a library of my own, I would have to pay NI for a license to encode for Kontakt Player in order to include it in the Library view?

I have hundreds of Kontakt libraries now (thanks Pianobook). There is no way I would want them all to appear in the Library view. I much prefer to use the file view or the quick load tree structure. The great thing about quick load is that you can organize your libraries by type, for example have all your pianos together, or your guitars, or your kazoos if you swing that way.  A library can appear in more than one location in quick view as well. 

On 7/10/2021 at 1:47 AM, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Kenny

Great playing - enjoyed every second and every note - well except of course  the last note!!!!

Cool stuff indeed

Nigel

 

I enjoyed every second note as well, and the other ones, even the last one cuz I put it on repeat and when the song ended, I got to hear it all over again.

1 hour ago, Marc Cormier said:

Or just add a link to your KVR forum post in your signature.  One of the joys of this forum is talking about deals without pitching our own.

BTW Marc, the link in your signature goes to a nonexistent topic.

1 hour ago, Marc Cormier said:

Or just add a link to your KVR forum post in your signature.  One of the joys of this forum is talking about deals without pitching our own.

Sig is fine. I have actually used Larry's link a couple of times to see what he has on tap. 

Not sure this is really in the spirit of the Deals forum. If allowed, links to private sales could overwhelm the Deals forum. 

1 hour ago, TheSteven said:

So...
It comes to reason, that the Reason+ 3 month subscription isn't really that reasonable because for some reason Reason is a drive piggy that consumes more drive space than a reasonable person should reasonably expect.  Or is my reasoning wrong?

Sounds like sound reasoning to me. 

On 7/10/2021 at 12:12 PM, Paul Young said:

https://www.finalemusic.com/

You left the link out.

That code will reduce it to $99 on the Finale upgrade.

I still have v25.  It was very bad at 64 bit.   They also promised and backed out on loading PDF import.  I really needed that function.

I've been on the fence for a long time with Finale.  You get use to the workflow and hard to change.  I rarely use a notation editor.

There's a lot more competition and Muse is free and also a paid for course on Udemy for Muse.

 

 

Muse is great! The library of downloadable songs for Muse is pretty good too.

On 6/15/2021 at 12:07 PM, fret_man said:

 

• Quality-of-life updates - We’ve tackled a lot of known issues, such as unexpected installer behavior and unusable display scaling on Windows, crashes due to macOS quirks, and problems with printing.

 

I like how they define bug fixes as "Quality-of-life" updates. MacOS quirks! Of course, Windows doesn't have any quirks.