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I work a lot in americana and country. i would say IKM SampleTank is probably the most bang for your buck. It pretty much has all that you would need. Though some of those Americana records also used quite a bit of synths. Lots of prophets, DX-7 and so on. Whatever was in those studios at the times had around. Does not mean they had an electronic records feel. It's all about how you make them sound. Syntronik has lots of those prophet like samples.

I can probably chime in as I am a big ST user. So what I have so far discovered is, i like the fact that its a unified interface. Also if you use individual instances of ST with one instrument per instance, it uses separate cores of the CPU which seems quite handy for working with multiple tracks as i keeps resource usage low. Also, if you are mildly familiar with T-racks, the effects are really straight forward to navigate. I have also found I seem to like the sampled syntronick synths better than arturias emulations They just seem to have more punch to them and stand out better in a mix -- to my ears anyways. My only beef with it is the dark GU. its sometimes hard to see small fonts. Maybe something IKM folks can address in future update.

The ST deal is pretty good if you are a ST user. It includes the new mojo stuff and also the dobro resonator. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/stmojosynthesis/

yes to both i believe. what i do with it is i play the bass part in keyboard in midi. then throw it at EZB. and then apply a pattern and see how that works out. it can also accept a wave file of a guitar di part.

I see the availability of music really no different that availability of tv and film content. In the last, 30 or 40 years ago you only had a few channels or radio stations. So yeah, it was really easy for make something and capture an audience. there weren't that many other channels to switch to.

this is pretty much the only thing I care or focus on. its a hobby. like those people that will buy some paints and a small canvas and go pain a flower or creek on weekends for their own enjoyment. or someone picking up photography as a hobby. but in this case, music and software. It has nothing to do whatsoever with trying to sell the canvas or photos in a gallery or try to make prints and sell it in IKEA. its totally devoid of that sort of commercial reality and does not need to be joined at the hip in order to be enjoyable or successful. the business of music is a different thing. its not just music. its a lot of marketing, selling, dealing with people that don't make music. maybe even dealing with a lot of annoying people you dont want to deal with or even be near them. it's not something everyone wants to do if they dont have to do it.

I am just doing this with no commercial expectations. I just do it because I enjoy doing it and its a hobby. Making music and using music tools that were in the past inaccessible is whats it all about for me. its a lot of fun. I sort of approach it as a personal challenge to myself. Can I be focused enough to complete a song or a complete work that lasts 5 mins or so. I am very far removed from what is currently modern or popular music and musicians. Where I am these are the types of people that are currently what audiences like to see and hear. That ain't me. Kerzner is cool and respect what he does, but I would never do that and never did it in the past. a) I have a job and use the monies from that to fund my hobbies. And b) even when I was younger, I never was after making money from music. I never taught guitar to kids in the neighbor hood or did things like play in cover bands.

Last I heard. It would take you a year listening 24/7 to catch up with all the music being released in one day on Spotify. There is no way you could figure out what artists you would want to listen to without a big label and big marketing campaign.

I bought the last Ry Cooder Taj Mahal release on BC. I figured maybe the money all goes to the artists.

I am a big fan of these eq’s. it’s like painting with broad brush strokes and adding colours.

I have yet to upgrade the IK products. Just waiting for all this to settle down.

I looked up Songtradr and don’t quite understand what that company is. Do they license music to be used by for profit entities like ad agencies and tv show and what not? If so, then where does that place musicians that operate in the indie alternative sphere? People making music and releasing music that is not intentionally pre pared to be used for selling something else?

Oh man. So what does this all mean? no seriously. I was putting all my bets that band camp was gonna be the new business model for indie artists. WTF!!

Hmm. Pretty messed up.

Yup. Regrets. My life is full of them.

The Toontrack packs are okay. I keep thinking prices went up. I still have a few left over codes for the 6 pack I bought a while ago.

"The only piano instrument you’ll ever need" but what am I now gonna do with the other 99 piano VIs I have on my DAW?

Anyone have any thoughts on that reamp plug-in?

Oh well. I am not updating

It looks cool but man, that is a lot of $$$. Does it really make that much difference workflow wise?

They make good stuff. I am guitarist and I have a lot of fancy amp sims, but that STARK still gets lots of use from me. its nice to mix tones from different vendors. a well thought out GUI and workflow and easy on CPU.

I want my BF $99 upgrade sale.

are these good prices? i am in limbo now with Cubase.

I think it is. Now come on Swedos, give us another coupon we can stack on top!

Isn't that was a Cubase pro license costs?