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1 hour ago, SmokeyJ628 said:

The video below shows them sounding bad. 

However, in the comments below the video, someone says that the default sounds on another product sounded bad and it was because so much mix was going through the room, overhead, and ambient mics. Maybe try some changes there?

 

Yeah I saw that and have tried playing with those, but with no reference to check against its impossible to know what it should sound like, which really limits the effectiveness. I probably should follow up with support - and see if there is any available under InMusic ?

If anyone has and uses 8 bit kit, I'd love it if you could explain how to get it not to sound like hot garbage. I bought it during the last sale, along with Dark Farm, and its just... wrong. Only 3 presets, and they didn't even show up until I messed around with the location of files. And when I load any of the kits its just set up so poorly, with levels flat across the board, distorted as all hell, just sounds bizarre. There's no info online about how it should sound, so I have no idea if it's meant to sound like someone with a microphone who went insane made a bunch of weird sounding drum sounds and only half got them to work in BFD before deciding screw it, I'm done, let's put this up for sale. 

Was going to get 4 plugins. Demoed them first. Have no need for the transient fertiliser as yet. And the noise reduction one ended up adding weird artifacts.

Ended up buying Skaka and Reamp though. Looking forward to having more of a play with them. 

5 minutes ago, RSMcGuitar said:

I suppose they can call that a sale...

This high Softube pricing has Overstayed its welcome, amirite?

Hey folks, I've been testing this in comparison with the AudioRealism ReDominator, which is ostensibly an emulation of the same synth. Compared to this new TAL synth, the aging ReDominator looks its age and sounds... like a Cherry Audio Juno compared to the Softube version, in other words the AudioRealism lacks mojo! This new TAL looks and sounds great, and I'm going to struggle not to buy it, even though my synth coffers are already bulging. But, as the saying goes, there's always room at the top, and I'll happily make room amongst my VST folders for this one, even if I have to delete a few temp files. 

Here's what TAL has to say about it:

https://tal-software.com/products/tal-pha

TAL-Pha Release 15.02.2024

We are proud to announce the release of TAL-Pha. A very authentic Alpha Juno emulation with a lot of powerful additions. It's been a lot of work, but it's finally here.

20% intro discount!

TAL-Pha

TAL-Pha is an instrument plug-in that emulates the sound of the analog 80's synthesizer Alpha Juno II (MKS-50 is the rack version).
The plug-in produces the classic analog sound, combined with modern flexibility and many additional functions. The plug-in can read and convert sysex information from the hardware and can also be used as a controller.

• Authentic emulation of the 80's hardware synthesizer.
• Resonance boost for filter self-oscillation.
• The possibility to detune, modulate, and sync the pulse part of the DCO.
• Simple but powerful FX section with delay, reverb, and a bell-eq.
• Arpeggiator with different modes.
• Stereo UNISON mode with up to seven voices.
• Aftertouch and MPE support.
• Microtuning support (tun file import and MTS Client).
• Original factory banks included.
• More than 380 fresh presets by Electric Himalaya, The Unfinished, Saif Sameer, emptyvessel and TAL.
• Individual tuning for every voice converts the synths DCO into a VCO.
• Reads Sysex files and Sysex MIDI from the hardware device.
• Can also control a hardware device. If enabled, it sends Sysex through the plug-in MIDI output (only possible when supported by the DAW).

Requirements:
Windows: Windows 7 or higher (64 bit host)

macOS: 10.9 or higher (64 bit host). Universal Binary 2 with native Intel and Apple silicon support (M1, M2, M3...).

AAX: Pro Tools 10.3.6 or higher (64 bit). LINUX: 64 bit / Ubuntu 18 or similar.

Demo restrictions:

The plug-in produces a rising white noise sound every minute.

instead of wanting you to buy the whole thing again, check your upgrade price

I have all but one of the amps, and I lack the cabinet collection, and my upgrade price is now only $39. Previously it was something silly like $149. Finally they listened! Nice work Softube.

At that price I'm happy to buy it, even though I have the TAL, because I want to encourage Softube to do more of these kind of deals ?

I have arguably way too many delays. I'm a preset surfer and if they add something new to my toolbox I'm happy. MTurboDelay definitely added some new options. Way more weird creative out-there delays than I expected. 

First time it's been possible to get MTurboDelay this cheaply I think...

I don't have any of the big plugins in this bundle (surprisingly). Great deal! 

Here's hoping they see the light and open it up for direct native sales ala Korg and UAD. 

23 hours ago, David Baay said:

I found at least one of the new "voicings" to be 2.5-3dB louder.

 Was that the New York Steinway D? It's the one I noticed sounded the most different, but I only compared 5 of the 11.

I liked the new classical guitar voicing. It sounded more alive / authentic.

Definitely AI generated. There's a suspiciously similar look to so many of them. Compare to Universal Audio's latest promotional material. Also if you zoom in on the screen the shapes don't even consist of straight lines or true circles, it's almost like it's hand drawn. Also there's what kind of looks like text but upon closer inspection isn't.

1 hour ago, S Wats said:

Also Bitwig doesnt need retrospective recording baked in, thats the old constrained Ableton way of thinking. Bitwig's modular workflow  lets you put multiple devices in line on the same track and the MIDI chains through so put in something like Birds MIDI cap on a track and you have a much more useful and visual retrospective MIDI record implementation than Live.    

This requires the discipline to put a device like Birds MIDI cap on every new track or else. I am not that disciplined ?

2 hours ago, Zo said:

Strange , i have live suite (9)  and find it , meh , do you think the V11 brings a lot more enhacmenet , i don't need devices , ect ..

BUT LFO  is something i wanted , i don't find it in live 9 , is it introduced later ?

Ableton Live 11 has LFO standard, I only got into Live with version 10 after coming from Reason then Reaper then FL Studio, and after upgrading to 11 jumped over to Bitwig before realising the drop in my creative output was due to Bitwig.

I'm a pretty simple user but what finally sent me back to Ableton Live recently was the lack of retrospective recording and the overall layout somehow being less creatively inspiring than Live.

47 minutes ago, Mark Spooner said:

The upgrade price is too high for me, if they take 50% of it I  might  get it then.

Me too. I missed the survey email when it came out and by the time I knew about it, the offer has closed.

I think the update should be free, anyway.

Merry Christmas everyone!

If you're a pro then I guess the tools should pay for themselves. But if you're just a geeky amateur like me then you can wait for an especially good sale like the one they had in mid January 2022 when I picked up Neo Soul Keys for $49. 

I really only got it to satisfy the restless urge to be sure there wasn't a product out there better than I already had access to. 

If MKS Extreme ever drops to 49.99 or if the NSK expansions are discounted at 50% off these sale prices l will grab them too. But when it's the price they are currently I think to myself that money would be better spent on Keyscape which hasn't thus far been subject to repeated upgrades the way NSK has been over the years. 

I probably don't need to buy anything else ever haha. One of these days I'll get that through my thick skull.

3 hours ago, Vst0nE said:

so i bought OP-X PRO V2 for 89e and upgrade price is 35e+vat

considering full price is 99e now seem like nice rip off to loyal customers

for 300 more sounds and different design not really worth it i think

What I'm learning with some of the upgrades that have been floated recently is that I can know whether it's worth it or not based on how much joy something brings me.

D16 Lush 1, and Nepheton 1 brought me precious little joy, and definitely less than I anticipated when first buying them, but GForce synths all bring me a great deal of joy, as has Sonic Projects OP-X PRO II.

I only bought version 2 in March but it's a pretty amazing soft synth and the amount of fun I've had with it is way more than I expected.

The sound is stunning, and I'm a preset surfer, so the number of great presets included blew me away compared to the paltry number of presets many synths come with.

OPX PRO might only do one thing one compared to a super synth, but by golly does it do that thing well. 

For me at least, letting version 2 languish without upgrading would be like having a Lamborghini and not wanting to pay to have it serviced. 

My only regret is not buying version 2 sooner. 

The loopcloud plan would probably grant a free license for d16 repeater since I think that's an active offer, assuming I havent confused my sample providers.

Hi Mira, sorry to hear you are in hospital with COVID. I hope they are helping you to feel comfortable as best they can and you are able to find some peace in spite of the circumstances. 

Merry Christmas and all the best wishes for a speedy recovery. I hope you are back home soon and making music again... or at least finding some great deals!

I bought Cubase Pro 11 crossgrade from ProAudioStar in Feb 2021. 

10 minutes ago, mibby said:

What's Control Room?

 

I posted about it 2 hours ago, have a look a few posts up. I know hardly anyone is aware of its existence so just pointing out if anyone particularly wanted the liquidsonics bundle for 30% off, there would likely be a new code in the Facebook group or Discord chat for members. 

Since it leaked they probably changed the code. Join Control Room and you'd be able to get the new code. 

I bought the whole liquidsonics bundle plus the Reverb Foundry ones and standouts for me are Cinematic Rooms and Tai Chi, but I do like having Reverberate for IR use and it comes with some good impulse responses if you only want to spend $99