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Very nice and all of V Collection has been updated including Analog Lab 4.

Thanks for the update. I just tried to buy Japan's Vintage again and it worked fine this time and installed OK.

That's a tricky one Mesh. I bought Heavyocity's Vocalise Gravity Pack 2 soon after I bought full Kontakt but have rarely found a use for it. I wished that I had gone for Exhale instead with all of the expansions you can get and since then I have tried the Signal demo which is also pretty impressive. If you are feeling flush Output are doing 65%+extra 25% off their full suite again on their website --> https://output.com/products#instruments

Hmm, tempting! I have Bias Amp 2 Professional and Bias FX 1 Professional. I could upgrade to FX 2 Professional for around 41 USD at JRR and the upgrade from Bias Amp 2 Pro to Elite is currently 50 USD at PG (around 70 GBP all in).

I received a reply saying So I don't think he understood me as that was exactly where I tried to buy it from in the first place! I have replied to his email but this time placed the above picture of the failed transaction in-line in my reply rather than as an attachment which I am guessing he didn't see last time I sent it. Also forgot to say yesterday, if anyone is using anything other than the default skin you might not see the "purchased" tab. That happened on the skin I was using so I had to switch back to default to be able to select the purchased tab and see the "refresh my licenses/restore my expansions" options in the browser.

I figured that buying Nori Ubukata Japan's Vintage for 4 bucks was the least I could do. So I just tried to buy it and the check out page will not let me (see below). The error message implies that Nori Ubukata Pop Hits Volume 1 is being confused with the new Japan's Vintage. I have contacted support. Has anyone else with Everything Bundle managed to buy it?

Thanks abacab! Yes I remember you getting "everything" and couldn't think of anyone more deserving 👍🏻 The everything update was painless..."refresh my licenses" followed by "restore my purchases". Then after a few minutes of downloading, Bob's your uncle 🤓 Now going through some of the amazing presets...I could be here some time 😁

Thanks for this. I am still in discussion with them about the presets but the last email they sent was trying to get me to install them manually which doesn't move things any further forward so I guess I will just hang on for the update you mention.

Seems a bit confusing husker. Within the Synthmaster UI it says that the everything bundle includes all current preset banks and then says that there are currently 31 (but I reckon the Japan expansion makes it 32). On the website it says that there are 32 expansions included in the everything bundle https://www.synthmaster.com/synthmastereverythingbundle.aspx which implies that Japan is included. I think the latter is correct (see below).... Amazingly, when I contacted KV331Audio about the coupon thing above they checked my account and upgraded me to the everything bundle! Way to go KV331Audio! Makes he happy to have supported them by purchasing their stuff. They also said that I do not need to purchase any additional preset banks so I assume that Japan is included but hasn't yet been rolled out via the Synthmaster update process.

Ah I see, so it looks like it is linked to the recent offer on SynthMaster Player which I ignored as I already own the full version. Thanks iScream Think I will pick up the new Nori expansion as I have all of his others.

Thanks simon. There's a useful newsfeed webpage with Jamstix updates and information here --> https://www.rayzoon.com/updates.html

I have owned Synthmaster (plus lots of expansions) and Synthmaster One for quite a while but I don't recall receiving a voucher and there's none in my account under the vouchers tab. When did anyone who received a voucher email receive it and what was the title of the email? Thanks

Ditto!

Yes that's also one thing I wish they would add. Can't understand it as even the ancient previous version has a standalone option. I tend to use Cantabile Lite to run things like this as it loads so quickly. I guess you could also use a VSTi wrapper although haven't tried it.

Waves support did get back to me and have now resolved the minor issue I had getting this popup on scanning... If any of you get this the solution was simple... 1. Hold the [windows key] + R and type %programdata% in the pop-up window. 2. Go to Waves Audio > Modules folder. 3. Locate and delete the WavesLicenseEngine.bundle file. 4. Launch Waves Central and install any plugin from the install products page (this will re-create the WavesLicenseEngine.bundle file). Do a full scan and it should now be fine. All of my V9, v10 and V11 plugins work fine.

Yes I think it was on your's and other's recommendation that I bought it Grem. There are quite a few knowledgeable owners on this forum and of course the Rayzoon forums. Ralph, who is behind Jamstix, is also very responsive and active on their forums and puts out regular updates and addons. It is quite a unique product and the way it works really appeals to me. I am hoping to put that Dark Side addon to good use in a remake of a very old cover I did of Comfortably Numb.

If you wait until later in the month Yan they usually have their annual 50% off sale starting around then and running until the end of the year. I bought Jamstix Studio in last year's sale around that time.

You can use it like that and having given it a bit more of an in-depth try it seems to produce good results. However, one area where I find Waves Vocal Rider better, unless I am missing something in Voice Leveler, is that you can record the rider automation. Once you have recorded the automation in Vocal Rider you can then tweak it manually afterwards to make it exactly how you want it. Some automation parameters do appear in the automation menu for VL (e.g. output gain) but they are not the right ones to be able to record level variation automation. If you don't need automation though, for a quick volume leveler Voice Leveler does work well and is definitely worth $9. I like the zoom UI option (100%, 150% and 200%) which I wish more developers would implement.

Nice freebies, thanks!

Thanks. I'm just looking through the vast number of EZXs and Drum MIDIs and realizing that I have quite a lot of catching up to do! I even have a spreadsheet for it now as I also do for EzKeys 🤓

Useful information there, thanks Marled. I own most of the other plugins you mention but tend to end up using favourites all the time. I will have to give TriLeveler a go though and also revisit ERA4 VoiceLeveler. One thing I have been trying to do more lately is using parallel compression to reduce the need for vocal rider unless the vocal level varies massively and I always use CA-2A on the busses (it's part of my standard template). A lot of the time I don't need to make do with a vocal take as I can just re-record it if necessary.

Ah okay I see what you mean. Yes I noticed that the Renaissance presets were added automatically after the update. Really bad mis-information on Waves part and of course none of this manual fiddling should be necessary if Waves had done things correctly 🙄 Cheers

Hey Fleer, I did try it out but still found Waves Vocal rider the better option. I dropped it into a track where I was already using VR. Hornet keep updating Autogain Pro so I must give that another go. Also doesn't their VU plugin have some auto gain functionality now?

Thanks Magic Russ. Good to see that Dark Side is now available (it wasn't when I last looked) to complete my collection. https://www.rayzoon.com/

Which are the two new EZX's Bapu? Thanks