Nick Blanc

Alright, it's useless in reference to the price they advertise then. "Here's a nice discount....aaaand it's gone". Sorry, this whole Behringer versus hypocrite influencers thing got me riled up against cowmanure and I'm taking it out on poor JRR. 😅

Thanks for checking it out. Let's hope it's just a bug because I remember they DID feature tax at some point. I was just a bit aggrevated that they seemed to be going a questionable route with their pricing. Could be a European issue?

AGAIN with the f****&ng tax thing. Checking out with paypal, no mention that tax wasn't included in the cart. Good thing I was paying attention, comes paying time within the paypal webpage, the amount is suddenly $25 more than anything you will see during the ENTIRE checkout process. Canceling the order and NOW the tax shows in the cart. This is very poor programming at best and malice at worst. So be aware, as long as you are paying tax, the GROUP discount is worthless. They seem to use it as a cover for not including tax in their prices.

Vogue 49, Vibe 49 & Score 99. The bundle is 149. Minus GROUP it is 125. I don't think BF is gonna beat this. I think I'm going for it.

Could it be wise to buy something and save the Tape Machine 80 serial in hopes of an IK group buy?

Yeah I had my 'run in' with Wookiee when I accidentally closed down the IK 25 year group buy thread. Totally nice and reasonable guy. The whole Behringer thing just fascinates me because the discussion (also elsewhere) seems to take an unexpected turn where people are calling out the influencers too. I didn't see that coming. And it made me rethink their role and how there definitely is some shady business going on. Yesterday I commented on the latest video from Benn Jordan on Youtube where he advertised and praised Zzounds but made the (very funny) disclaimer that he had no financial arrangement blabla the usual thing. While at the same time using a $5000 Korg arranger keyboard borrowed from Zzounds to create content which makes him money and linking to his own website which links to Zzounds. I can't prove anything, and he has a reputation of being really upfront and candid about these things, but I can't help but thinking there is some undisclosed business going on there.

Ah see, I wasn't going crazy. They could have just moved it if it was the inappropriate forum right? It wasn't political or anything. I was enjoying reading along and commenting. Weird and sad that you get these false reports. Or they could have closed it and give a reason for closure as a final comment. Now I have to hijack Benn Jordan's X feed and Youtube comments to get in on the Behringer action.

Off topic but hold on, didn't we have a whole influencers vs Behringer topic going on here or somewhere else in this forum? Just yesterday. Is it gone?

Thanks! Glad you liked it. And yes, I may have gone a bit overboard with the gear, but damn is it fun 😅😎

I remember like 10-15 years ago I set up a forum at a domain I had, just to see if I could and how that would work. I removed a signup barrier (like a confirmation mail or something). Next day I got a message from my hosting platform that I was at my storage and traffic limit. My entire forum was flooded with animal porn.

The lighting is a trade-off between looking cool and seeing anything at all. I might experiment a bit more with less room lighting and more 'fx' lighting. The patch from scratch thing is something I really enjoy. It challenges me to get to know my synths more and it gives room for more 'happy accidents'.

Every patch from scratch, live drums arrangement and a stupid soy boy clickbait thumbnail. This better not work 😅. The Drumbrute Impact and TR-8S work really well together. Creating groovy drumlines has never been easier. Absolute fun!

My GEM PXIII I learned to play on. Just look at that bad boy. The box alone is a pure work of art. The bossa nova rhythm section still haunts me. It's an Italian keyboard. So I got my hopes up when IK Multimedia anounced their secret project. Imagine my disappointment when it turned out to be just a piano. They could have had glory... @Peter - IK Multimedia Get on it!

Ok I just saw a trailer for this, and did they straight up copy the intro piano for the Star Wars Force Awakens trailer with just a little less attack? 🤔

I still had 3 unused F29 codes and there is nothing in their current catalogue I'm interested in and don't alrerady have. So why not try out a new plugin.

I Forever 29'ed it

Yeah well to be honest it was 7, but they do a correction to be on the safe side so I got fined for 4.

Excuses excuses! I can barely hold a guitar the way one should, let alone play it and I own 3 😝

Had to restart it 3 times to get the activated plugins again. They kept on showing as 'connect to ilok'. Not the smoothest update.

Yeah, got cought on a speed camera. So they just send you the ticket. I know where that camera is and I usually just do the speedlimit there, but I think I just drove with the flow of traffic and bam, it was on that day. Just 4 km/h too fast.

I WAS interested in this one. Until I came home and found a speeding ticket in my mail. Luckily not that high, but still 2 Vintage Drives worth. Next time...

Same and this is what I hear too. Audio editing workflow seems to be great too. I know a few radio and podcast editors who swear by Cubase. Bitwig is the modulation king and (Ableton) Live is great for...well, live. I use the latter and wouldn't want anything else. The choice between a linear horizontal workflow or a grid based vertical workflow is great.

I got a thankyou code and this one, combined I can get the Fairchild for €22. I'm tempted... Edit: fine, I'll do it. I'm not going to wait on another glitch to get it cheaper. That only leaves the 2A on my wantlist. And perhaps both the Hitsville thingies and the 3A, but I have the Acustica Audio Rust Motor EQ (I think that's the Hitsville EQ) and the IK Sunset reverb which is kinda similar (and I use that one a lot). And I have a 2A/3A from Overloud.

Indeed. As I read it, it seems that Moog was in deep trouble and for some time. So it could have been a case of rigorous measures or going down. That doesn't mean that InMusic is a white savior. But in this particular case not really the bad guy. More of a necessary 'evil'?

Well, not so great news. I gave them the benefit of the doubt, but I guess it's done. Get your Moogs second hand people. My prediction (as if that's worth something after my 'wait and see comments 😜) is that the 'made in Asheville' products will be in higher demand than the 'made in Asia' stuff. https://synthanatomy.com/2023/09/inmusic-has-fired-a-large-portion-of-the-moog-staff-a-sad-day-for-synth-industry.html