Nick Blanc

I know I know, don't tempt me. I have several of their libraries and they are indeed inspiring. I think I have Indie, Grosso and Noir. That should cover the inspiration part. Perhaps next year when 80 drops a little in price.

Noticed there was still an intro deal on Invigorate. Totally forgot about that one. Bought it.

This is my GAS talking. I like it, but I'm not sure I have a use for this. Buuuut it's seems a waste to not use my discount code. But I really shouldn't. But it would take another year. But...

Indeed, this is the case for me also. Sorry if I inadvertently misled someone.

No it doesn't appear to be linked with Vogue. I don't have Vogue and according to the UJAM website I qualify for the loyalty price. But maybe it was a glitch? I will check again tonight when I'm home.

I got a serial in the confirmation mail. So I guess it's for the player.

Sale is (still) on. My upgrade is 119. I have the H9 series and Split EQ. This seems like a good deal.

https://www.ujam.com/pianist/vibe/#product--553 The second installment in the Virtual Pianist range. This time focused on the electric piano. Full price 149. Intro price 99. Loyalty price 75. Not sure what product you need for the loyalty, I qualify and I don't have Vogue (the other virtual pianist). They knock it out of the park again with their walkthrough. I think it sounds awesome!

Use code 'xmas10' to get $10 off every purchase. This makes many sample packs just 5 or thereabouts. https://www.functionloops.com/ Can be used multiple times.

I'm curious about the final sale tomorrow. That 12DOC discount and loyalty points are burning in my pocket. This one seems cool though.

Hurdy Gurdy free (Kontakt 7) Largo for 99 instead of 249. https://www.sonokinetic.net/

Just a reminder, sale ends tonight.

Well, that would be a pleasant surprise. Still the price though...

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Depends on your goal. I use Tracklimit on basically every track and bus with tonal sounds, it is very light and (can be) transparent and has more options. My first impression is that yes, it is better. My impression is that it gives you a nice starting point, but that is just it. After that you still have to do the fine-tune work. And pure:limit doesn't seem to offer a lot of options there.

I watched the demo from White Sea, it does some automatic things like Smartlimit. But it seems to give you just a starting point from where you have to tweak a lot. I don't see it adding something to DMG Tracklimit, apart from the starting point. No buy from me.

Cinematica is aimed at, you'll never guess, cinematic noises. It's that, noises, soundscapes, impacts and drones. Perhaps not the most useful for regular music production. Very Sci Fi -y. Zero is the blank Ibrido engine where you can import your own samples. Favola is a bit of the same as Cinematica, but seems too be more aimed at a more fantasy (favola means fable I think) oriented genre. They are all very much targeted at scoring.

I'm on it!

Yeah i have it, so I will probably delete it from my wishlist soon enough. I also have the Cherry Audio one. Like I said, I really don't have the space anymore. But sometimes I like to act like a child who gets to have unlimited gifts on his wishlist 😇

I don't do demo's. I buy stuff I thereafter never use. 😞

That filter made me look at a hardware MS-20-mini again. That thing has been on and off my wishlist 6 times already 😄. I don't have the space anymore 😢

If this does the same as Tracklimit, but automatically and with the option of choosing different profiles / styles if I choose to, it will be a serious contender.

I would be willing to pay 20% of that if they upgraded the TR8-S so that I could use it in conjunction (like a MIDI controller or actually on the machine itself) with this.

I don't know. Smart:Limit can be taxing on the CPU and is not really meant to be used on every track/bus. It is more tailored for the master. Pure:Limit seems like a lightweight unit which can be used for individual tracks and busses. But I have to check the reviews first. Their marketing text really tries to avoid the word 'mastering'. Think of the loudness tutorials from Baphometrix (clip to zero). I have Tracklimit from DMG Audio specifically for that purpose (maximizing every individual tonal track). So if this is the Sonible counterpart of that, I'm very interested. It would make the loudness process much easier. Oooorrrrr, they could just try to cash in on their algorythm with releasing a cheaper and cut down version of the same.

I think the current system is a very smart AND customer friendly way of upgrading/updating. So a great combination. You get the update for free, but you have the option of buying extra presets specifically for that update (or at least launched together). This way as a customer I can decide myself if I want to 'pay' or not. I could just say "thanks for the upgrade...bye!", or I can dip into a ton of presets which I probably wouldn't have gotten if they just released these without any update. I fell right into their very nice trap.