Nick Blanc

Yep, got the message yesterday, all is well.

From their email: 75% off the M bundle and off the full bundle. 50% of individual plugins.

I had some credits in my account and went for the Synth Drums. I got the confirmation mail that they are processing but a couple of hours later still nothing to download or the order in my account. I will wait and contact them later this weekend if nothing happens. I've had some contact with them before for another thing and they were very kind and responsive.

Yeah I didn't go through with installing because of yet another control center thing. Good thing I didn't.

Not me. I just spend €32 on the LA2A yesterday which was included in this deal. I could have avoided that by waiting. But I'm still very happy.

Best clipper for the master on the market imo. But in this sale you can only get it bundled with their reverb which is still 25 more than the normal price of the clipper.

I now also have a UVI Synsations code to spare. For anyone interested, PM me.

I registered the code and all plugins are in my UA account. This works indeed.

@PavlovsCat This is what happens with sale versus no sale. I pulled the trigger on this €150 deal. I will not spend it as an extra, so I won't be buying the 3 Valhalla plugins I still want for the same 150. Some other time.

Now I feel like a sucker for buying the LA2A collection yesterday. I will probably pull the trigger on this one.

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/3-Studio-Tools/72-Utility/9364-FiDef-JENtwo Still expensive with €111 and still maybe just a BS plugin. But it has always intrigued me. I'll see if I get it this year, il only if and when I'm spending less than planned.

https://www.ujam.com/black-friday/ Up to 75% discount. Lots for +60%. Some bundles seem lower in discount but are actually the same price of cheaper as when you would buy the individual products for the higher discount. Perhaps wise to keep in mind that last year they had an occasional flash sale with a heavier discount for some products. I have my eye on the Pianist bundle and Braaaaaams so I don't get my hopes up for a flash sale.

Teletronix® LA-2A Leveler Collection is €32 at Plugin Boutique now instead of the 163 on UA's own website. Well it technically is the upgrade from the free LA2A thing.

https://hiphopdrumsamples.com/ DRUM BROKER - BLACK FRIDAY SALE This year's annual BFCM Sale is going to be HUGE. Get up to 50% off your entire order during the sale. These are once a year savings on drum kits, sample packs, breaks, and one-shots that won't last! Here are the dates and Discount Codes: Black Friday: 11/16-11/26 at midnight. 50% OFF EVERYTHING. Promo Code: BF23 Cyber Monday: 11/27-11/30 at midnight. 40% OFF EVERYTHING. Promo Code: CM23 Sale Exclusions:Filth Bundle ($99), Tomorrow's Wish, Messages from Outer Space Vol. 2, Minta Foundry Bundles, Anastazja Vocal Chops Vol. 4 ---------- Some recommendations from me. Check out Beat Butcha, Tamuz or AJ Hall.

Simple Opera Singer is surprisingly useful. I use it sometimes as a background vocal which adds a lot of charactar to the rest of the (techno) track.

LoFi - Pitch Dropout is a very useful plugin. Seems rather innocuous but a low change with a low mix (amount) goes a long way.

I do (pay for premium) and it serves me well. No ads, free Youtube Music, no dodgy ad blockers, no 3rd party apps, premium content (which I don't watch, but still) and most importantly for me the ability to listen to Youtube with the app minimized (or the phone in my pocket). I'm sure there are other options with all kinds of apps and browser extensions etc. I even got a free Google Nest Mini at some point, although I figure that's just to spy on me 😅

I'm gonna try VS. Could be a cool addition to my livejams.

Keep in mind that the complete bundle on their own wbesite can be interesting. For example: I'm interested in Infiltrator 2 and Texture (plus the Percussive Layers expansion). That would be €174 in total. I can upgrade (from just owning Pitch Monster) on their own website to the complete bundle which would give me all that AND X6 and Duck in addition for €180.

If you are into this kind of sound, definitely get this one!

I'm already on V Collection 9. I have FX Collection 3 and purchased Dist Coldfire seperately and got the MS-20 filter free somewhere I think? Don't remember. So $69 will give me a Rotary (not really interesting for me) and the LX24 (have several of that reverb). So I'm skipping this one. I might be tempted if they had included EFX Motions, but hey, they didn't.

I have 3 mentions. First is Ludovico Einaudi - Ritornare from the movie This is England. Great movie and it introduced me to the work of Einaudi which awakened my desire to re-learn the piano. Second: The Emma scene from Fury by Steven Price. It has a slow tragic vibe mixed with a sense of urgency and buildup which perfectly matched the scene. Outstanding work. Hearing the dialogue over it is an absolute tearjerker. John Bernthal is amazing and Brad Pitt in one of his lesser known roles. That muffled scream is insane... And Bladerunner 2049 - Hans Zimmer - Sea Wall is right up my alley with all the synths, Gritty and beautiful. A modern classic as far as I'm concerned.

Ok first of all, the visuals look stunning! Second: is Rumle worth the trouble of mirroring my Youtube content? With my limited knowledge of the platform I heard it was kind of an offshoot because youtube de-platformed some rightwing people who said "we'll make our own platform, with blackjack and hookers!" (for those not in the meme culture, it's a Futurama reference). But is there any music presence worth speaking of?

I'm getting a bit excited. Perhaps. I hope so. They have a new CC control device. And I REALLY hope that would work over USB MIDI with a selectable channel. Because that would mean I can modulate every synth I have that accepts midi cc messages. And I hate the term gamechanger as it is often misused. But that would be an absolute gamechanger for me and my hardware jams.

FL Studio WAS seen as the king of the pianoroll. And with the new stem seperation stuff everyone thought they would be king overall. But those crazy bastards actually did it. I have yet to work with it myself, but it seems they overthrew FL studio's pianoroll reign.