Soundwise

I think demos speak for themselves. I've upgraded to Archtop 3 when it was released and do think it was well worth the money.

Just love their Reaxis. My go-to amp-sim now.

Toontrack and 4/4? 🤨 Are we to expect SD4?

I can't believe they've built it with just Next.js and Three.js! Awesome!

I wonder if the current RV4 licenses will be respected once the new version is released.

People of the world are trying to do whatever they can to stop this war. Do you think filing a complaint on behalf of a user with one post and who's registered a few minutes before creating that post would be a step in the right direction?

Haruki Murakami calls McDonalds food junk food and most people in Russia agree with this. So it's not McDonalds, that's gonna put end to the sick dictator's regime. It used to be the case when the war started. Now the situation has changed. Most people do understand that it's horrible slaughter of innocent people in the name of usurper who claims to be national leader. By most I mean more than half. Not sure how many exactly.

My delusions? Please, elaborate. Absolutely! So don't do this. I don't. I am ashamed of sharing the same culture and speaking the same language with people who started this war and who support it. That's what I'm ashamed of. Not of what you imply and accuse me of.

He could have if there was one.

You're right! It's all about convenience. It's very inconvenient for the USA or Germany to supply Ukraine with MIGs from USA base in Germany because (sic!) both USA and Germany are NATO countries. However it is extremely convenient to do this from Poland, because it's not as much NATO country as other counties. Double standards and total BS at its finest. This move by iLok is nothing but stealing customers' money.

Believe it or not, but if I buy this product it will be considered high treason. Horrible times. 🤢

This was helpful! Thanks a lot. According to this post, the core program is the same and buyers need to make sure they get the plugins they want. OK, that makes sense.

I'm confused. What's the difference between https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/vegas-movie-studio/ and https://www.magix.com/us/video-editor/movie-edit-pro/ ?

I always thought they were three different guys. No?

I was torn between PT100 and Buxom Betty. And while PT is an emulation of a tube amp that tries to be silicon semiconductor based that Betty shows no sign of silicon. I couldn't resist.

I've noticed that IK MixBus plugin doesn't draw GUI upon reloading saved projects. Shame, as I really like it's workflow and features.

Cool beans! I used to have Jupiter-8 back in the early 90s. It was fun, lots of interesting sounds which never proved to be useful to me, so I had to part with it. But I still have Roland PMA-5, and still think it's amazing for what it can do.

Room mics need to be turned off to save some CPU cycles.

Makes sense. NI GR5 includes GR4 mode. Also, original Amplitube and Overloud models are still there. Digitech multi-fx (RIP) used to include a digital model of their 2101 tube-based rack preamp-processor. So, it's mostly up to original manufacturers/developers to offer such models in their next-gen modeller. But I can see why it's a good practice to avoid using older models in new hardware multi-fx units.

Some info can be found here: https://stevenslatedrums.com/trigger-2-platinum/#trigger-free

It won't take long till they start modelling other modelling boxes, like Pandora, first Pod, etc.

Also checked the Celestion Speaker Shaper. Great plugin. Very detailed and precise, yet, since it's on par with WoS and AT5, it brings nothing new to the table. I'd buy it was heavily discounted and if there were more speakers and mics available. Otherwise it's just another interface to what I already have. Yes, you get very creative with this and process your signal through 8x24 Neo Greenbacks. Just ain't the droids I'm looking for.

Not an instant "goodizer", but definitely a must-have plugin. Purchased without demoing. Can't go wrong at this price, right?

Indeed. My workaround is to record the real fretless bass, which is a lot easier than programming MIDI if the bass is well written and no rearranging is required. In all other cases I'd prefer a VI over the real thing.