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21 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

So these won't work in BFD?

I'm thinking maybe no, they don't work in BFD. The BFD License Manager didn't accept the license codes I got. I'll wait a few more days and try again.

10 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

But the drums aren't even close to the quality of ezDrummer, AD2, or NI's various acoustic drum kit libraries.

Dissenting view: There are plenty of people here who disagree with this statement. But, as usual, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

6 hours ago, msmcleod said:

Other options might be taking existing samples of phrases and doing a cut/paste job.  Splice has a section here that might be good for that: https://splice.com/sounds/packs/gio-israel/jewish-essentials-hasidic-woodwind/samples

Also this one: https://www.loopmasters.com/genres/145-Orchestral/products/795-World-Woodwind-Series-Clarinet

Those sound perfect! Thank you. Except I've never manipulated loops before. That sounds even more tedious than manually drawing in MIDI like I usually do with instruments.

OK, y'all talked me into it...

I am excited to try my hand at writing some klezmer music and thought I'd try out the Have Audio Balkan Clarinet since it was designed to have that eastern European ethnic feel to it. It should have been a natural fit. However,

1. There's no way to remove the vibrato. Klezmer music rarely uses vibrato. This VI ignores the modulation wheel and CC1!
2. There's no way to get those long pitched scoops similar to what  you hear at the beginning of Rhapsody in Blue. Klezmer uses those as an special effect. This VI ignores the pitch bend control!
3. There's no way to get any squeaks or squawks. Setting velocity to max doesn't help because this VI ignores expression control and CC11!

So all you get are the canned notes and expressions, which sound good but it greatly limits its flexibility. You'll be adjusting your music to fit what it's capabilities are rather than programming it to do what you want. That could be a challenge some are willing to undertake, but not me. I'm looking to fit the instrument into what I want, not the other way around.

So, now I'm looking for a suitable clarinet VI that can do the 3 things mentioned above.  Any ideas?

I often feel the same way. My main musical goals now are:

• have some fun (but honestly this comes and goes)
• learn something new (currently trying to write a klezmer piece)
• stay out of trouble (idle hands are the devil's playmate)
• be part of something bigger then myself (you can see some of my transcriptions for my guitar ensemble here)
• leave a legacy for my grandkids (I don't want my ancestry.com entry to be empty)

Looks like half the licenses are used up already.

This bundle includes 2 I don't have yet.

https://www.masteringthemix.com/products/bestseller-bundle

Valid until Aril 18 or 5000 licenses are used up.

I wish they would put IRs of real spaces on sale sometime. It seems only the hardware IRs go on sale...

Oomph! No PayPal? That sucks...

8 hours ago, Sergio said:

$19 crossgrade from pure:bundle at Plugin Boutique

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/3-Studio-Tools/71-Dynamic-Processor/12127-pure-unmask-Crossgrade-from-pure-bundle

I had $2 of loyalty pts and I got the U78 Saturator free. This seems to be the best deal on this right now.

I could actually use a new shredder.

Yes, my Amplitube Max needed updating.

On 3/19/2024 at 1:59 PM, jngnz said:

Crazy glitch-esque prices here, especially OB-E for 80% off:

https://sonisto.com/filter?query=&organizations=gforce&minPrice=0&maxPrice=1135500&discounted=true

Legit Danish site, but no PayPal I think.

Drat! I waited too long. It it is now only 40% off.

This is a great entry into their ecosystem. Get this and then enjoy loyalty prices on their other products.

Still waiting for their Virtual Monitoring Add-on to go on sale....

Good catch. I edited my post. But it's not much different....

OK, this may finally suck me into their OB series.

I wish they'd change the name of their products. If I see Lemon in my plugin list I wouldn't know what it does and skip it.

This could be useful!

Listening to Simeon's demo, it sounds like some of the notes are out of tune. Does anyone else hear this? Not sure I can use this.

Almost like an old saloon piano.

Unless you really NEED this now, I suggest waiting until BF / Christmas. They usually have 50% off all paks and then your loyalty upgrades often reduce this another 50%. I often gets paks at $9 each.

Wait. These are 8 BIT drum samples, right? That's Commodore/Atari 1980 home computer level quality. Shouldn't we expect those to sound "bad"?

I updated with no problems found so far.

https://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/