Brian Lawler

Agreed. Like all Melda, the UI is ... an acquired taste? But the MIDI engine and MASSIVE sample collection are hard to beat. YouTube videos by Chandler Guitar are the best learning resource.

More ambience... Always delivering "Bang for the Buck". But I was hoping this one was next. Sodium is pretty nifty.

Nope. It was a red one. Already in line at customs. Be here any day now!

Yep- I think V1 was 2019 and V2 was a free update in 2020. I also have 2.0.3 Edit- Check my records. V1 April 2020 and V2 Late 2020/

I had Syntronik and also just bought the Deluxe upgrade, but I only downloaded the file names that were different from the ones in the base version. Hopefully not missing anything, but I just got Syntronik base edition last fall. I forgot about using the manager and just downloaded direct from the web account page. It did pop up to authorize when I loaded up a patch though.

I am weak 😩. I was gonna pass on this upgrade, but made the mistake of watching several YT vids on the new stuff. Went the Time+Space route, where the shipping minus discount was equal to my sales tax (which would have been charged by NI direct). I asked T+S for the serial and shipping discount, but no biggie if I end up with another backup drive.

I don't lose the whole plug-in in CW, but the Scaler window is "cut off" in my CW. Same thing in Bitwig. In my case it is related to using high DPI monitor and Windows scaling set above 100% (it works fine at 100%). You might try the following, which fixed MY problem in both CW and Bitwig:

I got on the Komplete wagon with version 9, and upgraded every time they ran the $199 deal, but I'm not sure I see the value in going for 13 from 12 for me. Does anyone know if older versions 11,10,...) qualify for the $199 update? I know policies can change, but just curious what they are currently doing.

Interesting. This is what I see when I go to the link they posted. I do like how they de-emphasize the "/month"

Accusonus has been pursuing the podcast/creator market and have a new multieffect called "Voice Changer". https://accusonus.com/products/sound-design/voice-changer Get it now for..... $10 a month! ??

I Agree with @Matthew Sorrels assessment. I've spent way more time with Scaler, but of course ChordJam just released. I am seeing ChordJam as more of a random "happy accident" creative toy. Scaler is a tool for building chord progressions, and increasingly with updates- arps, rhythms, bass lines, etc. A new update is due shortly that will help modulate keychanges by suggesting intermediate chords. Since you have Scaler 1, the upgrade is "even more of the same" and worth it, IMHO. FWIW I like the built in rompler in Scaler. I find it handy to use, especially in DAWS with crummy routing, like FLStudio.

It didn't take me long with the demo to sell me, even though I have Scaler and many others. The YT videos stayed with rather short phrases, but if you drop the sequencer step length to say 1/4 notes, you get an 8 bar phrase (@ 32 steps), etc. Drop tempo and fiddle with the randomization features to get some nice ambient stuff out of the right synths. The Euro/USD conversion for the 29e loyalty code was $35.52 (I use a card that charges no foreign transaction fee) , so not much better than the $39 deal from Plugin Boutique.

BTW I just got a "Loyalty Discount" code from Audiomodern to get ChordJam for 29 Euros. I own Playbeat and Riffer. Check your email, I assume the code is unique.

Riffer is single note "melody" or "riff" oriented. This is chord oriented. I will certainly take a look at this one, as I have a large collection of MIDI tools that I depend on to prop up my "creativity"🙄 . Scaler 2 is top of the heap in this (chord based) category, IMHO. I have both AudioModern's Riffer and Playbeat, and while I have gotten some great output from them, they are truly random generators, without the ability to apply any harmonic (other than scale) or meter based rules to kind of reign in the random creation to more musical output (like Captain Suite or Orb Producer, for example).

I have this, and while it is a very good collection, be aware that all the content is locked in a UVI proprietary format "blob". You can definitely pull anything out and save it in WAV format with Falcon or I assume the free UVI Workstation, but if you use a tool like the LoopCloud app or ADSR Sample Manager to search your stash, they are not going to see into the UVI "blob". Because of this, I have gotten very little use out of Mayhem. Maybe some script wizard will or has written a utility that can pull everything out to individual WAV files?

https://www.jrrshop.com/audiomodern-chordjam $39.95 at JRR using coupon groupauto, regular price $59. May be an intro sale. Audiomodern is not showing it on their site at this writing. Youtube links with info at JRR Release notes: What is Chordjam? Chordjam is an innovative plugin that builds chords and progression patterns through intuitive user-guided randomization. It automatically randomizes a unique combination of parameters, serving up unpredictable but always-musical variations. CHORD BETTER THAN BEST IGNITE MUSIC CREATION • A NEW APPROACH Unlike similar plugins, Chordjam uses intuitive user-guided randomization to go about its business, bringing new elements for musical expression and delivers limitless inspiration and musical variety. Built to Deliver Limitless Inspiration and Compositional Variety Features Generate Random Chords Trigger New Chords with Every Note Played Unique Voicing Parameters Intelligent Sequencer Engine Arp Mode Chord Progression & Pattern Presets Generate Infinite Chord Patterns & Progressions Everything is Synced to your Host tempo Drag MIDI Chord Drag MIDI pattern Pads Section for Musical Performance Quick Load preset Section Choose Quantization settings Suffle & Shift Mode Advanced Infinity Mode Set Sequence range & Motion Settings Set Range for Transposition, Time-Delay and Velocity Save & Load your own patterns Send MIDI to any Device, Software & Hardware Advanced MIDI CC/Mapping editor No Two Chords will Ever be the Same Delivering limitless inspiration and musical variety

I confess to being a Hornet fanboy. Total EQ has been my favorite since I got it a few months ago. Love the (L)isten function to hear the filters in isolation. I don't have Fabfilter to compare, because I would get booted from the Lars 29 Club! =B

Well, if you want to take it for a spin, this code splice-reasonplus-90 seems to work for a 90 day free trial. I would hope that they come up with some kind of discount on Reason+ again when version 12 drops (around the end of the 90 day trial)... maybe?

The Reason Studios rep on this forum https://forum.reasontalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7523102&start=25 says any purchase/registration after May 1 is good for the free upgrade to 12. Scroll down and look for user MattiasHG. Also note that he said "Yes, if you happen to find a Reason 11 Suite that, too, will be upgraded to Reason 12 if you register it during the grace period." So I might take that to mean that no more "Suite" SKU's are going to resellers.

Yes. Reason Studios confirmed (on their forum yesterday) that Suite is discontinued for 12 and later. Kind of puts us 11 Suite owners in a quandary as far as "catching up" with the after v 11 releases. Pay per pieces wanted, or go to subscription (Reason+). I think the current deal for Suite 11 is as good as it will get for those that want to get the goodies and avoid the sub.

https://www.hornetplugins.com/ 60% off singles, 30% off bundles for the next week. About as low as he goes except for Christmas 70% I believe.

May Madness at Reason Studios. 30% off everything (Rack units, loops, etc).

https://www.audiothing.net/effects/filterjam/#grabit

This probably isn't the solution, based on your symptoms, but you might try it: https://solidstatelogic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007770037-Hear-your-DAW-and-apps-at-the-same-time