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or maybe you can pay nothing by using your local library card number (often available with a few minutes online signup) in libbyapp to read them legally for free.

I can go back to jan 2019 for free that way (UK library card).

Good news for Wave Alchemy Drumvolution owners - had an email from Dan at WA: "I can now say that all Drumvolution owners will get the wav file version of Drumvolution placed into their account on our website before the end of next week"

I had contacted them after seeing their Triaz product came with the .wavs - really wasn't expecting them to do this retrospectively for drumvolution too.  The .wavs will be great for me to use with things like MPC hardware and other layered-sample playing plugins.

1 minute ago, paulo said:

Yours obviously works better than mine.....a search for "computer music magazine"  on my local lib returns 1 result....

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (DVD). 😕

😀

 

you don't search on the local library - that's just to get the library card number which you use in libbyapp.com

online local library sign-up+libbyapp.com = free+legal access to all the major music mags including computer music, future music, sound on sound and beat.

$61.98 at audiodeluxe.com - and earns $3.09 deluxebucks too

I did see that in the spec/manual, but own my needs are very simple - I just wanted it for the 16 analog inputs for hardware synths going into my DAW and the outputs to route audio for hardware sampling.  Compared to the ui24r, the internal routing is as basic as it gets, but it does the job.

Also had in mind that I should be able to hook it up direct to my MPC one and use it as the ins/outs for that without the computer/DAW in the mix (something the ui24r can't do, as that's fixed at 48kHz sample rate and MPC needs 44.1kHz).

@bad penguin - If you're okay with using a standalone app to feed midi into your DAW, don't forget to check out sundog song studio - only 15% off for BF though. https://feelyoursound.com/sundog/

Funnily enough I bought a as US 16x08 just this week as my ui24r has gone faulty and I wanted something to replace that whilst it's in for repair - worked like a charm out of the box on mac m1 mini using driver class compliancy.

Personally I think waverazor at $79.50 is the biggest synth bargain out there - if you're willing to put the time in to learn the UI.

abyss $64.50

f'em $89.50

waverazor $79.50 

spacecraft $49.50

hyperion $64.60

and more - discounts don't show until click to buy

http://www.tracktion.com

I hope they bring these new filters to a revamped twin-2 synth.

...or free with a quick online signup to a local library and libbyapp.com

not a fan of waves and needing to do the WUP dance to get plugins working with later versions of macos - but it was worth the $14 to get flowmotion and element 2.0 up and running on m1+big sur.  Pretty much everything else is a virtual paperweight now for me.

the ACB synths use circuit modelling for the emulation, so there's no compromise - but each voice is heavy on CPU

Zenology uses zencore synth engine parameters to do the analog model emulations.

zencore itself is like the xv-5080 synth engine with VA added to it,  the analog models are a layer that sits on top of zencore and pull its strings using range limiting, scaling and setting up macros eg kicking in an eq boost when juno 106 hp filter is set to step 0

it uses the 2 high quality "VCF" roland filters in zencore, one for jupiter 8 and the other one is tweaked to cover sh-101, juno 106 and jx-8p duties.

the same va/calculated oscillators are used for all the analog models, and it does use some PCM's too for jup 8 sin/tri, jx-8p pulse and sh-101 2oct sub

It's pretty impressive what they've done, but it has limitations from using that zencore engine as its base,  eg there's no noise LFO for the sh-101 as there is no noise LFO in zencore.

56 minutes ago, paulo said:

Hmmm....

I remember when CD's were touted as unscratchable and that they would play no matter what you did to them - yes you could throw them around, get them wet, even use them as coasters for your hot beverage and they would always still be fine.......

I may have bought a few over the years that were probably better used as a coaster, but that's a different story.......

It's a funny thing - I could swear I remember Tomorrow's World spreading jam on a cd to show its durability - seems I'm not alone is misremembering that:

https://www.orchardoo.com/TWCompactDisc.htm

If you can get past the interface and headline waveform splitting concept, there's a decent CPU-friendly VA synth lurking inside waverazor.

3 oscillators + 3 filters with a bunch filter models and deep routing options, crazy amount of parameters for use with the extensive modulation system etc, LFOs that go to 2.5kHz etc, lots of FX inc decent saturators.  It's one of my favourite sounding VAs.

32 minutes ago, locrian said:

Plugin Alliance Halloween Sale: Any Plugin $29.99*

*except all the ones you really want.

 

yeah, they have a very interesting definition of "any" over there in plugin-alliance towers.

1 hour ago, Brian Walton said:

Nope, they took it away before I could pull the trigger..  ☹️

Sorry to hear that Brian - I wasn't going to buy GP4 given the upgrade price from GP3 wasn't that attractive, but this was a no-brainer. 

very unusual that this DOES include gig performer 4 unlocked - they normally exclude that one from these sales. 

massive collections of reaktor blocks, including polyphonic blocks and complete synths:

"SUMMER SALE! All packs and bundles 30% off!" - not sure when this started or when it ends, but I filled by boots on this one earlier and couldn't be happier:

https://www.toyboxaudio.com/

Just got my code now.

New midi auto-composer plugin - on offer at $29.70 vs $99 normal (and at pluginboutique.com if you have some cash/tokens there)

https://www.waproduction.com/plugins/view/instacomposer

genuinely impressed with this, especially at this price point

I have scaler2 and captain chords,  but I prefer using the harvest plugins forager for finding interesting chord progressions - makes me feel more involved in the process than the other two I mentioned. I combine that with secondary plugins like phrasebox or chord potion to do interesting things with the chords.   

https://harvestplugin.com/forager/

I did try chordjam and it has some interesting things going for it for sure - didn't quite tip me for buying yet, but I dare say it will end up in my plugins folder at some point.

it's not a bluecat sale - this is someone using an affiliate/referral code that posts every month.

I wasn't a fan of the arturia "sound" in the early days, but the last few rounds have really improved things to my ear.