Reid Rosefelt

Yes, he's using that. My impression, I guess a wrong one, was that you were saying all the patches came from freeware plugins like Dexed. If I was wrong about that, I apologize. But also, even when he makes patches from stuff like Dexed, they are his and Airwave's presets. John's whole business comes from selling his skill as a programmer of synths that everybody owns before they buy his libraries. So he adds value to the freeware by creating presets and multis with them for UNIFY. I can't wait to install this thing. 😀

Not true. He has put in 2.5 GB of his and Airwave's samples which are used in many of the presets and multis. PatchWork costs $99. I have wanted it and have watched for sales. During the last one they took $5 off. UNIFY costs $59, does everything Patchwork does and much more. ALL 400 presets work without owning anything that doesn't come with UNIFY.

I can totally get why it might be of zero value to you, but for me it has a lot of value. Multis - Making multis with Kontakt is central to my workflow. Only being able to use Kontakt instruments is frustrating. Making multis is also central to all my sound design in Falcon and HALion. If multis aren't part of your workflow, then I can't see why you wouldn't want this. But with this I can add add players from Spitfire, Orchestral Tools, Best Service, East West, Vienna Instruments, plus Omnisphere, etc. and save it as one patch. Not within a song, but something I can grab any time I want with one click. And run with a separate core on each instrument. VST3s - On Facebook he said it hosts VST3s. If that's so, then if will allow you to use things like the Reason plugin in something like Komplete Kontrol, that doesn't work with VST3s, MIDI plugins - It's a little fiddly to hook up MIDI plugins, using one track for the MIDI plugin feeding into another track with the virtual instrument. Not that hard once you get the hang of it, but this might make it easier if it works well with MIDI plugins that don't come with it. If I'm right and it does work, once you set it up, it's easy to just change the instrument. If it works... then one click and you've got Obelisk or Scaler set up. But maybe it only works with the onboard MIDI plugins. GuruSampler and others- This is an instrument. 400 patches, 2.5 GB of samples by Lehmkuhl and Airwave. It comes with its own sampler and free instruments like Dexed, plus effects. I don't even consider the possibility that he will only double the amount of free sounds and multis available for this. I believe they will come from the new and old libraries on his site. It's what he likes to do and it's his business model--rewarding the people who pay for his plugins. I am confident that the number of onboard sounds will grow and grow. This is 1.0. The feature set has grown an insane amount since he announced this a few months ago. John is a tinkerer--that's what has made him such a legendary sound designer. He'll never be satisfied with this, he will keep adding new features. I love this now, but I think it will be better in the future. In the video he says this is the lowest price he will ever sell it for. It will go up to its real price after this and there it will stay. But I won't claim to be unbiased. John is an acquaintance and I admire everything he does.

Unify is listed on the site as "Standard Edition." Do any of you know what that means? Will there be a "Deluxe Edition?" And if so, what's the upgrade price. I'm going to write the Guru.

Get it HERE As most of you know by now, Unify is a flexible plug-in for working with MIDI effects, Instruments and Audio effects in a sleek “Unified” single-screen interface! It also comes with 400 patches and over 2.5GB of samples from PlugInGuru’s 12 unique and awesome sample-based libraries that were originally found in libraries for Omnisphere. Note that John says in the video that he created patches for an about-to-be released Korg virtual instrument, which is obviously their new Triton. He then says he has included the (Triton) presets he created in Unify

I've had Triton presets on my iPad for years through in-app purchase in Korg Module. But this demo is insane. I want it. Waiting for Korg to have a 50% off sale. All I own is M1 (full, not LE). I don't think that's going to help me. I also have Gadget, which doesn't show in their Software Pass utility. I'll have to get in touch with them about that. It may be that Software Pass is only about the Korg Collection.

You are right. I stupidly assumed this new "On the House" freebie would be listed in the dropdown menu. I think we can almost guarantee that one more is coming, because 8dio has this thing about the number 8, which they explain on this page. All their prices have an 8 in them, which must have cost them a lot of money if you figure the dollar/euro/etc they are missing out on with each library.

Songwriting Guitar is the 6th 8dio freebie. I wonder if there will be 8 of them? 😀 Get it HERE Full retail version of Kontakt 5.5 or later required!!! Acoustic and Electric Guitar Strums and Licks Acoustic Guitar Strums (Major/Minor Chords) Electric (clean) Guitar Strums (Major/Minor Chords) Electric (distorted) Guitar Strums (Major/Minor Chords) Electric (clean / distorted) Solo licks (Major/Minor Chords) Host-Tempo Syncronization (adjust to your sequencer tempo)

Number 11 is so fun that it makes me want to get Animator despite knowing I probably have no use for it.

I agree completely. I will buy it if the price is right. I also think that there may be three ujam effects eventually, as ujam stuff tends to come in threes.

This is obviously a clone of Dan Rather's "Kenneth, what is the frequency?" EQ.

This is like a sound effects thingie. I can't see any big difference from FX collections except for the round robins.

MINI is the most comprehensive sample library ever done of ultra tiny object sounds. It contains over 5.000 samples of anything from buttons to rolling toys, wooden twigs to eating chips, boiling frying pans to human hoses, nail files to pocket watches, sand-drums to styro-foam, teeth clacks to water bubbles and so much more. The concept may seem strange at first, but these sounds have remarkable value in terms of composition and music. MINI is also great for User Interface Sound Design and has been used in countless applications. Whether you want 12 different button sounds with up to 10X Round Robin, Velocity and Round Robin based Mouse Clicks, Pixel Kits, Pencil and Eraser sounds, Small items being dropped and tossed. Its ALL there. This library is specially designed to provide a huge wealth of playable source material and inspiration for contemporary scoring, experimental, IDM, industrial and electronic music, as well as professional sound design. We captured an amazing array of different objects and soundsources in a wide range of environments, both exotic and mundane. Our goal was to not only further re-define what can qualify an instrument, but also just how playable we could possibly make each and every one of them. Mini is ready to go out of the box, yet deep and varied enough to provide limitless creative and production potential. MINI is the embryonic state of sound. Get it HERE REQUIRES FULL RETAIL VERSION OF KONTAKT 5.5 OR LATER Bonus: 11 custom sound-designed ambient drone instruments Bonus: Custom Stereo Convolution Reverb Impulses, captured in 5 different locations 5200 samples, 764 MB installed, 482 MB .rar download Formats: Kontakt (.nki) Sample resolution: 44.1Khz/24Bit mono- and stereo .wav format Intelligent editing / programming (off-set, pitch key-switching & time-stretch control) 256 PATCHES Abacus (Counting Rack) Air Hammer / 8-10 x round robin Bathtub / 6 x round robin Belt / 8-10 x round robin Bowling Toys (Camel, Cup, Train) / 8-10 x round robin Breaking Small Branches Button (12 different button types) / 8-10 x round robin Bubbles (4 different types) / 8-10 x round robin Bubble-Wrap / 8-10 x round robin Chair Chip Eater Clap Solo / 8-10 x round robin Clean Up / 8-10 x round robin Clicky Toy / 8-10 x round robin Clock Radio Coins / 8-10 x round robin Cups / 8-10 x round robin Digital Camera / 8-10 x round robin Dropping items (Bottle, Cup, Egg, Toy) / 8-10 x round robin Egg / 8-10 x round robin Ensemble Snaps / 8-10 x round robin Finger Nails / 8-10 x round robin Frying Pan (Hot Oil vs Water) Human Hose Kissing Marbles / 8-10 x round robin Marker / 8-10 x round robin Matches / 8-10 x round robin Music Box (modified) / 20 x round robin Nail File / 4 x round robin Paper (Cut, Fold, Tear, Turn) Pencil / 8-10 x round robin Pixel Kit Plastic Box / 8-10 x round robin Plastic Cups / 8-10 x round robin Pocket Watch / 8-10 x round robin Radio Kit Random Kit (17 different tapped furniture) / 8-10 x round robin Sand Drums / 8-10 x round robin Screw Container (14 different screws) / 8-10 x round robin Shaving / 8-10 x round robin Shelf Bracket / 8-10 x round robin Shower Door / Glass / 8-10 x round robin Stop Watch / 8-10 x round robin Styrofoam Suitcase Locks / 8-10 x round robin Tape Measure / 8-10 x round robin Teeth Clack Water Bubble, drop and spoons / 8-10 x round robin Wine drums / 8-10 x round robin Wobbly Bowl / 8-10 x round robin Zippo / 8-10 x round robin Zipper / 8-10 x round robin

Here are all the main instruments in The Orchestra, with their articulations. There is percussion too, and The Orchestra Complete has more string articulations. Note that there are only six solo instruments: 2 violins and 5 woodwinds (no English Horn or Piccolo). Amadeus offers many more solo instruments. You can find the full list HERE but Strings: all solo instruments plus 12 different ensembles Brass: 4 different solo French Horns, 3 different Trumpets, 3 trombones, a tuba, and 7 different ensembles. Woodwinds: Piccolo, 2 different flutes, Alto Flute, Bass Flute, 2 different Oboes, English Horn, 2 different clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 different bassoons, one contrabassoon. 10 different ensembles Here are the Amadeus Articulations A composer has a lot more to work with in terms of NUMBER of solo instruments and ensembles with Amadeus vs. The Orchestra. Many people won't care if they have 4 different French Horns, but it gives you the option to use one, two, three, or four at once, or do divisi. You don't have those kinds of options with The Orchestra. It's four horns and that's it. But The Orchestra has the arp engine and that is spectacular. And Amadeus might not suit the needs of certain people because they can buy virtual orchestras that have even more articulations and instruments. Or they like the sound of Spitfire or Orchestral Tools more. They might prefer the sound of The Orchestra more. Sonuscore intended The Orchestra to be rough and "realistic." It definitely has its own sound, which some might prefer to Amadeus. The Orchestra is a newer library than Amadeus, even though Amadeus came out after--because Amadeus was cobbled together from sounds from previous libraries. The legato in The Orchestra is real and the one in Amadeus is scripted. Some people don't like scripted legato, but the quality of true legato varies wildly between virtual orchestras. That's why Cinematic Studio Strings is so popular--great legato. To me, there are hundreds of things you need to know before you can compose orchestral music. You should know about every single instrument. If you don't know what the range is, and all or most of the sounds it makes, I don't see how you can do it. And the more you know about music theory, theories of orchestration, harmony, counterpoint, etc. the easier it gets. Being able to sight read a score is helpful. But anybody can install The Orchestra and start making incredible music in ten seconds. You don't need to know ANYTHING. Play a chord and you're good to go. But of course it has the tools to write orchestral music too. But I bet most people use it for the 5 part arp engine.

I love this. 😁 Like all ujam products, it is incredibly simple to use and designed to integrate perfectly with the other ujam products. Play some ujam drums and start messing with this. It is awesome. I don't know what it would be like with other company's instruments, but it works like a charm with theirs. I don't know if it's a magic spray, but it sure is JUICY!

@Hidden Symmetry Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. I think you misunderstood my point. I'm not talking about the countless features of Amadeus. I'm talking about a single feature in Amadeus, a special ensemble patch called SYMPHONY. This one feature is very similar to Solid State Orchestra, which is no shock seeing how the same man, Tracy Collins, created both of them. The video below is set to begin when the SYMPHONY feature comes on.

I don't see why they wouldn't work with any reasonably professional graphics software from Corel to even the online Canva. Grab a Humble Bundle. There's a lot of high quality free ones out there. It's like music though. Using a lot of high-definition graphics in a piece can be taxing on the CPU.

I believe that Solid State Symphony is all synths. The Amadeus one is essentially the same but uses the sampled Amadeus instruments. But I believe it's possible that the Symphony feature in Amadeus might be better because it's newer and Tracey has had a lot of time to think about it. But I honestly haven't compared them. I'm going to do it. Just a reminder to you that this is actually a Sonic Scores deal, even though Tracey made it. The actual Indiginus deal is the free Jangle Guitar with purchase of a selected library. This is a rare opportunity because Indiginus instruments never go on sale, they just have intro prices and then never change. So this is as close to a sale as you get with Indiginus.

Merry Christmas, Mesh! For those who don't know, these aren't regular fonts--they're separate 3D letters with transparent backgrounds You can assemble them one at a time in programs like Photoshop. Or use them one at a time as graphics. Look at this cool one from the second package. Great for people like us who love audio. If you do like this sort of thing, a subscription to the DealJumbo mailing list will tend to cost you $4 now and then.

This is an amazing package that includes a lot of cool 3D type they've never introduced before. It is $3, but is free with code FCB in checkout. Also some fonts and illustrations and some 3D backgrounds, in case you want to release your own ambient software. Of course, as I am a big collector of 3D type I went nuts for their $6 package. So I used their 40% off code 40CNY and got it for $3.60. I hope this makes you all feel better that you only have GAS for music software. I am dealing with graphic design GAS too.

It's unbelievable that such tools are available to us today. What a time. For this choice, I think it depends on who you are. If you have music school training, or have spent enough time on the internet to know how to compose for all the instruments in the orchestra--maybe Amadeus wins by a hair. For learning. And because it's designed by Tracy Collins of Indiginus it has an easy, easy interface. I'm somebody with a bit of training who is learning and will keep on learning, so buying it on release for $99 was a purchase I've never looked back on. If you're not a smartie and you just want to play a C chord, select a preset, and hear amazing orchestral music, then The Orchestra is for you. Plus... you can still compose for the orchestra in the conventional way. The Orchestra is all about a 5-part arpeggiating machine. And if you get it, you can keep adding to it with their other 5 parters like Elysion and Mallet Flux. Not to mention that The Orchestra itself just got a string expansion and there will be many more expansions I'm sure. But I think that Amadeus has a bit more to offer for traditional orchestral composition. More instruments and articulations.

Yeah and Limerence was something like $7 recently. I came so close to getting it. Cinematrix is $6 today. Anyway, today Limerence is $19 and Sore is $6, so for the price of both you get Atheos too. Which I don't want. My problem with Rigid Audio is always the same. Too much goodness for too little. Who has the time to learn how to use these complex instruments? And they keep bringing them out.

I don't see any basis for comparison. Amadeus has every imaginable orchestral instrument with a lot of articulations, sometimes multiple versions of solos, plus numerous ensembles, a very unique and fun Symphony feature (a sampled version of Indiginus' synth-based Solid State Symphony (always $59) , percussion, choirs, three keyboards, nylon and electric guitar, etc. etc. Plus full orchestras. Big Bang Orchestra is just Tuttis, with VERY limited articulations. But a lot of people don't like the sound of Amadeus. I use it all the time. Often it fits in perfectly with the music I make. All the sounds in Amadeus were purchased from other companies, and Sonic Scores made deals not to say who the companies were--just that they were used on a lot of big movies, etc. Presumably long ago. On the other hand, the free Big Bang Orchestra sounds AMAZING, and it really does make me want Andromeda. But they are totally different things.

I was upset because I missed this deal over Black Friday... by one day. Definitely going to get (at least) Indie Voices. Get it HERE until January 9th. Indie Voices $5 ($47) Epic Percussion $19 ( $99) Pretty amazing deal for $19 if you're into this sort of thing... Check out Cory Pelizzari's review.. Retrowave $25 ($78) I just added another Cory video. There are a lot of YouTube videos on this library. I think it came out two months ago. Also.. Old School Keys $13 ($43) and Gentle Keys $18 ($58) A lot of freebies on this site too, including LE of many of the above