Nick Blanc Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 I'm a little bit ashamed, but I have a feeling some of y'all are underreporting. So here's everything I bought in the enitre month of november (if I went with BF itself I would have bought nothing). I've marked everything I planned with a (P). Cableguys Reverbshaper Orchestral Tools Conduit TheNatan Xeight2 D16 Repeater (P) Minimal Audio soundpacks Universal Audio LA2A (P) Universal Audio Signature Edition Safari Pedals Gorilla Drive (P) Kingsway Music Aaron Paris Vol 1 (P) Retrohandzmusic Essential Afro house Navie D Boom Bap Box (P) Basicwavez Bass Lab vol 2 (P) Audioreakt Solid Techno Kicks 2 (P) Imaginando VS (P) Devious Machines upgrade all (P) Fabfilter Pro-R 2 PML Everything 2023 (P) Waves Clarity vx, Vocal Bender & Soundshifter (P) Goodhertz Trem Control (P) Teletone Audio Le Gibet (P) Teletone Tympo (P) The Drum Broker samples BF 2023 (P) Tracktion F'em So about 65% was planned. In my defense, some of the unplanned stuff are new releases (Reverbshaper, Xeight2, Conduit, Pro-R2), so they have nothing to do with BF. If they were launched in january I would have gotten them then. And roughly 30% of what I bought are sample packs. The single most expensive thing on the list (PML Everything 2023) was €196 and is almost entirely samples. Couple of preset packs also. The UA Signature edition is the largest unplanned purchase at €145. But I think no-one is denying that's a great bargain. In total I spent little under €1250. I also spent around €700 on hardware. No discount, so not BF related. But it is the time of the year for bonusses / 13th month etc. So I had some room. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technostica Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Kiloteq said: It must have been a Grace Period period. I am still in K13 CE because it was a few months before that period. I envy you!🙂 It's been out for over a year. There was some mix up and I think they wrongly told me that it would register as 14 as NI had done something behind the scenes. It registered as 13 and I didn't complain as it seemed hard to believe to get 14 at that price. But I told them so that they wouldn't tell others and they phoned and said they'd email a free update to 14. Mind blown. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiloteq Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 18 minutes ago, Technostica said: It's been out for over a year. There was some mix up and I think they wrongly told me that it would register as 14 as NI had done something behind the scenes. It registered as 13 and I didn't complain as it seemed hard to believe to get 14 at that price. But I told them so that they wouldn't tell others and they phoned and said they'd email a free update to 14. Mind blown. Sorry I must have misunderstood, this was the thread talking about the BF duration. I am amazed at NI's excellent response as well.🤐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Ewing Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Nick Blanc said: Orchestral Tools Conduit Have you tried this out yet? I hesitated last second, and sale ended. Thought the demos sounded great - and in a particular noise style that I love - but also found it difficult to tell how playable it was. Some of these type libraries seem better suited to .wav file sample packs than instruments. Could not tell from the walkthroughs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Nick Blanc said: I'm a little bit ashamed, but I have a feeling some of y'all are underreporting. So here's everything I bought in the enitre month of november (if I went with BF itself I would have bought nothing). I've marked everything I planned with a (P). Cableguys Reverbshaper Orchestral Tools Conduit TheNatan Xeight2 D16 Repeater (P) Minimal Audio soundpacks Universal Audio LA2A (P) Universal Audio Signature Edition Safari Pedals Gorilla Drive (P) Kingsway Music Aaron Paris Vol 1 (P) Retrohandzmusic Essential Afro house Navie D Boom Bap Box (P) Basicwavez Bass Lab vol 2 (P) Audioreakt Solid Techno Kicks 2 (P) Imaginando VS (P) Devious Machines upgrade all (P) Fabfilter Pro-R 2 PML Everything 2023 (P) Waves Clarity vx, Vocal Bender & Soundshifter (P) Goodhertz Trem Control (P) Teletone Audio Le Gibet (P) Teletone Tympo (P) The Drum Broker samples BF 2023 (P) Tracktion F'em So about 65% was planned. In my defense, some of the unplanned stuff are new releases (Reverbshaper, Xeight2, Conduit, Pro-R2), so they have nothing to do with BF. If they were launched in january I would have gotten them then. And roughly 30% of what I bought are sample packs. The single most expensive thing on the list (PML Everything 2023) was €196 and is almost entirely samples. Couple of preset packs also. The UA Signature edition is the largest unplanned purchase at €145. But I think no-one is denying that's a great bargain. In total I spent little under €1250. I also spent around €700 on hardware. No discount, so not BF related. But it is the time of the year for bonusses / 13th month etc. So I had some room. Nick, you clearly don't have a kid in college. For those of us who do, we have a much more modest list! Also, as Carl was asking about Conduit, I vote for a video of you playing including Conduit. I think most people here would be into your playing and gear. For those who haven't seen it, Nick makes some very cool videos of him playing a ton of cool synths and drum machines with enough cool gear it will make most of us envious (me included in that group). Edited November 26, 2023 by PavlovsCat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technostica Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Nick Blanc said: I'm a little bit ashamed, but I have a feeling some of y'all are underreporting. I don't know what you mean! 😇 I am only part way through as a lot of sales don't end until next week, so I haven't made a big list yet. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiloteq Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 minute ago, Technostica said: 1 hour ago, Nick Blanc said: I'm a little bit ashamed, but I have a feeling some of y'all are underreporting. I don't know what you mean! 😇 Sig...no it's nothing.🤐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Blanc Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Carl Ewing said: Have you tried this out yet? I hesitated last second, and sale ended. Thought the demos sounded great - and in a particular noise style that I love - but also found it difficult to tell how playable it was. Some of these type libraries seem better suited to .wav file sample packs than instruments. Could not tell from the walkthroughs. Yes I have, it's a bit of a mixed bag where you can do some melodic work with some patches and more of a drone atmosphere with others. But they are lively patches with a lot of movement. Quick demo of a couple of presets. ZX Conduit first patches.mp3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Blanc Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 hour ago, PavlovsCat said: Nick, you clearly don't have a kid in college. For those of us who do, we have a much more modest list! Also, as Carl was asking about Conduit, I vote for a video of you playing including Conduit. I think most people here would be into your playing and gear. For those who haven't seen it, Nick makes some very cool videos of him playing a ton of cool synths and drum machines with enough cool gear it will make most of us envious (me included in that group). Haha no video yet. I have some plans to record a longer set where some time is reserved for some droning techno. But I need a new camera for that because it won't fit on my phone (and another old phone I use will never make it for a longer time than 10 minutes). But indeed, no kids. I was pretty lucky to buy my house at it's absolute lowest in the market. Add an ok paying job with public transport compensation (so, I have the smallest cheapest car) and I can save a lot of money each month. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technostica Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 4 hours ago, Kiloteq said: Sorry I must have misunderstood, this was the thread talking about the BF duration. I am amazed at NI's excellent response as well.🤐 To clarify. I bought 13 last week so we are over a year since release of 14 and I don't think NI even have a grace period. The free 14 update was purely at the discretion of a UK based retailer and was a one off. They made a mistake and I wasn't bothered or complained and they gifted me the Update. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Lawler Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 November purchases. Pre-Planned: Fab Filter Total Bundle Steinberg Absolute 6 FL Studio All Plug-ins (from Signature) Zynaptic Pitchmap/Colors/Vocoder bundle Groove 3 sub/renew Strategic opportunistic acquisitions / FOMO: Image-Line FL Cloud one year sub VPS Avenger upgrade to V2 U-He Diva Cableguys Shaper-verb (completes Shaper Bundle) Indiginus upgrade for classical Guitar Reason Fricktion synth and Chord gadget ($8 after credits) Probably the Mixed-in-Key Pilot update/library 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiloteq Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Technostica said: To clarify. I bought 13 last week so we are over a year since release of 14 and I don't think NI even have a grace period. The free 14 update was purely at the discretion of a UK based retailer and was a one off. They made a mistake and I wasn't bothered or complained and they gifted me the Update. I am sorry if I am misleading you in any way. That was not my intention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluzdog Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 12 hours ago, Grem said: @bluzdog you gonna do the installation yourself? Yeah, it doesn't look too bad. I have a neighbor that used to do professional installs. I'm still in research mode but Mrs. Bluz is on board. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeletters Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Just for fun, here's the freebies I picked up too. I was pleased that NI made Hypha available again, since last year I mistakenly assumed it would be in Komplete. Ha. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolton Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 The (relative) bad for me this BF: I paid $25 for Dawesome Love on November 1st. Honestly, I've used it a couple of times since then, and it's pretty great. I don't feel bad at all for the price, even if it's FWAP at PB now. On the good side, going back a month into the "preseason" sales, and with several bits of good luck/timing/circumstance, an additional $250 has turned into: NativeInstruments Razor ImpactSW Javanese Gamelan and 5 Ventus Winds Arturia DIST Coldfire and EFX Fragments HY Slicer 2 Toybox Audio Nano Pack 3 Sonuscore Origins 1-5 Plugin Boutique Scaler EQ Sound Dust Dust Engine #2 Strix Pripyat Pianos 4 RigidAudio Kontakt doodads Puremagnetik Stages MinimalAudio Impulse sample pack 2 Punkademic Jason Allen online classes HoRNet Harmonics Pro PulseSetter Epic Babies Updates: Glitchmachines Cataract 1->2, AAS VS-1 -> VS-3, Soundiron Iron Pack 10 update Freebies including: Immense Audio Legendary, Toybox Tangle Pack Lite, TDR Prism, Inear Bref, Aberrant Lofi Oddity, BPB Dirty VHS, UJAM Mellow 2, Excite Vision 4X Lite, Slate Heatwave, a new Unify lib, 3 HoRNet plugins, 2 Thenatan plugs, VST3 updates to free Valhalla plugs (had forgotten to update these earlier) and assorted other Pianobook/Reaktor User Lib/vendor goodies. I had a few more pennies saved up for the season, but dammit, I'm tired. And I've got a lot of new stuff to learn. Maybe I'll buy the dog some squeaky toys and call it a year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSistine Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 My purchases this year: Melodyne Assistent Upgrade from Essentials (to have a 2nd iLok activation) D16 Group.Spacerek Wavesfactory.Suspended Cymbals Steven Slate.Trigger 2.0 Platinum Fuse Audio Labs.VCS-1 Channel Strip Though I am satisfied with my loot in general (except for Trigger 2 that has only 1 iLok activation), I have been astonished that a lot of prices were not so good compared to usual deals before Black Friday! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioschmaudio Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 I see I'm in good company. My purchases this November: Software: Apeshyt Rampage €0,00 Waves - Silk Vocal €0,00 Splash Sound - Indie Voices €0,00 Thenatan - Tape FX €0,00 Tracktion - Dawesome LOVE €0,00 Meat Beats- HERA-ONE €0,00 Cymatics- Vortex €0,00 Phil Speiser - THE_BUILD €0,00 HoRNet - ElliptiQ €0,00 2B Played - QFX Color €0,00 Yum Audio - Flux Machine Light €0,00 Yum Audio - Crispy Clip Light €0,00 Red Sounds - Vox Engine 2 €0,00 Karanyi Sounds - Electric Keys €0,00 8Dio - Ambient Guitar €0,00 8Dio - Hybrid Rhythms €0,00 8Dio - 1928 Steinway Piano €0,00 Audiomodern - Freezr €0,00 Izotope - Ozone 11 EQ €0,00 Soundtoys - Little Plate €0,00 Air Music Tech - Bassline €0,00 Ujam - Virtual Bassist Mellow 2 €0,00 SampleScience - Virtual Handpan €0,00 GForce - ImpOSCar 2 €1,99 (for Computer Music digitial issue) Sonivox - Harpsichord €2,51 Audio Tech Hub - Custom Tone €3,21 United Plugins - Quickmuse €7,00 Audio Assault - ReAmp2 (Upgrade from ReAmp1) €9,80 WA Production - Loop Engine 2 Upgrade from 1 €10,90 Ujam - Beatmaker Dope €14,44 (via KnobCloud) Melda Production - MSoundFactory LE €19,00 Polydigm - Klimper €29,90 SoundToys - Little Alterboy €41,95 Mixed in Key - Pilot Plugins Futurism + Pop Foundation €58,00 SoundToys - Effect Rack 5 €127,00 Total: €325,70 ______________________________ Samples and Presets: Cymatics - Guitar Loop Bundle €0,00 Diginoiz - The Modern Soul €0,00 Diginoiz - Acoustic Divine €0,00 Apeshyt - Rebellion Loops €0,00 WA Production - Loud EDM €0,00 Cymatics - Weekday €0,00 WA Production - Progressive House Mega Pack 2 €0,00 Industry Kits - Drip Guitars €0,00 Cymatics - Phoenix Secret Expansion €0,00 OST Audio - Synthwave For Spire €0,00 OST Audio - Glitch Synthwave €0,00 OST Audio - Crunchy Lo-Fi House €0,00 OST Audio - Cybertron €0,00 Waveshaper - KR-55 €0,00 Roundel Sounds - Make Me - Freebie €0,00 Smemo Sounds - Travis €0,00 Cymatics - Dynasty - Trap MIDI Collection €2,00 Wave Alchemy - Synth Drums €2,04 Audiomodern - Cosmic - Playbeat Expansion €3,28 Plugin Boutique - Synthwave for Hive €3,82 Jungle Loops - End Of Year Loot €3,98 TCustomz Production - Vox Sample Kit Vol.3 €5,30 We are Magonia - Synthesized Terror for TAL-U-NO-LX €7,37 Mitch Murder - Hive 2 Soundbank by Mitch Murder €8,99 Musicomplit - Extreme MIDI Drums Bundle €12,96 F9 Audio - Electric Disco II: Beats €13,65 F9 Audio - Electric Disco II: Nuggets Vol. 1 €13,65 Total: €77,04 Altogether: €402,74 💸💸💸 And I was tempted to buy yet so much more. Black Friday Month is killing me 😩 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Blanc Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 54 minutes ago, audioschmaudio said: I see I'm in good company. My purchases this November: Software: Apeshyt Rampage €0,00 Waves - Silk Vocal €0,00 Splash Sound - Indie Voices €0,00 Thenatan - Tape FX €0,00 Tracktion - Dawesome LOVE €0,00 Meat Beats- HERA-ONE €0,00 Cymatics- Vortex €0,00 Phil Speiser - THE_BUILD €0,00 HoRNet - ElliptiQ €0,00 2B Played - QFX Color €0,00 Yum Audio - Flux Machine Light €0,00 Yum Audio - Crispy Clip Light €0,00 Red Sounds - Vox Engine 2 €0,00 Karanyi Sounds - Electric Keys €0,00 8Dio - Ambient Guitar €0,00 8Dio - Hybrid Rhythms €0,00 8Dio - 1928 Steinway Piano €0,00 Audiomodern - Freezr €0,00 Izotope - Ozone 11 EQ €0,00 Soundtoys - Little Plate €0,00 Air Music Tech - Bassline €0,00 Ujam - Virtual Bassist Mellow 2 €0,00 SampleScience - Virtual Handpan €0,00 GForce - ImpOSCar 2 €1,99 (for Computer Music digitial issue) Sonivox - Harpsichord €2,51 Audio Tech Hub - Custom Tone €3,21 United Plugins - Quickmuse €7,00 Audio Assault - ReAmp2 (Upgrade from ReAmp1) €9,80 WA Production - Loop Engine 2 Upgrade from 1 €10,90 Ujam - Beatmaker Dope €14,44 (via KnobCloud) Melda Production - MSoundFactory LE €19,00 Polydigm - Klimper €29,90 SoundToys - Little Alterboy €41,95 Mixed in Key - Pilot Plugins Futurism + Pop Foundation €58,00 SoundToys - Effect Rack 5 €127,00 Total: €325,70 ______________________________ Samples and Presets: Cymatics - Guitar Loop Bundle €0,00 Diginoiz - The Modern Soul €0,00 Diginoiz - Acoustic Divine €0,00 Apeshyt - Rebellion Loops €0,00 WA Production - Loud EDM €0,00 Cymatics - Weekday €0,00 WA Production - Progressive House Mega Pack 2 €0,00 Industry Kits - Drip Guitars €0,00 Cymatics - Phoenix Secret Expansion €0,00 OST Audio - Synthwave For Spire €0,00 OST Audio - Glitch Synthwave €0,00 OST Audio - Crunchy Lo-Fi House €0,00 OST Audio - Cybertron €0,00 Waveshaper - KR-55 €0,00 Roundel Sounds - Make Me - Freebie €0,00 Smemo Sounds - Travis €0,00 Cymatics - Dynasty - Trap MIDI Collection €2,00 Wave Alchemy - Synth Drums €2,04 Audiomodern - Cosmic - Playbeat Expansion €3,28 Plugin Boutique - Synthwave for Hive €3,82 Jungle Loops - End Of Year Loot €3,98 TCustomz Production - Vox Sample Kit Vol.3 €5,30 We are Magonia - Synthesized Terror for TAL-U-NO-LX €7,37 Mitch Murder - Hive 2 Soundbank by Mitch Murder €8,99 Musicomplit - Extreme MIDI Drums Bundle €12,96 F9 Audio - Electric Disco II: Beats €13,65 F9 Audio - Electric Disco II: Nuggets Vol. 1 €13,65 Total: €77,04 Altogether: €402,74 💸💸💸 And I was tempted to buy yet so much more. Black Friday Month is killing me 😩 Great haul for the price. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Ewing Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 17 hours ago, Nick Blanc said: Yes I have, it's a bit of a mixed bag where you can do some melodic work with some patches and more of a drone atmosphere with others. But they are lively patches with a lot of movement. Quick demo of a couple of presets. ZX Conduit first patches.mp3 Awesome - thank you! This confirms what I thought from the official demos - it has a really great tone. A lot of synths try to emulate this kind of modular tone (really love Bazille / Reaktor for this kinda of thing), but everything I've heard from Konduit sounds gorgeous and much deeper than the VST counterparts. Should have bought it when it was on sale! Uggh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Ewing Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) Okay - bought more ****. Pulled the trigger on a few vocal things. The list is now: 8Dio: Majestica Ultra (upgrade) 8Dio: Silka Choir (bundle upgrade from Insolidus) AudioBro: Eternity Adult Choir AudioBro: Eternity Adult Choir Expanded Audio Imperia: Talos Audio Imperia: Aeria Lite Audio Imperia: Nucleus Audio Imperia: Cerberus Audio Imperia: Jaeger Audio Ollie: LA Modern Percussion Cherry Audio: Polymode Cinesamples: Musio: $90 12 month sub. Excite Audio: Motion Harmonic Fab-Filter: Pro-R 2: Crossgrade from Total Bundle. Kilohearts: Phase Plant Kilohearts: Convolver Presets: Various Unfinished, String Audio, Leap Into Void Skybox Audio: Hammer + Waves Collection + Expansions Zero-G: Ethera Gold 2.5 Zero-G: Ethera Gold Intimate Voices Zero-G: Ethera Atlantis 3 ---------------------------------- Still deciding on: Audio Imperia Solo, Zero-G Ethera Gold Prometheus, Orchestral Tools Konduit, a new LiquidSonics reverb and Cubase 13 Pro (will probably wait for 50% sale next year). Will be happy when this madness is over. Gotta move some hard drives around lol. I ain't buying nothing again until....boxing day! Edited November 27, 2023 by Carl Ewing 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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