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Seems interesting... But no PayPal option ☹️

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I don't know if the build quality has gone down, but I used to have a (now discontinued) 1st gen Scarlett 8i6. The only 'issue' I had with it was it didn't have a dedicated power switch.

Not sure if this will help, but... 2nd sense audio has gone, as well as its listing on Plugin Boutique. But, I did find Wiggle listed on Producer Spot - might be worth a shot? https://www.producerspot.com/product/wiggle/ Also, not sure if it's a typo but Ugritone is (just about) still in existence until the end of the year (or at least that's my understanding). https://ugritone.com/ If you have any success with either of these, please let us know as it might help others in the same situation.

I'd suggest contacting the developer/s directly (provided they're still around). If you send them proof of purchase, they might add the product/s to your account on their website. I sent VSTBuzz support an email a few days ago asking if everything (downloads, invoices, purchase history) in my account would be disappearing at the end of August. My understanding of their answer was 'yes', with one exception. As long as any Pulse Downloader codes have been registered in Pulse, they would still be available to download afterwards. This is sad, but at least we have a heads-up. When T+S closed it happened without forewarning and everything (including downloads in Connect) disappeared.

Hard pass even though it's part of the Mega sub?

I remember reading somewhere that bx_rooms can be quite good; you just have to consider it a special FX reverb rather than a room simulator (as the name would imply).

This doesn't seem as flexible as some or their other instruments. For example, Shimmer, Shake, Strike has an integrated sequencer along with the percussion sounds, letting you customise the rhythms. The loops sound cool; but it feels this could have been more powerful.

I don't think so. The thing with Vocoflex is that it's a voice-morphing tool - it's technically possible to do bad things with it. As the outputs are (supposedly) watermarked, Dreamtonics could trace unethical usage back to the original purchaser when combined with KYC (i.e. the additional documentation). With their other products, the vocal characteristics aren't as malleable and so there's much less risk of malicious usage.

Looks cool. @jesse g here you go: https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/bx_aura.html

Maybe he's busy downloading/archiving his VSTBuzz purchases? ?

Sorry @cclarry - my interpretation of the title is that VSTBuzz will shut down soon. But I don't see any news of that on their website. Was it announced somewhere else, or have I misunderstood something?

That's how I interpret that page. But I don't work for Cinesamples (or have any connection with them other than being a customer), so I can't say for sure.

Cool. It's a great sign that they're continually releasing more libraries. And from their videos, it looks like they have fun making them too. And for anyone wondering what the cut-off point for Musio 1 will be, I suspect it will be after one more library - Scotland - based on this page: https://musio.com/whats-included/

If it matters to anyone, I believe Crow Hill plugins use CodeMeter.

The naming of some of Christian's new projects seems to have a dark undertone to it: 'crow hill', 'demon drops', 'concussion'... I wonder if there's a library of extreme growling vocals for metal in the works...

If you're still in the market for real-world sound recordings, consider this one too if you don't already have it. https://www.freetousesounds.com/all-in-one-bundle

No need for fancy implementations. I'm sure what Larry does is already a lot of work, so this is not a request of any kind. But if Larry wanted to, it's not to hard to add the rating as part of the text, e.g. 8/10 or * * * * *

Fair enough. Just bear in mind JRR is a reseller that usually discounts when others also discount. If you'd rather bypass it, please simply ignore this comment.

I actually prefer it this way. After all, a deal's a deal - it doesn't matter which shop is hosting it. A lot of the best deals are on JRR; the only difference is that it's not explicitly in the title. (P.S. I'm just making an observation; I'm not asking for or suggesting anything be changed.)

The thing about YouTube is that most (though not necessarily all) people are really just sales-people in disguise. They do a review and claim it to be unbiased, but they've probably either taken a chunk of cash to say good things about a product, or received a free version, or have an affiliate link to buy the product. Plugin Boutique likely don't want either the extra effort involved in getter influencer marketing, or the reputation associated with it - after all, they have (I expect) a large user base they can already advertise to. By all means, use YouTube as an info source for what a piece of software can do/sound like, but it's probably a good idea to keep in mind that potential negative aspects can be de-emphasised. (e.g. an extreme example is the well-known MIDI chord pack advert that frequently pop up on YouTube.) The best thing to do is to demo the software yourself to see if it fits with your workflow and existing toolset.

I think every release of Serum has been marked as beta.

How does this compare to e.g. DearVR Pro?

Funny - I've bought a few things from RRA, but didn't get that email from them. I did get the announcement from ISW though. The nice thing is that my previous purchases were automatically merged in.

I know of two plugin subscriptions that mitigate that: PA gives you vouchers to 'buy' multiple plugins to keep. There's another company (possibly NI? - someone please correct me if I'm wrong) where the plugins remain openable, but no longer tweakable. And there's Composer Cloud (and by extension of the idea, Musio, et al.), where you can bounce your audio down. It's not the same thing as you can no longer edit the part, but at least the project is still openable/re-mixable. Not the same as a DAW though - I know.