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Think this was mentioned before, but just got an email so thought I'd drop a note here. PA's new bundles are now available https://www.pa-megastore.com/ It's worth visiting just to see the new website. It's very nice; the styling also gives me Spotify vibes.

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Very cool - love the bluesy flavour in there

I like it - some really great guitar work in there, and mixing in some synths gives it a unique flavour.

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Very cool. I love the way that the bassier instruments drop out in the first section transition - great contrast. Nice too that they come back in a gradual build-up. Sounds like it'd go well as a soundtrack to DOOM or something (I mean that in a good way). Well done!

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Great work - quite meditative and mysterious

I like it - very atmospheric, a maybe little foreboding. Great work!

Sounding good here. Great work guys!

Hi Justin The vocals are good. The overall mix feels a little strange to me though - the vocals come out shining, and the I can hear the highs of the hats, but all the other instruments sound like a lowpass was applied to them. Try some parallel compression on the drums, as Wookiee mentioned. Also try putting a tiny bit of EQ on the snares at around 7k to help them shine a bit. For the kick, you probably want to hear the attack rather than the thud - try cutting a little at around 400Hz, and raising a little at around 5k. Feel free to ignore if that's not the sound you want though.

Just what I read on some forums - people were saying that Massive X felt like a rushed product. I'm happy to stand corrected if there was no deadline/pressure.

The general opinion of Massive X seemed to be that it was released at the planned date, rather than when it was ready. I hope when they release Kontakt 7, it's because it's ready; not because of a marketing date.

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While PA is selling other companies' plugins from their store, I don't think Komplete will include anything from Soundwide; it's similar in concept to the iZotope everything bundle, which only contains iZotope's products. It makes sense for the three companies to keep their identities - there may or may not be a Soundwide bundle/subscription one day, but I don't think that day has come yet.

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Very pretty, somehow makes me feel pensive. For the piano transients, maybe try a multiband compressor or dynamic EQ on target frequencies. Maybe a standard transient shaper might help too.

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I played Oblivion a while ago, and that title sounds familiar - chances are I got stuck on that quest too. That's when YouTube comes in handy ?

I like it too - it's very cool for trying out different arrangements quickly. The deal prices are pretty good too - the MIDI pack works out even cheaper than the price of one in a 6-pack!

Because it's just that good ?

Just my speculation, but I think there may have been some kind of technical challenge with the keys involved. The cut-off period was also round about the time that Toontrack moved from DVD-only distribution to online downloads and the Toontrack Product Manager. Aside from the upgrade cutoff, I'm glad they made the transition: not sure I'd like to install 235 GB of drum samples from DVDs.

And there I was thinking it was going to be ANY-2999-THE-LAST-ROUND ?