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If it's not MODO Harp and you still want a modelled harp, you can always look at Pianoteq and its harp instrument pack...

It kinda looks like a broken outline of a plectrum to me, but it could well be a stylised 'V'

Martian guitarscapes?

I don't think they do the typical sales. I remember reading an email a while ago saying that while they didn't do the usual sales, they were doing a one-off sale to celebrate something or other. They might change their mind, I don't know. In any case, this might be the one you're after (take a seat and put down anything fragile before you look at the price... which isn't that bad for what you're actually getting) https://audiomodeling.com/swam-all-in-bundle/

They've recently added solo brass (trumpet, trombone, horn) instruments to their line-up. I seem to remember from reading their roadmap that ensembles were up next - things have slowed a little from their original timeline, but apparently it's still their plan.

This sounds quite amazing - it seems like the devs really put a lot of effort into making a ready-made piano sound. Does anyone know if it 'works' in the mix? While the environments and spaciousness sound great, it seems like it might stand apart from the other instruments/reverbs that are also in a song.

Is Morphestra like CinemorphX? The sound demos I've listened to sound very similar.

Albion ONE NEO EON? ?

I think the last time I saw 50%, it was for bundles rather than single plugins; it was either for BF, or the Christmas end-of-year sale (can't remember which). @Zo might know the answer to this - I seem to remember he gets an educator's discount on some things

Boo... ? Maybe v6 will be optional, like iZotope...

Here's another GAS test - do you have enough plugins/libraries that you can cover the General MIDI soundset when excluding the 'all-in-one' plugins such as SampleTank?

I'm considering picking up a few of Melda's plugins the next time they go on sale. I've never bought any before, but I did pick up a freebie they gave out a few years ago. Does anyone know if I'll be able to use someone's referrer code to get a discount (not asking for someone's code just yet)? It'll be the first time that I buy their plugins, but it/they won't be the first in my account (because I previously picked up a freebie).

Maybe the v13 WUP will include important and ground-breaking features such as Readable text at more zoom sizes, e.g. 75% Clearer graphics at larger zoom sizes

It's probably more likely that Disk Space and RAM have more to fear from Kontakt than the others though.

I'm guessing this is Audio Assault's version of something like TH-U/Bias FX? Looks kinda cool. Shame there's no demo (understandably as it's a pre-release sale); what's the general opinion about Audio Assault's guitar plugins?

Hope Cinesamples is doing ok - they've been doing back-to-back sales (of various discount rates) every week since their 'build your own Black Friday bundle' sale a few months back. They do have some great sounding (albeit pricey) libraries though.

Welcome back, Larry!

But are they 400 unique ones, or is it closer to 200 VST2s and 200 of the equivalent VST3s? Maybe if it's the latter it's not so bad... yet ?

I was curious to know which VSTs you had... then my finger got tired scrolling the mouse wheel down.

SSS works with Kontakt Player too, so there's no additional cost. In fact, it's currently on sale in the In Session Audio Annual Sale. That said, Skaka is still cheaper.

It's been a while since I've looked at tablets so my knowledge is a little out of date. I'd recommend looking at the range of products that Wacom have - they used to occasionally do bundles with Painter; if you're just starting out though, you might want to just look at some cheaper tablets on Amazon. Keep in mind though that the tablet surface is important: it's difficult to draw on a completely smooth tablet. That said, the coarser the tablet texture, the faster your pen nibs will wear down. Something else that may not be immediately obvious - it can be tricky to start off if you don't have a tablet that either has a display (very expensive), or that you can overlay some paper onto; it's a little strange to be looking at the screen for feedback, rather than what you're drawing on. Also, consider a tablet that supports pen tilt. This lets you simulate, e.g. a sharpened pencil - draw with it completely upright and you get a very fine line, like you're drawing with the tip of it; draw with it tilted and you get wider strokes, like you're shading with the edge of your pencil.

Painter will work as is. There are numerous brush packs and paper packs that you can buy as add-ons, but there's enough default material in there to do some good artwork. You probably do want to get a graphics tablet if you want to use this seriously, but I see you've already got that under consideration. Corel do a 'lite' version of Painter (called Painter Essentials) that is much cheaper than Painter at full price. The license is a bit more strict in terms of how many devices you can install to (possibly it's just one - might have remembered incorrectly), but it might be cheaper to get that whenever you/your kids are ready, rather than to keep upgrading to the latest version of full Painter.

Oddly, no; mine points to C:\ also. The brushes seemed to work even after I moved them though, so maybe it's relevant to Painter 2021 only? (Unless I'm missing something that I don't realise)

I found that the brushes installed on my audio samples drive - I assumed it just used the drive with the most space available. Where is the cache setting? I looked everywhere in the Preferences, but I couldn't find it.

That's a point - I'd forgotten that MPS4 comes with a year of Groove3. Does anyone know if the iZotope code extends an existing annual pass by a year, or if it starts the moment you enter it (thereby 'wasting' the time left on an existing annual pass)?