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Played around with this for 2 hours now. It's IMO the first physical modeling synth that can sound like you invented a new instrument that could actually exist in real life. I was having a lot of fun tweaking some patches and got sounds anywhere from something that sounded like a guitar mixed with a piano to imaginary keys instruments between organ and... something, as well as imaginary "world" instruments with decently realistic timbre. What this is NOT is a realistic emulation of existing instruments. There are patches called "Cello", "String Section" and "Oud" but they sound more kind of close than an exact emulation. I was having more fun layering them in unusual ways, e.g. the Cello beneath a fuzzy baritone guitar and the Oud alongside some piano. With MPE especially , this can give some life to sample libraries or synths that need it and I'm very much looking forward to layering this with brass, synths or maybe even string instruments. Also, like the guy's other releases, but even more so, it excels at otherworldly noisy stuff and oddball percussion hits, but unlike the others, it is very versatile and I can see myself frequently using this in a melodic context as opposed to just a sound design tool.

It is. Just upgraded for 30 bucks. Hope it’s more usable and musical than v1.

Bought it and immediately sent proof. But he's my "personal sales rep" and I've bought quite a few things so he knows me. Usually you buy and then wait to be contacted, but I guess it can’t hurt to make the first step.

Just got my code from Sweetwater. This is now live on the Soundtoys site, so not a pricing error. It's also very clearly for all students and not just full time or audio stuff.

Well yeah, did you guys think everyone was gonna just be able to buy an academic version? 😃 Previously lowest price was $199 or even $229 I think. Might even be a pricing error.

"Owners of the original Preparation v1.x can upgrade to Preparation 2 with a 50% off voucher. Please email support21@physicalaudio.co.uk to claim your voucher code to use at the checkout." Hope this is off the sale price and not the full one…

Probably next to nobody. The prices of their single plugins are inflated so you buy the Everything bundle. And then every new release is like 75% off. I can get this for $20, for example. And I probably will because they make some great stuff.

I've read comments saying Ra+Silk are a little lower in quality than Best Service Ethno World and I'm having a hard time grasping how that's even possible in theory because Ethno World is so unbelievably bad already.

Tracktion really do offer some crap right next to all the amazing Dawesome stuff.

This is definitely in my top 1000 saturation plugins.

$19 upgrade is probably from bx_rooms, which I don't own because it's awful. $49 upgrade from Cenozoix for me. Pass.

Now, and literally any other time.

Lies! They hacked me! Better hide my kids, hide my wife. In fact no, take them and give me plugins instead.

Why did I get this email? Never heard of this company before. WTF.

Harsh but very organic. Think Dawesome stuff but dark, mysterious, chaotic, intense.

It's really the only synth of its kind that I know of. Does the filthy texture/pad thing better than anything else and even does it with MPE.

This deal was added to KVR so you can get it for like $65 with XMASJULY10 and 7 KVR points.

Well, I have 6 (six) jam points, so I paid a LOT more than that. But I'm guessing you having that many jam points means you've spent a lot of money on crappy IK software, so I still win.

Welp, just ordered Precision MTMs from another place for quite a lot less than from IK. Looking forward to replacing my teensy weensy little regular MTMs!

Here I was, thinking I was a pro at this.

Coupon code SURVEYIK20 looks like it gives 20% off in the cart but then you can’t go to checkout. Without any error message, of course. I guess IK is not getting my 1700 EUR today.

Mate, idle fun and buying things is all we do on here.

Set it to reverb mode and it can be as subtle as you want it to be. Depends if you actually want to re-mic something (and that happens to work with the material) or give the illusion of a shared space to different tracks.

KVR with code XMASJULY10 and 3 KVR points is even lower. If you don’t have KVR points, I think you can get a couple by signing up to the newsletter. BTW, Sound City is superb and by far my most used UAD plugin.

39 EUR