Jason Neudorf

I expect the UI will change. Perhaps even to Windows Vista level. But yeah, deep sales often indicate a new version is coming out.

The $1 entry is definitely worth getting, but I suspect black Friday deals will be better than this.

If you need IK now and will actually use it to make music, buy it now. If you are trying to game the system and have fun playing the pricing game, wait until Black Friday.

I didn't mean "B Tier" as an insult; My understanding is that AAS isn't legendary like the U-He synths, Omnisphere, Serum, Sylenth, or even pigments. Its a step above quite a few others -- Cherry Audio DCO106, WA Imperfect, VirtualCZ, Soundspot Union don't have great reps at all. There are SO MANY SYNTHS though, it'd be nice to have some sort of accepted classification. I don't even know where someone would put Phase Plant, MSoundFactory, Falcon. A- ? Kontakt 5 might be a A+, but Kontakt 7 might be A-? AAAHHHHH VA-3 isn't on the same level as Omnisphere or Diva, but it's still a decent product.

AAS is interesting, set in Montreal. If you pay a buck or so, you can get a sample at https://www.humblebundle.com/software/music-producer-pro-pack-synths-sounds-software I'm not really a good reviewer, but, maybe a solid reputable B tier company? I'm sure that someone who's competent within the genres they make might pay $19 for a pack, if they actually want that genre.

I think my personal threshold might be somewhere around $5 (5EUR?). If it costs less than an instrument in V Collection, it's probably worth a try. Not necessarily for using the VST, but presets can be fun.

https://www.hermannseib.com/english/savihost.htm is the lightweight host I use. Is digital brain's better?

This is one of the first times I've seen the Mark I (Santana's snake one). Anyone else know of other examples?

Sold out. Sigh.

Arturia is being hammered SO HARD right now, it's impossible to even look at it. My offer is $19.99, but I have no idea if it is 32 presets / pack or 150. Or if the presets are any good or just more of the same. Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgV1BjEecY8 says that it's 450 presets. Time to watch.

Clicked, then it crashed each time I tried to access a preset. After a couple fails, it finally worked. Voodoo or something, i dunno.

One thing I like about the strum-gs expansions is the midi packs. Can anyone comment on how they compare to EZKEYS (which I still sort of want)?

Not much overlap here; if you haven't already got CA2600, it's available in the $1 tier, with a bunch of packs that are different from before.

Anyplace to get this other than syntorial itself or the app store? I was hoping for freebees.

Isn't Sakura fairly respected, in the Chromaphone line of physical modelling? Other than that, yeah, meh.

If you're going to buy something like noteperformer or syntorial anyways, having a copy of mixbox or Orchestra Essentials to give to a friend is a nice bonus.

The iOS player factory presets for $3.99 also allows you to use the other presets you've bought for PC/Mac, which is nice.

Wow, you can get crispytuner for $10.25 if you have reward tokens at pluginboutique-- that's more than 97% off!

Before you search for <10PB, also look in your rewards section. There is an 80% off Serum pack ($1? $3?), and 3 months of loopcloud (46% of $20?) available if you have a previously unused rewards token. Or Cataract 2 for $29*0.35. They count, as long as it isn't 100% free (or maybe there's a $1 minimum).

TFW something you paid $39 for is now free.

The bug fix may be useful for people wanting to demo Presonus Studio One: the previously almost useless OEM Prime (not the free Prime) version allows you to use products in their Studio Magic Bundle, including Analog Lab Intro. Having access to the V Collection presets you own gives you a LOT of options. (I got my copy with a set of Eris 3.5" speakers).

Other highlights: Dymai Proclethya, Robotic Bean Handclap Studio, MDynamicEQ ($18), MininnDrum, Impact Soundworks Massive Bundle, Arturia Pigments ($80), ReMidi 2 ($16). Maybe Zampler bundles or Rigid Everything Bundle?

That's what I thought in July:

Purchased. Does anyone have anything positive to say about the almost 40GB of sample packs? Would you pay a nickel for any of them? Or should I delete them before my computer catches Lyme disease?

This might be a place to consider getting a volt interface, https://help.uaudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/19795396223764-FAQ-Volt-UAD-Essentials-Edition-Plug-In-Bundle-Promo- since you also get Marshall Plexi Classic Amplifier, Live 11 Lite, Melodyne Essential, Ampeg® SVT-VR Classic Bass Amp, LX480 Essentials, Virtual Drummer DEEP, and Virtual Bassist DANDY (those are probably worth about $50 in my book, too).