Marc Cormier

Nothing like a sack of 10 sliders. My wife will tell you that, for reasons other than my own. The REAL test of one's Chicago mettle is whether or not there's a bottle of Malort in your cupboard.

What an awesome story, PC! I don't think we'll hold the pineapple against you. Nothing in scripture (that I can remember) that says NO to tropical fruits. Paradise, to me, is dining in at Giordano's on Rush, around the corner from the Water Tower when The Mile is lit up for the holidays. That's in my diary for December 22nd when I pick up my daughter for Christmas. When Larry does chime in, I'll be disappointed if Buddy's Pizza isn't at the top of his list of Detroit-style pizza joints. We have Pizza Papalis in downtown that is in the same style as Giordano's but is a distant second.

You know its bad when you mouse over one of the options on the list and you can actually select it.

Ditto. If you want deep dish...it's Giordano's. My daughter is in Pilsen which is not close to any of their locations. I told her if she wants me to visit, she's got to be close to one. Guess she's telling me something...?

Damn. How are we supposed to be disciplined with deadlines like this?????

I waited all year for the Orb Producer 3 update and then the sale, so I knew that was coming. On the other hand, other things I didn't see coming: Keepforest Evolution: Dragon for $30, SSL Flexverb for $29.99, and the upgrade to FF Timeless 3 at $34. I bit at all three. I'm still on the fence with Softube Speaker Shaper, not that I will not have it at some point, but it's another $80 I didn't bank on. See what I did there? Bank? Anyhoo, it makes just about everything I've run it through sound better. Many options but super simple to use. I'm actually pacing the floor over this. But then I'm out. No Cyber Monday for me. I still haven't used most of what I gathered in the IK Group Buy.

I've been delving into Helix Native recently and Softube Speaker Shaper is breathing new life into it; not a big fan of the stock cabs and lack of flexibility. As for Amp Room, it covers a lot of bases - Fender, VOX, Mesa DR, ENGL, Marshall, but not near the number of options as Helix. For someone who has aged in front of his computer with too many options and knobs, its a great package and the sound quality is excellent. You can expect similar if not higher CPU usage with Amp Room vs. Helix Native. That said, I need to take a few days off to get to know Helix better. It's just such a different user experience than anything else out there whereas AmpRoom is laid out in a simpler signal chain. Telecode is right - the cleans are superb and when you slap the reverb and delay pedals on the preset, it's right up there with the clean amp of Neural Plini, which I had set as my benchmark for clean guitar. You could pick up Amproom for a little over $40 right now and it will cover most of the bases the platform supports; the additional Marshall heads are add-ons, as is Speaker Shaper...but I don't regret any of those purchases, especially as I got them on sale (except for Speaker Shaper, which just came out).

Yeah, you can build your cab from 1 - 8 speakers, ranging from 8" to 24", a bunch of Celestion models, with onboard tone/sound shaping. There are SO many combinations/variations. It reminds me of the ML Sound Lab IR loader a bit but it actually sounds good.?

...and focus on what I already have. ...and maybe a little of what I want.

GROUP BUTT!!!!!

I still have 12 freebies to choose for the group buy; didn't see this in the list of $500 freebies.

I've been waiting for Orb Producer 3 since last year. GUI is excellent, the generated sequences were pretty interesting and flexibility to increase complexity is excellent. Orb Synth has some fairly good stock sounds out the gate. For Captains plugins, I found the UI a bit busier, the sounds not so good but the output also useful. Captain includes a beat module, whereas Orb does not. Captain also supports more scales than Orb. However, it requires a continuous internet connection, which was a no-go for me. I may plonk down the $50 in case the new version (6) does away with that requirement. They include that update for free if you buy now. I have Audiomodern Riffer which I really like for melody generation tons of scales and on-the-fly parameters to tweak. Haven't used the other Audiomodern components but the convenience and UI of Orb is what's most attractive to me anyway. As you rightly mentioned, they all have strengths and weaknesses. For me, the user experience ability to save time/reduce complexity is especially important.

Normally 99€, now 59€ for BF. https://www.orb-composer.com/shop

Timeless 3 upgrade from 2...$33.86. Done.

I don't need any more reverbs but I demoed this and loved it. it has some interesting ways of blending tails in the mix that really worked well for an ambient project I was working on. Heavy on CPU, though. Downloaded.

So they're not at base price, correct? I'm not seeing that when logged in. Just want to make sure I'm not missing out on any Impact Soundworks deals!

I'm not a bass player but you can create a 6x12 or an 8x12 cab (open and closed back) and the speaker diameters go up to 24". Those sound like bass-type things, right?!

Yeah, it's a drag; I have to render to audio after laying down a couple of tracks.

That’s a crazy good deal. I’m using Amproom more than just about anything at the moment. The new cab shaper sounds excellent too but like all Softube stuff, it’s CPU heavy.

Sorry for the mix-up on the OP link - I swear it worked when I first clicked it. An thank you everyone for the feedback and knowing I'm not the only one that shelled out cash for this. Atlantica seemed redundant with some of my KU libraries but Dragon seems to have a really good variety in one UI.

I just picked up Dragon at $29 - still see both of these on sale along with the bundle.

Anyone using this library and can tell me if it's worth picking up for $29? I have Komplete U 13, Braams (Sampletraxx), etc. Not sure if this would be a better single resource for this cinematic stuff? https://keep-forest.com/store/libraries/223530

Only if you call it back.

No iLok needed.

This. There's no way I could swing sale prices for some of the plugins I've amassed if they weren't on sale on KVR or VI Control. You just have to put the blinders on and know what you're looking for. Timing helps a ton, too.