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That Wavestation is a unique beast! Great sounds!

The Korg-meister! Skippy mentioned in the livestream that the Prophecy (released in 1995) was the first Korg synth to offer physical modeling synthesis. So Korg has continued to build on those algorithms for over two decades. It's fairly rudimentary tech in the Prophecy, but still fun to experiment with. He gives a short programming tutorial in the latter part of the recorded livestream. ? And somebody asked in the chat if any other Korg Collection synths were in the "Unified" pipeline. Skippy said that the M1 and Wavestation were being actively worked on. I believe @ZincTmay have some involvement over at the Unify forum...

I am aware of a few GM soundfonts, but they are not 16 channel, unless you have a player for that. There are not many remaining options for GM these days. It seems that those are bygone days for developers... ?

I have Total Studio 2 MAX, registered on 9-10-2020.

Not so here, sadly... ? No pointers either, just a long pulldown menu of available products that meet the qualifying price point, including many that I already own...

Hey @Peter - IK Multimediawould it be possible for the IKM site to only list the products that you do not yet own in the promotions list for the available bonus content for the group buy? I see a long list including many of the products that I already own! Confusing! ?

Lurssen is very cool! No regrets! Grab that if you don't already have it!

Plugin Guru has "Unified" the Korg Prophecy factory patches for Unify. Skippy just announced it on his livestream today! Link is in the chat, but will be updated in the description and website later... Korg Prophecy Unified: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6xk8d0jc18xt5tn/Korg Prophecy Unified.zip

I resemble that remark!

The forbidden three should come with consumer protection labels, analogous to don't look directly into the laser, or don't stand on the top step of the ladder... ?

I've got a real hardware Roland JV-1080 rack synth with an excellent GM set, but I'm too lazy to hook it up nowadays... Whenever I need to open a GM file, I just rely on TTS-1 to get me started, then I replace all the tracks with modern samplers like SampleTank or Kontakt, and then delete TTS-1 from the project. ?

Rules made to be broken! But this is just good advice. Use them if you want to, but if you have any trouble it's unlikely that you will receive any good help, other than a suggestion to look for replacements. Cakewalk most likely left them in there for legacy users with old Sonar projects that included them, so they would open in Cakewalk correctly. So it's probably not a really good idea to start any brand new projects with such outdated tools. IMHO.

EDIROL HyperCanvas VST appears to be have been released the same year as TTS-1, just with a different skin. And it's no longer officially available... The only thing that I am aware of still officially supported by Roland is "Sound Canvas VA", only available through Roland Cloud. Subscription, or lifetime license ($69) is available, but you must re-activate online either weekly or maybe monthly now. https://www.roland.com/us/products/rc_sound_canvas_va/ Their basic cloud membership is free, and entitles you to purchase a lifetime license for an instrument. I joined with the intent of picking up the virtual JV-1080, but decided not to because of their crazy Roland Cloud Manager licensing scheme... wish they would just do it like Korg did with their Korg Collection 3 and Software Pass installer... ?

Thanks for the info! I'm not a guitar player, and only own AT4 MAX because IK decided to give it to me for free in the Total Studio MAX bundle last year. So I would only be using Amplitube to shape the tone of a virtual bass with a decent virtual amp and cabinet, which isn't that difficult compared to guitars and all the required effects and stomps. I have a real Fender P-Bass and a small Fender combo amp, so I have a modest idea of what to shoot for in the virtual bass domain. Much easier than trying to keep the real thing in tune, LOL. My AT4 MAX gear all came across to AT5 CS just fine, and I do like the new interface better! I have even tried some guitar amps on a few virtual guitars plugins, and they sound cool, but I have no idea how to play them like a real guitarist... ?

I have the Ampeg stuff in AT4 Max, plus the Gallien Kruger from Audiffex, that both work well, so show me the reason to upgrade, LOL!!!

AT5 MAX is priced to the extreme for someone who is interested in a bass only package. Sorry.

Yep. One user quitting should teach them the error of their ways! Like I ditched Netflix last year after over 10 years as a loyal subscriber, and have never received even a single email offer to re-subscribe!

Peter, I have AT4 MAX. And my AT4 collection runs fine in AT5 CS. Is there any advantage to AT5 vs AT4 regarding the bass amps (i.e. the Ampeg)?

$299... Loyalty offers... So if you figure a year of Groove 3 is worth $99, then I got the entire MPS 4 for $199.

I got a great deal direct from iZotope for an MPS 4 (crossgrade?) purchase, no subscription, that also included one year of Groove3. All I had previously was a collection of the various iZotope Elements products, and no MPS.

I think that EZD was intended for songwriting, not for detailed recording/mixing of drum kits. That's what Superior Drummer and others are for. But if you freeze the stereo audio output from the plugin, you will have an audio track with the EZD mixer "baked" in. So you will need to do your mixing in the plugin vs the Cakewalk console. Just saying, but for songwriting that is not a bad approach. Keep it simple and have fun!

Speaking of "hired guns", the "Wrecking Crew" is an awesome documentary film about the session musicians (unsung heroes) famed for having played on numerous hit recordings throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. https://www.imdb.com/video/vi801225241?playlistId=tt1185418&ref_=tt_ov_vi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(2008_film)

I already had BBCSO Discover, and the Unify BBCSO DiscoverStation/CoreStation library from PluginGuru, so I went for the upgrade to BBCSO Core. It's probably way more than I need at the moment, but it's a deal, so why not! Can grow into it without needing to buy more orchestral libraries. And Skippy & team at PluginGuru have built some nice Unified presets to use BBCSO with layers and macros, so it's awesome!

What a tribute!!!

And while the list of great drummers keeps growing, let's add Phil Collins (and Chester Thompson) of Genesis!