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Yeah, that's what I expected. At least my V Collection 8 is not broken, and I can wait for VC9 to go on sale someday! VC8 has some great products that I will enjoy in the meanwhile, along with Augmented Strings and Pigments 3.5. There's just no way I'm paying the full upgrade price to VC9.

True that!!!

Thanks! I have sent my Arturia support request!

After Cakewalk legacy plugins, I think that AIR is probably next up for the software "reckoning". AIR are skating on thin ice by still selling that stuff. It's good, and I also own most of it, but with the realization that it doesn't come with a lifetime warranty! ? At least Cakewalk is not selling their old legacy stuff, ultimately because they must realize the responsibility for supporting the code for old products if they do sell it, and the expense that would involve to do it correctly.

Thanks, already tried that. Still $99 in cart here, no discount yet. Thinking it must take a customer service request to kick it loose for those of us still stuck in limbo... Happy that you got the deal to work! Edit: Arturia customer support quickly added the upgrade discount coupon to my account after I contacted them! All good now!

Please update us with Arturia's response to that question! Edit: Arturia customer support quickly added the upgrade discount coupon to my account after I contacted them! All good now!

Here is the actual Xenos site (not Loot Audio, as in the OP): https://xenossoundworks.com/ * "My main job is in-house sound design for a major label, which is why things have been slow over here the last 2 years. That said, I still have a LOT of new releases in mind for Xenos Soundworks as time permits."

No email here yet, and I am subscribed to their marketing emails. I did receive the Arturia email about the FX Collection upgrade earlier this month. Which I passed on... maybe they are mad at me now? ? Edit: Arturia customer support quickly added the upgrade discount coupon to my account after I contacted them! All good now!

With 6 days left on the upgrade offer, I was hoping someone would do just that and report the results!

Xenos is great! I stocked up last year on his 'Retroscapes' for Cherry Audio CA2600 & 'Synthwave' for Memorymode, and the '80's Cyberpunk' bank for Arturia's CS-80 V. Xenos also has banks for several other Cherry Audio synths, as well as a few for Z3TA that I don't have yet. As well as a massive number of banks for Massive!

Correct. Always look deeper! ?

Looks like Arturia leveraged the synthesis engine of Pigments with an extended sample engine. The GUI layout for the layers in the advanced section appears somewhat similar to that of Applied Acoustic Systems Chromaphone 3 layers.

Not an influencer here, but this is what you get with the full version, access to the parameters in the layers A & B.

Right here at VI-Control > https://vi-control.net/community/threads/arturia-getting-into-orchestral-libraries-augmented-strings.123731/page-2

My offers... but sadly, no Augmented Strings. This is what I get when I click on the $29 link on the product page. Edit: Arturia customer support quickly added the upgrade discount coupon to my account after I contacted them! All good now!

Click the little trash can icon on each image in edit mode (down at the bottom).

What's weird here is that I cannot even install the full demo. The ASC apparently thinks it's already installed, and the Intro and Full version are joined at the hip. For example, if I uninstall Intro, then the Full version is available to "Explore" (Demo), but downloading that just puts Intro back on my machine! And the demo is nowhere to be found! WTH!!! ?

I am logged in and have Augmented Strings Intro in my account. Still $99 here...

I forgot to mention that this sampler is free now! https://www.onesmallclue.com/ One Small Clue’s Grace Sampler VST Plugin Is Now FREE! https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2015/09/14/grace-sampler-free/

No love here... and I have Intro in my Arturia account. ?

You can create your own sample instrument libraries using your custom .wav files. Unfortunately Cakewalk doesn't bundle a general purpose sampler instrument to use with your .wav files. So you will need to at least acquire one of the free sampler plugins. Here's a quick overview of the basic sampling and multi-sampling process. The TX16Wx as suggested by Starship Krupa is designed for multi-sampling: https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/making-a-custom-sampler-instrument.html You can also use the free sforzando plugin for quick "drop in a wave and play it back across the keyboard" type stuff. That plugin creates an sfz format text file that controls how the sample plays back. So no visual sample editing in that GUI, but it is playable with MIDI and the piano roll. "sforzando has only one instrument slot; no fancy UI, effects or mixers. Every tweak has to be done at the SFZ file level". https://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando.html For various pre-made sampled instrument sounds, take a look at the free Decent Sampler, and the many available free Pianobook instruments that other samplists have created with their own samples. You can also create your own Pianobook libraries using your samples, and contribute them to Pianobook. Decent Sampler Plugin [FREE]: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/decent-sampler-plugin/ Sample Packs: Decent Sampler: https://www.pianobook.co.uk/sampler/decent-sampler/

And speaking of the need for another Wurli... the only one that I have that even comes close to this tone is the sampled 1974 Wurli in SampleTank 4 MAX. And for comparison, I also have the AAS Lounge Lizard Session, AIR Velvet 2 , Arturia Wurli V, NI Scarbee A-200, and Waves Electric200. I'm sure that if Orange Tree can do the Famous E, just imagine what their take on a vintage Wurli would sound like!

I would say that the B-3X sounds very authentic to my ears, just judging by recordings of it that I have heard, although never had the opportunity to play a real one. And it's got the Leslie emulation on board. And the fact that it's Hammond endorsed may mean something, but YMMV...

I acquired the NI Noire with Komplete 13, and it's a fine piano! Have the Famous E for Rhodes, and the IK Hammond B-3x for tonewheel organ. But you make a great point, still don't have a standout Wurli either, other than a few acceptable substitutes. I was a huge fan of Supertramp back in the day, and I believe the Wurli was a signature sound of theirs.

If you mean the Cakewalk Piano Roll, that is strictly for playing MIDI instruments or entering MIDI notes, not .wav files. You would first need a sampler instrument to load your .wav files into, that could then be triggered with notes on a piano roll, or from a MIDI controller.