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Upgrade from 9 is $79. https://www.steinberg.net/spectralayers/ Waiting for a sale / significant discount as I rarely use it.

Perfect mic for creating libraries like this:

Has anyone bothered to compare the savings of getting synths piecemeal (as they become available) or by waiting for a new version of a collection? I suspect that there's some savings but on the other hand you have access/usage of them in the meantime.

Arggg - Best Service price went up. It's now $ 135.66 Edit: Once you figure BestCoin vs VirtueCash - looks like Best Service now saves you maybe somewhere around $2 On the other hand Plugin Boutique is the better deal if you want/need the bonus free app.

FYI Currently sale ends Sunday Sept. 3rd.

From KVR Audio Weekly Newsletter: GPU Audio have released a FREE Impulse Response pack, featuring 50 of the top entries from the 200+ entered for their IR Competition. Download the free pack by signing up to the GPU Audio website here - you'll find it in the 'Impulse Response Packs' section. Note: I have not checked these out myself, just passing on the information.

I'm using a Quantum 2 with an Apple thunderbolt 3 to 2 adapter and as Jim states I can get a great low latency latency @ 96k using a 32-sample ASIO buffer size. I can get close to 1ms latency if I turn off all the various processes running on my mixed use computer (OneDrive, etc.) and if I'm going light on plugin use.

Hi Jim, What sample rate do you have to use to get that latency?

Except in this case the Anniversary Bundle is no longer sold at United Plugins. Which might explain Larry's observation... All United Plugins bought from any source end up registered at United Plugins. Looks like it's more of a case where you only get the discounts if you bought the plugins through UP's website. I got most of mine through 3rd party vendors and do not see the advertised discounts for owning any pieces of a bundle set. UP probably tracks where you purchased plugins (like Melda does) and only dishes out discounts on home bought plugins.

Best Service seems to having the best prices on United Plugins at the moment.

https://www.bestservice.com/en/4th_anniversary_bundle.html $90.41 for 4 plugins. FireCharger - Charge your sound to max: Do your tracks sound dull or tired? They need energy. They need to get charged. FireCharger can get your mix or instrument recording to the next level touching just a few knobs (or just one in most cases). FireCharger is a universal processor with an intelligent algorithm for spectral charging and instant sound improvement, including emulation of an analogue tape and advanced exciters MorphVerb - I'm Every Reverb: What type of reverb should be used on my track? Shall I use the Chamber or Hall? What about something in between? MorphVerb is a magical tool providing a unique way to find the perfect reverb settings! Orbitron - The Revolution in Modulation: Simple modulation can be boring and tedious. But imagine you could fluently crossfade between four various modulation effects so that each bar would sound different. Or blend the four effects together to create something unique. That is the approach only Orbitron can offer. Verbum Entropic Hall - The Beauty Is in Chaos: The recent digital world tends to line up everything. That makes things predictable and... well, boring. The beauty of life is in chaos and randomness of unexpected. And Verbum Entropic Hall reflects that which makes it one of the most realistic reverbs out there. Larry mentioned a sale on MorphVerb earlier but this is a good enough deal that I thought it merited separate attention.

If this deal sounds appealing you might want to consider https://www.bestservice.com/en/4th_anniversary_bundle.html for around an additional $12 ($90.41 total) you get 3 additional plugins: Orbitron - The Revolution in Modulation: Simple modulation can be boring and tedious. But imagine you could fluently crossfade between four various modulation effects so that each bar would sound different. Or blend the four effects together to create something unique. That is the approach only Orbitron can offer. Verbum Entropic Hall - The Beauty Is in Chaos: The recent digital world tends to line up everything. That makes things predictable and... well, boring. The beauty of life is in chaos and randomness of unexpected. And Verbum Entropic Hall reflects that which makes it one of the most realistic reverbs out there. FireCharger - Charge your sound to max: Do your tracks sound dull or tired? They need energy. They need to get charged. FireCharger can get your mix or instrument recording to the next level touching just a few knobs (or just one in most cases). FireCharger is a universal processor with an intelligent algorithm for spectral charging and instant sound improvement, including emulation of an analogue tape and advanced exciters. and as mentioned includes MorphVerb - I'm Every Reverb: What type of reverb should be used on my track? Shall I use the Chamber or Hall? What about something in between? MorphVerb is a magical tool providing a unique way to find the perfect reverb settings!

Slightly cheaper than the Intro deal...

You're going to the wrong web page. Next time go to https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/view-machines.html and you can deactivate all plugins assigned to a particular device with a click or two. Quick & easy.

I just bought it and realize that it is NOT all their plugins. Not that they were trying to hide that, I just didn't bother to verify what wasn't in the deal, my bad. Looks like the Integral Studio Pack III is missing: BusDriver Garbage LSD (but it is on sale $19.90 @ Best Service) the Analog Studio Rack collection Drum Tools E Channel - Essential Channel Strip (everything in the Essential Studio Suite is there except this). on sale $5.99 at Best Service Magma 80s Spaces If is missed something on the list drop me a line and I'll edit it. While this is still a hell of a deal it would have been nice to have gotten some of the other pieces. Not sure why they omitted the Essential Channel Strip. (though it does look horribly dated) I already had BusDriver and the Analog Studio Rack collection so already had what I consider the 2 biggest omissions.

Thanks for info. From web page: To get most of their plugins for $39 (with eventual updated DSP code & resizable GUIs) and get free updates to VST3 versions? Sounds like no brainer territory. Edit: corrected 'All of their plugins', its most of them not all of them. See following posts for more information.

How would you rate this again XLN Audio's XO?

OK seeing it now! Thanks.

All I'm seeing is the 'mark site read' button and it marks things as read for the entire web site.

Might be nice if I had a touchscreen lying around.

Simple Monsters - current version is v1.3.0 no change log Last year (Sept 2022) the latest version was v1.1.3 (which is what I had installed). According to their blog in December 2022 they added Native Apple Silicon Support & VST3 in the latest Dehumaniser 2 (and probably Simple Monsters at that time as well or shortly thereafter). So if you previously bought Simple Monsters (I got mine at a sale at PluginBoutique) download your update from your Kroto account: https://www.krotosaudio.com/my-account/downloads/ Note: PluginBoutique only has v1.1.1 so no point going there looking for the latest update (assuming you bought it there). Edit: also if like me you're creeped out by tinyurl.com links here's a direct link to Krotos website: https://www.krotosaudio.com/dehumaniser-simple-monsters/

Hi Aaron, I've been watching your demo video. It looks very promising (nice GUI/graphics, interesting functionality, etc.) but still in the process of wrapping my head around its capabilities and the various controls etc. For various sections I had to keep rewinding to catch what changes you were making in the GUI so that I could relate them to what changes I was seeing or hearing. It kind of prevented me from getting a better feel on APU. Note: I haven't read the manual as I wanted to first check out the video and see if this was something I'd be interested in (no offense intended). Please consider momentarily highlighting what's being tweaked or showing the mouse cursor (for example Camtasia has the ability to highlight a circle around the mouse cursor so that it's easy to follow). Not trying to be overly critical, just sharing some feedback. ...Steven

I get what you're saying but... isn't that true for all DAWs and orchestration libraries? It's only successful marketing that really make you think otherwise.

I had that too! It was terrific! I could sync my DAW (Seq +) up to a 24 track machine and add acoustic instrumentation & vocals. In the '80s I enhanced my engineering income by working with a number of Middle Eastern composers/arrangers. I would have them come over to my apartment and we would record all the MIDI parts on Sequencer Plus and then take them into a 24track studio and bounce them to tape. Then we'd record the acoustic parts (hand drums and other percussion, orchestral tracks) then finally the singer would show up and perform his or her vocals. I remember one time the arranger forgot to verify the key of the song with the singer and she couldn't sing it. We had to rerecord all the pitched instruments - the MIDI stuff was easy to fix as I just transposed them in SEQ+ and we redumped them to tape, but there were no decent audio pitch transposers in those days so we had to book more studio time and redo all the strings (real violins, etc.), oud, santor, etc. Eventually my orchestration clients realized that they could buy their own computers and software and learn how to do what I was charging them for. So I gradually transitioned into building custom computer rigs for them and training them how to use them (they were going that route anyway, might as well capture some income from it before it entirely evaporated) - that was how I ended up transitioning into computers, IT and programming. One of my early programs was a database program for an arranger I worked with to track his contacts and expenses.