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It's back on sale again for $9.99 https://shop.hotoneaudio.com/products/vstomp Maybe they got there license delivery system fixed, so you don't have to engage support to get your serial number.

Yes I did opt out of the cleanup , I have 16.08 and all the VST2/VST3 plugins are dated 7/31/23 9:50+pm Don't know what the time stamps on the beta version were and don't know if that means anything as many devs only update the installer and not the beta plugins if no changes to the plugins were made.

From my understanding you rarely need to run the 'clean-up', maybe when upgrading between major versions and even then the amount of disk spaces saved/wasted is miniscule* - the VST/VST3 files just get overwritten anyway**. *unless you had the MSoundFactory Instruments installed and decide NOT install them this time. **unless you change the VST 2.4 location. I rarely opt for the cleanup, unless you're having issues it's just a waste of time.

Doesn't look like it. Manual implies that if your controller doesn't use C11 that you either need to obtain a different controller or use a utility to remap the controller you're using to C11. Hmm, It's showing up in my Bitwig.

I never got an email confirming purchase, etc. I got the serial from tech support and then had to go through 'help center' to redeem it. The process took a couple of days.

Demos (quite impressive): https://www.synful.com/synful-demos

Website now says "SOLD OUT" Was I the only one who bought this?

^indeed, @jesse g, indeed. The suspense and anticipation of the deferred installation had us all on the edges of our seats. ? ? ? ? Would @Bapu install it as he had done 7,238 times before? ? or would he fumble at the last moment distracted by another deal? ? Many of us wonder if @cclarry was even trying, in previous years he would have tried blocking Bapu with 3 or 4 other deals, alas... It was a real popcorn moment, glad I was here to witness it.

Aside from line in the change list MGuitarArchitect: Added NeuralAmpLoader plugin to support Neural Amp Models (*.nam files). what does this mean? Not finding any info on Melda site

Orchestration Recipes: The Icon Project Introductory pricing at $29.99 until the end of the month, will be $45 thereafter. More info https://orchestrationrecipes.com/iconproject/ or https://vi-control.net/community/threads/the-icon-project-new-from-orchestration-recipes.142245/

different developer, different thread

the 5w amps are currently on sale for $69 ($30 off) They sound nice and even have FX loops, but don't need another amp If I was to pick one up I'd probably go for this one, though most of the others sound nice as well https://shop.hotoneaudio.com/products/heart-attack https://www.hotoneaudio.com/products/nano-legacy/heart-attack I tried the VST demo. For rock it sounds better than a number of other sims I have. Don't have anything on hand to test the clean or chime tones and need to run some errands so don't have the time to hook up a guitar right now. I bought it but haven't yet received my license - website says order is waiting to be fulfilled. Probably requires a human to process order.

https://vstomp.hotoneaudio.com/ProductsDetail.php?id=1 Demo version at top of page, sound clips below. The sound demos on their website don't sound bad.

then, to be blunt, that's a self inflicted injury. The first thing that you should do when buying used gear is (if applicable) register it to yourself and if you can't then immediately get a refund. Actually that applies for new gear as well... Many Some vendors will only give you access to drivers or firmware updates to gear registered to you. Apologies, this probably comes off with more 'tude than intended. I agree that it is always nicer when you don't have to jump through hoops to access drivers, firmware updates, documentation, etc.. That IKM uses a printed serial number that is different than the serial number on the device is 'special'. I would hope that if the paper # was lost that they could look up the # based on the number on the device but never had to test that. If I'm shelling out significant $$ for audio equipment (guitar, keyboard, audio interface) I try to (re)register it with manufacturer if for no other reason in case it gets stolen (or turns out to be stolen). That being said there's a lot of gear for which there is no tracking or registration.

^pretty sure that the hardware drivers are available under IKM Product Manager. (edit - missed reading this: "if the owner doesn't transfer the license to you" unfortunately as buyer you'd need to know there is a license associated with the hardware and not purchase or get a refund if it wasn't transferred) What doesn't transfer is any free software bundles (e.g. AmpliTube, etc.) that originally were included in the purchase. It's always been stated that bundled software is NFR and bound to hardware i.e. if you transfer hardware you loose** access to that software. **but don't know if that happens or if it remains NFR in your account.

Grumble... Still not seeing it. Even tried another browser. Previously (months ago) the $50 code would show. (sometime later - queue the 'meanwhile back at the Bat Cave' audio/video transition montage) LOL - double checked my 'products'... I have SM2 and have upgraded piecemeal since. So even though I have the equivalent of SM 3.5, as far as IKM is concerned I have SM 2 So no soup for me except by using my Jam Points which will drop price to $209.99 The $10 difference not worth getting upset about though I would have liked saving my Jam Points for potentially picking something, possibly hardware, later.

Wonder if they decided the cost of converting to VST3 was not worth the expense/hassle.

I must have just got in under the wire, price just went up $40 (at least at JRR) https://www.jrrshop.com/overloud-bundle-of-3-gems

Time to pull the trigger if you're interested. Sale was supposed to end Aug 2nd - but is still going on. Don't know if it will be extended. @e-cue thanks for the suggestions. I sprang for the 3 pack ($150) to pick these up. Trying to decide on the 3rd.

More on soft knee compression... as shown in the image with soft knee some compression starts happening before the 'Threshold' point (vertical line) is reached and ratio continues to increase as level rises until both hard and soft knee compression are the same (where red & orange lines merge). More info: https://higherhz.com/dynamic-range-compression-how-to-use-whats-knee/ https://www.uaudio.com/blog/audio-compression-basics/

Not seeing it...

Be sure that you use a good 'wind' screen! I'll get my hat.

From what I understand they are not the same thing. Picture this - you have a vocal where the de-esser kicks in 10% of the time. Now you drop the gain on the track - other de-essers will now kick in much less because the track is quieter but the detection threshold is still the same. With relative threshold you still have it kicking in 10% of the time because threshold is relative to content not a set threshold triggering level. So this way your quieter vocals sections aren't more sibilant than the loud ones. At least that's what I'm gleaming from what the video was saying.

@jude77 so in the situation where you want to drop a vocal on to mix... Do you need to route the mix to a bus then apply the Trackspacer on that bus feeding to the Master Bus? Or do you just drop it on the Master Bus?

Yeah kinda, but that's the worst definition of knee (for compressors, limiter, de-essers) I think that I've seen. "A soft knee setting applies compression differently to a hard knee setting. A soft knee setting will apply the compression gradually until the full ratio amount is reached. This makes the transition from uncompressed to compressed smoother and more transparent." quoted from: https://www.mixinglessons.com/knee-setting-on-a-compressor/ (saved me from word-smithing from memory) With soft knee the compression starts at a lower ratio once it hits threshold, signals blow threshold are not compressed. I've got great respect for DMG but he needs to talk to his technical writer. Edit: I've been looking into this further... Apparently some systems classify the threshold as starting midpoint on the knee when there is a knee - so viewed from that perspective DMG's definition is correct.