Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann

The yearly sale is here

https://www.synthmaster.com/synthmasterexpansions.aspx

Very nice sounding preset banks from Nori Ubukata, Rob Lee, etc. Grab some and have fun playing!

If you don't yet have synthmaster you can get synthmaster CM for free from here:

These sale vouchers have been typically per plugin, that's why they don't apply to "bundles" like byome & triad, and they don't even list the bundles as exclusions. Triad can be a mid/side or a multiband version of Byome anyway and includes all its presets.

It's curious that bassmint is excluded, considering that it was already $29 yesterday for many people, $79 crossgrade minus the $50 monthly voucher. I got it for myself, and I saw other messages in the KVR forums yesterday about people buying the same deal.

Btw, Matcha is a recent release that is not excluded

13 hours ago, Freyja Grimaude-Valens said:

sounds like fried rectums

wouldn't that be an interesting name for a band?...

I didn't know people in this forum would be interested in this kind of deals. FWIW, Roswell Pro Audio has been offering a 75% off with coupon AES2020 for their apparel

https://roswellproaudio.com/collections/apparel

17 minutes ago, Promidi said:

after step 1, simply install that over the top of the older installation

That was one of the first things I tried, and I still had the bluescreen. The new iLok driver got installed in addition to the old one, not as a replacement

18 minutes ago, Promidi said:

the dreaded registry edit

I posted what I did because that's what I know worked. I didn't check the service control manager but, if it shows up there then it should be the preferred way to disable it.

Something that seems unusual is that even after uninstalling, the entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TPkd is still present in the registry (and the machine has been shutdown and restarted quite a few times since I uninstalled)

By the way, I do like the SONiVOX plugins and that is why I went through the effort of figuring out how to make them work. Yes, it takes a small amount of additional effort compared to other installs but I hope it doesn't discourage people from grabbing a good deal!

46 minutes ago, abacab said:

The OP in that thread references Vocalizer Pro 1.3

I am running v2.3.0.16 since 2016.

Looking at the SONiVOX site, the version it mentions is 1.3 https://sonivoxmi.com/products/details/vocalizer-pro

My account at pluginboutique only offers 1.3 for download

Can you post a link to a page showing a later version?

Anyway, it's very easy. After installing the plugin, take a look in add/remove programs. If there is anything mentioning TPkd, get rid of it. If there isn't, then there's nothing to do

1 hour ago, abacab said:

I do not recall SONiVOX ever installing anything iLok related

It is silently (and unconditionally) installed. You do not see any iLok installer dialogs, but you see it if you look in the Control Panel add/remove programs after installation, and it is installed even if you already have a later iLok driver installed. The tricky part is that the latest iLok installers do not uninstall the old one. Maybe some older iLok installers did? If that was the case, SONiVOX install folllowed by iLok install would have been ok.

BTW, other people are having similar issues (e.g., https://forums.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=239002)

Heads up: I recently had to reinstall a bunch of SONiVOX instruments and it took several hours to get the procedure right. The SONiVOX setup programs force installed an ancient iLok driver based on tpkd.sys that crashed Windows 10 after reboot. I ran the startup troubleshooter to make the machine bootable again but the troubleshooter had to reset the machine to an older state, before installing.

The process that worked for me in the end was:

1) Install the SONiVOX product(s) and DO NOT REBOOT

2) In the Control Panel "add/remove apps" find the tpkd (iLok) driver just installed

3) Open the registry and find the tpkd (iLok) driver just installed. Set the start type to 4 (disabled). Note: I used the registry editor because I had opened it while troubleshooting the issue, but probably this can be disabled using the Service Control Manager instead, and that would be a better idea.

4) Uninstall the tpkd (iLok) driver just installed and reinstall the latest iLok driver

5) Reboot

The IR library seems to be a free download

http://www.echothief.com/downloads/

Thank you for the reminder!

For reference, there is more discussion about this deal in this thread:

Get a free badge courtesy of eventide with Promo Code: AES2020Eventide. Just go to aesshow.com and register for the showcase. When prompted on the payment screen, enter the Promo Code.

This year the convention is virtual. A little sad for those of us who regularly attended in person, but it will be good for everyone else who didn't have a chance to get to NYC (or the corresponding international location for the Spring convention). Hopefully it will still be a good way to learn more about all the new gear, get nice swag, and listen to interesting presentations

I got this from splice and when I logged in to my ableton account to register it, there was a notice

"Good news, a license for the latest version of Live Lite has been added to your account"

For other people like me, getting this in order to get a free upgrade from a previous version (e.g., one that came bundled with hardware) - Check your account first, you may not need to get anything from splice

5 hours ago, ZincT said:

Any other recommendations? 

The Shofuku expansions if you don't already have them. Nori Ubukata is a real master!

Saverio's latest plugin, HoRNet MasterTool is available for 11,49€ until September 25th at 21:00 (Italy time).

Use the learn button to analyze your track, then dial the desired amount of EQ and Dynamics

Just go to https://www.hornetplugins.com to get the special prices!

I've read in this forum a few good words about captain plugins. Any opinions on the rest of the software?

E.g., the coupon also works for the producer collection, which includes a song key detection plugin and Odesi, but then Odesi sounds like it doesn't really add functionality on top of captain plugins, that it's essentially the same in a non-plugin format.

I like how they say for the "non-bundle" version of Spire

INCLUDE 900+ FACTORY SOUNDS ONLY

?

Standalone "toy" synth/loop sequencer. Primarily useful for getting the kids into music production, but the results can be exported to wav so it might have additional uses (please do read the comments on steam to get a better idea of what this can actually do and what are its limitations)

https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/rytmik-ultimate-bundle

Various bundle tiers from $4 to $12

I had no plans to buy these but it looked like too good a deal to miss

ssl 400G + bx XL + BX-XL-2999 + SSL-4000G-4999 + monthly -$50 = $29

On 9/9/2020 at 5:09 PM, fitzroy said:

you could get Kaleidoscopes and, say, SSL-E

Well... you could also get a couple of copies of Kaleidoscope, to have some extra to give to friends ?

a good time to upgrade?

E.g., https://www.scan.co.uk/products/native-instruments-komplete-12-ultimate-music-production-software-collection-upg-k8-12

even though it is ~$130 more expensive than a K12 -> K13 update it is probably a better deal

Aren't the "free"plugins provided by Waves directly? (depending on registering new plugins but not on depending where you got the reg codes). In the past that's how I remember it worked. You may want to check the details at the Waves website.

3 hours ago, abacab said:

at least $1,399 spent

but... at an average 70% off retail price that means a savings of at least $3,264

Thy choicest gifts in store,

Oh him be pleased to pour,

Long may he reign.

May he defend our deals

And ever give us cause

To sing with heart and voice

God save the king.

Note that this discount replaces the bundle discounts (the final price is 50% off the unbundled price, not 50% off the bundle price)

>A medium-sized ensemble of harps struck with a hammer. Sampled in insane detail in a stunning concert hall, with 8 in-house custom presets

What? Only insane? not "painstaking detail"?

I was trying to find what limitations are there for the free/demo versions of the various synths at discodsp but it wasn't very clear. It looks like it could be a commercial vs non-commercial use limitation but GPLv2 doesn't really allow limiting the use, only the distribution