Brian Walton

Yes, phone spell checked incorrectly! Pulsars is good too but I'll take the no limit authorization system on computers you personally own over ilok every time at a similar price point.

Authority Echorec. It is CPU hungry though.

Got to imagine the v2 is in the works for an update. As someone used to guitar/pedal delays I always felt that despite all the features it never got me exactly what I wanted. Worth the ~$10 though and hope v2 has a good update when it inevitably drops

I'm sure the affiliate payout on a free product is going to make him filthy rich. 😇

Yes, very. Thanks for finally coming out with the date. Giving it to all the influencers (many of which have created less captures than non influencers) and teasing it for over a month has been annoying. Look forward to it Also please talk to the dev team to make the trs jack compatible with the DigiTech 3 button fs3x configuration to allow bank up/down and tap tempo. Prior to the update it can't even handle the bank up and down of that common switch type

Seems a risk to backwards compatibility if I moved to the newest version if you stop the sub and need to move back to Cakewak, not sure if they released any guarantees on that.

Even if the core program was the same ~1GB installer it is still worth the HD space Provides more value to me than the sea of EQ, Compressors, Reverbs, saturators, that are redundant in my collection. V3 is right around the corner. This seems to be the time to jump in to be eligible for upgrade pricing if history repeats itself from v1 to v2.

I get that, I think it depends on which kits you have. If you only have the studio kit, $40 might make you want to actually use AD2. If you already have Fairfax2 or similar you might only view another kit as an alternative flavor.

Pretty sure EZ Drummer (primary competitor is at $90 vs AD2 at $80). AD2 with a 50% off sale will come in at $40. Not sure what other major players are at this point with a similar model that hit a noticeably lower price point on an extra kit.

This is exactly the surprise I was expecting. Though I honestly expected more than 1 kit. I'll say it again, I don't want a paid v3 upgrade. They can keep making little changes here and there for the next 20 years on v2. And if they want to add in an AI based drum mechanism (which is really what such programs need at this point) I'll gladly take that in a v2 instead of a paid upgrade. I can control it with JamStix until that happens (and hopefully one day we will see JamStix to continue to develop again).

haven't used it yet, but seems like it should have some daw sync feature instead of press play on the daw and then hit record in the plugin. I'd think that would make for some pretty messy "line things up" as you put it on other tracks or use the MIDI file elsewhere. I'm also in the boat that expected Melodyne to do a better job than it does. I mean look at Jam Origin Midi Guitar, that does a better job in real time than melodyne does in offline mode for Guitar sources.

Did you install it and start using it or just a commentary on the preview? I've seen far worse and I think the Kit view is a clear improvement. Edit tab is also better, though I wish the cream color was a bit darker for the insert effects section. FX tab is a bit bright for my taste, but the knobs, fonts, etc are improved. Beats section I need more time with, but looks like a dark theme there to me - so I'd think that should satisfy. The explorer view will take time to get used to and the "audio preview" dialog box feels "buggy" in the sense that it says audio preview on packs you actually own until you click play on one of the preset playlists. IT should have a clear (demo) box on this page IMO if you are previewing a set you don't own.

The only reason I cared about the publication was the software they bundled with it. Not only did they have the "archive" but sometimes they would have an exclusive full product give away for the purchase of the magazine. I've had access to a lot of the issues over the years (could get them free digitally through the local library) and I don't think I read a full article in the decade I've been accessing the content (both when paid and when offered for free). I don't care about "producers" for the vast majority of EDM style music which the articles seem catered to. They also had an odd business model at the physical print copies back when I was looking at them were crazy expensive compared to other normal magazines. I think they should have sent out a poll to the readers years ago related to if they actually read the magazine or if people are there for the software itself. I always thought of them as a magazine version of the plugin boutique free with purchase. You look for a deal on the magazine which never gets used to get the VST you wanted.

Lets just say there are less deals posted on a daily basis here than there used to be. A lot less.

They all sound and operate differently. I own all of those except for the Amek 200 one. The only one I actually still use is the AMEK 9099, but I can see why someone would also use the SSL 9000 one. The others I find too limiting. I would have bought the Amek 200 one except for the crazy high cpu usage for an "on every track" plugin. Have to say this is actually a pretty good deal if someone doesn't have any or want to get the two Ameks plus have the others for options.