Brian Walton

Surprised the Studio Rats new profiles were not included in this update/notification. They have a few news ones on the site and that they did videos for.

I've been doing this monthly since they released the first TONEX pack. I've never been able to grab a 100 off, but did get 90+ a couple times and I've also bought at lower tiers. I think you will find outside of this promo grabbing 100% off isn't going to be easy - and certainly will waste a fair bit of your time to do so - and in attempting to you will be revising the site over and over again. Paying top dollar is certainly deterred, but even though I own it all today (ToneX, IR packs) they release stuff every month and I'll grab that too when I'm able to get 80% and better and there are likely enough of us in that same boat given how quickly the 80%+ discounts go in non BlackFriday weeks. Edit - just a few min ago they released another amp, I certainly wouldn't mind picking up. And all the codes are used up as far as I can tell.

$23 to tell you all your plugins sound the same and you wasted thousands of dollars. ? I've avoided buying something like this because I tend to think there is more to plugins than EQ curves, etc. And aliasing is pretty over-rated. If it is bad enough for you to hear it that is fine for me to avoid the plugin, but I don't need some nerd plugin telling me not to use something that even I can't hear something might be aliasing.

There are 10 year old versions of Cakewalk that people still use....Windows breaking stuff usually isn't the problem historically.

Right now, not so much in terms of samled acoustic instruments but the point of Melda is the constant updates and additions. I tend to guess this massive guitar and bass project he has going has some possibility of making it inside, if he doesn't make it a separate vst.

I've mentioned this before elsewhere. The top tier codes last seconds to minutes usually (some of these have lasted for a bit longer because they are releasing more). Until you actually submit - the codes are "up for grabs" and by the time I go through MFA on paypal I've missed out multiple times when the codes applied to start with.

You bought a better product for less. Well done.

Math here: MMixing bundle is MSRP of $710 = $284 with a 60% off MMixing bundle is MSRP of $710 = $267 with a 50% off and then 25% off of that discounted rate. (counted as $267 instead of $266 since you also have to buy the $1 voucher) Only way this gets better is if they run a 60% off sale before the coupon expires, which is certainty a gamble.

Yes, confirmed.

BUMP for confirmation that this Melda 25% off coupon DOES stack on top of current deals at Melda, making this $1 well spend if you are buying something of value over there.

Meh.

Would be nice it it worked that way but they are enforcing a cut off of when redeemed.

There is some proximity stuff in the MReverbMB that I don't know how to do in Turbo (see edit tab below) . I'd keep both.

Well IF that Melda coupon stacks on top of existing discounts - it could be quite a deal for some....especially those that just got a bunch of credits for guitar/bass recording submissions.

www.humblebundle.com FL Studio, UVI & Friends - Hitmaking Bundle (pay what you want and help charity) (humblebundle.com) If this Melda 25% off (at the $1 tier) stacks with the current discounts......?

It doesn't even look pretty, hard pass.

They ended up adding a few more days to it about a day before it was supposed to end.

Painter 2023 at Humble Bundle is also $30.

You can batch import presets from 3rd party vendors, by selecting them in the windows explorer after you do the right click and import presets (which in and of itself isn't 100% obvious. I've imported 75+ in one click before so know it works.

Run the free version and see what you think. (maybe look for a free Amalgam Audio capture on ToneNet in an amp style you like as a test) I had the same fear with Tonex, but the EQs are just like what happens in a recording studio...eq after your "recorded" tone hit the board. If you have done real amp recording before you have an idea of what to expect from the MIC. Now if the gain structure of a preset isn't want you are looking for, the gain knob more or less feels like increasing or decreasing the signal going into the amp. So yes it does distort or clean up but it doesn't have the same interaction between EQ and gain settings like you find on some amps. There is some hunt involved, but if there is stuff that sounds as authentic as it gets for a digital emulation of it.

Not that bad. Meldway itself is The other piano is under 4GIG And then there is an essential download, don't remember what it is, but pretty sure it is more like 3 GIG

That's true (I even posted about - woops), though buying straight from Melda here you can also potentially get discounts if new to the newsletter and grab a referral code, with for a new users makes this thing almost free. I've mentioned it elsewhere, the Meldway Grand is an amazing piano that alone is easily worth it if you have the HD space.

Best I've seen before this was $50 after any into pricing, etc. Seems unlikely it will go to $26 in any kind of reasonable amount of time again.

Well the amp "sim" part - where the device is simulating an amplifier (well amp - speaker - mic in this case) is in fact the best I've heard/felt. The effects Fripp/Eno use are not "amps or amp sims" to get the weird stuff (yes, they have both used Amps and Amp sims as part of the rig over the years). So to the point/question - yes, ToneX is arguably the best amp sim on the market - but as you point out one needs to be aware it isn't a modeler that gives you the same Amp EQ tone stack when making adjustments or have the full gain range of an amp in a single profile. But for all intents and purposes, it is simulating the sound and feel of an amplifier being recorded with a speaker and microphone(s). Once can easily use ToneX and add effects before and after it to make the crazy stuff and I find it easier to do that than a traditional amp - which is going to be limited where you put an effect "after" the speaker/mic. (note in the box you could disable cab sim in Tonex, run the IR in another loader to also put effects between those points as well). I'm not going to call it the end all be all, because eventually I'm sure someone is going to make something that better captures the knob interactions, gain range, as well as more accurate representation of harmonics, decay, etc and interaction with the tone and volume knobs in addition to figuring out how to get latency below 3ms. Which seems imperceivable to most, but when you AB all this with playing a Trainwreck - there is a difference in how the amp responds and how ToneX does. That said, so few people get to experience something of that caliber, I can tell you that ToneX is still amazing and getting something that close to the sound in the box (and pedal) is a wonderful thing.

Don't need max, but be prepared to buy some 3rd party pack. SE version gets you unlimited user downloads (which one includes samples from a number of the 3rd party packs. Honestly SE and some tonenet hunting provides a pretty crazy amount of good tone options. Advantages of 3rd party is quality of capture combined will full gain range of the amp. There IS some of this on tonenet, but may or may not be for the amps you are most interested in. At this price, it is a no brainer if you simply enjoy playing.