Brian Walton

Try in your products area on the website https://www.ikmultimedia.com/userarea/my-products/

Yep, already had a ticket open. Thanks What seems to be the case as far as I can tell is the program no longer lets you store the vast majority of the content in an external drive spot (or if it does, needs some change to the folder contents to let it happen). But will see what support says.

The instructions list multiple paths yet the user is only able to select a single path, so which is it suposed to be? I setup my sound content on an external drive. I moved all the new download packs there also, and scanning the folder does nothing.

I bit the bullet and got 1.5 SE too, but even with a couple reauthorizations and 2 re-installs. All my content is gone even when I point the program to the content folder (which looked correct to begin with). Ugh.

Not really. As long as someone was interested in the Limited Time Bundle deal, then vouchers were still relevant if you wanted to get some stuff added to it. Yesterday anyone with a $75 voucher could have picked up The Soundwide bundle and 3 of the $31 plugins for $68. Or those with the $25 voucher could have gotten any one of the $31 plugins plus the $50 bundle for $56. If you hadn't already forked out the money for many of those plugins it seems pretty unlikely anyone would call this a dead deal. I paid $50 for Amek console alone about 2 months ago and it took a $50 voucher to do it. I expect we will see one of two things happen once the intro bundle is over. The min spend goes down, or the store will offer bigger ticket items from NI and Izotope and they keep the min spend but you suddenly have the opportunity to buy other manufacture's plugins at an unusual discount.

Depends on your taste and workflow. I use that thing on almost every track as it is about the only console strip that has usable and pretty flexible channels across the board coupled with low CPU usage. For me it is that plugin that gets used while all the others that came before it collect dust

Not me, I needed the Amek Console. Not having it was ruining my life previously. I paid the $50 so I could continue to sleep at night again. Sadly a month later it hit $31 ? But I'm also in the camp where now that I have everything on that list, anything seems like a want, and if it is more than $15 hard to justify it. But that isn't limited to PA plugins either though.

Depends on what you have. If someone doesn't have the Amek Console, BB MS, and SHMC class A....that is a fantastic deal. None of those have ever been "$15 plugins" So ~$23 / pop sounds pretty good Those of us that already have them paying at least the min $25-30 they took to get them (even with a $75 voucher that cost an arm and a leg to get to)...deal isn't so fantastic.

Is that even possible if you buy it using Jam Points (i.e. direclty from them?) I'm also dumbfounded that none of the kits are "Gretsch" based.

From what I've seen (no first hand experience yet) it is just the new kits (and a "2022 cymbal pack"). And likley that is why they call it 1.5 and not 2.0. I'm thinking about the $28 to get the new kits.

If I own the full Modo Drum "1" What happens if I buy Modo Drum 1.5 SE as that has the 3 new kits in it. Would my 1.5 suddenly have all the kits (so you can swap out kit pieces) or would I be left using 2 separate programs to access the drums (and no ability to swap in new kit pieces)? With this being IKM, don't want to make assumptions myself.

It is Memoral Day Weekend.

In most English speaking countries the act of kneeling is an act or sign of respect, obedience, loyalty, or servitude. It is only considered humiliating by the participant if they are being forced to kneel against their will. When one keels as a genuine act from the heart then one doesn't care what others think. Larry's post above suggests he acts as a servant king (nominated by the people no less)...and that is the type of king that deserves a kneel/bow, IMO.

So it stops working all together after 10 years? Most people appreciate the 10 years of upgrades, but software suddenly no longer working (even with an older installer) tends to be the turn off.

This is pretty normal. It was always just for plugins, and my first thought was that means Gig Performer is out. But PA seem to occasionally let something slip through the cracks when a deal goes live only to catch it after orders roll in. Gig Performer 4 hit $30 for a limited time at least 2 times now and those with higher tier vouchers have also been able to grab it for about $30 on other occasions. And it hasn't even been out for all that long either. I'd imagine it might happen again one day. Between voucher stacking, dynamic discounts, and random flukes good things happen to those who keep alert and pounce quickly.

Nice, I did miss that! thanks.

Unless they changed something you need about 1k more in a lot less time than that. 3 days left, correct?

I think this thing sounds great. My main complaints are CPU usage and Size (it is about 2 GB for a plugin if my memory serves me). I'd agree some of the controls are a bit fiddly (turning modules on/off) then controlling dials that change based on the setting. My PC is only powerful enough to run it on the master or during mastering, but it does get some use as it does impart some amazing flavor.

While I agree with this idea on paper, in practice I'd say there is a component of randomization in all my final tweaks. Of course I ultimatly choose which version I think sounds better, but as it relates to something like TMT which is rather subtle there are certainly things that I add to and tweak almost randomly in a master bus or mastering chain that create even more variation by nearly random controls. Tools that add flavor where I might put it on a track, tweak some knobs and then you A/B with the on-off to see if you like the results more than before. I don't see the TMT randomization as any different than that process. My ears certainly are not good enough to eq with two different eqs bilindly to get the exact same end result that would phase cancel each other without some serious A/B during the process. Thus I think there is an element of randomization even when I think I know what I'm doing or am after. In the example specified of giving a client 2-3 mixes where the only thing you change is TMT (many clients want to hear more than a single option), the question in many respects is if that TMT variation is even noticable enough for a client to say they strongly prefer mix "A" over an alternate. That would be pretty interesting if Brainworx actually did a real world study on it to see if cients actually care about those differences, vs say putting BlackBox MS on the master vs not.

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2022/04/12/soundwide-free/

Based on the image provided above that has "v2" written on it. I'm curious how they are going to market this thing as it frankly looks nearly identical in both layout and features to V1. Sure V2 says True Peak on the limiter section which I'm going to guess has the same algos under the hood as True Peak Limiter (which I like - but frankly only when I control some of the settings - so that is going to be interesting). But in terms of really taking it to another level, I'm a bit confused until we get more detail as I expected a little more of a visual overhaul at the least.

They gave away both the "lite" Classic version and the full version at different times.

For the latest and greatest plugins that don't get below $31 when ever you want. This plugin has been out for years. I couldn't find my receipt but I'm quite sure I got it for less than $25 after a loyalty voucher. They never marketed the forever 29 as the best deal you can get for older plugins.

High on the CPU consumption scale. Also not in the EDM genre, but things like this can be fun to make static chords, notes, etc more interesting as John mentiones above.

Yes, that is one that I picked up for $6 during the sale. It is basically the only stand alone amp option they have that I thought I could get a usable clean/low gain tone out of. It took some work to get the fizziness out of the top end on many of the settings (I used some external plugins in some cases) but certainly among the best they have to offer from what I could tell and felt it was worth the $6 to play around with. I did some A/B testing with brainworx amps during the decision making process. I would have passed at $15, for for $6 - sure why not?