Brian Walton

The only reason I didn't buy things last month with the loyalty voucher was the $50 I'd have to spend, it had nothing to do with the deals on the table. If you looked at what you could get during the Summer Sale + Hall of Fame EX sale, it was actually nuts. I put a bunch of stuff in my cart and looked at what my voucher could have got - it would have been somewhere around $8/plugin. And that was generally stuff I didn't have yet and I own at least 90 of what they were offering for sale on the site now. Same deal less than a year ago would have been instant buy. It was just a matter of timing.

Not that it really matters now but DrumCore 4 had this problem for a while. An update in bandlab in 2020 seemed to fix it. I haven't tested it again in more recent versions to be sure it didn't break again. "Bandlab has updated Cakewalk to v 2020.06 update 2, and Aux Outputs now work. They are recognized as separate tracks when inserting Drumcore as Split Instrument Tracks or when creating tracks and assigning them later. This may be related to this item in their list of bug fixes in 2020.06 update 2: Extra Synth Instances inserted when adding all synth audio outputs for Split Instrument Track."

Sad news, been using them since Drum Core 3 (at least 8 years). They still have my favorite kit (Billy Martin) out of every Drum Program I have (AD2, MDrummer, Superior Drummer 2, EZ Drummer with expansion sets, MODO Drum 1.5 all kits). I still think they should have done a number of things to stay relevant. One of which would be to make downloading "loop" audio files optional. Tons of wasted HD space for someone that just wanted all the basic kits and the midi to go along with them. Second would be to drop the price pretty dramatically. Customer service seemed responsive enough but actual software development never seem to make much progress. Maybe Bandlab could buy them for $20 and keep it alive. ?

Missing Larry here to chime in agreement with me regarding the fact it is lame that those who already have a copy do not get another copy added to ones account for participating.

Promo 2 months ago I linked in the thread previously in unrelated post. Also required sufficient jam points. Post was in relation to how IKM handled this product release not the current promotion.

This is what I was thinking. Based on his previous leaves of absense related to Family in KY. I'm expecting he went to help or deal with a situation. As usual, he is missed and the natives have grown restless. Hoping everything is ok though.

How they approached it was a mixed bag. However, getting the 3 extra kits for $28 out of pocket was about the only way they got me to jump on the "upgrade" - seperate kits at that price point or higher was a no go and the normal IKM upgrade pricing is also a no go. This is actually about the best I've seen for an expansion from IKM...an option that offers what you don't have at a reasonable price point. As for the next group buy...they haven't released enough stuff since the last one where I bougth into the group buy to get virtually everything to spend on the tier it would take to get the new stuff. I'd expect I'm a few GBs out from jumping on another one. I did get the recent Synth GB but havne't even opened a single one yet. Edit: Adding to the thought here - I wish we had the same treatment for the Modo Bass upgrade. At $28 I would have jumped on the new basses and patterns engine. At around $150 minus JamPoints I can't come close to stomaching it as a previous version full owner personally.

Was thinking about Neoverb too, but isn't it part of the you can get it anytime for $31? Thus while a nice price - not an earth shaking discount.

This particular "contest" has ramifications of getting guitar tone that is previously unavailable to the masses, assuming the tech captures not just the sound but the dynamics and responsiveness (this is the part I'm skeptical about when talking about gear on this level)....and assuming the product makes it into the hands of those with the gear to showcase it. Or provides a means to play out with that tone, where it has become unsafe to travel with due to the priceless and irreplaceable nature of a specific piece of equipment. Curious to see what comes profiled in the box and what comes after. But without some outside help, some amps won't be in scope just like every other company since the Line6 bean came to market over 2 decades ago has tried to digitally recreate amp tones in various ways.

Respectfully, there were only 5 rockets made and you don't own one. And the one I have access to was stated by the builder as the best sounding amp he ever built, he kept the lesser one to test every other amp he built against it and called it Reality Check. It was the crowning achievement of those in the know consider the best amp builder that has lived. The one and only Kenny Fischer. You have nice stuff but you don't have The holy grail. I just happen to be friends with the owner who does. Along with the Ampeg 4x12 with his personally selected best pre rolla 30s in it.

I went through that same rodeo myself in the link below. But respectfully I provided even more info than IK would have offered, you think they would have posted about the PITA experience to get it all to potentially work?

Yes, I'm sure you used the AXE I/O for everything done in house for actual release. But for the sake of understanding user experience was curious about using other interfaces. It sounds like the process needs the specific impedance that a normal interface isn't going to provide. (thus the re-amp box). I've heard very good things about the interface, but it is also limited in the inputs it offers (though I appreciate the uniqueness of the inputs it does have). Some of us have access to better amps than IKM does (A Trainwreck Rocket for example), but that might not do much good without the proper interface/setup.

Respectfully, my post seemed pretty clear to me addressing the basic question of what happens if you had v1 to 1.5 full version and if you buy this new SE version with the three kits you are missing.

Has your team tested this with interfaces that don't have an "amp" out? Any differences with the capture results?

Yes. I did this when I could get it with the JamPoints discount a couple months back. Had Full Modo drum 1.whatever, then got the SE which includes the full kits. As long as you update 1.5 for the full...the new kits will show up. That said, I recall a major PITA to make the software actually see all the kits. I had to physically move folders around and other non-sense. Just a heads up, but it can be done.

Thinking about buying a 3rd copy here. If it wasn't for that other Amek console that is coming down the pipe..... That is actually one of the only plugins from PA I now consider a "need." It just does quite a lot of good in a CPU friendly package.

Yep except for non-resizable GUI,tied to ilok limitations and lack of mix control on the compressor but the overall sound is certainly covered.

This, once you use it, I find it impossible to use a standard PAN knob without getting annoyed in headphones. If it would just be integrated into the DAW all problems would be solved.

Looks like a cool update but highly disappointed this wasn't the opportunity to add the Pro Channel version.

I think this means we won't see any cool deals until after July 30th on $31 items that the majority don't have already.

I kind of wonder what the deal is, I used the 60 previously, but the 70 doesn't work for me.

Well given that you can pick up any of the new releases for $31 on day of release....to jog the memory here in the PA world that kind of pricing took almost a year wait. Even a $75 voucher wasn't getting things that low for months. I'd like the voucher Min to go away as well, but for new product releases in PA terms, this is as good as I ever remember seeing them. For old releases, sure it stings a bit. I'm curious on how efficient the new Console will be. The Amek EQ 200 itself is about double the resources of the whole Amek 9099 console. And I'm assuming the EQ section has the same algos under the hood just like they did with the Amek 9099 EQ well before the console release.

Seem odd they have a picture of what I have to assume is the Amek EQ250 that was announced before, but no detail on it. And I don't think the Amek Console 200 was on a previous "to be released" announcement.

Log into your account and add it to your cart, should auto add a code for you unless they changed it.

I went ahead and bought it from another retailer (AudioDeluxe) as they were the cheapest for someone who already used a referral code in the past. If you have referral credits in your account from other people using your code, they will not let you use it for MTurboAmp during this special intro price. Personally I thought that was pretty lame and a poor way to support people that are out there spreading the good word about Melda in the first place and driving new business to them. That said, the intro pricing was lower than I expected them to come into the market with, so didn't make a big stink about it.