Brian Walton

Depends on how well you can draw. I'd say it is a workflow thing. Melda makes good stuff - it might not offer anything different than an alternative workflow. It isn't a go to for me but I also don't usually have the Wacom setup when I'm making music.

I'm not a VU meter expert but I'll take this one for free over the WAVES one (and no annoying WUP) https://www.tbproaudio.de/products/mvmeter2 (has GUI scaling up to 400%)

The installer straight from Skylum's website (not shareware on sale)??

Ive used Shareware on sale many tea. However I skip the proprietary installers. They usually wrap in some Shareware on sale add in program. Try the direct link posted to get the serial number then use the installer from the Skylum website. I'd be shocked if it doesn't work. (Already have Luminar 4 myself)

I thought this was an interesting move when they released it since the company they bought the IP from (then added to it/made it better) sold it for ~$50. I picked it up when I could get it for $30 previoiusly and haven't even opened it yet, so not sure how good it is. But I liked the simplicity of it from the few demos I checked out. Melodyne for example can feel overwhelming. I mean if someone has a $25 voucher at a $15 buy in price, I can't imagine that wouldn't be worth a shot. I'm surprised they let it go for that cheap so quickly.

Yeah but I've always viewed reason as basically an instrument. They couldnt even record audio for years. I'm not interested in Reason, but I also view it as an instrument rack that they tagged on a DAW function to.

Yeah, but that is less about the lighting and more about the color grading applied to the image in post.

Those last 4 if you are patient you will likley be able to get for free when they run a sale and have a $20 no min spend voucher for everyone. Then they reset those during the sale.

Sometimes the $25 ones are generic. The $50 and $75 ones are usually unique codes that can only be used one time by a single individual.

You are not constantly bombarded by Unison MIDI chord pack or NIKO chord pack ads on YouTube?? I'd imagine one would use this in a similar way, other than if these are only individual chords the user would have to actually experiment or know some theory to get usable results.

Looks like it might actually be $25. Tempting as I have Auoria 2018 but not 19, and have a few seats to Luminar 4 already but don't really use it anymore. Also have AI though that won't see more development in the future either. Some of the templates are intirguing, but is also pretty unclear which products they are actually compatible with.

Yeah, was hoping for something else as that was the Freebie from ADSR back in March. But a good pickup for those that don't have it combined with say the sale on Nimbus or R4.

I just did a quick tally and in the last 12 months I believe I've spent at least $475 out of pocket (made it to the $50 tier maybe 2 months ago)?

I really thought this one was going to be $100 again for the sale and thus a $50 voucher wasn't going to cut it for me. So I blew the chance by using it on the Shaddow Hills Class A last night as I figured that would be a low price option as it is another one on the always excluded from the deep discounts list thus far. This is the only EQ that has been on my radar that would certianly be nice to have. Shocked PA basically ran the two plugins I wanted most (other than the Amek Console which I'm expecting to be unattainable for another year or so) basically on sale at the same time where a $50 or $75 voucher could make the purchase viable. I'm really starting to wonder what the yearly spend required to get the $75 voucher is based on the algorhythm they have given I've purchased one or more things from them I think every month for an entire year now and yet still not at that tier.

Yeah, was free from BPB till then end of Nov.

I don't have hearing aids but my Dad does. Feedback is very much an issue with many headphones and hearing aids. There are a very wide variety in how hearing aids work and feature sets so I'd suggest talking with your Audiologist about your musician needs and expectations. Many aids are not so much focused on purity of sound and flat response, quite the opposite as they seak to boost signals to make important things inteligable (i.e. speach) and use filtering to get rid of sounds that would be annoyuing or distracting when amplified.

I'm not sure how that works as I only have the "LE" synth but from what I understood before you can only access the MDrummer sounds if someone created an instrument with it. It certainly didn't sound like you actually get MDrummer in the Synth package. I also own MDrummer but haven't really had the time to figure the thing out (bought it months ago, maybe around 60% off)

PA is one of the main companies that helped me get away from Waves. I've never done a subscription but in the last 12 months I stocked up through sales and vouchers. I personally think you can get the best deal this way but it takes patience and timing. The subsciption with voucher back would be more tempting if you didn't have to use the voucher in a single transaction as it seems difficult to maximize the savings when not everythign is at the rock bottom price during a major sale. That said, it would be nice to have access to everything (Amek console) which isn't really cost effective to buy yet. I think PA is still missing a top shelf reverb in the lineup, but overall have an amazing offering.

My understanding is it should behind the scenes, but I haven't tried it in many months.

In fact it is a bit more than that becuase PB's retail price never got updated MSRP at Melda has been ($302) for a while now.

At least recently anyway. $82 https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/64-Virtual-Instrument/1133-MDrummer

Yeah, I have next to no idea of what I'm doing, but still find value in the product.

I wish it was easier to use and get it to provide results you are looking for, but it is pretty amazing software and is the cream of the crop to get realistic grooves that are not pre-made. As far as I can tell they also have a good liscensing method (even if the delivery system isn't exactly standard) I own everything they have, and should have gotten Jamcussion earlier in my journey.

All of the Waves plugins I bought are a regret. I picked up some vocal pack (never used these things before) on some deal site like VST Buzz. The problem was it wasn't the pack I thought it was as another deal site was offering something from the same company. Therefore I ended up buying what I thought I was buying at the other deal site the pack I accidently bought is simply a regret as I'll never use it. So far Melodyne has been a waste of money. The Audio -> Midi doesn't work like I expected it to for polyphonic sources and the tempo mapping function via ARA and Cakewalk gave me a bunch of headaches.

Also at Plugin Boutique (for $10) in the event you have rewards that would get it down to that price or lower. Don't like ilok or the one authorization, but this is a seriously good deal on two of the best verbs out there. Already bought R4 twice at like $30 a pop which was the previous low point.