Vernon Barnes

This is a really nice freebee. I was playing around with it last night and was immediatly inspired to start writing a new track in 7/8.

Looks like a free update if you own the original.

There synth emulations are top notch so I assume this will be as well. I would say it's unlikely to be heavily discounted any time soon. Drum machines are not really my thing though.

Enabling "silent install" in ASC's preferences makes the update process less painful. A wise man on this forum told me this a while ago.

My new Red Over Red single with Gina Ellen on vocals. https://redoverred.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-the-affair

I have been waiting for modern Mandola and Mandocello (or Irish Bouzouki) libraries to emerge. Bolder sounds have just released a Mandola for full Kontakt and it looks pretty good. https://www.boldersounds.com/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=3_18&products_id=143

The BFD player is a new product and quite a bit different ( and inferior??) to the very much older BFD3. I will not play the old BFD3 libraries.

Great sound and some powerful features and some good expansions but I could never really get along with the work flow. There were some awful authorisation bugs after the InMusic takeover but they seem to have been resolved.

Somebody already posted this - please delete.

Indiginus makes some very nice libraries for Kontakt FULL. This new dulcimer library sounds pretty good. I have and play a dulcimer, this one uses a different tuning and other playing styles than the ultra traditional drone harmonies I tend to use. They have also added chromatic sampling so its going to be pretty versatile. https://www.indiginus.com/appalachia

Roland's new physically modelled Earth Piano may appeal. On intro sale for $50 - I made a separate thread. 2.5GB for 7 pianos.

Goes up to $249.99 in two weeks. Physically modelled so it has low disc space requirements. There are seven pianos with a range of editing options. https://www.roland.com/us/products/rc_earth_piano/

I must have missed something. They all activated in one go but had to install and agree to the t&c for each one individually. Ah well, it's done now.

I got the FX Collection 5 for 49 Euro inc. VAT I only had a few items already. Its a PIA having to install each effect separately though!

I am confused at the moment. Resellers are listing an upgrade for users with "any version of of Neutron" but this does not appear as an option in my iZotope account? iZotope price is £167.30, Plugin Boutique £95 for the upgrade (still a bit steep) on top of this there the Native Instruments migration happening which seems to have transferred some of my licences to the Native ID but not all of them.