Vernon Barnes

Spaces is a goto for me, by far my most used reverb. Ghost Writer was the library that temped me to try the Composer Cloud sub. While it's very good I can't say it gets much use here. I came for Ghost Writer and stayed for the orchestras, choirs and pianos.

I will watch you video later, I have installed it from my CC sub and had a quick look and there is certainly more to it than meets the eye.

Downloading now. Larry beat the notification from Composer Cloud which has still not arrived. I am not sure I will find much use for this one, but I will keep an open mind.

That is a deal! I know some people are totally anti sub but this gives you access to a massive sound pallet. I have found libraries I would not have considered to be the most useful.

I installed 4.0 with the new browser and tags last week so probably not the "something big" they were teasing. For me the best thing about the new browser is it gets rid of the long time it was taking to load the library menu. The NKS style audio previews are pretty handy too.

Well this update is a real PITA. After jumping through several hoops, despite migrating settings it needs content locations to be added manually and everything to be rescanned which took an age. It seems to be working OK once installed but I have not given it an extensive test. 90% of my drum work is in Toontrack these days and I don't see much to tempt me back to using BFD more.

I will probably upgrade, but having to upgrade the voice will push the cost up a bit. I will have to investigate further. While don't envisage using it for a final vocal part I find it a valuable tool when writing and creating a guide vocal to send to a singer. Hopefully the new version will remove some of the clunkyness.

I may have been a little harsh in my initial assessment. The architecture is pretty much a basic two VCO analogue emulation and while its a good sounding one with a bit of character its hardly ground breaking but GForce's Xmod additions to open it up a bit. I particularly like the additional resonant high pass filter which can be controlled by the XLfo or XADSR and has variable key tracking to get the kind of sounds I reach into Voltage Modular to achieve. Given what other options I have available I doubt I will buy it though at this price point.

I really like GForce, they make some of my favourite VSTis so I am trying out the demo version and it's not really doing it for me. It's probably a very good emulation which maybe my problem with it.

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