Vernon Barnes

I got this a while ago. Its quite a good freebee and well worth the bandwidth. And as its Kontakt Player you get a NI serial number. No guarantees but tis may put you in the frame for a crossgrade to full Kontakt at some point.

The one I have is EW composer Cloud and I think I get good value as they keep adding quality new content and I find a lot of useful stuff in libraries I would not have bought outright. I bought an air bundle for very little and don't see what they currently offer and their record of new releases would make the sub worth while.

Great value for the bundle! I like these two. L'otary probably does not do the dirty side as well a Melda's Vintage rotary (my favourite) but it's very versatile. The scanner is useful as a different type of chorus device. Most Hammond VSTi / Libraries have these built in but its nice to have one with a different character and of course you can use them on all sorts of sounds, the scanner sounds very good on clean guitar parts.

I tend to end up using the basic vowel as pads most of the time, so they are a bit of a sledge hammer to crack a nut for me. I am always tempted when this type of library is on sale for some reason even though I don't really get the value out of the ones I have. I will be passing this time.

That's what I would like to know!

A quick update on the electric violin and cello. Articulations can be changed by velocity switching, key switches or cc. You need to set this up for your preference. If you use the "master" NKI you should be able to switch between all the available articulations. I have not set it up and got it working as I want it yet but this should remove any reservations I had about these instruments. Also its worth noting that the mod wheel is set for expression, like many other orchestral libraries.

I think they need to go through an amp or amp sim at least, just like an electric guitar, I think there is some amp/cab baled into the sound but Amplitube improves the sound a lot, in a way I have not achieved by putting a regular violin library through an amp sim. Very comparable to the violin, the same comments apply. (except its lower ?) I am probably not going to get much chance to play further until the end of the deal.

Well, i ignored the advice ? and bought the violin and cello. I have only had a brief run through the NKIs and I think I will find them useful. I have been looking for an electric violin library for some time for a project where I want something a little different from my standard violin libraries. I need to dig deeper though and work out the best way of switching articulations (at first glance there do not appear to be key-switches). It may need multiple instances to get the full performance??? I had a quick look at the included effects, they provide a reasonable variety of sound shaping such a screamer, distortion, chorus, rotor, phaser, delay etc. but I think I will probably end up running through Amplitube most of the time.

Probably making my order tomorrow.

Finally sorted my password reset problems, with help from Jesse and Tyler on the 8Dio support chat. I was very impressed by the responsive nature of the support!

I looked at one of there deals before. I may be wrong but I am pretty sure you have to subscribe £20 a month and you just cant go an buy one of the deals

Looks like 8Dio have stolen this ones thunder for me!

I am seriously considering the electric violin and cello, the demo videos sound excellent. The clarinet is also tempting at $28. I have some password reset issues at the moment which will give me some more thinking time. The flash sale is certainly the thing to watch as the discounts there are much better than the coupon codes. it says "Check back for new promotions, releases, and a new set of weekly flash sales all month long." so it may be worth waiting to see what comes along before using the coupon.

some of the flash sale items have much bigger discounts than 40%. So there are very good deals even if the coupons don't work. Also personal 50% discounts have been sent to "VIP" customers so if you are an existing customer check your emails.

I have some of the guitars, they sound very good. The chord detection works very well and they are straightforward to use. The range of articulations is limited compared the OTS Evolution series.

Yes - the range is C2 to G5

If previous intro offers are anything to go by I suspect $59, I also recall the intro pricing going on for some time.

Looks like you have to be careful and select the most expensive of your target product as your initial purchase. There are some "nice to haves" but no essentials for me. The Leslie collections look interesting, but I have several other Leslie emulations already, same applies to the tape machines. I will sit on this for a while.

Of course the Impact Soundworks on is a pedal steel, quite a more complex instrument. I have had the Wavelore pedal steel Kontakt library for years (I don't think its available anymore?) but could never quite get my head around the complexity of it all. Lap steels are a lot simpler, I even have one I made myself from some old planks.

Here are the isolated vocals from "Epitaph"

Thanks for the replies and suggestions. I am considering a Samsung Galaxy A50 which has 128GB. If I go this route I will try the standard player as suggested by arlen2133 first and move on to something else in the event I don't like it for some reason.

I have the OTS slides and they are very nice too. I have just bought this new one from Indiginus and I like it more. Its very immediate and easy to use in comparison to the OTS ones. The OTS ones have more features and they are probably complimentary.

And then there was "Nothing's Gonna Stop us Now" to top it off.

Thanks, I use VLC as a media player on one of my computers so I will add that to the short list.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water!