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I had refunded my original T-RackS 6 purchase. I got T-RackS 6 MAX with the TS 5 MAX upgrade which has everything.

I agree re: Pianoverse—high quality pianos at the expense of disk space and CPU. Highly recommended. If you want specific recommendations, I’d start with Y7 (Yamaha C7) in full band mix or NY or Hamburg (U.S. or German Steinway) for solo piano. But it’s nice to get them all. I have the Natural presets favorited for all the pianos, as that’s the basic preset.

I picked up the ARC Studio for $249.99 - $75 JamPoints, as I had 70 JamPoints that were expiring. I’ll only be able to redeem the four most recent TONEX signature collections as freebies. In retrospect, I probably didn’t need to buy the Total Studio 5 MAX upgrade for $79.99 (for T-RackS 6 MAX, Pianoverse MAX, and TONEX Signature Collections Vol. 1) but I can’t complain that it was a bad deal.

It's now been updated to include hardware (as reported before) and lowered the price to $49.99! This will accelerate the GB.

That is true, but I remember the hardware at the time was listed under the qualifying products. This group buy, currently, only software is eligible. I hope some hardware gets added to the list.

"When you purchase and register a qualifying product below for just $99.99 or more, you can select two additional software titles of equal or lesser value for FREE!" But there are products that are in the qualifying list that are $49.99 so I think the above needs to be corrected.

Thanks. I updated my post.

This seems to qualify for only $24.99. https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/64-Virtual-Instrument/14105-Miroslav-Philharmonik-2 Update: on list of excluded products.

Since I recently got Total Studio 5 MAX, the only things I don't have are the most recent Tonex Signature Collections (ENGL and Brown Sound x 3). Seems only the software are currently eligible. I'd be interested in buying hardware (ARC Studio, or ARC X with mic) if it were eligible. I may end up sitting this one out, but it could be an incredible deal for others. I remember previous group buys fondly, getting almost everything in TS3MAX for dirt cheap.

I hear you. What they charge for Pianoverse MAX on sale ($99.99) would buy just a single piano library from another vendor. It does take a lot of space, but it ranks up there for sound quality. I hope they eventually sample e-pianos as well.

It turns out that it's ST4 MAX, not V2, at PB. But I did find ST4 MAX v2 at Sweetwater and B&H for $49.99, well worth the extra $20.

After looking more closely at the website, it’s just SampleTank 4 MAX included in TS5. I assumed that since v2 was the last version released that’s what they would include, but apparently, I (and Perplexity) was wrong. Mea culpa. I’m glad I got those products from before and will continue to be able to use them, but it’s a bummer that those products have been dropped. Nevertheless, for $80, I purchased the TS5 MAXgrade, for Pianoverse, T-RackS 6 MAX, and TONEX Signature Collections.

SampleTank 4 MAX v2 provides the Syntronik libraries within SampleTank but doesn’t provide licenses for standalone Syntronik. So, it seems that the standalone apps are discontinued in favor of SampleTank (which makes sense … less code to maintain in the long term). I do like MixBox. It overlaps with T-RackS in functionality on Windows/macOS but on iOS/iPadOS, discontinuing it leaves a void.

Good deal. Is this the lowest it’s ever been?

I got the iLoud Micro Monitor when there was a refurb sale on Reverb.com (B-stock from IK Multimedia) (under $200) two years ago. They sound amazing for its size. https://reverb.com/shop/ikmultimedia?condition=b-stock I just checked and it’s currently on sale for $229.99: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?item_id=18051.