Doug Rintoul

It is my understanding that the VSM-4 is not an upgrade of the VSM-3. From the release on the Vertigo website: The new VSM-4 plugin is not a successor or update of the VSM-3 Mix Satellite. Sonically it stands for itself but it comes with all the useful features of the VSM-2 Mix Satellite plus some more new functionality for your Mix and Mastering needs of today.

I am curious where the news of the PA and Vertigo parting ways was posted. Vertigo is still listed on the PA website as a partner.

Brother, can you spare a dime?

Anyone got a spare $375 they can throw my way?

So many options! I have choice overload. It is like standing in the cereal aisle at the grocery store, trying to decide what to buy when all I have been eating in the past is Corn Flakes.

Thanks for all the advice. At this point, I am only going to be able to afford one library so I am not looking for an everything bundle. I am playing with AGML, the lite version of AS Martin. I like what I see so far. There is no demo that I can see for the OTS guitars. I already have NI Session Guitarists Strummed Acoustic 1 & 2 Session Guitarist Picked Acoustic, all the UJAM guitars, AAS Strum and Sugar Bytes Guitarist. I am looking for something more flexible and sounds good.

I was seriously considering this, but now I think I'll save my money towards an Ample Sound guitar.

A bit of a pain, but you could use something like the free NoteMapper by CodeFN42 to move the keyswitches. Of course, there would be a disconnect between what you play on the keyboard and what you see on the screen.

I guess that is because ARA was originally developed as a joint venture between Presonus and Celemony.

Seriously! I was about to give Ripchord a pass until you mentioned that.

Bummer that I missed that survey then. Wonder if KVR will be flooded with cheap copies of Biotek 2 now.

Nada here too. I wonder what triggered it.

Cthulhu is actually not just a pattern generator. Pattern/Chord generation is only a small part of the vst. It is a huge library of chord progressions as well as an arpeggiator. The presets are the chord progressions and the arpeggiation patterns. And the arpeggiator is far more than your typical up/down arp, able to produce rather complex sequences.

EZMoney is what I am waiting for.

King Larry already beat you to this.

Yes. That makes perfect sense.

Wow. He has gone to great lengths to scrub his presence from the web. I wonder what happened?

What? You are telling me you can do something with those plugins besides collect them?

Not sure I understand what you are saying. All the samples for my copy of Riffendium are NCWs not WAVs.

I ordered it from Canada and got the US$8.10 price using the newsletter10 coupon.

Me too. Got 1-3. One day I'll get the rest.

Oooo. It is Muze!! No, just no,

Actually got to disagree with you here. Once I figured out how to use it, it is not really that difficult at all. I wouldn't use it for live performances but once it is set up (and it is not rocket science to set up) it is very easy to drive with a midi track. I am well versed in music theory but I could still see myself using it on tracks.

I did buy it then. I may buy this because I really like the sound of the Holly Drummond and I could see using the Cory Friesanhan. Still cheaper than buying both separately.

Any relation to John Prine? I am loving these new titles :).