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@Mesh I don't know which of these you have but in addition to the above options I have used the plugins listed below to make some good synth bass lines or in some cases starting points. Each will require different amount of user input and techniques to make something useful. - Chordpulse - Orb Producer (Bass or Melody plugin) - Captain Plugins (Bass or Melody plugin) - Riffer - Scaler 2 - Instachord / Instascale - Evabeat Melody Sauce - Band in a Box (mainly MIDI but also audio) There are others I have probably forgotten about. You might need to look up YouTube tutorials for each of these as some of these can go quite deep (no pun intended ? ). There's also the option of singing something into your DAW and getting Melodyne to convert it to MIDI or using a Synth Bass sample library (or maybe the MIDI from one). EDIT: ChordPotion and Chordprism are two more that can be used like this.

I picked this up in the Group Buy and it is pretty good. Excellent price. ?

I have TimewARP 2600 (part of a SONiVOX bundle) and used it once on a cover of Dakota (Stereophonics) to create that synth sound. I managed to get something close to the sound but the UI is tiny and that made it hard to work with. The sound of it was just OK. None of the SONiVOX bundle made it to my new PC (crashing in Big Bang made me find alternatives long ago). Honestly, if I was looking for a cheap alternative I would spend a little bit more on the Cherry Audio CA2600 (I think Larry found it for around $20 at EveryPlugin). Vastly superior sound on the Cherry vs TimewARP and a lovely big UI. I also compared the demo of the Cherry to Arturia's version and although the latter has more features (more polyphony, aftertouch, sequencer etc.) overall I found myself preferring the sound of the Cherry. If in doubt try the Cherry demo.

Unfortunately the serial shows fine in my account but the Portal does not seem to associate it with the same account so when I try re-adding it it just gives an internal error ? For some reason I didn't put the authorisation on my iLok when I installed it on the old PC but that would have probably helped as the iLok is now on the new PC (which reminds me that I have some housekeeping to do with the iLok at some point).

That's what I thought. It is shown in my account along with all of the other stuff including MPS 3. The other stuff authorizes fine. In iZotope Product Portal on the old PC I noticed an asterisk against it. When I hover over the asterisk it says "Authorized, but not registered to logged-in account" but I have only ever had one account with them. On the new PC it does not show it as an owned product even though I do own it. I think it must be something to do with the iZotope account migration that I recall happening a while back when they updated their website. iZotope support have sent me what looks like a standard list of things to try which haven't solved the problem and they are now taking their time replying to my "that didn't work" email.

Excellent timing, thanks Larry! I bought this on a deal a few years back and it is working fine on my old PC but on the new one iZotope Portal won't authorise it. iZotope support has been unable to resolve it but using this free authorization has solved it in an instant ?

True dat. ? I tried the demo and although cheap and pretty nice I decided against it as I have it covered in various guises .... VM Module, Arturia, Sonivox TimewARP and the Samples from Mars Kontakt version.

Lol, fair enuf. Trouble is I initially thought “nope, don’t need it” then you found Koby’s price and now I’m thinking ? ?

But you did find the better price, Larry.

https://store.cherryaudio.com/bundles/ca2600-synthesizer For Unify owners it is also Unified (comes with a Unify patch library). John Lehmkuhl's intro video about it...

Thanks Richard. Also, I must admit I didn't really "get" the harmonize button until I saw this video. I was expecting something that would create a harmony to a melody made within Orb PS so the need for an external MIDI file seemed at odds with that to me, but as this video reveals it's much more than that!

Thanks! Full Kontakt only.

In readiness for Cubase 11?

Thanks for the heads-up Aidan (and @musical for the OP). Not yet subscribed but I might do this! Cheers!

Good point Larry! Maybe I'll wait it out as I have enough to occupy me at the moment (freeing up space to install K13U stuff).

I'm not using it but the updated version looks pretty nice and is also available on iPad (which interests me). They streamed a live webinar about it yesterday which may be of interest..

That's not a bad idea Grem to dip your toe in the AT5 water. Although for us VAT payers it works out at approx £75 inc VAT with jampoints. The only addon I am missing is Satriani but that's only in AT5MAX so I will have to wait that one out.

There's a Halloween Sale on all 22 of the PluginGuru libraries that have been Unified... https://www.pluginguru.com/current-promotions/ Note: You need to own whichever product the patch library is for e.g. Omnisphere for Omnisphere libraries. To use the Unify version of the library you need to also own Unify. Also, on that link is the free and excellent massively updated UniScream library (you can donate if you want to). You need to own Unify to use UniScream. This is what John says about UniScream...

How much!? ? I will definitely be waiting for BF/Christmas deals on this one. AT 5 MAX upgrade from AT4 MAX is more than I paid for Komplete 13 Ultimate upgrade which includes the excellent Guitar Rig 6 not to mention all the other stuff.

You are probably right Aidan! I'm still waiting for Amber.

I might also be tempted this time when the usual half price bundle upgrade offer is available. In the meantime I will be trying out the fully functional 15 day demo which can be downloaded from here --> https://www.applied-acoustics.com/chromaphone-3/

Thanks Richard, just trying it again now. Will update this post when I have downloaded and tested it. UPDATE: Cakewalk; I had to do a full re-scan for it to detect the VST2s but seems to work OK. Studio One detected the VST2s and worked OK after a normal startup scan. Same for Reason. Cantabile VST3 works fine but the VST2 playback marker moves without the transport being activated although notes are only sounded when you hit the transport play button.

Two downloads; first one around 292Mb and the second one around 83Mb. https://www.reasonstudios.com/blog/free-halloween-sound-packs

Yeah, I thought it was odd until I remembered the last upgrade (VS-3?) where the resellers had it advertised before AAS. It is there now though ... https://www.applied-acoustics.com/chromaphone-3/

Yes they get upgraded to v12 and they still load fine on old projects that used v9 before.