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Now that IS very tempting!

I tried the demo once a long time ago and found it a bit clunky to use. Just tried it again and it looks similar to what I recall. I prefer the results with Melodyne although creating harmonies is more of a manual process with Melodyne (still quite easy though). IMHO the better option for vocal harmonies is Antares Harmony EVO which I picked up in a sale when it was about the same price as this.

Weird that..BA didn't work properly for me for ages and then worked fine for a while before breaking again. The last two updates though have worked fine using BA and when it stops working again at least the manual update method is pretty easy.

I think you might be right there Mesh. At least it certainly seems that way.

I just applied Build 26.01.0.28 hotfix using Bandlab Assistant and it all went smoothly and BA worked correctly. The Instrument Track Per Output now correctly inserts tracks in a folder if Create Folder is selected. I appreciate the other stability and bug fixes. Thanks Bakers!

Thanks Larry. Details here...

I also normally like to do things manually so that I can control where files are downloaded to and keep files for backup. They have improved Sonokinetic Manager a lot though so you can set things like the default download server (Ireland for me), download folder location, whether to keep or delete the files after download and there's even an option to "Redirect download button to direct download page".

Thanks Larry. I found that the folder location of each library (three dots on the right hand side of the Sonokinetic Manager) was set to whatever you last installed (Noir in my case) so I manually changed it to the correct library location for each library before I did the update. Also, when you click on the "update" button it pops up a message about where the Kontakt folder is located. This is the root Kontakt folder and I just left it as the default (S:\Kontakt Instruments in my case). The updates are very small ... between 5 to 20 Mbytes so don't take long to download.

Also the free mini filter from a couple of years ago.

I still have the free demo version installed and it is one of the best demos of anything I have. It has lots of great sounding presets . I think it was Reid (TTF) who brought my attention to it previously and he will probably have more information. You can get the demo by scrolling down on the above page. Don't forget to install the snapshots as described in the user guide to get the most out of it. This is the lowest price I have seen the full version so I think it's time I bought it. Cheers Larry.

Hope it helps a bit with your decision Starise. To my ears the Strings in ST4 MAX sound better than their equivalent in Miroslav Philharmonic both having lots of articulations. I have quite a few other orchestral libraries but no Spitfire apart from what's in LABS so cannot compare with say Albion 1. If it would help and you have any "orchestral MIDI" you would like to audition using ST4 MAX instruments then you can send it to me and I will try to make a CbB project out of it using the relevant ST4 MAX Orchestral instruments. Articulations might be tricky as ST4 uses keyswitches (or separate instruments) which would have to be added to the MIDI data although if you have the score I could use that to set them up (or just tell me which instruments/articulations/bars etc). There are no orchestral choir samples within ST4 MAX, relying instead on those included in ST3 which vary from awful to quite good. ST4 MAX does have 6-voice vocal ensembles which are excellent but not really orchestral and more intended for various genres of popular music (Soul, Brazilian, Pop etc) along with shouts, Uhhs, Ooos, Ahhs etc. As you say, Keys and Guitars are well catered for, sound great and there's even a decent strummer engine, but you don't have the level of detailed manipulation compared to libraries by OTS, Indiginus etc.

That's a shame Was wondering when they would realise that it's no longer Christmas! Maybe there will be a Valentines deal code?

Simon, did you use the web page "contact us" online to email them or do you have an email address? Thanks EDIT: Wow! They replied immediately using "contact us" on their web page.

This is an excellent composition and recording Dan! Very professional sounding mix as with all of your recordings. You manage to keep it interesting throughout and it's like listening to an epic saga in music form. I can imagine playing this while journeying through the Fjords or some other mountainous locations.

Excellent cover @steve@baselines.com ! Well done. That's a hard song to do with all of the vocal parts and you also did an excellent job on the guitar solo. (thinks... I must give that solo a try ?)

Here's my twopenneth Starise...my biggest mistake was going for ST4 (the version just below MAX like you are considering) when it first came out (pre-order) which I did mainly due to the storage considerations (100Gb vs 260Gb). Also, because I got it when it first came out there was the usual raft of bugs that needed fixing which caused me quite a few problems. In terms of content I didn't find it very useful and soon realised that I should have gone for MAX or not bothered. YMMV. I upgraded to MAX on a killer deal after an SSD upgrade and never looked back. The original bugs in ST4 seem to be ironed out nowadays and some of the MAX instruments are excellent (brass, woodwind, piano, guitar, voices). There's a lot to like as well as a lot that I will probably never use but that's true of most libraries. I can also still use all of my ST3 MAX libraries (still love that American Acoustic) and even some old esoundz ST2 libraries. Here's a page comparing versions.. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/st4/index.php?p=versions ...and a list of instruments in each version. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/include/st4/soundlist/SampleTank_4_comparison.pdf

Yes the price seems a bit closer to the mark now. Looks quite usable and doesn't take much space but I have more drums than I can shake a stick at (no pun intended). I spent a lot of time on Sunday sorting out all of my old Midi and audio drum samples (mostly from old looploft deals).

Couldn't find one at Musictech. Did you mean this one Fleer? https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/tech/beatskillz-dropx-641005

Great song and video BJZ! I had to look up Natmarra and I think you captured the atmosphere perfectly.

Lol, ditto Piotr

Yes it was in my list of available options Fleer. I was a little surprised and when I authorized the two packs (one download) Digital Sins had the serial already embedded within the install for authorisation but Masala 2 did not (it was in my account though and worked fine). The list of available packs seems to be somewhat personalised based on what you have already but it wasn't a very big list (didn't count them but there was maybe 8 rows of 3 packs).

I decided to get an Instachord addon at PB to get the AAS sound packs. Note the Instachord addons are cheaper at WAProd with the 40% off code apart from Synthwave which is on sale at PB. For the AAS packs I went with Masala 2 and Digital Sins.

Thanks for confirming Larry. I am still in the market for a new controller keyboard so now I'm wondering about getting the Launchkey.

Larry, do you know whether any of the Novation VSTi plugins (V-Station or Bass Station) qualify for the Novation Plugin Collective or does it have to be hardware? Thanks

I have been messing with the free version of Re-Groover that came with any purchase from PluginBoutique a few months back and found it pretty good at what it does. So I logged into my Accusonus account today and noticed that the above BF deals are still active as well as ERA 4 Bundle discounts. I'm tempted by the Re-Groover Pro upgrade or even Beatmaking Bundle 2.