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Looks like a great time to pick up the two expansions I'm missing (Rumble and Threads). The latter will also unlock the free Remnants preset pack. Thanks @Reid Rosefelt ??

Zillions of patches is right, lol! I've been demoing Opsix and Wavestate since they were released (Skippy sang their praises) and I also really like Opsix. Preset 2 Original FM EP sold it to me...so lush sounding, but there are lots of other great patches.

Yeah, I let my sub lapse last year. I liked the synths but it wasn't getting used enough to justify and I dislike the flakey Cloud Manager. Still might be of use to some, and this deal means you get one or two lifetime licenses depending on the tier. Not sure about that Fleer. I had a look at their website and drew a blank. ?

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Yeah, having tried the demos I liked MicroKORG but the others, meh. I have plenty of other stuff I would rather spend $99 on.

Thanks for the information Simon. I will add it to the first post. I still get nightmares from the hoops that Korg made me jump through to upgrade from M1 LE to KC3 ?

Hi Zo, Not sure about Logitech direct but they certainly have sales on Amazon for them. Here are some current BF deals on Amazon UK (I couldn't see the 3s on sale but have included the 2s below). https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Advanced-Illuminated-Responsive-Bluetooth/dp/B07W5JK5MW https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Anywhere-Wireless-Multi-Device-Bluetooth/dp/B07W5JJR4H https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Wireless-Multi-Device-Bluetooth-Unifying/dp/B07W4DGVQF Sorry, can't help with the latency query as I don't have the Logitech stuff installed.

$299 https://korg.shop/software/korg-collection-series.html?___store=english Upgrade from Coll 3 is $99 https://korg.shop/software/korg-collection-series/korg-collection-4-upgrade-for-korg-collection-3.html (You might need a coupon code to upgrade; check your account (under Offers from Korg) or see here https://support.korguser.net/hc/en-us/articles/360038571651 ) - thanks @simon New instruments: MicroKORG - https://korg.shop/software/korg-collection-series/korg-collection-microkorg.html ELECTRIBE-R - https://korg.shop/software/korg-collection-series/korg-collection-electribe-r.html KAOSS PAD - https://korg.shop/software/korg-collection-series/korg-collection-kaoss-pad.html Just tried the demos and don't think it's worth it for me at $99 and I wish they would improve their installer Software Pass ? Demos are up on SoundCloud - Unfortunately, Opsix and Wavestate are not included as they aren't legacy but they are on special pricing ($99 each). https://korg.shop/software/natives.html

New Asterian demo uploaded (see below). In the description of the video, it says that 2 more demonstration songs will be uploaded throughout the pre-order period.

Yes, it's what Brian said; the expensive version allows you to batch-create MIDI files and sell them, whereas the cheap version only allows you to use them in your own commercial releases (but not to re-sell the MIDI files).

Thanks for sharing your insights, Brian. That's funny as I am a beta tester for Hauke (and I also have Sundog and Chordpotion). I bought Epic when it was released and have installed all the updates since then, including the latest which came with a free artist preset pack (by Rosbeh). It's good to have choices; we certainly have plenty of those these days!

Wonder how the new Pilot Plugins compares to the CP Epic suite (which I own)? From a brief look at their videos these seem to be more like the recent Feelyoursound generators which I have and like (Trance Engine, Chillout Engine, HouseEngine). Can't see anything about a crossgrade price for existing CPE owners.

Change Log for v1.8.6 - 20. November 2022 Additions: VST3 Support. Preset Browser: Right arrow key loads the currently selected preset. Routing: Insert/Remove Routing Entries. OpenGL Capability Test, to get information about the used graphics driver, in case of problems with GPU Renderer mode. Changes: Removed framerate options. This is now adaptive. Lastly saved or loaded preset locations are now memorized seperately. Moved the macro +Route drag icon to the right of the knob to avoid overlap. Changed preset information and MIDI import dialogs to internally managed dialogs. Preset browser information is only shown when hovering over entries and holding ctrl or command key. Fixes: Tooltips setting was not saved. Presets with # character in their name couldn't be marked as favorite. Reduced OpenGL surface slowdown in DAWs that couldn't handle multiple open accelerated UI instances at the same time. Improved Glitch time jump declick. Adjusted sample accuracy of Glitch sequences for high PPQ values. Improved smoothing for Multiband Saturator gain modulatiom. Routing selection behavior on load, resize and reopen. Don't grab keyboard focus on layer button label click. Various DAW compatibility additions. Visual: Dynamic colour tint for editor windows and source browser theme. HDR bloom effect added. Normal and Fancy mode.

Thanks for the heads-up @abacab ?? I'm also a long-time Notion 6 user along with Studio One Pro, but this year I decided to give Cubase 12 Pro a proper go (Cakewalk crossgrade from a few years back plus updates) so I haven't upgraded to SO Pro 6 this time. I didn't even know about the free Dorico version so I will certainly give it a go and maybe upgrade to Elements. Cheers!

I guess if the source voice for a Synth V voicebank is a singer with a not-ideal voice then, to some degree, it will be difficult to recover that in the VS version of the voice. I wonder if Eclipsed Sounds approached any other Bass singers but they wanted too much money. I was hoping for a voice that could be used on something like the Disturbed version of Sound of Silence, but I'm not sure if Asterian is suitable for that. I've tried Kevin but his lower register gets a bit noisy as it's not his forte. Then again, VS is very tweakable - compare some of the Weina demos above with the Dreamtonics ones. They sound really quite different. It will be interesting to see what the expert voice tuners come up with for Asterian over the coming weeks.

Shows promise I think!

Lonestar (Norah Jones) - Weina voicebank https://vi-control.net/community/threads/synthesizer-v-vocaloid-haters-might-want-to-check-this.115973/post-5149163 Cheek to Cheek (Ella Fitzgerald) - Weina https://vi-control.net/community/threads/synthesizer-v-vocaloid-haters-might-want-to-check-this.115973/post-5150724

They are based in Japan.

Valerie - Steve Winwood (Kevin Voicebank) - https://vi-control.net/community/threads/synthesizer-v-vocaloid-haters-might-want-to-check-this.115973/post-5145009

https://vi-control.net/community/threads/synthesizer-v-vocaloid-haters-might-want-to-check-this.115973/post-5154145 There are lots of impressive demos on that thread. Will post a few more links when I have time.

Yes, definitely worth it at that price for Asterian. The other thing is that if you add two of any voice to your cart it gives you 25% discount, so 2 x Asterian works out at $120 or $60 each. It might be worth it for two people who both want Asterian. Looking back on my Solaria and Kevin purchases you just receive an activation code so I don't think it is linked to your email address for example.

@bitflipper How very odd, but I'm glad that it appears to work. As for early-onset dementia, I worry about it all the time. Every 3 minutes, someone is diagnosed with dementia......Poor lad keeps forgetting he has it. Good idea about flagging favorites btw. I've only started on Chronospheres so far and there sure are some sweet pads/atmos in there.

Yes, it's a bit of a surprise indeed! After the amazing success of Solaria, expectations must have been high for a male successor. Surely a male equivalent of Solaria must be on their to-do list? Also, their choice of demo songs for Asterian is crazy, and both sound awful to my ears. Why wouldn't they at least do a demo with one of the songs that Eric Hollaway would typically sing (check out his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@thatbassvoice/videos ). I still think it might have potential but I will wait and hear more examples of how it is used before jumping in.

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Sorry, didn't see this until now as you didn't put an @ before my handle and there are so many new posts at this time of year! Not sure what happened with your install, but the way I have my third-party Zebra presets organized is by having a folder which I manually created named "Third Party" in my "\Documents\u-he\Zebra2.data\Presets\Zebra2" folder. I move any of my third party libraries into this folder so that I have them in one place and then re-scan. Like this... After I downloaded the legacy zip, I unzipped it and ignored the 01 Zebra and 02 Dark Zebra folders as I already have these installed. All I then did was to open Zebra2 and drag and drop each of the 14 soundsets (13 actually as I already owned one of them) from the "03 Zebra Legacy Soundsets" in the zip file onto the Zebra2 UI. This installed each of those into a folder called Legacy under User in the Zebra2 UI. The preset browser looks like this... I have just tested a number of my third-party patch libraries and they seem to operate as they did before (I have Padsheaven 1 which works fine). So you could try re-organizing your third-party folder structure to be the same as mine. Not sure what else to suggest other than to contact U-he support and see if they can help.