Nick Blanc

Boy do I love the sound of a droning heavy MS-20. The feedback patch gives it a lot of grit. Overall a bit rougher feeling than last week, and I like it. A bit heavier beat and a great lead. Don't tell anyone but I had to re-record the Lyra-8 because I forgot to change the frequency to make a riser in the break. That's why you can hear the pitch rising without me doing anything on camera. I particularly like the Matriarch patch, it has some slight pitch wobble which makes it sound unstable, but not too much to make it sound out of tune. Enjoy!

I'm a little bit ashamed, but I have a feeling some of y'all are underreporting. So here's everything I bought in the enitre month of november (if I went with BF itself I would have bought nothing). I've marked everything I planned with a (P). Cableguys Reverbshaper Orchestral Tools Conduit TheNatan Xeight2 D16 Repeater (P) Minimal Audio soundpacks Universal Audio LA2A (P) Universal Audio Signature Edition Safari Pedals Gorilla Drive (P) Kingsway Music Aaron Paris Vol 1 (P) Retrohandzmusic Essential Afro house Navie D Boom Bap Box (P) Basicwavez Bass Lab vol 2 (P) Audioreakt Solid Techno Kicks 2 (P) Imaginando VS (P) Devious Machines upgrade all (P) Fabfilter Pro-R 2 PML Everything 2023 (P) Waves Clarity vx, Vocal Bender & Soundshifter (P) Goodhertz Trem Control (P) Teletone Audio Le Gibet (P) Teletone Tympo (P) The Drum Broker samples BF 2023 (P) Tracktion F'em So about 65% was planned. In my defense, some of the unplanned stuff are new releases (Reverbshaper, Xeight2, Conduit, Pro-R2), so they have nothing to do with BF. If they were launched in january I would have gotten them then. And roughly 30% of what I bought are sample packs. The single most expensive thing on the list (PML Everything 2023) was €196 and is almost entirely samples. Couple of preset packs also. The UA Signature edition is the largest unplanned purchase at €145. But I think no-one is denying that's a great bargain. In total I spent little under €1250. I also spent around €700 on hardware. No discount, so not BF related. But it is the time of the year for bonusses / 13th month etc. So I had some room.

Really? That's a d*ck move. Ontopic: at the moment they have nothing that interests me or is still too expensive for what I would use it for.

9 plugins though. If you want them all, a pretty good deal I think.

Besides real life pedals, they make vst versions. And they have a really nice non-sale price. But they even go further and offer a discount. https://safaripedals.com/collections/products Up to 80% off. I got Gorilla Drive but I might consider getting some more. This is quality stuff.

https://www.audiotent.com/ Presets, samples and courses. Everything 30% off. Ends november 30th and the discount code BF30 is automatically applied at checkout.

Interesting, I Forever29'ed it.

Thtat would be my guess, I also have Albion One and see the $169 price.

This is as low as it ever got.

It seems not that long ago that being on the Waves 'hate train' was ok in everybody's book. Even recent speculating about possible shenanigans from UA is. A tiny reminder about another company's (lack of?) ethics is not entirely out of place in a deals forum. I personally have done so with audioplugin.deals and I never got any negative feedback. I don't have the same sentiment as Pavlov's Cat in this case because I didn't have a negative encounter with this particular business, but he is free to warn us. As I was and did in the past.

Got Clarity VX, Vocal Bender and Soundshifter.

DRUM BROKER - BLACK FRIDAY SALE This year's annual BFCM Sale is going to be HUGE. Get up to 50% off your entire order during the sale. These are once a year savings on drum kits, sample packs, breaks, and one-shots that won't last! Here are the dates and Discount Codes: Black Friday: 11/16-11/26 at midnight. 50% OFF EVERYTHING. Promo Code: BF23 Cyber Monday: 11/27-11/30 at midnight. 40% OFF EVERYTHING. Promo Code: CM23 Sale Exclusions:Filth Bundle ($99), Tomorrow's Wish, Messages from Outer Space Vol. 2, Minta Foundry Bundles, Anastazja Vocal Chops Vol. 4 https://hiphopdrumsamples.com/

https://goodhertz.com/plugins/ I have several of their plugins, most notably the Wulf compressor. Well actually, I use Gooddither on almost every mix instead of the dithering algorythms of my DAW or plugins like Ozone or ProL. I'm getting Trem control this year. Tupe seems great, but I've spend enough already ?

I was just about to say that, all the products work with the Player.

Well, there's this whole thing going on online about it being such a minor upgrade from the previous one that people feel a bit ripped off about the price. The backlash even caused Benn Jordan to quit Youtube reviews because people called him out for not addressing it well enough to their liking.

Yup, will bite this time. I'm still in the market for Clarity vx, now for 2 other ones. I'm thinking Vocal rider and....ehm...

Right you are. When I navigated so another page the website was fine.

Websites not so much ? Anyway, Trackspacer and Spectre are must-haves imo.

I'm guessing I will spend some small change this week but nothing serious. What helps me is keeping a list and sticking to it. I already crossed out almost everything (like Heavyocity stuff, it's cool but I don't need it right now). So when browsing this forum, if it's not on this list I won't visit the page. That's where temptation lies...

I don't want to see anything anymore. Budget is gone. I was being a ***** and bought some hardware too (not on sale) so I got to the limit of my credit card pretty quick. I can always raise it, but that's against my principles. Good thing is, it got me thinking about my wishlist and I marked almost everything 'not needed'. Edit: oh wow the forum doesn't let you say 'not so smart buttocks'

I have no clue. I haven't kept up. When they upgraded I decided I didn't need it for the basic stuff I do. I'm not a designer, I just make YouTube thumbnails, music coverart and some low level fun stuff. So if they didn't add anything groundbreaking in the meantime, I'm saving my money. I'm buying a Korg NTS-1 for that money ?

It does (for me). I'm still a bit on the fence. It's a great deal, I'm just not sure I need this upgrade.

I would still recommend DaVinci Resolve. All the basic functions can be learned in a day of fiddling around and watching a beginners tutorial. It's pretty powerful and free. Just don't get into the Fusion page because that part is scary, with nodes and such. You can do basically anything in the Edit view. There are tons of tutorials (Casey Faris has really good ones).

I know I know it is a bit clickbaity. I got this Tubebuddy extension which generates titles, keywords, etc. So I decided to give it a go. Music hasn't changed much, it's a pretty clean and simple jam. For my taste not really special but still ok. I'm more excited about the one for next week (recorded this weekend). Anyway, enjoy!

I installed some plugins I already bought. Fixed some authorization issues with Antares plugins and their new installer. Mixed and mastered a new jam. Tried and failed miserably to get Imaginando VS to work.