Nick Blanc

Corey Wong, here I come. And maybe Rabae.

The main difference is that Audiolens is not a VST. This is more akin to Insight. I pulled the trigger on these for exactly the reason you point out; fomo ?

I think I saw 362GB. Could be uncompressed. It's certainly a lot.

Here's the walkthrough. It is an insane amount of content. It's not just the finished drones, every ingredient is included as a solo option. So you get cello, bass, a choir, guitars, etc.

I am hoping I can exchange 4 clippers for 1 Fame reverb.

And spoil the fun of watching progress bars advance? No thank you! That's the best part.

I'm getting this! It will add a 4th license to my account. I've heard rumours that if you combine 5 licenses, it will summon Captain Clipper who will help you defeat the evil and bankaccount-draining Dr. GAS.

Hold on, did I spot a new 80s style library there?!

Since the only thing AA on my wishlist is that Motown EQ, I will surely wait. It is on sale right now, but I guess it will be again or still in about a month.

The ultimate drones collection Created with experimental musician Alexander Hacke, this collection offers a phantasmagoria of complex, playable drones. Largely chromatic, intuitively playable, and very very long, these drones are a perfect foundation for scores, atmospheres, meditation, and rituals. Available now at a special intro price of just €129 (regular price €189). Offer ends November 24, 2022. https://www.orchestraltools.com/store/collections/drones Runs in Sine.

Free with purchase over 140. I will wait for an e-mail. Althought I'm only at the 20% level.

I didn't know you couldn't vector warp (shows how much I will miss that function). Seems weird that you couldn't. I mean, 90s WordArt could do that. Am i missing something here?

I don't do a lot of design. Actually, I don't do design at all. I don't count adding text to an image to be design. So for a non-advanced user like myself, I don't know what would be the benefit of upgrading. I don't feel like watching hours of upgrade videos. Can someone here explain what the key upgrade features are?

That is a very nice freebie!

Perhaps some of the Ostinato's will be amongst the freebies, like last year? But for anyone waiting for a better deal: "PLEASE NOTE: THESE LIBRARIES WILL NOT BE ON SALE IN THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 2022 SALE"

Also, I'm seeing €119.

I was hoping upgrades were free. I seem to remember something like that. Or did they circumvent this by releasing a version 2?

This, on top of an unexpected bonus at work, is the best financial news I got all day. Be safe!

Sounds like a good deal! The Nubass is 187 at Thomann, normally 209 at Amazon with a deal right now which makes it 167. So yeah, I will count that as a discount. But Amazon UK often has other deals than the rest of Europe. I try to get at least part of my hardware 2nd hand. I saved 50% on a Fender Champion 40 recently. I got my Novation Peak for 350 less and a Roland TR8S for 200 less.

I suspect some combination of those 2. I expanded my hardware studio quite a bit recently and prices where almost the same across the board. Sometimes a synth is 10 cheaper at store 1, but another is 10 more expensive. It just evens out. This is pretty normal, I'm used to brands dicating their own price levels and discounts for resellers. What I have not seen however, is this level of seemingly unwillingness to discount products ever. If you do a price comparison between Bax, Thomann, Musicstore, Tonecontrol, Dijkman, I4Studio etc. you can save some money on just the retail prices. Never a discount though.

Indeed, at most you can get a 5-10% discount somewhere on the entire stock. Which is still nice if you buy a 2000 synth. But it is weird there are so few. ?

That Curve Bender is amazing!

I like Mosaic Voices. The whole Mosaic series for that matter. It has a limited range where you can use it, but in that range it sounds great. Pharlight is such a heavy hitter on the CPU that I only started using it recently since my PC upgrade. They are pretty different. Pharlight is imo more aimed at soundscapes and atmospheres where Mosaic is more useful for leads or upfront textures.

Big Clipper is imho one of the best (sounding) clippers on the market. Absolutely worth the €27.

All the newer stuff I would want (like Vocalise 3) is still pretty expensive. Or, not at the lowpoint others seem to be. I have to check my wishlist, but I think I will pass on most of it, if not all.