Scott H

A new upright bass expansion is coming in September! The three pack brings the price way down!

A wise man once said...

"The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of low prices."

Buyer's remorse is a terrible thing....

No harm yet - I typically think and consider for a long time before pulling the trigger.

Apologies - I haven't read all 80 pages of this thread to see if this question has already been answered. If I were to buy Amplitude 5 SE as my qualifying product, can I then use one of my freebees to purchase the upgrade to the full version of Amplitude 5?

A little flavor of NY Studio Vol 2... A good SDX and the price is right with the sale. That said there is a lot of overlap with the Ludwig kits and snares included Legacy of Rock which is a better SDX...

I bought my copy of Legacy of Rock during the last BestService.com savings event which had a $30 savings coupon for products costing at least $149. That combined with some saved up BestCoin brought the price down to a more reasonable $110.  The twice a year BestService event is the only way I know of to get a discount on the newer SDX's. 

I'd wait and save up for Legacy of Rock. Both New York volume 2 and Legacy of Rock are heavily focused on classic Ludwig kits. Legacy of Rock sounds amazing and has a lot more options.

1 hour ago, DeeringAmps said:

How old is NYS vol 2?

It originally came out in 2009.

Thanks! The free link worked for me. H-Comp is now registered to my Waves account. 

Don't see it either

Modartt Black Friday Sales during the last years:

December 2014
Pianoteq Pro 30% Off (including upgrades)

November 2015
Pianoteq Pro 30% Off (including upgrading to Pro from Stage or Standard versions)

November 2016
30% discount on Pianoteq Pro and upgrades to Pianoteq Pro

November 2017
30% discount on Pianoteq Pro and upgrades to Pianoteq Pro.
30% on Hohner Collection, Celeste and Harp instrument packs."

November 2018
30% off Pianoteq Pro, Upgrade Stage/Standard to Pro

November 2019
25% off Pianoteq Pro (including upgrade), Pianoteq Studio bundle and 10% off Organteq

November 2020
20% off Pianoteq Pro (including upgrade), Instrument packs 30% off

Friday the 13th sale! 30% off on UVI’s entire website! Could be a good time to pick up a few Falcon expansion packs,

https://www.uvi.net/store

I’ve heard very good things about the Modern U. The only upright piano I currently own is Native Instrument’s The Gentleman.  I hardly ever use it.  90% of my time is spent with the Garritan Concert Grand CFX.  That said, a good upright has a certain intimacy that a concert grand does not have. It seems like the Modern U would be a significant upgrade over The Gentleman.  Any guesses if the Modern U will be cheaper on BF?

Even better, all soundpacks are $19 at Applied Acoustics Systems site right now. There are also some good deals on their other products and bundles.

https://www.applied-acoustics.com/products/

Welcome back Larry! It has been a bit slow around here without you. I’m hoping to ramp my deals addiction back up to full speed.

https://www.fluffyaudio.com/?utm_source=FluffyAudio News&utm_campaign=d3cf3c4955-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_30_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d33bd35008-d3cf3c4955-101716139&mc_cid=d3cf3c4955&mc_eid=808996b211

Legend has it that there was a mythic figure named Larry who at one time frequented these forums. The old tales describe an ancient shaman who was rumored to be a prodigious finder of almost supernatural deals. But that was such a long time ago. Nobody believes those old stories anymore...

All Ample Sound instruments and bundles are reduced by 20% until August 19th.

Combine this with the current $30 off promo from Best Service and you have a pretty good deal!

https://www.bestservice.com/deals/ample_sound_summer_sale_3415.html

Thanks - I've also been a loyal customer for years. I'll give it a try but rest assured I won't mention your name.

29 minutes ago, Yan Filiatrault said:

Best Service found a way to allow me to get the promo. Always have stellar customer service from them for years.

I have a total of $148 in my cart. Are you saying that if I contact Best Service they might get me over the hump to $149? 

9 hours ago, Christian Jones said:

 can you make Canterbury sparkle and chime too or is it mostly just a dark-ish gritty sound? Cuz I've changed my mind a bit about what I said in another thread the other day about how most EPs seemed to be the same to me more or less, quality-wise (not sound per se). Now that I've revisited the EPs I've got in Komplete, I'd like to pick up something else, and I like dark and gritty but I want brilliance and sparkle too when I want it and I'd like to get all that from just one EP.

The short answer is yes, the Canterbury can definitely sparkle - Both the Canterbury and the Scarbee can be drastically changed by the presets and settings. Here is a quick comparison between the Canterbury Suitcase and the Scarbee 88 with brighter settings playing a bit of Toontrack midi. One nice thing about Canterbury is that the presets are divided up between "Clean", "Dirty" and "Experimental". Both are great Rhodes libraries. 

Canterbury vs Scarbee 88.wav

1 - Canterbury  - "A Good Start" preset

2  - Scarbee 88 - "A Warm & Crispy Pan" preset (I turned down the vibrato some for an even comparison)

€/$ 30 discount on every purchase from €/$ 149
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https://www.bestservice.com/deals/subscribe_and_save_promotion_3403.html

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22 minutes ago, fret_man said:

But that was back in Oct 2020. I don't think there's been an update in the last 2-3 months.

The original complaints about the hiss were in July of 2020. It looks like the update claiming to have fixed the hiss was in October 2020. I haven't pulled the trigger on purchasing the Famous E yet so I can't verify any of this. I'm only sharing what little information you can glean from the internet.

33 minutes ago, Christian Jones said:

So you own a different, older version of the Scarbee Classic EP-88S? Yeah I have Komplete 12 and the Vintage Keys in it have a Scarbee 200 I think. You're saying this Classic EP-88S should be better? 

Scarbee’s earlier A200 is 850 MB. The Classic EP-88S is 5.6 GB with 30 velocity layers. To my ears the Classic EP88 sounds better. More importantly, provided you have a fast computer, it plays way better! That said, I use the Soniccouture Canterbury Suitcase most often.  It seems to have more grit than the Classic EP88.  Most of the current Rhodes releases are all quite good. It really comes down to personal taste. It’s fun to have many flavors!

48 minutes ago, Christian Jones said:

@Fleer are you seeing this problem that this guy Virtuoso reported where there's a sudden change between Bb3 and B3? You can see his post and audio example here https://vi-control.net/community/threads/orange-tree-model-e-rhodes.94529/post-4596993

He also reported excessive hiss that made the OTS Famous E unusable to him, but if you look at this thread here starting w/ this post https://vi-control.net/community/threads/the-famous-e-electric-piano-available-now-from-orange-tree-samples.95739/post-4597156 , on page 2 Greg from OTS responded and commented on the hiss issue, and towards the end of that second page both Virtuoso and Greg confirm that to his issue has been fixed... but nothing about a fix for the sudden change in velocity from Bb3 to B3 as reported in that first link up there. Are you or anyone else finding this velocity issue w/ the two Bs? 

Apparently the Famous E hiss has been fixed.  See the post below..

https://vi-control.net/community/threads/the-famous-e-electric-piano-available-now-from-orange-tree-samples.95739/page-2