Starship Krupa Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 On 3/10/2021 at 9:09 AM, PavlovsCat said: I swear, this group is like an AA meeting where everyone brings alcohol to the meetings. Excellent. Thanks for the share. I practice "harm reduction." One of my more effective strategies is "not owning a full Kontakt license." Freeware is my non-alcoholic beer. (Anyone else keep a few $5-10 trinkets in their PB wishlist in order to be able to jump on the monthly freebies?) My self-justification for the past year for grabbing every shiny object with a big price reduction is that it's been impossible to watch a movie in a theater or go out to eat at a restaurant, so I figure I'm spending my restaurant meals and movies on sound crafting tools. (not helpful I know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Starship Krupa said: (Anyone else keep a few $5-10 trinkets in their PB wishlist in order to be able to jump on the monthly freebies?) I usually just take a look at close to the end of the month (check for deal end dates) or the first day of the month to see what are the options sub $10 to grab the freebie. Starting to get close to redundency or having to resort to buying the cheap Kontakt instruments (that I can't use due to never investing in full Kontakt). I'm really suprised PB hasn't put a lot of other plugin shops out of business. The free deals and cheap options to captalize on those deals have been fantastic. Is it April yet? I already got the March deal. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Starship Krupa said: Excellent. Thanks for the share. I practice "harm reduction." One of my more effective strategies is "not owning a full Kontakt license." Freeware is my non-alcoholic beer. (Anyone else keep a few $5-10 trinkets in their PB wishlist in order to be able to jump on the monthly freebies?) My self-justification for the past year for grabbing every shiny object with a big price reduction is that it's been impossible to watch a movie in a theater or go out to eat at a restaurant, so I figure I'm spending my restaurant meals and movies on sound crafting tools. (not helpful I know) I do the same thing. Right now I have a couple of $6USD KLANG libraries in my wish list ready to go in case I want the next freebie. I didn't pick up the current one. Do you really like it @Starship Krupa? I'd be game to give it a second look if I hear good things about it. I like the dev (AudioThing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mánibranðr Studios Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) Fortunately I got all of my software GAS out of the way this February by acquiring a Roland XV-5050 and a Focusrite Scarlett 18i8, which also allowed me to conveniently play my Bass Guitar without hassle, due to the fact that I suddenly have no desire to save for a bass amp thanks to already having stuff like Amplitube 4 and now, Guitar Rig 5 Pro. I also grabbed Opacity and Cyclone Retwisted. I was planning on grabbing one of Cherry Audio's Synths like the CA2600, but I realized I am going to go for an SC-8850 soon and after that, a hardware synth, so I have no reason to make any new purchases. Oh yeah, and also Vital dropped and Surge updated to include MSEG, and that's a lot to play with too. Actually, come to think of it, that is still a lot of GAS, just more focused on big things than...you know...trinkets. Edited March 12, 2021 by Freyja Grimaude-Valens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 AudioThing Wave Box. I'm still waiting on a good $5-10 deal to pop up. I already have so many "creative distortion" plug-ins, including Waves Berzerk (freebie), iZotope Trash 2 (freebie), W.A. Production Screamo (came in a bundle), Cableguys Drive Shaper (freebie), as well as MBitfun, MWavefolder and MWaveshaper from the Meldaproduction FreeFX Bundle. And so far I haven't done much with any of them. I did get a really great "We Will Rock You" drum bus sound with Screamo, though. It's still in that category of "not sure what I can do with it so I can't know what I like" FX. I'm sure that once I get deeper into NIN-type productions, I will become more acquainted with these. If I start "hearing" that something needs it, I'll reach for Trash first, because it seems like the most comprehensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Freyja Grimaude-Valens said: Fortunately I got all of my software GAS out of the way this February by acquiring a Roland XV-5050 and a Focusrite Scarlett 18i8, which also allowed me to conveniently play my Bass Guitar without hassle, due to the fact that I suddenly have no desire to save for a bass amp thanks to already having stuff like Amplitube 4 and now, Guitar Rig 5 Pro. I also grabbed Opacity and Cyclone Retwisted. I was planning on grabbing one of Cherry Audio's Synths like the CA2600, but I realized I am going to go for an SC-8850 soon and after that, a hardware synth, so I have no reason to make any new purchases. Oh yeah, and also Vital dropped and Surge updated to include MSEG, and that's a lot to play with too. Actually, come to think of it, that is still a lot of GAS, just more focused on big things than...you know...trinkets. XV-5050? I’m still on a JV-1080 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mánibranðr Studios Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, Fleer said: XV-5050? I’m still on a JV-1080 ... Yeah I found a deal for under US$200 (HK$1500) on Carousell, and I instantly jumped on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 50 minutes ago, Fleer said: I’m still on a JV-1080 ... I've got one of those sitting in a closet. Haven't plugged it in for over 10 years... Virtual instruments FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 6 hours ago, abacab said: I've got one of those sitting in a closet. Haven't plugged it in for over 10 years... Virtual instruments FTW! Haven’t ever plugged it in yet. Go figure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 42 minutes ago, Fleer said: Haven’t ever plugged it in yet. Go figure. Surely you jest! That thing was legendary, back when ROMplers ruled! I've got a Roland JV-880, JV-1080, and XP-30 (JV-2080 based). Although they sound good, that sample ROM is no match for the 350+ GB I've got tied up in IKM samples for SampleTank, Syntronik, and Miroslav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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