Stokely Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Just read on vi-control (from the main Cinesamples dev) that the coming soon libraries would be in Musio 1. Gah, more temptation! I'm normally not a subscription guy, at all...but 99 bucks a year (paid up front) to get past and future, it would take 3 years even at the sale price of Musio 1 to break even with that. I'm paying more than that on my damn world of warcraft account that I'm about to suspend because I'm not using it right now. And in kicks the rationalization--I'm "saving money" by moving that over to a different, cheaper subscription! Of course you can't look it like you are putting money back in your pocket, booo. Here's another one my brain likes: it's the price of one six-pack of beer a month (with today's prices), so it's good for me as I'll be drinking a bit less I'll probably hold off and see if I can get into the habit of doing more writing, without that happening none of these plugins are worth a penny. Too much life stuff getting me down lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyMoe Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Does anyone know if Pianoteq ever goes on sale? Black Friday etc? Looking to pick it up but can wait. Quote Montage 7, Mojo 61, PC-3, XK-3c Pro, Kronos 88, Hammond SK-1, Motif XF- 7, Hammond SK-2, Roland FR-1, FR-18, Hammond B3 - Blond, Hammond BV -Cherry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 GForce just put pretty much everything they offer on sale from now until November 30th. Prices as low as 85% off. Available at the MPN Shop. dB 3 Quote ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 20% off preorder discount for Ableton Live 12 Suite, for current Ableton Live 11 Suite owners https://www.ableton.com/en/live/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 That's a nice price on the GForce string machine. Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Havu Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Arturia's black Friday sale, 50% off flagship software Clonkety Clonk If you've already got some Arturia stuff, the discount is even greater, at least for me. Pigments for $49? I think I might... 1 Quote Hardware Yamaha MODX7, DX7, PSR-530, MX61/Korg Karma/Ensoniq ESQ-1 Behringer DeepMind12, Model D, Odyssey, 2600/Arturia Keylab MKII 61 Software Studio One/V Collection 9/Korg Collection 4/Cherry Audio/UVI SonicPass/EW Composer Cloud/Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, Trilian/IK Total Studio 3.5 MAX/Roland Cloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Staying strong so far on stuff I truly don't need--UAD bundle, Arturia, Cinesamples--but I am going to pick up Soniccouture's Sun Drums. Half off (as is all their stuff right now), and because I own Moon Kits there is an additional crossgrade that knocks off $30 from the sale price. I don't have good drums that really sound like that (tight, funky) and anything SC does is high quality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusker Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, Stokely said: Staying strong so far on stuff I truly don't need--UAD bundle, Arturia, Cinesamples--but I am going to pick up Soniccouture's Sun Drums. Half off (as is all their stuff right now), and because I own Moon Kits there is an additional crossgrade that knocks off $30 from the sale price. I don't have good drums that really sound like that (tight, funky) and anything SC does is high quality. +1 That's a sweet deal. What's the microphone complement like in actual use in Moon Kits? (rooms, overheads, bleed, etc). Good for atmosphere or do you have to do some reverb processing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 I'd have to fire it up on my non-work computer to check. I sadly haven't used it much just yet--got it as part of a bundle sale SC did. From memory it has quite a range of ambience but I'm not sure that is from room sound or possibly built-in fx. The couple times I have used it in a track I've gone for more of a dry sound. I prefer to have the kontakt library drums come out to separate logic channels like the Logic producer kits do automatically--and I always have to look up how to do that--so adding verb wouldn't be a problem. My "standard" drums will probably be NI's Studio Drummer moving forward, I think they sound great. Again not sure if Moon kits comes with actual room mic recordings (as the Logic kits have, I just wish they sounded a bit better in the first place....) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusker Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 23 hours ago, KeyMoe said: Does anyone know if Pianoteq ever goes on sale? Black Friday etc? Looking to pick it up but can wait. Not sure. Clouded the future is. They had a 20% off sale in August. They had a 25% off sale last November through JRRShop IIRC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill5 Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 21 hours ago, Justin Havu said: Arturia's black Friday sale, 50% off flagship software Clonkety Clonk If you've already got some Arturia stuff, the discount is even greater, at least for me. Pigments for $49? I think I might... I have heard good things about Pigments, but the last thing I need is another synth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyMoe Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 6 hours ago, Tusker said: Not sure. Clouded the future is. They had a 20% off sale in August. They had a 25% off sale last November through JRRShop IIRC. Thanks!! Quote Montage 7, Mojo 61, PC-3, XK-3c Pro, Kronos 88, Hammond SK-1, Motif XF- 7, Hammond SK-2, Roland FR-1, FR-18, Hammond B3 - Blond, Hammond BV -Cherry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill5 Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Orange Tree, maker of great guitar plugins, is having a 35% off sale: https://www.orangetreesamples.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redknife Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Korg native instruments @50% (199>99) https://korg.shop/software/natives.html?___store=english 2 Quote Chris Main gear: Yamaha C7, Kronos 2 88, Moog Sub 37, CK61, Kurzweil PC2x, Pearl epro, Mac/Logic/AUs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reezekeys Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Just saw Kontakt 7 is half price ($150). Sorry if this is a repost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose EB5AGV Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Redknife said: Korg native instruments @50% (199>99) https://korg.shop/software/natives.html?___store=english What is also interesting is the KORG Collection 4, which has 14 instruments for $199. That is truly tempting me! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill5 Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Reezekeys said: Just saw Kontakt 7 is half price ($150). Sorry if this is a repost! I'm debating an upgrade from 6; I haven't heard good things about 7. PS: cross-grade is only $99. I got mine for $125 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reezekeys Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 20 minutes ago, bill5 said: I haven't heard good things about 7. The latest update supposedly fixed an issue with Sonoma and Logic, or maybe just Sonoma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill5 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Thanks - I don't have either. It was more of a general dislike of the UI I think, and that the only thing it really bought you over 6 was the scalable thing, which would be nice, but not worth $99 to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obxa Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 21 minutes ago, bill5 said: Thanks - I don't have either. It was more of a general dislike of the UI I think, and that the only thing it really bought you over 6 was the scalable thing, which would be nice, but not worth $99 to me. Make sure you fully log into the NI site - my upgrade from 6 to 7 was only $49.00. Much of the content in the stock library (which I've never really explored...) has been upgraded, and expanded. Wasn't earth-shattering, but actually some nice stuff in there. I was mainly happy to have it not crash Logic so much, and also use less resources in Mainstage. Quote Chris Corso www.chriscorso.org Lots of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill5 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Sorry, $49. I will blame my typing over my brain. (cuz yknow, the 4 is so close to the 9....) Still leery if all it really buys me is scalability. And you're right, much of the stock stuff (esp the "Factory" stuff) is IMO is considerably underrated, not unlike how stock stuff that comes with DAWs is. Human nature, I guess...we see it as a "throw in" so how good could it be? doh! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGene Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 14 hours ago, Jose EB5AGV said: What is also interesting is the KORG Collection 4, which has 14 instruments for $199. That is truly tempting me! Just discovered that deal and very tempted too. Anyone having the collection, is it worth it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill5 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Before grabbing anything Korg, I suggest checking Full Bucket, who make great Korg emulations for free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose EB5AGV Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 4 hours ago, CyberGene said: Just discovered that deal and very tempted too. Anyone having the collection, is it worth it? I do have a real Triton Rack and a Wavestation A/D... Just to have those sounds, including all Triton extensions, makes the bundle interesting. And then add 12 more instruments 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Havu Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 7 hours ago, CyberGene said: Just discovered that deal and very tempted too. Anyone having the collection, is it worth it? Yes. I've got it, and while someone mentioned the Full Bucket plugins, those are great, but the only one that's a duplicate of what KC4 has is the MonoPoly. Everything in KC4 sounds great. I'm quite fond of the M1, Triton, Wavestation, Prophecy, and the MiniKorg. 1 Quote Hardware Yamaha MODX7, DX7, PSR-530, MX61/Korg Karma/Ensoniq ESQ-1 Behringer DeepMind12, Model D, Odyssey, 2600/Arturia Keylab MKII 61 Software Studio One/V Collection 9/Korg Collection 4/Cherry Audio/UVI SonicPass/EW Composer Cloud/Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, Trilian/IK Total Studio 3.5 MAX/Roland Cloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Most if not all u-he plugins are on sale at multiple spots. Plugin Boutique is one. I'm internally debating Bazille, which sounds both amazing and different from my other synths, but I'm not sure I want to learn how to program the thing! Repro and Diva are my favorite and most-used synths, and this is the best sale on them I've seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obxa Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 10 hours ago, Jose EB5AGV said: I do have a real Triton Rack and a Wavestation A/D... Just to have those sounds, including all Triton extensions, makes the bundle interesting. And then add 12 more instruments 😃 Me too. I've owned and regretfully sold many synths over the years- a lot of Korg stuff. So for me it's great being able to get sounds back. Still have Triton, Wavestation and M1 hardware. I got the Korg Collection back when it was just 3 synths. - I think it's a great collection. They've never really given any great loyalty discounts and the prices are never hugely discounted. So grab it while you can. I've gotten better upgrade paths using the coupons they include with some of the M-Audio or Novation stuff, so see if you have any of those. If you want some of the Digi- 90's stuff it's superb. The Arp Odyssey is very good, still has some UI issues on my set up with the FX pages. But great presets. I constantly use Wavestation and Triton live (Mainstage) and in the studio most, and confirm they actually sound better than the real thing. The UI on the Poly-Six is still too small. I've been surprised how much I've ended using the Mono-Poly. The Prophecy is pretty cool, wasn't a synth actually played before. Mini-korg was my very first synth (also stupidly sold...) it's fun, perfect for Greg Hawkes early Cars sounds. MS20 is good too. As to Full-Bucket- I like most of their synths. They really do much better with some of the early Korg string stuff and drum machines. But he also did a great job with one of Korg's sleeper Fm/Hybrid synths: the DW8000. Used one of those to death in the old days, and always regretted selling it. I got misty hearing some of those sounds again., like an seeing an old friend. Played Deltas and Tridents many times with backline long ago, and he really nailed those too. He's too kind to offer them free. I've donated to the guy, he's doing wonderful stuff. - and out of left field, he just came out with an Arp Omni - The string synth always lusted for but couldn't afford back in the day. I wore out the Evatone demo soundsheet record that came in Keyboard mag- remember those??? On 11/14/2023 at 10:37 AM, KeyMoe said: Does anyone know if Pianoteq ever goes on sale? Black Friday etc? Looking to pick it up but can wait. Historically, they've often offer just the add-ons at discount only. That's the only time I've ever bought them, otherwise a little pricey otherwise. . Sweetwater will usually have them for instant download, and sometimes cheaper than on Modartt's site. . Modartt will also do some discounted upgrade paths between the standard- pro etc. Been with them since V1- and upgrades between versions have always been very reasonable. 1 Quote Chris Corso www.chriscorso.org Lots of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGene Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Thank you all, I got the Korg Collection 4 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose EB5AGV Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 1 hour ago, CyberGene said: Thank you all, I got the Korg Collection 4 🙂 Great move 👍🏻. I hope you enjoy it!. I even forgot I also have a real M1 and a Triton Le 76 on my storage area... Too many things! 😆 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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