On January 30, 2026 at 7:50 pm Yan said
This time, prices are lower directly at Toontrack

Oops, you’re right, @yanthesinger. As all of the past sales have been cheaper at Best Service, I admit, I wrote this one on auto pilot. I’ve revise my original post. That said, prices are from $.05 to $.39 more at Best Service, which is erased when you…Read More

This time, prices are lower directly at Toontrack

I have a rule from my days running a marketing strategy publication I founded, when PR people for book authors sent me a book, I would only write about books I could recommend. I ended up writing about maybe 2 percent of the books that I received. Since starting LinkedMusicians, developers and retailers have started to ask me about NFRs. I tell…Read More

Darn, this new version is Windows 11, only. My laptop is Windows 11, but my DAW PC is Windows 10.

On January 30, 2026 at 2:50 pm anxiousmofo said
Shocking they aren’t even requiring registration/email to download.

Tangled roots perplex her ways.

It’s a one-man shop. The developer, James, is a really decent guy. I’ve communicated with him — purely as a customer — several times over the years and he’s always been a really nice, d…Read More

Shocking they aren’t even requiring registration/email to download.

On January 30, 2026 at 2:14 pm anxiousmofo said
The upcoming Koda Sampler looks like it could be a major competitor to Kontakt with fantastically awful timing for NI and any assumed ongoing market dominance by Kontakt and related financial maneuvering.  I was quite impressed by the Koda NAMM presentation videos, at least.

Feel free to create a…Read More

On January 30, 2026 at 10:54 am LinkedMusicians said

On January 30, 2026 at 9:34 am fretman said
I’m just glad I recently replaced my old keyboard (with obsolete drivers) to Arturia rather than NI’s Kontrol Keyboards.

I was explaining this situation to my wife yesterday and I told her how glad that I am that I don’t own one of NI’s keyboar…

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The upcoming Koda Sampler looks like it could be a major competitor to Kontakt with fantastically awful timing for NI and any assumed ongoing market dominance by Kontakt and related financial maneuvering.  I was quite impressed by the Koda NAMM presentation videos, at least.