Drums:  Addictive Drums, mostly Fairfax.  Kontakt’s Abbey Road 60s sees a lot of use too.  Sometimes NI Drumbox for hybrid sounds.

Bass:  MODO Bass for sound, EZBass for ideas in generating bass lines.

Piano: EZ Keys.

Electric Piano: Lounge Lizard.

Guitar:  For electric sounds, my Nighthawk.  For acoustic sounds, one of the NI Session serie…Read More

I love how we see a deal and beat a deal. I really want to gamify that at some point, but I realize that will be $$$$$. It’s on my long-term wish list for the site. Maybe a couple of years down the road (or less).

I think the issue people have with NA is that NA has issues for them.  My only complaint is that it takes a while to load.

For companies that have a large suite of software, unified installers make sense, although I could see people thinking it is a waste if they only have one of the products installed.

On the other hand, it seems like every…Read More

On November 3, 2025 at 2:14 pm pseudopop said
The AudioDeluxe website hasn’t worked properly for me ever since they updated it. It’s probably my browser’s security settings causing the problems, but with the amount of trackers and analytics scripts AudioDeluxe uses, I’m not going to disable them or visit the site with Chrome.

JRR uses only Go…

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The AudioDeluxe website hasn’t worked properly for me ever since they updated it. It’s probably my browser’s security settings causing the problems, but with the amount of trackers and analytics scripts AudioDeluxe uses, I’m not going to disable them or visit the site with Chrome.

JRR uses only Google Analytics, which can be blocked without…Read More

On November 3, 2025 at 12:22 pm mustakatu said
Baby Audio TAIP is $8 at JRR with the code FORUM
https://www.jrrshop.com/baby-audio-taip.html

I’d still give Audio Deluxe the edge, with a selection of free plugins with purchase, plus they have a loyalty program, so you can use loyalty cash to reduce your price if you’re already a customer and…Read More

I should have added the deal at Plugin Boutique, which is $15, but you can reduce it with loyalty cash plus you get to choose one of their free plugins with your purchase.

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/7-Drum-Machine/15874-KAYA-Loyalty-Upgrade-from-any-UJAM-product?a_aid=66fd59ee09bb9

Also, to qualify for loyalty pricing,…Read More

Baby Audio TAIP is $8 at JRR with the code FORUM
https://www.jrrshop.com/baby-audio-taip.html