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On anxiousmofo said

No email here. That said, I’ll admit that this is one dev that has never really impressed me. I own a bunch of their stuff and have very little of it installed. Maybe I have the wrong stuff.

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I can very much relate to your post, because until buying the Virtual Pianist line, I had a very similar opinion of UJAM (I mostly had a bunch of their plugins I got free with purchase or paid very little money for in big sales). I have no interest in plugins with pre-written MIDI files or loops. To me, the whole point of doing music is for me and any collaborators to actually play to the best of our abilities with our own unique ways of playing. I see no point in creating things with other people playing. It’s no longer my art, it’s no longer my expression at that point, it’s basically the difference between drawing you create on an empty canvas compared to a watercolor paint by numbers kit. Now, I’m not knocking anyone getting joy from going the paint-by-numbers route. If that’s satisfying to someone, they should enjoy it. For me, even with my tendinitis destroying my ability to play at a decent level, I still want to play to the best of my abilities (which is terrible! But every recording is an accomplishment).

Anyhow, if you like pianos and electric pianos, and haven’t tried out the various UJAM acoustic and electric pianos, I’d recommend giving them a shot. At $34 (what I paid — I think that deal is still available, I feel like it was one of the best sample library deals I’ve picked up since buying Musio 1 last year. They have free demos of their instruments. If you’re even remotely interested, I’d strongly recommend trying them out. I find each of those instruments has a bunch of presets that I love (hmm, I suppose I’m in the honeymoon period with the sampled instruments!).

Same here. First got some freebies but wasn’t convinced. But then Virtual Pianist caught my eye and I waited until I got this 5-in-1 bundle deal from Peter at $44. Jumped right at those three pianos and loved them. Then got to know their bass and drum libs. Pretty inspiring, especially as you can half-time everything, which I like for my kind of music. Then the guitars, as they all got updated with instrument mode, so you’re not only getting phrases. Next the multi-FX Finishers simply amazed me, so inspiring. And the Hans Zimmer Symphonic series proved to be the icing on the cake. Ujam surely won me over and then some.

 

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