That’s a bummer!  I had not ordered anything from Sweetwater for a couple years but ordered a PDF format book recently.  It was late evening and I didn’t look for it until the next day.  I had an email that there was a problem processing.  I realized right away that my card on file probably expired (it had).  Once I updated it and sent an emai…Read More

Here is what you need @fretman

I remember buying Greg Hendershott’s sequencer software decades ago when I am pretty sure he was a one man shop.  12 Tone Systems was the company name.  I don’t remember if he called it Cakewalk at first, but I do remember that it grew into “Cakewalk”.  Anyway-  Time keeps flowing, and products adapt or die (or are murdered after acq…Read More

So it looks like I am not the only one not being offered a better deal.  No biggie for me.  I never use Lounge Lizard and I was only interested in the CV-3 upgrade for the MPE support so I got it from Best Service.

On July 3, 2025 at 2:05 pm peter said
Great find. How are you so good at finding these kinds of deals? It’s like you have radar for them.

You know, it’s been at least a couple of years since I became aware that you and I both battle trying to curb our plugin / sample library addiction. We already know that I’m doing terrible at that. How about…

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Thanks for the info @dsteinschneider.  I did notice that they have my AIR stuff split between two sites.  I wonder if it has to do with their dropping iLok on newer stuff?  Anyway, it is frustrating.

I have been using good ole’ TrackSpacer for this kind of thing, but the mid-side visualization and built in phase tweak make this look pretty handy.  It looks like it’s been out for a year or so.  Any user comments?

Sonora Cinematic is also running a Summer Sale on their paid libraries (end date unknown).  I found this recent YT video informative regarding running a small library company.

I added an edit to my post.  They let me know 15 minutes after my email that it was fixed, and it is.  I got the impression from a VI post from Best Service that they are working on getting all their data to sync in the next few days.  Until then it looks like they have to manually sync per account.

My purchases after December 2022 are missing from “My Products” but everything is in “My Orders”.  Importantly, the serials (including recent) are viewable by clicking the folder icon in “My Orders”. My “BestCoin” balance looks about right from what I recall.  I sent them a note, but I am not concerned.

On June 27, 2025 at 3:19 am ZincT said
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I also noticed that they do a Ubuntu version! I keep toying with the idea of dropping Windows in favour of something else and various flavours of Linux are getting better (I’m now using Linux Mint on an old laptop and it’s great) but sadly still not quite there where Audio Production is con…

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I think you might be disappointed with it since you are not really interested in the sampled chords, etc.  No up/down strums.  Loot Audio has an info page here with some library details.    I looked back and saw that I paid $7.50 to Loot and got a couple freebies to boot. I did a quick search and came across this Kontakt freebie that I didn’t che…Read More

On June 26, 2025 at 9:43 am peter said

On June 26, 2025 at 8:43 am fretman said
You can always draw in your own chords. I do that a lot. You get more control  over how the pick strokes the strings that way. Players don’t always strum evenly across the strings. I often accelerate during the stroke (I’m expecting lots of jokes now – get your m…

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