On November 15, 2025 at 9:39 am Brian said

On November 15, 2025 at 4:28 am LinkedMusicians said
@bluescat I knew of Audio Imperia for a long time, but I never had one of their libraries beyond an April Fool’s library. Glade was an eye opener for me that showed me how talented this developer is. I can say that after getting it, Audio Imperia i…

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On November 15, 2025 at 4:28 am LinkedMusicians said
@bluescat I knew of Audio Imperia for a long time, but I never had one of their libraries beyond an April Fool’s library. Glade was an eye opener for me that showed me how talented this developer is. I can say that after getting it, Audio Imperia is now on my radar and I will be following t…

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@bluescat I knew of Audio Imperia for a long time, but I never had one of their libraries beyond an April Fool’s library. Glade was an eye opener for me that showed me how talented this developer is. I can say that after getting it, Audio Imperia is now on my radar and I will be following them and posting their deals. I think — I’m not sure –…Read More

On October 31, 2025 at 2:23 am pseudopop said
I thought this was a lite version of Majetone’s product:

https://majetone.com/products/truck-drums

It all starts with a dashboard used as a drum or Brian’s cymbal gizmo in a car and leads to truck drums (which I do own and love — except for the crash cymbal mapping). Consider them gateway drums. (…Read More

Thanks @bluescat

Will be interested to see how well the AI stuff works. I will probably upgrade but might wait to see if the upgrade price is reduced in the annual sale they have nearer Christmas.

The fact that Musio got aboard some superb indie sample developers like SoundIron and Project Sam is a huge win. @bluescat, considering that Musio has released new libraries beyond Musio 1, which the lifetime deal customers received, plus the fact that these very high-quality sample developers are aboard is a great sign that they believe in the…Read More

I think it’s hitting me harder because of my tendency to be long-winded. Not putting myself down, I just like to write, so I do. My replies can turn into articles/editorials. And I love talking about my favorite gear.

Whether anyone reads it (all) or not, hey, whatever, but I do put effort into it, from my end it’s not just “jibba jabba.”

Lists…Read More

On September 4, 2025 at 5:59 pm doug said
I received an email from 8Dio saying I was eligible for the crossgrade for Blackbird but when I went to the site, it still showed $30 for me. I do in fact own Blackbird. Guess I need to contact support. They have actually been very responsive in the past.

This would be a clever signature if I could…

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I had an embargoed press release for this from early this week and planned on putting it up, but @bluescat scooped me! Kudos, my friend! Thanks. 🙂

@bluescat Based on everyone’s comments — and after checking my own account and finding that I also have discounted prices for being a customer (I own around 3 dozen of their products)  — I’d recommend contacting the AAS folks. They’ve always been super nice every time I’ve interacted with them. My guess is that you should be seeing discounted…Read More

Thanks Brian @bluescat

I got the free upgrade a while back but my installed version is 0.7.6 and the latest is 2.0.0 so worth downloading the update.

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…Read More

This piques my curiosity – do you have it @bluescat?

I found this info on the big MIDI thread on KVR…

https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9094234#p9094234

@bluescat My daughter and I were watching a ballgame while browsing Giphy, looking for a funny FOMO gif before finding the above one from The Office and laughing for a minute straight. We could use a lot of FOMO gifs on the various threads that end today!

@bluescat – great to hear!  I will try to pass along good experiences like yours too so the team doesn’t feel like I’m only giving them third-party lectures 🙂

I am glad you didn’t have to use the Peter II batsignal but I am definitely here if anybody needs to summon me.  Just say “Peter II” three times.  Sounds kind of like Beetlejuice, ri…Read More

A photo of our own LinkedMusicians’ moderator Brian (@bluescat) in the maroon t-shirt with the retro emblem that he shared last week on The Wall.

I know, you may be shaking your head thinking, shameless! And it’s absolutely true. But the merchandise is one of the ways I’m attempting to raise funds to help with the costs of operating LinkedMusicians. We’ll be rolling out a contribute button later this month, as a number of members have suggested, but I was — and am — excited by the idea of…Read More

On May 13, 2025 at 6:54 am jorge said
I watched the following YouTube video about AudioModern… and I’d like to hear your opinion on this company.

I’m not an AudioModern customer, but I think the guy in the video makes a pretty strong case. The way he criticizes this developer is civil and intelligent. Technically, he’s more of the ant…Read More

Hey, I had to tell the same thing to MusicMan, and he ended up helping me out a bunch on getting set up with our email alerts. Hey, I’m a marketing and business strategy guy. while I’m very tech savvy and most of my career has been with tech companies, I’m certainly not an actual IT pro and when things start getting really tricky, it’s great to…Read More

Thanks @bluescat that is useful to know. I will try the player version and see if it floats my boat.

Meanwhile Playbeat 4 for €20 is worthwhile.

@bluescat I did the same as you re Playbeat 4 and I’m glad I did. Thanks for the heads-up.

I was also not interested in Soundbox on release, so will be interested in your view now.

On May 5, 2025 at 9:07 am Brian said

On May 4, 2025 at 10:54 pm peter said

What did you order?

Your friend who keeps the beat.

 

I like both the “LM” and “Vintage” designs so I got one of each (T-shirts).  I’ll suck in my gut and post a photo once they arrive 😛

Please do snap a photo and share it! In fact, give me a heads up and I’ll creat…Read More