Xandre posted exactly what I was going to say. Founder Peter (that has a ring to it!) has not only his longtime ties with developers but also a strong background in modern marketing (web, digital etc). Sharing that knowledge and expertise helps us understand the plugin market. He has some very interesting ideas that if developed into Forum…Read More

Thanks – I chose Axxess Pop Expansion Pak

1. Gregg Allman – first exposure I had live to a B3 player – started lifetime love of the instrument. He wasn’t always out in front soloing but when he did it fit the song well.
2. Ian Stewart – Nicky Hopkins – Chuck Leavell – I’m putting them together for their Rolling Stones work.
3. Jan Hammer – played at my high school when I was a junior – mind…

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I was watching Simeon do a demo on Slower which has a “fragment” version (just one of the several instruments). I went to the e-Instruments sites and listened to Desolate because I love twangy reverb drenched tremolo guitar (Twin Peaks, Duane Eddy etc). I might bite on getting the rest of the plugin. It’s very playable which is not always the case…Read More

Thanks for upgrading server – time for another paypal!

Plugin Alliance was the first company I bought a plugin from – the bx_bassdude fender bassman VST, probably developed by Igor Nembrini. Everyday when I practice bass I use the B15N which I know Nembrini developed. I always enjoyed Dirk’s marketing shenanigans and am grateful for the freebies they’ve shared over the years.

I commented this on another thread here – If I had just bought the $99 Studio Max 5 upgrade it would have automatically been exactly what I picked with the 50 group buy items. .

IK Max Studio 5 for $99 would have accomplished exactly the same as the group buy for me with a lot less “work” 🙂

I just finished all but one of my Group Buy 2025 promotion choices. I made sure I had every TR6 FX (my last Total Studio Max was for TR5), all the Pianoverse pianos, All the Tonex and AmpliTube Signature Collections. Then I chose some SampleTank items like LA Confidential, London Grooves, Salsa Percussion and a few others.

My typing fingers are sore just thinking about keeping up with the BF sales.

I’m really busy lately, it would be great if only the BF sales I’m interested in are posted. I like amp sims, piano, organ and synth VST’s, and mixing FX. Thanks for your attention in this matter 🙂

I downloaded all the Pianoverse grand pianos. Might do the uprights later once I make sure I’ve got all the T-Racks 6 stuff and other little hidden gems like Salsa Percussion Loops which is actually a very playable latin percusssion VST.

I think I’ll be done picking out my 50 IK group buy items by Nov 28 🙂

BTW, I figured out that when you click “Submit” to just keep refreshing that page until it goes through – you don’t lose the slot and the product will get added to the account

I bought the PB AT5 for $29 for our studio account. The main difference going in at $199 was T-Racks Pro instead of T-Racks which I think mostly eliminates the need for slots for TR6 items

I got in at the $99 level. My last purchase was Total Studio 2 Max so I used up all my slots buying T-Racks 6 products, Pianoverse, Tonex Collections, Modo Bass guitars not included in base product, a few Modo Drums, ARC X, The Resonator and some other odds and ends.

This deal gets you in at the $199 level – is there anything between $99-199 of…Read More

I would hold off right now (Monday morning Oct 27) on processing your promotion slots.

I just confirmed a promotion slot for the Tonex Signature Hyde Street Amp Locker and my browser reported back a 500 connection reset error. The slot is showing as redeemed but I’ve waited way longer than normal for the email confirmation (not received). I also…Read More

Working now, I use AIR products (Velvet in particular), so I know the drill, launched their Windows app, add product – pasted serial in and then download, then install.

Upgrade ordered. I’m used to the interface so not too concerned about that. I use it for jam sessions, it’s great being able to instantly load up synth patches with effects in one slot in Cantabile.

Update on my Tonex Signature Bass Collection purchase that didn’t qualify for the group buy. Since it was released after the beginning the Group Buy it would not be available as a free title to choose.

The captures in the Bass Collection are top notch, I found many good ones on Tonex Net but these new ones are just unbelievably good. So, I’m…Read More

Greetings LinkedEms People,

I have a charity gig coming up. We only rehearse the day of for a couple hours before the show. I find that I don’t really know if I have the song down when playing along with the song. I decided to figure out a free way to download the song and extract the stems for rock songs. I used stacher to download the YouTube…Read More

IK is very straightforward about software licenses being non-refundable.

They denied my request.

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“Thanks for your patience while we got back to you.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate your request to add you to the Group Buy.

We hope this response has sufficiently answered your questions. If you still have any question, interests, or concerns, please reply to this email and an…Read More

I’m crushed – I just bought the Tonex Bass Collection and then I see this in the YouTube comments for it:

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@ikmultimedia
5 days ago
Sorry, that is not possible at this time. New products released after Group Buys begin are not added.

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I could have so easily have bought one of the Brown collections and gotten the Bass collection lat…Read More

The Oct 1st free WA Productions Vocal Compressor appears to be expired but before I exited the website it offered the KSHMR Kick plugin free if I signed up for the newsletter.

The free offer of the WA Vocal Compressor appears to have expired. The cost of having too many gigs to check in here for freebies 🙂

Bought the Tonex Bass collection, took 15 Jampoints so qualified for $85. This will be well worth it as I need ARC X and a bunch of guitar Tonex collections (Brown versions especially).

I usually just use a dried out 🙂 Legacy of Rock Jet Black kit so I listened to the No Doubt songs based on that SDX. Sounded good – will probably buy a bundle of 5 or 10 at some point.

If this group buy wasn’t a little confusing and missing products in the dropdowns I would be suspicious that the whole thing is a scam 🙂

Worked for my Groove3 login that wasn’t active at the time.

Hi Peter,

Glad you’re here on LM! I want to buy ARC X. I didn’t see it in the excluded software list but it is for sale under $99 so hoping you can confirm whether it qualifies for this group by.

Thanks,

Doug

I’m staying on Mixbus Pro 10 myself – I track in Reaper and then mixdown in Mixbus. If no midi instruments are involved, I’ll start in Mixbus.

The Cherry Audio Miniverse, like many of their products, is a step up from the free ones I’ve been using.

I bought this – chose G-Force Axxess as freebee

I left it open and today pasted in the code provided in the first step to check out and it worked

Getting a message coupon usage limit reached – try later or contact them

Returning back to comment that the last couple of updates have much improved the user experience. The banner and countdown are gone. Hopefully next they can move the evaluation notice to the title bar.

I’m more of an Eli Mercer fan than Velvet Sundown

I use Reaper and Mixbus for my DAW daily drivers. When I helped our band’s singer songwriter migrate his studio from analog to digital 2 years ago, I chose Cakewalk because I thought it was more user friendly for someone who had never used a DAW or plugin. I was very satisfied with Cakewalk by Bandlab and the studio users liked it for tracking and…Read More

Well that reinforces your theory that in one to two years the product may not be available 🙂

I don’t have any skin in the game as I’m simultaneously using Mixbus 10, Reaper and Sonar. I’ve also pitched going over to Logic for the studio I’m involved with.

I have a password filler. It got tripped up because it had stored inmusicbrands.com and inmusicstore.com. I think inmusicbrands.com is the newer, correct website. If you go to the other site you end up at inmusicbrands.com. I recommend that you get logged in first (create an account if you don’t have one yet, I had to reset my password). Then go…Read More

Good thread – I enjoy spirited debate, even online as long as the trolls haven’t arrived 🙂

I expected Bandlab to begin offering a perpertual version bound license for around the price of Reaper. Sonar Premium for $49/year is almost in that ballpark. For some reason I still don’t want to pay that even though I’m happy re-upping Cantabile and…Read More

Added to my account – too busy with gigs to check out – someday 🙂

I think this topic belongs here because of the hard work provided by Peter and the other Deal heroes who subscribe to hundreds of music software developers, distributors, deal websites etc.

I’m happy to subscribe but some of the above are sending WAY too much email. I’m involved with email marketing with some clients. I advise to be very careful…Read More

Done – extended my performer license out another year

Somewhat off topic but want to mention that I think Sampletron 2 knocks it out of the park for Melltrons – especially considering I practically got it for free in one of the deals here.

The TV is surprisingly good as a monitor but of course there are compromises. Off axis viewing has contrast issues. I’m used to it, but the colors look slightly different as you move to one side of the monitor while looking at the other side. I was working with someone who had a pair of 32 HP curved monitors. I was scoffing at the curve until I…Read More

Hi Peter,

I’m on Total Studio Max 2 so $299 is the correct upgrade price? Must be, I’m logged in and that’s what I’m seeing 🙂

Thanks,

Doug

I bought a 40 inch 4k monitor (actually a $219 Vizio TV) so I can size things for easy visibility and still see a lot of tracks. I’m going to wait for sale or some kind of incentive to MB10 users. I do like the idea of the panel with larger view of EQ etc.

@fretman – Be strong. Wait for their Studio Max sales.

Difficult it is for us grasshoppers to grok the above advice! 🙂