Happy Birthday LM!

What I value most? friendly people helping one another in our passion for music software and instruments, without being beholden to a manufacturer.

Spectrasonics updated Omnisphere 3 a few months ago. My upgrade price is $199 and it includes

• Omnisphere synth updates
• 18 new patch libraries
• 35 new FX and a plugin that allows using them anywhere, not just with Omnisphere

Arturia updated Pigments. For comparison:

• Pigments synth updates were free of charge
• As a launch offer, the…

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The everything bundle is a pretty good deal if you are into presets, as it includes future ones.

I bought little by little and I wish I had known about the “everything” including unreleased sound packs because that’s what I would have chosen.

I did contact them a couple of years ago, asking if they offered a deal for upgrading from “almost…Read More

On March 21, 2025 at 6:54 am peter said

Only something like 5% of the sale goes to charity

 

Yes, by default only a small percentage goes to charity, but there is an option to change the percentages

Personally I usually set the Humblebundle “cut” to the minimum and split the rest between the charity and the publisher. The UI is a little…Read More

Some additional suggestions for the page of YouTube channels

Dan Worrall https://www.youtube.com/@DanWorrall

Sonic Scoop https://www.youtube.com/@SonicScoop

Paul Third https://www.youtube.com/@PaulThird

Venus Theory https://www.youtube.com/@VenusTheory

Praise Tracks <a…Read More

My old printer broke and I needed to get a new one. I got it from Quill.com. During checkout, I clicked on ” Manage your rewards and coupons”, which gave me many stackable coupons, adding up to a nice discount

Canon Color imageCLASS LBP633Cdw Wireless Color Laser Printer (5159C002) Item# 901-24555403

Earn 2x points for every dollar you spend on…Read More

I received an email that I was too late and they ran out of free TB-303 licenses, but they still gave me 3 months of Roland Cloud Ultimate (which will be handy for trying out the SRX modules not included in Roland Cloud Pro )

On February 7, 2025 at 7:48 am musicman said

On February 6, 2025 at 11:16 am lastcall said
Too bad devs forget the best DAW is Pro Tools and they don’t make an AAX version of their plugins.

That’s quite debatable 😉

But apart from which DAW is best, Protools should’ve ditched AAX years ago and made life easier for all the developers and their…

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Warning: Iron Axe is still 32-bit only…

On January 24, 2025 at 10:51 am pseudopop said
I’m seriously thinking about getting this and selling my existing Falcon license. If I could get around $100 for it, this bundle would cost me $125 after the iLok transfer fee. I own six of the 19 expansions, so that would make it about $9.60 per expansion for the remaining 13.

Falcon licenses s…

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Warning: ask.audio/ask.video has a HORRIBLE customer service

For some weird reason my home IP address got banned. I cannot use my desktop machine or wifi, only my phone on a cellullar data connection (massively inconvenient). I have repeatedly contacted them (as they note in the error page that tells me the address is banned), but there is no response

Interestingly, the URL shows

they are checking the referer from the browser and passing it around

Thank you! I have several magix accounts and I have a rule that sends most of their emails to a folder (except my primary account)

For whatever reason they only sent it to some of the accounts but not the primary one. With the info you posted I was able to find a few survey links

Now I’m getting a “This Survey has been deactivated by the owner.”…Read More

Maybe this is version dependent? I have samplitude X7 but no survey 🙁

Dontcrack.com also has it for $79 and, if you have more items in your purchase list you can use their custom bundle discount

https://store.dontcrack.com/product_info.php?products_id=4493

Buy a second product and get 5% EXTRA DISCOUNT OFF both products
Buy a third product and get 10% EXTRA DISCOUNT OFF all 3 products
Buy a fourth product and get…Read More

Quake II

I went to register it and then noticed that I already have it in my account. I’m passing it on for someone else to enjoy something extra for the New Year.

Redeem at gog.com

KTXM91740C0939160C

(please post after redeeming so that others don’t waste time trying to redeem it again afterwards)

Beautiful picture! Happy holidays for you and your family!

And of course, a big thank you to everyone who makes linkedmusicians possible.

This is an interesting one, combining the “let it learn and auto-adjust” approach with a human-guided multi-plane adjustment (forefront, background and 5 more in between, a little more control than the “focus/no-focus” in iZotope Neutron)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjRcjMl-GIU

Ah, I see your point

For music you can focus on the artist as a performer, the artist as a creator, or both

I do play, but I’m rather mediocre and I have more fun with the creation part (combining and modifying loops, using tools to convert ideas and moods into music, using music generators and curating the results). It’s true however that from…Read More

No loops? Not even free ones?

Sounds good. Btw, just in case I’d like to be clear that I’m very happy with linkedmusicians.com and very thankful that you have created it. This was just an experiment with a feature of the site, and the ideas I got from it. I did not expect “knobcloud” from these early stages, that would have been completely unrealistic. I just used knobcloud…Read More

I couldn’t find any demo or useful reviews

If someone buys it, please let the rest of us know if it works as advertised

I’ll go next… My name is Eusebio and I have have been buying Waves plugins, bundles and upgrades for a long time until I got to full Mercury, Abbey Road and more

AA references aside, Waves makes some plugins that I just use over and over again: Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter, Puigchild, CLA Guitars and CLA Bass, CLA Nx, Manny Marroquin Reverb, the…Read More

https://www.waves.com/plugins/studioverse-audio-effects

For quite some time Waves has offered StudioRack for free. The latest version is called StudioVerse

It is a plugin container, and its most advertised feature are the Plugin chains (the ability to create and configure a group of plugins and save it for re-use in multiple projects).…Read More

Do any of you have both Diva and Saurus? How do they compare? (besides price, of course)

And the $84 is now crossed out and has a $75 next to it…

On December 13, 2024 at 2:37 am pseudopop said
I’m still looking at Echo Cat, because it’s still discounted. Someone talk me out of it, please.

What other tape delay plugins do you have and how do you expect echo cat to be different?

(I know I’m playing with fire, and instead of talking you out of it, it is also possible that you’ll talk us into it…)

• MUTED GUITAR & HARMONICS
• TAR & CHONGURI
• FADO GUITAR & CAVAQUINHO
• RONROCO & BOUZOUKI
• CONTRABASS PANDURI & TANBUR

$24.90

Requires full Kontakt.

https://www.sonuscore.com/shop/origins-bundle-vol-6-10/

@Brian – Invite sent (sorry if the message looks weird, I fatfingered and sent it half-way through typing “Hello”)

Also, I saw that you got Hogwarts Legacy. I played it last year and it was fun. I was learning about streaming and recorded the playthrough: https://www.twitch.tv/gremlinsmusic/videos (down the page, you’ll see Hogwarts Legacy right…Read More

For a given chapter you can get either an update (only that new chapter) or the collection (all chapters up until the one being purchased).

In addition to the chapters there is DLC Game Packs that you can access with a subscription or you can unlock individually using…Read More

I didn’t know there were other ESO players in this community (for reference, my in-game account is @gremlinsgaming, and I usually play at very early am in the North American server)

Fanatical.com has deeper discounts on this sale

https://www.fanatical.com/en/search?search=Elder%20scrolls%20online

I picked up the Gold Road collection (I was…Read More

Deluxe, Special and Complete packs, prices $3 to $3.50 each, depending on quantity. There are some interesting choices (if you don’t already have them) like Field Of Glory Masters Edition

https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-special-editions-bundle

Finale is being discontinued and they have been offering a crossgrade to Dorico Pro at a 75% discount, $149. This discount is stackable with the cyber Monday 20% off code CYBER24, reducing it to $120

In addition, you get a copy of Finale v27 to better help in converting Finale files for import into…Read More

Here is my list

• VPS Avenger 2
• Tone2 RayBlaster 2
• SPC ArcSyn
• SubLab XL & packs
• Imaginando FRMS & DRC
• Magix soundpools (various)
• ArrangerKing
• Modalics bundle (Beat Scholar, EonARP, bitfuzzer)
• Zynaptiq Unveil
• LANDR Super Bundle
• DDMF Superplugin & Bridgewize
• Lumina Delay
• Moogerfoogers 101 & 105
• Imperial Delay
• Xils-Lab Le…

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Is this the same bundle that you’re looking at?

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/S1v7P12MSub–presonus-studio-one-pro-7-perpetual-license-with-12-month-studio-one-pro-subscription

Quoting from the description

“once your subscription ends, you’re not left empty-handed — you get to keep the perpetual license to Studio One Pro 7”

(and, thi…Read More

If you have a subscription through plugins-samples.com, it is available now (no need to wait)

I got Translator last year. It has significant limitations (e.g., it cannot convert from formats like newer Kontakt, newer IK, etc, and it cannot create single-file ufs for Falcon, it only does the older format with a folder full of uvip files), but it can do things potentially quite useful, like converting a sf2 into programs for Falcon; Or, if…Read More

They have a great set of good quality courses. I have ask.audio and groove3. There is some overlap but enough differences to make it worth having both.

Ask.video (this deal) is actually ask.audio plus more. This is their story (as reported in https://happycomposer.com/review-ask-audio/)

“When we started to create video tutorials in 2005, our f…Read More

I just listed my first item in Buy/sell, to give it a try and identify why/why not sell here. The current model reminds me of KVR and why I don’t sell there.

The main reason is that it requires regularly checking to see if the item got sold, and I’m not very good at that, sometimes I may check these forums multiple times in a day, but other times…Read More

I accidentally bought one too many licenses.

Asking price is $17, Paypal G&S

RAMSES (Rhythm And Motion Stereo Engine System), provides a mask-based system for adding movement to your sound.

It includes 5 effect units:
* Multimode Filter
* True Stereo field control
* VCA (Gain/Volume)
* Spray Delay
* Bit Crusher

And these effect units provide…Read More

Warning, don’t watch this if you’re asking yourself “Do I really need another virtual synth?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9dyIDWhlVw

For reference, Sublab + Sublab XL + (almost) All presets + (up to) 3 “free with purchase”s  is $30

Here is the earlier post on getting Sublab + Sublab XL

SubLab is $10, Sublab XL is $20

This is one of my favorite PA plugins, esp. in the parallel reverb track, with the preset for pre-verb return cleaner

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays!

I have a CapitalOne quicksilver credit card and I was surprised to find that Avid has a substantial 30% cashback reward

https://capitaloneoffers.com/c1-offers

(note: I don’t know if cards other than Quicksilver will also have similar cashback/discount, if you have a different cc but it also offers rewards you may want to check)

For me, this…Read More

It’s not exactly on-topic for any of the 3 “Deals” forums but it can be a useful “deal”

These are free downloadable PDF’s with lists of contact info for various industry participants (recording studios, music attorneys, gear rentals, etc)

https://www.musicconnection.com/industry-contacts

My guess is that it’s going to be the usual “reseller ecosystem”.

For me, “something different” would mean major discounts on “upper tier” plugins like an 80% off Serum or Omnisphere (which I highly doubt we’ll see that), or on the “lower tier” a new indie developer (which doesn’t sound too thrilling, the plugin market is already pretty saturated)

Dreamtonics Store Black Friday sale: Get 20% OFF on all products until Nov 29th, 2024.

Homepage

Synthesizer V Studio Pro is $71.20

Most voice banks for Synthesizer V are $63.20, Solaria and Asterian (from Eclipsed Sounds) are $71.99

Is it time for me to hire a new singer? (Ninezero, get ready for a job interview...)

Note that that Les Diffuseurs is available from Xils-labs (on sale for 29 €) but I haven’t seen it available yet from any reseller

Also, if you’re getting multiple plugins, I’d suggest getting Xils plugins from dontcrack.com and take advantage of the “buy more pay less” discount (other stores often exclude Xils-Labs products from additional c…Read More

I’d probably end up getting Universal sound packs. Intrinsically, MixBox, FM8, masterdesk TP and even Ozone Elements are probably better deals but I already have them, and the rest I’m not familiar with them

Many of these freebies will end up on P2P resale sites for $10 or less anyway. If interested in more than one, it may be better choosing the…Read More