By the way, before I made the above post, I checked a bunch of online shops that resell Native Instruments software, including Plugin Boutique, JRR Shop, Sweetwater, Musicians Friend…Best Service’s prices are the lowest, even when using JRRShop’s discount code, and not even factoring in if you use Best Coin — or the value of getting Best Coin…Read More

BTW, the video is setup at YouTube so that it can only by seen by people who see the link and this thread is only visible to our members. This is just something I wanted to make to communicate to our community as opposed to the general public. I just find it much more personable.

This is the first video I’ve made anywhere since I was diagnosed…Read More

On May 22, 2025 at 11:51 am fretman said
$200 for Music Production Suite 7.1 upgrade seems a little disappointing. It was $99 at introduction. All I’m really looking for is Neutron 5 which is NOT 50% off (it’s $120).

Want to hear an even more frustrating experience? I owned a similar bundle to Music Production Suite, that didn’t have a few of tho…Read More

An approppriate song for this occassion. “I Have the Touch.”

My fellow Peter Gabriel fans would get this one without me giving it away, but for everyone else, give it a listen and you just might be amused at the chorus. I’ll take a liberty with the spelling:

“Wanting Kontakt. I’m wanting Kontakt. I’m wanting Kontakt — with you…. I need…Read More

Great share, @mira. Thanks much!

I signed up right away. It seems very cool.

I have a draft of my next post, which is about the DAW market, including the market shares of the major DAW players and the great generational divide between older generations (Boomers and Gen X) and younger generations (Millennials and Gen Z) when it comes to perpetual licenses vs. software subscriptions.

I think it will provide more insights –…Read More

On May 21, 2025 at 12:15 pm mira said
hello dear Peter i only copy link 🙂 i dont know affilate etc, but hope that code works well 🙂

No worries, it wasn’t a complaint, I just wanted to let you know that I modified the URL. It works the same as it did for users. As always, thanks for sharing!

I have thought about Piano Colours. I think Galaxy Instruments are super talented. I’d pick Noire as my favorite grand piano library, with the update of Rosewood Grand coming in next. I usually avoid loops, even with my tendinitis, severely limiting my playing and 20+ years without practice because of tendintis, I still want what I record to my…Read More

I’m on Komplete 13 Ultimate @peter, so there are A LOT of updates in K15 U.

Some that I’m keen on are:

• The new Session titles (Acoustic Sunburst Dlx, Prime Bass, Icon Bass, Upright Bass, Ukelele, Electric Mint, Picked Nylon)
• Piano Colours
• Guitar Rig 7 Pro
• Alicia’s Electric keys and other Electric Keys

There are probably others, but that…Read More

@mira The link contained someone’s affiliate code, so I removed it from the URL.

That time of year when most of us update our versions of Komplete! What new stuff is everyone anticipating? I’m probably going to stick with Komplete Standard. I’m pretty excited about:

– The new features in Kontakt 8, and I have heard good things from some Kontakt developers.

– Guitar Rig 7 Pro. I like 6, although I like Amplitube better. I’ve…Read More

The deal ends tonight.

On May 20, 2025 at 2:57 pm patrickwichrowski said

On May 20, 2025 at 8:58 am MagicRuss said

That’s a shame to see SampleTron discontinued.  I thought it had a good set of non-traditional sounds in addition to the classics.

SampleTron has one of the best libraries of Tron and related. My only complains are that the last update messed with the gr…

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On May 20, 2025 at 2:37 pm antler said
I find mvMeter2 handy for both gain staging and checking overall loudness

https://www.tbproaudio.de/products/mvmeter2

Excellent recommendation. I have that and use it too. Thanks, @antler! I’ll add it to the list.

I find mvMeter2 handy for both gain staging and checking overall loudness

https://www.tbproaudio.de/products/mvmeter2

Thanks for sharing this, @frank! So far, every freebie from this developer has made my list of best Kontak freebies. I’m eager to check this out!