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    fretman replied to the topic Edu Prado Dark Mandolin for Kontakt Player on Sale for $31.30 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals

    • 1 year, 2 months ago

    Seems to be mainly for sound design. As best I can tell these no legato and no tremolo.

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    fretman replied to the topic Martinic Bandcamp Friday AX73 Sonic Quintet Collection Preset Collection FREE! in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals

    • 1 year, 2 months ago

    And their next preset collection is on pre-order sales for less than $8.00

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    fretman replied to the topic SampleTank 4 for $19.99 + UVI Relayer FREE! in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals

    • 1 year, 2 months ago

    I never got along with ST4 for some reason. Other than that, I find myself usually unimpressed by VIs with all-encompassing content. They have lots of instruments but they’re all shallow. No depth and only good for adding some background/nuanced texture or for sound design. Most of my mixes attempt to be realistic and are sparse, so everything is…Read More

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    fretman replied to the topic iZotope Ozone 12 INTRO SALE – Extra Discount w/ Code in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals

    • 1 year, 2 months ago

    Ozone Comparison

    Been disappointed with iZotope’s pricing ever since their acquisition. This would cost me $169 to upgrade. I don’t think I need any of the new features.

    My MSP upgrade (which also updates me to Neutron 5) is $293.

    These just don’t seem worth it to me.

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    fretman replied to the topic What Is Your Absolute Go-To Physical and Virtual Gear? in the forum Samplers, Sample Players & Sample Libraries

    • 1 year, 2 months ago

    What a great thread! I love reading why people use what they do.

    My context: I usually try to replicate real acoustic/folk music so I don’t really use off-the-wall FX and stuff, although I still seem to collect them just-in-case. I have a poor recording space so I almost always use VIs, although I try very hard to make my music sound like real…Read More

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