Ha! Brian and I answered with the same recommendation, UJAM’s Virtual Pianist line.

As always, take AI tools’ results with a grain of salt, but this was Google’s generative AI answer to my asking it whether UJAM’s Virtual Pianist line uses AI (I ran the prompt before making my above post):

“Yes, UJAM’s Virtual Pianist, like many of their virtual…Read More

I don’t use AI piano VSTs, but I believe that  the Ujam Virtual Pianist line uses AI that does “smart accompaniment and performance.”

We could easily have a lively thread on AI instrument plugins; they’re clearly a topic with diverse opinions. I still record music the way I did when I was a little kid, using multi-track reel-to-reel and cassette…Read More

On May 15, 2025 at 3:48 am jorge said

On May 13, 2025 at 4:46 pm peter said
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On another level, this conversation — where we’re all sharing opinions that are slightly different than another person’s but keeping everything friendly and respectful— epitomizes why I decided to start this community, so that people can have discussions like this…

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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.

On May 14, 2025 at 10:02 am Brian said
If you are pinching pennies, JRR is giving 11% off with “forum”.  “group” appears not to work with BabyAudio. Bonus for me at least- JRR is still not collecting my State’s sales tax, which is a not insignificant 9%.  I’ve noticed that a lot of direct sellers use payment processors that do (collect sale…

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@fretman, For some reason I can’t figure out, the automoderation software held up your topic. I approved it as soon as I saw it.

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 14, 2025 at 7:16 am JT3Jon said
Doesn’t baby audio have an additional 10% off for newsletter subscribers?

I couldn’t recall for sure, so I just checked. You’re right! Great tip, @JT3Jon Thanks for sharing it!

Man, I spent my $1.32 last week and still haven’t installed it, and now it looks like I’m going to spend a buck to pick up the additional presets.Oh well, at least my plugin hoarding is costing a total of less than 3 bucks!

Have you tried the synth yet, @jorge?

If you buy at Plugin Boutique they have the same — or better — deals than Baby Audio, plus a freebie and you can earn and use virtual cash and rewards tokens and pick up their latest freebie, Bitwig Studio 8-Track.

https://www.pluginboutique.com/manufacturers/263-Baby-Audio?a_aid=66fd59ee09bb9

On one hand, I realize that angry mobs in social media can be incredibly unfair, and that can terrify a small business owner. On the other hand, it doesn’t embody trust if they merely delete criticism and lash out at critics. They would do much better by reaching out and trying to understand critics. I would want to understand more about how the…Read More

On May 13, 2025 at 12:08 pm Brian said
Agreed- “NO BRAINER” if you want sampled acoustic instruments.  The catalog is enormous.  Honestly I feel a bit of a chump for buying the lifetime license because so far, everything they have released is in Musio 1.

Wait, I liked it when reading your first sentence. I was not liking it for the third sente…Read More

On May 13, 2025 at 11:14 am MrFigg said
I really wish I could sell my Melda Complete Bundle but the transfer fee is enormous.

That did make me wonder what the transfer fee is. It’s 20% of the full price of the library. Melda MSoundFactory, for example, has a full price of $332 US, that’s $66.40 US, which, very candidly, is very high. For…Read More

It’s on sale at other shops like Best Service for $149 US. So absolutely, JRR is the best price going, the lowest price I’ve ever seen on Musio 1.

https://www.bestservice.com/en/musio_1.html?aid=ZBgL2roqVxRSujmR

IMO, that’s a no-brainer. I paid $149 US for it during their Black Friday sale and that was an incredible deal.

I’ve written this before — because believe me, when you’ve advised some of their competitors, it’s not like praising them is great for your relationships, it’s not. But I’m a strategist, not an influencer. I’ve never sold my right to…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

Another thing everyone can do to help the site grow in addition to telling others is POSTING! Yes, commenting, even commenting in the deals forum that you own a plugin or sample library and giving some brief thoughts — positive or negative about it based on your experience. Or just weighing in to say you think something seems cool, it really…Read More

Scrapped due to lack of interest.