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Per typical marketing trickery, the qualifier ”up to” 50% is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Sadly most of the Spitfire website is only discounted 30% or less. You have to dig really deep to find the very few items that are 50% off.

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First, unlike other forums, there are no censorship blackouts forbidding the discussion of “competitors” products. As a non-industry insider, I can feely let people know exactly how I feel about the new version of Studio One (errg… I mean the new Fender Studio Pro). Honest or critical posts are not removed. I appreciate this.

Second, the deals forum Rocks!!!

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I’ve been curious about the Model 77 for a while now. The “Blade Runner” sound can be so expressive.

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This looks a bit unusual (in a good way).

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Nearly all of Softube’s plugins are fantastic. However, since I already own all three flavors of the Universal Audio LA-2A, it would be hard to justify needing another LA-2A.

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I’ll echo what others have said about the name change from Studio One to Fender Studio Pro. Yes, Fender made a very poor decision with the new name. However, as bad as the new name is, it could have been a lot worse. For example they could have called it “Fender DAW”.

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I own them all already, but if I didn’t own any, the Pultec EQ Collection would be my first choice.

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The American Class A channel strip discounted to $49 looks tempting…

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These Plugin Boutique deals are often very good. The downside is that you receive zero credit for owning a previous version of Vintage Vault.

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Sweet! It sounds like the next Softube freebie will be Broken Speaker.

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I’m intrigued by the idea of adding a Pro-Q 4 style interface to all of the classic Softube EQ’s. Many of the old-timer engineers poo poo fancy graphics and insist that it is best to use and develop your ears when mixing. For a noobie like me, a combination of eyes and ears is best!

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Holy S#*t! You got a good deal!

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I think the continuous cursor display and the Roman numeral chord display are nice improvements.

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The Hammond Tips book looks really good!

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This is a good opportunity if you are looking to buy something from Best Service. I typically hold out for these promos which usually occur in March and October. I don’t remember ever seeing one in December. Noteworthy is that the prices of several items (for example Studio One 7 upgrade and Pro-Q 4 went up buy several dollars when this promo was announced. Net prices are still better than before the sale, but the $10 and $30 savings are not as good as they appear to be. I think this applies to the newer and more popular items.

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Happy Holidays LM team!

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More specific info on Studio One perpetual licenses found here:

https://www.presonus.com/pages/studio-one-pro-faq#:~:text=Perpetual:%20never%20ending%20or%20changing,your%20initial%20software%20license%20purchase.

 

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I was going to wait for the next update before upgrading to see if it was worth it to me. However, this discounted update price may lure me in. If this holiday discount occurs every year, then I’m essentially on a discounted fee update cycle. Hmmm, it is a bit of a gamble. The first Version 7 update didn’t do anything for me

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On nishyp said

$41 for Model 80 is tempting!

I’m eyeballing the same thing!

 

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The code is still working for me. Try logging onto your Softube account first.

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I got Cinematic Pads in one of the sales a few years back. Be aware that, while it includes some nice sounding pads, it is not a great fit within the EZkeys universe. The slow attack on a typical pad is at odds with most EZkeys midi which has a lot of rhythm and arpeggiation, etc.

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I just spoke with a first rate PC builder today. He confirmed that with AMD systems, 2 sticks of RAM allows for the RAM to achieve its full speed. Using four sticks of RAM results in a modest decrease in RAM speed. Motherboards with the newer X870E chipset allow a good technician to tune the system to perhaps claw back a little of that lost RAM speed. That said, if I had to choose between faster RAM and more RAM, I would pick more RAM every day of the week.

If you have large orchestral libraries and need 128 GB of RAM, you will need four sticks of RAM to get there. 96 GB of RAM with two sticks might be the sweet spot. If you aren’t using large orchestral libraries, then using two sticks to get to 64 GB of RAM is a good target. Of course, with purging samples, and bouncing tracks, many people get by with much less RAM.

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Cool freebie – thanks!

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Picked up a few items I’ve had some bad GAS for:

Upgrade to Spitfire Chamber Strings Pro $125

Spitfire Symphonic Motions $89

Pianoteq upgrade from stage to standard with the new Shigeru Kawai SK-EX as my free piano. $112

also the PianoTeq Bosendorfer for $39

Toontrack Hard-rock EZX $42

Udemy (3) Orchestration classes $30

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I recently switched to Dorico. It is a very capable and robust program but there is definitely a learning curve. My advice is to fully embrace the Dorico working philosophy. Don’t try to swim upstream.

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Hey Brian – Thanks for posting this! I picked up a three-part highly recommended series on symphonic orchestration. In total, it’s 30 hours of instruction which works out to just $1.00 per hour. A nice deal!

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On one hand, it is amazing that the technology to recreate a human singing voice exists and is so far advanced! On the other hand I’m a bit horrified at how soulless and lifeless the voices sound.

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Cool story! I like hearing a bit of history and insider information.

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They are a great developer. I’m a long time fan of Soniccouture.

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Heads up! There is an extra 25% off custom code for email subscribers.

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On peter said

On Hoppy said

This sounds very cool! I think that I can muster the necessary will power to put it in the back of my brain until it is included in a 50% sale.

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There’s a ridiculous amount of stuff that’s tempting me on sale at deep discounts right now. Would you say this pre Black Friday — as we’re not even there yet, so who knows what else is in store – is as good or do you think it’s better than last year? I could be wrong, but this year it seems like every developer and retail has started early. Granted, I’m sure a lot of them plan on doing something even bigger for Black Friday itself, but it seems that the majority of developers and music retailers that sell plugins and sample libraries have started Black Friday sales very early this year more than past years. That’s not a careful analysis, that’s just from my recollection of last year’s sales. I might be off. What do you think?

Your friend who keeps the beat.

It does feel like the Black Friday sales are starting earlier every year. I think developers are realizing that most people have a limited amount of money to spent on Black Friday. They want to make sure that they get a good chunk of your money before you reach your spending limit.

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On bapu said

On Fleer said

The sale of sales !

Except for a group buy!

My name is Ed. I Am still bapu though. My Studio

Virtual Bands: Citizen Regen, The Forum Monkeys,  Fizzy Pickle, The Coffee House Band

Yep, if you can wait, save your money for the summer group buy.

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This sounds very cool! I think that I can muster the necessary will power to put it in the back of my brain until it is included in a 50% sale.

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It’s a shame that it ended so acrimoniously with Larry. Thinking back to the insane amount of deal posting that Larry did over the years, you could certainly make the argument that his obsessive posting had perhaps become a bit unhealthy. We all enjoyed the benefits of his compulsion with no questions asked as to the amount of his time it consumed. That said, Larry did have somewhat of a hero status on the Cakewalk deals forum. If you don’t have a lot going on, this could provide a sense of community and a good self estimate bump. I think Larry really liked the roll of king deal poster. In the big picture, there are far worse addictions than finding deals and posting them. It’s sad to see Larry go, but I am in 100% agreement with you Peter that this forum should remain a refuge from politics and divisiveness. When I stop by Linked Musicians I want to focus on making music!

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Peter, I appreciate the transparency and the amazing work that you have done on the web site. I also very much appreciate Larry and his prodigious posting of fantastic deals. I’m going to be super bummed if you guys can’t make up and carry on with the friendship. I’m hoping that after a short break to take a breather everything will be smooth sailing again. For goodness sake, Black Friday is just around the corner! We need to bring our A game to the Deals forum!

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