@lastcall, well, some say there’s a separate installer, others say “the whole loop” is exactly the case. Haven’t tried myself tho (my personal top are Transgressor 2, SPL Attacker Plus, and Oxford Envolution). Also, there’s some shenanigans with receiving the code by mail at the moment, could be needed to try a couple extra times. High demand

I wonder how many of our community members produce metal music. I know you (@lama6, that is), @lastcall and @bapu. I try to cover the bases of the genres our community enjoys when I’m deciding what deals to post.  I don’t post everything. I deliberately avoid content that I don’t feel fits the interests our community members have shown an…Read More

@lastcall, sorry to hear that. IMO something’s def wrong here, e.g. Neural DSP are so hard to make them sound bad. There’s a growing discussion on gain staging on guitar plugins, have you watched videos like these to figure out the reason of your problem?

Also, there’s a shared spreadsheet called…Read More

I think it’s hitting me harder because of my tendency to be long-winded. Not putting myself down, I just like to write, so I do. My replies can turn into articles/editorials. And I love talking about my favorite gear.

Whether anyone reads it (all) or not, hey, whatever, but I do put effort into it, from my end it’s not just “jibba jabba.”

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On May 24, 2025 at 4:58 pm lastcall said
On the “other” site Deals forum, we learned Alicia Keys (piano) was going for $10 at Plugin Boutique.

If you have it, Komplete Standard is only $200 (Kontakt 8, Massive X, Guitar Rig 7 Pro and Battery alone are so worth it).

Now that I have lots more of experience, to me neither Ultimate or Collector are…

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@lastcall

At least, it looks permanent on iLok.

On January 31, 2025 at 6:51 pm lastcall said
No sh@t are they giving away for free Eleven MK II with Pro Tools Intro+? Wow.

Automoderation caught your naughty word,  @lastcall. That wasn’t me or Brian, who both would never utter a foul word…ever….;)  Still, I’ll put in an asterisk for those easily offended (which doesn’t include me, BTW, b…Read More

On January 30, 2025 at 3:47 am lastcall said
You bought it already, Peter, right?!?!?

I hope you’re doing super well.

@lastcall Thanks for the well wishes. I’m good. I hope you are well too.

I do love the cello, but with the Musio Tina Guo and Cinesamples solo cello libraries and the Spitfire Abbey Road Iconic Strings libraries I picked up a…Read More

@LastCall When I had it on my machine it had something about it that sounded fake — maybe it was a reverb. By the time I wanted to go back to it the trial expired. When I searched on reviews, I found that I was the only one who had that opinion. Granted, the demos don’t sound that way. It could just be some patch or two that stuck with me.

@lastcall First, this is great news! I’m a Windows user, but I’m happy to see anything improve.

Even though this will be the first post for the forum, I’m going to move this to the INSTRUMENTS – VIRTUAL & PHYSICAL FORUM as it’s exactly what’s intended there. Also, congratulations! It will be the forum’s first post since I’ve set it up!

@lastcall Two things,

(1) You’re apologizing for going off topic or long at the forum I started???? And you think you can beat me for longest post? I am to long posts what cclarry is to deals. Haha!!! No further comment…

(2) I did notice you were gone and definitely missed having you around. It really is nice to see you back. I don’t know if…Read More

I love this thread. Thanks to everyone who’s shared so far. I’ve conversed with you guys about deals at the Cakewalk Forums and have really become fond of so many people from there and always wanted to know more about people’s musical backgrounds. I know, abut some of the group. Like @larry is a really talented rock guitarist. I’d love to get him…Read More