peter replied to the topic Native Instruments: 2025 Summer of Sound Sale – LOWEST PRICE THREAD in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
I own NI Komplete 15 Standard Edition, and I’m strongly considering Ultimate Edition, even though I really shouldn’t. With an additional 10% off from NI the price is $269.55 US:
Subtotal$299.50
Discount-$29.95
Order Total$269.55BEST SERVICE:
Komplete Ultimate Upgrade NOW: $269.30 (was…Read Morepeter replied to the topic Native Instruments: 2025 Summer of Sound Sale – LOWEST PRICE THREAD in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On June 28, 2025 at 3:14 pm bselack said
On June 28, 2025 at 1:47 pm peter said
Just a reminder, Native Instruments’ Komplete 15 sale ends this Monday, July 2, 2025. I just got a reminder email from NI.Your friend who keeps the beat.
Which is a bit weird, because Monday is June 30th. (at least in the US ) 🙂
Yep, I agree. I’m looking f…Read More
peter started the topic Triple Spiral Audio Summer Sale – Save 50% in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
Triple Spiral Audio Summer Sale – Save 50% on soundsets and libraries for Omnisphere 2, Kontakt, Falcon, Pigments and more. Expires: June 30th.
peter replied to the topic Native Instruments: 2025 Summer of Sound Sale – LOWEST PRICE THREAD in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
Just a reminder, Native Instrument’s Komplete 15 sale ends this Monday, July 2, 2025. I just got a reminder email from NI.
Brian replied to the topic The Best Service Website Is BACK!!! [The Deals are Back!!!] in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
I added an edit to my post. They let me know 15 minutes after my email that it was fixed, and it is. I got the impression from a VI post from Best Service that they are working on getting all their data to sync in the next few days. Until then it looks like they have to manually sync per account.
peter replied to the topic The Best Service Website Is BACK!!! [The Deals are Back!!!] in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On June 28, 2025 at 10:39 am Brian said
My purchases after December 2022 are missing from “My Products” but everything is in “My Orders”. Importantly, the serials (including recent) are viewable by clicking the folder icon in “My Orders”. My “BestCoin” balance looks about right from what I recall. I sent them a note, but I am not concerned.Brian replied to the topic The Best Service Website Is BACK!!! [The Deals are Back!!!] in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
My purchases after December 2022 are missing from “My Products” but everything is in “My Orders”. Importantly, the serials (including recent) are viewable by clicking the folder icon in “My Orders”. My “BestCoin” balance looks about right from what I recall. I sent them a note, but I am not concerned.
peter started the topic Orchestral Tools Midsommar Sale – up to 59% off in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
Orchestral Tools Midsommar Sale – 50% off on selected collections, 59% off on the exclusive Midsommar Bundle until July 23.
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peter replied to the topic The Best Service Website Is BACK!!! [The Deals are Back!!!] in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
Thanks for the insights, @antler, it’s much appreciated.
I emailed Best Service right after my above post. A customer service representative replied to me and said everything was restored when he responded to my email — in 17 minutes (yes, I realize that the site was down 17 days, so maybe there is something to that number with Best Service) –…Read More
peter replied to the topic The Best Service Website Is BACK!!! [The Deals are Back!!!] in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On June 28, 2025 at 5:42 am Yan said
My recent purchases are missing since beginning of 2023November 2022 is my last purchase shown. They really should have communicated with us to let us know that these problems exist. I might expect this from the one and two-man retail shops, but Best Service is large enough to have done so much better. I was…Read More
peter replied to the topic The Best Service Website Is BACK!!! [The Deals are Back!!!] in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
Okay, in 17 days, you’d think they’d have their act together. I’m missing three years worth of orders. Disappointing. I suppose I’ll deal with it on Monday. I still have my emails from those three years of orders, but it would be nice if they had better data practices. This — and the lack of communications about problems like this — is extremely…Read More
peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Rick Beato did a video about an open secret in the music industry, that pro songwriters — sometimes producers — write songs for a great deal of today’s young pop stars. The stars might want a lyric changed here and there to fit their style, but often have almost no involvement in the songwriting. In fact, several years ago a group of songwriters…Read More
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Quincy Jones shared, shortly before his death, that other people would write with Michael Jackson and he would refuse to give them credit purely out of greed. I can’t recall the exat tune he cited bfore, but I think it was the bridge in “Human Nature” that Jones aid keyboardist Greg Phillinganes wrote. Jones said he tried to persuade Jackson to…Read More
Paul McCartney did the same to a lot of musicians, I think they learned a lot off of each other, met the guy who wrote most of the guitar and instrumental parts for live and let die, can’t remember the fella’s name now but yeah, totally did this back then.
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I’m a huge McCartney fan, and I’ve never heard that, and I’ve had a number of chats with one of Paul’s former drummers, Chris Whitten. Chris spoke very well of Paul. I asked Chris if Paul was really bossy with the musicians, and Chris told me that Paul was always really easy going and was never like that. Plus, Paul wrote “Live and Let Die” and…Read More
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Here’s an early version of the song with McCartney playing the piano. McCartney plays the key parts of the song.
peter started the topic Sonuscore Summer Sale Up to 70% Off in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
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peter replied to the topic The Best Service Website Is BACK!!! [The Deals are Back!!!] in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
BESTSERVICE.COM IS BACK!!!
The family was all together to watch a ball game last night, and guess who fell asleep? Yep, this guy. I woke up in the wee hours and what do I do? Check the Best Service website and it’s working. Hooray!!!
(the songs are all from the perspective of the Bestservice.com website,…Read More
peter replied to the topic The Best Service Website Is BACK!!! [The Deals are Back!!!] in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
It’s a little past 7PM in Germany, where Best Service is located, and I do not suspect that their site is going to be back up this week, as they projected. Let’s hope for next week.
Brian replied to the topic Phrasebox 2 release / sale in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On June 27, 2025 at 3:19 am ZincT said
…I also noticed that they do a Ubuntu version! I keep toying with the idea of dropping Windows in favour of something else and various flavours of Linux are getting better (I’m now using Linux Mint on an old laptop and it’s great) but sadly still not quite there where Audio Production is con…
peter started the topic Handcrafted Audio Handcrafted Piano – reg. $199 Intro Price $139 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
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peter replied to the topic The Best Service Website Is BACK!!! [The Deals are Back!!!] in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On June 26, 2025 at 10:28 am Yan said
Best Service replied in another forum that their website is not for saleOn June 26, 2025 at 10:28 am Yan said
Best Service replied in another forum that their website is not for saleI never had confidence that was legit (the domain being for sale). I’m going to trust that Marko is shooting straight with me…Read More
Brian started the topic Phrasebox 2 release / sale in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
MIDI generator for most platforms
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Brian replied to the topic The Ronroco by Guillermo Guareschi Original price: $29 NOW: $11.60 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
I think you might be disappointed with it since you are not really interested in the sampled chords, etc. No up/down strums. Loot Audio has an info page here with some library details. I looked back and saw that I paid $7.50 to Loot and got a couple freebies to boot. I did a quick search and came across this Kontakt freebie that I didn’t che…Read More
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I watched this video a couple days ago. It’s unfortunate that songwriters may not be getting a fair deal, but if there is a “free market”, are they not able to choose a different artist / agreement? I really don’t know if most musical acts are under a single “megacorp” that could be considered a monopoly, which would be an anti-trust issue. If…Read More