I like Cameron. We’ve had a few friendly emails. But he charges A LOT to do videos or “reviews.” Several years ago brands were paying $15k-$20k to get him to “review” their product. SPOILER ALERT: Actual reviewers are journalists that don’t do promotional videos for the brands whose products they review, accept free product, gifts or money,…Read More

On May 15, 2025 at 9:19 am Fleer said
Getting that $99 Essentials bundle at AudioPluginDeals if the Mother’s Day coupon still works.

Unfortunately, the Mother’s Day coupon has expired. If you want to help with the costs of the site, you’ll still get the same price if you click the below affiliate link and a commission will go towards running t…Read More

On May 15, 2025 at 9:35 am doug said

On May 14, 2025 at 9:58 am peter said
@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.

Your friend who keeps the beat.

@peter, for some reason my post to this topic are also waiting moderation.

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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

I don’t / can’t use Logic (no fruity hardware here) but UJAM has four piano titles that are kinda similar to what EZ Keys does.  I think they are algorhythmic rather than AI based MIDI generators, but they all target a similar task in that you input chords, pick a style, and out comes keyboard performances.  I have not put much time into Scaler 3…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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I just want to give my Kudos to IK for their resolution of an issue I had this week.  MANY years ago I bought Sampletank Max (physical package) on USB memory stick.  I had since noted that my in my upgrades to Total Studio Max 3, 4, 5  some of those ST sound packs were not installable from IK Product Manager (they were noted- “Install from USB dr…Read More

No State income tax here, hence the high sales tax, But of course I pay all such Use Taxes in a timely manner. 🐻

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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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 sales taxes).

@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