I have a ton of reverbs, so maybe I shouldn’t even watch the video. Cameron is excellent on camera — he’s a natural — so I’m sure he does a great job of presenting this. But I’m already trying pull myself back from contemplating the UAD reverbs / chambers. I love the demos I’ve done of UAD’s Sound City Studios, Capitol Chambers, and Hitsville…Read More

On June 18, 2025 at 7:52 pm Fleer said
Wut? Wot? I paid $9 for the OG.

Candidly, I had to check to see if I own this or not. Turns out I don’t. And I know this is supposed to be really, good, but I already have probably 20 paid compressors that I don’t know how to use with any level of competence (I mostly just use the AI ones from Izotope and…Read More

BTW, when I shared that my experiences at VI-Control and my direct conversations with Mike Greene were the inspiration for me to create a community committed to civility and not permit the developer contractor shilling or the attacks on competitors with (intentional false information) — I don’t pay attention to VI-Control anymore. But I was…Read More

On June 17, 2025 at 10:48 am fossile said
i just gave up 3 starbucks per month and now have the Bandlab membership in perpetuity… LOL. subscription is the future and everyone will be doing it someday. Studio One “perpetual” license only requires you to buy the next version each year or lose support 3-6 months after that… Pro Tools teters as well…

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Here’s the big question to everyone in this community (of course, as we now see around 15 unregistered visitors for every registered visitor, only those who are registered members can weigh in). When Best Service is back up — let’s say it’s a week from now or weeks from now, are you still comfortable buying from them? I’ve created a poll where…Read More

On June 18, 2025 at 9:35 am Kirean said
Well, the VIC thread gave us this at least, so maybe things are not as nefarious:

In addition, we would like to add that your Best Service User Accounts and associated licenses have not been impacted by this technical incident. Thanks again for your patience.

Of course, that’s good to see.

They should be…Read More

Ah, okay. From the thread at VI-Control where Best Service is posting –where the crowd quickly went toxic and people started arguing with each other  —  Best Service’s email is not working. Of course, that’s one more reason they should have been communicating in social media. I’m not looking to castigate them for this, but I just hope (1) t…Read More

I sent an email with this message in it to their affiliate manager on June 13, 2025. He has never responded:

“An e-commerce site going down for one day is concerning; three days, it looks as if you’ve gone out of business. Especially with the lack of communication.

Can you tell me what is going on? My community is asking questions.”

On June 17, 2025 at 10:55 pm superabbit said
I haven’t seen any rumors posted here, only questions and speculation.

A LOT of people have personal stakes in the continued existence of Best Service.

For starters, it is a chilling reminder that all of these license validations that require a handshake with a server depend on that server being a…

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On June 17, 2025 at 8:16 pm Kirean said
Rumors or not, speculation or not, the silence will be filled with something as people are concerned for their financial investments. And that concern increases more and more as the time passes.

Good communication builds trust with the customers and gives them assurance that everything is under…

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@skell Thanks for the update, Sean, and welcome to LinkedMusicians!

While the updated messages raise new questions (have they been hacked and data has been compromised? Otherwise, why are they talking about data security????), it at least shows that they’re there. So I’m going to take it as encouragement.

FTR, I am cheering for these guys. But…Read More

On June 16, 2025 at 8:15 pm Satya said
@peter only @bapu is legend . We should make his jokes pdf

You should give it a try! If you like playing around in AI, I’m sure you could pull something off. It would probably only be amusing to us (this community). But that works for me!

What do you think @satya? While I realize it’s an AI job, I thought the cover art looked great, so I downloaded it, hoping to get a laugh or two. Unfortunately, this is pretty much the state of AI humor. F-. But I like the vibe of the cartoon.

On June 16, 2025 at 5:09 pm Brian said
Point taken Peter 🙂  I am aware that these guys are getting a cut from those codes, BUT 10% off to me is still… 10% off 🙂  NI still might put out a better direct offer in the last week.  Best Service too, if they can resurrect in time!

I think this is the year I grab the Komplete Ultimate 15. As much as I’m…Read More