Okay, I’ll just say the quiet part out loud.

We’ve reached a odd — even somewhat amusing — point where we have some members that are routinely grabbing the posts from here (our Deals forum) and posting them at the Cakewalk Forum. How do I know that for certain — beyond a shadow of a doubt? Well, it’s not merely the timing of the posts — get…Read More

@thesteven So you’re aware, I installed an update for the plugin that does automoderation recently, and it keeps holding a bunch of posts up — funny enough, including my own LinkedMusicians posts! I have been trying to figure it out and made some adjustments, but it’s still catching stuff that it shouldn’t. So, please accept my apologies for it…Read More

On May 17, 2025 at 10:12 pm Brian said
Well Sampletank has been on the market for at least 20 years- I know because I have owned it for at least that long.  I think it was the first VST I ever bought, to use with Band-In-A-Box, before I got into regular DAWS.  I can understand why publishers retire stuff- especially for Apple, as they don’t rea…

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On May 17, 2025 at 6:43 pm Fleer said
OTOH these were upgraded to version 2, both Syntronik 2 and Sampletron 2 being only a few years old, which is why I’d think IK would launch version 3. Then again, maybe there was some intellectual property at stake, IDK.

2021, 4 years ago. I don’t find that at all surprising. Now, I only know Peter T from IK,…Read More

On May 17, 2025 at 2:03 pm GoncaloL said
I didnt know that Syntronik was being discontinued.. that is not an old product at all and is a big red flag to me.

For us mac users this kind of pratice with “recent” products is really worrying

Syntronik was released in 2012. My background is in technology marketing. Thirteen years for a software pro…Read More

I want to be transparent about everything I do on the site. As everyone knows, we’re using affiliate links to help with the costs of the site. I also created the merch store to have branded LinkedMusicians merchandise that would be fun and help raise funds to go towards the cost of the site.  Now, I realized with the small community that we have…Read More

On May 16, 2025 at 7:09 pm Fleer said
Yep, sad.
Hope it’s coming back, tho.

Same for SampleTron. I was thinking about sending Dave Kerzner (who made those libraries from his collection of Trons)an email or DM to ask him if he’s going to release those libraries in another format, such as for Kontakt. He actually released a Kontakt library of a l…Read More

LINKEDMUSICIANS SEARCH RANKINGS AND AI BRAND MENTIONS AND HOW YOU CAN HELP THEM IMPROVE. 

The two extensive Cakewalk Forums threads I created with curated lists of free sample libraries that I started in 2022 achieved top 5 rankings at Google for US searches for free sample libraries, free sample instruments, free kontakt libraries, free kontakt…Read More

On May 16, 2025 at 3:15 pm thor said
Its a fight between Schubert, Kraftwerk and Peter Gabriel…

I think Peter wins for always listening, the other require the right mood…

I could be good with Peter Gabriel. He’s absolutely one of my favorite artists. I even have an autographed Peter Gabriel album that my wife got for me many years ago. IMO, he’…Read More

Wow, all I know is that if this was a race, Vangelis has a strong lead!

On May 16, 2025 at 6:47 am Fleer said
I thought this one was dropped by IK?

I wasn’t aware of that when I created the topic. But after your post, I used AI to see if IK or an IK rep had publicly stated that MixBox was discontinued, and sure enough, it has been. In fact, IK has also discontinued Syntronik, and SampleTron but will continue…Read More

On May 16, 2025 at 5:56 am Xandre said
What’s the sound quality of the modules compared to the Amplitube/T-Racks versions?

I would think it is identical. @peter-ik can you answer Xandre’s question?

FTR, I paid $29.99 US last year and thought it was probably the best deal I’ve ever gotten on plugin effects, which is why I deemed it a “No Brainer.”

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.

For some reason, the a…Read More

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

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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