I think you know @pseudopop that SD3 is my go-to for acoustic drum samples. But Toontrack rarely has the SDXs that interest me on deep discounts like this. Rock Warehouse SDX is one that I have been interested in. I don’t recall my take on the two Roots SDXs — I need to check those out. I already own Custom & Vintage, which I find kind of meh…Read More

• Grand Piano: Orange Tree Samples Evolution Rosewood Grand
  While I came up with the question, this is a really difficult one for me to answer, because I own a lot of piano sample libraries and plugins. I love NI Noire for gentle music and especially for its felt piano samples. However, it isn’t great at cutting through loud rock band…

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On December 10, 2025 at 10:40 am psionx said

On December 9, 2025 at 3:49 pm peter said

On December 9, 2025 at 3:38 pm fretman said
<p>If I have the Hollywood and Fantasy OPUS collections, any reason to get this one, too?</p>

<p>Yes, plugin / sample library hoarding; it’s what we do! 😉</p>
<p>Okay, I don’t own it. I couldn’t resis…

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On December 9, 2025 at 3:38 pm fretman said
If I have the Hollywood and Fantasy OPUS collections, any reason to get this one, too?

Yes, plugin / sample library hoarding; it’s what we do! 😉

Okay, I don’t own it. I couldn’t resist.

On December 9, 2025 at 10:05 am jude77 said
I’ve followed this guy for years and he seems like a really good fellow.  The video is very clever and worth watching even if you don’t download the bells.

I agree with you. Around the same time — and through Pianobook — I came across him and the developer behind Decent Sampler, David Hilowitz, and…Read More

This deal is still working today, December 5, 2025.

This deal is still working today, December 5, 2025.

This deal is still working today, December 5, 2025.

Most of these deals have now ended, so I won’t be updating this thread.

@jude77 Thanks. I realize when I share that my professional expertise, and claim to fame in life, is marketing, and specifically digital marketing, most people — even people in positions called marketing — don’t understand what that means and immediately think it means promotion. Ages ago, my publication went viral for my writing about marketing…Read More

On November 30, 2025 at 6:31 pm mustakatu said
Worth every cent

I was contemplating this. Thanks for chiming in. What do you like about it, @mustakatu?

On November 29, 2025 at 1:27 pm mustakatu said
Very limited, very beautiful

Agreed. I love the tone of the Max Richter Piano. His Noire library has long been one of my favorite sampled pianos. It sometimes makes me forget that I really can’t play very well anymore!

I registered and downloaded everything with one exception, Pitch Shifter. The email I received from Pitch Shifter did NOT have a serial number and instead had this message:

“Offer only valid for qualified Splice users from May 14, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025. Redemptions of AIR Pitch Shifter must be made before 11:59pm Eastern time Sep 30,…Read More

On November 26, 2025 at 3:03 pm patrickwichrowski said
Got Oxide Tape Recorder 😀

An excellent choice!

I already own all of them, but I love UAD plugins and this is a fantastic freebie offer. Great find, @MrFigg! Kudos. This easily earns a place on the Best Freebies of Black Friday 2025 that I have pinned.

On November 26, 2025 at 2:27 pm mustakatu said
LOL, now it’s Sound on Sound with the exact same landing page except the logo

https://www.sosforartists.com

 

That’s ridiculous ahaha

I posted that last month. I have compassion for Sound on Sound, because they’ve historically been a really good publisher just struggling to stick around. I hav…Read More

It’s a tangent for sure, but I feel certain the mods won’t hassle us! What did you get, @anxiousmofo and are you enjoying it yet?

Okay, I take back when I wrote that the affiliate commissions cover around three months. The new rate is $189 per month. So I’m shopping for a new VPS. For any of you IT pros who can give a recommendation, I’m presently using Liquid Web and have been recommended to use this at a minimum: VPS with:

vCPUs: 12 Ram: 12.6GB Storage: 200GB

The reason…Read More

@fretman Man, that’s a lot of stuff going on. It’s fantastic how much music is an important part of your life. If not for my tendinitis, I’m certain that I would probably be playing out at jazz clubs. I used to say to musician friends when I was young (in my 20s) that when I got old (40s – 50s) that I’d focus on playing in small jazz bands where…Read More