I bought Sonic Implants sample libraries back in the 90s and early 00s — which, I think (not totally sure), was renamed Sonivox, or Sonivox bought Sonic Implants. Because they kept distributing those same libraries many years — and decades later. Back in the 90s / early 00s, I thought they had some pretty nice libraries. I really liked their…Read More

On July 13, 2025 at 3:03 am jorge said
And Deviant Drums – Free Edition if you want to use the reduced version completely free

(You will receive a Native Access serial to use it)

https://www.chaostones.com/products/deviant-drums-free-edition-copy

That’s at the bottom of my original post (above). I tried it out yesterday and thought it might b…Read More

On July 13, 2025 at 6:44 am Fleer said
Your versions were way better 🙂

In reality, I was sitting on a couch next to my son watching “Alto Knights” when I wrote that post. I turned to him, showed him what I typed, laughed a little and said, “Should I post this?” He said, “No. Don’t do it!” Of course, I did it. If I see even a small potential…Read More

Cool! So, now he’s got a drum sound he likes. Ed, were you guys working completely with mic’ed acoustic drums or do you mix in samples with that to beef it up? Believe it or not, back even in the late 80s to early 90s, playing around the midwest, playing mid-size venues and colleges, our live sound engineers were mixing my acoustic drums with an …Read More

On July 12, 2025 at 8:51 pm Fleer said
In The Box (as in software) 🙂

Okay, now I remember! That acronym is probably even in the LM glossary that I put together. I admit, I was more taken by the humor value of the result than anything.

On July 12, 2025 at 8:57 pm Fleer said
1. Bechstein Digital (sampled as well as in Pianoteq Pro)
2. Orange Tree Samples Rosewood
3. Embertone 1955 Walker

Two out of three of yours are on both of our lists (the Rosewood and the Walker), @fleer. I suspect the Pianoteq piano is excellent, but I have never played it and I’m way over my budget as it…Read More

On July 12, 2025 at 7:01 pm Fleer said
The P&M bundle was one of my very first purchases ITB. Sweet memories.

I wasn’t sure what ITB stood for, so the Acronym Finder came up first in Google. Here’s the options:

“What does ITB stand for? ; ITB, Invitation To Bid ; ITB · Iliotibial Band ; ITB, Intention to Buy (market research) ; ITB, In the Butt…Read More

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