I have a draft of my next post, which is about the DAW market, including the market shares of the major DAW players and the great generational divide between older generations (Boomers and Gen X) and younger generations (Millennials and Gen Z) when it comes to perpetual licenses vs. software subscriptions.

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On May 21, 2025 at 12:15 pm mira said
hello dear Peter i only copy link 🙂 i dont know affilate etc, but hope that code works well 🙂

No worries, it wasn’t a complaint, I just wanted to let you know that I modified the URL. It works the same as it did for users. As always, thanks for sharing!

I have thought about Piano Colours. I think Galaxy Instruments are super talented. I’d pick Noire as my favorite grand piano library, with the update of Rosewood Grand coming in next. I usually avoid loops, even with my tendinitis, severely limiting my playing and 20+ years without practice because of tendintis, I still want what I record to my…Read More

@mira The link contained someone’s affiliate code, so I removed it from the URL.

That time of year when most of us update our versions of Komplete! What new stuff is everyone anticipating? I’m probably going to stick with Komplete Standard. I’m pretty excited about:

– The new features in Kontakt 8, and I have heard good things from some Kontakt developers.

– Guitar Rig 7 Pro. I like 6, although I like Amplitube better. I’ve…Read More

The deal ends tonight.

On May 20, 2025 at 2:57 pm patrickwichrowski said

On May 20, 2025 at 8:58 am MagicRuss said

That’s a shame to see SampleTron discontinued.  I thought it had a good set of non-traditional sounds in addition to the classics.

SampleTron has one of the best libraries of Tron and related. My only complains are that the last update messed with the gr…

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On May 20, 2025 at 2:37 pm antler said
I find mvMeter2 handy for both gain staging and checking overall loudness

https://www.tbproaudio.de/products/mvmeter2

Excellent recommendation. I have that and use it too. Thanks, @antler! I’ll add it to the list.

Thanks for sharing this, @frank! So far, every freebie from this developer has made my list of best Kontak freebies. I’m eager to check this out!

On May 20, 2025 at 9:11 am jude77 said
This whole thread was incredibly informative.  I had no real idea about the inner workings/thinking of software companies and this really pulled the curtain back for me.  I would be very interested in seeing more posts along these lines.

Haha! You’re probably the only one! As you can see, I enjoy writing a…Read More

On May 20, 2025 at 9:28 am GoncaloL said

On May 17, 2025 at 3:23 pm peter said

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 201…

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On May 20, 2025 at 5:40 am mira said
https://cherryaudio.com/news/humble-music-creators-studio

 

Hello dear Peter, yeh its great price, but i still wait for new bundle :)) it was last 2 years 1 per year 🙂

 

And i have PS-3300 on my wishlist :)) Love their PS20 korg emulation 🙂

 

And we need time machine section 😀

 

Have a nice day and…

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Okay, checking this guy’s record. He’s someone who’s been banned using a different username. He actually didn’t follow the rules, so I’m going to delete his posts and account and ban the IP.

Just a reminder that Spaceblender is no longer free as of May 22 and will be priced at $99 US, so if you haven’t already picked this up, check it out. It’s pretty cool. A no-brainer as a freebie, IMO.

On May 19, 2025 at 5:46 pm mira said
i miss it when was almost free with humble bundle bundle….. little sad, its is nice sounding one… i cant find super cheap licence for it….

Are you sure that Quadra was ever super cheap at Humble Bundle? I thought I picked up every cheap Cherry Audio synth deal they had, Mercury-4, PS-3300, Polymode, and Volta…Read More

On May 19, 2025 at 2:34 pm ZincT said
It’s installed and I had a quick play with the presets. Sounds great!

Plenty of usable presets and that’s before I have tweaked anything.

Standouts are Cloud Fantasy, Plinky plonk, Iced swells, Chaos theory .. (probably more that I haven’t auditioned yet)

btw @peter I hit reply to your message but it di…

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On May 19, 2025 at 2:17 pm ZincT said
That’s weird – I just updated MPluginManager and after the update I can see Analog Empire Plucks and Keys on the MSoundFactory page. So they seem to have published it early (I own MSoundFactory btw).

I am downloading it now (1.6Gb).

Seems like a great deal on the freebie for all @peter

Funny enough, I lis…Read More

On May 19, 2025 at 10:32 am Brian said
The info page linked is a bit confusing.  They say it is an Msoundfactory library that is free to owners of regular or LE versions.  I think all of their libraries are “free” for owners.  I own the Melda bundle, so I don’t know- If you get the one week “freebie”, do you get a “player” version of Msoun…

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On May 19, 2025 at 8:07 am JT3Jon said
Anyone know if vstbuzz offers additional coupons on their sales like APD occasionally does? Got my eye on an item on sale (Sordina by Libre Wave) and a coupon would for sure solidify the buy

 

edit: quick research shows they had a 10% off Easter coupon so maybe there is hope of one showing up in time

The…Read More

On May 19, 2025 at 7:38 am Fleer said
And when I’m crossposting at Gearspace I’m luring them to LinkedMusicians!

Thanks, Fleer. I appreciate it.

One of our members — I won’t say which one — told me that he was banned from Gearspace for making harsh criticism against an advertiser. I actually never spent much time at their forum, but I have lur…Read More