peter replied to the topic Get $10 Off Any Purchase of $40 or More at Audio Plugin Deals with Code in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On May 9, 2025 at 3:27 am FineAlly said
I think this might actually be $10 off rather than 10% off which is quite decent acutally!I’m guessing that you got the email from AudioPluginDeals that had a subject line that read “Celebrate Mother’s Day with 10% Off Storewide!” and the below graphic claiming $10 off a $40 purchase (which, like you, I…Read More
peter replied to the topic Get Total Studio 5 MAX fo$/€99.99 (TS4 MAX users) and intro prices all around in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On May 8, 2025 at 5:24 pm Peter-IK said
On May 8, 2025 at 3:09 pm peter said
Wow, @peter-ik, thanks for the kind words. It is great to have you here, and just think about how far you and I go back. I wonder if my KVR account has PMs from the early days? That would be amusing to see.As far as the Peter #2 thing, nooooo, we can do better than…
peter replied to the topic Get Total Studio 5 MAX fo$/€99.99 (TS4 MAX users) and intro prices all around in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
Wow, @peter-ik, thanks for the kind words. It is great to have you here, and just think about how far you and I go back. I wonder if my KVR account has PMs from the early days? That would be amusing to see.
As far as the Peter #2 thing, nooooo, we can do better than that. Although I think that’s pretty much just your sense of humor. How about…Read More
peter started the topic Get $10 Off Any Purchase of $40 or More at Audio Plugin Deals with Code in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
Use code: 10FORMOM during checkout
Works on any purchase of $40 or morepeter replied to the topic TONEX Month and IK virtual instruments as low as $/€29.99 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
It is very sweet to see the Pianoverse pianos selling for $29.99! That’s definitely tempting me. I’d love to hear from anyone who has these. I mainly do rock and folk-ish rock / singer songwriter productions. I’d love to get some recommendations. Even though I have a great Yamaha Grand, I really like the demos of Grand Piano Y7. The Yamaha…Read More
peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
I am caught between these two names for the official LinkedMusicians stuffed bear. I want a name that's silly and fun -- and of course ties into the LinkedMusicians brand. Linkey does that, although it might lack enthusiasm. Shredward Van Fluffen is ridiculous, and I love that although I actually was never a Van Hellen fan -- it's simply the ridiculousness of it. I promise to include this bear in future photos and video. What do you think? If you have more suggestions, please post 'em! FTR, the name will only be shown on the listing, not the bear itself.
Which name do you prefer for the official LinkedMusicians stuffed bear?1 Commentpeter replied to the topic Get Total Studio 5 MAX fo$/€99.99 (TS4 MAX users) and intro prices all around in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On May 7, 2025 at 7:13 pm RSMcGuitar said
For the record, I even told Peter_IK, how I respect him and know he’s dealt with a lot of BS over the years. It isn’t personal, but IK Multimedia is scarred to face any criticism whatsoever and just immediately delete it. So, of course, that comment was considered “hostile” and deleted too.I find it…
peter replied to the topic Introducing Izotope Velvet Desser $ 44.06. Crossgrade $35.07 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
The page linked in my original post has the crossgrade link at the bottom of the page for $35.07 US.
I should have mentioned it (I’ll update the post), But here’s the direct link if you want to save a little money ($35.05 compared to $39).
https://www.bestservice.com/en/velvet_crossgrade.html?aid=ZBgL2roqVxRSujmR
peter replied to the topic 🔥 Érard Grand Piano 1873 by realsamples $19.95 reg. $119.95 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
I did especially enjoy @simeon giving a history lesson on the piano and a tutorial on the internal mechanical workings of pianos. As the son of a piano teacher, it reminded me of my childhood! For $19.95 US this is extremely tempting. I’m just trying to consider how the tone of the instrument would fit into the contexts where I would use it –…Read More
peter started the topic 🔥 Érard Grand Piano 1873 by realsamples $19.95 reg. $119.95 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
HISTORICAL GRAND PIANO CHARACTER AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
For a limited time, capture the distinct sound of a historical 1873 Érard piano from London with the realsamples Grand Piano library for only $19.95 (regular $119.95).
This unique instrument, available digitally for the first time, offers a charming, warm sound full of character and life. It…
peter replied to the topic Get Total Studio 5 MAX fo$/€99.99 (TS4 MAX users) and intro prices all around in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On May 8, 2025 at 2:08 am Fleer said
On April 30, 2025 at 1:04 am bapu said
On April 29, 2025 at 11:04 am Peter-IK said
On April 29, 2025 at 10:53 am bapu said
Thanks @Peter-IK for being a day late and $100 short. Arrrrrgh!!!!!I bought it yesterday at jrrshop with GROUP code for $167.99.
My name is Ed. I Am still bapu though. My Stu…
peter replied to the topic Get Total Studio 5 MAX fo$/€99.99 (TS4 MAX users) and intro prices all around in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On May 7, 2025 at 7:09 pm RSMcGuitar said
What I referred to as whitewashing, was my comments pointing out that the problem had not been fixed, were deleted, on the IKM forum.I don’t order a pizza and then have the place tell me, “OK, well, the dough is in the back, so good luck”
I don’t think it is unreasonable to expect the company I paid to…peter replied to the topic Roland "Zenology Pro" expandable plugin $99 US reg. $229 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On May 7, 2025 at 4:37 pm bselack said
On May 7, 2025 at 2:03 pm peter said
On May 7, 2025 at 1:45 pm bselack said
@Peter I wonder where you could list all that stuff 🙂I suppose Reverb. The last snare drum I purchased before an injury that forever stopped me from being able to perform again is now a collector’s item. And I never played it. A…
peter replied to the topic Get Total Studio 5 MAX fo$/€99.99 (TS4 MAX users) and intro prices all around in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On May 6, 2025 at 1:35 pm RSMcGuitar said
Buyer beware.I bought this. The Morley Collection doesn’t get added to your account. I pointed this out, Peter_IK said it was “fixed on the back end”
I responded that, no, it is not fixed at the back end at all. I was told to contact support. Go to the support page, all I get is a FAQ that has Z…
peter replied to the topic Roland "Zenology Pro" expandable plugin $99 US reg. $229 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On May 7, 2025 at 1:45 pm bselack said
@Peter I wonder where you could list all that stuff 🙂I suppose Reverb. The last snare drum I purchased before an injury that forever stopped me from being able to perform again is now a collector’s item. And I never played it. A gold-plated snare drum in new condition. I think I saw it selling for more…Read More
peter replied to the topic Roland "Zenology Pro" expandable plugin $99 US reg. $229 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On May 7, 2025 at 10:35 am zoukiman said
Peter, we know you mean it! (3x…) 🤭🤣😉Ha! I read your post after clicking on the notification and re-read my comment to see what might have inspired that, then I scrolled up and realized that my comment posted 3x! I’m not totally sure what happened, but I am having a developer working on the live site (I h…Read More
peter replied to the topic Wave Alchemy (almost) Everything Bundle $199 at NI in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On May 5, 2025 at 12:39 pm GoncaloL said
From my understanding this Everything Bundle exclude all their Triaz expansions except the first one Drift… so everything bundle except 7 triaz expansionsnot a bad price nonetheless
What is it with companies calling stuff names like “everything” and “Komplete.” These bundles are not really what they c…Read More
peter replied to the topic Roland "Zenology Pro" expandable plugin $99 US reg. $229 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
It is interesting how most of us have synths (with samples) and sample libraries that contain samples and emulations of great, classic synths from companies like Roland, Yamaha, Korg, etc., but a much smaller amount of us are buying digital stuff from those companies. The stuff I’ve heard, and the stuff I’ve owned from Roland sounds superb. I’ve…Read More
peter started the topic Introducing Izotope Velvet Desser $ 44.06. Crossgrade $35.07 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
Izotope Velvet. The Smart De-Esser
Velvet: a smarter de-esser for smoother vocals. Soften harshness without touching tone using the Sibilance channel’s fully featured 6-band dynamic EQ. Say goodbye to guesswork in one click, instantly identifying sibilant frequencies and setting up EQ nodes with the Learn button. Adaptively shape vocal tone by i…Read More
peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Tell me about an artist you really enjoy that’s not super popular that came out within the last decade or so.
There’s a bunch for me, but lately, I am listening to a lot of Madison Cunningham, and my wife is as into her music as I am. I would describe her sound as what you might come up with if you put the music of Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, and…Read More
Madison Cunnigham NPR's Tiny DeskMadison Cunningham and band perform her songs: "All I've Ever Known" "Hospital" "In From Japan"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3944VpVVKCI&t=775s
Madison Cunningham: Tiny Desk ConcertJewly Hight | August 3, 2022Madison Cunningham looked thoroughly put together behind the Tiny Desk in her white satin pantsuit and powder blue blouse, but he...www.youtube.com19 Comments
Spring and Summer here means garden and yard work. The soundtrack of which (for me) is “Thump-a Thump-a Thump-a…” to keep me moving. Just the usual pop/EDM artists, I’m afraid.
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Okay, well, I’m still interested. @bluescat, who are some of the artists you’re listening to? Is there anything you recently heard that you ended up putting on repeat? You might be listening to some music that I’m not very familiar with — and that goes for others here too. Please do tell! Even if it’s not new to us, it’s still interesting to…Read More
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Dave Guetta (et al), Daft Punt, Deadmau5 Kaskade, etc for “Thump-a”. When I am in a reminisce mood, I put on some Beach Boys, Queen, Dire Straits, Doobies, Toto, CCR, Steely Dan… Gotta be up-tempo so I don’t fall asleep leaning on my shovel. I actually have a suntan going already. I’m gonna get kicked out of the nerd union.
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I do have lawn to mow I need to find my earbuds. Yard work is a lot more pleasant when there are good tunes playing. I usually like something chill when i’m doing yardwork. Although, when the lawnmower is on, I might switch to something more aggressive to drown out the sound. I enjoy all of the bands you listed a lot — maybe with the exception of…Read More
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/Drifting topic, this is the wall/ I used to use wired earbuds that fit well under my hearing protection muffs. I decided to buy some bluetooth buds with ANR for a recent trip so I wouldn’t have to lug my Sony ANR cans on the plane. I bought some Anker/Soundcore Liberty 4 buds and I love them. I’m old and have hearing loss and tinitus, so the…Read More
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I was born with a birth defect in my inner ears. I’ve been through around a dozen surgeries. I have had a fairly serious hearing loss since I was a kid, because of that, very bad tinnitus and hearing-related issues that I don’t want to list publicly. It’s all part of why I look at the fact that with tendinitis, hearing loss, and tinnitus, I…Read More
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Another incredible life performance. She’s won a Grammy, but still not very well known. Her guitar playing is killer on this too. It’s nuanced, it’s jazzy. The song goes from 4 to 7. It’s just such a great, locked in groove. It really makes me miss live performance.
Hi Peter & all – I’m back after just skim reading the activity log for a while as we have been away on a last minute holiday to Norfolk to take advantage of the amazing weather!
I went to see this band a few weeks ago and really enjoyed them – the CDs are great too https://www.youtube.com/user/milliemanders
Also check out the divine voice of…Read More
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Millie Manders and The Shutup, it kinda reminds me of Pink. Good voice, and very catchy pop. Olcay Bayir does have a lovely voice! It’s cool how different these two bands are and you enjoy them both! I’m right with you. I don’t really care what genre something is, I’m open to all of it. Nice share!
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yeah I’m as eclectic as owt 🙂 I went to see Saor, a death metal Celtic band, a few months ago! Those were two genres I would never imagine co existing. I prefer Olcay’s vocals though 🙂
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Okay, sorry for the side issue here, but is anyone seeing the YouTube video in Joe’s above comment? I don’t and that was the issue I just had the dev work on at the site that I thought was fixed.
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Probably my fault as my links are to the YouTube channels rather than a specific video
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What was odd was that I couldn’t reply to your comment @peter
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When it hits 9 nested tables, you can’t reply to a reply anymore. Facebook and Reddit go 10. I’m not sure why this was written to stop at 9. I’m sure lamia6 could do a much better job of explaining it and why they might have stopped at 9 instead of 10.
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Ah thanks! I wondered why you had started another thread on same subject!
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Just go to the last spot where you can choose reply to keep things together. But I like the free flowing real time capability of the GROUPS. It’s clearly a knock off of Facebook. It’s far superior to the forum for free flowing conversations. The forum is great for storing things we want to share for a while with a large audience. But the GROUPS…Read More
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I think, in time, I would like to have occasional meetups with audio. Say, like a monthly meeting where we can discuss things, it can be wide open and then get into discussion on what we would like to see at the site.
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On that note, did I share with you guys that a couple of years ago I watched one of my favorite movies — Spinal Tap — with my son, then 18 and he didn’t laugh even once. I remember saying to him during a funny line, “That’s funny, isn’t it???” His response? “I guess.” Before the month is over, I want to watch it with my daughter. She’s more…Read More
peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Tell me about an artist you really enjoy that’s not super popular that came out within the last decade or so.
There’s a bunch for me, but lately, I am listening to a lot of Madison Cunningham, and my wife is as into her music as I am. I would describe her sound as what you might come up with if you put the music of Jeff Buckley, The Bea…Read More
peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
What’s the last artist you were listening to (no, don’t say you, it should be someone else!)? I think this could be a good way to know one another a little better and possibly get exposed to new music.
For me it was Madison Cunningham. For those unfamiliar with her, she’s an incredibly talented artist that can write, play, and sing extremely…Read More
peter posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
What was the last artist that you were listening to (your own not included)? Find a link to it and share. It could lead to learning about new artists (new to us, at least). For me, it was the amazing Madison Cunningham. If you could put The Beatles, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, and jazz guitarists into a blender, that’s kind of what Madison’s…Read More
peter started the topic Roland "Zenology Pro" expandable plugin $99 US reg. $229 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
Roland “Zenology Pro” expandable plugin version of the ZEN-Core Synthesis System, based on discrete synth voices containing a flexible oscillator, filter, amplifier, dual LFOs, and effects that mixes multiple synthesis types ($99) until 31 May
https://www.roland.com/cloud/promos/products/zenologypro
peter started the topic 🔥Syntronik 2 Max v2 by IK Multimedia $35.99 w/Code reg. $199 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
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Ross
Musician, Singer, Producer
Lifelong musician (I'm old now, lol!), home recording enthusiast for 25+ years (primarily Cakewalk/Sonar user). I started as a piano player as a kid, got into singing in my teens, played in a number of bands in L.A and Vegas in the 1980's (I grew up in Vegas). Did some analog recording in those early days, and got into digital/home based recording in the late 90's. Basically a hobbyist at this point, just having fun recreating songs from the soundtrack of my life, experimenting with new (to me) musical forms and genres, and lately collaborating with other musicians online. Looking forward to interacting with other passionate players and producers on this forum!
I voted for Shredward Van Fluffen — which, BTW, was not my idea, but came from a long list of suggestions from ChatGPT. Linkey, inspired by Homer Simspon’s idiotic names for pets and various things (e.g., Stompy the elephant), was my idea!