Interesting back-story.

Nice. I’ll sign up.

Good post @lamia6

How about using this thread/topic for posting future game deals (just like there’s one in our old deals place)?

On May 20, 2026 at 8:48 am LinkedMusicians said
Yesterday I took the same post I made in our subreddit and reposted it to r/nativeinstruments. While the original post in our subreddit only had a single comment and one up vote in two days, within a half hour, the repost in NI’s subreddit had 11 comments. Before anyone sees that and thinks to t…

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It was working, but it didn’t get through because I didn’t fill in anything (e-mail etc.) (I thought I’d try, because the big black buy/checkout/pay/whatever wasn’t dimmed [i.e.: clickable]. Then it told me to enter e-mail etc.)

Now it says “MYSHITWASFUCKED discount code isn’t available to you right now”

So for others, make sure everything’s filled in.

On May 8, 2026 at 6:44 am LinkedMusicians said
Seriously, though, you have to check it out. Clearly, no one noticed it because you’re probably all coming here for deals and not looking at anything else, but this is a really cool section and NI employees have noticed it, redditors have noticed, Google has noticed. The only people that didn’t not…

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“Reddit is pretty notorious for its toxicity,” says the guy.

Well, not in Peter’s subreddit, am I right?

@linkedmusicians I found out that the above AI analysis is quite spot on (within my very limited knowledge & time involved on those forums). That’s the reason my remark about AI.

Also, after seeing an announcement from a notational software that it now supports an AI synthesis plugin (which the creator has stated openly that all voice sources are…Read More

It even recognizes LM as “target of external trolls” LOL

There’s no escape from AI, no matter how hard some people resists. Sure, it needs to be regulated, and there isn’t enough regulation (yet?). Really “all & everything AI is bad & evil” movement isn’t going to succeed. In fact, instead of “ban all AI,” they need to push their passion for…Read More

I think I like “killer deals” more than “just deals.” it supports those like me who doesn’t have unlimited funds, while living in a country included in “countries with lower purchasing power” list of an online music course site (they are offering scholarships for students from those countries).

Honestly, I’m also more familiar with forums form…Read More

Still, on a relative basis, out of all of the forums included in this analysis that aren’t LinkedMusicians, KVR would rank as the one I like the best.

So, your toxicity leveling is actually the opposite of Gemini?

Btw, I like the blog post, and this is exactly why you should keep blogging.

I, for one, am interested to learn a little about business & marketing, especially your qualified & honest (ethical) takes on things happened in our niche world (music production tools & industries). Of course, keep it digestible & not too deep (i.e.: not overly too long).

Really like the laid-back atmosphere in this forum, and especially really liking the Deals forum (for the obvious reason).

Hopefully you can continue blogging, because I learn much from it, the business/marketing angle and also the insider scoops.

Thank you for all your hard work & personal sacrifices. It’s nice that you are going to keep all…Read More

This is a link (posted by @Kirean on another deal forum) to a (don’t-buy-)review:

Review: Aria Sounds – LSS Solo Strings – Read This Before You Buy

Thank you. The forum looks great 👍

I only have freebies from them (my orders are $0s), and there are only 3 of them that I don’t have.

Btw, they then listed “UAD Explore FREE” in My Account and in the e-mail, not individual plug-ins (which, in my case, those 3).

Makes it hard to reference what I already have in the future.

Thanks for your post @bluescat

This kind of sharing (your own not so good experience with a product: in this case the SSD) is very valuable.

Now, for my suggestion for real:

Clicking U badge works for threads that I’ve read but have new comments in it (i.e.: it opens the thread & brings me to the 1st unread comment).

However, clicking U on threads that I’ve never read brings me to the end of the thread (i.e.: to the white empty box where one types replies). I think it should bring me…Read More

On October 18, 2024 at 2:59 am Kirean said
I’ve got a few:

1. This I’ve mentioned before, but please please find and nuke the thing that blocks middle mouse button from working on this site.
2. I like the newly bolded post titles in the forum view. However, is it possible to have non-bolded thread title if there are no new posts since you last rea…

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They said that when the product’s future was bright.

One commenter at BPB mentioned this:

Why is the top panel with the routing and other things disabled? You can’t select MIDI channels at all. Outputs and levels can only be changed through the instruments’ built in mixer, which is several clicks away from the standard Kontakt UI. Level meters don’t appear to work.

Was that also your experience?

By the way, I made the word “worthwhile” above bold (as in the word “bold” here), but it doesn’t seem to differ enough with the non-bold. Just for your info (and, perhaps, to increase posting activities 🙂  )

Thanks for the answer.

I guess I should know it from the code, since I used to visit them, and I’m still receiving their e-mails (this is from “BPB Newsletter – FREE LUX Orchestral Strings Elements, VU202 sampler plugin & more!” isn’t it?).

Why “used”? Just because of time (the lack of it). I even disregard their e-mails (guess that will give yo…Read More

Oops! The coupon code is: BPBMLX90

Thanks.

Do you have any info on how long this promo will run? Is this an LM exclusive?

What’s the code?

On the other hand, I think the usual is that this will be the only this year’s offer for Cubase. If there are subsequent offers, it will be for other products.

That’s being said, of course I won’t mind if, for example, on Black Friday Steinberg has a sale for all its products.

Hopefully someone knowledgeable would chime in

On February 28, 2026 at 3:21 pm LinkedMusicians said
The first few pages of results that you see on a search are not necessarily the best, most reliable expert advice. The top results reflect what is popular. The LinkedMusicians PowerSEARCH engines are created by a human curating the included pages being searched to reflect only expert advice…

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I see you’ve included that “toxic” forum that, while it has your (and probably some others’) dislike (which I totally understand), undeniably has more collective (positive & negative) thoughts than others due to its reach.

Thank you for your effort to make the search engine better & more useful, and being the bigger man.

On February 17, 2026 at 10:16 pm LinkedMusicians said
 

As always, I’ll be super candid and share that this content — which I think is really useful — gets virtually no visits. Our visitors go to two places on the site, (1) the deals forum — here — and (2) the Best Free Kontakt Kontakt Sample Libraries page. I was contemplating doing some grap…

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This needs to be highlighted more

On January 28, 2026 at 7:04 pm Kirean said
 

It never seizes to amaze how people willing to pay for a product are almost always getting a worse experience than those that obtain things illegally

I have 2 products (worth more than 600 USD) from a big company (it even was mentioned in the older thread as one of the big enough companies able to…Read More

Hi @peter, first of all, I didn’t know that there’s an e-mail alert for Deals section. However, you’re correct that I probably don’t want to be alerted of every single deals. That being said, I might be having more interest in time-sensitive deals and glitches, and yes, I think I’ll try subscribing to it, to have a feel on how useful it is (also,…Read More

Lasted for a few hours only, not even half a day.

On December 4, 2025 at 1:00 am LinkedMusicians said <p> @swijaya Pulse Audio and Audio Plugin Deals as well as VSTBuzz, Music Software Deals and a developer I forget the name of, are all owned by the same guys.</p>
<p>The official LinkedMusicians account</p>

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It seems to me that the original Pulse Audio was once independent (but I won’t risk…Read More

Vivid String was created by Pulse Audio, before being sold to the current seller. It was sold by section (as it’s created), the first one was Violin 1, which made very good impression to users.
I’m not clear on what’s happened during its course, but the original developer(s) (which were very responsive & engaging) is not behind the product…Read More

Re: Vivid Strings

Just be mindful of this: https://linkedmusicians.com/forums/topic/apd-deal-7-vivid-strings-bundle-by-pulse-audio-49-was-249-2/#post-1000039756

https://linkedmusicians.com/members/linkedmusicians/ Just noticed your remark. Thanks, I didn’t know about that prohibition. I’m aware how it’s there & I don’t have any stake. It’s just…Read More

Just to clarify (as I happened to think so as well): this isn’t a new promotion (i.e.: Cyber Monday one). It has started November 19, and will end December 8.

Additional note:
This has bugs which very likely won’t be fixed.

Reference: https://vi-control.net/community/threads/now-released-vivid-strings-intimate-chamber-strings-with-character-179-intro-pricing.144880/page-37#post-5803409

Thank you.
Yes, that’s my question.

On November 14, 2025 at 2:10 pm LinkedMusicians said
and more recently, VSL attacking competitors like 8Dio and Musio

What did they do/write/say?

There’s a mistake above SSO Discover

When you said Andrew, I thought it was a different Andrew.

But this Andrew is really decent, down-to-earth, stating today’s reality without throwing accusation left & right. And his appeals feel sincere and doesn’t include bad-mouthing others.

I also like his concise writing style.

IMO IK’s Peter deliberately doesn’t want to say anything about it, to avoid worsening things.

I believe those who bought before the disclaimer, got in (whether by a system glitch or else), but after the disclaimer, IK definitely have a stronger position not to let the buyer get in, or revoke it (if somehow the system automatically slip them in).

So this disclaimer on the page itself is incorrect, thus can be disregarded?

I find it strange then, why did they put such an uninviting clause, when on the contrary they should be saying the opposite, to encourage more sales.

He took the offer down, stating after “received multiple reports from users experiencing technical issues, crashes, and other compatibility problems.”

New expiration date.

https://www.soundbridge.io/en

SoundBridge YouTube channel

Release Notes

Bapu’s experience shows that Sonuscore is really one of the good guys (i.e.: companies), that might make mistakes (all of us make mistakes), yet keep an open line of communication with its users, and then, take user-centric actions.

On July 5, 2025 peter said
EDIT: Note @goncalol ‘s comment below this one. I didn’t realize that when posting this deal. So, I would suggest considering that before you make a purchase. Even if you have Best Coin, buying this directly from Arturia may yield discounts on other Arturia products in the future.

Arturia?