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by X-bassist
Dec 20, 2024 12:49 pm
Forum: News Flash
Topic: Orchestral Tools: Travels In Sound sale
Replies: 5
Views: 6708

Re: Orchestral Tools: Travels In Sound sale

Did you know this? I didn't! Thank you. Honestly it sounds to me like a regular crossfade to me though, Useful for sure though. I'm still waiting for Sine to grow up. I rarely buy Sine instruments because it feels very basic and limited to me. Even the mixer feels like a rough version that will be ...
by X-bassist
Dec 20, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: News Flash
Topic: Orchestral Tools: Travels In Sound sale
Replies: 5
Views: 6708

Re: Orchestral Tools: Travels In Sound sale

GR Baumann wrote: Aug 22, 2024 7:45 am Did you know this? I just came across it a minute ago.

Looks pretty cool, As long as the samples mesh together well. I wish Kontakt had better looking controls.
by X-bassist
Sep 04, 2024 12:01 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: NI Kontakt 8 and Komplete 15 - RELEASED
Replies: 34
Views: 12118

Re: NI Kontakt 8 and Komplete 15

https://i.imgur.com/8Bot6fH.png Komplete 18 and Kontakt 8 are released on September 30. Kontakt 8 doesn't look like it is the ground-up rewrite I was looking for after the debacle of Kontakt 7, but it does appear to be substantially different and does host a new hybrid synth called Conflux - with ...
by X-bassist
Sep 03, 2024 11:56 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Musio - latest stuff
Replies: 73
Views: 93310

Re: Musio - latest stuff

I'm curious to see what happens. Even though I never got involved in Musio, I do own almost every Cinesamples orchestral library in Kontakt, and I really do like the samples, the players, instruments, and most of all the Sony Stage, which sounds to me like so many old films. I can't describe my ...
by X-bassist
Nov 24, 2021 10:07 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Black Friday 2021 (inc early deals)
Replies: 127
Views: 159539

Re: Black Friday 2021 (inc early deals)

BEFORE : https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/wtLCks.png AFTER : https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/1uoGM1.png I mourn the loss of these interfaces, and I was looking forward to updates. I know I can keep both, but unfortunately it requires you to redownload ALL the samples... for ...
by X-bassist
Sep 03, 2021 12:15 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: ANWIDASOFT - SPATIO Hall
Replies: 1
Views: 2386

Re: ANWIDASOFT - SPATIO Hall

Too bad there’s no aax version, but I suppose at $25 they are keeping it simple. I would like to know how it compares to more expensive reverbs like vintage verb 😄, fabfilter R verb, and the Lexicon bundle. I could only use this through VE Pro which limits its application (If I remember it’s there 😂) ...
by X-bassist
May 31, 2021 12:44 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Sonokinetic Orchestral Strings (with A/B divisi)
Replies: 50
Views: 35923

Re: Sonokinetic Orchestral Strings (with A/B divisi)

For all intensive purposes, it’s June. Perhaps Sono should stop tweeting posters that emphasis “SOON” and just get on with it until they are dropping it, or it at least has been delivered to NI for encoding. I’m happy to wait, just stop making injuries worse by providing concrete evidence of your ign ...
by X-bassist
Apr 22, 2021 4:02 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: TC Electronic System 6000 Native
Replies: 15
Views: 10356

Re: TC Electronic System 6000 Native

I didn’t realize finalize or was out as well. I used to use that hardware I’m really curious as to whether the software is even close. I have VSS3 (bought at the last sale -30% off?) and I’m interested in VSS4 but I think I’ll wait for a sale since I have lots of verbs. MD4 looks interesting but betw ...
by X-bassist
Feb 09, 2021 11:12 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: ProjectSAM Symphobia 4: Price Drop and 1.1 update
Replies: 30
Views: 15512

Re: ProjectSAM Symphobia 4: Price Drop and 1.1 update

Still looks confusing but apparently $479 is with all the discounts, undiscounted it’s $599. But if you own a Symphobia or buy another with Pandora it’s $100 off... not sure where the extra $20 off is coming from... Then Core is listed as $239 and those with another Symphobia (or buying one) is $50 o ...
by X-bassist
Jan 04, 2021 11:13 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Midi 2.0 backward compatabilty improvements
Replies: 0
Views: 2144

Midi 2.0 backward compatabilty improvements

Happy New Year All, I couldn’t find a topic on this after searching so I thought I would point us to this concise summery of the new Midi 2.0 standard, which I’m excited about since it’s not only backward compatible, but could actually improve performance on devices built with midi 1.0. Some amazing ...
by X-bassist
May 05, 2020 2:41 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Grip from Boom
Replies: 1
Views: 2515

Grip from Boom

Yes, this is a new plugin for creating custom tire sounds. You still need to add an engine, but this plus the Krotos plugin could make some decent custom sounds. $159 intro price. https://www.boomlibrary.com/sound-effects/grip/?utm_source=BOOM+Library+%7C+Professional+Sound+Effects&utm_campaign ...
by X-bassist
Apr 25, 2020 7:05 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Cinesamples Abbey Road Upright Pianos discontinued
Replies: 28
Views: 18014

Re: Cinesamples Abbey Road Upright Pianos discontinued

You know, I am a huge Beatles fan, as well as some others, so you would think I would be the perfect target for these kind of things, but in the end, to me they are just freaking samples and if they get the job done with a little massaging, I don’t much care where they come from. That is EXactly w ...
by X-bassist
Apr 19, 2020 1:33 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Cinesamples Abbey Road Upright Pianos discontinued
Replies: 28
Views: 18014

Cinesamples Abbey Road Upright Pianos discontinued

It all ends Wed. On sale for $65. Apparently their licensing contract with Abbey Road runs out Wed and sales have not been enough to renew. Too bad, some very good character uprights. Glad I wasn’t on vacation and picked it up before it disappears! https://vi-control.net/community/threads/abbey-road- ...
by X-bassist
Mar 10, 2020 11:59 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: NI to no longer allow registration of legacy products [NOW FIXED]
Replies: 83
Views: 64712

Re: NI to no longer allow registration of legacy products

This actually begins a limit (maybe 10 or 12 years?) to how long libraries will be supported. I’m not sure why I expected it to be longer (probably because I still have working hardware that’s 30+ years old) but it should be a new factor when buying libraries. Sad to think many of my “new” libraries ...
by X-bassist
Feb 15, 2020 8:32 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: NI Mysteria vocal instrument
Replies: 8
Views: 6746

Re: NI Mysteria vocal instrument

Even moreso, since this can play through a scene and give you textures that are nowhere else, but they, like 8Dio and East West, seem to always price it at double or triple it’s market value, so when you get it at half off you think you got a deal. In reality this, Thrill, and Action Strikes are w ...
by X-bassist
Jan 25, 2020 9:40 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: CineBrass Sonore
Replies: 15
Views: 11448

Re: CineBrass Sonore

Mike Barry made a very good post at VI-C to explain in more depth the recording techniques used here, and what they've learned down the years. It all sounds highly plausible to me, that the secret to good dynamics and legato is all in how its recorded, and there's only so much you can do in the ...
by X-bassist
Oct 29, 2019 2:36 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Premier Sound Factory / Acoustic Bass G (re-release)
Replies: 11
Views: 7886

Re: Premier Sound Factory / Acoustic Bass G (re-release)

Umm, some here have math issues? $75 minus $30 coupon is $45, not $35. And even though I bought the original at half price ($75), paying another $45 for a gui and scripted legato that honestly should have been there in the first place (I sent many emails letting him know how easy a GUI would be and ...
by X-bassist
Oct 11, 2019 1:00 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: UVi Falcon 2 / F1 issue
Replies: 5
Views: 4173

Re: UVi Falcon 2 / F1 issue

I think Falcon AAX renews when yoiu renew the support plan or have an active subscription, X. That said I share your deep ambivolence to Falcon in general and Avid's AAX version in particular. I can't recall ever hearing such dire factory sounds, and given its complexity and PT-only host, I ...
by X-bassist
Oct 10, 2019 1:18 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: UVi Falcon 2 / F1 issue
Replies: 5
Views: 4173

UVi Falcon 2 / F1 issue

Just saw that Falcon 2 has been released: https://www.uvi.net/falcon.html They say it's a free update so I figured I would see if my free Falcon 1 from Avid (came with Pro Tools upgrade) would qualify, but it wasn't in my UVI account. So I went to register it with UVI but couldn't find my serial ...
by X-bassist
Oct 04, 2019 6:25 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: iZotope Ozone 9 released
Replies: 16
Views: 7353

Re: iZotope Ozone 9 released

@Guy. Have you worked with that tonal balance thing on orchestral or even hybrid music? I’ve used O8 for mastering but never really used the plugins when mixing. On a more personal note. I really miss the reverb they had in Ozone, was it pre version 6(?). I used it all the time. Best, /Anders The r ...
by X-bassist
Jul 04, 2019 6:40 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Pro Tools reconfigures pricing
Replies: 46
Views: 27365

Re: Pro Tools reconfigures pricing

lofi wrote: Jul 04, 2019 4:35 pm The new version coming soon will also give some nice features.

Best,
/Anders
Do tell..... :) I’m hoping for some good news after spending so much to update my perpetual support plan for several years...
by X-bassist
Jun 05, 2019 7:10 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: The new Mac Pro
Replies: 58
Views: 32496

Re: The new Mac Pro

This is one for the cheesegrater museum. So funny that they went back to square corners and bigger holes. But I think this will go through more redesigns (Apple loves doing that nowadays). I suppose it doesn’t matter since I’ll be waiting for a much higher single core speed (I have 3.5Ghz now) and a ...
by X-bassist
Jun 05, 2019 6:45 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Century Ens Brass Flash Sale $198
Replies: 1
Views: 2171

Century Ens Brass Flash Sale $198

Can anyone say this is nicer than CSB? I bought CSB recently, so I will prob wait. But for those interested....
https://8dio.com/instrument/century-ensemble-brass/

It ends tomorrow (June 6th) at 10am PST.
by X-bassist
Jun 05, 2019 6:42 pm
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Native Instruments Straylight
Replies: 3
Views: 2942

Re: Native Instruments Straylight

Sounds really great, just don’t know if I want to pay full price ($149 US) when a half price sale down the line will make it so much more attractive. It just fits well with most of the film scores I do. Hmmm...
by X-bassist
Jun 03, 2019 11:25 am
Forum: The Gear
Topic: Native Instruments Komplete & Upgrades 50% off
Replies: 28
Views: 16014

Re: Native Instruments Komplete & Upgrades 50% off

For those , like me, who remain outside the Komplete universe (there is little left in the NI world I want and I’ve already gotten the few I do on sale) Kontakt 6 upgrade is also half price ($49). Any reason not to go to K6 full atm (what version is current and are there any hiccups?) If I replace a ...