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Orchestral Tools is doing 50% OFF the Berlin Series MAIN Collections + Berlin Symphonic Strings. (Sorry Tobias, corrected!)

A few days ago I grabbed Performance Samples Vista for sale - the deal was supposed to expire on 11 Nov, but the deal I think lasted through 15 Nov or so. It's unfortunately gone now.

I complained about the SM to AM saxes cross grade price for YEARS. They finally caved and offered a reasonable price (it wasn’t nothing, it was around $100 I think.) I don’t do a lot of that, but sometimes it just feels unfair. I understood that they had split into two companies but it was essentially the same product with a few tweaks.

Back to topic-Berlin strings are at a more reasonable price at 50%. I remember thinking that they sounded great when they first came out-any thoughts from owners? (Feel free to move to another thread.)

Lawrence wrote: ↑Nov 18, 2021 3:59 pm I complained about the SM to AM saxes cross grade price for YEARS. They finally caved and offered a reasonable price (it wasn’t nothing, it was around $100 I think.) I don’t do a lot of that, but sometimes it just feels unfair. I understood that they had split into two companies but it was essentially the same product with a few tweaks.

Funny! I got an upgrade offer from the SM right away when they started the company upon asking. No complaining, just asking!

Lawrence wrote: ↑Nov 18, 2021 4:01 pm Back to topic-Berlin strings are at a more reasonable price at 50%. I remember thinking that they sounded great when they first came out-any thoughts from owners? (Feel free to move to another thread.)

FriFlo already started one today a-right here - https://thesoundboard.net/viewtopic.php ... 49b6c9506c

The ever-popular Gullfoss is 35% off at Soundtheory:
https://www.soundtheory.com/home

KV331 Synthmaster series is ~70% OFF. It's a ROMpler, but one of the better general purpose synth ROMplers around if you need some underscore or not too in-your-face synths.
https://www.synthmaster.com/index.aspx

XLN Audio (Addictive Drums etc) is doing all products 50% OFF.
https://www.xlnaudio.com/

Soundtoys is ~70% OFF (Decapitator is still my fave pre-amp simulator!)
https://www.soundtoys.com/

Stakk wrote: ↑Nov 19, 2021 3:49 amXLN Audio (Addictive Drums etc) is doing all products 50% OFF.
https://www.xlnaudio.com/

Blimey, XO is 65 euros. It's not possible to have that much fun with 65 euros in any other way.

Legally, I mean.

EDIT - holy moly, $53.76 at jrrshop using coupon code "Group".

I couldn’t have said it better myself, Guy. That’s a great deal on a great plugin!

Best,

Geoff

Stakk wrote: ↑Nov 18, 2021 2:57 pm Orchestral Tools is doing 50% OFF for the entire (I think) Berlin Series.

A few days ago I grabbed Performance Samples Vista for sale - the deal was supposed to expire on 11 Nov, but the deal I think lasted through 15 Nov or so. It's unfortunately gone now.

Just wanted to correct this: it is 50% off the Berlin Series MAIN Collections + Berlin Symphonic Strings, not the complete Berlin Series!

Stakk wrote: ↑Nov 19, 2021 3:49 am Soundtoys is ~70% OFF (Decapitator is still my fave pre-amp simulator!)
https://www.soundtoys.com/

Not a fan of Radiator or Decapitator (just not my thing), but the rest of them are remarkable. They sound great using the presets, and if you get into editing you can probably do anything you like. After much tweaking (and banging my head on the table) I managed to come up with a delay that is much like the Echorec in function, just not quite the same in sound. If I were to work a little more I might slay that dragon as well<G>.

I simply can not recommend SoundToys highly enough.

Tobias Escher wrote: ↑Nov 19, 2021 8:54 am Just wanted to correct this: it is 50% off the Berlin Series MAIN Collections + Berlin Symphonic Strings, not the complete Berlin Series!

Hi, sorry about that. I corrected the original post.

Fluffy Audio is up to ~80% OFF. Eyeing to complete solo woodwinds!
https://www.fluffyaudio.com/

Zynaptiq have their repair series on sale - UNCHIRP, UNFILTER and UNVIEL, for $149 each, or $399 for all three.
https://www.zynaptiq.com/current-promotions/ and resellers.

Unveil was a wonder when it was released, but honestly it's been eclipsed now, significantly for dialogue by RX's Dialogue De-Reverb. Unfilter simply didn't do what it claimed to when I demoed it. Unchirp, however, is something unique and may yet suck me in. It works pretty well at reducing those poor quality lossy artefacts. Pretty well, but not totally miraculous I think would be a fair summary.

Guy Rowland wrote: ↑Nov 19, 2021 5:07 pm Unveil was a wonder when it was released, but honestly it's been eclipsed now, significantly for dialogue by RX's Dialogue De-Reverb.

Is that part of one of the pro versions? I have little old V9 plain and I prefer Unveil to the RX deverb stuff. Now I don't often need to deverb dialog, so that might be the thing!

Guy Rowland wrote:Unfilter simply didn't do what it claimed to when I demoed it.

I don't use unfilter as an unfilter, more as a very gentle filter.

wst3 wrote: ↑Nov 19, 2021 5:22 pm

Guy Rowland wrote: ↑Nov 19, 2021 5:07 pm Unveil was a wonder when it was released, but honestly it's been eclipsed now, significantly for dialogue by RX's Dialogue De-Reverb.

Is that part of one of the pro versions? I have little old V9 plain and I prefer Unveil to the RX deverb stuff. Now I don't often need to deverb dialog, so that might be the thing!

Oh, yes it is Advanced only - forgot that. Not wanting to over-big it up, but it is INCREDIBLE. It finally did what de-reverb technology always promised but never quite delivered. And it's easy too, one click and done. Unveil is like working a Moog Modular. But, as the name implies, it really is dialogue - or vocal - only.

Between Unveil and regular RX De-Reverb, it's a tough one to call imo. I find each works better on some material, and worse on others. Overall neither perform all that well.

I've got XO as per Guy and Geoff's reactions and holy cow.

It's literally the combination of the best sample browser I've ever seen and one of the best rhythm machines I've ever tried. Please, grab this one. I'm also very happy that it loads Ogg files, not just usual wav/aif.

Stakk wrote: ↑Nov 20, 2021 4:26 am I've got XO as per Guy and Geoff's reactions and holy cow.

It's literally the combination of the best sample browser I've ever seen and one of the best rhythm machines I've ever tried. Please, grab this one. I'm also very happy that it loads Ogg files, not just usual wav/aif.

I also got XO (plus some expansions for AD2). It sure looks like fun! The only thing that I missed in the short time I had to demo it was more possibilities of manipulating the samples. E.g. I didn’t find basic stuff like pitch envelope. Maybe I just overlooked it. Or maybe this is just not the kind of plug-in I though it was. Does it replace Battery for you? Right now, I don’t think it could. What is its purpose then?

FriFlo wrote: ↑Nov 20, 2021 4:34 am I also got XO (plus some expansions for AD2). It sure looks like fun! The only thing that I missed in the short time I had to demo it was more possibilities of manipulating the samples. E.g. I didn’t find basic stuff like pitch envelope. Maybe I just overlooked it. Or maybe this is just not the kind of plug-in I though it was. Does it replace Battery for you? Right now, I don’t think it could. What is its purpose then?

AFAIK modulating in XO is not as deep as Battery. The main appeal of XO is that you can scan the whole samples folder you have and it automatically sorts the content based on the tone/style/whatever of each samples.

From what I tested, the accuracy is more than decent (it can distinguish between kicks/snares/hats/claps/crashes and misc one shots) and automatically morphs the presets/current settings based on similarity. It's really fun to mess with, and will be very helpful when you are looking for a new (dance) drumkit.

XO really excels at breadth more than depth. I love how it wrangles almost all of your drum samples into one easily accessible place.

If you like depth, you might want to check out Sonic Academy’s Kick 2. It’s currently 40% off.



Best,

Geoff

Yes FriFlo, what Stakk and Geoff said. Battery definitely has the edge for manipulation. But the sheer fact I have.... [checks]... 82,767 of my samples here means that I don't need to manipulate stuff all that much, to be honest....

I also have mapped on individual outs to Cubase, and that's quite handy to be able to use any of my own plugins on anything very simply.

Guy Rowland wrote: ↑Nov 19, 2021 5:34 pm Oh, yes it is Advanced only - forgot that. Not wanting to over-big it up, but it is INCREDIBLE. It finally did what de-reverb technology always promised but never quite delivered. And it's easy too, one click and done. Unveil is like working a Moog Modular. But, as the name implies, it really is dialogue - or vocal - only.

That does explain things - thanks! I have had occasion, in the past, to clean up dialog, but mostly I do the music and sfx and leave the rest to others<G>.

Guy Rowland wrote: Between Unveil and regular RX De-Reverb, it's a tough one to call imo. I find each works better on some material, and worse on others. Overall neither perform all that well.

I have not yet tried RX9 Standard, but for me Unveil was a clear "winner" when compared to the results with RX8.

Now in fairness, I may be using it much differently than most? I use it to clean up old recordings. Also to be fair, I've been using Unveil almost since it was released, and at this point I have pretty good idea of what I can fix, and what I can't, and I am comfortable with their rather strange choice of controls. If I become as familiar with RX9 maybe things will change?

A thought - I have, somewhere, a particularly nasty bit of dialog, probably less than 15 seconds worth. They shot the entire film outside except for the closing scene, which was shot in an empty high school hallway. You get the idea<G>.

As I type I realize that I do have a tendency to stick with tools I know. I used the Sony/SF Noise Reduction plugin for a very long time - mostly because I could get it really close with no effort at all. Laziness and cheapness are an interesting combination.

VSL is ~55% OFF for selected items (there are many) incl. VEP7.
https://www.vsl.co.at/News/2021-11_Black_Friday_Deals

Fracture Sounds is ~40% OFF across the board.
https://fracturesounds.com/black-friday/

AudioThing is ~70% OFF. Speakers is my fave.
https://www.audiothing.net/

Cableguys, better known for Kickstart quasi sidechaining plug-in, is also doing 70% OFF for their bundle (curve-modulated filter/distortion/pan etc).
https://www.cableguys.com/

Toontrack is having a BF Week sale with different things each day. Today is an EZKeys instrument for $39 and four MIDI packs for $10 each.

toontrack.com