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    How to make MIDI sound real

    For free ones, there are also some videos from Spitfire, for example: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/editorial/in-depth/how-to-program-realistic-strings/ https://www.spitfireaudio.com/editorial/in-depth/how-to-program-realistic-strings-2/ This one is paid but relatively inexpensive and is...
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    3 (Potentially) amazing libraries releasing by end of year - Which will you buy?

    This sounds likely, but then again, they never did a keynote just for SINE ports before. Only two weeks left before we know for sure.
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    3 (Potentially) amazing libraries releasing by end of year - Which will you buy?

    https://www.orchestraltools.com/store/keynote Indeed, it's all over their web site now.
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    Happy holidays! - VSL Holiday Sale 2020 - BBO 30 days demos

    Can the vouchers purchased at Best Service be used on VSL site?
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    Your choice of general String Library for 100-150 (during black friday)

    This video made me curious, so I've just tried it on my system. This patch loaded in 4 seconds from NVMe SSD, and in 9 seconds from a (crappy) SATA SSD. I wonder why it is taking so much longer in your video.
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    Tiger the Frog's Alphabetical List of November 2020 Sales

    As someone who spent a lot of money on their bundles during this sale, I must say that I'm shocked by this move. Very unfriendly towards their loyal customers indeed.
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    Tiger the Frog's Alphabetical List of November 2020 Sales

    Well unfortunately, NVMe drives are still faster than SATA ones, because SATA interface itself becomes a bottleneck. Samsung's 2.5'' EVO and PRO drives would not be much better than QVO in this regard. So, if you need maximum speed, you cannot forget about NVMe. But if you can settle for...
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    Tiger the Frog's Alphabetical List of November 2020 Sales

    I have two QVO drives (previous generation 4TB and new generation 8TB). When loading sample libraries into Kontakt, on my system they are about 2 times slower than NVMe Samsung Evo 970 Plus. So, while it might be a good idea to place the most important and frequently used libraries on faster...
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    50% off Berlin Series

    In my installation I can see ensemble patches, but only 4 articulations: 01. Whole Ensemble Sustains Imm.nki 02. Whole Ensemble Sustains Soft.nki 03. Whole Ensemble Spiccato.nki 04. Whole Ensemble Pizzicato.nki
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    Big Bang Orchestra Bundle - New Andromeda Expansion!

    BTW, SYNCHRON FX STRINGS I are apparently still on promo price, but I cannot find any information about what promo it is and how long it will last. Can anyone clarify?
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    Your choice of general String Library for 100-150 (during black friday)

    In my opinion, many of Thomas Bergersen's demos sound awesome, for example: Love Suspended Allegro Agitato and others in audio demos section at https://www.soundsonline.com/hollywood-strings
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    50% off Berlin Series

    The only other time was Black Friday 2018, with 40% off. I had to pass on that deal. This time, I've saved a little, so I did not doubt for a second. It's an incredibly rare opportunity, and I've noticed over the years that I can easily spend money on various "no brainer" cheap or deeply...
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    Tiger the Frog's Alphabetical List of November 2020 Sales

    I believe they are one of the companies who have better deals around Christmas/end of the year.
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    Need to replace a choir library

    BTW, I still have download links for SC2 in my profile on Strezov site, even though it is not available in the Downloader anymore. Maybe you still have them as well, or Strezov support can activate download links for you if you ask them? PS. But of course, a new choir library is needed as well...
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    Spitfire Black Friday Sale!

    When I looked, those links led to "page not found". I would guess that the collections themselves are not up yet.
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    Spitfire Black Friday Sale!

    I still have it open in the browser, so:
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    Tiger the Frog's Alphabetical List of November 2020 Sales

    Here: https://vi-control.net/community/threads/audio-imperia-ni-sale.97371/post-4685466 they stated that crossgrades are available to NI buyers, but they need to email AI support.
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    Soniccouture coupon

    Maybe they removed it because they did not want people to buy it for free using the coupon? It's a charity project after all.
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    4 Chord Epic (WIP, need advice)

    Hello All! This track started as a fun experiment after I watched this and decided to write something "epic" using the same chord sequence: I-V-VI-IV. Still requires lots of work, but wanted to show it to more knowledgeable forum members before I proceed. How would you improve it in terms of...
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    Looking at my first library

    Another interesting option seems to be PALETTE – SYMPHONIC SKETCHPAD. A very well rounded package as it includes strings, woodwinds and brass orchestral sections, percussion, piano, harp, choir and sound design/trailer tools. Works with free Kontakt Player, and priced lower than Jaeger and...
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    Best Service sales of Edward Tarilonte's libraries?

    The problem is, 2for1 typically happens during Christmas, but there was no such sale this time around. Last sale was around Black Friday, with 30% off.
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    Eugene Latsko - Snow Breath

    This is incredibly good. BTW, I did not see you credited in the movie, why is that? I would argue that shooting time lapses is easier than producing a music track like this. :)
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    Noob attempt at Albion ONE trailer

    Paul, thanks a lot for taking the time to listen and comment, and for encouraging words. This means a lot to me. This is one of just a few tracks I finished, and there is so much to learn, it is scary. :)
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    The Tachyon Blaster - Orchestral (Midi Orchestral Download available)

    Alexander, you are not only a great composer, but also a very generous person. Thanks a lot, and happy New Year!
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    Noob attempt at Albion ONE trailer

    Thank you. Funny thing is that this piano note is the one and only sample in the whole track which does NOT come from Albion ONE. :) There are several piano patches in Albion, but none has such a long sustain.
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    Spitfire Audio - Albion ONE Trailer Competition

    Finally listened to all versions. Wanted to finish my entry first. So different compositions, so many interesting ideas. Great work everyone! My version is here: https://vi-control.net/community/threads/noob-attempt-at-albion-one-trailer.68004/
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    Noob attempt at Albion ONE trailer

    Everyone is posting their versions, so I figured I'd post one too. Curious to hear what you think.
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    Transparency from developers

    What exactly does a business address prove, and how would it help to detect major shortcomings of the library itself, if that's what you are talking about?
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    Anyone else constantly run into credit card issues when purchasing VI's, etc.?

    Thankfully, not many issues for me, although I come from a country typically considered "suspicious". I even bought something from 8dio and it worked, although it took them a couple of days to process my order. The only company I could not buy from is Light and Sound. No idea why, as they are...
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    OUT NOW: JAEGER: Essential Modern Orchestra feat. Merethe Soltvedt

    Watching this product with great interest. Any hint on the future roadmap of your orchestral line? What will Cthulhu Kaiju bring to the table? :) Also, I'm wondering how much SSD space this library is going to take?
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    Transparency from developers

    They are in USA and are a "sister company" of Impact Soundworks. You can find more information about them here: https://redroomaudio.com/support/company/ No address or VAT number though, sorry. You've guessed it right.
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    Transparency from developers

    This thread started with references to "being successful", but when it comes to companies like Audioplugin.deals and VSTBuzz, somehow I'm pretty sure they are very successful. People tend to go totally crazy about these hugely discounted sales, especially when each sale is unique, and many will...
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    FluffyAudio - Happy Winter Sale! + 50$ / € voucher

    Is the voucher good for only one purchase?
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    Transparency from developers

    I've checked invoices from Cinesamples and Fluffy audio in my archives. They both use Fastspring, and both invoices show the address of Fastspring as well. The only thing from the devs there is support address. Both companies do provide their addresses in their newsletter, but of course this is...
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    Transparency from developers

    Strangely this site does not seem to show the info about the company itself, but there is some more here: https://who.is/whois/auddict.com Of course, the fact that the info is "somewhere out there" is not equal to "transperency" which Peter is talking about.
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    Transparency from developers

    I have no idea how successful they are, but to me it looks like they are doing OK. Apparently they are making enough to keep them going. And even if they are not successful, there is no proof that's because of their lack of "transparency" as you put it, or that this observation can be applied to...
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    Transparency from developers

    I understand where you are coming from, and I guess no one would object to having more information about the devs. However, if an interesting freebie is released, how many people will carefully check information on the web site? And if there is some info and address there, how many people will...
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    Course recommendations for beginner composer?

    Just for the record, I don't consider it "my" thread. It's a thread about courses in Newbie forum, I'm sure many newbies are interested in this. The more information is gathered here the better. Personally I just add @ in front of user name, and forum engine does the rest: @DavidY
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    Course recommendations for beginner composer?

    Perhaps you can remember what tutorial series that was? :)
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    Course recommendations for beginner composer?

    I've just realized that during the sale Udemy vs. Mike Verta is like $12 vs. $18, so the difference is not huge and probably cannot be used to judge the difference in quality. ;) And without any sales it's like $200 vs. $30, so even more misleading.
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    Course recommendations for beginner composer?

    It's on sale right now for $12, 55 more minutes according to the site. :)
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    Course recommendations for beginner composer?

    @mverta, thanks for clarification and advice. :thumbsup:
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    FluffyAudio - Happy Winter Sale! + 50$ / € voucher

    According to your home page, we can now get Reniscamento for $239... instead of $239. Who could possibly resist such an offer? :) But jokes aside, thanks for the sale and for the voucher! BTW, when does the voucher expire?
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    Course recommendations for beginner composer?

    Mike is awesome, but his own advice (which I agree with) is to learn from different people.
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    Changes to Commercial Announcements

    Oh I did not realize there was another one coming. Well... As a relatively new forum member with no track record of super-useful posts, I don't feel like I even have a vote in the matter. But I must say, all this does strike me as rather user unfriendly. Bloated forum list, useful information...
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    Changes to Commercial Announcements

    Not that I'm going to complain or anything, but I'm not using Latest posts, so for me it means one additional forum to monitor. :)
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    Using Altiverb 7 to replicate Teldex Scoring Stage

    I always wondered - if this is such a big issue, why cannot the developers just place some dummies with instruments in the room to simulate the whole orchestra sitting there? This would also simulate other effects like sound waves from one instrument resonating in the bodies of others etc...
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    Pipe Organ Library Suggestions

    Yes you can. During installation it will detect that EZKeys is already installed, and will only install the instrument.
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    Pipe Organ Library Suggestions

    Stupidly enough, I only need the expansion, but it is more expensive.
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    Pipe Organ Library Suggestions

    Seems to be even cheaper at JRRShop: $29. Is this organ any good?
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    Impact Soundworks End of Year Sale: Up to 60% Off Entire Catalog. Ends 12/31!

    31/12 according to the banner on their site.
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    Course recommendations for beginner composer?

    Thanks Jonathan, this was really helpful. And yes, I'm not looking for any shortcuts, so that's not going to be a problem. :)
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    Course recommendations for beginner composer?

    Thanks for your advice. I keep Alain's courses in mind (I assume we are talking about https://scoreclub.net/), I watched his free samples and thought they were interesting and well presented. But I keep forgetting about Alexander Publishing stuff, although I ran across this web site more than...
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    Course recommendations for beginner composer?

    Thanks for recommendation. The version I've downloaded looks very ancient, both in terms of language and and music notation used. Are there newer editions out there?
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    Course recommendations for beginner composer?

    While I'm totally on board with this idea, I think that Mike's approach is a bit too extreme. I remember he said somewhere that he did not even recommend to watch his theory class before you "figured out everything yourself", and that he regretted doing it. Well, it will work, but it can take...
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    Project Sam Lumina

    It looks like using "FORUM" coupon code will give you an additional small discount.
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    Musical Sampling - Adventure Brass Sale

    Same here. Those who participated in October sale now also have great crossgrade prices, while it looks like there is no upgrade path from products currently on sale to the other ones.
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    Strezov Storm Choir III

    They have just released the BALKAN Ethnic Orchestra. If they show another product tomorrow, that will be impressive.
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    Best Sample Library Composers

    I wonder - is it possible to obtain MIDI files for any tracks made at such high level?
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    Trailer perc

    BTW does anyone know why Decimator Drums disappeared from Audio Imperia site? I cannot find them any more.
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    Musical Sampling sale

    In case anyone missed it, apparently Musical Sampling are having a sale till 18th of December. https://www.musicalsampling.com/
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    Can You Discriminate MIDI from LIVE? - The 6 Minute Game (Winning Mockup's Announced)

    Great idea and well executed. Got 4 wrong, but I'm a noob so that's not surprising. My conclusion is that, if music around us is not 90% samples already, we will get there very soon. For most people it is just good enough, especially when you learn composing and write your music already with the...
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    EastWest Hollywood Choirs

    You are of course right, in direct comparison the difference will be obvious even to an average person. But in reality, such comparisons do not necessarily happen. They might be important is certain cases (e. g. Library music) and totally irrelevant in others. Mike Verta also says that more...
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    EastWest Hollywood Choirs

    I think it was Mike Verta who said that his clients were happy with the quality of samples 15 years ago and did not want any improvement in this particular area. On one hand, this reinforces the point that there are things more important than samples (the clients still want good music which...
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    Swam Engine SampleModeling AudioModeling? what gives??

    https://vi-control.net/community/threads/whats-happening-at-samplemodeling.66809/
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    "Epic Horns" recording-compensated dynamics guide

    Your posts are so useful, a collection of them should be published as a book. :)
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    Eastwest composer clouds and few questons about them.

    I have the basic CC (Gold versions), and I think I installed everything from it except the new Hollywood Choirs. The samples take around 700GB on my hard drive.
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    Orchestral sample libraries for less than 150$ or so

    What is criteria for entry-level pricepoint? If it's ok to spend $130-150 on a single section, then many full orchestral libraries, like Berlin Inspire, Bernard Herrmann Composer Toolkit and The Orchestra would qualify. There is also this "essential orchestra" which I learnt about just a few...
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    First album available on iTunes

    Very nice music indeed, congratulations! Is this done with virtual instruments?
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    Orchestral sample libraries for less than 150$ or so

    I thought $149 for Light and Sound Chamber Strings was a Black Friday price, while normal price is 2x more than that?
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    Rachmaninoff's Last Piece in the Synchron Stage

    This is so good, it's unbelievable. How does one learn to make mockups like that? :rolleyes:
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    The Metropolis Monumental Deal - Last Chance!

    Okay, this deal is ending, time to release Ark 3. :)
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    Evolution Series - End of Year Sale 2017- Up to 50% off! Finished!! :)

    As someone with no prior knowledge of these libraries, I can't understand the structure of the products on the site. Does the Core include all other percussion products (except Taiko), or is it somehow different?
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    SPITFIRE - The Black Weekend Ending TODAY

    This is not how it works for me - I just login into Spitfire's downloader, and it knows itself what libraries I have.
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    SPITFIRE - The Black Weekend Ending TODAY

    Oh wow, I did not realize that thing was 17GB!
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    Best African Singing libraries or loops for "Lion King" type production.

    Also, check out this library: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/ranges/signature-range/earth-encounters-1/
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    SPITFIRE - The Black Weekend Ending TODAY

    It's odd you don't have the emails, but you can also check your serials in your account on Spitfire web site.
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    Jaeger, a new orchestral library by Audio Imperia

    Continuata is not perfect for sure, but all download managers I've used (Spitfire, Sonokinetic, NI Access, EastWest, 8dio etc.) were problematic in one way or another. For some reason, no company managed to do it perfectly yet. At least, with Continuata you can get direct download links if you...
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    Course recommendations for beginner composer?

    Oh wow, thanks a lot PaulieDC! This was super useful. And I even still had time to grab this bundle: https://www.udemy.com/music-composition-bundle-composition-film-scoring/learn/v4/overview which includes the two courses you've mentioned, plus some extra stuff on top, and everything for $12...
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    Does “batch resave” shorten load times for CSS?

    I've read an article just today (https://syntheticorchestra.com/blog/?17) and there the author says that slow load times happen when instruments were saved on a different platform than the one you are using (Mac vs. PC). When you resave the instrument yourself, it's saved in the right format for...
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    Jaeger, a new orchestral library by Audio Imperia

    The list of articulations is already available: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k5qrwp7tgixek7n/AI_Jaeger_Preview_PDF.pdf?dl=0
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    SPITFIRE - The Black Weekend Ending TODAY

    Compared to Sonokinetic manager which makes me read and accept the EULA every time I open it, that's not too bad. :)
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    Jaeger, a new orchestral library by Audio Imperia

    Looks like a similar concept to Metropolis Ark, the price is also similar. :) No woodwinds. First demos sound cool. Will be watching with interest for sure.
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    Sonokinetic christmas sale announced

    In their BF sale announcement they said that the two products included in it would not be in Christmas sale. Let's see if they stick to this. You can see last year's deals here: https://www.native-instruments.com/forum/threads/sonokinetic-12-days-of-christmas.312858/
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    Which Accordion do you Recommend?

    BTW, according to main page on Efimov's site, Black Friday sale is till the 3rd of December. However, their offering does sound pretty good, both demos and price.
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    Black Friday & December sale 2017 - What did you buy?

    Sorry about that. :) But that's kinda the goal of this topic. :) Nope. I have an SSD, but not this large, so will have to play around with libraries and see which will be on an SSD and which won't. However, from my past experience, I can work with large libs from ordinary HDD and not get too...
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    Black Friday & December sale 2017 - What did you buy?

    Damn I'm broke. Unsubscribing from all mailing lists and putting the URL of DEALS sub-forum on black list. Stocked for the next year, or more likely ten. Anyway, I've got: - A bunch of Mike Verta masterclasses - The Complete Evenant Collection - Groove3 year pass - Ask.Audio year pass -...
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    East West Composer Cloud 19.99mo One Day Only

    How does it work for existing members?
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    Love my Cinesamples libraries but will never buy from them again.

    It is totally fine that the prices go down eventually. But I do think that early adopters should get upgrade/crossgrade prices which are as good as for people who buy everything anew. The way Spitfire handles this is a good example and it seems fair to me. If I own some products from a bundle, I...
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    Chris Hein Solo Strings 30% Off

    This info was in an email from Bestservice, and it's also on their web site: https://www.bestservice.com/deals.html#chris_hein_solo_strings_special
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    Your Black Friday VI list!

    Looks like Musical Sampling is not doing any sales, too bad I was not aware of their October deal.
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    Chris Hein Solo Strings 30% Off

    Yeah, most bestservice instruments are on sale too with 30% off. It's interesting that their web site says: Attention: This will be your best chance to snag Best Service products at such affordable rates for some time! Meaning there will be no more Best Service deals anytime soon. Does this...
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    SPITFIRE - The Black Weekend Ending TODAY

    Welcome to the club. :)
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    Instruments formerly sold by Sample Modeling now on sale (first time ever?)

    Odd situation indeed. It seems reasonable to wait till the dispute is fully resolved, but it is so tempting to take advantage of the first BF sale ever. What to do, what to do. :)
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    SPITFIRE - The Black Weekend Ending TODAY

    I did not register or activate anything. As soon as my first order was processed, I put some more bundles into shopping cart and saw discounts on them.
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    Ventus Ethnic Winds: Ocarinas, available now! (Also, new Ventus series bundle)

    Congrats on the release! Will this work if I get the complete World bundle?
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    SPITFIRE - The Black Weekend Ending TODAY

    OK, I went bollocks and purchased three bundles before I knew what I was doing. Fortunately, my order got frozen in "pending" state, or I would order two more bundles which have intersections with the first three... I just hope the order is pending long enough, and I can cool down in the meantime.
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    SPITFIRE - The Black Weekend Ending TODAY

    I have a feeling that I will own A LOT of Spitfire strings very soon. My poor wallet... It's interesting that Swarms collection seems to be gone.
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