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Your Black Friday (November) Purchases 2022

Markrs said:
Black Friday Sales purchases:
  • Abbey Road One: Thematic Trumpets (Edu Sale)
  • Abbey Road One: Thematic Horns (Edu Sale)
  • Yair Elazar Glotman - Speculative Memories (Edu Sale)
  • Originals Cinematic Pads (Edu Sale)
  • Audio Modelling SWAM Strings and Saxophones (EDU + BF discount Glitch)
  • Strat style guitar
  • Man Makes Noise Puro - for Omnisphere
  • UVI Prime 8+ (Free)
  • Little Radiator (Free)
  • Mntra Kymera-CE update (Free)
  • Man Makes Noise - Puro for Omnisphere 2
  • Audio Modelling SWAM Saxophones v3
  • Audio Modelling SWAM Solo Strings 3
  • BOOM Library Nordic War Horns (Free)
  • iZotope Audiolens (Free)
  • 8Dio Intimate Studio Brass
  • 8Dio Intimate Studio Woodwinds
  • 8Dio Studio Vocal Series Jenifer
  • 8Dio Studio Vocal Series Laurie
  • One Man Tribe - Full Catalogue (Loops and One Shots)
  • BFD3 + Expansions: Crush, Oblivion, Horsepower, Jazz Noir & Metal Snares
  • zplane deCoda LE (Free)
  • Dorico 4 Elements
  • HoRNet Sybilla (Free)
  • Wave Lil Tube (Free)
  • Ethera Gold Atlantis 2
  • Man Makes Noise - Transmissions for Omnisphere 2
  • Pianoteq Standard to Pro Upgrade + 2 Free Instruments
  • Audio Assault Multi Transient
  • Audio Assault XCTR
  • 8Dio Agitato Legato Arpeggio
  • 8Dio Agitato Grandiose Legato Ensemble & Divisi Cellos
  • 8Dio Agitato Grandiose Legato Ensemble & Divisi Violins
  • Sonuscore Pipe Organ (Free)
  • Cinesamples - Tongue Drum, Twisted Psaltry, Accent Pianos, Toy Xylo & Kalimba (Free)
  • Infinite Woodwinds
  • Infinite Brass
  • BOOM Library Cinematic Darkness
Will probably get MSS this weekend and thinking about Berlin Studio and MIR3D.

Looking at the list there is quite a bit, but as nearly all were on my buy list it didn't feel like a lot of impulse buying.
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Well I went with Audiobro MSS, but I also ended up with Genesis Choir as well after listening to examples and Audiobro giving me an extra $50 off so that is was $120, when buying with MSS.

This is almost certainly my most expensive Black Friday, hopefully not to be repeated anytime soon.

EDIT: looks like I wasn't quite finished as I got Synth V and "Kevin" Voicepack
 
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I ended up getting..
Liquidsonics
Gabrielle Flute
Noise Ash Need eqs
Lava from acustica
And upgraded sonarworks too..
 
Plugins I bought as planned:
  • Infiltrator 2
  • Omen
  • BFD3
  • Cinesamples Tina Guo Complete Bundle
  • Ethera Gold Atlantis 2(Upgrade from Atlantis 1)
  • Acon DeVerberate 3
  • Soundiron Cosmic Hand Pans
  • Melodyne Editor (upgrade from Assistant)
  • Asterian pre-order
  • Waves Renaissance Bass
  • Waves Renaissance Vox
Plugins I did not plan to buy, but GAS took me over during BF:
  • BFD Extension London Sessions & Jazz Noir
    • Since I already bought BFD3, why not I just get some extensions. I did get 1 free extension from code after checking out the forum, and failed to realise that there was a bug which could have gotten me 5 extensions for free. 🤦‍♂️
  • Soundiron Didgeridoos
    • Hmmm..Always wanted didgeridoos vsti.
  • Ujam Retro
  • Ujam Heavy 2
  • Ujam Usynth Deluxe
  • Ujam Hustle 2
    • Hmmm.. That's quite cheap, and... Flash Sales!! 🤯
  • Autotune Throat
    • Interesting, I may need them to shape my voice. :emoji_thinking:
  • Impact Soundworks World Bundle
    • That's a good deal and since I have been checking out those Ventus series quite sometime...
  • Beastsamples Psychedelic Guitar
    • Love the sounds
  • Sonora Cinematic Atlas Flutes
    • Love the flute sounds.
  • Waves Abby Road Saturator
    • Was checking out BB Tube and came across someone were mentioning Abbey Road, and took the bite.
  • East West Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition Diamond
    • What?! Only USD261 for a whole orchestral libraries and I don't have to get anything else in the future. Bought it before Sonuscore sent out their USD250 deal. 😥 Couldn't buy from JRR as having Paypal payment issue.
  • NeuralDSP Archetype: Tim Henson
  • NeuralDSP Archetype: Nolly
    • NeuralDSP ads were keep on appearing on Youtube for several days. I did find them beautiful and finally decided to check them out and the rest were history when I saw the Flash Sales!! 🤦‍♂️
 
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fiction said:
How are you liking NSS?

NSS somehow is still on sale and I'm considering getting them to have a different vibe to layer...
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So far i haven't had enough time to check how exactly it works but from a short test it is not good for the first purchasing string you should have another string to covering the shortness of Articulation and Dynamic .
the NSS tone is very nice and rich it plays fast melody very well and have a nice vibrato I liked but its good to have and combine with another string library, when i was testing NSS with all of my string library, i chosen to use with (old Cinematic studio string 2 and Agitato String for slow and portamento ) all three string NSS, Agitato ,CS2 to gather are played very well and covers all the gaps and articulation between each other.
Sorry for my bad english, Hopefully i explained well.
 
Markrs said:
I have these and they are all excellent. The synth sample patches in Ethera Gold 2.5 are seriously under-rated, and I think the flexibility of Elements MSS is fantastic. I also love all the tutorials that Stefano makes for them, which so few library creators do. It helps you really know what you can do with it, plus his pricing is excellent.
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Are "underrated" , like Elements MMS and Elements CR..

Because some people don't spend 10 minutes watching my videos to understand what is possible to do with these libraries. If they did, they would understand the big deal

:)
 
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awaey said:
So far i haven't had enough time to check how exactly it works but from a short test it is not good for the first purchasing string you should have another string to covering the shortness of Articulation and Dynamic .
the NSS tone is very nice and rich it plays fast melody very well and have a nice vibrato I liked but its good to have and combine with another string library, when i was testing NSS with all of my string library, i chosen to use with (old Cinematic studio string 2 and Agitato String for slow and portamento ) all three string NSS, Agitato ,CS2 to gather are played very well and covers all the gaps and articulation between each other.
Sorry for my bad english, Hopefully i explained well.
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Thanks for sharing!

I use mostly CSS, SCS and Appassionata. From SCS I only layer the ensembles when needed, use the flautando and sometimes the shorts. For legato I use only CSS and Appassionata and the shorts from CSS are my favourite.

That's why I'm considering NSS, a different tone that seems easy to program so I can use instead of CSS when I need something a bit smaller and with less vibrato... decisions!!!!!
 
Markrs said:
Black Friday Sales purchases:
  • Abbey Road One: Thematic Trumpets (Edu Sale)
  • Abbey Road One: Thematic Horns (Edu Sale)
  • Yair Elazar Glotman - Speculative Memories (Edu Sale)
  • Originals Cinematic Pads (Edu Sale)
  • Audio Modelling SWAM Strings and Saxophones (EDU + BF discount Glitch)
  • Strat style guitar
  • Man Makes Noise Puro - for Omnisphere
  • UVI Prime 8+ (Free)
  • Little Radiator (Free)
  • Mntra Kymera-CE update (Free)
  • Man Makes Noise - Puro for Omnisphere 2
  • Audio Modelling SWAM Saxophones v3
  • Audio Modelling SWAM Solo Strings 3
  • BOOM Library Nordic War Horns (Free)
  • iZotope Audiolens (Free)
  • 8Dio Intimate Studio Brass
  • 8Dio Intimate Studio Woodwinds
  • 8Dio Studio Vocal Series Jenifer
  • 8Dio Studio Vocal Series Laurie
  • One Man Tribe - Full Catalogue (Loops and One Shots)
  • BFD3 + Expansions: Crush, Oblivion, Horsepower, Jazz Noir & Metal Snares
  • zplane deCoda LE (Free)
  • Dorico 4 Elements
  • HoRNet Sybilla (Free)
  • Wave Lil Tube (Free)
  • Ethera Gold Atlantis 2
  • Man Makes Noise - Transmissions for Omnisphere 2
  • Pianoteq Standard to Pro Upgrade + 2 Free Instruments
  • Audio Assault Multi Transient
  • Audio Assault XCTR
  • 8Dio Agitato Legato Arpeggio
  • 8Dio Agitato Grandiose Legato Ensemble & Divisi Cellos
  • 8Dio Agitato Grandiose Legato Ensemble & Divisi Violins
  • Sonuscore Pipe Organ (Free)
  • Cinesamples - Tongue Drum, Twisted Psaltry, Accent Pianos, Toy Xylo & Kalimba (Free)
  • Infinite Woodwinds
  • Infinite Brass
  • BOOM Library Cinematic Darkness
Will probably get MSS this weekend and thinking about Berlin Studio and MIR3D.

Looking at the list there is quite a bit, but as nearly all were on my buy list it didn't feel like a lot of impulse buying.
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It's going to take approx 6 months @ 12 hours per day just to listen to all the presets.

Nice haul though.
 
SomeGuy said:
NVME, unless in a thunderbolt enclosure, will be capped on your MBP. USB3 enclosures use dual bands to get the super high speeds, which thunderbolt ports do not support. Thunderbolt enclosures are faster, but they cost 3-4x as much as USB3. Either way, you should get faster speeds than 500/s. if you go the thunderbolt enclosure route, make sure its an actual thunderbolt enclosure and not a "thunderbolt compatible" enclosure.
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it seems all 2.5 SSD's top out at 500/s ..
Finally got the NVMe 1T samsung and an enclosure .. getting 900/s on USBc from the OWC TB3 chassis extra TB i/O.... less if directly plugged into the MBP M1/16ram like 800..

using the tb3 /usba cable its down to 300/s. Like my storage drive WD 14T level.

using the internal MBP drive as a work drive for some sessions, its at 1500/s

the NVMe world is so much better.. but there are very few chassis options in that world yet. but the prices for a NVMe are about the same as SSD 2.5. investing in more SSD 2.5 format seems not ... wise
 
fiction said:
less vibrato...
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fiction said:
Thanks for sharing!

I use mostly CSS, SCS and Appassionata. From SCS I only layer the ensembles when needed, use the flautando and sometimes the shorts. For legato I use only CSS and Appassionata and the shorts from CSS are my favourite.

That's why I'm considering NSS, a different tone that seems easy to program so I can use instead of CSS when I need something a bit smaller and with less vibrato... decisions!!!!!
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No problem, also NSS Vibrato isn't controllable but have a nice legato and long .
 
arrivu said:
What was the glitch? I wad eyeing SWAM Saxaphones, but decided to postpone to next year as it may take me quite some time to learn it.
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You got the EDU discount on top of the 30% Black Friday discount
 
Markrs said:
You got the EDU discount on top of the 30% Black Friday discount
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Do these EDU discounts include places like ThinkSpaceEducation? I do have "How to Write Music" course. I never thought to use my student status (or I keep forgetting about it). Also would this include "Orchestral Recipes" courses?
 
Mistro said:
Do these EDU discounts include places like ThinkSpaceEducation? I do have "How to Write Music" course. I never thought to use my student status (or I keep forgetting about it). Also would this include "Orchestral Recipes" courses?
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Unlikely. EDU discounts are reserved for more formal institutions - with a handful of longer-term courses at Thinkspace and Cinematic Composing that qualify (but it really depends on the developer). Master the Score membership garners some EDU discounts at a variety of developers (like Heavyocity, etc).
 
ibanez1 said:
Playability and no crossfades. There are no keyswitches for normal playing. Just notes, velocity, and modwheel and you can play all articulations based on note length and how hard you hit the keys. Since there are no crossfade issues, crescendos, arcs, and marcatos sound excellent after you get used to playing them in with the modwheel. "Infinite round robins" due to the humanization and how the sound is constructed everytime you play. Very fast repetitive lines sound believable and it can play real fast and not fall apart. You can also play your own trills in and actually slow them down at your own pace!

The other benefit if you have divisimate is that you build your own ensembles with the infinite series. So using divisimate, when you stack chords in french horns for instance, it will automatically split the part between players. This makes for a more realistic section divisi.

So far, I'm really loving this workflow.
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This all sounds like using these with a breath controller is awesome. Great points to think about when choosing libraries I never thought of.
 
Markrs said:
Most were pretty cheap, though they do add up quickly, so you do have to be careful with all the "no-brainers". The big items were:
  • Audio Modelling SWAM Strings and Saxophones (EDU + BF discount Glitch) - $250
  • Infinite Brass and Woodwinds - $500
  • Pianoteq Pro upgrade - $81
  • 8Dio libraries (individually pretty cheap, but again they do add up) - $142
  • Audiobro MSS (not yet purchased, but almost certain to buy it today after watching just about every video on YouTube on it). - $329
  • Spitfire EDU - $78
Those items add up to $1,380

All the other items come to just $155
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That’s more than I expected tbh. Thought the 8dio stuff would be cheaper, and the Infinite stuff is a bit of an outlay. Still, it feels like it’s a pretty comprehensive set of purchases.
 
Mistro said:
Do these EDU discounts include places like ThinkSpaceEducation? I do have "How to Write Music" course. I never thought to use my student status (or I keep forgetting about it). Also would this include "Orchestral Recipes" courses?
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I was a PhD student at the time I applied for the discount. I think they are quite restrictive on their EDU discounts but it might be worth contacting them to see if you would be eligible.

Of course the glitch that allowed the Black Friday discount plus EDU discount was fixed quickly.
 
CSS.
AudioBro - LASS3.
Master the Score - Mixing Cinematic Music course.
Sonnox - VoxDoubler.
Ilio - Waverunner presets for Omnisphere 2.
Cherry Audio - GX-80.
Liquidsonics: Cinematic Room Professional, Tai Chi and HD Cart.
Cable Guys - Shaperbox 3.
GForce Software - Oddity 3.

Not BF but bought anyway:
Omni Music Publishing:
  • Jerry Goldsmith "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" Full Orchestral Score.
  • Horner's "Star Trek II" Full Orchestral Score.
  • Herbert Stothart, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg "The Wizard of Oz" Full Orchestral Score.
  • Elmer Bernstein "Ghostbusters" Full Orchestral Score.
  • Don Davis "The Matrix" Full Orchestral Score.
  • Alan Silvestri "Back To The Future" Full Orchestral Score.
  • Jerry Goldsmith "Poltergeist" Full Orchestral Score.
 
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Zedcars said:
  • Jerry Goldsmith "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" Full Orchestral Score.
  • Horner's "Star Trek II" Full Orchestral Score.
  • Herbert Stothart, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg "The Wizard of Oz" Full Orchestral Score.
  • Elmer Bernstein "Ghostbusters" Full Orchestral Score.
  • Don Davis "The Matrix" Full Orchestral Score.
  • Alan Silvestri "Back To The Future" Full Orchestral Score.
  • Jerry Goldsmith "Poltergeist" Full Orchestral Score.
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Wow, that is some very cool scores. That would be a lifetime of study for me and still probably fail to get through them all.
 
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