Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[kitekrazy]

Once I wanted Goliath, but not anymore, 40 GB for just 600 patches

Usually bigger is better when it comes to sample libraries.
Their piano is 263 GB for 4 pianos. So Goliath is tiny really.

But seriously, a 4 TB HD can be bought for like $110 these days, so size doesn't really matter - until you try to load it with your 2 GB RAM

People fall for that. 263 GB is overkill and relies on people falling for the bigger is better. The average person on the street probably couldn't tell the difference from a 263 GB piano and a GM patch. EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Platinum may be that size and you would get much more use out of that.

[Fleer]

Even the Strings library on its own is 310 GB. That 263 GB piano bundle gives you four pianos with 3 mic options in 24 bit.

[Armadillo]

Once I wanted Goliath, but not anymore, 40 GB for just 600 patches

Usually bigger is better when it comes to sample libraries.
Their piano is 263 GB for 4 pianos. So Goliath is tiny really.

But seriously, a 4 TB HD can be bought for like $110 these days, so size doesn't really matter - until you try to load it with your 2 GB RAM

People fall for that. 263 GB is overkill and relies on people falling for the bigger is better. The average person on the street probably couldn't tell the difference from a 263 GB piano and a GM patch. EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Platinum may be that size and you would get much more use out of that.

I don't disagree completely. I think 263 GB is totally overkill for 4 pianos but in case of Goliath it's less that 70 MB per patch which isn't much at all.
Perhaps the average person can't tell the difference between a deeply sampled piano and a GM piano if it's buried in a pop track, but for a solo classical piano piece I'm pretty sure they can.
I mean, why do we all keep buying newer and more expensive gear?

[Ryan99]

Plugin Alliance flash weekend sale alpha compressor & bx_dynEQ V2 Bundle at $99 (reg $598)

For those already owning one of them, can get the other for $49,5

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/prod ... eq_v2.html

Seems like a very good deal. Anyone has any experience with any of them?

[Numanoid]

Perhaps the average person can't tell the difference between a deeply sampled piano and a GM piano if it's buried in a pop track, but for a solo classical piano piece I'm pretty sure they can.
I mean, why do we all keep buying newer and more expensive gear?

Why not go for PianoTeq ?

[Fleer]

Why not go for PianoTeq ?

That new Model B is mighty sweet.

[e@rs]

Plugin Alliance flash weekend sale alpha compressor & bx_dynEQ V2 Bundle at $99 (reg $598)

For those already owning one of them, can get the other for $49,5

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/prod ... eq_v2.html

Seems like a very good deal. Anyone has any experience with any of them?

I have the Alpha, which I love and bx_Boom, which is a small part of bx_DynEQ, great for enhancing kick drums. I'd say $99 gets you some pretty awesome tools. Definitely demo them.

[kitekrazy]

Once I wanted Goliath, but not anymore, 40 GB for just 600 patches

Usually bigger is better when it comes to sample libraries.
Their piano is 263 GB for 4 pianos. So Goliath is tiny really.

But seriously, a 4 TB HD can be bought for like $110 these days, so size doesn't really matter - until you try to load it with your 2 GB RAM

People fall for that. 263 GB is overkill and relies on people falling for the bigger is better. The average person on the street probably couldn't tell the difference from a 263 GB piano and a GM patch. EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Platinum may be that size and you would get much more use out of that.

I don't disagree completely. I think 263 GB is totally overkill for 4 pianos but in case of Goliath it's less that 70 MB per patch which isn't much at all.
Perhaps the average person can't tell the difference between a deeply sampled piano and a GM piano if it's buried in a pop track, but for a solo classical piano piece I'm pretty sure they can.
I mean, why do we all keep buying newer and more expensive gear?

I highly doubt that as few people listen to classical music to begin with.

[Fleer]

I highly doubt that as few people listen to classical music to begin with.

There can be only one: Johann Sebastian Bach

[Numanoid]

Seems like a very good deal. Anyone has any experience with any of them?

I have the Alpha, which I love and bx_Boom, which is a small part of bx_DynEQ, great for enhancing kick drums. I'd say $99 gets you some pretty awesome tools. Definitely demo them.

Unfortunately VAT will be added to the sales price for unlucky Europeans

[BBFG#]

I highly doubt that as few people listen to classical music to begin with.

There can be only one: Johann Sebastian Bach

"Father of the Arpeggiator" ?

I regularly listen to Beethoven, Dvorak, Grieg, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Debussy, Chopin, Copland, Britten and many more. I even still play some from time to time. Although I'm far less proficient with them now than I was in my youth. But then again, I hated Opera when I was young and have developed a deep love and respect for much of it... as much as any of the Chorale's that are regularly brought up on my shuffle.

I love when a friend comes into the house and hears Massive Attack immediately followed by something like Bizet's La Habanera. It often opens their mind beyond their preconceived notions and lets them grow up a little bit.
Yes, 'few people' listen because few people mature.
Most just get older.

[Fleer]

Loved the god of counterpoint since I discovered my listening capabilities.
Never went for opera, however, in all those years. Maybe some Mozart. Maybe Papageno's lament. But no, Bach is god.

[BBFG#]

Loved the god of counterpoint since I discovered my listening capabilities.
Never went for opera, however, in all those years. Maybe some Mozart. Maybe Papageno's lament. But no, Bach is god.

I think most considered Mozart to be god, which is why he was as much hated as he was loved in his time. I prefer to think of them all as messengers of the human spirit reaching the divine within.

[Shalotta]

Loved the god of counterpoint since I discovered my listening capabilities.
Never went for opera, however, in all those years. Maybe some Mozart. Maybe Papageno's lament. But no, Bach is god.

I think most considered Mozart to be god, which is why he was as much hated as he was loved in his time. I prefer to think of them all as messengers of the human spirit reaching the divine within.

The divine was mostly based on commissional works and sometimes felt as a burden.
Principals asked for lifted stuff which he considered as something divorced from reality.
His little giving backs are things like:

Leck mich im Arsch (lick me in the arse) KV 231
and
Leck mir den Arsch fein recht schön sauber (lick me in the ass fine well and clean) KV 233

I love Mozart, so natural.

[Fleer]

Went twice on a pilgrimage to Salzburg. He was alright, that Mozart guy. Particularly his great Mass, or his Requiem, but then again that's not entirely his. A messenger of the divine within humanity he certainly was. And I do like several works from the likes of Schubert, Beethoven, Grieg, or even Copeland. But for me, Bach is at an entirely different level, divinity incarnate.