Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[EnergyCrush]

Cool. I'd definitely beta test that for you. You seen camelcamelcamel.com for Amazon price tracking?

I hadn't, that is pretty slick.

Yeah, if I get something far enough along for that, I'll share.

[EnergyCrush]

I buy from Time & Space all the time and I'm in the U.S.

Spectrasonics has a special deal with Time and Space and will only allow them to ship to certain countries in Europe. That's a rare exception.

Yeah, they are fantastic...the offset of no VAT for U.S. makes a huge difference. I've also had good experiences with them for support stuff; refunds coming back through PayPal go straight back into the account of origin rather than staying on the PayPal site. Hopefully you never need that, but, a plus.

[mgw38]

I'm in exactly the same situation. Is this worth the upgrade?

I just received an email from Metric Halo offering me an upgrade to the complete bundle for $149. I currently own two products from them. Dirty Delay and HaloVerb. So that's a pretty sweet deal.

"#1 - Production Bundle with 2 plugin upgrade credits $699 $149
Order Total: $149
You Save: $550"

"Everything you need to mix!

Reg. $699 Sale $299 Your Price: $149
Here's your chance to add 6 more plugins to your audio arsenal for only $149.

That's less than $25 for each additional plugin!"

FYI. You may be receiving a similar email soon if you own any of their products.

[Numanoid]

Wave Alchemy are doing a flash sale on Spectrum 50% off @ £30

Ends today http://www.wavealchemy.co.uk/spectrum/pid170/

I need another Kontakt lib like I need a hole in the head, but this one is very tempting

Sounds from: Moog Minimoog Model D, Roland Juno-60, Roland Juno-106, Roland Jupiter 8, Arp Odyssey, Korg MS-20, Roland JX8P, Moog Source, Roland Saturn 09, Roland SH-09, Moog MG-01, Korg Minikorg, Korg Poly-800, Future Retro XS and Yamaha DX5.

But 12GB (from 20GB) compressed audio material, I aint got the HDD space to put that on the moment.

[OneOfManyPauls]

I need another Kontakt lib like I need a hole in the head, but this one is very tempting

Sounds from: Moog Minimoog Model D, Roland Juno-60, Roland Juno-106, Roland Jupiter 8, Arp Odyssey, Korg MS-20, Roland JX8P, Moog Source, Roland Saturn 09, Roland SH-09, Moog MG-01, Korg Minikorg, Korg Poly-800, Future Retro XS and Yamaha DX5.

But 12GB (from 20GB) compressed audio material, I aint got the HDD space to put that on the moment.

that does look interesting - but then there's also this from uvi @ jrr on offer at $49:

https://www.jrrshop.com/uvi-synth-legacy

SYNTH LEGACY INCLUDES SOUNDS FROM THESE CLASSICS:
Alesis Andromeda, Roland Jupiter 4, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland VP-300, Roland TB-303, Oberheim Matrix 6, Oberheim Xpander, Oberheim OB-X, Studio Electronics ATC, SCI Prophet 5, Yamaha CS-80, Elka Synthex, RSF Kobol, Korg PS-3200, Moog MiniMoog, Moog MemoryMoog, Waldorf Pulse, Access Virus C, Yamaha AN1X, Novation Nova, Waldorf Q, Clavia NordLead, Yamaha DX7, Yamaha DX100, Yamaha FS1R, Korg DS8, NED Synclavier 2, Waldorf Microwave XT, PPG Wave 2.3, Casio VZ-1, Casio CZ-1, Korg DW8000, Kawai K3, SCI Prophet VS, Korg Wavestation, Yamaha SY22, Kawai K5000, OSC OSCar, Seiko DS301, Ensoniq VFX, Kawai K4r, Roland JD-800, Roland D-50, Korg M1, Korg DSS1, Korg MS20, Ensoniq SQ80, Ensoniq Fizmo, Yamaha SY77, Mellotron M400, Fairlight CMI IIx, E-MU Emulator 2

Content : 1,178 presets, 10,984 samples

[Numanoid]

that does look interesting - but then there's also this from uvi @ jrr on offer at $49:

https://www.jrrshop.com/uvi-synth-legacy2

Yeah, I got that from earlier, a nice all round synth lib, well worth the 50 bucks I paid for it.

BTW, Spectrum is also on half price sale at Plugin Boutique, and I guess many users got some credits stored up there, because of buying Xpand2! so a chance to get it for even less than half price

http://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1 ... 9-Spectrum?

[OneOfManyPauls]

re spectrum - you can save 10% by getting a discount code from here (works as I just used it):
http://couponfollow.com/site/wavealchem ... ef=2540044#

[Numanoid]

re spectrum - you can save 10% by getting a discount code from here (works as I just used it):
http://couponfollow.com/site/wavealchem ... ef=2540044#

Excellent find, just checked, it takes £3 off the total, so that £26,98 is to be paid at checkout

[Rational]

Dang. I bought Spectrum last night direct from them. Didn't get the additional 10% off. Impulse buy lost me 10%...

That couponfollow site looks pretty cool. I just added another site to it and it is supposed to email me coupons whenever those sites have something on offer. Works well?

[Uncle E]

So I guess no codes work with the Spire sale at JRR?

Sorry, there are no extra discounts on it this time.

[Uncle E]

Uncle E,
Was that big news the Spire discount? Or is there still something else about to drop?

Spire, Neutron, and Music Production Bundle 2.

And anyone checked out the Griffin products? Noticed them being used in the latest Neutron video and am curious if anyone has used the griffin powermate usb or bluetooth for audio editing and other PC tasks? Looks cool.

The Powermate is a great feeling controller that looks amazing on your desk. I used it around 10 years ago with the old software, it didn't have fine enough resolution for serious plugin control back then but I understand that the current software fixed that. I've read that you should avoid the bluetooth version.

And was I crazy to let the deal on the McDSP 6050 Ultimate Channel Strip pass by for $173 last week? Will I be regretting that for a while to come? Does McDSP not do sales very often? Only intro pricing? Or will another sale by them come along do you think?

It's back on sale for $194 in cart and you can be sure it'll go even lower eventually:

https://www.jrrshop.com/mcdsp-6050-ulti ... -native-v6

[Uncle E]

wow, the izotope neutron advanced crossgrade seems an incredibly good deal at $149 (circa $135 with additional seller discounts) instead of the normal $349, with the only requirement being owning any (non-free) izotope product. The standard version is $99 crossgrade instead of $249 full.

If you own Music Production Bundle 1, Ozone Advanced, or RX Advanced, the Music Production Bundle 2 Upgrade from Advanced is probably a better way to go:

https://www.jrrshop.com/izotope-music-p ... e-advanced

[Uncle E]

I just received an email from Metric Halo offering me an upgrade to the complete bundle for $149. I currently own two products from them. Dirty Delay and HaloVerb. So that's a pretty sweet deal.

Yup, that's certainly worth it. ChannelStrip 3 is extremely popular.

[Uncle E]

I don't do surround sound and the only other difference looks to be the ability to use the various effects (eq, compressor, transient and exciter) as standalone plugins - but there doesn't seem to be much CPU difference between just having multiple instances of neutron vs using those standalone effects.

You're correct, Neutron is probably fine for most people. After all, the whole point of Neutron is to have all its components working together as a system across multiple tracks.

[Uncle E]

Wave Alchemy are doing a flash sale on Spectrum 50% off @ £30

Ends today http://www.wavealchemy.co.uk/spectrum/pid170/

I need another Kontakt lib like I need a hole in the head, but this one is very tempting

I saw it too late and missed it, now it's back to £60. I would definitely have bought it for £30. Wave Alchemy is excellent.

Anyway, Sample Magic is doing 50% off on BLOQ right now so I got that instead:

https://www.samplemagic.com/details/452/bloq