Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[pekbro]

Damn good deal on the bitwig upgrade, maybe i should buy a couple heh.

[aMUSEd]

It is - I already have a serial from Black Friday waiting for the right moment to activate it (probably when 5.2 final is out), could I get another and save it for next year?

[SirKen]

It is - I already have a serial from Black Friday waiting for the right moment to activate it (probably when 5.2 final is out), could I get another and save it for next year?

I got too excited and used the serial right away, was still on 4.4.10 or something.

Might grab another serial, I don't know.

[ChamomileShark]

It is - I already have a serial from Black Friday waiting for the right moment to activate it (probably when 5.2 final is out), could I get another and save it for next year?

FWIW I kept my upgrade plan bought from JRR in the fridge for 18 months, only using it this January.

[wayford]

Saw this on top of the KVR sales carousel - sorry if that's too picky, but caught me off guard.

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[midi sentinel]

If anyone needs Plugin Alliance bx_enhancer, it can be purchased for $29.99:

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

Use coupon 10-OFF, at checkout.

edit: 3 other plugins are part of the same promotion, if anyone cares:

Brainworx bx_digital v3
Knif Audio Soma
elysia museq

[HM]

East West Hollywood Choirs Diamond for $132.61 with code FORUM
https://www.jrrshop.com/eastwest-hollyw ... rs-diamond

Will this bring me the full functional new Opus engine as well ?

And will I be able to run my old Symphonic Choirs and Voice of the apoccalypse inside Opus also ?

Once you buy one library that comes with Opus, you will be able to use it with all other libraries that you own that are supported by Opus.
Check the individual libraries at Eastwest to see if they support Opus.

Just got aorund one of the FAQ's

Seemingly only Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition will give you Opus

Surprise surprise,.. not that many good deals on that one ,.. and a greedy 995 default

No actual upgrade path

Thanks EW for making it easy for me to stay on play-engine with what I already got

You saved me 150 bucks for the Hollywood deal ,.. and in return you got nothing

Will I be able to upgrade to the Opus engine without buying Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition?

Currently you must purchase Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition to get the OPUS software. People who purchase any other EastWest product post-release will also get OPUS. All ComposerCloud members will automatically get OPUS. But we are going to wait a while before allowing previous PLAY product purchasers to upgrade in order to assist our support team during this major upgrade period. When we do provide that option, it will be a paid upgrade.

[agharta]

East West Hollywood Choirs Diamond for $132.61 with code FORUM
https://www.jrrshop.com/eastwest-hollyw ... rs-diamond

Will this bring me the full functional new Opus engine as well ?

And will I be able to run my old Symphonic Choirs and Voice of the apoccalypse inside Opus also ?

Once you buy one library that comes with Opus, you will be able to use it with all other libraries that you own that are supported by Opus.
Check the individual libraries at Eastwest to see if they support Opus.

Just got aorund one of the FAQ's
Seemingly only Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition will give you Opus

Will I be able to upgrade to the Opus engine without buying Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition?

Currently you must purchase Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition to get the OPUS software. People who purchase any other EastWest product post-release will also get OPUS. All ComposerCloud members will automatically get OPUS. But we are going to wait a while before allowing previous PLAY product purchasers to upgrade in order to assist our support team during this major upgrade period. When we do provide that option, it will be a paid upgrade.

It says this on the product page which is the same that it says for more recent vocal libraries:

"Now included in OPUS, with individual downloads, custom keyswitches, and dozens of MIDI Tools and Mixer Effects."
https://www.soundsonline.com/vocals/hollywood-choirs

I think what it means is that if you bought it before OPUS was released, you don't get OPUS, but if you buy it now, you do.

Look here:
https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/vi ... nd-edition

What's Included? HOLLYWOOD CHOIRS includes:

A collection of men and women choir instruments
A WordBuilder program that turns text into sung words
Approximately 59 GB of 24-bit, 44.1 khz samples, All Mixes (Diamond Edition)
EastWest's OPUS Software including a new instrument search database
A license that identifies the product you purchased
Hollywood Choirs and OPUS User Manuals (PDFs)

[Harry_HH]

East West Hollywood Choirs Diamond for $132.61 with code FORUM
https://www.jrrshop.com/eastwest-hollyw ... rs-diamond

Will this bring me the full functional new Opus engine as well ?

And will I be able to run my old Symphonic Choirs and Voice of the apoccalypse inside Opus also ?

Once you buy one library that comes with Opus, you will be able to use it with all other libraries that you own that are supported by Opus.
Check the individual libraries at Eastwest to see if they support Opus.

Just got aorund one of the FAQ's

Seemingly only Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition will give you Opus

Surprise surprise,.. not that many good deals on that one ,.. and a greedy 995 default

No actual upgrade path

Thanks EW for making it easy for me to stay on play-engine with what I already got

You saved me 150 bucks for the Hollywood deal ,.. and in return you got nothing

Will I be able to upgrade to the Opus engine without buying Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition?

Currently you must purchase Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition to get the OPUS software. People who purchase any other EastWest product post-release will also get OPUS. All ComposerCloud members will automatically get OPUS. But we are going to wait a while before allowing previous PLAY product purchasers to upgrade in order to assist our support team during this major upgrade period. When we do provide that option, it will be a paid upgrade.

I’ve got the Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition, i.e. the Opus player.
But…although the sale, the Hollywood Choirs Diamond doesn’t interest me. Why?
Because for some uncomprehensive reason, this and 10 other choirs-libraries in the market are focused only in the classical or religious sounding choir-music.
And how often you do church-music?
These libraries are practically useless for the pop/rock genres, where you need different sounding, very simple aahs and ooohs and other background harmonies.

I have 10 EW libraries, includung the Hollywood Backup Singers, which was a real disappointment, because you can’t separate harmony voices.

The only library partly useful for the pop/rock backing harmononies is the Realivox Ladies - but unfortunately the developer hasn’t upgraded the library for years, and e.g. the male voices are totally missing.

EW Voices of Soul and Hollywood Backup singers are both missing the male voices. Why?

So - I really don’t get these choirs developers.
Yes, the Hollywood Choirs Diamond includes the wordbuilder, but all the vocal samples are ceremonial and over pompous for the earthly pop/rock genres.

[Doc3g]

Free Diginoiz 5X sample pack bundle at plugin boutique

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/ ... Exclusive-

[Olnium]

Free Diginoiz 5X sample pack bundle at plugin boutique

Better still, they give you a pound to take them. The "get paid to rate" is active on these x5, unlike all the other freebies I've seen.

[agharta]

Free Diginoiz 5X sample pack bundle at plugin boutique

Better still, they give you a pound to take them. The "get paid to rate" is active on these x5, unlike all the other freebies I've seen.

Tempted to write a review saying that they are worth a pound!

[Aloysius]

Here's the link to the Plugin Boutique website to save you the time I lost clicking on the link above.

http://www.pluginboutique.com/product/8 ... Exclusive-

[simpleviajero]

Additional information: if you go to the Diginoiz website, 4 of these sample packs are free. "#Producersdiary 2 – Divine Sounds" is the only one you need to pay for.

- Serum Kings https://diginoiz.com/series/serum-presets-kings/
- Cloud Pads https://diginoiz.com/series/synthesizer ... loud-pads/
- Trap Chiefs https://diginoiz.com/series/trap-chiefs/
- Orchestral One Shots 4 https://diginoiz.com/series/orchestral-one-shots-4/

I know that probably no one would use them, but anyway...

Free Diginoiz 5X sample pack bundle at plugin boutique

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/ ... Exclusive-

[HM]

East West Hollywood Choirs Diamond for $132.61 with code FORUM
https://www.jrrshop.com/eastwest-hollyw ... rs-diamond

Will this bring me the full functional new Opus engine as well ?

And will I be able to run my old Symphonic Choirs and Voice of the apoccalypse inside Opus also ?

Once you buy one library that comes with Opus, you will be able to use it with all other libraries that you own that are supported by Opus.
Check the individual libraries at Eastwest to see if they support Opus.

Just got aorund one of the FAQ's
Seemingly only Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition will give you Opus

Will I be able to upgrade to the Opus engine without buying Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition?

Currently you must purchase Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition to get the OPUS software. People who purchase any other EastWest product post-release will also get OPUS. All ComposerCloud members will automatically get OPUS. But we are going to wait a while before allowing previous PLAY product purchasers to upgrade in order to assist our support team during this major upgrade period. When we do provide that option, it will be a paid upgrade.

It says this on the product page which is the same that it says for more recent vocal libraries:

"Now included in OPUS, with individual downloads, custom keyswitches, and dozens of MIDI Tools and Mixer Effects."
https://www.soundsonline.com/vocals/hollywood-choirs

I think what it means is that if you bought it before OPUS was released, you don't get OPUS, but if you buy it now, you do.

Look here:
https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/vi ... nd-edition

What's Included? HOLLYWOOD CHOIRS includes:

A collection of men and women choir instruments
A WordBuilder program that turns text into sung words
Approximately 59 GB of 24-bit, 44.1 khz samples, All Mixes (Diamond Edition)
EastWest's OPUS Software including a new instrument search database
A license that identifies the product you purchased
Hollywood Choirs and OPUS User Manuals (PDFs)

Thanks, looks a bit more optimistic for sure, but confusing, its not just that English
is not my spoken language, but confusing FAQ for sure

Now that I already got the old Symphonic Choirs its another question if the two prodcts
supply eachother well, or the overlab is to big,..