Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[Dirtgrain]

Anybody go from Simple Monsters to Dehumanizer 2? I can't tell if it's worth it (seems a bunch of onboard effects are added to Dehumanizer 2, but I have plenty of effect plugins)?

[VitaminD]

If you haven't already, and really it's a no-brainer, but consider spending some money on drive backups and maybe a battery UPS device.

I'm busy reinstalling software after a 1 second power drop this morning fried my SSD. The PC was plugged into a surge suppressor (Furman rack) but that didn't matter.

After many hours of working with the drive in an external USB box, I managed to pull my song files and much of my personal data off the drive (PHEW!). But I am still left with reinstalling software, registration, and attempting to clear all the old registrations from the no-longer accessible one.

It indeed would have been smarter to just spend a bit on some protections. After over 25 years, it finally caught up with me.

[DarkS474]

If you haven't already, and really it's a no-brainer, but consider spending some money on drive backups and maybe a battery UPS device.

I'm busy reinstalling software after a 1 second power drop this morning fried my SSD. The PC was plugged into a surge suppressor (Furman rack) but that didn't matter.

After many hours of working with the drive in an external USB box, I managed to pull my song files and much of my personal data off the drive (PHEW!). But I am still left with reinstalling software, registration, and attempting to clear all the old registrations from the no-longer accessible one.

It indeed would have been smarter to just spend a bit on some protections. After over 25 years, it finally caught up with me.

You can buy used fully working Adaptec RAID Hardware PCI-E cards on eBay at very cheap prices (even as low as $30 for a 5805 or $50 for a 71605 depending on sellers) to create RAID-5 arrays with SSD (or RAID-50 , 6, 60 too).

Also there are refurbished APC UPS Smart units at prices as low as 30% of the new in shop still on eBay usually. A APC UPS Smart unit even if used is still way better than consumer grade models. The Smart series is Line Interactive pure sine wave capable. So more prosumer/enterprise level.

[VitaminD]

Ehh.. just taking an image of the drives periodically and a simple UPS backup to shutdown gently would have been great and mitigated a lot of pain.

[Dirtgrain]

But my backup takes 2 days each time. And it's noisy--where I sleep. Pausing it takes all the longer.

[sprnva]

Wasted Audio's MANGLER is free for the first 240 copies. 193 copies are left at the time of posting this.

https://wasted-audio.itch.io/wstd-manglr

There's also a sale on their other paid plugins:

https://itch.io/s/122911/super-24?c=super24

[wayford]

Heads up - no Audio Unit support in any Wasted Audio plugins.

Wasted Audio's MANGLER is free for the first 240 copies. 193 copies are left at the time of posting this.

https://wasted-audio.itch.io/wstd-manglr

There's also a sale on their other paid plugins:

https://itch.io/s/122911/super-24?c=super24

[Aloysius]

^ I like this company already.

[maldomusica]

Celemony Melodyne update and upgrade sale starts now.
https://everyplugin.com/deals/shopby/ma ... emony.html
Will run throughout June.

My guess is that Melodyne 6 will be released anytime between August and December 2024.
More likely October 2024 but I wish it will be this August.

It may be that version 6 comes out. V5 has already taken its time. I have the Melodyne Editor, I don't know if it's a good idea to upgrade to Studio now. I also have an Essential license in case anyone wants to upgrade to Assistant at a good price.

[Cavey Arrgh]

Celemony Melodyne update and upgrade sale starts now.
https://everyplugin.com/deals/shopby/ma ... emony.html
Will run throughout June.

My guess is that Melodyne 6 will be released anytime between August and December 2024.
More likely October 2024 but I wish it will be this August.

It may be that version 6 comes out. V5 has already taken its time. I have the Melodyne Editor, I don't know if it's a good idea to upgrade to Studio now. I also have an Essential license in case anyone wants to upgrade to Assistant at a good price.

If you're offering up your essential license, I would make good use of it (and I won't resell it). If so, feel free to PM your code. I was waiting on this product because eventually i figured I'd buy one of the many things it comes free with (izotope nectar, etc).

[wayford]

Can someone say what is the UVI upgrade path for Key Suite Bundle Edition? Say, you own Austrian Grand, Model D and Key Suite Electric, how do I know the upgrade price (I need to know it now before buying individual parts on sale)? Is there any point to buying individual parts of it?

Key Suite seems like the only good comprehensive piano collection, which can be bought under 100 with vouchers, so I'm just trying to find out how it works.

[Uncle E]

A comprehensive piano collection will be going on sale for $49.99 in 2 weeks. You can get a taste of what it sounds like by getting the Lite version, which you can download for free by entering coupon code "FreeBoz" on the checkout page:

https://www.jrrshop.com/boz-new-york-l-1991-lite

Also, for EP sounds, I highly recommend checking out Martinic Pianet T. It's physical modeling, like Pianoteq:

https://www.jrrshop.com/martinic-pianet-t

[SHall1000]

Can someone say what is the UVI upgrade path for Key Suite Bundle Edition?

I am not sure UVI do discounted upgrades on any of their products except Vintage Vault.

[WatchTheGuitar]

Can someone say what is the UVI upgrade path for Key Suite Bundle Edition?

I am not sure UVI do discounted upgrades on any of their products except Vintage Vault.

They also offer upgrades between versions for a while after a new version is released e.g. when Synth Anthology 4 came out I could upgrade from v3 for €49

[pastador59]

Also, for EP sounds, I highly recommend checking out Martinic Pianet T. It's physical modeling, like Pianoteq:

https://www.jrrshop.com/martinic-pianet-t

Thanks for the recommendation. I had dismissed this because I already had Keyscape but this is indeed a brilliant instrument for a fair price. I've just spent 30 minutes playing with it. At some point, I added AberrantDSP's Lair on top to get even deeper vibes. Fun!