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Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:47 pm

Aiynzahev wrote:Thinking of the UVI Mini deal, IMO it's worth checking out the "issues" section of my review

Beware: that thing is CPU heavy

Luckily they have included two sets of patches in the pack, one for high end and one for low end systems. But even the low end systems ones are rather heavy.

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:53 pm

Numanoid wrote:
Aiynzahev wrote:Thinking of the UVI Mini deal, IMO it's worth checking out the "issues" section of my review
Beware: that thing is CPU heavy
Luckily they have included two sets of patches in the pack, one for high end and one for low end systems. But even the low end systems ones are rather heavy.

Also requires the PACE software to run (iLok w/o the Dongle) which runs in a continual background service.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:59 pm

BBFG# wrote:Also requires the PACE software to run (iLok w/o the Dongle) which runs in a continual background service.

That's terrifying!

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:12 pm

Numanoid wrote:
Fleer wrote:So what could Sampletekk add? The new MKII versions of Bösendorfer, Emperor, Old Lady or even Blue Grand? Any other?
Had I been a Piano-head I would most def get the PMI's.

Cheers Numanoid, still very grateful that your August coupon post got me the UVI Grand collection for $50. That was amazing.

As for Sampletekk, I did of course search all over, but didn't find too much on the MkII's.

Which of the PMI's would you particularly recommend?

Aiynzahev · Post by **Aiynzahev** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:34 pm

Numanoid wrote:
Aiynzahev wrote:Thinking of the UVI Mini deal, IMO it's worth checking out the "issues" section of my review
Beware: that thing is CPU heavy

Luckily they have included two sets of patches in the pack, one for high end and one for low end systems. But even the low end systems ones are rather heavy.

At some settings the LE one has some explosive feedback thing going on. It is actually dangerous. By default the resonance is set to full even though the GUI does not show this, and as you move the filter SURPRISE! an ear full of hellish feedback like I've never heard in my life.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:48 pm

Fleer wrote:Which of the PMI's would you particularly recommend?

The Old Lady, they really did record that meticulously:

The owner achieved to install a very high-tech mechanism in the piano, designed by Wayne Stahnke that operates the piano keys and pedals with more then 1000 steps accuracy and is controlled by a computer system. This allowed me to capture each velocity layer of this perfect instrument with unequalled precision

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:35 pm

Numanoid wrote:
Fleer wrote:Which of the PMI's would you particularly recommend?
The Old Lady, they really did record that meticulously:
The owner achieved to install a very high-tech mechanism in the piano, designed by Wayne Stahnke that operates the piano keys and pedals with more then 1000 steps accuracy and is controlled by a computer system. This allowed me to capture each velocity layer of this perfect instrument with unequalled precision

Thanks, Numanoid. Apparently they did something similar with The Emperor, so I guess I'll go for both the Emperor and his Old Lady, and not the Bösendorfer 290. Still, small as they are, apparently they use 10 year old samples, yet polished with iZotope's RX3. What about new sampler techniques and larger libraries, bringing more depth and realism? Or did sample technology not evolve that much in ten years? What do you think?

syntheticillusion · Post by **syntheticillusion** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:05 am

two days ago on the 11th I when to pluginboutique's website and it said 62 euro for Virtual CZ then I logged in it said 42 euro for virtual cz and codex but then I logged out and went to buy an hour later both went back to 60 euro again. Strange, anyone else get this kind of deal, I have a 1.28 virtual case for buying izotope nectar elements for 24 euro, I don't have an ilok so I would have to buy one soon as I have 4 or 5 software with ilok authorizations, anyways I bought synthedit instead, because I only had 102.99 on my credit card so I couldn't buy virtual cz, but when I saw the discounted 78 USD price that one hour that I was logged in, I thought I'd share, even though I should have share 2 days ago.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:16 pm

Fleer wrote:What about new sampler techniques and larger libraries, bringing more depth and realism? Or did sample technology not evolve that much in ten years? What do you think?

How deep can one go, it can become too glossy to, and lose rawness/realism

One can sample until the cows come home, but it will require more and more CPU power and HDD space to cater for such gargatuan creations.

In the end the all-in-one-swiss-knife solution - Pianoteq - is the one to go for I think.

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:27 pm

Damn.. that SSL Native bundle looks really tempting! Already have their bus compressor (got as NFR for beta testing) and I love it. I'm trying to streamline my workflow so a channel strip type of system is really tempting for me and I really like the basic sound (or lack thereof) of the SSL plugins. They could easily form the backbone of my mixing and then I'd use specialized tools to spice things up (mainly Nebula and Klanghelm SDRR for "tone" and FabFilter plugins for crazy effects and specialized tools).

Damn damn damn.. can't really afford it at the moment and the sale ends 25th.. and then there's black friday coming up too where it may be possible to get a deal on Native Instruments komplete upgrade. Damn it!! I NEED MONEY!!

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 4:27 pm

Proxima4 wrote:M-Audio have dropped the RRP price of Trigger Finger Pro from £295.00 > £195.00

It comes bundled with Air Hybrid 3, so pretty good deal!

Nick Hamilton · Post by **Nick Hamilton** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 4:47 pm

Hello Everybody,

Brainworx has a very special deal going on between Friday the 14th of november until midnight on Sunday night where you can pick up a great deal of up to 50% off on almost all their fine products.

It is only for three days, so if you were tempted to get a Brainworx plug-in or two, this is the weekend to do it.

For the listing of all the special take a look at the DontCrack Brainworx product page here.

Best Regards,

Nick

pekadan · Post by **pekadan** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 7:19 pm

Nick Hamilton wrote:Hello Everybody,

Brainworx has a very special deal going on between Friday the 14th of november until midnight on Sunday night where you can pick up a great deal of up to 50% off on almost all their fine products.

It is only for three days, so if you were tempted to get a Brainworx plug-in or two, this is the weekend to do it.

For the listing of all the special take a look at the DontCrack Brainworx product page here.

Best Regards,

Nick

Sweet!

Usually the resellers give extra discount too. Who's got the best prices this time I wonder? JRR, AD, Don't Crack??

Hans25 · Post by **Hans25** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:56 pm

pekadan wrote:Usually the resellers give extra discount too. Who's got the best prices this time I wonder? JRR, AD, Don't Crack??

Actually Don't Crack I think.

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