Spectrasonics build up to Sonic Extensions....
- KVRAF
- 2475 posts since 6 Jul, 2013
The expansions that they have sold though have been mostly for charitable reasons, rather than a company revenue stream - specifically the two you mention. (The New Orleans one is still very cool!)
The only exceptions were the initial batch of RMX expansions, which were material largely compiled from previous Akai-era libraries - and then they eventually bundled those into Stylus RMX anyway. I expected more expansions would come, but nope...
In the meantime, over the past years, they *could* have been building a large library of commercial expansions for all their instruments, especially RMX which would keep it's sounds a bit more contemporary to current production styles, but my point was they specifically chose not to do this, and instead invested their sound design effort into expanding the current instruments, or building new ones (eg Keyscape).
My pet joke theory about the lack of RMX updates is that everytime they finally finish the RMX2 content and get ready for release, they realise that five new EDM/commercial/pop genres have been created in the meantime, so they set about making sure they have content for those genres, then get ready for release and... rinse and repeat...
The only exceptions were the initial batch of RMX expansions, which were material largely compiled from previous Akai-era libraries - and then they eventually bundled those into Stylus RMX anyway. I expected more expansions would come, but nope...
In the meantime, over the past years, they *could* have been building a large library of commercial expansions for all their instruments, especially RMX which would keep it's sounds a bit more contemporary to current production styles, but my point was they specifically chose not to do this, and instead invested their sound design effort into expanding the current instruments, or building new ones (eg Keyscape).
My pet joke theory about the lack of RMX updates is that everytime they finally finish the RMX2 content and get ready for release, they realise that five new EDM/commercial/pop genres have been created in the meantime, so they set about making sure they have content for those genres, then get ready for release and... rinse and repeat...
- KVRAF
- 18561 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
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- KVRian
- 1274 posts since 9 Mar, 2008 from netherlands
I really hope that if it is a new product that RMX is coming from behind in the slipstream.
I use it all the time as it’s loop libraries as well as third party libraries still have a lot going for them.
Fingers crossed.
I use it all the time as it’s loop libraries as well as third party libraries still have a lot going for them.
Fingers crossed.
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- KVRAF
- 2900 posts since 25 Feb, 2005
Unfortunately, they said it was Not rhythmic.
- KVRist
- 282 posts since 21 Jul, 2020
He emailed me too. Totally. We're close like that
Love when people post stuff that is basically "I am so special I already know, but I am bound by secrecy so in reality I am offering absolutely nothing of value to this conversation"
- KVRAF
- 5883 posts since 12 Jan, 2018
Imagine if they teased this weeks ago...
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- KVRAF
- 5451 posts since 25 Jan, 2007
It's another reason I'm okay with it - 4 days of This Sort Of Thing after a 5 year gap is ok. I think 8dio started teasing Soundpaint a year ago, and they release stuff every 18 minutes.
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http://www.sound-on-screen.com
W10, i7 7820X, 64gb RAM, RME Babyface, 1050ti, PT 2023 Ultimate, Cubase Pro 13
Macbook Air M2 OSX 10.15
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- KVRAF
- 15517 posts since 13 Oct, 2009
Right, in 2021 even the peasants can afford that. It should be at least three times that to signal how exclusive it is.
- KVRAF
- 10255 posts since 7 Sep, 2006 from Roseville, CA
Yeah, Eric emailed me too and said that the big news is that all of their products will require iLok, eLicenser, AND their new proprietary dongle, OmniLock. My reply was “isn’t that hardware?” He hasn’t replied yet.
Totally not what you expected, right?
Totally not what you expected, right?
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- addled muppet weed
- 105855 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass