Old 11-28-2014, 04:54 PM   #1
rvman
Human being with feelings
 
rvman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Texas, USA
Posts: 525
Default What did you buy?

OK, I'm done for this year's Black Friday and here's what I got:

Five Groove3 videos
Presonus Eris E4.5 Monitors
Mic Boom stand
Mic and instrument cables
Two Home Studio Corner Study Courses
Kevin Ward Rock Mix Course
EZ Mix 2 (hey for $50, why not?)
EZ Drummer 2 Pop/Rock expansion

I think I managed to keep it under $400 so not too bad. I'm happy with what I got. I didn't upgrade Studio One Artist to Professional because I really don't think I'll be working much with the program anyway. I've found the combination of Reaper and Reason, along with EZD2, is fantastic for me.

I already have a yearly subscription to the Groove3 website but I bought those videos so I can watch without being online. And they were half off. I'll be a Reaper Genius in no time. LOL.
__________________
×××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××× ××××××××××
Reaper, Reason 8, Studio One Artist, EZ Drummer 2, and not enough time.
rvman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 04:55 PM   #2
ivansc
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Near Cambridge UK and Near Questembert, France
Posts: 22,754
Default

Lightweight........




















ivansc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 05:22 PM   #3
BenK-msx
Human being with feelings
 
BenK-msx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Whales, UK
Posts: 6,009
Default

i got me a mini router acting as a repeater so for the first time ever i can write this from my 'studio' pc.. bit scary. productivity is going to shoot down!

took an age to get all the networking services back on. (being almost old school now i have never had my main daw pc on the net. )

also ordered stripbus for a hoot.

most deals struck me as sh*t i really didn't need, i wanted them but i'd just be making the same good or bad decisions with the new toy instead of the old toy.


off topic but is there a mean lean anti virus that doesn't stomp all over audio performance. win7 ?
__________________
JS Super8 Looper Template & intro | BCF2000 uber info Thread | Who killed the Lounge?
BenK-msx is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 05:55 PM   #4
chas51
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: milky way galaxy, for now
Posts: 930
Default

nothing.
read a lot about waves.
decided not to because of wup.
chas51 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 06:01 PM   #5
thequietroom
Human being with feelings
 
thequietroom's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,696
Default

EZ keys $50
UVI grand Piano $0
metal EZX $40

Probably gonna pull the trigger on EZD2. I don't think it will be on sale till next year.. with the added pack and midi from EDZ1 its a pretty killer deal as is
thequietroom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 06:02 PM   #6
thequietroom
Human being with feelings
 
thequietroom's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,696
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by BenK-msx View Post
i got me a mini router acting as a repeater so for the first time ever i can write this from my 'studio' pc.. bit scary. productivity is going to shoot down!

took an age to get all the networking services back on. (being almost old school now i have never had my main daw pc on the net. )

also ordered stripbus for a hoot.

most deals struck me as sh*t i really didn't need, i wanted them but i'd just be making the same good or bad decisions with the new toy instead of the old toy.


off topic but is there a mean lean anti virus that doesn't stomp all over audio performance. win7 ?


There may be leaner ones.. but my new pc came with mcafee livesafe and it hasn't got in the way at all
thequietroom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 06:50 PM   #7
Iain
Human being with feelings
 
Iain's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: UK North West
Posts: 133
Default

I bought the Cuba percussion library for Kontakt. More cowbells!
__________________
Iain

www.iainpaterson.com
Iain is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 06:51 PM   #8
chas51
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: milky way galaxy, for now
Posts: 930
Default

avg free??
chas51 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 07:01 PM   #9
novaburst
Human being with feelings
 
novaburst's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 337
Default

Synthmaster Factory £26.00 BF( really loving this )

A little while back I got a hold of Meldaproduction freebundle and got quite a surprise from the sound quality they just done a BF sale 50% on all there bundles i so i upgraded the free boundle to full liccense to unlock all the features £ 19.00 it cost me

Then my latest BF give away was the one knob pumper from waves this was free.
novaburst is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 07:17 PM   #10
msore
Human being with feelings
 
msore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: San Rafael
Posts: 11,594
Default

nothing
I went to the gym
__________________
My religion is all or none.
msore is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 07:57 PM   #11
rvman
Human being with feelings
 
rvman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Texas, USA
Posts: 525
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by thequietroom View Post
EZ keys $50
UVI grand Piano $0
metal EZX $40

Probably gonna pull the trigger on EZD2. I don't think it will be on sale till next year.. with the added pack and midi from EDZ1 its a pretty killer deal as is
I can vouch for EZD2, and with that free pack it's a great buy. Being able to run it in standalone mode to make backing tracks for my songs is fantastic. And the amount you can edit is unlimited.....but it's easy (EZ).

Highly recommended.
__________________
×××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××× ××××××××××
Reaper, Reason 8, Studio One Artist, EZ Drummer 2, and not enough time.
rvman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 09:26 PM   #12
ambiguation
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 125
Default

I saw the price of $147 and so demoed Waves Gold, but decided against it. I've got some nice plugins that I think are doing the trick for me. I couldn't see myself using most of the plugins in that collection.

I did get another free IKMultimedia T-Tracks plugin as part of the group buy (four for the price of one so far! :-)).

I'm trying to remember how it was "back in the day" and many folks would have just a three band EQ, a fixed ratio compressor and maybe a plate reverb.

If I can't get a good sounding mix with the handful of compressors, EQs, channel strips, and reverbs that I already have then it's my skills that need improving; not my plugin collection.

One thing I am interested in, though, is something to emulate the analog sound I hear on my old favourite albums (without having to mix outside the box and spend silly money), so I bought Quinto's Roundtone (I think he's giving something away for Black Friday, but that's not why I bought it), and I'm hoping it will work well with StripBus that I already have.

Oh, and I bought a couple of MIDI loop packs from the Loop Loft.

I also bought a family fresh water for life through Compassion. That's $79 better spent on anything I might have bought just because it was on sale.

Good thing is I didn't have to leave the house :-)
__________________
-- Dave
ambiguation is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 09:53 PM   #13
kindafishy
Human being with feelings
 
kindafishy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 4,025
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ambiguation View Post
One thing I am interested in, though, is something to emulate the analog sound I hear on my old favourite albums (without having to mix outside the box and spend silly money), so I bought Quinto's Roundtone (I think he's giving something away for Black Friday, but that's not why I bought it), and I'm hoping it will work well with StripBus that I already have.
Acustica Nebula -> http://www.acustica-audio.com/. It is not emulations, it is very advanced samplings of hardware. Nebula Pro is on sale right now for 15% off. Acustica also makes a line of VST plugins, known as Acqua, based on the same technology. This line boasts very functional UI's to go along with the incredible sound. Some of those are on sale as well. If you have a couple hours over the next couple days, poke around their website, read some forums, look at some products and ask some questions.

There is also CDSoundMaster, who amongst other things, is a Nebula third party developer and sells both Nebula programs and Acqua plugins from their site -> http://cdsoundmaster.com/site/cds-so...e/plugins.html. There are many third party developers, but I mention CDSM because of their Acqua plugins.

In the spirit of this thread, there are sales at both the above linked sites this weekend. So, you can come back here and talk about what you bought.
kindafishy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 10:09 PM   #14
Tommy V
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: New York USA
Posts: 284
Default

Not yet, but it's gonna be some Addictive Drums 2 Adpaks ... prolly the Fairfax bundle and Jazz Sticks & Brushes MIDI-paks


Tommy V
__________________
"You Can Observe A Lot Just By Watching"
~ Yogi Berra ~
Tommy V is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 10:15 PM   #15
Wolffman
Human being with feelings
 
Wolffman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Down Under
Posts: 2,148
Default

I got 2 Groove 3 videos.

I was damn close to getting the EZkeys Classis electrics as i'd get the uvi model D piano as well FREE, but i really don't think i'd use it that much and i can always get a friend to play any piano parts i can't play myself ( which is most of em )

I think i might get TB EBULoudness meter and Klanghelms DC8C compressor instead and the cost will be very similar, i don't know yet.

Cheers
__________________
" Serve the song "

https://soundcloud.com/wolffman7
Wolffman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-28-2014, 11:39 PM   #16
bluzkat
Human being with feelings
 
bluzkat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 6,919
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by BenK-msx View Post
off topic but is there a mean lean anti virus that doesn't stomp all over audio performance. win7 ?
Ben, you need to look at eSet: http://www.eset.com/.

I've been using eSet for years now and its been great, set it, forget it. There is a 30 day free trial.

Enjoy.


__________________
Peace...
bluzkat
bluzkat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 12:45 AM   #17
ivansc
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Near Cambridge UK and Near Questembert, France
Posts: 22,754
Default

A reminder about the hollow sun 20% off everything sale - Some really interesting and useful sounds there. I thought I had them all and discovered I didnt have the VE330 Roland-alike.

Some of his free or nearly free stuff is pretty cool, too.
ivansc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 01:28 AM   #18
Giano
Banned
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 985
Default

rvman, you are a pretty good salesman ! cuz I downloaded two Loop loft products and Toontrack´s Jazz EZX - lots of Jazz stuff for (partial) integretaion into projects or for jam/improvisation excercises or for inspiration

Last edited by Giano; 11-29-2014 at 01:47 AM.
Giano is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 02:58 AM   #19
kuus0
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 159
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolffman View Post
I got 2 Groove 3 videos.

I was damn close to getting the EZkeys Classis electrics as i'd get the uvi model D piano as well FREE, but i really don't think i'd use it that much and i can always get a friend to play any piano parts i can't play myself ( which is most of em )

I think i might get TB EBULoudness meter and Klanghelms DC8C compressor instead and the cost will be very similar, i don't know yet.

Cheers
I can sell you the uvi piano for $9.99. It's not registered, so no iLok transfer fee.
kuus0 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 03:18 AM   #20
Wolffman
Human being with feelings
 
Wolffman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Down Under
Posts: 2,148
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by kuus0 View Post
I can sell you the uvi piano for $9.99. It's not registered, so no iLok transfer fee.
Thanks for the offer but i'll have to pass as i don't own an ilok.

Good thing i decided against that purchase as i didn't realise the UVI piano needed an ilok, i wouldn't have been able to use it anyway.

Cheers
__________________
" Serve the song "

https://soundcloud.com/wolffman7
Wolffman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 03:38 AM   #21
kuus0
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 159
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolffman View Post
Thanks for the offer but i'll have to pass as i don't own an ilok.

Good thing i decided against that purchase as i didn't realise the UVI piano needed an ilok, i wouldn't have been able to use it anyway.

Cheers
It doesn't need a dongle. Just the free iLok account + the activation software from hell.

I can give you my iLok account with Eventide UltraChannel plugin in it:

http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.p...highlight=ilok

Last edited by kuus0; 11-29-2014 at 04:16 AM.
kuus0 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 05:49 AM   #22
rvman
Human being with feelings
 
rvman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Texas, USA
Posts: 525
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Giano View Post
rvman, you are a pretty good salesman ! cuz I downloaded two Loop loft products and Toontrack´s Jazz EZX - lots of Jazz stuff for (partial) integretaion into projects or for jam/improvisation excercises or for inspiration
LOL, thanks. It's easy to sell when you believe in the product. If I don't like something, I can't fake it.
__________________
×××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××× ××××××××××
Reaper, Reason 8, Studio One Artist, EZ Drummer 2, and not enough time.
rvman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 09:13 AM   #23
msundh
Human being with feelings
 
msundh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Sweden
Posts: 2,195
Default

Kontakt 5
Analogue Drums HotBox Bundle + Tape Series One Bundle
Phone for my wife for her upcomming birthday.
Now I have to live on water and bread (as we say in Sweden)
__________________
Win10 64bit, Core i7 8GB, Focurite 2i2, Schecter Telecaster, Warmoth Velocity, Yamaha AC3R
https://soundcloud.com/mikaelsundh

Last edited by msundh; 11-29-2014 at 09:44 AM. Reason: misspell
msundh is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 10:32 AM   #24
Mivo
Human being with feelings
 
Mivo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Europe
Posts: 153
Default

Nothing. I'd have bought something from u-he and Image-Line, but neither had Black Friday sales (well, u-he doesn't do sales anyway, just intro prices and coupons).

Just as well! Tempted to get an Octatrack still, or Push (but whenever I try Live again, the UI is like a cold shower), though neither purchase would be very reasonable.
Mivo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 01:21 PM   #25
xpander
Human being with feelings
 
xpander's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Terra incognita
Posts: 7,670
Default

Nothing so far.

I've been thinking about NI Kontakt 5 and couple of their vintage compressors, but may postpone yet another year easily. I've been testing the VC 2A since I don't have anything really like LA2 here, but found out I had more fun with the tight snap of VC 160. Now I'm checking how far I could get with Major Tom instead.

---

edit: Ha, now it's over and not only did I get no new plugins or such, I also went thru my plugin folders and tossed out more of the old stuff from there. I did order bunch of picks, some accessories and things to make new cables. But no special sale there and that order has been pending for couple of weeks anyway.

Last edited by xpander; 12-01-2014 at 03:00 PM.
xpander is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 01:26 PM   #26
G-Sun
Human being with feelings
 
G-Sun's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Norway
Posts: 7,318
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ambiguation View Post
If I can't get a good sounding mix with the handful of compressors, EQs, channel strips, and reverbs that I already have then it's my skills that need improving; not my plugin collection.
+1
Bought Sonar Studio though
__________________
Reaper x64, win 11
Composer, text-writer, producer
Bandcamp
G-Sun is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 02:02 PM   #27
OffenderRhodes
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Outstanding in left field.
Posts: 33
Default

A 2nd monitor - Dell U2412M - 24", 1920 x 1200.

So I can use Imperial theme (and everything else) more comfortably.

Been threatening to do this for awhile - couldn't pass up the Newegg deal.
OffenderRhodes is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 02:30 PM   #28
RJHollins
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 2,161
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by OffenderRhodes View Post
A 2nd monitor - Dell U2412M - 24", 1920 x 1200.

So I can use Imperial theme (and everything else) more comfortably.

Been threatening to do this for awhile - couldn't pass up the Newegg deal.
Please tell us your impressions of this monitor ... I'm needing to change out my trusty CRT.

thanks
RJHollins is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 02:31 PM   #29
OffenderRhodes
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Outstanding in left field.
Posts: 33
Default

Quote:
Now I have to live on water and bread (as we say in Sweden)
No bread for you... Ludefisk.
OffenderRhodes is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 02:40 PM   #30
Banned
Human being with feelings
 
Banned's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Unwired (probably in the proximity of Amsterdam)
Posts: 4,868
Default

Nothing. I guess I'll be playing my future music on vintage gear.
__________________
˙lɐd 'ʎɐʍ ƃuoɹʍ ǝɥʇ ǝɔıʌǝp ʇɐɥʇ ƃuıploɥ ǝɹ,noʎ
Banned is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 02:40 PM   #31
OffenderRhodes
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Outstanding in left field.
Posts: 33
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by RJHollins View Post
Please tell us your impressions of this monitor ... I'm needing to change out my trusty CRT.

thanks
RJ - I don't have mine yet. But I bought my wife this identical monitor for Christmas 2012 to work on her photo Projects (it was almost +$100 back then). And all I can say is ... Whoa. This thing's a beaut. However, your mileage may vary.

Check out the CNET review. I'm thinking that for "our" purposes, this should more than suffice (at least for the next 10 years, when we'll all have 3D DAW's).
OffenderRhodes is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 03:35 PM   #32
Barksy
Human being with feelings
 
Barksy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Mount Colah, Sydney, Australia
Posts: 435
Default

I had been looking at a few Waves plugs, and saw them all in the Waves Gold Bundle, so I bit the bullet. Added Waves ADT to it also.
Barksy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 04:17 PM   #33
NecroPolo
Human being with feelings
 
NecroPolo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Land of confusion
Posts: 69
Default

Do you mean, black friday stuff? Nothing. I was editing drums
NecroPolo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 04:25 PM   #34
musicbynumbers
Human being with feelings
 
musicbynumbers's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: South, UK
Posts: 14,214
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by bluzkat View Post
Ben, you need to look at eSet: http://www.eset.com/.

I've been using eSet for years now and its been great, set it, forget it. There is a 30 day free trial.

Enjoy.


another happy user here too
__________________
subproject FRs click here
note: don't search for my pseudonym on the web. The "musicbynumbers" you find is not me or the name I use for my own music.
musicbynumbers is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 07:04 PM   #35
BenK-msx
Human being with feelings
 
BenK-msx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Whales, UK
Posts: 6,009
Default

Btw Cheers for the net protection ideas chaps.
had to spend £30 getting the flaming machine on the net so not enamoured with forking further for protection as well, use avast on other machines and it fine, will see!

Had great fun doing vocal practice to YouTube karaoke videos..
Wonders of the internet.

Soo many Taylor swift songs to avoid, does she release one a week?
__________________
JS Super8 Looper Template & intro | BCF2000 uber info Thread | Who killed the Lounge?
BenK-msx is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 07:10 PM   #36
ambiguation
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 125
Default

If any of you guys are interested in cloud storage, SpiderOak have a Cyber Monday deal coming up. 1TB for $129 a year, and the price won't go up. They have a no-knowledge policy in that they don't even know your filenames... and they're not in bed with Microsoft either ;-)

https://blog.spideroak.com/201411261...day-offer-2014

No - I have nothing to do with that company, other than being a happy customer.

...and on more directly audio related matters, the sknote Roundtone is fantastic! :-)
__________________
-- Dave

Last edited by ambiguation; 11-29-2014 at 07:10 PM. Reason: I got the price wrong :-)
ambiguation is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2014, 11:56 PM   #37
Jeffsounds
Human being with feelings
 
Jeffsounds's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Northeast Michigan
Posts: 3,460
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by BenK-msx View Post
Soo many Taylor swift songs to avoid, does she release one a week?
It's against the law to use the words "Taylor Swift" and "song" in the same sentence...
__________________
"TV has become nothing more than a Petri dish where this country grows its idiots." -Dr. John Becker
My First CD On Spotify - Side O' The Highway
Jeffsounds is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-30-2014, 12:58 AM   #38
Giano
Banned
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 985
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeffsounds View Post
It's against the law to use the words "Taylor Swift" and "song" in the same sentence...
Taylor Swift ! Who ? Watched a video and something makes me think that
she is just another person attracting much attention without having any skills, musical skills ! Well, no! , she knows how to use lipstick and all this stuff and to show her legs off to advantage, well, maybe I am wrong, in case I am wrong, I am sorry for my wrong assumption, I only watched one Video and I do not feel like watching one more.
Giano is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-30-2014, 05:47 AM   #39
Blastrio
Human being with feelings
 
Blastrio's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Montreal, Qc
Posts: 453
Default

DSM v2. 99$ instead of 329$. One of the best plugs out there, especially for mastering. Waited a long time for a deal on this thing.
Blastrio is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-30-2014, 05:56 AM   #40
inertia
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 800
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by chas51 View Post
nothing.
read a lot about waves.
decided not to because of wup.
Yes, I have bought 2 second hand Waves plugins really cheaply but the WUP is a ripoff for a hobby user. I don't want to pay for updates each year. There should be a better life cycle on certain plugins than one year. It's fair enough maybe not dealing with personal support issues but bug fixes should be part of a plugins life cycle for at least a few years. I am unsure how this WUP stuff works anyway since waves always seem to release their entire catalog as a single installer with consolidated version numbering.
inertia is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 06:53 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.