Soniccouture's free reed organ (limited number of licenses)

[mhschmieder]

Soniccouture posted a free Christmas gift today, with a limited number of licenses available.

Estey Reed Organ is a 1.8GB sampled 19th century pedal organ, featuring 8 separate stops, with adjustable pedal noise and key noise effects, and is fully compatible with the free Kontakt Player.

http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products ... eed-organ/

As I am reposting, it seems 'wrong" to post the coupon code. It shows up at that webpage anyway, and if it doesn't, it probably means all available Kontakt Player licenses are now exhausted.

[mikehalloran]

Worked for me a few minutes ago. Thanks for the heads up!

[terrybritton]

There was some discussion somewhere I have been as to what minimum purchase of a third-party Kontakt instrument would qualify one for the discount on Kontakt 5. For me, it was Drum Direktor (thanks to a suggestion here) that qualified me. I wonder if this would qualify a person for that discount? (It is a fully fledged item with an activation code for Kontakt and everything, so likely it would.)

Anyway - I went and got this, and am in love with it! I got the Traveler Organ a while back from Soundiron thanks to this place, but it does require the full Kontakt (which I don't have, mainly because I'm saving up for Komplete 11...)

Thanks for mentioning this!

Terry

[jloeb]

Procured! Thanks for the sharp eyes mhs.

[mhschmieder]

I like this better than my other pump (aka reed) organs -- maybe just because this exact model is the one I've had some experience with at a couple of churches, and they were made not far from where I grew up.

It's funny how many people confuse harmoniums with reed organs -- they aren't quite the same thing, but are indeed similar. The mechanism is different for harmoniums in terms of what drives the air. And I don't think they sound the same at all (especially the Indian ones).

I was surprised to learn that Melodeon is another synonym. That is especially weird as Hammond calls their Melodica a Melodion (yeah, different spelling at least).

[bayswater]

Still there as of 8:30 am PST.

[James Steele]

Does this require Kontakt 5? I only have version 4 and I tried to "Add Library" per the instructions and got a no library found error from Kontakt 4 (standalone).

[terrybritton]

Does this require Kontakt 5? I only have version 4 and I tried to "Add Library" per the instructions and got a no library found error from Kontakt 4 (standalone).

It works with the Kontakt 5 Player, if that is helpful. As it registers with an activation code, having this in the player might make you eligible for the full version of Kontakt 5 for a substantial discount.

Terry

[MIDI Life Crisis]

The link says it's available until Dec 31. It may not be limited to a certain # of licenses. At that price, I'll take three. Thanks for the info!

[mikehalloran]

Does this require Kontakt 5? I only have version 4 and I tried to "Add Library" per the instructions and got a no library found error from Kontakt 4 (standalone).

It works with the Kontakt 5 Player, if that is helpful. As it registers with an activation code, having this in the player might make you eligible for the full version of Kontakt 5 for a substantial discount.

Terry

I had the free Kontakt 5 Player installed. As soon as I entered my Komplete 11 serial number to the new Activation app, it said I had the full version of Kontakt 5 installed. Sure enough, I now did.

Anyway, it does say that it works with Kontakt Player 5.6.5 so you can put off any update till you're ready--if that day ever comes.

[kinnylandrum]

Wow, fantastic. Thanks for the heads up.

("Try to see things my way....")