Black Friday Sales and No-Brainers

[Steve Steele]

I just ordered two 240 GB Intel 330 SSDs from Newegg... $140 each. They had 180 GB 330's for $90 but sold out quick.

I missed out on Vertex 4 512GB micron SSDs at $299. I had it right up until check out when I got the "out of stock" message. Was a little pissed.

[dewdman42]

AAS has their stuff 50% off too this weekend. $20 is a no brainer for recabinet, I already bought it before and highly recommend.

[mikehalloran]

If you've heard a Bosendorfer that didn't sound that great, consider that it might be the player who is to blame.

No, it's the instrument. I just don't like the sound. I'm a Steinway fan, and the Böse just doesn't have what I want in a sound. I've heard a few great pianists on Bösendorfer, but I've also had the opportunity to play to my heart's content on several, one of which was their "modern" issue that had some astronomical price tag so high that I don't even remember it accurately. Seems like it was half a million. Also played Fazioli, which I like better than Bösendorfer. But I'm a New York Steinway kind of guy. I like the action, the tone, the sound, the construction… it's just what I prefer, and I'm not someone who just "doesn't get it."

I do like the way Bösendorfer wraps their low strings. You get clear chords in the extreme bass, and that's something no other piano does like Bösendorfer. But I still would rather hear a Steinway.

Shooshie

If you ever get the chance to play the Steinway A in the old RCA Studio B in Nashville, do so. It's the piano that Floyd Cramer, among others, played on thousands of hits. When you touch any of the treble keys, you recognize it immediately as the piano from "Crazy" and so many other records. That piano is as close to magic any I ever played. Studio B is operated as both a museum and working recording studio - how cool is that? That there are many AMPEX machines from my dad's era was icing on the cake for me.

I agree that the Imperial is not always the desired sound although Pete Townsend makes a compelling argument on "Who Are You".

How many sample libraries of the Imperial, D, Fazzloi and big Yamaha do we really need? What about Studio B's Steinway A, the Bluthner from "Let It Be", an 1890s Steinway C (if I ever owned a Steinway...) ?

On one hand, the thinking is that everyone must offer the same pianos - the competition keeps prices down and makes for Black Friday sales. (back to the OP, see?). OTOH, having more, different pianos available would likely compell more studios to spend more so that clients would have greater choices.

Knowing the Studio B piano, I'd be interested in having that sound.

[csiaudio]

Having a post stay on topic for musicians is like yelling 'Squirrel' to a dog....

Out of 3 pages of posts for Black Friday Sales 3 or 4 promos were mentioned and the rest was a conversation about pianos and who's sounds the best.

[David Polich]

Thanks for helping to make the Recabinet sale a great success so far! If you guys are wondering, one of the things that sets Recabinet apart from any other IR loader is Speaker Dynamics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sandnFGW

Shane, I just purchased Recabinet 3 at this special price and paid via PayPal.
Couldn't get a download link after completing purchase, and received no email
confirmation of my order. Bummed. Can you help out on this?

[MIDI Life Crisis]

Having a post stay on topic for musicians is like yelling 'Squirrel' to a dog....

Out of 3 pages of posts for Black Friday Sales 3 or 4 promos were mentioned and the rest was a conversation about pianos and who's sounds the best.

I believe that is what some people refer to as a "discussion". It need not be myopic unless, of course, one can only focus on one thing at a time.

So you feel it appropriate to take the discussion further off topic by commenting on how you don't like that people are discussing piano VIs (as essential a VI as you can get) in a discussion of VIs for sale?

[kgdrum]

Thanks for helping to make the Recabinet sale a great success so far! If you guys are wondering, one of the things that sets Recabinet apart from any other IR loader is Speaker Dynamics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sandnFGW

Shane, I just purchased Recabinet 3 at this special price and paid via PayPal.
Couldn't get a download link after completing purchase, and received no email
confirmation of my order. Bummed. Can you help out on this?

Hi David,I bought it during the week and there was a delay.
After I emailed them they responded and said they're swamped,I'm sure it the same way during the weekend & they'll catch up.

[kgdrum]

Speaking of sales any Cinematic Guitar users here?
I'm thinking of getting it,MF has it for $99 as they do for a bunch of Sample Logic products.
How useful and playable is Cinematic Guitars? Any actual users care to comment? The demos I heard sound really interesting,CG2 is out now which explains version 1's price but I don't want to waste money on an unusable bargain.
As a drummer I was interested in their Rumble & Fanfare libraries but little of the Rumble library sounds like a Marching Band Drum line to me,all of the demos sound more Electronica and Cinematic oriented & IMO doesn't sound as good as Heavyocity Evolve or Damage which I already have and love!
Any Rumble users here can it sound like a raw real Marching Band drum line?
Thanks

[Kazrog]

Shane, I just purchased Recabinet 3 at this special price and paid via PayPal.
Couldn't get a download link after completing purchase, and received no email
confirmation of my order. Bummed. Can you help out on this?

Very sorry about this, unfortunately our web host has rendered automated emails from our server useless since Thanksgiving, our support ticket with them remains open and unresolved.

We're manually processing every order, so you will get your email from us as soon as we get to it (should be some time today, if you don't have it already.)

[Steve Steele]

As a drummer I was interested in their Rumble & Fanfare libraries but little of the Rumble library sounds like a Marching Band Drum line to me,all of the demos sound more Electronica and Cinematic oriented & IMO doesn't sound as good as Heavyocity Evolve or Damage which I already have and love!
Any Rumble users here can it sound like a raw real Marching Band drum line?
Thanks

KG - I don't have Rumble (actually never heard of it). But I'm a big fan of drum lines and in the past have just rented gear, got a couple of drummers and layered. Sounded ok enough for the project. I haven't found too many really awesome libs, but I haven't seriously looked either. I've tried Tap, the one by Tonehammer, and maybe there was something else.

What do you recommend? It can be as simple or complex as long as the sound is slammin. I've been meaning to buy a marching snare too.

[kgdrum]

As a drummer I was interested in their Rumble & Fanfare libraries but little of the Rumble library sounds like a Marching Band Drum line to me,all of the demos sound more Electronica and Cinematic oriented & IMO doesn't sound as good as Heavyocity Evolve or Damage which I already have and love!
Any Rumble users here can it sound like a raw real Marching Band drum line?
Thanks

KG - I don't have Rumble (actually never heard of it). But I'm a big fan of drum lines and in the past have just rented gear, got a couple of drummers and layered. Sounded ok enough for the project. I haven't found too many really awesome libs, but I haven't seriously looked either. I've tried Tap, the one by Tonehammer, and maybe there was something else.

What do you recommend? It can be as simple or complex as long as the sound is slammin. I've been meaning to buy a marching snare too.

I wound up going for Cinematic Guitars,that sounds interesting to me.
I love Marching Band drum lines but as unrealistic as the demos sound,I'm holding off.
I've never heard a library that does what I'm looking for in that genre unfortunately.
But for modern percussive libraries Evolve & Damage are awesome!
I already had and loved Damage from K8U,I picked up Evolve this weekend & I think I like it even more than Damage,these are killer and the deals on either are very cool,these I can recommend.
I had hoped Rumble would have been a nice contrast to these but the demos just don't do for me what I expected.

[David Polich]

Shane, I just purchased Recabinet 3 at this special price and paid via PayPal.
Couldn't get a download link after completing purchase, and received no email
confirmation of my order. Bummed. Can you help out on this?

Very sorry about this, unfortunately our web host has rendered automated emails from our server useless since Thanksgiving, our support ticket with them remains open and unresolved.

We're manually processing every order, so you will get your email from us as soon as we get to it (should be some time today, if you don't have it already.)

Thanks, Shane. Got it all downloaded, authorized, and working. Awesome plug-in.

[Dan Worley]

Anyway, here's a great deal on a great plugin. Recabinet 3 is on sale for $19.99. That's a total no-brainer. Recabinet is an awesome stereo IR cab and mic convo. It's on sale right now for $19.99, which is down from $49, which is down from $99. I bought it. Use it. You'll love it. Very cool.

http://www.recabi.net/recabinet-3/buy-r ... dium=email

I hope I can pay you back someday for the heads-up on this deal. I'm very impressed with this plug-in. What a great find! Best deal of the weekend for me. Thank you.

[Steve Steele]

As a drummer I was interested in their Rumble & Fanfare libraries but little of the Rumble library sounds like a Marching Band Drum line to me,all of the demos sound more Electronica and Cinematic oriented & IMO doesn't sound as good as Heavyocity Evolve or Damage which I already have and love!
Any Rumble users here can it sound like a raw real Marching Band drum line?
Thanks

KG - I don't have Rumble (actually never heard of it). But I'm a big fan of drum lines and in the past have just rented gear, got a couple of drummers and layered. Sounded ok enough for the project. I haven't found too many really awesome libs, but I haven't seriously looked either. I've tried Tap, the one by Tonehammer, and maybe there was something else.

What do you recommend? It can be as simple or complex as long as the sound is slammin. I've been meaning to buy a marching snare too.

I wound up going for Cinematic Guitars,that sounds interesting to me.
I love Marching Band drum lines but as unrealistic as the demos sound,I'm holding off.
I've never heard a library that does what I'm looking for in that genre unfortunately.
But for modern percussive libraries Evolve & Damage are awesome!
I already had and loved Damage from K8U,I picked up Evolve this weekend & I think I like it even more than Damage,these are killer and the deals on either are very cool,these I can recommend.
I had hoped Rumble would have been a nice contrast to these but the demos just don't do for me what I expected.

I went ahead and grabbed Alicia's Keys and The Giant, (which is really cool). Going to grab Ivory American D next month. My piano search will be done for a bit.

[jlaudon]

Just got Alicias Keys (also have Giant, Ivory, QL, IS Steinway, etc), and I have to say for 59 bucks, what a great deal! I love the expressiveness (with a CP33, seems like a perfect match), which makes me just want to sit and play piano all day. Haven't had that in a long while.

BTW, looks like no UAD Black Friday sales... December is coming soon though