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Of course the big NI news is the release of Komplete12 with platform updates to Kontakt and Massive. I may wait for the 50% sales but, in true NI fashion, the updates are a bargain. I figured that included instruments/libraries/plugins in the Ultimate12 Update worked out to be $9-10 each, whether it was a simple Massive expansion or VST processor or Symphony Strings2 Pro or Kontakt6 or MassiveX. Not a cheap package but still a bargain bundle when you consider the included content. I can say from experience that you get a lot more than you expected and you will have fun exploring and using the instruments and plugins for years---and it doesn't hurt to wait for the sales.
Being always at the top of the game, Sample Logic's offer of XOSPHERE is hard to pass up when its price is reduced by 66% (now $99 with coupon code XO66OFF until ???). Every time I open up a Sample Logic library with a definite purpose in mind I'm done in no time. Then I decide to just fool around. Then I look up and it's hours later.
XOSPHERE | Sample Logic LLC.
Kontak Hub has a number of good deals going on:
A lot of Kontakt synth for <$10: Tronsonics System1000. Over 500+ presets, 45 multis, randomization, nice performance features, responsive controls, tweaking quickly yields results.
System 1000M | Kontakt Instruments | Kontakt Hub
Not the deepest reductions ever offered but, still, 50% off of all Audiofier instruments. Great features, sounds and value---they're bargains at full price and a steal on sale (SEQui2R EX especially so). N.B.: For whatever reason, you will save substantially by passing up the Randomiser Series bundle and purchasing its content (Vesper, Abstrung and Aerkord) separately.
Audiofier | Kontakt Instruments | Kontakt Hub
Angel Cano libraries are reduced 60% until the end of the month.
Angel Cano Kontakt Guitars
Imagik Sounds came out Profundo (on sale for ~$12), with a stronger aleotoric effect than their very inexpensive Soave Sordino Strings (~$7). I didn't like the bizarre GUI at first but the two-page user manual makes it simple as smack-yourself-in-the-head pie. Definitely not in the meolodic category: you're never quite sure what note you'll get when you press a key---or hold it, for that matter---which is the hook of this dark sound generator. Holding down even a single note can generate seemingly endless, evolving soundscapes. The included patches all seemed way too quiet but the author alludes to this in the manual as a precaution for sub content. I started out not liking it but after I turned up the volume I found myself still playing with it an hour-and-a-half later.
Imagik Sound - Kontakt Instruments
SzcZ has released Sawmill, another maniacal instrument from someone who I thank God is not making WMDs. If you previously purchased Orchestrata Enigmata you can get a 30% discount with the code sawmill-30-enigma.
https://www.kontakthub.com/product/sawmill-7-osc-synth-kontakt
If you are not familiar with the back end of Kontakt via the monkey wrench (spanner; sorry, mates!), you might be interested in Spooky Chorus (~$3) as a learning tool for Kontakt's arpeggiator, a feature which is available for all those libraries that you thought didn't have an arp---as long as the developer doesn't lock you out of the back end. Contrast the unusual front page of Spooky Chorus with its arp page, which looks and functions exactly like Kontakt's arp tab---which many don't know is there and wouldn't know where, or even to, look for it. Spooky Chorus keeps it standard and makes it very accessible. I didn't find anything overtly exceptional about the sounds but using the arp opens up new possibilities. Do try the Hold Modes if you go there.
https://www.kontakthub.com/product/spooky-chorus-kontakt/
Zero-G has Ian Boddy's Odyssey on sale for $35 until 10/1. This is a collection of eight open-format Kontakt libraries with documentation, nearly 3000 standard/basic (Kontakt GUI only) nki patches for sounds, drums, percussion, effects, pads, kits, etc. Usually a category folder contains an "All" file, kind of a construction kit of every sound in the folder. A real bargain even if you have little or no experience with using Kontakt's back-end (monkey-wrench) to further tweak/modify the patches.
https://zero-g.co.uk/products/odyssey
If you're into the Trap/EDM/HipHop/Dance (probably all outdated, recategorized and subdivided terms by the time I post) side of things, you might want to sign up for MVP Loops newsletter for their sales on samples and construction kits for Kontakt (often referred to by them as Multi Format).
https://www.mvploops.com/
Channel Robot is offering a $9/month subscription service: all of their products and a new library/instrument each month (timeline already published). I come across more posts from those who use Channel Robot instruments as sequencers to drive their other libraries. I'm making some inquiries about possible discounts on their collaborations with LoopMasters, Zero-G, Divergent Audio Group, and Audio Reward. For more info:
http://channelrobot.com/about-everything-4-ever/
Thoughts, prayers and contributions for the victims of Hurricane Flo.
Paj
8^)
Being always at the top of the game, Sample Logic's offer of XOSPHERE is hard to pass up when its price is reduced by 66% (now $99 with coupon code XO66OFF until ???). Every time I open up a Sample Logic library with a definite purpose in mind I'm done in no time. Then I decide to just fool around. Then I look up and it's hours later.
XOSPHERE | Sample Logic LLC.
Kontak Hub has a number of good deals going on:
A lot of Kontakt synth for <$10: Tronsonics System1000. Over 500+ presets, 45 multis, randomization, nice performance features, responsive controls, tweaking quickly yields results.
System 1000M | Kontakt Instruments | Kontakt Hub
Not the deepest reductions ever offered but, still, 50% off of all Audiofier instruments. Great features, sounds and value---they're bargains at full price and a steal on sale (SEQui2R EX especially so). N.B.: For whatever reason, you will save substantially by passing up the Randomiser Series bundle and purchasing its content (Vesper, Abstrung and Aerkord) separately.
Audiofier | Kontakt Instruments | Kontakt Hub
Angel Cano libraries are reduced 60% until the end of the month.
Angel Cano Kontakt Guitars
Imagik Sounds came out Profundo (on sale for ~$12), with a stronger aleotoric effect than their very inexpensive Soave Sordino Strings (~$7). I didn't like the bizarre GUI at first but the two-page user manual makes it simple as smack-yourself-in-the-head pie. Definitely not in the meolodic category: you're never quite sure what note you'll get when you press a key---or hold it, for that matter---which is the hook of this dark sound generator. Holding down even a single note can generate seemingly endless, evolving soundscapes. The included patches all seemed way too quiet but the author alludes to this in the manual as a precaution for sub content. I started out not liking it but after I turned up the volume I found myself still playing with it an hour-and-a-half later.
Imagik Sound - Kontakt Instruments
SzcZ has released Sawmill, another maniacal instrument from someone who I thank God is not making WMDs. If you previously purchased Orchestrata Enigmata you can get a 30% discount with the code sawmill-30-enigma.
https://www.kontakthub.com/product/sawmill-7-osc-synth-kontakt
If you are not familiar with the back end of Kontakt via the monkey wrench (spanner; sorry, mates!), you might be interested in Spooky Chorus (~$3) as a learning tool for Kontakt's arpeggiator, a feature which is available for all those libraries that you thought didn't have an arp---as long as the developer doesn't lock you out of the back end. Contrast the unusual front page of Spooky Chorus with its arp page, which looks and functions exactly like Kontakt's arp tab---which many don't know is there and wouldn't know where, or even to, look for it. Spooky Chorus keeps it standard and makes it very accessible. I didn't find anything overtly exceptional about the sounds but using the arp opens up new possibilities. Do try the Hold Modes if you go there.
https://www.kontakthub.com/product/spooky-chorus-kontakt/
Zero-G has Ian Boddy's Odyssey on sale for $35 until 10/1. This is a collection of eight open-format Kontakt libraries with documentation, nearly 3000 standard/basic (Kontakt GUI only) nki patches for sounds, drums, percussion, effects, pads, kits, etc. Usually a category folder contains an "All" file, kind of a construction kit of every sound in the folder. A real bargain even if you have little or no experience with using Kontakt's back-end (monkey-wrench) to further tweak/modify the patches.
https://zero-g.co.uk/products/odyssey
If you're into the Trap/EDM/HipHop/Dance (probably all outdated, recategorized and subdivided terms by the time I post) side of things, you might want to sign up for MVP Loops newsletter for their sales on samples and construction kits for Kontakt (often referred to by them as Multi Format).
https://www.mvploops.com/
Channel Robot is offering a $9/month subscription service: all of their products and a new library/instrument each month (timeline already published). I come across more posts from those who use Channel Robot instruments as sequencers to drive their other libraries. I'm making some inquiries about possible discounts on their collaborations with LoopMasters, Zero-G, Divergent Audio Group, and Audio Reward. For more info:
http://channelrobot.com/about-everything-4-ever/
Thoughts, prayers and contributions for the victims of Hurricane Flo.
Paj
8^)
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