I think the audio demos are enough to judge how well the phrasing works - if not how complicated it is to build phrases with their software. :) - Hollywood Choirs sound decent enough to get some basic choir-type sound in the background, but they sound kind of boring and too "uniform" if that makes a...

EastWest (Hollywood Orchestra etc.) is doing yet another sale. 60% off basically everything until the end of November (probably).
http://www.soundsonline.com/mega-sale

It's a side feature I added to the ZIP download page, linked in the top blurb:
https://jk.gs/songfight-download/

It wouldn't hurt, of course, but since most recipes aren't in that format and it's a ton of work to restructure them like that, I figure it's more time-efficient to do the chronological ordering and maybe just tweak the recipe slightly so it's easier to notice parallelizing opportunities when skimmi...

Personally I'm a big fan of "mostly" mise en place, separating the bulk of preparing ingredients from the other steps. Maybe it's not the most time-efficient way to go about things, but it sure helps keep chaos away. To easily plan out a recipe, I prefer a roughly chronologically ordered version wit...

IK Multimedia sale until 5 Nov: Amplitube (amp sim VST) 50% off T-RackS (mastering tool/plugin) 50% off SampleTank (sampler / virtual instrument library) 33% off ARC (room correction system for speakers) 50% off Total Studio MAX (IK's "everything" bundle, including a whole bunch more than I listed h...

FWIW the cheapest mic that is worth considering is Behringer's XM8500 at ~$20. Thomann has audio samples: https://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_xm8500.htm

Obviously you can't expect a large diaphragm condenser sound from it, but it's a surprisingly decent dynamic mic.

I've never heard of this before, so I checked it out a little yesterday. Is there a reason I should use this instead of Spotify or is it s Lyft v. Uber/ Pepsi v. Coke kind of thing? Other than them trying to move to a fairer revenue model? My reasons for using Deezer are a little incidental: they u...

So there's actually a good reason I'm using Deezer? Cool.

Ozone Elements 8 available for free until 2 October: https://www.izotope.com/en/lp/ozone-elements-free.html

I don't even remember most of the storyline. All that's left is a vague memory of the plot, and the main thing I remember is that the character arc felt very formulaic (though "Alita - Battle Angel" which I watched more recently did this even worse and with more stupid demographic targeting). It loo...

Youlean is offering 43% off the pro version of his Loudness Meter for another 13 days ($47 -> $27). Lifetime updates included. https://youlean.co/youlean-loudness-meter/ Some advantages of the pro version over the free version: Presets for popular streaming sites Dynamics graph for the entire song, ...

Fellow sufferers of Gear Acquisition Syndrome, I present to you: Sample Modeling's Solo & Ensemble Strings , released just a few weeks ago. This stuff is amazing . Unlike pretty much every other option out there, you're not limited to pre-determined articulations. You control all of the dynamics you...

On top of their perpetual "deal" where everything is "discounted" all year round, Waves Audio have a 30%-on-everything voucher until the end of August if you spend at least $50. Bundles you may find interesting at the lower end of the price spectrum: Vocal bundle $89 -> $62.30, includes Waves Tune w...

Yeah, same for REAPER... anyway, back to the topic. :) I think that normalizing loudness is a particularly tricky topic for submissions that have a really rough mix - e.g. the drums kick in late and are way overbearing, stuff like that. Inexperience can easily make for fluctuations of 6 dB, which wo...

Yeah, I was using Youlean's for quite some time, too. I've switched to a DAW that has built-in visualization of integrated loudness, though, so that makes it unnecessary.

I don't mind an official recommendation, though I doubt they'll make much of a difference. I don't mind an optional filter in e.g. the jukebox, either. I wouldn't be happy with any automatic mangling of audio - for one thing it can destroy the intent of the mix, for another it makes it hard to revie...

Is this worth it over Kontakt Ultimate's orchestra selection? If you want many different articulations, yes. The only thing from NI's line-up that really compares to EWHO Gold/Platinum is Symphony Series (the full version, not the "Essentials" included in Komplete Ultimate). If a few basic articula...

I'd like to re-establish Circle of Titles as a regular thing, I guess this is a great reference to avoid putting it in a regular spot that will conflict with one of the other big events. March is looking good so far...

vstbuzz.com is selling EastWest's Hollywood Orchestra Gold for around $250. That's roughly half of the current special price on EastWest's website, which in turn is ~25% discounted, so the total saving is around 62.5%. Sale going for 11 more days. https://vstbuzz.com/deals/60-off-hollywood-orchestra...

Or... you grab Ozone Advanced for $199 and then find one of the vendors that gives you an upgrade from that to Music Production Suite for another ~$149 (during the sale only!), which makes for ~$350 total. That's ~$150 less than getting Music Production Suite directly, or just about the same as the ...

You should consider becoming a sales agent for BFD.