Just received from Steven Slate Drums:

Yeah you see. I told you I'd had a word with them and they should sell them at $30.

http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1960288

No need to thank me, I'm here for you all.

strikinglyhandsome1


Yeah you see. I told you I'd had a word with them and they should sell them at $30.

http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=1960288

No need to thank me, I'm here for you all.

No need to break your arm patting yourself on the back.

Oh yeah and I did say

A rumour is circulating that other people may offer a deal further down the line

I'm just thinking  - will all the download woes kick off again.

I'm still soaked right through from all the tears from all those who struggled first time. Man the lifeboats!!!

strikinglyhandsome1


I'm just thinking  - will all the download woes kick off again.

I'm still soaked right through from all the tears from all those who struggled first time. Man the lifeboats!!!

Get that download manager they mentioned at SSD and save yourself some tears.

strikinglyhandsome1


Me I was ok.
I have two download managers and did it all in super quick time.
I was a shoulder for the unlucky ones.

Ditto. No problems here.

I think some of the others are still waiting for an access code.

Hi all,

I received the same email today about the sale.

Athough I'm tempted to purchase one or two, in reviewing the various kits, it seemed as though these were more or less kits made up of instruments from other kits in the base package.  That may be convenient, yes --- but I'd be most interested in kits that had new instruments or different conditions for recording of the same instruments.  I want something more than a mere re-arrangement.

Has anyone out there made a detailed comparison or have enough experience to give advice to someone looking not only for new "kits" but also new "instruments" so that additional kits can be constructed manually?

To answer the probably inevitable comment about which style I'm working with: Many.  As many as possible (and this is the whole point).  TBD.  Percussion.  Loud.  Very loud.  And finally, not so loud.

Thanks for any such advice.

Regards,
Dave Clark

On past problems with the "No-Brainer" deal: Yellow Matter simply bungled the whole thing badly.  Hopefully they not only learned some lessons, but actually are still working towards improving their business processes --- they are not there yet.  Unfortunately, Audiomidi doesn't appear to be doing "due diligence" on their partners' processes either, so they are receiving demerits as well, and justifiably so.
 

ORIGINAL: MrMook
 
There have been a ton of deals lately.

Keep it comin'.

I wanna get one of those Gretsch Tennessee Rose guitars for $59.

 
If you happen to find one (Tennesse Rose for $59, that is) please don't let me know about it...*LOL*

DaveClark


but I'd be most interested in kits that had new instruments or different conditions for recording of the same instruments.  I want something more than a mere re-arrangement.

The kits are all 'treated' differently and that's what makes them unique. The expansion downloads are around 2GBs. I would add that although we joke about the kits sounding the same or not, it's fairly apparent that lots of rock kits for instance will sound similiar. I personally wouldn't buy the works for that reason but everyone has their own agenda. I'm not sure about the new instrument parts as I don't have them. Go through the packs and see if anything appeals. There is one demo track per kit so at least you have an idea of the sound and you can A/B them against what you have.

One thing you should note Glyn, ol pal, is that ol Steve Slate likes to have his HiHat after his Toms on the mixer.  Most folks use the Kick, Snare, Hat, Toms, Cyms, Overhead, Room convention. 
 
PS To Papa:
 
I had already got the Essentials 2 and Metal and More through the esounds deal.  My new two are the Essentials 1 and the Classic Rock.

Hi SH1,

The kits are all 'treated' differently and that's what makes them unique.  ... 

Thanks for your reply.  I had already determined what you said about the treatments, and I had already auditioned all of the demos multiple times prior to posting --- I think most experienced folks would do at least some homework before asking for comments from others --- but I do appreciate your taking the time to reply.

Still not sure which, if any.  With some work, the kits in the original SSD could be adapted to many different uses, IMO.  That is what I meant about "convenience" of these expansion kits --- i.e. saving "some work."

Regards,
Dave Clark
 

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Any one having any problems with username and passwords for file server ?

I bought two packs and only 1 file location works.

Also - if you rescan DB in Konakt, the new kits should show up, correct?

JR

Purchase and download went fine for me. I installed Metal and More first and had to manually locate the samples and re-save the multis, Classic Rock worked fine without any messing about so I suspect "operator error" when I installed "metal".

Please try typing the link in instead of just clicking on it.  I had the same problem and YM sent me an email within minutes on how and where to go to correct the problem.  Which it did.

Issue was corrected by SSD support.  downloaded and installed.

Extended until FRIDAY March 19th

EX Expansion pack for only $30 and any two expansions for $50! You can also order multiple quantities and get two "double" deals and one "single" deal to get the entire Steven Slate Drums collection for only $150!! And with these expansions you also get the raw WAV files and GOG files for drum replacement. After this Friday, these replacement files will no longer be available with the Steven Slate Drums virtual instrument.