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After a long hard battle, Metal Guitar Gods won in the end!

I’m actually delighted about how versatile these guitar tones are for all things rock. I went in just expecting to shred a little for old times sake, but I ended up finding not only great metal tones, but sounds that are very much at home in power pop, general hard rock, and even bluesy stuff. MGG really is a terrific expansion pack.

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ORIGINAL: juicy

If you do not choose quickly-You maybe however- Exterminated !!

No comprende.

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+1 on this. I plan on picking up another 6 pack soon but I don’t really want to use them all right now.

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In regards to Vocals vs Lead Vocals, I think as with all these presets, they all compliment each other. Sure, you could live with one or the other, but they just bring more colors to your palette basically. Lead Vocals, as it’s name implies, does aim more toward the lead vocals, whereas there are plenty of backing vocal presets in the older Vocals pack. But again, like with all this stuff, you can apply any preset to anything, regardless of the name and it may or may not work for you.

For me, I still can’t decide between Dirt and Metal Guitar Gods. I go back and forth in my head. I wish there was a way to buy a 3-pack or something instead of a 6-pack. Because I certainly don’t need 6 more, but with another 3-pack, I could pick up the Rock and Staub one as well just for kicks. Anybody wanna split a 6-pack? lol.

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ORIGINAL: Hoody

Dirt makes more sense if you got all those amp sim options.
6 Packs still 79 at AD!
Got 6 to register, Needham and Ainlay goin toe to toe for the last slot
The loser will join Bergstrand Metal on the bench. And if AD maintain that price, will pick them up in the next round.

Thanks for the input. I think Dirt will soon find a home in my collection.

I will vouch for Ainlay. its terrific. I don’t have Needham but it just looked very un-enticing based on the preset list on the Toontrack site. I wasn’t sure I’d like Ainlay, as its one of the EZmix 1packs, but its top notch and very usable stuff.

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That helps a lot actually. When someone confirms things my inner voice has been thinking it solidifies it. I do already have a ton of guitar amp sims between ampire XT (when in Studio One), Amp Designer (when in Logic), Scuffham S-Gear (excellent lo to mid gain), Kuassa Creme (excellent high gain stuff), and all the other amp presets I already have in EZmix.

Dirt at least could prove useful in many situations.

Then there’s always the option to just save that last license for whatever comes next down the road.

For you, based on what you have already, and what I have already, I’d take a look at Dorfsman. To me, its a nice compliment to Henderson in a lot of ways. I can’t remember particularly which presets I liked but I was impressed on my initial run through.

Good luck, and Enjoy. I think Dirt is calling my name. I’ll just be sad if the next release is called Indie Rock. I guess then I’ll be getting yet another 6 pack.

Have fun.

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Thanks for the reply. I even forgot I have brainworx rockrack as well!

No problem. After mentioning drums, you got me thinking about the Drums expansion. I was just working on something, feeding EZdrummer Americana into some EZmix drum presets and having a blast doing it.

So now I’m stuck again. I want 7.

Songwriter’s
Alternative
Dirt
Ainlay
Lead Vocals
Drums
Metal Guitar Gods

Ones gotta go. I’m thinking it’s between Ainlay and Dirt.

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ORIGINAL: gmontano

I have one serial left from my last 6 pack – just picked up the lead vocals

I am between amps and drum toolbox.

Amp wise already I have GTR3, Ampltibue, Guitar Rig, Scuffham s-gear, and mark 2 bass!

I have all the ez mix packs except for electronic, all the metal packs, dirt, amps and drum toolbox.

I have GTR3, never use it anymore. I thought it was great when I got it years ago, but currently, I don’t even have it installed on my new setup.
I had Amplitube, liked it, but always found it noisy. I didn’t like the interface either. All in all, I was happy to see it go.
I have Scuffham S-Gear and I love it. It definitely excels on clean and lightly broken up tones. The interface is a little busy, which I don’t like, but I deal. It’s definitely one of the greatest bargains in the amp sim world.

As much as I love Scuffham, I still use EZmix all the time. I think EZmix does a superb job with a lot of their amp emulations, especially for higher gain rock stuff.

I’d pick Amps over Drums, but I’m extremely biased because I don’t deal with live drums so much.

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I sent you a private message, check it out.

In regards to your questions.

1.) The save $238 thing is a little misleading. If you bought each of the pianos (Electrics, Upright, Grand) in the full package (each coming with an EZkeys license, therefore redundant), at $179 each, that would be $537 total. The Essentials pack is $299. Subtract that from the $527 and you have your $238 “savings”. In reality no one would do that. At worst, you’d buy one of the pianos at $179, and each of the two expansions at $89 a piece. Don’t get hung up on any of that, it’s just retail speak.

2.) Each piano expansion after you have the actual EZkeys program is $89 by itself (if you buy directly from Toontrack). Not sure what the “from” is for other than to not limit themselves in the future regarding price point. In the case of bundles of multiple expansions, that would be more than $89 as well. I’d say not to get hung up on that wording too much either.

All that said, read my PM. Audiodeluxe.com has some terrific sales on Toontrack stuff during their sale this month (May).

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ORIGINAL: juicy

Good Man , exactly what i picked except i went for mastering and not songwriter’s and the old vox tool box

This is my 2nd 6-pack actually. My first wave was Vocal Toolbox, Henderson, Dorfsman, Mastering, Core, and Amps.

I think I’m pretty well covered now. 😉

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Looks like the new one is Lead Vocals.

Not as exciting as I’d hoped, but it will definitely make it’s way into my new 6-pack.

Looks like… Lead Vocals, Dirt, Alternative, Songwriter’s, Metal Guitar Gods, and Ainlay.

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ORIGINAL: gmontano

Sweetwater had a better deal than Audiodeluxe? Hmm. I need to check that out. I still have 2 unused serial numbers from my last order. Waiting also for what’s out on 28th.

I think TT should think about letting the multi pack serials be used for Midi, EZ Keys or EZmix presets. I’d probably buy more if I could mix and match.

I’m with ya on the mix n’ match idea. I’d definitely buy more.

I never said Sweetwater had a better price than AD, just my own financial system for studio expenses made it beneficial to me to give Sweetwater the order this time around.

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I order from Audio Deluxe all the time. I got my last 6 pack from them, and Indie Folk earlier this month.
For budgetary reasons, I made this purchase through Sweetwater. I don’t mind waiting a few extra days. I still need to decide which 6 I want this time around. I also am waiting to see what’s coming out on the 28th.

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