Black is back: Software sales - Sand, software and sound

With hardware in short supply — even a liquor shortage! — 2021 could be the biggest year for software Black Friday.

Sales abound! Lately, I’ve focused on pulling together an Apple iPad rig:

If you read some of these articles and wanted to give these apps a try, now is your chance.

Here’s a quick list of soon-to-be-gone bargains{

I could easily go on and on, but these are products that I actively use. Keep your eyes peeled when browsing!

I immediately jumped on the IK Multimedia Hammond B-3X app at half price and encourage you to do the same. One needs to take a deep breath before spending $60USD on an iPad app. However, B-3X is normally $130. If ever you wanted it…

B-3X is a stunning recreation. Although Korg Module’s B-3 organ sounds are good, B-3X has it beat, providing an abundance of live controls and a superb Leslie effect. So far, I’ve encountered only one drawback — B-3X does not merge MIDI messages from two Bluetooth MIDI sources. At any time, B-3X responds only to the Korg Microkey Air keyboard alone or to the Boss EV-1-WL wireless MIDI expression pedal alone. My experiments will continue and I may need to upgrade from midimittr (free) to Audiobus ($9.99).

I’m still hunting for good pipe organ sounds. I started a 7-day trial of the Korg Module Organ and Clavinet collection. If you don’t want to spring for IK B-3X, the Organ and Clav collection is a good bet. Many of the B-3 and Clav sounds really nail “the classics,” e.g., Stevie’s auto-wah clav. The pipe organs leave me wanting. But, hey, at a $9.99 sale price…

As to pipe organs, don’t forget the free Strand Organ and Jeux d’orgues Mini iPad apps. Made with love.

Keep an eye on Toontrack. They run their best sales during the holidays. Patience pays off. When EZKeys MIDI expansion packs are ten bucks a pop, it’s EZ to build a songwriting library.

If new site content is a little skint, I’m deep into a music-related coding project. Hint: it involves ChordPro. Between playing, new iPad apps, coding and the holiday, there’s not much time for writing.

Happy Thanksgiving!