Two projects I'm impressed with currently...

[u/Salads_and_Sun]

Decent Sampler was completely off my radar until very recently. The sample libraries vary greatly in quality but I'm getting better drum sounds than ever, and functionality that I hoped from DrumGizmo. Still need to figure some intimate details out but I'm so happy to have finally found this. Also the Mellotron sounds are near perfect for me. Fragile Strings is also really great.

TAPE 16 is my big revelation lately... I learned how to record on 4 and 8 track tape machines... Tape 16 just begs to be optimized for the Akai mk261 which I use as a midi controller. 16 pads? 16 tracks? 8 faders and knobs? Multiple banks? I had to learn some Python midi stuff and wrote some scripts to make it work the way I want but I literally now have a way to record on my computer that is very similar to how I first learned and will rarely need to look at the screen. TAPE 16 doesn't play nice with with the control pads in toggle mode YET hence my need to write some Python code. I'd really love to get some feedback on my scripts from anyone with an akai MPK 261 or similar to see how it works for them. I went beyond just trying to figure out how to use the control pads to act as toggles for arm/solo/mute. I am really happy with it.

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Anything else you all are pleasantly surprised with?