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]]> Sat, 09 May 2026 23:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[IK Multimedia Group Buy 2025]]> https://www.jrrshop.com/features/ik-group-buy-2025/

 

2025 All-in Group Buy

Purchase and register any qualifying software or hardware product and get up to 49 more of equal or lesser value FREE!

This is our most ambitious Group Buy yet, offering you a unique opportunity to complete your music production toolkit. When you purchase and register a qualifying product below for just $49.99 or more, you can select two additional software titles of equal or lesser value for FREE! And that’s just the start!

ReSing is not eligible for the Group Buy.

 

How the Group Buy works

The more people who enter the Group Buy, the better it is. As a participant, you’ll receive an additional software title at each tier. When we reach 6,000 registrations, you’ll start getting 2 FREE software titles at each tier. At 40,000, you’ll have a total of 49 FREE software titles to choose from.

 

That’s up to 50 products for the price of one!

Since more participants mean more FREE gear, start sharing, tweeting, posting, and liking this exceptional promotion. Spread the word to friends, fans, and everyone you know involved in music production. They’ll thank you!

 

All-in Group Buy Tiers

Buy 1 Get 3 Free* when 500 registrations are reached
Buy 1 Get 4 Free* when 1,000 registrations are reached
Buy 1 Get 5 Free* when 1,500 registrations are reached
Buy 1 Get 6 Free* when 2,000 registrations are reached
Buy 1 Get 7 Free* when 2,500 registrations are reached

 

And so on, up to our goal of 40,000 participants, giving you up to 50 qualifying products for the price of 1!

Free products must be of equal or lesser value than the purchased item and selected from the software titles listed below.

 

Qualifying Products

Hardware Products

Any hardware product for just $49.99 or more.

  • Interfaces
  • Monitors
  • Controllers
  • Microphones
  • Synths and Drums
  • FX Pedals
  • Amps
  • Accessories

 

Software products

Any software product for just $49.99 or more.*

* Excluded products:
ReSing MAX, ReSing, non-upgrade versions of TONEX, AmpliTube 5, SampleTank 4, and Miroslav Philharmonik 2. Also excludes T-RackS Space Delay, Lo-Fi Punch, and Tape Echo.

 

Guitar & Bass Tone

 

TONEX

The Group Buy is a great time to start or grow your TONEX Tone Model library. Choose TONEX SE and instantly get 2 Signature Collections free, with more likely to follow. If you already own a version of TONEX, go directly to the collections you want, including the new Brown Sound collections.

 

TONEX

 

AmpliTube 5

Use the Group Buy to supercharge your recording guitar or bass tone. With 17 brand/artist collections to choose from, you’ll instantly have the virtual gear needed to shape any tone. You can also blend TONEX Tone Models with AmpliTube gear to recreate the exact tones of your favorite albums.

 

AmpliTube 5

 

Mixing & Mastering

 

T-RackS 6

Start producing like a pro with just the tools you need. Join the Group Buy with T-RackS 6 full, which includes 19 processors, then choose a couple more like Lurssen Mastering EQ and Lurssen Mastering Console for free. Or select any of the other premium mixing and mastering plug-ins, including new modules like Prism Reverb.

 

T-RackS 6

 

Virtual Instruments

 

Pianoverse

Own the world's best concert-grade pianos with inspiring cinematic effects, creating a highly versatile instrument perfect for everything from classical concerts to blockbuster movie soundtracks and live jazz performances. Choose any of the 9 Pianoverse pianos to join the Group buy and explore 30 sonic environments.

 

Pianoverse

 

MODO BASS & DRUM

Enter the Group Buy with killer-sounding bass and drums. Choose the SE version of either, and get the other for free, creating the ultimate studio backing band for your next project. Add more basses and drums as the Group Buy grows to own all the sounds you need for any style.

 

MODO

 

SampleTank/Hammond/Miroslav Philharmonik

You can never have too many sounds. This Group Buy offers a wide selection of virtual instrument titles to choose from. No matter what your style is, you’ll find keys, strings, and brass that you’ll love to use to add spice and variety to your music productions. There are also loop collections for instant inspiration.

 

Virtual Instruments
  • Promotion is valid from September 18, 2025, through October 31, 2025.
  • Products are only available as a Digital Download.
  • No substitutions for qualifying products or the free software titles.
  • Date of registration is decisive - The purchased product must be registered between September 18, 2025, and November 01, 2025.
  • IK Multimedia reserves the right at its sole discretion to terminate or modify the promotion.
  • Although IK aims to provide accurate product and pricing information, unintentional pricing or typographical errors may occur. IK reserves the right to correct, modify, or update information such as pricing, availability, and product descriptions at any time without notice.
  • The promotion applies only to new purchases made during the promotional period (product transfers and products received as giveaways are not eligible).
  • Free promotional products cannot be sold or transferred. They are stored separately in your account from the original purchase and will not be transferred if the original qualifying item is sold.
  • Note that qualifying products must remain registered in your IK account to keep eligibility.
  • All prices from the IK online store exclude taxes and may vary by country.

* Excluded products: ReSing MAX, ReSing, non-upgrade versions of TONEX, AmpliTube 5, SampleTank 4, and Miroslav Philharmonik 2. Also excludes T-RackS Space Delay, Lo-Fi Punch, and Tape Echo.

]]> Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:17:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Where do I put the compressor?]]> https://www.jrrshop.com/features/where-do-i-put-the-compressor/ When putting together a pedal board or mix chain, people often ask "where do I put the compressor?"  While there are no set rules about it, proper placement can have significant impacts and may be the secret to helping you get the sound you're after.

The first issue to consider is dynamics.  Devices like compressors/limiters, distortions, overdrives, boosts, gates, and dynamic filters and EQ's respond to dynamics.  Devices like delays, reverbs, choruses, flangers, phasers, wahs, and static filters and EQ's do not.  If you place a dynamic device before a non-dynamic device, the non-dynamic device will perform exactly the same.  However, if you place a non-dynamic device before a dynamic device, the dynamic device will perform differently.  Furthermore, if you place a dynamic device before another dynamic device, the second dynamic device will perform differently.

A good example of this is a wah pedal.  If you place a wah pedal before a distortion, the distortion will sound differently based on the position of the wah.  The wah's peak frequencies are actually causing the diodes, transistors, and/or mosfets within the distortion to clip at different amounts and frequency points.

The second issue to consider is noise.  Compressors, limiters, and distortions as a rule lessen the difference between the loudest and quietest signals.  They bring down the sound of the loudest signal and then you bring it back up with makeup gain, bringing the noise up with it.

Back to the original question of "where do I put the compressor?", here is a little cheat sheet that can help you decide for yourself depending on what you're trying to achieve:

  • Compression before distortion will cause the distortion to react more or less to transients or pick attacks, depending on how you set the compressor.  Compression after distortion can smoothe out the light distortion, although it only serves to bring up noise when used with heavy distortion.
  • Compression after overdrives and boosts will diminish their effect on the amp.
  • Compression before gating will make it more difficult for the gate to tell the difference between audio and noise but will lower the noise that is created by the compressor itself.  If you can place the gate's detector circuit before the compression and its gate circuit after, such as with sidechaining or a few pedals that offer this capability, this is the best possible solution.
  • Compression before dynamic filters and EQ's will cause them to respond less.
  • Compression after static filters and EQ's will cause the compressor to respond differently than if it is before them.
  • Compression after delays and reverbs will make their trails louder.
  • Compression after choruses, flangers, phasers, and wahs will only increase noise.
]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:07:03 +0000 <![CDATA[Building a New Computer for Music Production]]> https://www.jrrshop.com/features/building-a-new-computer-for-music-production/ SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015

Building a New Computer for Music Production (My DAW PC Specs, June 2015 Edition)

POSTED BY ULTIMATE OUTSIDER
 
I built my first DAW PC in early 2010, and while it served admirably since that time, I was getting frustrated with having to bounce or freeze tracks on any somewhat complicated project in order to conserve CPU resources. After a solid five years on my old i7-950-based system, it was time to move on...
 

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