Okay, thanks to all the suggestions in the previous thread. I scored all of the Methodikal loops (handy stuff, that!) and I purchased the Abstrakt Breaks 2 package. Quite frankly, I found the latter a little underwhelming. I like the sounds, but the breaks aren't too useful, I don't think. I made a track last night using their source material, and ended up separating out the REX files in to individual sounds and moving them about. So, yeah... In any event, the kind folks at Native Instruments took pity on me and finally weaned me of my Halion habit by thrusting Kontakt 2 on me. I had tried the demo of Kontakt 1, and was underwhelmed. In retrospect, it's a much nicer program than it lets on. If I had spent some time with the manual, I would have known this. But since I now have Kontakt 2, I'm gonna maybe purchase the Konkrete 2 package, because that seems more my speed. In all honesty, I could probably make all these sorts of kits myself, but I just don't have the time. I'm getting backed up now, between Dr. Device's release and the computer failure(s). Two albums are now behind schedule, never mind all the licensing, and I barely have time for my leisure activities. (It's worth noting that while it may seem I spend an inordinate amount of time snowboarding or windsurfing or going to wineries, this is what keeps me from turning in to a fat, bitter old man. So it's necessity, not desire.) But that said, I'll probably spend some time making Kontakt kits of stuff I use a lot, and this ridiculous Crumar string synth is the first victim. We'll see how that goes. On the bright side, I don't need to figure out how to convert all my old Halion patches because, well, I don't have them any more. Oh, And... You probably noticed the new look to the site, so I won't belabor the obvious. Elle decided it was Time for a Change.

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