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There are 4 perpetual codes at JRR newsletter 10 - for 10% Off FORUM - for 11% off Groupbuyauto - for 15% off GROUP for 16% off If you add an item to your cart, and it automatically shows 10% off then the FORUM code will work for 11% off, and sometimes even The GROUP code will work for 16% off If you add an item to your cart, and it shows the "Groupbuyauto" code added for 15% off in your cart, then the code GROUP will work for 16% off... Every penny counts!

It hear it prefers a large dongle...

A little bit of Mantra in my life A little bit of Tantra is what I like A little bit of midi on the run A little bit of Corona Dos XX in the sun

For those that do not know, the Easy Store is the Best Buy specific version of the WD Express. During sales, these seem to end up being cheaper and more highly rated than the Express counterparts. I got the 10TB a while ago for this same price and like the fact that is runs off a wall wart rather than bus powered like the portable drives tend to be. Real life throughput ranged from roughly 10MB/sec (for truckloads of small files, like Adobe directories), to >250MB/sec (for copying large files like images). Average was roughly 100MB/sec to copy over 5TB of drive material (using robocopy). Not very loud at all, and goes to standby when not in use (and not sure if that can be over-ridden)... so this is not a good sample drive choice, but for backups it is on par with expectations.

Just to close the loop, I WAS able to get this crossgrade to work even tho I paid $0 for all my previous Izotope stuff. Thanks everyone.

groove Monkey packs come with Addictive Drums versions

I've used SSD5 for the last couple of years and I don't mind it. I'm comfortable with the interface. The thing for me is there's a bug in the MIDI grooves browser where you drag a file from the browser to Reaper and it shows "Offline." The workaround is to drag the MIDI file from Windows Explorer into Reaper directly. But that defies the point of a groove browser. Anyway, long story short, Slate has been promising an update coming "soon" to fix this issue for a year or two, and it's still nowhere to be seen. For me, I had enough and moved to Superior Drummer 3 and never looked back. It is better in just about every way and I could tell the difference in the mixes straight away after replacing the Slate drums with SD3.

Wed looks like its: PSP Nexcellence Spring Reverb Plugin https://www.jrrshop.com/psp-nexcellence

Harley-Drumison.

https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=14005405 probably should be 2 minutes shorter.

Ozone was iZotope's original product and pretty much their flagship product as well (I just realized the CEO interned at Cakewalk while at MIT from a video interview he did). The upgrades "from any Advanced product" has always been there, but the situation years ago was that first Advanced product used to be a few hundred dollars to hurdle. On-boarding with the flagship for $150 is actually an amazing deal. As far as reaching the point of diminishing returns, you may have already just done it. Going from no Ozone at all to Ozone Advanced (which allows you to use individual modules on tracks) is a quantum leap. Upgrades are starting to include more "improved features" and additional software one may already own versus "new features" already. However, an upgrade to the newest Music Production Suite (or whatever they may rename it) may be the only other "quantum leap" left for you.

My plan is to invest in this O9A deal and stay with it until Ozone 11 or 12. Definitely not gonna upgrade every new version, especially if it's gonna be $100 or more a pop with a diminished return. It's like w/ my Samsung S10+ phone; the next step up is the S20+ that just came out replete w/ it's full 25% performance increase! yeah whatever.

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If any of you also have kids that are teenagers now, you might remember this version of Mambo No. 5 ...

This! I regularly buy there and still forget which is better.

These are normally 5400 RPM drives that aren't good for running samples. Also because of the size, it will really make it slow if you are running more than couple tracks from it. (platter drives can only read one thing at a time) Depends on the size of the buffer though. Great for back up and maybe for your movie collection. I may have to pick one up since I swear I have more than 8 TBs of Kontakt libraries. I keep filling my back up drives.

What I usually do is buy the "Custom Pak" from a outside vendor like JRR. You can't buy it from XLN if you already own AD2. It has AD2 plus your choice of 3 drum sets, 3 midi paks and 3 kit pieces. It is a great deal. I've done it twice in the past without a problem.

It's actually very good and I think I got it at JRR shop last year for something like $9.99 on an upgrade.

I'm not at my DAW but recently auditioned them and I believe they're in the Prochannel presets folder accessed by clicking the folder icon at the top of the ProChannel module.

Yeah, Groove Monkey's Midi works seamlessly in AD2 and very good too. I also checked some of the vendors (JRR, Audio Deluxe etc...) and doesn't show any xln midi files for sale. Of course, there's this at KVR: https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=540969&p=7687325&hilit=xln+audio+midi#p7687325

you used a code - even if you didn't know it - it kinda sticks to your account. There are 2 JRR codes - FORUM and GROUP - worth trying both - you might have saved a few more cents..... Larry has patiently explained the difference between the various codes .......I still don't understand them

This thread (a very good thread to read) on the NI forum talks about an early version of Spitfire's bespoke library using just a serial number for authorization inside Kontakt and it not working https://www.native-instruments.com/forum/threads/ni-stop-activations-on-legacy-libraries.376981/page-2 EvilDragon says this: Not sure that's so good for you Larry. ? Maybe you'll be spared, but it sure sounds like the serial number is fed into a challenge-response system. The truth is that any challenge-response based copy protection system can and will go offline. Unless it's just a serial number or something stored 100% in a dongle, when the company stops issuing responses, your product will no longer be re-installable. For me this list of things NI is killing is a at least a thousand dollars worth of stuff. Sadly it's not even close to most I've lost because of companies not continuing to run authorization servers (Autodesk is still winning that by about $2-3k) Given the state of software products I don't see this one changing into something I like anytime soon. More likely it will lead to more and more subscription products, rather than companies going with copy protection that can survive the company going out of business/shutting-down. But I love software to much to avoid products just because their copy protection isn't ideal. I would have still bought all these products had I been told that in 2020 they were going to off line the authorization server. I do think NI could have done better though.

I can't imagine anyone paying 92 or even 27 that close to abandonware.

Compatible with Jamstix?

Just be careful so you don't get a VST from this.

Whoah there big boy....just from gazing at Daisy you're already rolling in the hay. Man, that Kenny's a playa!

I wonder if he plays the theme to Cops when he gets pulled over?

Usually transport controls are setup using the control surface settings in preferences. I do not use a control surface, never have, so I will have to leave that for some one else to discuss. There are several threads about control surface setup. Maybe something in one of those will help. It is possible to create a custom shortcuts for transport functions. When using MIDI to create a shortcut it takes a note to bind to the function and either a note or CC (this is set at the top of the shortcut screen) to tell the DAW the next note is bound to a function.

https://www.bozdigitallabs.com/product/t-bone/

Don't understate! I would say after 25-30 years! ?

Just when you thought that it really wasn't possible for NI support to be any crappier........

That has always been the case. I know many legit hard cash paying users so fed up with the dongles or stupid restrictions that they use audioz instead of the real deal just to be free to make music and not fight with tech.

And THAT is why I refuse to buy anything that requires permission from the maker to be used. This is ridiculous! R

VST3 plugins shouldn't let you choose a directory to install to on Windows. That's the way it's been designed. They are only supposed to be installed into Program Files\Common Files\VST3 Program Files (x86)\Common Files\VST3 With Program Files being the Windows PF directory, which oddly enough doesn't have to be C:\ but is usually. Plugin developers are encouraged to install their other files in the various user and app data directories. Cause otherwise there is a good chance it won't work.

That's so funny, I love it! Believe me I always want to share my honest experiences and reactions with these types of things. I love the Grandeur as well but it has a distinctive sound as I say of all libraries. Grandeur is very dynamic and I was using it in a project recently; it seemed it was just sounding too "hard" for a lack of a better word. I then pulled the Walker D into the project and when I adjusted the velocity response all of a sudden it fit right in. I might try and post some sort of clip of how both sounded in this arrangement. There is really no one size fits all piano library as each one is totally unique in their own playability and character. So I guess right now my go to pianos would be (not in any particular order: NOIRE (is really a work of art: Yamaha CFX) Grandeur (Classic Steinway Big larger than life sound) Walker Concert D (*see Pianoteq note) (Velocity layers galore with lots of room to tweak response) Ascend (Steinway meets sound design) Motion Keys (Taking Keys deeper into sound design territory. Mosaic Keys (for even deeper sound design when you need something really out there) Vibrant (for bang on Rhodes and Electrics) Pianoteq 6 (* for just the playability and knowing I have full executive control of this piano; not playing back another musicians performance) Ivory II: Grand Pianos and American Concert D : I just finished a video review of these and although they have some years on them I love their upfront sit in the mix (if somewhat dry) sound. Also I have been able to get some great response from them. Remember these are the same people behind the original digital piano sample library revolution when you only had around 1mb of memory to play with. Please keep the questions coming as it helps me to search for more definitive answers to help any way I can. I have been blessed to have been able to play so many pianos over the years practically all over the world which allows me to have an interesting perspective on things and I love to share these experiences with all of you.

I hate to say it....but the crack/ware scene is going get some new traffic soon. Sad part is, from a lot of legit users.

Brings back memories of my Lifetime Subscription to Sonar Platinum. ☹️

He really fills the lane

I still have my original Kompakt version of EWSQL Symphonic Orchestra Silver, which has continued to work all these years...so hopefully I'll still be able to authorize it with my serial #, because it didn't require internet when it was purchased, despite this development

That's insane. I'm not affected and I doubt many people would be, but people paid for these products. It's not right that they shouldn't be able to activate them after a certain date because a company decides they don't want to support those activations anymore. Make it right and release offline versions of them or something. Native Instruments have such rubbish customer-unfriendly policies.

Ah thanks Matthew. I hadn't realised there was a Kontakt version of GPO Sorry that you and others will be losing the right to reinstall software that you have been licenced. Seems like a poor show by NI. I don't have Kontakt and this wouldn't encourage me to buy it

Thanks Pluto Gabo, I updated via Native Access just now!!!

These things may or may not work. Buy better, more shielded cords? With pure silver cores? Or https://www.amazon.com/Ferrite-Core-Cord-Noise-Suppressor/dp/B01JMTCC5 Or Move those noisy pickups around the room a little, there's probably a spot where the rf is cancelled. Hit record and then move over into the bookcase by the ficus Or Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Barbecued Iguana

Are we still talking about music?

Yeah, but the police caught me approaching the towers with the explosives... I'll have to try another approach, after my trial...

Have you tried turning the radio off?

Tarilonte's Epic ERA Persia is the one that includes Desert Winds, and it costs $159 to upgrade. And I've never seen them discount upgrades. But Epic ERA Persia ($259) goes on sale every Black Friday for 40% off, which is $155. Something to think about. With the full library you get a whole set of great middle eastern percussion instruments, plus strings like Oud, Tar, etc. It's my favorite Tarilonte library, although Nada is starting to give it a run for its money.

Alas, my friend, can't do this. The demo period had expired long ago. Still thanks for your input, good to know this doesn't happen to everyone.

I am very pleased with the new Cakewalk by Bandlab and how it works with the old plugins. I bought into the updates for life and I do not feel like I have lost anything in the new change. I am receiving updates with new features at a much more expedited pace than before and all of my old plugins work even better. I have gained a robust and active team of programmers working full time on new features on the program that I love and understand... There is nothing whatsoever to gripe about... I have many years worth of projects that I do not have to try and move to another DAW and Cakewalk is still leagues and bounds ahead of all other DAWS (as it has always been). In hind sight, buying the updates for life was a few hundred bucks for software which I have a vested interest in supporting anyway. I will continue to support Cakewalk by buying any new plugins that they may develop, gladly and without any hesitation. No, you don't get anything for free... so shell out the bucks and support this great music making product, wherever and whenever you can. That is the future.