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Thanks. I am now weighing if it is worth risking re-breaking the things upgrading to 7 fixed. My kontakt library previews were not working

I have a soft spot for Vegas but don't really need it.  

I had a good reason for not upgrading my kontakt 6 to 7 despite already having purchased. I forgot every upgrade is seen as a new product and old projects will not recognize . Now I have to guess what instruments and  settings I used for multiple unfinished projects. Arrrrrgh

I would have jumped on this in 2002

I ended up getting it for 79 with jam points. I was planning on updating to modo bass  2 for awhile and the drums are just a bonus

1 hour ago, satyabrata satapathy said:

Referencing workflow and target library operates with the following products:

Ozone Elements (Version from Nov. 23, 2022 onwards), Ozone 10 Standard and Advanced

Neutron Elements, Neutron 4

Someone beat you to it but still much appreciated. Thank you

On 11/23/2022 at 7:12 AM, cclarry said:

Audilens is no longer free...it's on sale for 75% off at $25 LOL

Ok. Makes sense now

4 hours ago, LAGinz said:

 

Interesting question. Also, is Audiolens compatible with full versions of Neutron 3 and Ozone 9?

To my knowledge it is only for 10

Are they making audiolens work with elements plugins?  Otherwise it is a weird inclusion

They are really giving away a freebie as a freebie?

54 minutes ago, dee said:

pilot plugins should be free for epic users, it seems to do same thing and overlaps, obviously they try to milk it and for $49 not worth it

Seem weird to try and sell me a subset of something I already own.

These kind of libraries give me pause since wu's sound was samples. At best you could offer Rza's druns before you get into legal issues.  

1 hour ago, antler said:

I'm not sure I understand that video. Firstly, it mentions that both plugins sell for 100 Euros; Audiolens is a free giveaway (at least for now):

Secondly, the comparison doesn't make sense. A more appropriate comparison would be true:balance vs. Tonal Balance Control (which has been out for a while).

The better 

1 hour ago, antler said:

I'm not sure I understand that video. Firstly, it mentions that both plugins sell for 100 Euros; Audiolens is a free giveaway (at least for now):

Secondly, the comparison doesn't make sense. A more appropriate comparison would be true:balance vs. Tonal Balance Control (which has been out for a while).

He was going by the retail price since this giveaway will end soon.  I do agree that the products are not quite the same thing . Maybe I am missing something. The Sonible one seems to be based off of presets while the Izotope grabs from any streaming source. Another huge difference seems to be that audiolens actually applies curve if using Neutron or Ozone.

The rule might seem silly but it's not much to ask considering the forum is free . The deals forum was a courtesy and not originally part of their plan.  Considering there is more discussion of everything but cakewalk on their forum, I'm not going to nitpick an easy to follow rule because I want another extra hundred plugins lol

5 minutes ago, abacab said:

I am seeing Affinity Photo 2 for $40.99 at the Affinity site: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/#buy

Thanks. 

3 products for $100 is great of you use all three. If you have no use for other 2 it is basically $100 to upgrade the one product

Free Pantone Colors for Photoshop:

https://www.culturehustleusa.com/search?q=pantone&type=product%2carticle%2cpage

On 11/11/2022 at 12:42 AM, pseudopop said:

If you're looking for alternatives for photography, there's some (sprawling and geeky) discussion about Affinity 2 update at Hacker News where people mentioned some alternatives. The three that came up most often are digiKam, RawTherapee and darktable. I haven't used any of them so can't say if they are any good, but they are all free.

I have obviously spent too much time on the wrong side of the Internet, but I shall not elaborate that further least you think less of me.

Each of those are more like Lightroom alternatives.  Affinity is a good value version of photoshop

6 hours ago, abacab said:

My VC8 to VC9 upgrade is $99. That's better than my new initial VC9 offer price of $149 was.

Decisions, decisions... So I already have VC8 and Augmented Strings.

VC9 would add for me:

• KORG MS-20 V [new]
• SQ80 V [new]
• Augmented VOICES [new]
• Prophet-5 V [updated]
• Prophet-VS V [new]
• CS-80 V 4 [updated]
• Piano V 3 [updated]

I have the MS-20 in the Korg Collection 3, and the u-he Repro 5 version of the Prophet 5, and am considering the upcoming Cherry Audio version of the CS-80. Not really all that interested in the SQ80 or Prophet-VS V.

So it all comes down to how much better the Piano V 3 and/or CS-80 V 4 might be to push me over the edge...

I am in the same boat as you.  I use my VC8 A LOT, but not sure if I need the missing ones. I like that they upgraded CS-80, but I doubt I will make anything Vangelis to warrant the addition.  I just wonder if these is something else I need more than simply adding to ny arturia collection. I can probably get same price next year with additional content I want.

Their de-esser is good!

37 minutes ago, abacab said:

I honestly don't think inMusic is even trying hard to deliver.

Compared to  when IKM messes up with a new release, at least they try to fix it and Peter@ IK usually does his best to communicate in both directions.

 

 

It took me almost two years to get a question answered for me. I would hate to be someone heavily invested in something like an MPC. Owners tend to be very loyal.  Imagine being reliant on that as primary means of production and dealing with their service. IK has always been easy to work with even when there is a glitch.  

I think the sonible option may be better if you don't have ozone. I have ozone 10 so it's a no brainer. I am going to see if their are any non-izotope use hacks

37 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

Does this actually do anything useful if you don't have Ozone or Neutron versions that support the "integration?"

I suppose you could use as visual reference.  Considering Izotope made visual mixer free, it may be worth it to get license in case they open up later.

I occasionally get decent service but it is so inconsistent. I think it is a crapshoot. 

21 minutes ago, abacab said:

I bought into the full AIR instrument collection 6 years or so ago. Their marketing guy Simon later stated that new larger GUIs were under development, and he was seeking beta testers at one time. Updates that never happened. Then AIR dribbled out a few new instruments at full price, including Loom II without a scalable UI... then a few more... now it looks like inMusic have merged bits of the former AIR instrument tech into their AKAI MPC lineup. The original AIR instruments were a Pro Tools exclusive until inMusic bought them and released them as standard plugins. It seems now they have all but abandoned them, except for picking the bones for useful tech.

I also bought into the AKAI VIP system including a VIP integrated keyboard controller with color LCD. It offered mouse-free workstation type control over your plugins with front panel LCD controls, including preset multis and FX. Unfortunately VIP 3 only supported VST2, and they never developed it beyond that, and then quietly dropped the VIP lineup from production.

So yeah, I'm a bit cynical about inMusic now. ?

I got roped into VIP. Thankfully my Alesis VX49 ended up being a decent controller. I don't use VIP at all.  I find that Arturia's sust and Komplete do a better job with instruments I actually use.  I use my Air plugins, particularly when using MPC, but wouldn't actually buy any of them aside from  Loom II though.