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15 hours ago, kevin H said:

Was more to warn others of my mistake   Can you still use the referral code if it’s not your first purchase but you haven’t used it yet? New customer kind of implies during first purchase but I’m not clear.

I signed up for a free plugin they were giving away a few years ago. (Much) more recently, I bought something during a sale and managed to use a referral code.

1 hour ago, mibby said:

He was wrong about Melda however, because they do offer a subscription - or rather, a rent-to-own option, which is 100% better and a more user-centric model than a subscription IMO. 

So do iZotope - via Splice

https://splice.com/plugins/search?q=izotope

I suspect the subscription thing is just another way to pay - makes sense for commercial studios

10 hours ago, TheSteven said:

This is exactly like the Adobe model - i.e. you don't own the subscription software and never will. Your rights to use the software evaporate once your subscription lapses.

Yes, but it doesn't revoke any existing perpetual licenses you already own.

2 hours ago, Hugh Mann said:

Interesting theory.  You may be right about that.  There is 494gb available out of the advertised 512gb.  Will there be a future ssd-gate?  We’ll see in time I guess.    

Many SSDs do overprovision, i.e. provide more storage than advertised. That discrepancy you point out there isn't to do with overprovisioning though; that's just the overhead used for the file system, e.g. file tables (and no, I am not suggesting in any way that it is using FAT).

2 hours ago, LAGinz said:

What happens after a year? If the MPS4 updates to 5 during that period, does it go back to 4  after the year elapses and you don’t re-up?

You (probably*) don't lose your existing MPS4 perpetual license when you sign up. You may have to uninstall everything from the sub package and reinstall MPS4 though.

* I've not read the agreement for signing up, but it's probably completely separate.

10 hours ago, Monomox said:

by the way, this is just my two cents, but I'd rather do a clean install than an upgrade...

Usually, I'd agree with that. In the case of 8.1 to 10, upgrading seemed like a more attractive option to me: it was free. You can link your licenses to your MS account, but this was only available after some W10 update (possibly Creator's Update?).

Interesting... Seems like this could be the UJAM/Hans Zimmer 'version' of In Session Audio's Drumatic Creator.

Rambo?

18 minutes ago, cclarry said:

Every so often they have V8P sale...

Really? I've been a member for a while and I haven't seen a V8P sale before, but then again I don't check very often.

The price of V8P products make 8Dio's ordinary products look like they're $29 in comparison; too expensive with not enough public information to convince me to buy.

5 minutes ago, kevin H said:

Thanks.  I think will be very useful to some on here if they run into problems with NA but as a Mac user, what is this abomination called “c:\” and “d:\” drives hehe

The more easily typeable Windows equivalent something like of /mnt/hdd0 and /mnt/hdd1 😜

This probably explains where the coins came from: text from the Referrals/Credits section after logging in:

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Five per cent of your spending gets back to you in form of United Credits (rounded up). For example: buy a plugin for €99 and right after you pay, 5 United Credits credit will appear in your account.

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Any new customer who uses your code during checkout gets a 20% discount for themselves. 10% of their purchase goes to you in form of United Credits.

7 minutes ago, Simeon Amburgey said:

Funny thing!

During the video you can sometimes hear the Cakewalk newsgroup notification alert!!!!! 😎

I was hearing that sound, not realising it was the video, and wondering where the new posts/alerts were 😁

Me too please...

This is the next paragraph in the email:

If you don't have anything you need to buy from us this month then you are more than welcome to gift your coupon to a friend or colleague. It is your unique personal code but it is not tied to your account. 

How do the OTS guitars compare against ISW's Shreddage 3 series?

I'm unlikely to use my voucher this month. If anyone would like it, leave a note below and I'll pick someone at random in the next day or so. If you have all the plugins, these are still great for getting a 2-for-1 deal on the content packs. Voucher terms:

• The minimum value before the coupon is applied is $39/€39
• Your coupon will not work in conjunction with any other discount or promotional prices
• Your coupon can be used in conjunction with upgrade offers
• Your purchase may include multiple products
• Your coupon is single-use only
• Your coupon cannot be combined
• Your coupon cannot be used for subscriptions
• Your coupon is valid until June 30 2021

Your coupon can be applied at checkout by clicking "I have a discount coupon". This will override any other discounts applied.

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Hey Larry, could you change the title to Particular Sound Summer Sale, to avoid any potential confusion with the company Sound Particles?

This one goes so far back that it (according to its version history) used to run on 98/ME.

Great free synth - was one of the first synths I used (along with Green Oak Crystal).

The answer's simple then: use Reaper on XP - no more Windows Updates for that.

1 hour ago, Zo said:

Thks , usefull info here !!

How to handle several systems ? all linked to same account , will prevent me to use both at the same time or some ?

Not sure how it works for multiple licenses - sorry. There are some sites that suggest some people (e.g. in small businesses) have as many as 10 licenses linked to their single account, so you should probably be ok.

49 minutes ago, paulo said:

I actually did see one somewhere in the last week or so which amazed me, but I can't remember what it was right now.

I personally might think twice about using a plugin that still supports XP. The problem with those would be that they would most probably use fairly old C++ libraries and/or compilers to generate binaries that will run on XP. While most of it's probably ok, newer C++ libraries might have more optimised (i.e. faster) code, bugfixes, security patches, new functions meaning that the programmer's life is easier (and thus less likely to introduce bugs of their own).

Just now, locrian said:

I seriously doubt this option.  MS has been a lazy, uninspired company from it's inception and will likely continue this strategy.  Monopoly has enabled them to propser.

Me too. Just saying we don't know what's going on inside MS.

Personally, I hope it isn't: the change from 98 to XP was quite painful from a hardware/software compatibility point of view

2 hours ago, marled said:

It depends how you are developping, whether you always use the flavor of the month or you do serious and reliable work! Have you never wondered why some delopers (small teams) can still support even Windows XP? I tell you it's no wizardry! 😆

I don't think I've seen a plugin that supports XP in quite a while now; do you have any examples?

1 hour ago, Zo said:

Thks Larry , do we have to mess and create a windows account and all or can i say "f...you" to each questions at initial set up ?

It's fairly easy to skip the questions. You can set up and use a normal local user account that isn't connected to anything else.

You might want to setup a Windows account too though (you don't have to use it for everyday use). If you get a free upgrade from 8 to 10, the upgrade will go ahead, but the problem is that you won't have a W10 key for re-installation/moving to another computer. However, if you set up a Windows account, you can then link your license to your account. This means that when it's time to change computers, you could theoretically then go to any new computer and log in with that account and use the Windows license associated with it. Note that this only applied to non-OEM licenses - OEM licences live and die on the hardware that they were put on to.

2 hours ago, Zo said:

1) Freezing my computers at actual states and wait to switch to 11 in a year or two when mature .

2) Switch to win 10 now , so to an already obsolete os ...

We still don't know what Windows 11 is - it could be:

• a completely new version of Windows, similar to what XP was to 98
• a marketing name for 21H2 (or whenever it's going to come out)
• a new skin for Windows 10
• anything in between

We'll find out soon though.