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Did you have a price range in mind?

I think things have got better since 2005 and streaming services are partly the reason why; they started to introduce levels that music will be adjusted to. When a song is mastered really loud it sounds 'great' on hearing initially, because we perceive louder to be better. However, when that same loud song is brought back down, the lack of dynamics makes the song sound really weak when compared to a song that was mastered to the same output level. In the video, the interviewer says something along the lines of the loudness wars are over and 'you won'.

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Works with Kontakt Player

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Anyone have any opinions about SpringAge?

1 hour ago, Mesh said:

Has this ever been below $99 when on sale?

Could be wrong, but I think the only time I saw it cheaper was when Overloud was doing a special because the future of Sonar was uncertain.

Thanks for taking the time to listen - I generally use Insight to target an Integrated Loudness of -14 LUFS for each song.

Yes, you're right: different genres tend to have different targets. I read an article a while ago that generally hinted that classical music was the quietest, at around -22; whereas the latest pop/rock was targeting somewhere between -10 and -12. That said, this was probably when the loudness wars was more prevalent, and streaming services have probably helped to lower the target a little. I'm pretty sure that different services have different levels still though, as products such as Mastering the Mix's Expose wouldn't exist otherwise.

5 hours ago, Starise said:

Another misconception is that these standards protect your hearing. This is only partially true. You still have a volume control and it's up to you how loud you turn it up.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your point, but I do sort of agree with the standards protecting your hearing. If we were to say (for sake of argument) that the standard is -14 LUFS, people/systems will at least try to adhere to it. If there was no such thing whatsoever, people would mix to whatever feels good on that day; you might end up with a mixed playlist with a track targeting -22 LUFS (which you really enjoy and turn up), to be surprised by the next song on the playlist that targeted -10 LUFS.

On 8/15/2020 at 10:38 AM, Freyja Grimaude-Valens said:

The $399 price tag has been a point of contention and complaint for everyone I have known who makes music for a living

I'm not entirely sure that lowering the price of Kontakt would make a huge difference to that market as a whole. I'm thinking people who make music for a living want a fairly diverse range of high quality instruments. Some Kontakt instruments can be fairly pricy: I've seen choirs between $300 - $500, a high quality suite of orchestral instruments would probably amount to more than $3000.

1 hour ago, Paul Young said:

This got my interest.  Another example of how not to make a website.

Purely out of interest, what's wrong with the website? It's a little information-sparse, but gives a general overview of the things on offer. The colours don't clash, and it works with smaller window sizes as well.

2 minutes ago, telecode 101 said:

i tried to test the sennheinser drum kit. it only downloads a zip file with bunch of data folders. i tried adding it to Kontakt library and rescanning and no go. anyone know how to get it to load in Kontakt? i tried mapping /users/shared/drummic and well as /users/shared/drummic/data . no luck so far.

You can only add instruments with Player licenses to the Kontakt Library. As these are no longer available for that drumkit, you'll need the full version of Kontakt to use this (you can still open it without, but it will only demo for 15 mins). You'll need to locate the instrument's .nki file from the Files tab on the left panel and load that.

16 hours ago, Brian Walton said:

You mean the licences NI requires a developer to pay to be allowed to use the "player" version?  Uh..that is the point....NI has decided it doesn't want to allow Sennheiser to truly make the instrument Free on their platform.....this is on NI.  

I don't think the recent change in leadership had anything to do with a fee suddenly being charged for a Player license (which in turn caused Sennheiser to stop offering the Player version of their drumkit) - the Player license has been there for a long time (otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many free-but-requires-full-kontakt libraries in the past).

20 hours ago, Starise said:

I can upgrade to BBCSO Core for 400.00 total

I don't have BBCSO (any edition), but I seem to remember seeing that the full version doesn't run that smoothly on Windows - better so on Mac; things may or may not have changed.

If you were to move from The Orchestra to The Orchestra Complete, you'd go for the upgrade which is a bit cheaper than the crossgrade.

5 hours ago, Starise said:

Not sure if they will let you buy the 1st and immediately crossgrade or not.

I don't see why they'd block this, but you could always wait a week/month before doing so.

6 hours ago, Brian Walton said:

It is NI that is blocking the ability to do so, paid or not.

Are you sure? (I've heard) Player licenses are expensive - maybe they're cutting costs? Or could it be related to the 'legacy' copy protection systems NI are phasing out?

6 hours ago, SteveStrummerUK said:

I have to say the reason they give (i.e. a very small number of these emails are actually opened) seems irrelevant to me, as it's easy enough to turn them off if you don't want to receive them.

Don't know how they would know how many emails are opened - unless they add tracking bugs into their emails.

Anyhoo... I guess email notifications is something that can be added to the graveyard

https://killedbygoogle.com/

Does anyone know if The Orchestra Complete ever goes on sale, or is it just as much a bargain to pick this up at this price and then upgrade?

6 hours ago, telecode 101 said:

Looking at MODO series, you are looking at roughly $200 for 4 products

Not sure why someone would want MODO Drum, MODO Bass, and their SE versions. Don't get me wrong, MODO Drum/Bass are great, but their SE versions are just cut down versions; it doesn't make sense to me why someone might want both the 'full' and the 'reduced' versions.

Vernon, are you running in an incognito browser, or have a strict cookie policy? That might interfere with the Captchas. Or is it a rubbish test? I've had some that say something like click all the busses, but then give tiny dots in each square that might be a bus.

As for the B3, is there any advantage to having each manual and pedals on a separate MIDI channel? You can still have separate tracks in SO, but feed them all into the same channel. Unless I'm misunderstanding something, the separate MIDI channels in Kontakt/Sample Tank are necessary as each channel usually plays a different instrument, but in this case, each manual and the pedals all play the same instrument (i.e. the single B3) don't they?

Hey @Peter - IK Multimedia, not sure if IK want to rethink their one-line description of AmpliTube SVX on their website - it's probably just me, but when I first read Low-end gear collection for AmpliTube, I initially wondered why it was being described as inferior/entry-level software; then I realised it meant it was suitable for lower frequencies

The acronym for Internet of Things (Internet enabled fridges and stuff like that) is IOT; take away of Things, and it looks like you're left with just I.

1 hour ago, Freyja Grimaude-Valens said:

The Hybrid Tool series is also on sale for a pretty low price. I'd get it if I am not filled to the gills with hybrid scoring options.

I think Dark Prophecy is a one-day special at $68; Hybrid Tools IV looks like a slightly longer-term sale at $98

Is HALion dongle free? I thought Steinberg loved their eLicenser and had all of their flagship software on it - or is only the trial dongle free?

1 hour ago, Fleer said:

Still $198 here (even with purchase) ...

I think Vernon's right - the freebie is if you buy something > $198.

If it's like their previous similar promotions, you don't add it to your basket: they just email you the serial after your purchase, in addition to your other serial(s).

Also, don't forget to also use their bundle maker promotion code, if your purchase applies.

Any idea how long the NewPassword coupon is available for?

4 hours ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said:

This is giving me me an error "This coupon has already been applied"

Try GROUP, or maybe FORUM 😜

That limitation is mostly true of all software packages though.