antler

Hope you had a great time Larry, and welcome back!

8 hours ago, MusicMan said:

That would be pretty poor on their part if they did. Sounds like it's not the case though hopefully

Well, I can't prove it now, but I do remember feeling disappointed that my soon-to-expire points were still there after the purchase (and have since expired), and another pool of points was deducted from.

I don't know; maybe it was a glitch, or there was some special circumstance - water under the bridge, and all that...

Also be aware that using JamPoints in a purchase doesn't necessarily spend the ones that are about to expire. I had some with only a few days validity remaining so decided to make a purchase; it decided to deduct from my fresher ones instead.

Just a heads-up - Polyverse have a new free filter plugin too.

https://polyversemusic.com/products/filtron/

12 hours ago, chris.r said:

And where's my Aparillo!  

Right here: https://sugar-bytes.de/aparillo

Not on sale, though

😁

3 hours ago, John Nelson said:

It says any 2 plugins but none of the good ones are eligible?

I know what you mean, but that's a little harsh - the classic (green) Shadow Hills is on offer, as are the channel strips. Bass Mint's pretty cool, and lots of people say good things about the Elysia Alpha.

Free until 3rd August.

Severed Steel is also up for grabs. Don't expect much of a storyline, but a fun (and intense) action game.

Looks like some of their instruments changed between Kontakt vs Mirage. Phoenix Kontakt has six instrument channels:

https://frozenplain.com/product/phoenix/

Whereas Phoenix Mirage only has three:

https://frozenplain.com/product/phoenix-mirage/

2 hours ago, jngnz said:

What are the actual disk requirements for these?

Analog Brass & Winds
Analog Strings
Signal

Either these are actually giant libraries or, very much more likely, the Output website is showing Native Access' disk space requirements, which are something silly like 5 times the size of the actual library.

On my system:

Analog Brass & Winds: 14.2 GB
Analog Strings: 18.4 GB
Signal: 19.3 GB

20 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

I've searched and, unfortunately, there's no group buy on time. 

I'll trade you just one minute for 60 - yes 60! - whole seconds. 😜

I use Pianoteq mostly these days, but Addictive Keys used to scan ok for me in Studio One. The only 'problem' I would have with it was that it'd unauthorize itself after some Windows updates. It wasn't a problem to reauthorize though.

Not sure if they're what you're after, but Pianoteq have some EP modules:

https://www.modartt.com/electric

https://www.modartt.com/hohner_collection

Or maybe Soniccouture?

https://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/

2 hours ago, mibby said:

Since when is Brainworx selling through Plugin Boutique??

Approximately February.

11 hours ago, Milan said:

What kind of authorization do Ample Sound libraries use? I see that some Chinese instruments use iLok, but what about their guitars? I agree about them being really good, I wish they were a bit more affordable to a hobbyist like me  

The Chinese series use iLok; the others use online authorisation - I believe it's a one-time operation to activate. They have two free lite instruments to get started with:

https://www.amplesound.net/en/pro-pd.asp?id=7

https://www.amplesound.net/en/pro-pd.asp?id=19

13 hours ago, Niky Serrano said:

Does anyone know if it's possible to remove a redeemed code from a Conduct profile?

The developer (SL in this case) might be able to revoke it somehow. All of the codes from my Time+Space purchases disappeared when they packed up.

2 hours ago, fret_man said:

Hmm, 20% is not very impressive.

Historically, 30% is as high as I remember them going. But, you get a 'dynamic discount' style system - the more items you buy, the bigger the additional discount on your overall purchase.

23 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

Biggest annoyance was PA.  If you used up 3, you had to go to the webpage and deactivate.  This was about 70 plugins.

If you go to the Manage Devices page, it looks like there's a button under the Global Activation section to deactivate all your licences with one click.

20 hours ago, LittleStudios said:

Here's the issue, you're limited to 7 deactivations before they require you to buy a new license, which is a crock.  So you're basically being punished for basic computer maintenance.

Where did you see that? I did a search and came up with this (below), but it looks like they'll be happy to reset your limit if/when you come to it (I'm just guessing, but I'm interpreting it to mean if it's spaced out over a certain period of time?). Things may change once it's all rolled into Native Access anyway.

1 hour ago, cclarry said:

You'll own nothing

Only because I'm broke 😁

19 minutes ago, Philip G Hunt said:

Hold on!!!! 🤔

80% + 20% ?  

So, basically......free?

It's probably more like 20% of the remaining 20%.

20/5 = 4%.

So, 80% + 4% = 84% total discount.

I found this in iNate's (fairly) recent post history.

8 hours ago, Wibbles said:

I just got this email from Plugin Boutique:

 

I hope you are well and many thanks for your continued patience regarding this issue.
 
I am pleased to inform you that we have now updated your SoundSpot software, and this should resolve the activation problem you have been experiencing.
 
You can download and install the software from within your Plugin Boutique account.
 
You can also follow this Installation Guide, which shows how to install and activate your software if needed.
 
I hope this helps and please let me know how you get on.
 
Kind regards, 

Thomas
Head of Customer Experience

Does that mean you can actually use your plugins now?

14 minutes ago, simon said:

I'm struggling to remember but I think it was Massive X and Komplete Kontrol - they were flagged as being available on this forum so might be worth a search - around late March / early April.

It's also possible that NI support have no idea and just told me to update because it's a stock response.  Personally I much (much, much, much) preferred NA1

Ah, ok. I found a post referring to a 1.4.3 update for Massive X. I've only got 1.4.2; maybe it's time to upgrade...

16 minutes ago, simon said:

According to NI support, some of the more recent updates don't show up in NA1 - I was forced to update

Any ones in particular? There was a 'missing' Kontakt update a while back, but I think it was just taking its time to roll out - I can see Kontakt 7.4.2. there now. On the other hand, there very well could be some updates that I'm missing (but don't know about).

Native Access 1.14 still works fine for me (I never upgraded). You can get it from the legacy installers page:

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000407909-Native-Access-Legacy-Installers-for-Older-Operating-Systems

It probably doesn't work if you have any of their subscriptions though (I don't have any, so can't confirm).