John1984

That was an easy decision! The only thing I think would have made the bundle better would have been including Pyst.

Agree. I already own Rev LX-24 and Filter MS-20. So my upgrade from FX Collection 3 to FX Collection 4 is $49. I never hesitate with Arturia -- great people and great products.

Well, I wasn't going to grab Symphonic Shadows but the magic of autobundle makes it only $4 so why not.

The way I read this, you can purchase RX 10 Elements and use that as the basis of an upgrade to RX 10 Standard. I'd suggest you call Sweetwater and speak to someone there. (I usually speak with Cristian and he's been very helpful over the years.)

With two other Ostinato offerings in the line, I would expect them to have those at $25 each by weekend. That fires off a 20% discount on all four together.

I understand your position, though I think differently for this case. To my way of thinking, I've been enjoying nice updates over the last couple of years at no charge. In this case, I don't view it as an update as much as an actual upgrade -- they are adding a pretty stellar plate reverb plugin that I'm sure got the same level of attention in development as the other members of the Soundtoys family. I know others will feel differently, but I'm very happy to pay $59 to add it to my bundle.

If you are on 5.2 you can already move to 5.3.9 (the latest upgrade for all Soundtoys v5 owners): https://www.soundtoys.com/soundtoys-5-3-9-update/ From what I read, Soundtoys v5.4 will add Super Plate (currently 21 plugins, in 5.4 it's 22 plugins.) So, $59 to add it.

You are correct. Thank you. Fixed.

The aleatoric instrument flash sales continue. I'd not heard Symphonic Shadows until this morning. https://8dio.com/products/symphonic-shadows

We are offering up to 50% off all software and sound libraries sold through the KORG Shop during our Spring Sale. https://www.korg.com/us/news/2023/0413/ (Good through April 27, 2023 and includes Korg Collection 4 at 25% off)

As I learned early last year, the products (and updates) are not affected by the 180-day download window. But when I wanted to set up a new computer with my IK bundle, the download window for the sound libraries had expired. $9.99 - Jam points got me sorted. And this time, I made a backup copy. (And that was the first thing I did when I upgraded to 3.5 and began downloading that package.) https://www.ikmultimedia.com/faq/index.php?id=867

Understood. For me, it may have been a couple of cases of "good timing" when it comes to what I paid. Poster child for YMMV.

My personal experience is completely opposite your description. My upgrade from TS MAX 2 to TS MAX 3.5 last November was so low one would have thought it was a glitch. My interaction with support has been nothing but positive. The app leaves me frustrated sometimes, but it's reliable. Overall, my experience with IK has been better than NI.

Same here. And when I look at the additions to 4 MAX, a $299 upgrade from 3.5 MAX is a non-starter for me. In November I upgraded from 2.0 MAX to 3.5 MAX for $99 -- that's the number for me unless they add quite a bit more. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/ts4/index.php?p=compare

If someone asks you how many reverbs you have and you can actually answer that question, you don't have enough reverbs.

Back up at Sweetwater, too. Interesting to me is that Best Service -- arguably the most prominent part of this saga -- lists no Waves plugins.

This was certainly true before this mess and I hope it remains true. As others have mentioned, oftentimes buying a new plugin (or set of plugins) made more sense than WUP. In my most recent case, WUP for my Horizons bundle was $187. But in my upgrades offers, I had an opportunity to upgrade to add the Restoration bundle to my primary bundle for only $86. So I essentially got the WUP for a $101 discount and the Restoration bundle for free. All of these weird upgrade paths have unintended consequences (a lot like the current Cinesamples frenzy.)

The 800-pound gorilla will likely continue (kontinue?) to be Kontakt. That product goes back 21 years and that's a very long time to incorporate an impressive series of technology improvements and a list of features under the covers. I applaud anyone willing to take on a task like Freetakt because there are too many vectors that lead to any meaningful adoption -- it's a hell of a long road. Were I interested in turning any of the recordings I've made over the years into sample libraries, I haven't yet seen anywhere near enough detail that would compel me to invest my time and energy. Too many unknowns. In the mean time, Kontakt does what it says on the tin. Encoding and license fees are the overhead to maintain both the platform and provide a library its copy protections. After studying the fee schedule, I find little to object to.

For some reason I have gotten none of the Waves emails prior to this cluster (other than registration stuff.) Post-cluster I only received pseudo-replies to the Sales and Support tickets I raised. I checked my account and I didn't turn off email notifications and none have landed in my Junk folder. Clearly this is personal.

Optics.

And, oddly, JRR still lists 134 Waves plugins for sale.

The question I have yet to find an answer to is who, exactly, is behind this effort.

Just a suggestion for anyone who may have picked up Samplitude Pro from the recent Humble Bundle deal: you can upgrade to Samplitude Pro X7 Suite for $189.24. That's a bit of savings off of Magix's own upgrade price. Suite brings in a ton of extras, including full versions of Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 9 (list $299) and Convology XT Complete (list $469). The full Samplitude Pro X7 comparison chart is here: https://www.magix.com/us/sem/samplitude-pro-x/new-features/version-comparison/#c1424278

I have the Soundpaint version of this and like it -- most certainly a unique instrument. I got the Soundpaint version for $20 because the Kontakt version was list price. But at $20? Not even a question about it. The only thing I need to do is wait between now and Sunday afternoon to see if there are any additional flash sales I'll want to add to the cart to potentially lower the overall cost.

https://www.waves.com/news/perpetual-waves-licenses-are-back Update – March 30, 2023: Updates for Perpetual Plugins & Bundles Are Available We would like to update you that effective immediately, you can once again renew your Waves Update Plan in order to update perpetual plugin and bundle licenses. This option will remain in place going forward. In addition, we are working to bring back the option to purchase new perpetual licenses for plugins and bundles. This option will exist side-by-side with the new Waves Creative Access subscriptions. We are devoting all efforts to making the perpetual option available to you again as quickly as possible, and will let you know as soon as it is ready. Please check back for updates on this page.