Kirean

I think my first order was in ~2005-ish (imported some Japanese games) and I've personally never had a problem with them. I find them more trustworthy than some random key reseller site (which in turn might sell Windows cheaper). But I have not bought anything from them in two years though, so mileage may vary. Naturally, it's good to do your due diligence.

https://www.play-asia.com/windows-10--pro-retail/13/70akf1

NIHardwareService NIHostIntegrationAgent

Kinda hoping there would be a quick reference/thread/wiki-page with a list of all the unnecessary services.

The last sentence is pretty vague since it could mean "until they run out of keys".

https://8dio.com/products/shadow-symphony-bundle Includes: Symphonic Shadows Kontakt VST / AU / AAX 7,141 Samples / 4.53GB 3 Advanced Mic Positions (Mixed, Spot 1 & Spot 2) 3 Separate Sections (Strings, Brass & Woodwinds) Custom Browser w/ Built-In Articulation Matrix Custom User-Interface w/ Built-In FX and Sequencers Custom Convolution, Microphones, EQ and Chaos FX 63 Presets, including DFD and Time Machine Patches Delivered by Download Kontakt 5.8.1 Full Retail (or later) Required Synthetic Shadows Kontakt VST / AU / AAX 7,635 Samples / 7.57GB 13 Hybrid FX categories & 4 Synth Master Drumkits 100's of Analog Synths & Hybrid Instruments Built Into Our Famous Hybrid Tools User-Interface Downers, Risers, Boomers, & Pulses Droppers, Strikers, & Growls 20 Scoring Presets Out Of The Box Instant REVERSE, RANDOM, STACK, & CHAOS Delivered by Download Kontakt 5.8.1 Full Retail (or later) Required

I know I'm stepping on some big toes but... Installed. Phew. Didn't think I'd survive that.

That's why I only trust hardware.

The original Thief games were amazing. This new version, not so much. They completely forgot what made the old ones good.

Consumer prices and values aside, I think this is also the biggest problem. In the YT comments the CS rep keeps touting how perpetual hasn't gone anywhere. Yet, they did remove perpetual licence for addons/plugins. They deserve all the manure being flung at them for that.

Some plugin stores still seem to still carry those.

So perpetual from the get-go is ~300-400 bucks. Studio One+ Hybrid - is around 200 and you get the Studio One Perpetual at the end of the sub. What's the point of buying perpetual if you can get it for cheaper with the sub? What am I missing? Edit: Ah, there it is.

Also at Sonible themselves when you log in and at Audio Plugin Deals (w/ code)

Any trick to get this for like five bucks if we switch to Swedish krona?

Might be a case of "which customer support rep you get" -roulette.

Jätte bra! Tack ska du ha!

I asked them about it and seems like you don't get any benefit from owning BioTek 2.

I said talk me out of it, not murder me!

So I'm interested in either: Ethera Gold 2.5 or Ethera Gold Prometheus. Talk me out of it.

I think I might have to skip since I hopped on the Cubase train like some others on this forum. Choo choo. (Plus I never kinda clicked with Waveform)

Looks like you can get Neold plugins for 9.99 and that's about it. Doesn't work with Neold plugins. Nice voucher in theory, worth nothing in the end. edit2: bx_subsynth is the only $9.99 plugin with this.

Wasn't this $19 a week ago?

They should have enough time to add a handful of the most often asked features for Kontakt 8 then?

Party pooper.