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2 minutes ago, telecode 101 said:

So its like dealing with Samsung or KithenAid..  have you ever tried to get warranty and support for one of your TV's or appliances? Good luck.. its horror.

LOL!!!

Even if you already have Sine player and an account at Orchestral Tools, you will still need to go to this link and register for SineFactory:  https://www.orchestraltools.com/sinefactory

Then launch Sine Player, and look under licenses. You will see that the free libraries are now available. This is similar to the Spitfire LABS.

ROFLMAO!!!

55 minutes ago, cclarry said:

Husker has pretty well summed up my experience (over MANY years) with IK,
and my analysis of IK is well known in this forum!
While the products are great, the business model is abismal at best.  The HUGE
saving grace for IK is....

THE GROUP BUYS...

Agreed!

I have also spent my entire adult life doing "computer", and can totally relate to this opinion! IK products are among the best in the business, but they really need to reassess their delivery and support model. Although the new Product Manager is a step in the right direction!

But the Group Buy rocks, and I would rather save any other negative comments until the end of the promotion!

4 minutes ago, chimkin2 said:

You know it was actually from an Orchestral arrangement of a Rolling Stone songs right ? 

 

"Nearly from the get-go, however, the tune's authorship was challenged: The Verve's lead singer, Ashcroft, wrote the lyrics, but the song's instrumentals leaned heavily on a version of the Stones' "The Last Time" — specifically, on an orchestral arrangement recorded in 1965 by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra, a side project from Andrew Loog Oldham, the Stones' manager and record producer, who enlisted various session musicians and arranger David Whitaker to create symphonic versions of Stones songs."

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/23/726227555/not-bitter-just-sweet-the-rolling-stones-give-royalties-to-the-verve

3 hours ago, Bad Penguin said:

 I am waiting (and hoping) for a Black Friday sale of Total Studio 3 Max for ~75% off (~$250)

Keep waiting and hoping... 😉

That was a great 80's song, but never gave any thought to who was performing it. It was just a part of the background soundtrack of the 80's for me!

Good blast from the past! Sly Fox hit the top 10 in US and UK with that tune. One hit wonders... 😎

Song was released in 1997.

If anyone has Kirk Hunter Kinetic Strings, this might be a fun riff to attempt with that.

Get your strings in motion, with the Motion Engine!

6 hours ago, Marshall said:

Thanks for all the info! I have Hyperion Strings Micro and that means I can cross grade to Kontakt 6 for €124, which sounds good.
 

Think I will do that…do any of the discounters offer a better deal than buying direct from NI?

I believe crossgrades are only offered direct from NI.

Just now, cclarry said:

I've got everything except SampleTron II and The Resonator
so it's all covered for me!)

Same here! But let's go all the way!

Yay!!!

On 8/25/2021 at 11:30 PM, Victor Flores said:

PS. I saw some one do it with Kontakt, but when I try his setup with BBC

 

Kontakt is multi-timbral, the Spitfire plugin is not. Multiple instances of Spitfire are required to do multi parts on separate channels.

As bdickens has referenced, the plugin should be light enough to use multiple instances. If your computer has issues with that, you should look into freezing any Spitfire tracks that you are not currently working on. > https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Mixing.23.html

Freezing an instrument track will bounce it down to audio, and lower the CPU used by any frozen track. You can revert it from frozen at any time, and make modifications as needed, but when playing back frozen tracks in a mix, they should use negligible CPU. Audio tracks put way less demand on CPU and memory than virtual instrument tracks do!

Just now, ALC said:

Yes, any library that's licensed to work in Kontakt Player would qualify.

I forgot, also any of the Native Instruments Kontakt libraries will work, too.

But there are only a handful of free libraries--the vendor pays the licensing and then gives the product away.

 

I understand how the NI library licensing system works, but the crossgrade eligibility items has always seemed a bit mysterious...

I have happily used Player for years, but finally decided to take advantage of the crossgrade, after skipping it in the past, even though I was always eligible.

I will have 4 freebies to choose when we complete the current level (8). The only freebies that I have left to pick from are 2 of the Cinekinetics instruments, and several of the Hitmaker series loop packs for SampleTank.

I will finish my Cinekinetiks collection, but will probably leave the Hitmaker stuff on the table... and any additional freebies that accumulate in this Group Buy.

14 minutes ago, ALC said:

Here's a list of 3rd party libraries:

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/samplers/kontakt-6-player/third-party-sample-libraries/

Here's a list of *free* ones:

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2020/04/27/free-kontakt-libraries/

 

Those are both cool lists!

But can you vouch for them all qualifying for crossgrade pricing to Kontakt full, as Marshall asked for?

13 hours ago, Marshall said:

Is there a list of qualifying libraries for the cross grade path  from Player to Full?

I don't think there has ever been an official list. But if you already have one of the qualifiers, the crossgrade will automatically show up as an option in your NI account.

In the past I have seen Sennheiser DrumMic'a! qualify, as well as the Estey Reed Organ by Soniccouture. Others may add what worked for them... but they were typically 3rd party Player compatible libraries. DrumMic'a! was always popular for this purpose because it was free, and the Estey was a free giveaway a few years ago.

But believe it or not, I seem to recall this time around NI chose my ancient license for Kompakt Sony Acid Pro (bundled with Sony Acid Pro 6 in 2006) as the qualifier. It's sort of random, because I have qualified in the past with the other two, but never pulled the trigger. It just picks one and says you can get the crossgrade!

5 hours ago, InstrEd said:

Is the  Leslie good?

Yes.

40 minutes ago, bluzdog said:

You can get it for $49 with Jam points. 

But no free shipping... $12.99.

It's not so cheap when you factor that in... maybe Pete could toss in free shipping on any hardware product as a group buy freebie choice! 😁

2 hours ago, bluzdog said:

Hmmmm...... at $124.50 because I registered Arcane for free. I might bite for the same reason.

I believe that's what I payed for it. And the full factory library ain't half bad!

16 minutes ago, Fleer said:

Is the ARC worth anything without the mic?

I grabbed the ARC software for free. Figured I would get a $70 mic if the need arises...

I bit on the Kontakt 6 crossgrade price from Player with a qualifying library, at the 50% discount earlier this summer. Mainly so I can ignore the annoying "full Kontakt Required" fine print. 😂

1 hour ago, dubdisciple said:

RX 8 advanced alone makes his a big discount.  Just not not in budget at the moment

Is RX 8 Advanced really worth $400-500 more than RX 8 Standard?

1 hour ago, InstrEd said:

Been looking for another keyboard as my Alesis QS 61 is on its last breath.

LOL! My Alesis QS 61 is still in mint condition (I think, in my closet). If it had more knobs and sliders that keyboard would be a fine controller! 

But my Alesis VX49 (plastic and rubber) is standing in the corner now since i got the Arturia Keylab 61 MkII ... for lack of sliders mostly... just knobs and pads... but it could be useful for the B3 2nd tier... 🤣

1 hour ago, Peter - IK Multimedia said:

Exactly, like Luca Zabbini does with a couple iRig Keys I/O in parts of this Hammond B-3X video:

And we have a series of these with him playing various styles (chose prog rock, was inspired by your username again) using the dual iRig Keys I/O units as the dual manuals

 

Luca is obviously channeling his inner Keith Emerson in the second video! 😎

2 hours ago, InstrEd said:

You do realize the Hammond is multi tier 😁

You can set up two keyboard controllers for upper and lower, by using 2 MIDI channels, and 3 if you got bass pedals! 😎

16 minutes ago, RSMcGuitar said:

140!

So we will probably climb the next tier tonight, tomorrow sometime...