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15 hours ago, Kal Elle said:

I guess it's hard to use the search forum here 🤣

Let's be nice to each other. It's not a place where you can bully others.

https://www.vocaloid.com/en/

$225 for new purchases.

1 minute ago, Brian Walton said:

I tested the new version for 10 minutes and already found things they removed.  

No offline activation anymore? That sucks. I'm actually on my way to switch from Affinity Designer to Inkscape.

What else is gone?

5 hours ago, fitzroy said:

Forget about Black Friday. For someone just starting out, this is the best value package on the market. For many/most people, it won't even be close. 

This. I easily spent over a thousand for what I could get with this package.

1 hour ago, Nick Blanc said:

I didn't know you couldn't vector warp (shows how much I will miss that function). Seems weird that you couldn't. I mean, 90s WordArt could do that. Am i missing something here?

You could warp, of course, but the new tool is non-destructive, so you can add/remove and adjust it like a filter FX.

14 minutes ago, Nick Blanc said:

Can someone here explain what the key upgrade features are?

They added some really nice tools:

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/affinity-v2-sets-new-standards-in-creative-software/#new-features

5 hours ago, Brian Walton said:

For brand new users, $99 seems reasonble for the entire suite, it just stings for v1 owners of everything.

On a second thought, what Affinity doing is still amazing.

I checked my order history. Looks like I bough Designer in 2017, and Photo in 2018. I have been enjoying new versions for 5 years without paying a dime. They will still be getting bug fixes. That's generous.

In 6 years, Waves would make me sell my both kidneys, so they can work on a new Windows install. I've just logged into my Waves account, and they actually ask $240 to upgrade my licenses that I bought in 2021. I got Kontakt 6 last year, and NI now wants another $100 for the new version. Several other audio software companies making me pay every year for new versions, because they abandon the old version with all the bugs.

So, $100 for all the new desktop and mobile apps from Affinity... is just great. They will be adding new features (and maybe new apps) for years. I won't upgrade anytime soon because 1.x does the job, but I decided to revoke my complain already.

Invalid serial.

$100 for three cross-platform apps is a pretty good deal, but I wish they'd give me some upgrade discount.

2 minutes ago, PavlovsCat said:

Yeah, you're right. AcousticSamples. I got my generic named developers mixed up. 

What is the reasoning behind very generic, often single word, brand names?

It's been a trend among many unicorns and aspiring unicorns in various sectors.

Guitar Pro is also $99 now.

Which one is better?

Bummer. Kontakt 7 update is still $99.

I can pay off my mortgage now.

I can buy FIVE BFDs with that!

Update: I received a call from my personal accountant, and I can actually afford SIX BFDs, with $1 surplus. How awesome is that!

3 hours ago, Sander Verstraten said:

I find it so frustrating that there barely are any hardware discounts in Europe. These kinds of sales are always US exclusive

Europeans don't seem to buy audio hardware. They build them.

1 hour ago, Simeon Amburgey said:

Reid,
I am still on Vegas Pro 15 😂
The sale pop up started happening after rebuilding my system after a crash last week, I have also been trying to get into DaVinci Resolve, but the DAWesque nature of Vegas makes it hard to do.

You have to taste the Fairlight.

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/fairlight

Wes Borland of Black Light Burns

41 minutes ago, bitflipper said:

They have frequent sales and loyalty discounts.

I decided to downsize to Kontakt-only for VI, so I needed organs, electric pianos, even harpsichord, and such.

I consulted to my personal accountant, and 80/90% discount means it's gonna cost me peanuts to have EVERYTHING I wanted.

🥜🥜
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You purchased so much of their stuff you became a shareholder of the company.

7 minutes ago, hockeyjx said:

No usb at all? 

What is this, 2022?

4 minutes ago, Doug Rintoul said:

Sampletekk periodically has 80% off sales and sometimes 90% off sales for previous customers. The last 80% off sale I remember was last January. 

Oh, that's very generous. Any products from them you recommend?

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S O U N D S C A P E S

Just what the world needs more of...

3 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

SampleTekk

3 hours ago, Fleer said:

Sampletekk

Thanks. I edited the post to include your recommendations.

Looks terrific.