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According to u-he's customer support it applies to second hand licenses also, or at least to the one I purchased.

It's already €10 cheaper than what I paid less than two months ago when I thought I was getting a good deal. In addition to that: They are just twisting the knife, aren't they? I'm going to stop buying things outside of November.

You probably know this, but it would be a better option because it gives you Zebra Legacy for free* AND an upgrade path* to Zebra3 (for about €30 if I recall correctly). That's something to take into account when considering the price. I managed to buy Zebra2 in last July, so they are out there if you have the patience (and luck). * if it was originally purchased before November 2022, but I don't think it was sold after that anymore.

Were you thinking about buying the Zebra Legacy or are you trying to find the original Zebra 2 on the second hand market? Because every now and then there is someone selling the latter, albeit not very often.

Now I have to pump my knob myself.

You're right, it does. I didn't read that email. But earlier today I couldn't see those offers reflected in the prices. Maybe their site was glitching. I'll have another look once their site comes back online.

Same as last year. The upgrade prices are disappointing, though. I have Chorus Lite and Areia Lite and my price for the complete versions is only $40 less. Easy pass. Last year or the year before they had a crossgrade offer for people who had Nucleus and wanted to buy Jaeger. No such treat this year.

Nearly on topic: I watched a YouTube video where someone lamented that the basses in EZbass are only partially sampled, meaning that if you play the same note on different strings it plays the same sample. Is this something that has been fixed in the expansions or do they suffer from the same limitation? @Bapu, you probably know the answer to this, right?

Well, I for one am now open to purchasing it again, so well done with the damage control.

Eh, nevermind, then.

Ecommerce software should have some kind of system to prevent errors like these. Just a simple notification saying "Woah, are you sure about this?" whenever the discount is more than 90% would help a lot.

Well, I actually went ahead and bought the V Collection. Yes, I couldn't wait even three hours, but in my defense it has been on my shopping list for three years or longer. I believe this is the lowest price they have offered me, so why not. It shows up in my account, but it's not affecting the price of the FX Collection yet.

Sorry, bad phrasing on my part again. I was just wondering if owning V Collection 9 might get you a further discount on FX Collection, but apparently not.

So you have Collection V 9 and they still ask 69 monetary units for the FX Collection upgrade?

€149 for V Collection 9 . I think within the next three weeks I'm about to own a lot more synths from Arturia. I currently have only Pigments and Analog Lab. €69 for FX Collection upgrade on the other hand isn't as tempting, but we'll see. Edit: Do you think the price will change for either if I buy the other one?

What do you mean? I don't follow their shenanigans.

The fact that the price is inflated by 50% on the developer's site makes me immediately dislike this library.

I know it's not as funny anymore but I have to finish what I started. Sorry everyone. ♫ On the second day of their sale UAD offered me A pricey channel strip It's a disappointing offer indeed! ♫

I expect a torrent of cheap (compared to retail price) licenses available on the 2nd hand market in the following weeks...

Alright, thank you for clearing that up. I sometimes try to read between the lines but I'm dyslexic when it comes to that. I have no idea what Cinesamples strategy is and I suppose that is why Musio confuses me so much. The quotes I shared were in essence the only things I found that pointed at something, but they seemed to point at opposite directions. Perhaps that is indeed because Cinesamples themselves have been figuring things out and learning along the way, like you said.

Sorry, I'm not sure what is the point you're trying to make here. I don't think I disagreed with you, but perhaps I said something that you feel contradicted what you wrote earlier? In any case, when I said that the Musio isn't as pro as Kontakt, I phrased it poorly. I meant to say that "even if the current Musio libraries aren't as good as their Kontakt versions...". It seems that Cinesamples is definitely trying to make the Musio player as good as they can. They certainly have invested a lot of time and effort in it. BTW, Musio has a 14 day free trial, so you can try Musio if you want to.

It seems you are correct. I found this on another forum: Which is further supported by this: But they have also said this: And there is also this: So even if the Musio isn't as "pro" as the Kontakt libraries, after my sleuthing I'm pretty sure it's going to be worth the money for me and I'm happy that I didn't buy the Kontakt version of Industrial Brass.

Industrial Brass was released on Musio first. This Kontakt release came later, but I can't say if they added some fancy scripting to it or if it's a 1:1 port. But that's the reason I decided to skip the Kontakt version. And my understanding is that they are bringing more mic positions and articulations to Musio versions, but like you said their player doesn't support scripting on the same level as Kontakt does. I'm not sure if that means that they are going to sell Kontakt versions as upgrades, though. Do you have any source for that? It's very difficult to find reliable information about the exact differences between the different versions of the libraries.

Hmm... Industry Brass is part of Musio 1, which I'm planning to get before the end of the year. I feel like nibbling but I don't think I'm going to bite.

♫ On the first day of their sale UAD sent to me... a disappointing offer indeed! ♫ Because I bought the Essential Edition upgrade I arrived into a funny place with UAD: I don't want to buy the Signature Edition Crossgrade because I have already paid ~$50 for some of the plugins in it, but I am probably never going to get a better "complete my bundle" offer from UAD. So I'm probably never going to buy any more UAD plugins. Not that I need any more plugins. I haven't registered my EE yet so I could try selling it, but that's one hoop more than I'm currently willing to jump through. I understand that those of you who have invested earlier and more heavily into UAD probably feel much more disappointed by the current prices, but it's kind of funny that I got (slightly) screwed over before I even managed to install a single one of their plugins.