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  1. Well, Bitwig Studio also has a Linux version.

    Tracktion Waveform not only has a Linux version but also an ARM version for Raspbian, for the Raspberry PI.

    Then again, Tracktion is essentially an afterthought in the world of DAWs and music arrangement, so that might not be surprising, nor important .

    As for who could be the intended market? A lot of programmers and computer nerd types have found amateur music making as a hobby in the past few years. I assume they might be part of the target market.

    @kitekrazy the Maschine standalone is also a Linux box running an intel Atom CPU. And the modern standalone AKAI MPCs are also Linux boxes.

     

  2. Tried the coupon and it looks like its working in the cart .

    Say you have K12 CE and are looking to upgrade to K14 CE.
    Looks like you should be able to do it for $/€ 199. Whether the price is right or not, that is up to you and your needs.
    K13 CE to K14 CE doesn't look like a major upgrade, but 12 to 14 is somewhat enticing.

    Then again the economy is not doing that great.
    Strongly suspect this is why NIs new parent company decided to lower prices this much.
    Even so, dropping 200 bucks on a hobby VST collection that goes mostly unused gives me pause, even if the value is there. 

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  3. 5 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

    Bono very cynically stated that businesses will never give out of generosity and sincerely decent motives, so society should accept when they do good and mix making a profit.

    True, in terms of percentage, businesses typically donate (or otherwise give out) <= 1% of their profit (not revenue) to charity.
    In contrast, the average individual donates around 2% of their yearly income to charity.
    Some businesses compensate by also offering programs where employees can do a set number of hours of charity work on the company clock.
    Or they organize charitable events. But they tend to be in the minority.
    My employer has a donation matching program for employees and was actually chastised for this by some business analysts.
    It is the way of the financial world of today I suppose and sadly we have not found a better system yet.

  4. HDPI scalability, thought out properly, shouldn't be anything insane.

    Limited DPI detection has been a thing since Win2K and it's only gotten easier in Win 8.1 and Win 10.

    Speaking out of experience, as DPI scaling was my first task at my new job a few years ago.

    Then again NI was hurting for money and had even laid off some of their software and sound engineers a while back.

  5. Okay so yesterday I am quite sure Best Service's page explicitly said the update is for Studio One 5 Pro.
    Today it no longer mentions version 5.
    Does that mean this update could also work for Studio One 4 Pro (or even earlier)?

    Because that would make the Best Service purchase about 54 € cheaper than the official PreSonus Store Update.

  6. 3 hours ago, Last Call said:

    How?

    Make sure to uninstall all the stuff first, just to make sure you do not accidentally launch it again and it reactivates.

    Right click the entry in your iLok License Manager and click Deactivate.

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    Then you hit OK to confirm deactivation of the license.

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    Off topic but yeah, I know there's a lot of trash in my iLok account. 😂

     

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  7. 2 hours ago, Last Call said:

    It allows 5 activations! 😎

    Technically that's a higher limit than ProTools First. 😂 

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    Also, FWIW these activations can be reset.

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  8. As far as Free goes nothing beats Cakewalk. But if you don't like the interface, or you're on Linux or Mac, there are other alternatives:

    • Tracktion has a free version that is, for all intents and purposes, unlimited in every important feature.
    • Soundbridge is another fairly fully featured DAW that's somewhat oriented towards beginners.
    • LMMS, the darling of the Open-Source community. And on Linux there is Ardour.
    • And a bunch of other free DAWs that have been around for a while, like Podium Free, as well as "music apps" suited for beginners like MPC Beats, Steinberg Sequel, Zenbeats, or Music Maker.
    • If you don't specifically need VST support, then the list of free DAWs is even bigger.

    Overall, it's not that I'm looking for reasons to complain.
    After all, Avid's new free offering is not necessarily the worst free DAW.
    And at least it lets you load up your own AAX plugins.

    But it's also yet another alternative in a sea of alternatives, and a DAW that's mostly aimed at older musicians.

    Ableton Live Lite comes bundled with so much studio equipment. In fact, IIRC, Ableton will actually send you a free Live Lite license if you can prove (picture of product box and/or equipment S/N) that you bought a pre-owned piece of equipment that originally came with a Live Lite license.

    Meanwhile Bitwig 8-Track can often be found bundled with 10$ magazines.

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  9. To change where files are stored, worst case scenario, just make a link on the disk pointing to your big drive.
    Just make sure the drive is connected so it does not confuse the Roland app.

    First move the contents of C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roland Cloud\Instruments to your big storage, for example E:\RolandInstruments.

    After that, delete C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roland Cloud\Instruments. 

    Then open a command prompt and run 

    mklink /d "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roland Cloud\Instruments\" E:\RolandInstruments

    This replaces the folder with a link. After that, the Roland VST should pick up the instruments.

  10. Because why charge less when they can charge extra ?

    In all fairness everyhting thunderbolt is very expensive and part of it is because the cable is active, it contains logic chips at both ends.

    But the licensing fees also have a part to play in the price.

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  11. A lot of people have been asking NI to do something like this, and I'm pretty sure such a hypothetical product would end up with a similar price.
    So there's definitely a market for this kind of keyboard. It's unlikely AKAI is aiming this at the hobbyist segment.

    Other "similar" (I use the term loosely) modern arranger keyboards, that feature full color LCD screens with on-screen arrangers, seem to be priced about the same.

    https://www.thomann.de/ie/cat_GK_takybp.html?oa=pra
    https://www.sweetwater.com/c512--Keyboard_Workstations?all&sb=low2high

  12. The current stock AMD Spire cooler (first picture) is trash tier. This is the box cooler for 5600X.
    The older stock AMD Spire cooler had a thicker aluminum puck and a copper vapor chamber.
    Then there's the AMD Wraith Prism, which is a decent downdraft cooler that used to come with 3900X.
    But neither of them is enough for a 5900X.
    The third cooler is just about right for a stock, non overclocked 5600X (it's the cooler I use, bought second hand for 20$)

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  13. Unfortunately AMD's Zen3 and Intel's gen 11 & 12 CPUs run a lot hotter than their previous generations.
    I'm actually undervolting my own 5600X, and even so I had to replace the stock box cooler with a 4 heatpipe cooler.
    With the stock cooler and undervolted it was reaching 90°C and throttling during intensive tasks (like compiling large programs).

    The six heatpipes on that cooler are just right, but it looks like the surface area of the fins is tight and encased in plastic, which keeps heat in.

    Certainly test it first before getting something  else, it might just be an overabundance of caution on my side.

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  14. The cooler is the only part that doesn't quite fit, everything else has great specs.
    R9 5900X can get pretty hot and that cooler looks like it's made for a lower TDP.
    For air coolers, something beefier like Dark Rock Pro 4 or Noctua NH-D15 would keep the CPU cooler.
    But you have the hardware and if it works, it works.

  15. It's not the first "EASY" DAW to hit the market, so you can't fault the makers.

    eJay was a thing in the 90s.
    AIR ignite was pretty easy to use.
    Steinberg has Sequel, and they recently made it free.
    There's also Magix Music Maker.
    Roland has Zenbeats.

    Pretty sure there are many others...

    But at some point you just have to sit down and actually work on the music, it won't make itself.
    We have no tools, at least not yet, that can read your mind and output a song. :) 

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