Brian Walton

Many of the little shops outside of B&H and Adorama are grey market dealers, and thus can haggle. B&H will have set price limits on new photo gear in particular, but they are allowed to create bundles (i.e throw in a memory card, backpack, etc) on a high end camera purchase. But you will see that actual dealers can't take the list price down - all they can do is sweeten the pot unless there is a brand approved sale. This isn't the case for other types of electronics but is common practice with pro photo equipment and thus why everyone other than grey market dealers have the exact same price.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/Used-Equipment/ci/2870/N/4294247188

Yeah, they have never been a "music store" they sell some music and A/V gear of course but hence the name Photo Video - that is the real niche. They have a warehouse for the other stuff they stock.

I bought one of them months ago around that price to compare it to my OG H1. This H1n is being discontinued, this the discount. Look up h1essential to see the replacement. Sound quality in these isn't great. I only use them in situations where real mics are impractical due to everything else I may be doing (multiple video cameras, or have to have all gear on a single hand held camera where this might end up on a hot shoe. If you are going outside with it you will also want a wind protector.

Depends on where your interest is (and when you went for that first visit). But for photographers it crushes any local store. KEH has more used gear but they literally don't have a real storefront with things in display. BH has quite a bit on display now and a very unique conveyor belt system visible in the ceiling. Of course if you look at everything they have online and expect to have Noah's Arc with two of every kind in display...that wouldn't be practical with the location costs in NYC.

Quick test and this finally seemed to fix the Cakwalk crash issue if you tug on the corner. Maybe I can trust it enough to use it.

Well did you buy all three desktop app but not the universal license? The universal license gives you all 3 desktop apps and the ipad apps under one seat. If you got the 3 desktop apps instead then there is still something for them to sell you. As for me, my email included this:

One of the most legit places in the business.

Depends on the computer. resource hog when the algos are found in far more efficient plugins. If they had the same efficiency as the EA plugins they borrowed code from id agree. With the AI it is basically designed for track use but it isn't efficient enough for that. And putting it on a bus limits what it is capable of. IMO

Tens of thousands of hours is a gross overstatement for these that hit $30 with PA. Many of their plugins are even reusing code.

These companies don't seem to care that the number of people actually turning a profit after all music equipment and lessons are paid off on the music they create are likely 1 in 10,000. Sad really.

Agreed except that you can see by some posts there a some individuals that are voting against this rational thought process and actually buying a subscription.

There was a time when Cakewalk also had a rent to own type of subscription where you kept the last version you paid a monthly membership for.

Not in the deals forum that is for sure. This whole subscription business isn't a deal.

I'd be surprised if anyone wants a premium cost perpetual and updates. Owning it outright like Reaper seems like a customer friendly model. Which costs a lot less than a yearly sub.

We probably need a poll to find out how many people are actually subscribing. If they are not willing to change I have to imagine it is because people are giving them money even though there is a vocal crowd saying "no subscription". (Of which I fall into said camp). Either they are just waiting until they get enough continual revenue commitment to ope the door for perpetual seats or for the first time in history the Cakewalk team is ignoring the client base all together. They had one of the better licensing programs in the business before in terms of not treating paid customers as criminals. New ownership now, but after all the we have no intention to charge for the DAW talk when they took over, it would be shocking to move to the most hated software model in the industry.... subscriptions.

So they get grouped together with this request, I'm guessing feedback on standardization of the from would be helpful for your support team Given the fact they didn't have a "we want a perpetual option" in the drop down despite every end user would like to see this as an option.

The old Sonar didn't phone home and ask you to keep logging in. I'm thankful Cakewalk is still expected to not cost extra on top of what was invested in it over a number of years to get it to a maturity state. That said - there are plenty of reasons why we see discontent related to the current "outcome" of the direction they have decided to go based on past history.

Won't pay for a subscription...and only offering a subscription I'm betting feels a little contentious to a few of us that bought into the "lifetime updates" in the old days, since it no longer gives an option to own it. Glad to see the continual development but hoping this is just a temporary strategy to see how many will give the continual revenue. Also, I don't need any additional VSTs or VSTis, I just want a fully functional DAW without extra add-ons. Most people that were acquiring plugins during the pandemic have far more than they will use in a lifetime.

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hmmm....now what is the cheapest piece of junk software to get it? ?

I wouldn't download the Drums unless you have MDrummer. Don't think enough of the presets in SoundFactory use them to make it worthwhile Would install PowerStrings though.

Meldway Grand is no brainer at $10 if you have the drive space, but honestly I'd pay the extra and get LE when on sale which will give you all the instruments.

I've used MLImiterX becase it is CPU efficient, and the clean/punchy can be nice for a quick and easy effect. I wouldn't say it is better than some of the other high end options sonically but I do grab it sometimes. Own but havent' used the other one, as Ultra Maximizing isn't my thing. I want dynamics.

Update, tried it an uninstalled. Had some quirks on my machine that made me pass. If I didn't have some great alternatives it might have stuck around.