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Curious about GR6. GR5 looks to be 9 years old. It sounds ok but there have arguably been a couple major jumps in amp sims since then, so it would benefit from a core update. My understanding is Komplete includes everything that's been released in the line up until that day, some of it limited to Ultimate. They also sometimes bring previously-ultimate stuff down into the regular version I think? If that trend holds, the stuff included at this point would be (via https://www.native-instruments.com/en/catalog/😞 Arkhis (for underscore composition) Stradivari Violin (it's a violin, suprise!) Pharlight (vocal sample thing, synthy) Mysteria (vocal sample thing, but this one is spooky) Session Guitarist Electric Sunburst Deluxe (extended version of Electric Sunbrurst, Les Paul electric guitar) Straylight as you mention (granular cinematic thing) Picked Acoustic as Simon mentions (acoustic guitar) Noire as you mention (piano, supposedly very nice) Raum (reverb plugin) a handful of things in the play series So there's some value, but looks most attractive for people composing scores. The current lack of any flagship product updates - Kontakt, Reactor, or even something like Massive or Guitar Rig, does seem to make it incomplete (inkomplete?).

I have no insight into NI but the "supervisory board" and "management board" structure is not uncommon; the supervisory board is longer-term focused. I might be very wrong about this but the dual-board structure might be common in German companies, perhaps even required if they ever went public? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_board For any random company, the headline "company cofounder and 20-year-technical veteran stepping down, head of marketing becomes CEO" would be scary, but it looks like the new CEO (Constantin) has been with the company a while, handled a lot of their press interactions, and has a music history, so it seems much better than a profit-focused external MBA hire. Interesting times, and wishing them the best since they're very important in multiple markets (Kontakt, DJing...). Still hoping all that "platform" hubbub from a few years ago isn't a subscription push.

That would be nice, but it's possible the math doesn't work out since the marginal cost of software is low (flipping some bits in your account, download bandwidth, customer support for some fraction of users--that can add up quicker than we expect), while the keyboards also have a real cost to produce and ship. It would probably be a huge loss if resellers could get a 5-for-1 on keyboards . IK could limit it to one and charge shipping, but it's probably a lot of overhead and an inventory management headache. But never say never? Maybe Peter has insight. Personally I've been on and off the fence on this deal. Chris, your post upthread mentioned "powerful minds" thinking of the prices here and along those lines, for a while I've felt someone at IK certainly paid attention in their business class on price discrimination. Many businesses do this of course... it's even the "right" thing for a business to do. But maybe as feedback for IK, after several years of this marketing strategy and given how saturated the plugin market is, I burned out on it a little. There's the full price release, with a time-sensitive intro discount, then eventually a small sale, then deeper sales, then a group buy, then sometimes product bundles at some point (AT MAX), and eventually inclusion into Total Studio. Then not long after that, a new shiny flagship product is released which isn't part of Total Studio because it missed the train - starting the cycle over. Plus we can't forget upgrades, crossgrades, maxgrades, jampoints, CS gear credits, paid license transfers to recoup a bit, and in the last few years, limiting which promo products allow for upgrade eligibility. Don't get me wrong, I've saved some money with Jampoints and crossgrades. But I think what's frustrating is there's really no way to plan. Like, will there be a Total Studio 3 Max? It feels like if there is one in the pipeline (recognizing there's been no announcement) there's a chance it's not too many months away since almost everything that might be included is now in the group-buy part of the product cycle (edit: forgot about the new Space Echo!!). There needs to be enough time to pass for the reverb and Satriani plugins to age a little bit, but not enough time to have a new product included--either that or the new product resets the clock. Anyway, on the off chance MAX 3 does exist, it's not clear whether to go ahead with this group buy or just pick everything up together later. Similar to Softube, you only crossgrade from a single product. At the end of the day I do recognize that the thing I'm not-quite-complaining about allows more price-sensitive consumers to access these tools. It just feels like there's too much to keep track of, given that we all are bombarded with promo mail from dozens of manufacturers and have our own day jobs to keep track of. I must note that I do enjoy the products... many hours spent in Amplitube over the years. And every time I use the T-Racks effects I like the results, just need to train myself to pull from that folder more often.

It's possible that product or brand is excluded as well. I think the page mentioned some exclusions apply.

JRRShop issued a statement with details (more or less what has already been said) and is offering a 20% discount on one product through the end of the month I started a new thread here, since this one says "NOT A DEAL" and I figure discussion there will be on what qualifies for the 20%, but anyone please feel free to merge them if it's redundant.

+1 LastPass or any password manager. There was some hesitation from users when they were acquired by LogMeIn but so far it's been a neutral or even positive change... for example device limits were removed IIRC. If you use the same sync platform everywhere (Chrome, Firefox, Apple iCloud, Edge, ...) there's a chance the default password integration is all you need for most sites. There are also plenty of options for people who want to manage their own, like KeePass If anyone's curious about how websites should store passwords, so a breach on one site can't be used to get access to another site even for users who reused passwords, this article seems to walk through it conversationally: https://auth0.com/blog/adding-salt-to-hashing-a-better-way-to-store-passwords/

I sort of feel bad starting this since we have the other thread, but that one has the title ***NOT A DEAL*** and there's now a deal - if a moderator wants to merge them please do! Notice from JRRShop.com: the great crash. See bolded text for 20% coupon. Glad they're ok, this has to be super-stressful. I only had a couple interactions with Eric but he seemed sincere and hard-working. They were generally my first stop for software. Data from sometime in 2018 through the crash is still incomplete. I have some download links missing from that time but can wait. Nice reminder to make and verify redundant backups, too.

Good news, they must have restocked, back to 18 units available. Honest feedback for the company (Alex, I'm guessing you're affiliated since this is your first post?); the ad and site come across as way too aggressive and a little shady. I'm not sure it that works for your sales but I feel like a shower after looking at it. Possibly-fake youtube comments on the video, suspiciously all from the same hour. Annoying "This person just bought" notifications that are baked into the website source. A countdown and ad for this on every page. A discount of 199 from 599 on the product page is not 70% off (though almost). Or is list price really 1200 euro like the ad says? In which case, really? The site takes control of mouse scroll wheel. Denying the buy dialog gives a second popup, with a coupon to try to save the sale. No reference on Music Tech's website for your company, including no 10/10 for "Ultra Star," Hydro, or this. I do apologize if those were print-only reviews. In which case, what issues? Congrats on "VST Plugins Gear of the Year 2020," in July no less - what organization awards that? I'm not familiar with DJ Snake, but congrats on getting an endorsement on one of your other products from the esteemed Max Martin who said "99% of the presets sounds are FASCINATING... The public react always good with admiration." Really? Max Martin has used your product and said or typed those words? Finally, the trailer video contains footage that is almost certainly infringing copyright. I know this thread and post are in a joking tone but serious feedback: taking liberties like that makes me curious if all 40GB of your sample content is licensed properly, obeys EULAs and copyrights of source material, synths, and drums, etc.

Did Black Friday allow loyalty coupons? They did, right? Bonus points to Acustica for that policy. Most of the first-party stuff was base 70% off then. They produced a cool menu as a price list. https://issuu.com/acusticaaudio/docs/chez_acustica_black_friday_2019 As always, no guarantee those levels will repeat. Regardless some stuff now is the same 70% off or quite close, you get to use it rather than waiting for a hypothetical black friday sale, and it helps you to the next tier of loyalty coupon And of course there's stuff that's been released or updated in the last year. N4 is -80%, while it was list at Black Friday. Ruby2 looks to be -53% vs 50% at BF, and currently allows loyalty coupons, which the branded plugins sometimes do not (compare your emails for the one that applies). Similarly the "Enna and Telge Enhancer Bundle" got some good reviews and is only -25% but allows loyalty coupons, which it may not always.

Like their other sims, $29 intro pricing. That's through June 30. Full price is $137 but they seem to have frequent sales. https://www.nembriniaudio.com/products/sound-master-custom-tube-guitar-amplifier Looks like a clone of the 2-channel Fender Tone Master head from around the 90s. Note Fender has recently reused the Tone Master name for their digital recreation of a deluxe. It's not that one. Found via youtube, but doesn't look super-widely announced yet

Just to clear any confusion - this is how I read it too, and my followup post to Anxiousmofo was also referring to that hypothetical future Anthology XII, for current Anthology users. While some manufacturers charge full upgrade price regardless of whether you've purchased any of the updated products (NI Komplete), so far Eventide has been customer-friendly and given scaled discounts if you own the new stuff - last time, 3x what the plugins cost if you got them on sale. No guarantee of what the future holds of course.

INTROSUBCLUB (15% coupon) mentioned in the first post seems to work on upgrade offers too.

There's a chance, but no guarantee, it's worth picking up some of these plugins on sale if you know you'll upgrade. So far, upgrading Anthology has been cheaper the more plugins you had (very nice when companies do this). Here's example standard (not on sale) street prices for Anthology XI at B&H Photo right now For users who've never had Anthology: 1799 base price 1599/1499/1399/1299/1199/1099 for owners of 1/2/3/4/5/6 plugins in the suite For users of Anthology X, the previous version: 499 base upgrade price 299/199/99 for owners of X plus 1/2/3 plugins So in that last case, if you were able to pick up three plugins in the $20-30 range they are at resellers before XI launched, they'd reduce your price by more than that amount later. There's no guarantee they'll do the same going forward, and IIRC they do introductory and black friday deals on this, so your price may vary.

thanks Larry! The iZotope Music Creator's Bundle offer you posted earlier was extended, either through the 10th or the 14th according to sweetwater or an ad respectively. That's basically this deal for BreakTweaker, then Stutter Edit/Trash/Iris/Elements Suite for another $22 ($41 total). Of course for just BreakTweaker this seems like the lowest it's been?

It looks like it's this one which is I think on the Acustica forum; I usually just Google for "Acustica list" https://justpaste.it/AcusticaAudioAcquaMasterList

Two interesting points: It's still for sale at the developer's site - https://gigperformer.com/store.html - $199 for a version that works across Windows and Mac but only $149 if you stick with one OS. Is this the first thing that's not included in the PA Subscription? You only get the version that runs PA plugins and have to upgrade to the one that loads non-PA plugins. I'm guessing those are just due to the agreement with the developer? If they're including things that are not fully owned by PA, hope it's perpetual. The Slate subscription had to pull third-party products, Relab and S-Gear, but IIRC noted that wouldn't happen again. In case this looks fun but expensive to anyone, Mac (edit: users) may be interested in Mainstage (https://www.apple.com/mainstage/), the live-oriented version of Logic, at $30.

Nope, it is a flat 30% off. The promo banner states "Discount not combinable with other campaigns" and I checked that it supersedes rather than stacking with the loyalty discount in the cart. For reference: black friday 2018 was 30% off, and last year was 30% and up (4-6 products 40%, all 7 products 50%). No guarantees for this year. Looks like there's still a few days left to demo while the sale's on.