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Should work but note the ECM8000 is not a MEMS mic but is an electret mic, I think sort of a copy of an earthworks measurement mic. They are a very good value and will be useful for other things in the future too, but I think may have higher noise than the earthworks? I think it'll still work with ARC3 if load a calibration file for it... I'm not sure whether those come with ARC3 or are downloaded somewhere.

please ignore, rarely use slickdeals and figured out the question

observations from skimming the promo page: The $199 level looks like it will end up being a really good deal for someone new to IK. checking overlap, AT5 contains everything in AT5SE. But if a TR5 owner picks up TR5SE, it looks like they would add the 1176, LA2A, Tape Echo and De-Esser? If that's the case, could be useful for the $150 level. nice of them to include the comprexxor in the promotion.

not seriously but seriously: If the pattern is "Buy 1 Get X free when X,000 registrations are reached" ... "up to our goal of 25,000 participants, and 25 titles for the price of 1!" would that last tier be Buy 1 Get 25 free with 25,000 participants, meaning an extra one, 26 for the price of 1?

X-Gear 15th Anniversary edition? how time flies MODO Harmonica? Well past time for those tones to break free. More seriously adding another guess to a hardware AT5 device, would guess floorboard/pedal over amp. Also allows "the finest tones ever" to be a nice self-reference to AT5 software .

I think Melda is one of the most consumer-friendly companies out there. If this is to free up some time for Vojtech to work on MSoundFactory and some of the things he's talked about in interviews, I'm excited to see what he does next.

I am only an occasional studio one user but from the videos on the add-ons might guess: the new Retro Mix Legends consoles are likely Alpine=API, Brit Console=SSL (two variants, "warm" 80s = 4000E and more pristine=9000J? but that's just a guess), and Porta=Tascam Portastudio which is an unique choice The CTC-1 has a vintage british console that is probably Neve, and a british tube console from the 50s housed in "one of the most popular recording studios in the world;" maybe the EMI REDD at Abbey Road? The Custom console, they say, is a "frankenstein" of various consoles and sounds hi-fi.

It currently does seem to stack with $25 vouchers. The exclusions cover most of the releases from 2020 and 2021. I don't know what came out when but some newer releases valid for the coupon may include V76U73, Knifonium, Streamliner, and the newer amps like G-K?

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Yes, in the past you have been able to run an "upgrade" which is stepping up a tier and to a new version, or an "update" which is a new version on your existing tier, from any prior version. The Komplete 13 update can be applied to Komplete 2-12 with no change in price (all are 199 USD, might be 99 next week). As you mention policies can change.

For the sale -- yes, for the last 3 years it looks like Summer of Sound has run for June and was announced and started the last couple days of May. The current choirs nks sale ends on the 30th. Possible this might take its place if it happens? Speculation so far but the next 7 days are probably the second worst time to update Komplete, the worst time period being right before the grace period cutoff for a new version

for voucher users: like in previous months, the original voucher mail says good through the end of the month but a more recent mail suggests they'll expire May 29, two days short. It is likely for a sale but this has caught me and others by surprise in the past.

this probably doesn't truly answer the question but it might have been sampled in SampleTron v1, and included in v2 as legacy content?

and here are some modern songs that lean heavily on tron samples:

Congrats on the launch, IK. I think there are some instruments here that are rare outside of Sampletron and the M-Tron expansions. Though just as some feedback, may sit this one out... the decision to not support v1 and its siblings from loading in ST4, require mac users on newer OSes find an old machine to run ST3 to import and re-export, and to have the "real" way to get those sounds into ST4 now be $250 minus crossgrade discount ($200->$149 for crossgrade on intro) is slightly frustrating. I know v1 is an old product but would be nice to know the ST3/ST4 libraries will load on future versions indefinitely. But to have a positive note, thanks for trying multi-tiered loyalty discounts on MixBox recently! Edit to add: the page shows v2 includes v1 as legacy content. I think I have mine exported; would be nice for other v1 users to have access to that subset of that library but I know that might not make business sense.

if upgrading from essentials or assistant to studio at everyplugin, making a rest stop at editor might be little cheaper. Edit: I should not have used a metaphor. I mean upgrading essentials to editor and then editor to studio in two steps. In that case it is $167*2=$334 instead of $376, possibly

Re: warranty: Just looking at the website (no experience myself etc) beats 30 days

I do this too; but keep forgetting it might give a warning in the cart if you already have licenses (will let you buy an additional set if you want, I imagine if you're running a multi-user studio)

Also, if I recall some of those have been on bigger sales before. Lemon and Taupe were 70% off over black friday 2019, 60% or so off about a year ago, and likely for last year's black friday which I sat out, but there is no guarantee sales repeat.

From the master list: https://justpaste.it/AcusticaAudioAcquaMasterList which has the specific models, but the short version is: Camel - Calrec and Trident Lemon - various delays Purple - Pultecs Taupe - various tapes Ultramarine - Fairchild Loyalty discounts probably stack here.

I can't be upset at the fooling... better that it's a joke post than a fire sale before a switch to subscription model. (To be clear there's no evidence that will happen).

No updates, but had another one of the investors' companies cause some pain today. LastPass is a popular password manager that was acquired by competitor LogMeIn, and then later, five months ago, was purchased by Francisco partners and another firm. Under LogMeIn's ownership (but predating Francisco's) the price doubled then tripled, to be fair not highway robbery: $1 to now $3 a month. I used to gladly pay $12 a year, but never actually needed the paid version and quit before it tripled. In February they told free users they could not use it both on desktop pc's and mobile devices without paying, which is one of the main points of the product. Users who had been with them for years, even a decade, were given the choice of paying up or moving out. There is no evidence to suggest this was a direct suggestion from their new owners, or even general pressure to increase revenue. There is the difference that many LastPass users were "freeloaders" and many NI+Izotope customers have spent thousands, but I'm hoping alienating existing customers or converting them all into monthly-recurring revenue isn't on the menu for NI+Izotope.

Looks like "Reference" and "Rooms" plugins, or modes; there's a third window in the background that's mostly obscured. Reference has Mix, a knob that's obscured (maybe gain), a headphone selector, and a "Magic Q" knob. Rooms has Input Trim, "Depth" (marked -filtering to +translation), and Ouput Trim. There's something above the logo that looks like a slider and is marked "Perfection" - if that's a control, my mixes need it.

+1 to Steve's summary. Brian, I'm not sure why you get nothing though. IMO Melda is one of the most customer-friendly companies out there. You do get credit for each product you own in a bundle, they make their discount strategy clear, upgrades are free for life, bundle users get new products for free, and the top-tier complete bundle really is complete. They offer a subscription but it's really rent-to-own with no overhead (but consider waiting for a sale on the bundle and paying upfront). The free bundle is quite good even if you don't upgrade but especially if you do. They even have a low-income discount for countries where purchasing power is low, which I've not heard other companies do. Too bad the functional and dense GUIs are a hurdle for some. I keep meaning to use more of their stuff. Contrast that with a push toward "stop paying and lose everything" subscriptions, upgrades that only take one product into account, heavy leaning into price discrimination (new users get soaked, wait a year and it's 75% off), $50 vouchers that aren't practically good for much, loyalty vouchers with one tier in particular that is impractical, loyalty points that can go negative (disloyalty points?), expiring downloads, pay for re-download, upgrades that cost more than the original plugins, WUP, ... I know that I shouldn't complain because lots of this lets deep discounts actually happen and keeps companies afloat, and it's a tough market, but it's nice knowing that Melda's surprises will only be good.

Toontrack made the SD2->SD3 upgrade a limited time thing (and it never returned as far as I can remember). Their products are very good but that seemed user-unfriendly. You can still crossgrade EZD2->SD3; hope that goes on sale for you sometime.