Doug Rintoul

4 hours ago, locrian said:

Okay, but please do not refer to this plug-in format as "the clap" as in: "did you get the clap yet?"  Just saying...

Ahhh, you took all the fun out of it. Party pooper.

53 minutes ago, fret_man said:

Doesn't Sampletekk have 90% off sales fairly often? I could save another $5.

Last year, they had a 90% sale in May and August. 

6 hours ago, kevin H said:

Not sure if you own other Audiomodern plugins but I got a discount when I completed the bundle on their site. 

I do. I have Riffer and Chordjam.  I'l have to check it out.

3 hours ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said:

I think that the concern is not people buying multiple copies of the magazine, but rather that it's very easy to purchase only one copy and request hundreds of codes by using a variety of gmail addresses

Think of it from AAS's perspective though. Do you really think they want to be selling AAS packs at $3 a pack? I doubt that they get much of a percentage of the magazine sale, if any. 

1 hour ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said:

The AAS codes seem to be individualized (instead of a generic code for all readers), per the discussion in the other thread. Re-sending a registration request with the same email as before will result in a reminder of previous registration codes (which makes sense) but it may be possible to purchase multiple copies of the magazine and get multiple codes if using different email addresses for the registration.

However, AAS may be able to determine where the codes came from and decide to limit for a given promotion how many codes will be accepted in the same account (which is something to also take into account if purchasing codes from a "Buy & Sell" forum, as they may be from a promotion you've already participated in)

This is exactly why Beat flagged gmail accounts as being suspicious. People were creating multiple gmail accounts just to grab codes like these and reselling them. I also think buying multiple copies of the magazine just to get AAS codes is gaming the system. I am pretty sure AAS would frown on this.

Waiting for a sale on this one. Had my eye on it for a while.

This is a good analysis from vi-control of the main Sampletekk piano offerings:

Sampletekk Piano Versions

Wow. The site is slow. Worse than during the group buy. Good thing I already have the EQ-81.

4 minutes ago, mibby said:

Oh! I forgot about that one, thanks!

Isn't "chuffed" an Auzzie saying?

 

Could be Aussie as well. All the examples I've seen are from a British perspective. Plus I have Brit friends who use it all the time. 

48 minutes ago, mibby said:

I can upgrade to MonoFilter $69 (from elements - a giveaway) and pick up StereoPlacer Elements $49 ($118 - $100) = $18!

🤔

Upgraded my MonoFilter and opted for SIgMod which looks like it could be very useful, all for $18. I am chuffed, and I am not even British.

53 minutes ago, Fleer said:

So some of these end up costing $15. 
Which one to choose?

Cheapest plugin I can find that would work is $129. I suppose you could get three $49 plugins for $47.

15 hours ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said:

I need to classify my answer in several categories of "upsell"

The top of my list is Magix Music Maker. It is free in its basic edition. I got a few "enhanced" editions for free bundled with other products, multiple times, and ignored it for years, then one day I started playing around with it and... now I have upgraded to the full premium edition, expanded with more than 200 soundpools

Other entries in the "free to full" category are Native Instruments, from the various players to Komplete, and Plugin Alliance from a few freebies to... (I'd rather not look at the numbers)

For the category "free with DAW" and "free with Hardware" I have: The Melodyne Assistant that came with Cakewalk ended up in a full Melodyne Studio, the XLN Addictive Drums that also came with Cakewalk started me on the path to a nearly complete AD2 setup, and the same happened with AAS, from a couple of "session" versions to full versions of all the instruments plus many expansion packs. The Air plugins that came with Pro Tools got me into AIEP3. The various iZotope plugins included with SoundForge ended up in Music Production Suite. The SONiVOX EightyEight that came with a midi controller ended up in the complete SONiVOX colection. Sibelius First (that I don't remember what hardware it came with) ended up a full Sibelius license

The next category are the "free with magazine" (Computer Music): DDMF plugins, Xils Virtual Instruments, Audiothing MiniBit, Rob Papen RG, Hornet plugins, Synthmaster, u-he plugins and Virtual Instruments

I have reserved for the end the "did-what-no-other-has-done" category: Cakewalk. The really early versions that I saw I don't remember if they were actually shareware or they were "friend-shared-wares". I then got several versions in the "free with hardware" category (with sound blaster cards), until I upgraded to full versions  of Sonar. The unique twist came when it was "upgraded back to free"

 

This is almost my story exactly. MMM is what started me down the GAS path. TBH, I have not spent much time with MMM as I quickly moved on to CW and then Tracktion Waveform because they offered a free version and I upgraded, and then Reaper and finally settled on Studio One.

The rest of your story is similar to mine as well.

Looks like they are back up again.

I agree. These are a really good quality presets. I went crazy and bought a boat load but at 90% off for something that was already reasonably priced and not junk to start with, it was well worth the investment.

1 hour ago, mibby said:

From the email 

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Just saw the email.

Umm, but it is Friday the 14th!

1 hour ago, Marc Cormier said:

Look at all those lovely knobs and buttons!

Ya. Can't have too many knobs and buttons! Or can you?

You know something is up when the endorsements from two separate artists are verbatim and lukewarm endorsements at that. "Anything that can improve our workflow can be a game-changer, and CHORDS certainly appears to be that. "

Came here, knowing nobody would have anything good to say about this sale. Was not disappointed. 😁

3 hours ago, Brian Lawler said:

I stopped following the Soundpaint news, but if I recall correctly, they notify eligible owners automatically.  If you were missed, support will fix you up.  I also heard that there was a short window on the upgrade eligibility.  Hopefully they did away with that.

Okay. Thanks. I own Barbary for Kontakt but I never received the code. I'll reach out to support.

Update: Support was able to help me out.

10 hours ago, Yan Filiatrault said:

15$ to crossgrade from the 8Dio version 

How do you get the crossgrade?

1 minute ago, Jacques Boileau said:

Its Beat magazine that had the AAS freebies not Computer Music. 😟

Ya. And no Beat at Pocketmags.😞

The developer is not the most reliable. Apparently the software is really buggy and he  promised updates last March that never materialized. He went AWOL for a long time and hasn't been heard on KVR since last June. Buyer beware.

3 hours ago, Zo said:

Sweets message i got from Beat Magazine 

 

Ain't that beutytfull when you say to yourself ,even if getting stuff free could have been an option (not in my state of mind) , let's support Beat magazine and grab those AAS stuff (i don't need)  by buying it even if i don't even gonna read that thing /....

I am not sure if they are still doing this, but at one point, they banned all gmail addresses. So anyone using a gmail address was automatically deemed suspicious. As they say, it is nothing personal.

I need another synth like I need holes in my tires. Oh well, I bought it anyway.