Piotr

44 minutes ago, chris.r said:

typical plebiscite , a popularity rank more of like...

Even worse... As it is not popularity of product itself despite of its inferior quality than competitors. It is popularity of manufacturer...

Just like somebody would vote for Microsoft linux...

But dear NI pls don't feel offended. I respect your brand and like lots of your products.

But ... just considering 2020, competitors are far away in this product type...

Or maybe I am totally wrong and NI GR 6 is total game changer which even with so short life in 2020 is able to beat them all?

14 hours ago, emeraldsoul said:

Guitar Rig???

I believe many people voted there because of more known for them  manufacturers name having no idea about amp sims nor using them at all.. Just to have entry done.

Just like somebody would ask me for voting for best perfumes and giving choices like:  Chloea, Dior, Channel I would pick Channel as I like Pro Channel  

1 hour ago, Batwaffel said:

That is exactly why I was convincing Uncle E to not launch JRR's new site this month. They've had too many rocky Novembers in the past so it would be foolish to take the risk.

In normal circumstances I would fully agree with you.  But unfortunately last years showed their shop was just unable to hold huge traffic... So I am afraid it will be down anyway...

But well, we will see soon... I hope I am wrong...

"Trust me: I don't think you're gonna find a much better EQ on a market"

Challenge accepted

5 hours ago, Yan Filiatrault said:

I would appreciate your thoughts about this deal. Thanks!

I believe it is very good deal for wide spectrum of decent tools (maybe except amps sims).

Everything depends on what you already have, what are your funds and what are you after.

One more thing which is disappointing related to their appreciation for their customers...

When you cross 100EUR spent in shop you can use their loyalty coupon/voucher...

But unfortunately that coupon is a fake considering loyalty as you cannot use it on top of deals...

So the best option is to ignore that 'loyalty' voucher as the best price at their shop can have anybody when there are deals... Similar to NeuroDSP 'loyalty' vouchers disabled with any deals...

Well.. Their choice. IMHO such approach stops one at some point  from buying more at their shop. And creates a feel of  no need to make decision fast as deals are the same for everybody... So no motivation when you are  treated the same no matter how much you have already invested there.

In the contrary approach of AA which is giving me working coupons on top of any deal is making me to buy more and more...

3 minutes ago, simon said:

agreed - can't see how they can compensate for the headphones ? 

 

They don't. But it works with any headphones, any microphone, any keyboard and any power supply

10 minutes ago, cclarry said:

When  you use the code, it drops to $169

Thanks Larry   It is still to much at this time 4me. Some plans made much earlier.

I am waiting for BF to upgrade few things (like SO4) and try to catch some nice deals for proven tools or libs

Just now, Fleer said:

Still a great bundle. Now at its lowest (used to go $99). 

Yup, thanks to Sonar I have big sentiment for it. While not using it in fact I like to have them   I am so GASified 😮

5 minutes ago, Tommy Byrnes said:

For almost $600 those EQs better do the laundry and make dinner

For that price still not enough 

uuu... intro offer means $199

I wish I could see more EZBass MIDI rather than EBXs...

Hm, those MAAT things are so so pricey and sometimes I am  thinking who is interested in... There are so many great alternatives which sound not cheap but comparing to MAAT things...

49 EUR (with VAT) iZotope Holiday Bundle for Excalibur , PhoenixVerb, R2, Iris 2 and Trash 2

Good to consider if somebody have nothing from those...

Another thing about BiaB is they usually are releasing newer version about the beginning of December.  So I guess we will have in month or so offers with discounts for version 2021 with extra bonuses for early birds (usually till end of a year).

Good to check with their support if buying now will give an automatic free  2021 version.

Hm, tried to turn threat&virus protection off but it was not enough... Even starting BA as admin. Still faking install, disappearing but after starting it again is was encouraging to update...

To be honest less painful way is to download BA  and install it from scratch than searching through Windows options and trying to turn off and looking what helps.

Download <1minute

Virus scan by virustotal ~1 minute (if nobody have checked given file recently otherwise a few sec )

Install < 20 sec

Maybe it is very lazy way but anyway it saves my time...

32 minutes ago, chris.r said:

"In fact, JST (a pretty big player in the scene now, especially among rock/metal engineers and musicians) has flat out recently told me to switch DAWs (not just for troubleshooting purposes, but permanently) and that they don't recommend Cakewalk."

 

I was planning on buying their Bus Glue-Bass plugin, but this is all giving me a huge warning about support and possible issues re compatibility with Cakewalk.

They need to start to care about customer in better way than just sell and forget about him/her...

No ability to download what you have bought (VST are pretty small files) after 1 year is for me telling a lot...

4 hours ago, Jesse Bruce said:

There's one thing you should be aware of.
There is one license. It is not possible to move between two machines, even if it is your own PC.

Uuu, thanks, I didn't notice is being stacked last months with 1 machine only because of covid thing...

5 hours ago, Mesh said:

Anyone test these amps? They have a decent amount of IR Cabs as well.

 

Can demo them here: https://ml-sound-lab.com/collections/amp-sims

 

I did and liked it. For me they sound much better than Nembrini but it could be matter of taste.

But GUI is a little over-simplistic I mean little (or more than little ) work to improve workflow is needed. I hope it will be done in some future.

Hm, these is another example of brilliant idea for business (WA Prod and some others)... It is so cheap and so affordable so hard to resist...

I am pretty sure I will not use it ever but so tempting because who knows (rule). Probably I will install and forget...

I will buy it an will not use it so it gives such results: they acquire lots of people paying them for nothing (as they will not ever use what they are buying)... 

Having decent software product you do not need to do anything more than just keeping sales running... With little costs... No development/fixes/improvements even needed...

Even  if they are buggy as a hell I will not notice them to bother their support as I will not use them  

So why I am so happy to grab such deals?

But pls be aware about this manufacturer's 'customer approach'...

I bought their amp sim few years ago and rather bad experience:

1. no demo so I needed to buy to realize it was average in quality to be honest

2. After year I was not able to download it anymore so you are lacking way to install and hope for fixes just after 1 year

So it is worse than IK access to samples where you can buy for 1 credit access for next year  and we are talking in case JST about rather small file...

12 minutes ago, chris.r said:

You were right Pete, and I could subscribe now  

Feel free to call me Piotr 😛

31 minutes ago, chris.r said:

I get "Sorry there was an error processing your request" and I end up in infinite subscribing loop.

Probably too many request per a minute at that time. I have just signed to the list without a problem.  Just try a little later if an issue with connection.

6 minutes ago, Zo said:

Fast , lighter on cpu , and sounds dammn on point ... easier to map on controllers , one of my go to with vpre 2c for maschine '.

and you are referring to... ? 

3 minutes ago, Larry Shelby said:

The default location for a Cakewalk/Sonar installation IS, as you said:

"C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\VstPlugins"

Well, I don't get it to be honest ... This is what I am saying from the beginning of Sonar 'sub-thread' and all the time was about it but because was not 100% sure I had some doubts.

But if you are saying what I was saying why I have an impression you don't agree with me in something?

Anyway to stop this misunderstanding let me check some your threads and buy 1 more plugin this month as my penalty