aidan o driscoll

Was reading REDDIT Posts facebook posts and other forum threads on this. Majority not happy at all. expecting it to go the ADOBE sub route and prices sky rocketing .. even though in the announcement they say there is no move to sub AT THE MOMENT

What drew many away from ADOBE to AFFINITY was the buy and own + reasonable price. Maybe too reasonable and done by Serif with a view to building a base and wanting to sell it from the get go.

I have v1 for ages, considering v2. I might do so at the mo, a sale on now. At least you end up owning it at V2 perpetual IF its goes sub.

I originally moved from photoshop to Affinity as i could not justify the monthly sub for Photoshop vs my usage.

23 hours ago, Bapu said:

Reaper is a great DAW
CbB is a great DAW
Cubase is a great DAW
Studio One is a great DAW
Harrison Mixbus 32C is a great DAW
MIxcraft is a great DAW
Digital Perfomer is a great DAW
BItwig Studio is a great DAW
Reason 12 is a great DAW
Pro Tools is a DAW  ? 

I know, I have them all


Great is in the hand of the beholder

And thus, SONAR will be a great DAW.

WHHAAATT .. no mention of the mighty Ableton Live

Is the pro channel still in there I wonder?

And did the matrix view get any more lovin  ( closest to Ableton Session view which I find great as an ideas / creative tool )

20 minutes ago, ralfrobert said:

Anyone else got login problems at Arturia?

I logged in to have a look as I have V8 .. to go from V8 to V10 for me is €249

No from me

Meanwhile LEGEND & HOT are down to $29 at UJAM

https://www.ujam.com/drummer/legend/?&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ujam+-+Remarketing+Conversion+-+CPA&utm_content=Image+-+Product+Feed+-+CPA+Shop+Now&fbclid=IwAR3YJD3AeWwteJH-SyiLpalGEP5hJg3cE6GpVqwrkqzWljYLFEqozSqQcG8&country=US

https://www.ujam.com/drummer/hot/?&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ujam+-+Remarketing+Conversion+-+CPA&utm_content=Image+-+Product+Feed+-+CPA+Shop+Now&fbclid=IwAR3YJD3AeWwteJH-SyiLpalGEP5hJg3cE6GpVqwrkqzWljYLFEqozSqQcG8

7 minutes ago, Kirean said:

Now only if APD had really good deals...

Well, just got the 

BEAT Magazine Platinum 12 Month Subscription

https://audioplugin.deals/product/beat-magazine-platinum-12-month-subscription/

With the FREE Ghost Samples 5-in-1 EDM Bundle & Riva by Rigid Audio

For $26.99 with the coupon

That sounds OK?

APD will not be the only place with Patricks day reductions I imagine

So .. as predicted

https://audioplugin.deals

? ST. PATRICK'S DAY PROMO ?

GET 10% OFF STOREWIDE FOR A LIMITED TIME!

USE CODE STPATRICKS24 AT CART OR CHECKOUT PAGE TO RECEIVE DISCOUNT!

Just a thought. St patricks day is coming up this Sunday 17th March.

Many plugin stores eg APD etc either do a coupon or come up with some special Patricks day deal. So I reckon if you are on the verge of a purchase and what you are buying is still available as a deal after patricks day then maybe chill for a few days and see if you can get further discounts.

Happy St patricks day BTW ☘️ ( From Cork, ireland )

3 minutes ago, overbit said:

Yea I tried VPN but did not work. 

With VPN you can put the v collection in cart but you need Paypal account that registered by US residents.

Other regional paypal account will be blocked before order confirmation.

Aha ... thats the bit I couldnt test as i did not want to "accidentally" buy it as i have v9 already and older versions back to 3 or 4. I was looking at this for band mates rather than me having to freeze arturia tracks in projects we are working on

@cclarry It seems at this stage this offer is restricted to USA and CANADA. Maybe reflect this in the thread title???? 

@overbit Have you tried buying this vi a VPN? 

As in that FREE VPN I mentioned above included with the FREE OPERA GX browser

https://www.opera.com/gx

10 minutes ago, Fleer said:

And the software. I’m getting the new Bitwig 8-track for my laptop. 

@Fleer  Is that ver of bitwig quiet limited? Other than the 8 track thing?

Also available over at ZINIO for ST£25 for 12 months ( normally ST£42 ) . English version

https://www.zinio.com/gb/beat-m37585

Not sure the diff between that and PLATINUM? And is the APD offer the ENGLISH edition?

1 hour ago, TVbene said:

The store is geoblocking payment from outside US and Canada. I‘d be surprised if a serial that you somehow obtained wouldn’t work, that would be Arturia implementing geoblocking in the structure of their serials. I am thinking about asking my cousin who lives in Canada but of course it could be possible that these serials wouldn’t work around here.

Thanks @TVbene ... I use OPERA GX browser

https://www.opera.com/gx

My go to browser, love it. ITS FREE, try it

AND it has its own built in VPN feature you can turn on / off in settings. I went to the Arturia V Collection 8 page at proaudiostar - link at OP above. Had the OPERA GX VPN on .. this time I could add to cart, go to checkout. With VPN off that was not possible. 

As to whether it would allow you to go beyond the Checkout to say paypal, I didnt check that as i would not be buying this - already have it plus V Collec 9 

So ... as stated above and just double checking.

This deal is only for people in the USA and CANADA .. whatever serials you get will not work in Europe and rest of world other than US and canada???

Great software this for photos, graphics. I have the previous itteration / version, use it all the time. Its sols as a ONCE off price, not sub. I used to use Photoshop but once they went crazy priced sub and i spotted Affinity .. I was sold

https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/

€125.99 for the whole suite ( Reg €179 )

UPGR - €94 ( Reg €135 )

I just tried to email them via form on contact page re this Q about US only. Pressed send and got this:

19 minutes ago, TVbene said:

also a heads up: purchasing does not work for me as an EU resident. Only U.S. and Canada have seemed to work while it was on sale the last time in december….

Well that sucks

And i mentioned it already to a few band/muso buddies and just back to them saying HOLD OFF .. not a good look

BTW you can pay for your ABLETON Upgrade / or buying new via KLARNA facility at the ableton site when you are at checkout. This allows you to pay for Ableton over 3 monthly totally interest free installments. So for example my upgrade price is €87 - thats 3 x €29 installments

Just thought this worth considering if the sheckles are a bit tight and the no interest thing

@Tim Smith I did see in one of the 11 to 12 type reviews a guy saying he uses Ableton as much as possible with Abletons OWN instruments and efx, doesnt use any external VSTs if he can avoid it. Finds workflow far quicker etc etc

I have been using the beta for a while and for what I use I can still do fine in 11. This time I dont think I will be a first adoptor. That €87 deal will come around again and when 12 is a bit more bedded in ..

Essentially the few "big" changes are:

- The mixer now viewable as well on the session or arranger view
- 2 new instruments Roar and Meld
- New midi editing tools
- Search Features eg sound similarity search
- Few more small view changes

No game changing upgrades????  ..  unless you really granularly use Midi editing tools. I looked briefly and its sort of Scaler plugin built in? 

4 minutes ago, Niky Serrano said:

Thanks @aidan o driscoll

I have received the email too ?

@Niky Serrano Having watched that video Im a tad unsure if its worth the upgrade TBH ( €87 ) .. It just looks like an update within the Live 11 version. He makes some good points in the final - should you upgrade

Pre release review of difference tween Live 11 and Live 12 .. and is the upgrade worth it

https://sonicscoop.com/ableton-live-12-review/#:~:text=In Use,12 compared to previous versions.

Below is separate video on the same subject:

My Upgrade from 11 to 12 email arrived - €87 - with a link to go direct to the shop. This offer will last for 7 days when the link expires

Re VSDS-X @MrFigg .. A drummer we had in the 80s had a full Simmons Kit .. used it at gigs when we were going through our Howard Jones, Duran Duran etc New Wave, New romantic phase  ... great times, happy memories