aidan o driscoll

So we can uninstall BANDLAB ASSISTANT?

"BandLab Assistant has been deprecated and is no longer compatible with CbB or other Cakewalk products. "

From - https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk/whats-new

20 minutes ago, MusicMan said:

Subscriptions are good for some people, but I prefer to not be reliant on them personally.

yeah @MusicMan, maybe. But year on year more and more software is going sub. The netflixisation of the software industry. I have no doubt Cakewalk next versions will be sub.

In my small biz my MICROSOFT 365 ( Office ) is now sub. My biz accounts software is cloud/sub. My mileage software is cloud/sub. Even my accountant is pushing another cloud/sub thing to do with accounts on me. 

Yes its conventient but boy do these subs of all sorts add up. Just add your phone "sub", your Netflix, prime etc, your broadband, your sat tv maybe .. All this on top of Energy monthly bills, car costs etc, its becoming endless and very costly

Re Loopcloud sub .. Im just not using it anymore so cannot justify it at any price .. one less sub to worry about

14 minutes ago, MarcL said:

Not only in Ireland, I think it is all over Europe! Definitely in Sweden, the value of the Swedish Crown has decreased a lot!

Yip @MarcL .. here its also the huge cost hikes in energy - Electricity, Gas, Fuel for cars - we are nearly back at €2 per litre of petrol / diesel here in Ireland now ( went to this at start of war in Ukraine in feb 2022 ). Electricity, Gas has not really fallen yet here, its beginning - slowly.

All this is driving food costs etc up through roof. House prices and rents are just gone crazy all together. 

So knock on is discretionary extra cash that was around is now diverted to above. Having impact on small biz also, especially if not in a essential biz

Another side cost is the big push to EVs .. the new mortgage at the price of them. Money monthly being channeled into these also via likes of PCP ( Personal contract Plans ) .. 56k EV on PCP near €1000pm over 3 years with 5k deposit

Yes I have been a Loopcloud evangelist. I really like the concept and its integration into DAWs like cakewalk.

I have been paying annual sub for it last few years, many of those years getting a reduced sub offer. However this year I got no email reminder my sub was up and it got renewed. I have sent a cancel sub / refund request. they are usually good with this stuff. No doubt they will offer a reduced sub BUT this time I wont be renewing at any price.

Especially in the last year I have just not been using it at all and for the next year I cannot justify paying any amount for it for this reason.

So another cull victim, but makes sense.

Another reason is cost of living here in Ireland - generally getting very expensive here. I am noting even via biz that people have less disposable and are cutting things out and choosing what to spend on and what not to spend on. 

As an aside it is getting rather eye watering when you look at your DDs every month, the number of subs for various things going out across your software, TV, motor cars, comms etc really does add up to a large amount these days. Psychologically all relatively "small" amounts - but the €15 here, €30 there, €50 etc etc all does add up

8 days left for this offer

May 2023 - THIS YEAR:

Humble Bundle had Moho Pro 12.5 bundle for about €25 - Deal Expired end of June 2023. So maybe Pro 13.5 will turn up in a bundle in next year or so. At that point you could upgrade to Pro 14 at the upgrade price rather than full price what ever that may be then

3 hours ago, pseudopop said:

Does this ever go on sale? It looks like something I'd like to dabble with, but even the entry price is pretty high for just dabbling.

I reckon if DABBLING is what you may do initially then try the trial of Moho Debut .. if you like, buy for $59. Down the line I think you can upgrade to pro at a lesser price if you get more serious. 

https://moho.lostmarble.com/products/moho-debut-14

11 minutes ago, Lionel said:

Looks like an amazing and fun piece of software!

As far as 2D animation software I THINK, its the best out there and easiest to use. @Lionel You can start with a very cheap entry point of $59.99 for MOHO Debut 14. No SUBs,  one off payments

https://moho.lostmarble.com/products/moho-debut-14

There are Trial demos for both Pro and Debut also. Lots and lots of tutes

Been a fan of this software for yeeeeeeerrrsss .. currently have V13.5

I had MOHO when it was originally started by LOST MARBLE. Its now owned by the amazing IRISH animation Studio called CARTOON SALOON who took it over from smith micro. They use it themselves

Discounted UPGRADE prices

https://moho.lostmarble.com

Though I have GR6 I still mainly use GR5 simply because it loads way faster and TBH has whats needed 

Nicer GUI and all that but functionality and speed trumps that for me. I am finding this in alot of NI stuff now. Sod the fancy wallpaper & decoration  i say

2 minutes ago, BTP said:

It is for people in USA. Their website shows a random product if your IP adress is elsewhere.

Ah K @BTP .. that be the issue. Might be worth editing the title @cclarry .. USA Only?

This is what I get @cclarry ( Ireland )

That link aint working right

@MarcL A Q .. do you have a mobile phone with DATA that you can tmp share as a hotspot down near your music puter? If so you dont need a cable or whatever from your system to net. Only extra bit needed is a USB Wifi dongle if the music system doesnt have one on board already to connect to your mobile data hotspot for a few seconds to authenticate. These usb wifi sticks are cheap. There is always a way  

As mentioned above no Vegas this time. Anything else if im being honest with myself, I will not use. I had a go at acid pro 8 or 9 I think in previous bundle, did not stay on my system long

It really tells you something about a piece of software when you go google "Acid pro 10 review" and there are really NO 3rd party reviews whatsoever 

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If you wish to continue to use CbB, you must update to the 2023.09 version when it is released to the public. Earlier versions will cease to activate in the future.

Version 2023.09 currently does not support offline activation, so your computer must be online to activate it.

12 hours ago, MarcL said:

The word "currently" maybe important for me in conjunction with the upper statement! If there would be no offline activation, then I will be out (hope that Sonar Platinum still will work in this case and in any case I have R....),

My reading of this @MarcL is you will need to be online JUST to activate it, after activation it will work offline. Of course it may need to be online activated once a year or something similar

10 hours ago, cclarry said:

Yes...but no where near CbB level

Might be worth it as a free fallback for CbB when it soons goes paid/sub

Ill just let this here
 

14 hours ago, Jason Neudorf said:

I think Syntronik Deluxe is the older version (v1). There are new presets for the older synths in Syntronik 2. For example, "99" has 37ish new presets including "afternoon sun pad" and "comet flash" in addition to the presets in 1 ("autumn rain", "chime piano" etc).  However, I THINK that the new presets are based on the same oscillators (sound packs) sampled in Syntronik 1 / Deluxe.  The new ones use the Sampletank 4 engine (2019), not the older SampleTank 3 (2013).

 

So when I get Syntronik 2 would it be best and cleaner to just uninstall Syntronik deluxe and do fresh install of Syntronik 2 ????

15 minutes ago, telecode 101 said:

yes. syntronik 2 sounds better to me. also, better GUI.

Are the versions of the original synths in Syntronik deluxe the same as the originals in Syntronik 2? As in if I buy, no need to reinstall the original ones?

I have Syntronik Deluxe - with jam pts I can drop the price to €29 .. is it worth going for Syntronik 2?? I think its 12 more synths on top of whats in Syntronik deluxe?

Much thanks for the info and for the compliment .. been at it for LONG time  .. since the 80s band wise. Always original mainly. Working away on new material at the mo .. slowly .. with all the old gang/same muso's but doing it virtually/cloud .. eg me in Ireland, drummer in Rhode Island - www.colourtide.com 

I also have other guitar instrument plugins from Indiginus - Renegade and  Torch.

And already having the original session guitarist sunburst I can upgr to deluxe for €49

Thanks @PavlovsCat  .. I am a guitarist, so you might wonder WHY would I need a guitar instrument plugin? First out just because ...  and to learn one. Main reason though is to have a decent enough alt guitar instrument for trying ideas when on my laptop and not in my music room. And also I reckon one could use it as a reverse ideas machine where one might come up with something you might never think of on guitar 

13 minutes ago, aidan o driscoll said:

Does the deluxe version allow you to turn off the pattern generator to play a note as it sounds?

I have the original version - is deluxe in general worth the upgrade?

Seems it does with the extra MELODY NKI which earlier Electric Sunburst  did not have

Good review