Frank 495 Posted April 27 https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Celestial_Strings 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fleer 8,443 Posted April 27 VSL is looking better and better 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niky Serrano 144 Posted April 27 Yeah!, I love VSL. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 495 Posted April 27 Yes - new Marketing Strategy - very good approach. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fleer 8,443 Posted April 27 Though it seems VSL is not M1 native yet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeGBradford 797 Posted April 27 They're certainly on a roll and I like the fact that you can now authorise to a PC iLok rather than a dongle as that had put me off until now. Only free one I haven't downloaded yet is the piano as I don't know if it will be worth taking up disc space when I have several pianos in IK Total Max 2 and also the Freddy Mercury piano Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yan Filiatrault 1,127 Posted April 27 3 hours ago, Fleer said: Though it seems VSL is not M1 native yet? So much wasted time for all developers that could really benefit on other levels. Great work, Apple! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Foxall 292 Posted April 27 3 minutes ago, Yan Filiatrault said: So much wasted time for all developers that could really benefit on other levels. Great work, Apple! M1 is an amazing piece of technology. I think it's worth the effort and moves the world of hardware forward. I'm a PC guy but bought a new M1 laptop - the performance is stunning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fleer 8,443 Posted April 27 4 hours ago, Yan Filiatrault said: So much wasted time for all developers that could really benefit on other levels. Great work, Apple! I guess they should have stayed with Intel then 🤠 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Fowler 230 Posted April 27 6 hours ago, JoeGBradford said: They're certainly on a roll and I like the fact that you can now authorise to a PC iLok rather than a dongle as that had put me off until now. Only free one I haven't downloaded yet is the piano as I don't know if it will be worth taking up disc space when I have several pianos in IK Total Max 2 and also the Freddy Mercury piano Although you can only use machine activation on the freebies; paid products require either iLok dongle or cloud (which is fine for me, just wasn't sure if you knew and thought you might be irked if you only found out after buying something). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Last Call 77 Posted April 27 4 hours ago, Yan Filiatrault said: So much wasted time for all developers that could really benefit on other levels. Great work, Apple! I strongly disagree on your approach (but not pov). You're right about work wasted, although if we wanted better performance and battery life and what not, the silicon chip is a great answer to this. Sacrifices had to be made. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeGBradford 797 Posted April 27 41 minutes ago, Craig Fowler said: Although you can only use machine activation on the freebies; paid products require either iLok dongle or cloud (which is fine for me, just wasn't sure if you knew and thought you might be irked if you only found out after buying something). Thanks Craig - I doubt if I'd ever be able to justify buying any of their libraries but forewarned is forearmed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Esteban Villanova 333 Posted April 28 Sorry for OT. Is the M1 chip going to be available for Windows? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PavlovsCat 1,565 Posted April 28 (edited) Sounds nice! I love the competition between orchestral library developers (Spitfire, Project Sam, Orchestral Tools, VSL -- while the dev isn't an orchestral library developer, the Heaviocity free libraries are really nice too) to create good libraries for free as a way of exposing their brands to new customers. It's the kind of marketing (technically promotional) strategy I really love. It's ethical, it benefits people of all income brackets (I especially love how it enables those who are financially strapped to enjoy music) and it's a lot of fun to enjoy these freebies. Edited April 28 by PavlovsCat 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
