pseudopop Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 EZKeys Classic Electrics: normally €155, now €51 Contemporary R&B EZKeys Midi: normally €29, now €10 https://www.toontrack.com/weekend-deals/ Available until 22nd of August 9 am CET. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reginaldStjohn Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 $10 at bestservice as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 While I like Toontrack, not buying any more EZkeys until they make the UI scalable like EZbass and EZdrummer 3... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 34 minutes ago, abacab said: While I like Toontrack, not buying any more EZkeys until they make the UI scalable like EZbass and EZdrummer 3... Long overdue but I also have no interest in their insane upgrade pricing structures. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 13 hours ago, Brian Walton said: I also have no interest in their insane upgrade pricing structures. I think they are fair upgrades. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 19 minutes ago, abacab said: I think they are fair upgrades. YMMV. Superior Drummer 2 to 3 and the limited time deal felt pretty unreasonable to me. Thankfully I have other drum packages. EZ keys is fairly unique though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudopop Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Brian Walton said: Superior Drummer 2 to 3 and the limited time deal felt pretty unreasonable to me. Thankfully I have other drum packages. EZ keys is fairly unique though. This is what ticked off a lot of people. SD 3 was released on September 12th 2017 and the upgrade path from SD 2 to 3 was available until 31st of December 2018. Personally, if I use something regularly and think it's worth updating to a new version, I rarely wait over a year to do it. So I can't really understand the rage of SD 2 owners. If you wanted to update, why didn't you? If you didn't want to, what's the problem (besides the principle of thing)? I mean, it's basically like the intro pricing of some products. I concede that putting a time limit on the upgrade pricing seems a bit like forcing people to buy the upgrade, and it also makes all those SD 2 licenses that might float up later useless. I think the latter is what Toontrack was aiming for, though. Edit: I can understand if someone had trouble getting the money together by the deadline. This is a valid and understandable reason to be upset about it. Also, I'm not saying there aren't any other valid reasons to be upset about the deadline. I'm just saying that while I can kind of understand how some people would find this kind of deadline offensive, having over year to decide about and prepare for an upgrade seems reasonable to me. Edit 2 (3, actually): I'm reading forum conversations from the time this was more topical. Someone said that they had bought SD 2 just before SD 3 was released. I can understand how in that situation you'd want to wait a bit longer before updating. Edit 3: There were also people who hadn't used the software during the time of the upgrade window. You know, life happened and all that. I have successfully changed my own mind and I am now of opinion that there shouldn't be a time limit for buying an upgrade. Bad Toontrack! Well, this was an educational self-talk. Edited August 20, 2022 by pseudopop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAGinz Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 57 minutes ago, Brian Walton said: Superior Drummer 2 to 3 and the limited time deal felt pretty unreasonable to me. Thankfully I have other drum packages. EZ keys is fairly unique though. I agree that one move was extremely unreasonable. Other than that one episode though, I find them to be pretty customer-oriented. Certainly more than InMusic’s BFD, which seems incapable of working the unreliability and wonkiness out of their software. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antler Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 1 hour ago, pseudopop said: I have successfully changed my own mind and I am now of opinion that there shouldn't be a time limit for buying an upgrade. Bad Toontrack! Just my speculation, but I think there may have been some kind of technical challenge with the keys involved. The cut-off period was also round about the time that Toontrack moved from DVD-only distribution to online downloads and the Toontrack Product Manager. Aside from the upgrade cutoff, I'm glad they made the transition: not sure I'd like to install 235 GB of drum samples from DVDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudopop Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, antler said: Just my speculation, but I think there may have been some kind of technical challenge with the keys involved. The cut-off period was also round about the time that Toontrack moved from DVD-only distribution to online downloads and the Toontrack Product Manager. Well, Toontrack never gave any reasons, even when they were asked about it. The only key related reason I can think of is that they somehow lost all the SD 2 keys and couldn't verify if someone was eligible for an upgrade or not. In that situation it would make sense to set a deadline so that everyone and their uncle could not upgrade their non-existent SD 2 to SD 3 until the end of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Why does every discussion of Toontrack always turn into an SD2/3 discussion? I have never owned, and never will own that program. I am a fan of the Toontrack EZ line of products, and FYI this thread topic is EZkeys... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudopop Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, abacab said: Why does every discussion of Toontrack always turn into an SD2/3 discussion? I have never owned, and never will own that program. I am a fan of the Toontrack EZ line of products, and FYI this thread topic is EZkeys... Why does every Waves conversation turn into WUP discussion? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, pseudopop said: Why does every Waves conversation turn into WUP discussion? Fleer? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 And why does every WUP conversation turn into a Waves discussion? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rintoul Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 And why isn't the moon made of green cheese? I was so disappointed when Armstrong stepped off the lunar lander and didn't sink up to his knees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antler Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Fleer said: And why does every WUP conversation turn into a Waves discussion? Because it's just that good 😜 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antler Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 7 hours ago, abacab said: I am a fan of the Toontrack EZ line of products, and FYI this thread topic is EZkeys... I like it too - it's very cool for trying out different arrangements quickly. The deal prices are pretty good too - the MIDI pack works out even cheaper than the price of one in a 6-pack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, antler said: the MIDI pack works out even cheaper than the price of one in a 6-pack! Yep, just ask @Bapufor a testimonial on those, LOL! 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 16 hours ago, abacab said: Yep, just ask @Bapufor a testimonial on those, LOL! 🤣 Not only are they cheaper but after the purchase of the 6-packs each item added feels free (to me). 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALC Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Purchased the MIDI pack from Best Service. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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