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6 minutes ago, GoncaloL said:

What is the difference between Maxgrade and Upgrade, i have TOTAL Studio 4 MAX and am really confused by this

 

You would be best logging in to IK directly and seeing if you have the $100 voucher when upgrading. You should. That should bring it down to $99

3 minutes ago, GoncaloL said:

What is the difference between Maxgrade and Upgrade, i have TOTAL Studio 4 MAX and am really confused by this

You qualify for Maxgrade, which is basically going from any MAX product.

7 minutes ago, Larry Shelby said:

I've tapped out...and I have  Horizon and a ton of others....but I'm not paying WUP anymore...

I've never paid WUP and still have one cheap upgrade that I could maybe do if I needed to update, but I'm not sure I would bother either. I do have Horizon, as it was so cheap and a lot cheaper than WUP would cost me!

3 minutes ago, satya said:

https://www.waves.com/bundles

only platinum is cheaper than that in waves site

I think it's generally cheaper getting a custom upgrade quote from Audio Deluxe etc. though.

2 minutes ago, Larry Shelby said:

An ENDLESS ONE!

It really is unless you tap out! They actually do make some half decent plugins though, so it's slightly in jest, but also true 🤣

I really would love to see them drop WUP and sales boost for them for doing the right thing. I think they would gain so many more sales.

The recent freebie bundle from them at least shows that while they still probably have their heads firmly stuck in sand, they might at least be open to some change.

It's a trap! Haha.. 

4 minutes ago, audioschmaudio said:

It appears at checkout. You just have to check the checkbox.

Maybe it only shows up for certain accounts. Log in, click in "buy", see if you have it on the "add to cart"  page.

Thanks

I think it's likely like @Larry Shelby said and for TS4 Max owners, which as you mentioned you are now too.

I'd held off getting TS as I wanted to see what got included in the new version.

1 minute ago, Craig Fowler said:

I *really* like their Fenders. The new Brownfaces are great, and the Blackface Deluxe Reverb is excellent too. IIRC, their Carr, Toneking, and Matchless captures are ones I get lots of use from as well. The flipside is that the UA bundle of four amp sims is on sale for $99, and their Deluxe Reverb might be even better. Their AC30 is also my favourite.

Interesting.. I've completed been ignoring those new UA ones and haven't even listened to them!

Thanks for sharing and I'll check out the ones you mentioned

4 minutes ago, Larry Shelby said:

Double crap...there was a $100 coupon available making it $99.99

Ouch!

What was the coupon for.. and is it tied to your account? 🤣

1 minute ago, Craig Fowler said:

IIRC, TonexSE allows unlimited imports, and although the IK developed captures are fine, the Amalgam ones are far, far better IMO - so although I bought ToneX max, SE would have let me do what I want to. 

Thanks Craig, I've heard a couple of people share that same view. I'm inclined to think that might be the way and then jump in to the already anticipated Total Studio 5.5 Max when they get around to updating some of the others!

Do you have any favorite captures from Amalgam so I can have a look?

9 minutes ago, audioschmaudio said:

I should have known it would come soon. The signs were there. But no, dumb me just recently purchased Total Studio 4 MAX upgrade and T-RackS 6 upgrade. If I had waited a bit, I could have gotten all of that plus PianoVerse for just 12€ more.

The writing was on the wall, but I was actually a little surprised to see it today.

I think just about everyone eventually gets a little burnt by buying and then a better deal gets released. I've been pretty lucky overall, but I've definitely got scars from a few! The great thing is, most of the time a year down the track, you never care and have them to use. Unless you feel the developer, or reseller screwed you over and then I'm completely fine blacklisting them and I'll never buy anything again.

I have learnt to ignore statements like 'We'll never discount it' or "Lowest sale price we'll ever do" though!

1 minute ago, Craig Fowler said:

It's really inconsistent. Sometimes you can use jampoints in combination with deals, other times you can't. It takes the price down to 140Euros which is a steal...although I still don't think I'll bite. The ToneX collections and Pianoverse stuff looks interesting, but I have tons of Amalgam ToneX captures and more pianos than I have drive space for!

Interesting to know about the discounts and you sound pretty similar to me.. I'm a bit on the fence really. Mainly because I own so much of it already. Tonex and Pianoverse are somewhat tempting. It would also add a couple of the new MODO Drums and Basses, but I have the original versions and some of the newer individual ones.

It would be good to know what people think about the various editions of Tonex. Humble Bundle has SE and that's $30 in total. Obviously it doesn't include as many of the included captures, but are we really missing out on a lot. I have the metal pack for that already as well.

4 minutes ago, Craig Fowler said:

FWIW, at the moment IK is allowing jampoints on the intro price!

I checked that too... I take it that's not normal then?

59 minutes ago, Sander Verstraten said:

I didn't expect to drop this before a new version of SampleTank, unless that product is dead now,..

Doesn't look like it:

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/ts5/

7 minutes ago, Max Arwood said:

Do you use it on tracks, busses, master??

You can use it on everything. It's really configurable. I paid £20 from memory and it's up there with some of the best clean sounding ones, but you can also drive it hard too. Great compressor. He could easily charge more than a lot of the more well known and expensive ones.

it's light on CPU, so completely fine across tracks too.

28 minutes ago, Bapu said:

Purchased!

(will) Installed! (tomorrow)

Will be very interesting to see what shows up in your Product Manager, given that until it's on the IK website, it seems we won't know as JRR's description hasn't been updated!

FirComp 2 - VST3/AU Compressor Plugin (Pay What You Want!)

This is an excellent compressor!

https://jonvaudio.gumroad.com/l/fircomp2

1 minute ago, audioschmaudio said:

Also awkward that they don't even mention it anywhere on the official IK Multimedia website.

Yes, very quick off the mark it seems from JRR!

5 minutes ago, audioschmaudio said:

That's exactly what was new in Total Studio 4 vs 3.5. Did they just copy-paste the old text?

Was just thinking the exact same thing.. I don't think that is updated.. I also noticed this too:

T-RackS 5 MAX v2

Seems odd it wouldn't be 6

Total Studio 5
All-round music creation for everyone

Quote

What’s New

• Pianoverse, with its 9 pianos and 33 cinematic spaces
• The full version of TONEX + 9 Signature Collections
• AmpliTube Morley Collection with 3 classic stompbox FX
• T-RackS 6’s streamlined workflow and 10 new processors
• ARC 4, boosting faster calibration and stunningly natural results

9 NEW PIANOVERSE PIANOS

• Black Diamond B280
• Black Pearl B200
• Concert Grand YF3
• Gran Concerto 278
• Gran Piano Y7
• Hamburg Grand S274
• Liverty Uprioght
• NY Grand S274
• Royal Upright Y5

10 NEW T-RACKS MODULES

• Bass ONE
• Channel Strip X
• Delay Lab
• Dual Spring
• Filter Fusion
• LO-FI Punch
• LURSSEN MASTERING EQ
• Master Match X
• Quad Saturator
• Triad Chorus

9 NEW TONEX SIGNATURE COLLECTIONS

• Alex Lifeson Legacy
• Boutique Overdrives
• Gus G. Tone Asylum
• Hyde Street Amp Locker
• Joe Satriani Amp Vault
• MESA/Boogie Reference
• Metal Gems
• ODS Legends
• RedSeven Hybrid100

3 NEW SOFTWARE PRODUCTS

• Pianoverse MAX (9 pianos)
• T-RackS 6 MAX (over 60 processors)
• ARC 4

1 NEW BRAND COLLECTION FOR AMPLITUBE

• Morley Collection

IK Multimedia Total Studio 5 MAX (RRP $599.99 | Sale) $499.99) - - - - $419.99 with code GROUP

• https://www.jrrshop.com/ik-multimedia-total-studio-max.html

IK Multimedia Total Studio 5 MAX MAXgrade (RRP $299.99 | Sale $199.99) - - - - $167.99 with code GROUP

• https://www.jrrshop.com/ik-multimedia-total-studio-max-maxgrade.html

IK Multimedia Total Studio 5 MAX Upgrade (RRP $399.99 | Sale $299.99) - - - -  $251.99 with code GROUP

• https://www.jrrshop.com/ik-multimedia-total-studio-max-upgrade.html

Link to IK

Make sure to log in and check your upgrade price, including using Jam Points and a potential $100 discount voucher if you own TS4.

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/ts5/?p=whatsincluded

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Dear Spitfire Audio & LABS family,

We are delighted to announce that Splice x Spitfire Audio (including LABS) are now under one roof. Pioneers in music creation – joining forces to build the future. Richer sounds, smarter tools and endless possibilities!

Splice has become a cornerstone of modern music production and is home to the industry’s highest-quality royalty-free sample catalogue, where one million sounds are downloaded every day by a global community of over 10 million music producers and creators.
 
We want to thank you all for your support: from those of you who have been with us from the very start or just joined us recently. Rest assured that nothing will change to our beloved sample libraries or LABS (both free packs accessible to all and paid packs via LABS+) and we will continue to release new products at the high quality you’ve come to love and expect. Spitfire Audio will continue to be Spitfire Audio.

Spitfire Audio co-founder Paul Thomson and Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava met up in Air Studios over the weekend to talk about what these great companies might be planning to do. You can learn more about their vision for the future of music creation below.

 

https://www.spitfireaudio.com/splice-acquires-spitfire-audio

That's actually quite a decent bundle of plugins. Some heavy hitters in there 

4 minutes ago, audioschmaudio said:

Awkward. I also have V Collection X and Pigments and my upgrade price is €199.

Same.. they make good sounding stuff, but their loyalty discounts are always a random mess and defy any resemblance of logic.

10 hours ago, projectm said:

Not a bad deal. Old but still very good, and I have never found anything like their Focus Equalizer. 

My only concern with these is that they will do the same as FET compressor and deprecate them so they're no longer supported pretty soon and offer a poor upgrade price.