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David - wouldn't it make more sense from a business point of view to give some idea as to what these features might be, rather than potentially provoking existing customers. While Deskew have repeatedly stated that they simply wish to be paid the correct amount for their software (with exceptions made for those in academia), PA customers will necessarily need to violate this rule to Deskew's advantage by paying more than the asking price by way of an 'admin fee'. Many of Soundiron's libraries can be upgraded to a larger edition (where applicable) by paying price difference. They ask for proof of purchase, and offer a discount before the sale that will reduce the price by the price already paid. They ask for no admin fee. I'm a customer of another sample library developer that offers loyalty discounts where, again, you email them upfront and they issue a discount code with no further charge. It might help if you could explain what the admin fee goes towards - is the process of issuing a coupon truly arduous such that it deserves the equivalent of $15 remuneration? Does it go towards paying another entity for data transfer? Alternatively, it has already been mentioned in this thread that perhaps Deskew wish to keep their customer base small; not staying with PA (and thus now NI) would achieve that. Perhaps this is simply a tactic to dissuade customers from staying.

Desk Bell has been free before, but this looks like an updated/improved version. The previous one was surprisingly versatile - the sounds in this are entirely Desk Bell (previous version):

Any good? How does it compare with the others? PA have dropped my voucher amount now, so it'll probably be a while until I pick this up.

I think Pulse codes just have to be unique - they just typically have a certain format. I bought some stuff from T+S a while ago that had an NI serial number. When T+S packed up, I wrote to a developer asking to download an update for their library. My NI serial got added and I could use it in Pulse to (re)download the library.

Is there anything in particular that you didn't like about them?

? Is that a spinner, SSD, or m2?

That one was a great deal - a la carte too.

I tend to ignore his videos now. They are good for showing the ins-and-outs of a plugin, and I might watch for that aspect. Though maybe it's also because I've recently realised I already have many plugins in many different categories already.

I've edited my post to reflect that they are good people according to others on here, and that I have no personal experience with them to agree or disagree with this statement. I noticed that too, and it seems to add evidence to the first quoted statement of this post. Agree. When Dear Reality (semi) parted ways with PA, they offered a free licence transfer (as someone here already mentioned). DR later released a reverb, and a distortion effect. In truth, I have 'need' for neither as I already have plenty of plugins in those categories. But they seemed cool, and I thought they sounded pretty good. So I bought a copy of them both. I also don't know what the admin fee is about. I bought several library from Time+Space. When they packed up, it meant I could no longer (re)download any of my purchases. But, every single company that I contacted (so far) with proof added me as a customer free of charge, regardless of whether I used a T+S voucher or not. That includes developers that very rarely/never go on sale, and developers that prioritise their own store much more over reseller purchases. I bought GP with a voucher from PA. I didn't particularly need it. I bought it because of a combination of hearing good things about it, having nothing else I wanted from PA at the time, and my PA voucher expiring soon. Had Deskew accepted the purchase, I probably would have paid for the next upgrade even though I hardly use it. But they chose not to. And as I don't really use it, I don't think I'll crossgrade or upgrade. And their sentiments seem to indicate that we'll both be ok that decision.

Do you have everything from Toontrack too? ?

So from what I've seen: Deskew don't discount. They want everyone to pay the same price for Gig Performer (with exceptions for education). Deskew receive a certain percentage of sales-income from PA when people buy Gig Performer (from PA). Deskew is a small company and want to be fully compensated for each sale. According to others on here, they are good people; I have no personal experience with them to agree or disagree with this statement. When people buy GP at a discount from PA (sales, vouchers, etc.), Deskew receive a certain percentage from the actual amount paid. This amount is less than full price, and thus conflicts with (3). Deskew want to detach from PA because of the conflict in (4), which has only now been realised. Gig Performer's been available for purchase for a long time from PA - at least a few years. I'm not sure I understand: did nobody at Deskew check their income stream/s to see that the income from PA was lower than expected?

Interesting. I've heard of and read about the Nyquist frequency, but this is the first time I've heard of Claude Shannon. I wonder why his name isn't part of the (Nyquist frequency) term. As for subjective posts, I seem to remember someone used to claim that the Cubase(?) engine sounded 30-40% better than the Sonar one, despite never sharing how that measurement was qualified.

To be honest, I expected that my account might disappear when Cakewalk did. I'm surprised (and happy) that Bandlab has kept it alive. I wasn't so lucky when Time+Space shut shop. (To be clear, I'm not blaming T+S for their misfortune and have no ill-will against them.)

'42', 'Becan': universal answers... So... 42 Becan?

Wait... Are you telling me that no soldier could actually carry out what happens in the DOOM series of games? This is worse than learning about the Easter bunny...

It didn't for me at first, but does now. Trying a different browser worked for me initially.

Love the sound traps. Truly egg-cellent.

Good for you! Be sure to take a look at these accessories too. I'm not sure what makes a stand £949, but I'm sure there's a good reason.

no, but it does come with chips...

Nice analogy. The (unrelated) lifetime deal that I once got confused over was for a circuit breaker. Back in the day where everything was corded, it was commonplace to need a power cord to plug lawnmowers into. I saw a power extension cord with built-in circuit breaker for sale once, sold as a lawnmower accessory; its description said it came with a lifetime guarantee. I'm still not overly sure to which party the lifetime refers to ?

Too pricy for me... (too Mac-y as well...)

Whenever I see MultiDynamics, I always think it's one of Melda's plugins ?

Didn't know that - I thought they only used it for the UI. Well, I learn something new every day - thanks.

But 3D games offload to the GPU. It's a bit apples vs. oranges as CPU instructions are different from GPU instructions, but here are the specs of NVidia's GeForce 40x series cards. (from https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/40-series/)

We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor... Oh wait, we're talking about a paler shade of orange aren't we? Sorry, wrong colour... ?