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More than PhasePlant?

When I read the Ts & Cs last (which was a while ago), you have to use it all in one go.

Probably to remove the 32-bit versions. My guess is that they remove them so that you don't get into a situation where the plugin can behave differently under different hosts, e.g. the newer 64 bit version in one host, and the older and buggier 32 bit version in another host that can't support the 64 bit version.

Ironically, the worst way that you could have 'punished' them was to keep it - by selling it on (assuming you did), whoever you sold it to would probably continue to support them based on what you sold to them. I think the limited time upgrade thing wasn't cool, but I don't think they try to fleece people significantly more than any other company - they have 50% sales (or maybe its 40% - can't remember) on their drumkits usually at least once a year. They also have previously done 12-days-of-Christmas sales where they offer some stuff at good discounts - I managed to pick up EZKeys Classic Electrics for ~£20.

I do remember upgrades being a limited-time thing, but I think $300 might have been the full price (rather than upgrade); my upgrade was ~$170.

The only plugin I can do this with that doesn't grind my PC to a halt (though admittedly I haven't tried that many different plugins) is Overloud TapeDesk.

It's true that they're very CPU heavy, but I find that a single instance of Tape Machine 24 on the master bus adds a sprinkling of magic and doesn't grind my DAW to a halt.

Monthly vouchers expiring before the end of the month are usually a sign that there will be some sort of sale.

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If there are other libraries that you don't have, the best time for this offer would probably be (IIRC) near the end of the year when they have their best-prices-of-the-year sale, as you can benefit from both discounted product prices, and the fourth product free. That said, it'll most probably be outside of the best-intro-price period for this one.

I'm not that surprised by that - LogMeIn used to have a free remote-desktopping tool that they one day decided would be discontinued in favour of their paid-for version.

Me too. And like you, I've started using Affinity stuff. I originally learned CorelDRAW because they gave a free copy away with a printer

IIRC that was ReValver (1) SE. I think it's at version 4 now.

Maybe it's to ease potential support issues: if they only install 64 bit you could end up in a situation where you have e.g. v2.8 64-bit and v2.4 32-bit. People might then get confused as to why something works in one host (that's using 64-bit), but doesn't in another host (that uses the 32-bit). Another reason might be that the installer does an exact file-directory sync. All just guesses on my part though.

Depends if you're a first-time buyer. It's currently a 60% sale, meaning that you're paying 40% price. Use someone's referral code and you get 20% off 40%, meaning that you're only paying 32% of the original price. Paying 32% original price means that it's effectively a 68% discount. If you have any credit (e.g. new account signup credit), you can drive the price down even lower.

I've not followed their sales for that long, but I don't think I've seen a 60% sale before; 50% has been the max that I can remember.

@PavlovsCat As Larry mentioned, SD3's kits (and expansions) are huge so if you're looking to upgrade you might also need to factor in a new drive for the samples. (You can still use SD2 expansions in SD3 though)

The cat, or the HD? ?