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2 hours ago, paulo said:

I haven't watched the video, but going by the comments here the thing that struck me is that if you're not reading then don't wear the glasses.

 

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I thought the entire look - including the glasses, jacket, shirt etc.... was perfect. 

9 hours ago, Reid Rosefelt said:

I am very depressed that it seems like it's read.  Not one word of it is read.  It's completely just me talking. I did it four times and each time it was different, because I thought of different things that I wanted to talk about.  These are stories about my life.  One of the things that makes this go fast is I don't have to write a script, just decide what the story is.

personally it didn't sound like you read it at all to me - sounded totally natural and that's one of the things that was good about it.

I only mentioned 'read' as it looked like you were staring (downwards) at a computer screen that we can see reflected in your glasses.

1 hour ago, James Foxall said:

I really enjoyed listening, thank you!

Because I'd love to see this take off for you, I'd suggest balancing the audio (it is mostly coming from the right channel), keep your glasses clean, and look directly at the camera.

Your stories are captivating - keep it up! ?

agreed on all these   also If you're reading from the computer then move it so it's at camera level......plus watch the lighting reflected in your glasses

 and they are points are nitpicking cos that was great. I think you're onto a winning idea there.  ??

13 minutes ago, Zo said:

Licence transfert without ilencers

https://www.steinberg.net/licensing/faq/

At this point Dorico 4 is the only thing using the new licence thing - but Cubase 12 will use it as well

You can licence 3 computers at the same time and if you need to 'deactivate' a computer then the licence will become available to install on another machine.

If you are talking about selling licences (?) well steinberg haven't worked out a system for this but they have promised a solution - they are making it up as they go along.

If you have ANY other steinberg software then you are going to need to keep using the dongle for quite a while yet.

What are you "holding off" buying ? 

2 hours ago, Zo said:

Larry tell me if you see any infos on the portico and their portability to new system ... holding a purchase on those cause of that   

Thks

hi Zo

can you explain what you mean ?  are you asking on how the 'new licensing' manager will allow you to move between computers ?

6 minutes ago, locrian said:

Oops, I think you mispoke there. ?

Sadly this^ is the strategy I now use to greet new Cubase releases.

Then again, maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised this time given that SB had more time to work on it.

I hope so...but I think a lot of that development time will have been on the new licensing and M1 support - neither of which I really care about and certainly don't want to pay for.  This time they'll get HiDPI fixed...like the other 3 times they 'fixed it'  

We'll get some new plugins (that we don't need) - some new sample packs (which we don't want).

It really does feel like Steinberg have lost their way in the last few years.  Treading water.

I don't know if anybody remembered the two 'user request' surveys that they did a 2 or 3 years ago.  Some great feature improvements were suggested on them - more or less none have made it to the product.  

47 minutes ago, InstrEd said:

What new stuff do they have to tempt us ?

bug fixes

new licencing that doesn't need the dongle

M1 support on the mac but NOT for VST2

(and this is a PAID update ?)

I suspect we'll see the remote MIDI API thing that was supposed to be in v11 but didn't make it.

be prepared to be underwhelmed ...and I say that as a Steinberg Fan !

£89 in the UK

we've got ezbass and modo bass 

at £89 I'll pass - I'll sweep it up in then next Komplete upgrade

I do like the session guitarist stuff though.....looks like it borrows elements from that.

On 2/15/2022 at 12:21 AM, Magic Russ said:

Added new amps: Bass Invader and Bass Pro

Ok, I'm surprised they didn't have the Bass Pro already.  However, this looks like they are gearing up to release some bass libraries.

and as if by magic...(magic russ?)

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/guitar/session-bassist-prime-bass/

(edit - Larry beat me to  it.....oh well at least there are some things in life we can rely on)

14 minutes ago, locrian said:

If true, I wonder if it was the intense competition among music software companies that drove them out of business.

I'm definitely not a business guy, but have to wonder if this situation bodes ill for the remaining companies.  How much cheaper can they sell their plugins and still stay solvent?

They were based in the UK and gave good customer service.  That's not cheap.  Lots of people like to buy direct too.

It all part of the "race to the bottom" on prices I guess.    I love a bargain as much as the next guy/gal but I also think we need to look at the bigger picture when we buy.  Developers/resellers deserve to get paid just like everyone else.

I thought it might be today - end of the sale and all that...

it's in the gate, waiting to go so I suspect it will be next wednesday. 

good luck and warmest regards to all the staff - hopefully everyone will manage to get alternative employment 

WE KNOW !

it's here:

the never said what time on Tuesday ?

they used to do random change logs:

https://www.xlnaudio.com/support

but nothing in the last year

VST3 ?

2 hours ago, Zo said:

The elicenser stuff will be handle via comp from then , this is what a rep told me , so basically , it will be like transfering elicencer stuff to comp and the do what you want ....

....but that would require updates to the various plugins etc to read the licences from the new licensing software rather than the dongle.  They have explicitly ruled this out for the existing cubase/nuendo/wavelab (v11 and below) range and other 'legacy' apps/plugins so I can't see them updating things like The Grand - I'd be happy to be wrong of course.  Most of those apps haven't been updated in ages.

At this point the only things that have been released with the new licencing scheme are Dorico 4 and Halion Sonic SE.

There are some posts on the steinberg forums detailing some of this and as I say, things may change/develop.  Personally I think that SB will be forced to keep those elicencer servers running for much much longer than they are admitting.

Steinberg's argument is that the legacy stuff will continue to run fine with the dongle, even when the elicenser servers are switched off.......as long as the dongle keeps working and as long as you don't want to transfer or sell.

...just another quick thought on this:

Steinberg have publicly announced "The End" of the elicenser.   They have suggested that the elicenser servers will be switched off in the next couple of years.  

This means that you elicenser will still work but you won't be able to sell or transfer your licenses after that.  Also if your elicenser breaks...tough...you lose those licences.

They haven't been at all clear about what software will be updated to work with the new licensing scheme but they have said that 'legacy' (whatever that means) software WILL NOT be updated to use it...this includes ALL previous cubase/nuendo versions.

I've a LOT of Steinberg licences and I'm willing to bet that most will not make it to the new licensing system, hope I'm wrong but I suspect not.    And Steinberg 'may' have a change of heart.

I'm not trying to scare monger  but it's worth bearing this in mind if you buy anything by Steinberg it's worth factoring this in.  Two years isn't as long as you think ......

(see also my rants about dropping VST2 support  ) 

note - it's a plugin that's approximately even older than me (!) and (IMO) not worth anything like $89.99

FWIW there was an XO and RC-20 update too

as usual - no change logs on the XLN website...

199 euros in the UK - and I'm with Reid on this

oddly it says "$199/199€ after February 21st, 2022" under the 199 euro pricing  ?  so the same price after the intro ...wonder if that's a misprint ?

I'm struggling to find a list of what's been added since VV3  - anybody found a list ?

EDIT

it's the ones that say "new" (doh!)

Bit  Zone

Emulation II+

Hybrid 6000

Prime 8+ (808)

Program 24

PX Memories

PX SunBox

Super-7

EDIT 2

to put some perspective on it - I paid 299 euro for VV3 so I'm not convinced 199 euro upgrade is good value - even worse value when it goes up to 299 euro

Helix, the gift that keeps giving 

(edit)

download = 38MB - how do they fit all that into 38MB ?!?!?

9 minutes ago, LAGinz said:

I know I’m in the minority here, but I find most of the EZKeys MIDI (not all, but including the new Folk set) to have the inspirational quality of elevator music.

If you judge them by the demos I know what you mean

It's when you start to use them with your own chord progressions and then start hacking them up that they take a life of their own.  They can take your own compositions into new territory.

I know they aren't for everyone but you can get amazing results really quickly especially for us ham-fisted piano player types.

PS

Dear Toontrack

can we please update EZKeys to the EZBass GUI ...please, please, please