Music Software Deals

Figured out the issue, thanks for reporting - fixed now

Hmm, double checking that now so, sorry!

We've just added much requested feedback for being able to exclude specific manufacturers, categories and stores from your search results. If you click on the "More Options" link below your search results, you'll see the new functionality there (see screenshot) So now you can get really focused results by including/excluding: - Bundles - Upgrades - Educational versions - Presets/expansion packs - Sample packs - Specific stores - Specific manufacturers - Specific categories (like instruments, FX, compressors, reverbs etc.) Once you've setup your filters, you'll see the URL will update with the new filtering results - just save that URL and whenever you come back to it again it will still have the same filters.

@PhonoBrainer we've made that change now thanks

Current and previous prices for it:

Great idea thanks, will implement that

There are no current deals for Reason, but if you tick the "Show Expired Deals" button it will show you Reason: https://musicsoftwaredeals.com/?jsf=jet-engine:main&_s=reason&meta=active_prices_count!check-range:0_100

Today we added further filtering options to make your search results and the products you see listed more accurate. These new options are in the "More Options" dropdown and as you can see from the attached screenshot allow you to show/hide the following product types from search results: - Upgrade/crossgrade versions - Educational versions - Presets/expansion packs - Bundles - Sample packs By default these will all be unticked so products that are in these categories are hidden from search results. This should help declutter search results and help you see exactly what you want to see.

Ah perfect thanks we'll update that

Sorry can you explain a little more what you mean by this in particular? I don't really understand sorry

We've also just added a couple more quick search options. Now there are the following quick searches: Free Under $5 Under $10 Latest deals (all active deals sorted from newest to oldest) Over 70% off Kontakt Player deals Reverb plugin deals Synth plugin deals We've accurately categorised a large majority of the 16k products in the database now so you should see this reflected in the search results

Hi good point actually. Maybe we should just write the date in word format just to make it clearer?

Yep!

Looking forward to picking up the Cory Wong Neural DSP amp. Last year it was 50% off I believe

Thanks. Have lots of cool features coming soon hopefully. Just need to make a few updates to how we process the data first to make it easier to sort and filter, as well as make everything more accurate going forward then we can continue with new features again.

Some more quick updates: - Moved the "manufacturer" and "store" dropdowns around so the manufacturer dropdown is in the main section you see. Some users said they wanted to sort by manufacturer more than just select stores - Added a slider for discount % so you can only show products on discount between X and X price - We've improved how we show products that were on sale previously. Now when it shows as product is not on sale, it will show the normal price, "Not on Sale" and "Last sale price" (see screenshot) - Added notice about affiliate links to the website More updates coming again soon!

What some people may not see with Pianobook is how it benefits Spitfire commercially in the long run. Previously companies would start as small developers on their own websites, growing from there then turning into a potential competitor in the long run. Now most new developers are starting on Pianobook and when they reach escape velocity, Spitfire is bringing them into their own ecosystem to make a "Spitfire"/Pianobook branded product (which of course is great for the developer I'm sure). However, this effectively cuts off the majority of new entrants to the sample library market as once they get to the point where they could start to grow further, Spitfire takes them onboard to monetize them under the Spitfire brand. Not saying its wrong or that it doesn't benefit the developers, its just an interesting point that some people seem to not see. Of course you can't expect a large company to just fund a huge platform with large hosting costs without getting something in return, but Pianobook has many long term benefits for Spitfire aren't immediately apparent.

Anyhoo, moving on! We've made two small changes: 1. Previously the manufacturer page (eg. Project SAM) would not show any listing if there was no deals. We've updated it now so that you can toggle "Show Expired Deals" or "Don't Show Expired Deals" making it easier to just visit a particular manufacturer page and see only their deals 2. We've added all of the brands that we have data on to the "Manufacturers" dropdown menu. It previously only showed the companies that were on sale (300+) but now shows all companies (600+) More updates shortly!

Done!

OK thanks, I won't post any links to MSD so. I guess someone doesn't like me creating the platform if they went and reported me!

Thanks. So for example these posts would all be breaching the forum rules?

OK sorry I'm still a little confused. "Companies should be placing Links to their websites in the text portion of posts. " So no company should be posting a link to their own website here (other than in their signature) and anyone can post a link to another website if they don't own it because it links to a deal. Is that right?

Thank you for unbanning. I won't post any links from now on so...can you clarify though: 1. Can other people link to my website? 2. Can I link to other people's websites? 3. Can nobody link to their own website?

Quick update: (Re) Added the "Show Expired Deals" selection box so you can only show products on sale or show all products Added sorting by "Discount" - highest to lowest / lowest to highest Added sorting for "Newest deals to oldest deals" and "Oldest Deals to Newest Deals" Added "Random" sorting which is the default Improved mobile responsiveness Click product image tile will bring you to the price history page More updates coming soon thanks

Yep it was overwritten by accident with the new price design - we'll re-add it back