Kirean

The iLok transfer fee makes selling/buying certain things an absolute no-go.

Safer than going to Sodoma.

So I've got Tundra and Solstice. Been thinking about Neo or Colossus. Any hot takes on those two when working with the first two I mentioned?

Anything less than a W is weak sauce. That's why there's still Wasabröd and not 'Vasabröd'. What's next? The Wasa ship sank that the modern people could rename it Vasa? What a waste. Fy fan!

Here's a direct link to the promo without all the web tracking stuff: https://www.waves.com/account/free-kramer-hls-channel-bedroomproducersblog Not up yet though.

VST10OFF gives another 10% discount https://vstbuzz.com/deals/60-off-adc1-compressor-limiter-by-kiive-audio/

The $20 best of voucher (BEST-20-OFF) from yesterday works which brings the price down to $29 https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/ampknob-bdh-bundle.html

Requires the full retail version of Kontakt 6.4.2 and above. I think the lowest I've seen this is 14 bucks. https://audioplugin.deals/product/viola-drama-textures-by-inlet-audio/

I think it was $29.99 some weeks ago. Or ~$17.5 (or something) if you bundled it up with four other plugins.

If one could combine vouchers, now'd be the time to use those NI ones. Still have all five of mine. But nope. Removed that feature making them useless. Just like this uh, sale.

Yeah. This is essentially not a deal since most of those plugins have been available for $29.99 or below. Now, even with the voucher, most plugins are more expensive than that. Basically, whole thing makes no sense whatsoever.

https://audija.com/plugins Until May 1st I think.

Doesn't work.

Like I said. Neither do I.

Cool. But yeah. I'll skip posting their deals from now on just to be safe.

My understanding was that you needed to ask for crossgrades via customer support. Just so that I wasn't and am not tripping on Ikea's meatballs, I checked via friend who has never bought or used 8dio/SP stuff but is signed up for their newsletter. He too, like me, got an email from 8dio four days ago for a 50% off deal for Soundpaint version of Century Solo Flugel Horn. Voucher and all. He also received similar emails for Rhytmic Auras 1, Adastra Chamber/Solo Strings and apparently some others. So check your spam folder I guess if you're not receiving any emails?

Well, I do avoid sharing actually questionable/clearly personal deals. Since the sale was from 4 months ago, the email has been purged long time ago. Thus, since I can't verify, I'll remove it. (Yet. I still didn't own anything on 8dio related to the particular sale and still got the email for the Soundpaint deal.) If they send a deal to everyone on their mailing list, no matter on past purchases, I do feel like it's not exactly a secret. And Soundpaint comes up with a new 50% off deal every week (or feels like it).

I don't think they were crossgrade coupons since I never owned either of those items when I got an email about them being on sale. Edit: Just edited the codes out just in case. But Soundpaint has sent emails about various products which have utilized discount codes for them (even when those items were not owned on 8dio), so they definitely do do sales. There's even a new one from last week. I don't think I've ever paid a full price for Soundpaint instruments and haven't bought duplicates w/ Kontakt. On that note, there's even a code out there in the wild that makes the Fire Bundle cheaper than these codes ever did.

I think my first order was in ~2005-ish (imported some Japanese games) and I've personally never had a problem with them. I find them more trustworthy than some random key reseller site (which in turn might sell Windows cheaper). But I have not bought anything from them in two years though, so mileage may vary. Naturally, it's good to do your due diligence.

https://www.play-asia.com/windows-10--pro-retail/13/70akf1

NIHardwareService NIHostIntegrationAgent

Kinda hoping there would be a quick reference/thread/wiki-page with a list of all the unnecessary services.

The last sentence is pretty vague since it could mean "until they run out of keys".

https://8dio.com/products/shadow-symphony-bundle Includes: Symphonic Shadows Kontakt VST / AU / AAX 7,141 Samples / 4.53GB 3 Advanced Mic Positions (Mixed, Spot 1 & Spot 2) 3 Separate Sections (Strings, Brass & Woodwinds) Custom Browser w/ Built-In Articulation Matrix Custom User-Interface w/ Built-In FX and Sequencers Custom Convolution, Microphones, EQ and Chaos FX 63 Presets, including DFD and Time Machine Patches Delivered by Download Kontakt 5.8.1 Full Retail (or later) Required Synthetic Shadows Kontakt VST / AU / AAX 7,635 Samples / 7.57GB 13 Hybrid FX categories & 4 Synth Master Drumkits 100's of Analog Synths & Hybrid Instruments Built Into Our Famous Hybrid Tools User-Interface Downers, Risers, Boomers, & Pulses Droppers, Strikers, & Growls 20 Scoring Presets Out Of The Box Instant REVERSE, RANDOM, STACK, & CHAOS Delivered by Download Kontakt 5.8.1 Full Retail (or later) Required

I know I'm stepping on some big toes but... Installed. Phew. Didn't think I'd survive that.