Yeah I agree, although a bit pricey at the outset, the free updates are usually quite significant. Add to that the cumulative price of all the cheaper synths that hardly ever get used [that I'm guessing we all have] and it soon starts to look like good value, maybe even a bargain and I've barely even scratched the surface.
Comparisons to Kontakt and Sampletank aren't really relevant IMO. Apples v Oranges.
I always figured that they took one or more of your teeth each time as the people who seem to experience alien abduction the most always seem to have considerably fewer teeth than those who don't.
I think it is a bug of some description because it didn't used to happen. That said, I'm a version or two behind current on my DAW pc so maybe it has been fixed already.
Just clicking back on the clip after opening Melodyne seems to do the trick for me.
I think for v6 they need to do something to make the UI better. I don't really like the v5 black and white treatment. Maybe it was just a cunning plan to ensure people will upgrade again to 6 just to get rid of the gloomy UI.
In the case of Sampletank 4, I'd say a legible UI. The contrast is dreadful IMO and I wouldn't buy it because of that alone. That and the fact that IKM seem to have taken the stance that it's your problem not theirs that you have trouble with it.
When they pulled that "you have to upgrade now or else" crap that was the end of the road for me as far as ever buying any more of their products goes.
Pretty sure that they made a 64 bit version.
Shame that they dumped it - just changing the UI to something easier on the eye would have given it a new lease of life IMO. I would have paid for it as an upgrade even if that was all they did.