TheSteven

The following is a little more spendy but more to my taste... Case Bundle - Retail $498 - sale price $98 These aren't on sale but the demo's and walk throughs are phenomenal... Studio Series Fire Saxophone $48.00 USD https://8dio.com/instrument/studio-fire-sax Studio Series Fire Trumpet $48.00 USD https://8dio.com/instrument/studio-series-fire-trumpet Studio Series Fire Trombone $48.00 USD https://8dio.com/instrument/studio-fire-trombone $142 with the $100 discount

Maybe it was a mistake not to upgrade to Komplete 13 Ultimate Collector's Edition during the sales this year... or maybe next year it'll be $99.99 Unfortunately my crystal ball has been out of order since Hillary Clinton dropped it in 2016.

yeah... It's almost never a good sign when a company is taken over by another whose focus and/or background is different. Especially when an artistically focused company is taken over by an investment firm (i.e. main interest is what $$ they can wring out of it). We all know that the best way to design cutting edge products is to design by committee.

NI is a global company as is Francisco Partners as such I don't expect company or product names** to change unless assets aren't transferred in the deal as was in the case of Cakewalk with transition from Gibson to Bandlab - but time will tell. **unless FP's corporate ego demands a rebranding. Still when EMH Partners took over a majority share of NI I don't recall major changes but maybe I just wasn't paying attention. Edit: from https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/music-technology-company-native-instruments-acquired-by-investment-firm-francisco-partners/ "In 2017, EMH invested €50 million in Native Instruments, followed by a further investment in 2020 to achieve majority ownership in the company" From same article "Investment firm EMH Partners has sold its majority stake in Berlin-based music technology company Native Instruments to tech-focused investment firm, Francisco Partners." Doubt if NI had any say in this. Maybe this is another fallout of Covid economics, maybe EMH needed more capital...

Unify Update Version 1.3.2 (released 22 January 2020) Unify Change Log This update is recommended for all Unify users. It includes a number of new features, some of which are not yet documented in the online manual. Keep checking; the manual will be updated ASAP. High-level changes Improved compatibility with older/buggy 64-bit Windows plug-ins - Many classic 64-bit Windows plug-ins (including Daichi Synth1 and most Rob Papen VSTs) have a programming error which causes crashing on modern 64-bit Windows systems. - Like most Windows DAWs, Unify Windows has now been built with a workaround to disable the security feature (Address-Space Layout Randomization) which triggers this behavior. Instrument plug-in re-use - When loading a new patch, Unify can now re-use instances of certain plug-ins instead of throwing them away. - This can make patch loading much quicker in e.g. Unified libraries, where every patch uses the same plug-in. - Initially, the only plug-ins that will be re-used are Plasmonic (Rhizomatic), Massive (Native Instruments), and all Spectrasonics instruments. - A rule-based system governs which plug-ins will be re-used. Details will be included in the online manual. Master Effects layer bypass - Entire Master Effects layer can by bypassed as a whole. - This is particularly useful to avoid unwanted build-up of processing in embedded Unify instances. - See below under "Master Effects bypass" for more details. Batch processing for patch files - New "ops button" at top of patch browser provides a menu of operations on the current patch list. - Batch operations are now available in Unify plug-ins, but not in embedded Unify instances. - So far, only one option is available: Update multiple patches, which simply loads and re-saves all patches one after the other. This is particularly helpful when working with libraries for Native Instruments Kontakt. - See January 16 livestream on YouTube for a demonstration. New Transport trigger modes New MIDI / Latch mode allows starting and stopping the Transport with a MIDI key (range). MIDI / n Bars modes let the playhead run for 1, 2, or 4 bars after releasing MIDI keys, as another way to deal with plug-ins that cut sound off instantly when the host playhead stops. Significant GUI and functional changes Layer-stack view - Adjusting layer note range no longer resets velocity-based fades. - Layer latch - - Enabling latch suppresses MIDI sustain. - - Latch mode/state is copied in layer copy/paste operations. Improved "Dup Layer" functions - When duplicating layers, MIDI channel will only be increased if the layer being duplicated is set to a specific MIDI channel (not ALL). - Layer MIDI-conv channel numbers will simply be copied from the layer being duplicated. - These changes make adding new layers to an existing layer-set easier, and make the overall logic simpler to state (as above) and understand. Master Effects layer bypass - New Bypass ("B") button at left bypasses entire row of effects. - Bypass is activated by default for embedded Unify instances. - See "Master Effects" bypass below. Master Effects layer bypass - Principles "Lock Master Effects" checkbox in Save dialog now only affects top-level Master Effects, when a patch is subsequently loaded into a new Unify layer. - Note old patches, which were not saved with the "Lock Master Effects" flag, are treated as though this flag is present and FALSE, i.e., they will load into new Unify layers with Master Effects bypassed. - Otherwise, Unify should remember whether individual Master Effect layers in embedded Unify instances were bypassed or not (change and re-save if required). Patch Save dialog change - "Save BPM Data" checkbox at bottom left of Save dialog has been replaced with new "Lock Master Effects" checkbox. Patch file format change - Patches are now always saved with BPM data, but note that old patches may not include it. - Patches remember whether or not Master Effects layers are muted (including in embedded Unify instances). - New "Lock Master Effects" tag will be included in all newly-saved patches. - - Old patches will not have this flag; if loaded in embedded Unify, their Master Effects will be bypassed. - - To change this, re-save the patch and check the new "Lock Master Effect" checkbox on the Save dialog. Linked parameters - VST parameter-names are now retrieved in an alternative way, with the result that certain older VSTs (esp. Absynth 5) will now display the full parameter name, rather than a truncated version. - Macros and linked parameters - - New INITIALIZE item added to ops-menu for each knob (resets knob name, deletes all linked parameters). - - When adding a new linked parameter, if it's a "mixLevel", set final endpoint, not initial one. - Suppressing redundant plug-in parameters in linked-parameter pop-up menus - - New checkbox in Settings: Don't list VST3 "MIDI CCs" (ON by default) will suppress the "MIDI CC" pseudo-parameters which appear at the end of the parameter lists for many VST3 plug-ins. - - Spectrasonics plug-ins, e.g. Omnisphere, Keyscape, etc., normally present hundreds of as-yet-unassigned "placeholder" parameters with numbers instead of names. These are suppressed automatically. Settings - New checkbox for clearing linked parameters on INIT. (Default is checked, un-check if you are developing a new library and want to keep a standard set of links in place.) - New checkbox "On patch load, always set follow-host" added. MIDI Bank files format changes - Comments added at the end of a line now require two spaces before the # sign. - Comment-only lines can still start with the # sign, preceded by any number of spaces. Changes to built-in plug-ins Guru SamplerGuru - Sampler now remembers state of MIDI CC#1 (mod wheel) when saving patches. - - Patch will re-load as though the mod wheel were already at the saved position. - - Does not affect actual mod-wheel state; only where Guru Sampler thinks it is. - Guru Sampler can read Zampler SFZ file format - - Guru Sampler now accepts SFZ files with all tags on <region> lines. - - It also attempts to read sample loop-endpoints encoded in WAV-file metadata. - - Loop tags in SFZ file override any read from WAV files. - - To force reading of loop-endpoints from WAV files, do not include loop_mode or loop_start tags. Instead, use only loop_end=0, OR trigger=attack. - - (The trigger=attack tag has no meaning for Guru Sampler, but is found in all the Zampler Bundle SFZs, so we co-opted it; Zampler samples which should loop will do so automatically.) MIDIBox - MIDIBox has new "lead/lag" slider to offset sequence event-times. - This is particularly useful for bowed-string instrument samples, which tend to lag the beat and thus play out-of-sync with synth sounds. Push the new slider to the left to make MIDIBox lead the beat to compensate. - Notes at start of sequence may be shortened so they still play, unless the lead time is so great as to skip past them entirely. Stereo Gain - New, very simple 2-channel gain plug-in, mainly for use in ComboBox. - Left/Right gain adjustable from -48 dB to +12 dB. - Zero latency. Audio File Player - Audio File Player has a new drop-down menu to choose between the default "Sync to Transport" mode, and a new "MIDI Start/Stop" mode which ignores the Transport/playhead and simply plays while any note(s) are held down. - MIDI Start/Stop is the default; Sync to Transport must be selected explicitly. MIDI Monitor - Reported event times now begin at exactly 0 milliseconds after each reset. - Hitting "Clear" button resets event time to 0, and it doesn't start increasing till 1st MIDI event. FlexEQ - All four Gain parameters in the built-in FlexEQ effect now have smoothing applied.

Opus Edition upgrade price sticker shock...

When you by it at UJAM https://www.ujam.com/deep/ you get BASSROOM, a plugin from MasteringTheMix https://www.masteringthemix.com/products/bassroom https://www.masteringthemix.com/products/bassroom-by-mastering-the-mix

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Did price go up? seeing it at $24.99

This software has saved my rear more than once. Can't recommend backing up your system strongly enough.

36 by my count he said, as if 4 more made any friggin difference maybe 35 if they didn't put one behind the logo plate at the top left. Bet that baby can move some air - and probably some walls too!

When I pulled the trigger on 8/5/2020 I received an NI license code...?

Looks like a Mini-Me to me. Don't know if I need one. Maybe it worked out OK for Dr. Evil but I don't got his mojo ?

OMG we've got a rogue Larry clone! THIS IS HOW HE DOES IT! Multiple Larrys (or would it be Larries?) scouring the web for better deals!

Bull. If you're having performance issues it isn't due to iLok but to other factors. For example I have problems with a number of IKM's VSTs because of their CPU killing performance issues and they don't use iLok. If you need to setup a new machine, reinstall your OS, or if an OS update changes your computer ID and you've got a lot a of plugins iLok can be a blessing. I recently upgraded my SSD and had to go through dozens of plugin reauthorizations, but not my iLoks.

Way back when - I use to be a fanboy but their upgrade policy of making you pay nearly full price for really minor updates soured me. Maybe they've changed but at this point don't care.

go under Preferences > Driver Settings (under Audio) and increase your Buffer Size

Too bad you can't stack Wave's coupons. The bundle coupon + the $10 coupon would be tempt me, but either alone is a ponder...

Dude (shakes head) - that's why you've got to buy 2 of them!

If we're not interested... can we re-lock it?

Or just download the installers from here: https://www.applied-acoustics.com/portal/products/ This link should be added to OP.

Oh boy another Fecesbook poop, I mean Facebook group! When I saw the announcement I was hoping for a decent platform.

ooh, shiny!

Hi Simeon - let us know how it goes. I might be interested in this depending on your experience with it. Thanks

Bah! Humbug! Are there no poor houses for deal forum members! Be gone! <what? really? I overslept? Rats, must have mixed up my meds again...> <ahem> Sorry - wrong holiday! Happy New Year!! <what do you mean I already missed it? Hell with it, I'm outta here.>