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What do you prefer about Bitwig?

That is a great price for that collection.

The recent thread regarding "who uses Cakewalk" was interesting to me, as I've been in the market for awhile for a secondary DAW. I started with (cough) Sonar For Life (/cough), and still feel a little jaded about that. I went with Cubase when SPLAT went under, and am very pleased with it. I'm not a DAW collector (I'm a synth collector) (well, and string library collector). I would, however, like to get a secondary DAW. To me, Cakewalk/Bandlab and Studio One (two other popular choices) are very similar to what I have already in Cubase - I've been looking at something radically different. I'm not really interested in Ableton, which leaves FL Studio. I do have a version of Studio One Producer, so I could upgrade for around $100 to the latest, but I actually really like how "different" FL Studio is. The current deal is the full version for $399 - I've had it in my cart for a few days, and Imagine Line sent me an addition %10 off coupon to entice me to buy. In cart, it is $359 for the FL Studio All Plugins edition. Is this my best deal for this?

In 21 more years, I'll have the complete Berlin Inspire I....

I see what you did there....

I value @Matthew Sorrels input as well. I actually really like the Cinematic Studio series, but I'm a hack...

Wait, you actually make songs? I must be in the wrong forum....

No, please do post, they may be useful to someone. Your posts remind me each day to get them.

I'm at Horizon now, Mercury is the only place to go for me.

Yeah, my upgrade to Mercury with all the coupons is $422. That is as low as I've seen it for me.

Wonder if it would work with separate orders.

Looks like the 10 off is only good for one plugin. Multiple plugins don't work.

Is ILok required for that?

Love the Dronar stuff...

About as useful as APD cash...

I feel lucky....

That's two freebies for me this year!

@cclarry said it best - we're not a forum, we're a family. I'll always have a fondness for this forum and Sonar users. Early in 2017, I ended up having some spare time due to my service ending. I was driving my wife nuts, and she suggested I find an additional hobby (I have several). I grew up playing piano, and I work in the IT field. As a music fanatic, I thought I would look into buying a synth and doing some home recording. I can't express how little I knew about anything (and how much of an obsession it has become for me). I literally bought a "Home Recording For Dummies" book. I started reading some forums, but I just found myself so confused about the basics. I started researching DAWs, and had settled on either Studio One or Reaper. I posted a few questions in both forums - the Studio One forum was just dead, and the guys in the Reaper forum were just simply jerks. Same for KVR. I don't recall how I found out about Sonar, but I do remember being interested in the "Sonar For Life" offer. I tentatively asked a few questions in the Sonar forum, and I couldn't believe the amount of friendly forum members who pitched in to patiently answer my questions. Members (like @abacab and @scook and countless others) were so generous of their time and knowledge, and just went out of their way to educate someone who knew nothing. That sealed the deal for me - I bought "Sonar For Life" - three months before it went under. Much like everyone else, I was close to devastated when that happened. I ended up with Cubase (which I use to this day), but this forum is always my first stop of the day. The jovial nature of this forum is unique, and the fact that everyone is interested in simply helping each other (instead of tearing each other down) is refreshing. The world needs a little more kindness, and all of you contribute to that on this forum. Thank you.

Yup. Grabbed the woodwinds!

Same thing here. BS!

Outside of Larry's tireless work, the good fellowship and amazing camaraderie of like minded plug in buyers, and the amazing wealth of knowledge and experience here........I always love seeing Abacab posting, as it reminds me of that amazing song.... (Neither full Kontakt or ILok required)

I did as well.

Buy it and I'll buy the Groove 3 sub from you.

8 Dio sales = the Waves of orchestral sampling.

I'm actually a bit disappointed in IK on this rollout. From the installation issues to the purchasing issues, it is certainly not a customer friendly experience. I wanted to purchase it (I have some completist tendencies [right @Matthew Sorrels?]) but IK has not made it easy - now support has told me I can't use Jam points to do so.