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Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann

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  1. Getting the plugins (or a doc with URL and coupon code) from filesilo has always been sort of  an "honor" system. The video may be a little bit of a blunder but in general, finding a "free" download of the magazine is pretty easy and they wouldn't be able to tell if you paid or not for it. Alternatively, it could be easy finding a magazine stand that carries the mag (e.g., at Micro Center in the US), discreetly browsing the mag to find the missing word and then registering at filesilo from your cell phone.

    Sure, it's easy but I wouldn't advocate any these methods. Personally I subscribe via magzter.com. A magzter gold subscription is $50/year when on sale and includes Computer Music, Future Music and others, including several years of back issues. It's more convenient and I don't feel bad about getting the goodies from unpaid sources.

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  2. The cart code that handles coupon checks has a bug - if you add extra items to your cart to meet the min requirements, apply the coupon and then remove the extra items, the coupon will still be applied.

    Klevgrand daw cassette (cassette tape emulation) $19.99 with coupon

    (I occasionally have nostalgic feelings for the coloration of my old Sony and Basf CrO2 & FeCr cassettes...)

  3. 10 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

    It isn't worth an extra $35-50 that the customer has to pay.

    Depending on what you have/use and how often you move to different hardware, the convenience of not de-authorizing/re-authorizing plugins and apps when moving to new machines may be worth that money

    14 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

    giving up the USB port

    ilok cloud may help there

     

    All that said, no authorization/licensing (e.g., Hornet plugins) is certainly friendlier, and I do pay for Hornet plugins and not try to "find free copies". At least from me they're gaining goodwill by being friendly and not "losing" anything.

  4. You need to get it from filesilo.co.uk. You first want to make an account and then register the issue. It will ask you for something like

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    Please answer the question below to verify your purchase of the magazine

    What is the word missing at the top of p22? **** of the


     

    After the verification you'll get access to the month's plugin, tutorial files, videos, and the effects and instrument collections (a selection of past plugins of the month)

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  5. My experience has been that references to "paid product" for IK upgrades meant that it's not one of the (always) free versions. If you get a full version (normally not free) as part of a promo (which could make it free) you're still eligible for upgrades

    In particular, I did get a full version of SampleTank as a promotional item when I purchased an iRigs pad, and it is eligible for upgrades

  6. Thank you. I did see those but they are subscription renewals. What I would like to buy is upgrade&support renewals for a "perpetual" license. Sice I got Pro Tools I've been renewing at <$100/year but this year Avid multiplied their prices and made them almost the same price as subscription renewals in order to discourage perpetual licenses. My guess is that they may lose a bit of recurring income from those of us who were renewing and now may stay at current version instead.

  7. I took the plunge with the crossgrade. I got a notice saying it will take them 2 days to verify the receipt I sent. I hope they will honor the price at the time of sending the cart to verification. If not, I'll save $125...

    Actually, I've been watching recently the UVI Falcon training at ask.audio and Halion seems quite similar to UVI Falcon in terms of capabilities (makes sense that Falcon is one of the crossgrade options)

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    Are the AAS Packs worth $9?

    From a musical point of view, I'd say yes. From a dealhunter point of view, considering that there are cheaper purchases at pluginboutique then it's no (although don't forget the virtual cash and tokens, instead of a discount pluginboutique gives rebates that can only be spent at their site so that we keep coming back for more...)

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