Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann

1 hour ago, PavlovsCat said:

Considering all of that, what do you guys think are the best choices? Is it still Vegas? 

I was a Vegas user for a long time, and used other similar editors from time to time. A friend who used to work in Pro Moviemaking & TV Commercials told me to forget about "Prosumer" level,  and switch to DaVinci Resolve. I first tried it on my PC which had a "decent" graphics card and I couldn't get it to work reliably. Then I got a new PC with a better graphics card. Resolve started working well and I haven't looked back.

The free version is generally more than enough for personal use. It has a pretty sizable amount of options and at first I did find the UI slightly less intuitive compared to Vegas, etc., but it was very easy finding tutorials on YouTube for pretty much everything I've wanted to do. In general it felt like the prosumer/consumer oriented products made things easier by putting the common operations at the forefront (at the expense of having to dig through more menus for less commonly used options). DaVinci Resolve feels "flatter" and in general I don't need to "dig" much, but there are so many options that it took me a little learning until I knew where to do the common tasks.

I understand being cautions about free products and the "you get what you pay for" principle, but DaVinci Resolve is one of the exceptions. Blackmagic Design makes its money elsewhere (if you look at their main webpage, the vast majority is not about DaVinci Resolve). You could argue that the model is not free but freemium, but set up so that the free part is really powerful.

My suggestion is: if you have a machine that meets or slightly exceeds the recommended requirements for DaVinci Resolve, then give it a serious try, otherwise look into Vegas, etc.

Yes, now it does, which clears the confusion (maybe they're reading this forum or a reader asked or notified them)

9 hours ago, Doug Rintoul said:

I can't find this link on the site. All the links I have found bring me to the more expensive option. I wonder of the link you found is an old link that should have been changed to the new link. I think I would be hesistent to use the cheaper link since there is no mention of v3 in the cart.

The link is not difficult to find, just go to https://www.tone2.com/icarus-update.html, search the page for "upgrade to icarus v3.x" and click it.

Is it an old link that should have been changed to the new link? Is it that they were thinking about a grace period and then it will change? I don't know. Sure, this kind of confusion causes hesitation, kills my impulse buy, and makes me take a harder look at the price

4 hours ago, Mark B said:

There seems to be 2 different upgrade links one seems cheaper than other

Maybe magazine subscribers get cheaper deal I'll check later as an subscribed to Computer Muisc

The magazine just says

Which is what I did, and then I found the links I posted above.

Yes, it is confusing that the link for "Upgrade to Icarus v3.x or v2.5" adds a product to the cart that does not mention v3, and there is a different link that adds a more expensive one that does mention v3 explicitly

I'm in the same boat as Kirean - "Do I even need to upgrade?". At these prices I don't think I do

15 hours ago, Kirean said:

Magazine is out. No serial provided for Icarus, only a direct download. Not sure if there's any upgrade path yet.

Upgrade link (66.35 US$ + tax) https://order.mycommerce.com/cart/add?vendorid=200028120&PRODUCT[300973239]=1

This link is from https://www.tone2.com/icarus-update.html and the text says "Upgrade to Icarus v3.x or v2.5", so it looks like the upcoming version is included in the upgrade

Is there some way to use the GROUP discount and get Inspirata Lite or is it a "choose either discount or freebie"?

My suggestion for Arturia bundle upgrades (and other upgrades, e.g., WUP for Mercury):

1. Make list of what has been added compared to what you have
2. Assign a "no brainer" price to each addition (e.g., "yes, I'd definitely buy it for $25", "I'm not terribly interested but, if it were on sale for $10...". If it's something I'd really get only if it were a freebie, then assign zero)
3. Add them up and compare to the price of the upgrade.
4. If the price is good then buy, otherwise wait for the next version or the next sale and do the numbers again.

3 days left

https://producerplanet.com/us/article/black-weeks-bundle-29447/

Soundpool collection for $29.99:

• The Phonk Phenomena
• French House - Part 2
• Indie Rock
• Organic Soul
• Metal Machine
• Up North
• Infinity
• Trance International - Part 2
• High School Rock - Part 2
• Time and Space
• Midnight Chill
• Nostalgia Drive
• Homecoming
• Dilogy: Cathastrophe
• Burning Sun
• A Fantasy Tale
• 90s R'n'B
• Good ol' Trap
• EDM Bangerz - Part 2
• Action Cuts

Commercial (royalty free) licensing only (maybe Magix is starting to move away from their non-commercial licensing practices? Kudos to them if this is the case)

Over 1000 unique loops, most of them with ABCDEFG pitch variations (that's how they get to "over 7000 loops"). If you have any of the editions of MusicMaker that include Songmaker AI, these soundpools can provide a good amount of of musicmaking entertainment

For this BF, I first sold a few PA F29 codes, which gave me some money to use on other plugins

• Melda MComplete Bundle (I added a few individual plugins and then simply wow! for upgrade prices)
• Zynaptiq Unfilter
• Chickensys Translator
• Xils
  • LX122 Premium
  • De-esser
• WA Production
  • Loop Engine 2 Upgrade
  • Instacomposer 2 upgrade
• United Plugins QuickMuse
• Magix
  • White Sands Beach House Soundpool
  • Quest for Skillz Soundpool
  • Hard Rock Heroes Soundpool
• Bagpipe by Image Sounds
• Ghosthack MIDI Construction Kits Volume 4
• Roundel Sounds Guitar Massive Bundle
• Cartel Loops Ultimate Guitar Bundle

For those cases where the non-MB is not free, if you buy the MB version, does it include the license for the non-MB version?

I crossed off this company from my purchases list when they forcibly converted "perpetual" licenses into subscriptions ("Sorry, we are turning off the servers that the product depends on. Your xtract stems  version will no longer function. As compensation we have added a 1-year subscription to your account").

8 minutes ago, GoncaloL said:

Producer edition is $134.98 right now on Audiodeluxe with FRIDAY coupon.

So it is something to be aware of if you are getting the bundle to get FL producer edition

Good point, I was just looking at image-line's website and didn't check other stores, it would be $24 for "the rest" then (which may still be a deal, but not as good)

Note that with FL upgrades being on sale, this could be a good deal if you're considering larger editions of FL (and are interested in some of the other items in the bundle)

E.g.,

Bundle $35

Fruity Edition - $99 - 25% = $74

Producer Edition Upgrade $50

Total $159, you get "the rest of the bundle" for $9

It's included in Mercury, Pro Show and the Vocal Production bundle. If you have one of them you probably don't want to register the code they'll send. Use the "Get Latest Version" option instead (and then resell or give away the code)

Oooh, I don't have enough compressors yet! Installed.

3 hours ago, asprog said:

Yes, the best place currently is http://www.dontcrack.com/

(Buy 5 products or more and get 20% EXTRA DISCOUNT off all products!)

In addition to dontcrack (which is great if you want to use the Melda plugins as a way to get to the 20% tier for something else, like xils products), pluginboutique has them already at 20% off from the 1st one and you have 5 potential freebies to choose from (if you haven't already). I also find it quite easy eyeing the top deals at the pluginboutique website, with the discount in a big circle

https://www.pluginboutique.com/manufacturers/16-MeldaProduction?s=price_asc

5 hours ago, Toffo said:

If they want to credit people as a gesture of goodwill then fine, but this move shouldn't need to cost IK anything in refunds.

If the IK people responsible for the (great) move would be negatively impacted by cash refunds, alternatively they could issue some form of store credit.

(and that's really an "if", quite possibly it is a tiny amount of people with pre-purchased downloads)

For me, ElliptiQ is one of those "just add it to every project" type of plugins (add at the end of the mastering chain, right before the "safety" True Peak limiter)

If buying multiple expansions, the "automatic bundle discounts" at dontcrack may be a good option

https://store.dontcrack.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=bfd

3 hours ago, Bapu said:

Even if all three went on sale at 50% off that would be $336, so $300 for the year is the next best alternative to my stupidly stopping my F29 sub at the end of life for it.

You can buy F29's at the usual marketplaces. They will be more than $29 but, if you only need 3 they will be much cheaper than $300 for the lot

It worked for me. The first email address I entered didn't work (and it was an email I had used previously with serialcenter.de) but then I changed to a different email address and it was fine (and I received the email). I used Firefox.

12 hours ago, Brian Walton said:

I'm getting the whole your account doesn't exist deal even though I have quite a few emails from them over the years about orders, etc.

 

and while I see this on the website - any emails that look like activation stuff from a long time ago are not invalid.  Put me down for another - they have issues responses.

I was going through the same problem, then I created a new account using the "old" email that I had registered with them before. When I logged on and went to the products page, everything that I had was present in the account.

Of course, I cannot guarantee it will work for everyone, but you may want to give it a try

Any discounts available? Or something for those of us who have purchased a few Beastsamples sample packs and/or plugins? ?

(after all, this is the deals forum...)

Actually, Solaria in a lower range no longer sounds very feminine (to my ears), you may want to give it a try if you're looking for "ambiguity"