kitekrazy1

The pro market is getting smaller. There are far less pro studios than a decade ago. They close up. Waves reputation is based on quality. Rarely do they have a dud plugin. Their beginner packages are great. Their business model sucks for the multi machine user. You either do the "improvadongle" or buy extra licenses. I don't know if they have done something like the iLok cloud. I don't buy their stuff anymore to know. I unsubscribed to their emails. Sure I get their race down to zero stuff but I don't install it.

They can't because they have for more overhead.

Actually those demos don't do much for me. I want to hear how they sit with other instruments. AAS is also behind some of the basic synths in Live.

Apple and oranges.

This one is underutilized if you only do presets. This is probably the one to learn.

We wont but there is a lot of snickering behind your back.

Avoid, also requires iLok. Abandonware.

Anyone tired of always having to log in to PoorT'all every time you open it?

Trying to figure out why would I buy this other than it's price.

They did another blunder somewhere around the turn of the century where there was 38 pages on the old Northern Sound Source forum will people committed not to buy anymore. The race down to zero became a result of that as well. RenMaxx are probably still the best to have.

Interesting. If you are a linear tracking DAW user FL will drive you crazy unless you are doing dance genres. One of the best piano rolls out there. While it may come across as a simple to use DAW it's very complex when you go deeper. Live - seems like it was designed for a laptop. You resize windows a lot. Session view is underrated. I'm a fanboy of both but if I want to do some orchestra that is more advanced (rare for me) a staff view is needed.

Probably funded too

They need to do something about licensing. I have 3 machines and for me to use XLN I have to have a duplicate license but use a separate email to buy the 2nd one. It is a better value than Toontrack since each kit comes with the player.

Great plugins - lousy licensing. I think they are the only effect plugins I have that basically need to be tied to one machine unless you want to go the "improvadongle" route. They lead the league in the race down to zero.

Easy for me to pass since I'm pretty stupid on how to use it. I'd probably need 40 hours of tutorial. I still have the Sony one installed.

If those were one shots I would get them. I never liked their VSTs.

I've had WD HDDs last the long and a Seagate 500GB as well. Those old WD 320GB Blue drives were great. I don't think modern drives are built like they use to. External 3.5 drives rarely have more than a 2 year warranty and that should tell you something. A massive drive like that I'd be afraid to run it 24/7. I never do that with any 3.5 external. When they go bad you do get warnings like noise. Not knowing when a SSD fails is scary. I guess a big drive like this is worthy of ripping your DVD collection. I probably wouldn't stream off it either. One thing I notice with drive utilities they are not as efficient as when you discover a disk is dead.

Their regular upgrade price is not in the same league as the more popular DAWs. My Live 12 Suite didn't even cost $199, Right now I can upgrade to Samplitude Pro Suite for the same price and get Soundforge, Spectral Layer Pro, with it for the same price. You gotta hope fanboys are willing to pay that price.

I use it for convert audio to midi

You can also do their rent to own.

I always wanted an RME for bragging rights. The reality for what I do (very little) I only deserve an iTrack Solo. I still have some M-Audio PCI cards that still work.

If you buy from Melda you get full credit where from PB only half. You can also do their rent to own and I have no idea how long that takes. It took me a long time to get everything. I started out by going with their MB plugins.

I don't get the compare software to food. I have K Cups, ground, whole bean. I don't do the coffee places, fast food, ect. I guess if I wanted to use these comparisons, I could look at Safeway's $5 dollar weekend say for the price for a half bag of 21-25 count shrimp, 2 bags of Doritos, ect. I use food far more than plugins. They had 3 doz. eggs for $5. Gosh I even hoard food and coffee. It's kinda curbed because freezer space is like drive space. Can I buy it? No room. I believe collecting things seem to be hereditary.

????? That's not the way to go about it unless Melda has changed. Always wait for their sales and buy direct. The discounts get bigger than going 3rd party. To get everything was a long time in the making. As for these referral codes we all have them and we think there's a slim chance someone on this forum doesn't have a Melda plugin. This is the first I've seen with the plugin broker approach.

Would have bought the vids if they were 60% off.