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I upgraded when it was released and really like the new additions. But I’m a synthaholic hehe no NKS support yet though for the new synths.

I actually own everything in volume 5 already and my upgrade price is also $55 (after using coupon). Wish I had known this before i bought statement lead last week for $69

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Hive 2.1 was officially released last Thursday but forgot to post it A brand new version of Hive is now available! This latest release includes comb and sideband filter types, support for the latest Apple soft- and hardware, new browser features, easier soundset installation, 100 new factory presets, a new alternative skin by Plugmon and more. The update is free for existing owners. Simply download and install for your platform of choice from Hive's product page. https://u-he.com/products/hive/

As someone that bought these twice, I paid $29 for modular and the $23 for vst/au so second one was discounted...

This genius was trying to buy the vst/au version, clicked on link and totally missed I bought the modular version instead. I guess I now have both to play with hahah Read the email carefully and click on correct link you actually intend to purchase

Thats my guess. They just don’t bother recalculating.

To me it looks like she is trying to listen in on NI and Izotope meeting to see how Francisco can plot another take over....Melda next maybe? Saw they have a job posting for GUI designer (which is unheard of) and “upcoming exciting announcement”.

There are exceptions unfortunately. I couldn’t figure out why my bundle prices were not dropping in price so opened a tix with Melda. This is what they had to say which i don’t fully understand the logic. I own both MCreativeFXBundle and MEssentialsFXBundle so was trying to upgrade to MMixingFXBundle which would have giving me almost everything I wanted but bundle price never changed even though I already owned the bulk of plugins included in that bundle. Here is what Melda said: ”Bundle prices are reflected in the upgrade price only to MTotalFXBundle and MCompleteBundle. So MCreativeFXBundle nor MEssentialsFXBundle do not reflect the MMixingFXBundle upgrade price in general.” in other words, Melda doesn’t let you complete a second bundle at discount with plugins from another bundle unless you go to top tier two bundles which were a lot more expensive and had a lot of stuff I wasn’t interested in.

I’m using Senheiser HD 650 default profile. It was not intuitive...took a few clicks. I was also able to load my reference 4 custom monitor profiles and can now switch between them. If I recall I had to repeat sequence for plug-in and separately systemwide. When I’m by my computer later will try to recreate steps. I’m on MAC by the way.

At least this year I won’t have to pick between buying plugins or going on the lam, changing my name, and not paying taxes again hehe disclaimer: it’s a joke, please don’t report to irs

My theory is Larry is at Grammy awards tonight. He is ghost writer for some of the biggest bands and needs next three weeks to recover from all the partying. He posts deals to give back to the little people. One can dream So hasn’t been a full day and I’m bored. When is Larry coming back? Hehe

Headphone profile only available in $119 version

Love output. I would wait for bundle sales. Tons of good stuff.

Did that once, led me to a dark alley where deals are exchanged before they see day of light...

On my Mac, both systemwide and plug-in have always been very stable. With that said, $119 is a bit steep. The ability to emulate other speakers used to be available before until they suddenly removed it. I don’t quite get the rebranding and new name. Maybe need to watch some of the event videos to better understand.

Lately I type “34” on my address bar and I’m in

Thanks. Couple more details: This will be a paid upgrade. Upgrade for Headphones is $49 / €49, for Speakers & Headphones $119 / €119. For information about other upgrade paths and prices visit sonarworks.com. Users who have purchased Reference 4 products via online or distribution channels & first ACTIVATED their licence starting from the 1st of February, 2021 will be provided a grace period in which they will be able to upgrade their product to SoundID Reference free of charge via our web user accounts. Buyers of Reference 4 Headphone edition will be upgraded to SoundID Reference for Headphones. Buyers of Reference 4 Studio edition will be upgraded to SoundID Reference for Speakers and Headphones. The free upgrade offer will terminate 2 months after the launch of SoundID Reference (9th of May, 2021).

haha deleted...here I thought today was 3/9...never mind

I’m totally stealing this from someone else but this vague email from izotope makes me sub-spicious

Agree with one exception. DSM V2 to V3 upgrade was $49. Assuming they haven’t changed their model, I would expect this to be upgrade cost for existing v2 perpetual license owners. unless they follow IK style pricing which in that scenario will be $499 for existing owners and $99 for anyone who has never heard of black box. Let’s get this thread locked too haha

If you like NKS... I use Jason’s NKS library for Thorn. Makes tweaking sounds with hw knobs a lot of fun... https://freelancesoundlabs.com/index.php/downloads/komplete-kontrol-vst-packs/item/227-thorn-nks-browser-for-komplete-kontrol-maschine

Helpful comparison showing strengths/weaknesses and ties in PA’s BB HG2 which Larry posted about is getting refreshed soon:

It’s definitely very confusing. I really don’t like subscription models. Even for PA if I want anything I’ll buy the license instead. Seems like a monthly WUP arrangement which would be terrible..

Preset demo (SoundCloud): https://electroniksoundlab.com/esl-pads/