Doug Rintoul

Yup. That is what I meant to say. It may be a non-issue, because by that time, hopefully you will have found alternatives or discovered you did not need those plugins after all.

Maybe I did missed your point. My point was that sometimes there is a need to upgrade, because the software you need to run is no longer supported or available on OS you are currently running. The cases I stated were things I actually experienced. Yes, you can run Ableton on 10.13 but you may need to run other software as well which will not run on 10.13.

Past experience has shown that when Apple pulls support for an older OS, they also pull support for software that runs on the older OS. Just try finding a copy of Microsoft Remote Desktop for anything older than Mojave, or Garageband for anything older than Big Sur.

I am not opposed to other points views. I do think the M1 Mac could be a great choice, and as I have stated in the past, I think Apple has done marvels with the M1 in terms of power management/performance. I just dislike over the top blanket statements like Macs are the best bang for the buck and M1 blows Intel out the of the water. There are just so many factors when it comes to choosing a platform on which to be creative. I am not intending to attack you personally and if I am coming across like that, I apologise. It is just that this seems to be the only topic you participate in, and every time it is a hard defense of Macs. I don't think you realize how you are coming across. I did not say you were claiming superiority, I said that you were claiming that your choice of a Mac was superior. Do you not feel that? I am very comforable in my choice of Windows as my daily driver. I don't know where you got the impression that I don't own a Mac. I do own Macs, and I work with them every day. I am just not really enamored with them as some people are. So there you go. I am not sure what the source of your anger is, but I am sorry I contributed to it.

The Mac M1 Mini is not a complete system. It does not come with a keyboard, mouse, or monitor. You can't upgrade the memory, and if you want more than 256 GB of storage, you have to resort to an external drive. As soon as Apple pulls Rosetta, all your legacy plugins become toast. If you agree that these discussion tend to go on forever, why do you participate? Why are you trying to convince everyone that your choice is the superior choice? Windows does have something comparable. You have just convinced yourself that it doesn't. Whether you want to admit it or not, your responses approach that of an evangelist.

This ^^^^^^ A thousand times this.

if Rosetta works so well, why are people bitching because plugin developers aren't producing M1 native versions fast enough? Is the very small performance gain really worth all that extra development?

I agree. I wouldn't mind checking out your site when it is ready to see if it offers something that MSD and other sites do not. We really are not a hostile forum, especially compared to KVR and others.

Wait, what? They stopped accepting Paypal for awhile?

And it loads so quickly. Instant gratification.

Yup. Been waiting for this one to appear on APD.

I picked up Spire from Best Services over the holidays for $79.64. For some reason, it has become my most used synth this month. It was almost a no brainer at that price plus Bellatrix had all their Spire presets at 90% off which sealed the deal.

I think the feature he was claiming to be the first to exploit was the automatic scouring of the web. The musicsoftwaredeals thread gives more context.

I gotta remember that one.

Then remove the thumbs down you gave out.

All of us have around here have been scouring the web for deals for along time now and we have never heard of you. Why do you think that musicsoftwaredeals.com is even aware of your site? I just read the thread on VI-Control where the development of this is being discussed. I see nothing that looks like any copying is happening. In fact the website is being developed with from feedback from multiple users giving suggestions. And the developer seems to be very responsive. Can you say the same? PS. You do realize that deleting your posts does not delete what I quoted. The damage is done.

And how do you know it is being copied. Ever hear of parallel development?

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The website you posted is correct.

Did not ask for a credit card when I activated my three month sub.

I have a second gen Scarlett and a ReMOTE 49 SL COMPACT Novation keyboard. Not sure which is generating the ProTools stuff, but I see both the three subscription and ProTools First in my account.

Ahhh, you took all the fun out of it. Party pooper.

Last year, they had a 90% sale in May and August.

I do. I have Riffer and Chordjam. I'l have to check it out.

Think of it from AAS's perspective though. Do you really think they want to be selling AAS packs at $3 a pack? I doubt that they get much of a percentage of the magazine sale, if any.