SmokeyJ628

Thanks for that info. It might be worth giving a shot at that price just for the included synths.

Does anyone know if the ME80 and Memorymoon synths are locked to Mixcraft? Can you use them in other DAWs?

Oddly enough, it's cheaper to buy the studio version of 8 on sale (currently $49) and upgrade to pro for $29 (total: $78) than to buy pro on sale for $99.

I've got Regroover Pro which gets you multiple outputs for the split layers. Thinking about getting DrumXchanger to put on those split tracks to essentially recreate the loop using the sounds I want. Hmmm..could be interesting. You could probably do the same with Regroover essential, but you might have to do some bouncing of the separate layers first.

Good deals in Image Line plugins there

Best Service has even better prices.

Atlas just went on a 50% off sale...perhaps trying to steal some of XLN's new product thunder.

I really doubt it. The 3rd party companies (like Artirua, Output, etc) did a half-off sale when their products went NKS, so I think this is just U-he's turn to have the spotlight.

That's correct according to U-he at KVR. Zebra 2 is not NKS ready.

That's probably a personal email link so you might want to delete it.

Yes, Carbon has been around for a while. NI gave the instruments from their two ensemble packs for free to Reaktor users years ago.

You probably have to press a strum key.

Such an amazing synth. Takes time to get your head around it, but it is amazing. There are extra patches in the Image Line forums as well.

PSP's reasoning for ilok was due to their troubles with MacOS (eyeroll): "Authorization and copy protection is a pain not only for every legitimate user but also for us - developers. For the last couple of months, problems with our in-house authorization system has been our main cause for support requests, especially on macOS. It seems every OS update brought us new hassles and headaches. We are not a large company with dedicated support staff and programmers who just deal with authorization code; it was getting to the point that trying to keep our authorization system working was taking time away from PSP Audioware’s real mission: developing professional audio processors. We went looking for what technology is out there that other audio plug-in companies are using. The undeniable truth is that a lot of audio companies use PACE technology successfully. They’ve improved the speed at which they support updates to Windows and macOS considerably over the years. Many professionals in the audio world already have iLok accounts with hundreds of licenses that they use without issue so choosing PACE seemed the most seamless and trouble free option."