audioschmaudio Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 On 9/3/2024 at 4:36 AM, Ron Stranghoener said: I had my upgrade to 3 in my cart yesterday for $23 and decided to wait till today to choose my 3 free expansions and the price jumped from$23 to $39!!! That was probably the pre-release price. It's not unusual for prices to jump up when a product leaves the beta-testing-phase and gets officially released. Synthmaster often had sales in the past though, so maybe you'll get a better price in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin H Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 10 hours ago, paulo said: Any suggestions ? Synthmaster 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomgu Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Any idea how to restore the expansions? Do we need to use SM 2 to do it and then import? Doing this just shows an error message: "You don't have any expansions in your account." (But I do, and they are visible in the User area on their web site). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioschmaudio Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 1 hour ago, Tomgu said: Any idea how to restore the expansions? Do we need to use SM 2 to do it and then import? Doing this just shows an error message: "You don't have any expansions in your account." (But I do, and they are visible in the User area on their web site). Someone on KVR Audio wrote: Quote Hello, as per kv331's instruction, installing SM2 and downloading banks helped to get the same ones in the SM3. Thank you! So I guess you're right that you need to use SM2 to import the banks in order to use them in SM3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy1 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 This is the dislike I have about Synthmaster. I wish the preset installation was like other synths. Logging into your account is also annoying. For some reason Roboform can't fill this and I have to paste the serial number. How about using a password instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rintoul Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 6 hours ago, audioschmaudio said: Someone on KVR Audio wrote: So I guess you're right that you need to use SM2 to import the banks in order to use them in SM3. You need to have SM2 installed, but you can now use SM3 to restore your banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteven Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 On 9/3/2024 at 9:40 AM, Ron Stranghoener said: What are people paying to upgrade from synthmaster 2 to 3? For me it is now $49 which i think is ridiculous since it was $23. Be sure to check out Expansions under the User Area https://www.kv331audio.com/userarea.aspx On 9/2/2024 at 6:23 PM, Rezerekted said: Freebee for mebee If you bought the Everything Bundle it may be free for you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezerekted Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 1 hour ago, TheSteven said: Be sure to check out Expansions under the User Area https://www.kv331audio.com/userarea.aspx If you bought the Everything Bundle it may be free for you! . . . and that I did, many years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user 905133 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 (edited) Having used multi-timbral synths, samplers, and sound modules for decades, I was happy to see KV331's plans for SM3 included a multiple layers feature such that each layer would be able to have its own midi channel. After watching the start of this video,** I began playing around with different MIDI I/O channels for the multi-layered presets. Others might be interested, too. **SonicLAB: Exploring SynthMaster 3 with Bulent from SynthMaster Edited September 5 by User 905133 edits including start time marker in video (0:54) when Bulent starts explaining how to have up to 16 layers--one for up to 16 midi channels, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Blanc Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 (edited) On 9/5/2024 at 4:04 AM, TheSteven said: Be sure to check out Expansions under the User Area https://www.kv331audio.com/userarea.aspx If you bought the Everything Bundle it may be free for you! I thought I had, but I'm not seeing it anywhere in my account. Edit: I'm not upgrading for $49. Probably a decent price for such a synth, I just can't remember the last time, if any, I used it. Edited September 8 by Nick Blanc Extra info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user 905133 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 42 minutes ago, Nick Blanc said: I thought I had, but I'm not seeing it anywhere in my account. Edit: I'm not upgrading for $49. Probably a decent price for such a synth, I just can't remember the last time, if any, I used it. Evidently you missed the pre-release sale price that was posted during the SM3 beta period. I feel lucky that shortly after I got SM2, KV331 sent me a direct deal to upgrade to the Everything Bundle. Don't ask me when or how much, but it ended up including beta versions of SM3 as they were made available and as stated when I got the bundle, the upgrade to SM3 (when released) would be free. In hindsight (based on the progressive betas), it was probably obvious that SM3 was close to ready for release. I should have gone out on a limb and done a JMO about the pre-release pricing for those inclined to upgrade. See the July 12th post (below). I think the conversion of old presets and the addition of new factory presets was a clue that the synth engine was getting increasingly stable. Of course, if someone wouldn't use it or had SM2 or (SM One) and never found a use for it, even $29 is $29 too much. We all have different uses, wants, needs, and budgets. On 7/12/2024 at 4:36 PM, cclarry said: Upgrade from SynthMaster 2: $29 (MSRP: $49) My guess (JMO) is that there will be sales from the MSRP along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyleyR Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 I have SynthMaster 2 with a few expansion packs. I generally like it, but honestly don't love it. Maybe SynthMaster 3 will become one of my go-to synths, but I'll be waiting for a big discount. I think I paid $69 for Arturia Pigments on sale, so...I'm thinking an upgrade to SM3 will be worth no more than $29 to me. If there's one thing I've learned is that in this industry especially, the early bird tends to pay top dollar for shiny new things. Then a few months later, the real prices for things tend to come out. I'll wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 6 minutes ago, WyleyR said: I'm thinking an upgrade to SM3 will be worth no more than $29 to me. If there's one thing I've learned is that in this industry especially, the early bird tends to pay top dollar for shiny new things. Then a few months later, the real prices for things tend to come out. I'll wait. Mm, I don't know. I paid $26 in May for my upgrade from SM2. <proverb-galore>Sure, all good things come to those who wait. But sometimes the early bird catches the worm.</proverb-galore> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyleyR Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 5 minutes ago, Canopus said: the early bird catches the worm Yep, but the second mouse gets the cheese! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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