zebra academic pricing

[keyman_sam]

Hello,
I am a student living in the U.S.A. I'd like to know if zebra is available at a discounted price for students like me. I can provide proof of enrollment and whatnot.

This synth sounds really good and can be my one go-to synth for pads and basses! Pretty please make academic licensing available!

[xx JPRacer xx]

Unfortunately no, check this:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=191794


And this can help you save $50:

http://www.u-he.com/zebra/index.php?item=DC

[Acid Mitch]

Why should students get a discount ?
I know non-student musicians that are far poorer than their studying friends.

[Urs]

Zebra2 is available at a discounted price for everyone. You just need to take a picture of a synth (or a selfmade cake that looks like a synth.... your creativity only limits the possibilities - if you can't take photos, scan a pencil drawing) and apply for the dinosaur crossgrade:

http://www.zebrasynth.com/index.php?item=DC

As these requests come in almost daily, I think it's time to take the opportunity... I have a strong position against edu discounts for various reasons:

• edu licenses get void once you've finished studies, you'll loose all your licenses at once (one can of course keep using them, it's in common just not legal, depending on the nastyness of the license)

• academics typically outrun non-academics in life earnings at the age of 42 or so, so they're generally *way* better off than non-academics

• music software is for musicians. In my observation most artists live in greater poverty than most students

• last but not least: I have no means to distinguish genuine university certificates from fake ones. I think that most genuine ones will be designed worse than fakes, hence I'll have a hard time dealing with unfairly treated false positives...

Hence I think that making an effort for a discounted *full version* is a cool deal. I got used to fake entries for the crossgrade and now even prefer the really hilarious ones over the thirtyeighth Poly9000. I also keep the follow up costs transparent (close to none for years to come as updates are commonly free). So I'm quite sure you get pretty good value for money, often times better than any student discount for most competing software

(I'm working on something similar to Dinosaur crossgrades for Uhbik, but Uhbik is of course still discounted all by itself)

Cheers,

Urs

[sinzero]

at $199 zebra pricing is generous, academic or not

academics typically outrun non-academics in life earnings at the age of 42 or so, so they're generally *way* better off than non-academics

maybe where you live. In most countries that is far from being the case. or maybe you're referring to those few inflated celebrity types

teachers do not earn pay commensurate to what they give, not even close

i'm not a teacher, but I know a few

[keyman_sam]

Would you give me a $100 discount if i blow you away with my hardware synths?

[mcnoone]

Would you give me a $100 discount if i blow you away with my hardware synths?

edit-sorry

[sinzero]

Would you give me a $100 discount if i blow you away with my hardware synths?

edit-sorry Embarassed

here come the mods to blow you away from KVR

[mcnoone]

here come the mods to blow you away from KVR

corrected...really i couldn't help it.

[sinzero]

here come the mods to blow you away from KVR

corrected...really i couldn't help it.

good for you

believe me, I thought the same joke but I resisted. when in somebody else's house you gotta respect their wishes

[Happy Frog]

That's a lot of words to say you don't have educational discounts. He just asked he "clearly" was honest and wanted to know, so he can get a legit license. To go on and on about education equating to capital gains or art is for the poor or impoverished is your opinion and one not shared by all. What about those that go in debt to be civil rights layers, nurses, doctors, educators, and even farmers…(because some careers or "dream jobs" require a degree and that comes with an ever increasing price tag).You are very much entitled to express your opinion, I don't by any means study threads, yet on some "controversial" ones you are and other developers are absent. Perhaps it's that you have not read said thread, you don't have an opinion or its bad business practice to participate in these discussions or any combination of those. Yet this students question prompts your diatribe, wow, sir. Congratulations on all the accolades that are bestowed on you from members of KVR and to the award nominations and awards you may win past, present and future and congratulations on all the great reviews on your software. When they want your autograph, keep your head down low and keep moving, tell them "not right now", "I'm to busy coding", "but will do lunch".

[sinzero]

When they want your autograph, keep your head down low and keep moving, tell them "not right now", "I'm to busy coding", "but will do lunch".

agree or not, that is funny

[elxsound]

That's a lot of words to say you don't have educational discounts. He just asked he "clearly" was honest and wanted to know, so he can get a legit license. To go on and on about education equating to capital gains or art is for the poor or impoverished is your opinion and one not shared by all. What about those that go in debt to be civil rights layers, nurses, doctors, educators, and even farmers…(because some careers or "dream jobs" require a degree and that comes with an ever increasing price tag).You are very much entitled to express your opinion, I don't by any means study threads, yet on some "controversial" ones you are and other developers are absent. Perhaps it's that you have not read said thread, you don't have an opinion or its bad business practice to participate in these discussions or any combination of those. Yet this students question prompts your diatribe, wow, sir. Congratulations on all the accolades that are bestowed on you from members of KVR and to the award nominations and awards you may win past, present and future and congratulations on all the great reviews on your software. When they want your autograph, keep your head down low and keep moving, tell them "not right now", "I'm to busy coding", "but will do lunch".

Some people appreciate receiving the reasons why a certain decision is made. Agreement is not required, but being presented with reasons why/why not is a sign of respect assuming you the individual are capable of the basics of common courtesy in a discussion.

You could have simply added your argument for educational discounts without all that you implied in the last sentence.

[sinzero]

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[Urs]

Well. Hmmm. Lots of words saying you don't agree with one single argument. How about the other arguments? Don't you think that students get ripped of twice with software they can't get upgrades for after finishing studies? Or, when they're lucky they can pay for the difference between edu version and full version. Maybe.

Many companies do edu version because

- the student gets used to their software
- the student wants the full version of the software afterwards
- they get their full price (and often quite a bit on top) anyways, just a bit later

Hence:

- there must be an upgrade path to enforce the transition from edu version to full version
- upgrades must cost *and* involve new serial numbers in order to make this work
- if I did edu discounts, I would have to charge for upgrades

Edu versions are a marketing instrument that simply doesn't work for me. However many people think short term and simply expect edu versions. In my opinion edu versions are a bait for rip off in the first place. That's why I offer a way fairer deal without strings attached. Which wonderfully works not only for students but for everyone.

I don't know why this would offend anyone