KVR Audio

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Wed May 18, 2016 3:54 am

Compyfox wrote:
cprompt wrote:...
All good and fine, but:
a) complicated
b) half of that is not possible (I know the IKM system all too well at this point)
c) I am not(!!!) going the Gear Credits Route - because: prohibited of resale - still not supporting "Gear Credits" - sorry.

Also - my Q was not answered either if this would even come close to Reason's SCREAM 4

Please give it a go and see for yourself. No one but you will be able to accurately make that call as 'come close' to another effect is subjective..

xamido · Post by **xamido** » Wed May 18, 2016 4:37 am

Damn, i just have to get it. With my gear credit and jampoint, in the end i only have to pay 20$ for it. It's really good.

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Wed May 18, 2016 4:53 am

I am thoroughly confused....

I log directly into the Custom Shop desktop app. It deals only in 'Credits' - I have 20.

I log into the IKM website account/store. It deals only in 'Jam Points' - I have 33 Euro worth.

Where/how can I combine these? What a strange system.

emasters · Post by **emasters** » Wed May 18, 2016 4:59 am

When you purchase in the Custom Shop, there's a field where you can enter the amount of Jam Points (up to 30%) that you want to apply to the purchase.

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Wed May 18, 2016 5:15 am

Thanks

Custom Shop is opening to a blank black screen now anyway - even with a full computer restart. So I guess it ate itself, ohwell.

Peter: Can you install a newer version of Custom Shop straight over the top of the existing one, or do I need to do a full uninstall first?

sidrat · Post by **sidrat** » Wed May 18, 2016 6:52 am

MogwaiBoy wrote:Thanks

Custom Shop is opening to a blank black screen now anyway - even with a full computer restart. So I guess it ate itself, ohwell.

Peter: Can you install a newer version of Custom Shop straight over the top of the existing one, or do I need to do a full uninstall first?

I got the same thing... :/

cprompt · Post by **cprompt** » Wed May 18, 2016 8:21 am

Peter - IK Multimedia wrote:Your logic is sound except that you can apply 15 JamPoints (30%) which looks like a typo since your math is correct in the end

clintmartin wrote:You can only use jam points for 30% of total price.

Yes indeed, I meant 30%

It was half-past bed-time when I wrote that.

Thanks Peter for confirming that my logic is sound. This is on my radar now that I know I can afford it!

Compyfox wrote: All good and fine, but:
a) complicated
b) half of that is not possible (I know the IKM system all too well at this point)
c) I am not(!!!) going the Gear Credits Route - because: prohibited of resale - still not supporting "Gear Credits" - sorry.

a) It is, but in fairness the system allows me to buy a €96 plugin for €42 thanks to loyalty points and free credits
b) Which half, as Peter has confirmed it is possible?
c) I've never sold a plugin so this doesn't bother me, but I do understand why this is frustrating for some people.

Selfik · Post by **Selfik** » Wed May 18, 2016 9:42 am

Got 5 credits...went to purchase another 75...93.74€...no way!
For EU residents IK shop is totally unacceptable...even with Jampoints it's too much...
I have plenty of Jampoints...looks like I'll never use them...would be nice if we could convert them to Gear credits please!

cprompt · Post by **cprompt** » Wed May 18, 2016 10:25 am

Selfik wrote:Got 5 credits...went to purchase another 75...93.74€...no way!
For EU residents IK shop is totally unacceptable...even with Jampoints it's too much...
I have plenty of Jampoints...looks like I'll never use them...would be nice if we could convert them to Gear credits please!

First off, I see 75 credits as selling for €89.99 with VAT.

The whole VAT thing on online sales for EU residents is a pain in the arse for sure but it's not IK's fault. If I buy something from Hornet Plugins, I'm paying VAT. Same for most other plugins I buy.

If you walked in to a store and bought boxed software (as we used to do many years ago!) you would pay the VAT on it without batting an eyelid.

If I can, I buy as much as I can from the resellers in the US who don't charge VAT. Of course, if that's an IK product, I don't get to use my jampoints. However, the 30% off in jampoints is almost negated by the 20% VAT so it kind of evens out. Of course, you can't buy credits from resellers (...yet?).

As for converting jampoints to gear credits, that would be nice. It's times like these when I wish IK had kept the old "use jampoints up to 50%" rule but in those days, you couldn't use them on sale items so its horses for courses.

lotus2035 · Post by **lotus2035** » Wed May 18, 2016 11:03 am

This thing distorts pretty quick doesn't it?

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Wed May 18, 2016 11:10 am

lotus2035 wrote:This thing distorts pretty quick doesn't it?

Well, seeing as it is, at the end of the day, a distortion plugin..

Twrogstudio · Post by **Twrogstudio** » Wed May 18, 2016 11:13 am

Iron selected, limiter on, oversampling on x4, input and output on full.

simon.a.billington · Post by **simon.a.billington** » Wed May 18, 2016 12:26 pm

Bobby L'Avenir wrote:
Peter - IK Multimedia wrote:UPDATE - T-RackS Saturator X has been released. Visit http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/trsaturatorx for more information.

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It has nothing to do with "A Clockwork Orange" or 90125, those were the first two things that came to mind for some...
has this got the same algo as the 73 & 81 eq?

That "eye" reminds me a lot of what is on the Shadow Hills compressor. This even has an Iron and a Steel transformer circuit, but alas, no Nickel. At least you get a wealth of other choices too.

Sounds very nice. Might just be using those Jam Points after all!!

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Wed May 18, 2016 12:56 pm

lotus2035 wrote:This thing distorts pretty quick doesn't it?

Keep in mind that the metering is obviously not peak metering. This means that even if you are not "in the red" it may still audibly distort on loud transients.

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Wed May 18, 2016 1:12 pm

The meter is definitely a VU, not only from the looks of the "Label" (read: the scale - from -40 to +6, which is the first indication for that).

UPDATE: T-RackS Saturator X is released