KVR Audio

lfm · Post by **lfm** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:51 am

Quite a bit of money on daws - but not entirely wasted as I see it.
It's part of education and experience - and that is not free.

enroe · Post by **enroe** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:09 am

harryupbabble wrote:... I will only get 106 updates while if I buy it at version 6.0, I will get 200 updates.

I think you'll need exactly 20,000 updates!

dellboy · Post by **dellboy** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:33 am

harryupbabble wrote:I've spent zero money. I've never bought anything via the internet. But I am going to buy REAPER 6.0 when it arrives. REAPER is going to be my DAW for life because after I buy REAPER I am never going to buy anything via the internet again. That's why I really need to buy REAPER at version 6.0 because if I buy REAPER now at version 5.94, I will only get 106 updates while if I buy it at version 6.0, I will get 200 updates.

I am only buying REAPER because I owe it now. It has let me edit 20,000 MIDI items. It might have taken me weeks editing those 20,000 midi files using my MIDI editor of choice, the freeware Anvil Studio. Okay, maybe macro recorders/players might have shortened weeks to days, but still.

Besides, REAPER might have a bunch of other capabilities that other DAWs don't have. Batch exporting 20,000 MIDI files in 2 minutes on my computer (6 seconds on Guenon's computer), for one example of "special" REAPER capability. But I don't know, maybe other DAWs could do that too. But in my other thread, nobody stated "My DAW could do that easily."

Did you try any free daws to edit your 20,000 midi files ?

Tracktion 7 ?

Cakewalk Bandlab Sonar ?

By the way, you are under zero obligation to buy Reaper just because you used it during the trial period.

dellboy · Post by **dellboy** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:43 am

I have been waiting for an Ableton sale to buy Live 10. I received an email yesterday that says its currently available for 25% off. Trouble is, in the interim, I have really got into Cakewalk Bandlab Sonar which also has a pattern mode just like in Ableton Live, only its playback only, and not able to record loops.

Although I no longer have the gas I had to buy Live, I fear I will pull the trigger anyway, and afterwards regret it.

Buyers regret in advance.

DrGonzo · Post by **DrGonzo** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:00 am

A bunch of money. I am a total sucker for new things

/C

enroe · Post by **enroe** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:43 am

DrGonzo wrote:A bunch of money. I am a total sucker for new things

But you have a lot of hardware still.

DrGonzo · Post by **DrGonzo** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:02 am

enroe wrote:
DrGonzo wrote:A bunch of money. I am a total sucker for new things
But you have a lot of hardware still.

Oh... eh... yes, but hardware... eh, doesn't count...?

/C

WotEva · Post by **WotEva** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 1:08 pm

dellboy wrote:I have really got into Cakewalk Bandlab Sonar which also has a pattern mode just like in Ableton Live, only its playback only, and not able to record loops.

To record the matrix performance, first arm the tracks in track view that appear for each matrix lane.

Then on the header bar for the matrix view in the dock, is a record symbol/button. If you hover your mouse over this button it says: Capture Matrix Performance = Off.

Left-Click on the button to switch it to: Capture Matrix Performance = On.

Then hit record and get mangling and your performance will get recorded into track view.

Eauson · Post by **Eauson** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 1:53 pm

Zero,
Have dumbhow always squteezed interesting things outta ppp purchases

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 1:56 pm

Threads like these are somehow comforting. I always realize that i'm by far not as a bad case as i thought.

masterhiggins · Post by **masterhiggins** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:06 pm

Not exactly a waste because I use most of them, but I bought all of Logic’s instruments in version 5 before they gave them all away in 6 or 7. I think all together I spent about $1500 or so. Ouch.

low_low · Post by **low_low** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:16 pm

chk071 wrote:Threads like these are somehow comforting. I always realize that i'm by far not as a bad case as i thought.

I thought something similar until I realized that if the title was "How much money have you wasted buying VSTs you should have demoed ?" I wouldn't have the same feeling.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:24 pm

Same here, i guess.

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:27 pm

low_low wrote:
chk071 wrote:Threads like these are somehow comforting. I always realize that i'm by far not as a bad case as i thought.
I thought something similar until I realized that if the title was "How much money have you wasted buying VSTs you should have demoed ?" I wouldn't have the same feeling.

I should get into programming VSTs, there seem to be a market for musicians suffering from GAS... Would you buy my VST if I named it GAS-Diet? And promise of at least the functionality of this plug-in?
Or do you think its better to found a GA group "GAS anonymous unlimited" and offer workshops...

By the way I don't regret to pay 1$ a month to the Ardour programmers...
If you look at the price of software not being a price for a good, but a support for the programmers, you simply do not have that idea of wasted money, it feels much better...

How much money have you wasted buying DAWS you should have demoed properly?