Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[martinjuenke]

I'm not a professional. Is there any reason to get RX Advanced over Standard?

That‘s exactly my question...
Upgrade price is currently 499$ and I think it‘s not worth it for me and my needs.

[woggle]

I'm not a professional. Is there any reason to get RX Advanced over Standard?

That‘s exactly my question...
Upgrade price is currently 499$ and I think it‘s not worth it for me and my needs.

really difficult to tell at the moment for me as I do get paid work where I use RX - but the exchange rate at the moment is terrible and I am not sure what features will be in RX7 standard - most likely some of the ones in RX6 advanced will trickle into RX7 standard-

The price difference in $AUS is about 450 - which is a lot to me and I don't need dialogue stuff at all

[mgw38]

I'm not a professional. Is there any reason to get RX Advanced over Standard?

That‘s exactly my question...
Upgrade price is currently 499$ and I think it‘s not worth it for me and my needs.

really difficult to tell at the moment for me as I do get paid work where I use RX - but the exchange rate at the moment is terrible and I am not sure what features will be in RX7 standard - most likely some of the ones in RX6 advanced will trickle into RX7 standard

There is a feature comparison on the iZotope site:
https://www.izotope.com/en/products/rep ... tures.html

It does not really have anything to do with being a professional or not, it is more if your work requires a particular advanced feature or not. If you are making music, most of the advanced features are probably not worth the upgrade price for you. The Loudness feature might be useful, but that is probably pretty much it.

But we do not know yet if that will also hold for RX7.

[woggle]

I'm not a professional. Is there any reason to get RX Advanced over Standard?

That‘s exactly my question...
Upgrade price is currently 499$ and I think it‘s not worth it for me and my needs.

really difficult to tell at the moment for me as I do get paid work where I use RX - but the exchange rate at the moment is terrible and I am not sure what features will be in RX7 standard - most likely some of the ones in RX6 advanced will trickle into RX7 standard

There is a feature comparison on the iZotope site:
https://www.izotope.com/en/products/rep ... tures.html

It does not really have anything to do with being a professional or not, it is more if your work requires a particular advanced feature or not. If you are making music, most of the advanced features are probably not worth the upgrade price for you. The Loudness feature might be useful, but that is probably pretty much it.

But we do not know yet if that will also hold for RX7.

exactly - we do not - and will not - know the feature comparison between standard and advanced before release other than Izotope telling me that "you can expect it to be very similar to the difference between RX 6 Standard and RX 6 Advanced."

[dzilizzi]

I'm not a professional. Is there any reason to get RX Advanced over Standard?

That‘s exactly my question...
Upgrade price is currently 499$ and I think it‘s not worth it for me and my needs.

really difficult to tell at the moment for me as I do get paid work where I use RX - but the exchange rate at the moment is terrible and I am not sure what features will be in RX7 standard - most likely some of the ones in RX6 advanced will trickle into RX7 standard

There is a feature comparison on the iZotope site:
https://www.izotope.com/en/products/rep ... tures.html

It does not really have anything to do with being a professional or not, it is more if your work requires a particular advanced feature or not. If you are making music, most of the advanced features are probably not worth the upgrade price for you. The Loudness feature might be useful, but that is probably pretty much it.

But we do not know yet if that will also hold for RX7.

exactly - we do not - and will not - know the feature comparison between standard and advanced before release other than Izotope telling me that "you can expect it to be very similar to the difference between RX 6 Standard and RX 6 Advanced."

I was trying to find information on the new RX7 because I thought I had seen something about it. But can't find it now.

[ErBen]

mcdsp are now supporting software only ilok - opens up their offers to more people:

http://mcdsp.com/ilok-cloud/

That is only the iLok Cloud variant though. iLok Cloud requires an always on Internet connection to use the licenses. McDSP do not allow to store the licenses on the system.

And that's why I'll never ever buy their products, no matter how good the sale, unless that policy changes.

[Greybox Audio]

mcdsp are now supporting software only ilok - opens up their offers to more people:

http://mcdsp.com/ilok-cloud/

That is only the iLok Cloud variant though. iLok Cloud requires an always on Internet connection to use the licenses. McDSP do not allow to store the licenses on the system.

And that's why I'll never ever buy their products, no matter how good the sale, unless that policy changes.

I've been using iLok cloud since it was introduced with ProTools 2018 this year and I gotta say I like it a lot! It simply works. I just start ProTools, it automatically opens a cloud session in the background and I don't even notice it's there. And the best thing is imho, that there's no way I could lose my license because of a broken/stolen computer or an issue with a hardware iLok. It's also possible to close your cloud session at any time from anywhere. Say you forgot to close your cloud session at home and move to a studio, you can simply login to your iLok account, close the old session and start a new one from there. Simple as that.
And if you know you're going to be in a place with a bad internet connection, you can still use a hardware iLok for the time being.

[mgw38]

I've been using iLok cloud since it was introduced with ProTools 2018 this year and I gotta say I like it a lot! It simply works. I just start ProTools, it automatically opens a cloud session in the background and I don't even notice it's there. And the best thing is imho, that there's no way I could lose my license because of a broken/stolen computer or an issue with a hardware iLok. It's also possible to close your cloud session at any time from anywhere. Say you forgot to close your cloud session at home and move to a studio, you can simply login to your iLok account, close the old session and start a new one from there. Simple as that.
And if you know, you're going to be in a place with a bad internet connection, you can still use a hardware iLok for the time being.

What makes me a bit uneasy is that if you lose internet connection just for a couple of minutes, the software stops working until internet connectivity is back up again. Where I live it is not unheard of that the internet goes out for a while.

[dzilizzi]

I've been using iLok cloud since it was introduced with ProTools 2018 this year and I gotta say I like it a lot! It simply works. I just start ProTools, it automatically opens a cloud session in the background and I don't even notice it's there. And the best thing is imho, that there's no way I could lose my license because of a broken/stolen computer or an issue with a hardware iLok. It's also possible to close your cloud session at any time from anywhere. Say you forgot to close your cloud session at home and move to a studio, you can simply login to your iLok account, close the old session and start a new one from there. Simple as that.
And if you know, you're going to be in a place with a bad internet connection, you can still use a hardware iLok for the time being.

What makes me a bit uneasy is that if you lose internet connection just for a couple of minutes, the software stops working until internet connectivity is back up again. Where I live it is not unheard of that the internet goes out for a while.

My connection stops and starts. It is not noticeable doing normal web surfing, but I also telework with a VPN connection, and I see it disconnect and reconnect, making it difficult to work on anything not on my local machine. If it phones home when you first sign in, not a problem. If it needs to be constantly connected to work? Then I have a problem.

But I do like not losing my license because of a faulty iLok - though I started paying for insurance through Pace.

[Greybox Audio]

I just tried what happens, when I deactivate my WiFi. After around 5 minutes I got a prompt, that the connection to the server had been lost and I have 5 minutes to reconnect, otherwise I need to save and quit.
As soon as I reconnected, the prompt went away, I got a notification, that the license had been restored and was able to continue from where I left off.
I don't think it's a gamebreaker, but I see your point. And if you would have to face situations like that multiple times a day, because your internet connection is known to be not reliable, it would sure become annoying as hell!
But I think that only applies to ProTools. In case of McDSP I guess your plugins would simply be temporarily bypassed.

[commodore]

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[axb312]

50% off GForce The Streetly Tapes Vol. 4 Expansion for M-Tron Pro, now $30.99 instead of $61.99:
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Up to 80% off Nomad Factory Analog Signature Pack and Liquid plugins, now $29 per plugin or $49 for the complete bundles ($8 per plugin with the Liquid Bundle):
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50% off Ina-GRM GRM Tools Classic 3 bundle with 8 included processors, now $99 instead of $199:
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Up to 50% off IK Multimedia Syntronik, Syntronik Deluxe, Miroslav Philharmonik 2, Modo Bass, Upgrades, and Crossgrades:
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67% off Air Music Tech AIR Instrument Expansion Pack 3 Select, now $99.99 instead of $299:
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Up to 78% off the new Vienna Symphonic Library SYNCHRON-ized Appassionata Strings, Upgrade, and Crossgrades:
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@UncleE - could you respond to my PMs?

[russeault]

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[escalona]

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https://www.waves.com/soundgrid-101

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Also, as mentioned in the non-gossip thread by another user:
"Once you have the voucher, it can be used at EveryPlugin for an even bigger total discount. Just send an email request and include your voucher code for what you want to buy, or upgrade, to!"

http://everyplugin.com/waves-upgrades

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[squibs]

Waves voucher good for max of 25% off plugin, 50% off bundle. application, upgrade.