Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[monomox]

On the contrary: it lies with the merchant not to charge you for things you haven’t explicitly asked for. Anything else is deceptive, which is often part of the point of these trials: to trick you into paying for something you never really wanted

That may be true in an ideal world, but in this one you have to tie your camel

[zacha]

On the contrary: it lies with the merchant not to charge you for things you haven’t explicitly asked for. Anything else is deceptive, which is often part of the point of these trials: to trick you into paying for something you never really wanted

That may be true in an ideal world, but in this one you have to tie your camel

It’s good to be on the lookout for scams, but the moral culpability for the scam still lies with the person running it. No amount of “in an ideal world” really changes that

[Ou_Tis]

On the contrary: it lies with the merchant not to charge you for things you haven’t explicitly asked for. Anything else is deceptive, which is often part of the point of these trials: to trick you into paying for something you never really wanted

That may be true in an ideal world, but in this one you have to tie your camel

It’s good to be on the lookout for scams, but the moral culpability for the scam still lies with the person running it. No amount of “in an ideal world” really changes that

There are sites which will pay you (a few dollars worth in gift cards or temporary Visa cards) to do free trials. I did that with Pandora and Tidal last year. Or for doing an X-month subscription for Y dollars they'll pay you a few dollars more than Y. I think I did about 20 of those last year and never forgot to cancel. Including a SiriusXM one that paid a net of at least $20 iirc.

[sqigls]

could have sworn i saw Sonic Academy Kick 2 on sale a few days ago, went back and it was back to regular price. I didn't see it advertised here, do they sometimes have flash sales?

[Shalotta]

AudioDeluxe has Exponential Audio Excalibur for $10 for those who may have missed it last time.

https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/au ... -excalibur

Grabbed it few days back, seems to be for US market only.
Had to switch to my US adress when trying the German one.

I was able to get this deal here in South Korea. I read somewhere that some shops haven't been charging tax (VAT?) correctly to certain European countries, so iZotope has temporarily blocked the sale of said products through said shops until the issue is fixed.

Glad to hear, reasons are mostly in the dark.
Sometimes an offer targets US only, sometimes it`s a tax issue.
It was a good deal anyway & we both got it, so all fine ...

[Harry_HH]

Mastering the Mix "LEVELS"
Now 30% off until Aug 24th. That's $45 out of $60.
It's their debut product from 2016, allowing easily monitoring of mixing and
metering and optimizing them for distributions on CD, online streaming etc.

I wish someone ONCE made a meter, which REALLY inculeded all the basic meterings.
The LU meter is always missing - i.e. these multi-meters are not really complete, but you have to use at least one separate metering plugin. What a drag!

[WatchTheGuitar]

could have sworn i saw Sonic Academy Kick 2 on sale a few days ago, went back and it was back to regular price. I didn't see it advertised here, do they sometimes have flash sales?

Didn't see it myself, just the ongoing long term Ana 2 deal.

[Calenberger]

Mastering the Mix "LEVELS"
Now 30% off until Aug 24th. That's $45 out of $60.
It's their debut product from 2016, allowing easily monitoring of mixing and
metering and optimizing them for distributions on CD, online streaming etc.

I wish someone ONCE made a meter, which REALLY inculeded all the basic meterings.
The LU meter is always missing - i.e. these multi-meters are not really complete, but you have to use at least one separate metering plugin. What a drag!

SPL HawkEye or NUGEN Visualizer?

[Dirtgrain]

Hawkeye has LUFS meter?

[VincentVega]

Mastering the Mix "LEVELS"
Now 30% off until Aug 24th. That's $45 out of $60.
It's their debut product from 2016, allowing easily monitoring of mixing and
metering and optimizing them for distributions on CD, online streaming etc.

I wish someone ONCE made a meter, which REALLY inculeded all the basic meterings.
The LU meter is always missing - i.e. these multi-meters are not really complete, but you have to use at least one separate metering plugin. What a drag!

Izotope Insight 2
Metric AB

[Calenberger]

Hawkeye has LUFS meter?

That's what they offer for Loudness:
Loudness Meter ‣ PLR – Peak to Loudness Ratio ‣ PMR – Peak to Momentary loudness Ratio ‣ PSR – Peak to Short-term loudness Ratio ‣ IL – Integrated Loudness ‣ ML – Momentary Loudness ‣ SL – Short-term Loudness ‣ Timeline display -> PLR, PMR, and PSR (color coded) over time ‣ LU Target selection ‣ Loudness Range Histogram

[Armadillo]

could have sworn i saw Sonic Academy Kick 2 on sale a few days ago, went back and it was back to regular price. I didn't see it advertised here, do they sometimes have flash sales?

It looks like the sale ran from 7-14th August.

[Harry_HH]

Mastering the Mix "LEVELS"
Now 30% off until Aug 24th. That's $45 out of $60.
It's their debut product from 2016, allowing easily monitoring of mixing and
metering and optimizing them for distributions on CD, online streaming etc.

I wish someone ONCE made a meter, which REALLY inculeded all the basic meterings.
The LU meter is always missing - i.e. these multi-meters are not really complete, but you have to use at least one separate metering plugin. What a drag!

Izotope Insight 2
Metric AB

Does the Insight2 really include the LU-meter?

[adl]

Mastering the Mix "LEVELS"
Now 30% off until Aug 24th. That's $45 out of $60.
It's their debut product from 2016, allowing easily monitoring of mixing and
metering and optimizing them for distributions on CD, online streaming etc.

I wish someone ONCE made a meter, which REALLY inculeded all the basic meterings.
The LU meter is always missing - i.e. these multi-meters are not really complete, but you have to use at least one separate metering plugin. What a drag!

Izotope Insight 2
Metric AB

Does the Insight2 really include the LU-meter?

Right at the beginning you see a LUFS meter:

[monomox]

Does the Insight2 really include the LU-meter?

Youlean and WAves do too... I think it's pretty standard