Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[WatchTheGuitar]

Repro is a good deal at that price isn't it?

It’s lowest since the last NI U-He sale when it and Diva were 50% off about 2 years ago

[dermage]

Get them all! I only can vouch for U-He's sound quality and stability of their synths. Also the company is very open about problems and further developments.
Got them all at some point.

[ScrLk]

Get them all! I only can vouch for U-He's sound quality and stability of their synths. Also the company is very open about problems and further developments.
Got them all at some point.

Nooo there's other things I need more :/

[martinjuenke]

The company which doesn't do sales has a sale again: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/s ... ffer-2020/

A hint how hard and challenging these times are for making a living in this market. Trouble for many other developers ahead... Bitter.

Pretty hard to turn down a big company like NI when they propose another sale.

I've talked about U-He.

[Vleker]

Finally a U-he sale! I was surprised they didn't do Black Friday this year but glad there is one now. Might pick up Diva for €90 but it's still a price where I have to think about it. I assume there are no ways to lower the price a little (NI vouchers are useless still?)

[Spring Goose]

The company which doesn't do sales has a sale again: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/s ... ffer-2020/

Valhalla?

[ChamomileShark]

I've never seen This Plugin go on sale.

[waltercruz]

Are there really much less warez/cracks than many years ago?

I'm not in this scene at all but my impression is that the problem is still there. They would even crack a $29 plugin just as a challenge...

It's a global market and not all countries are equal... $29 sometimes is still too much in some places.. Not a real excuse, but it's a long run for some people.

[PieBerger]

I've never seen This Plugin go on sale.

They've had about 10 sales in 15 years, including a similar one with NI about 18 months ago. Their usual policy is usually an intro sale on v1 with very few sales thereafter, a good amount of free updates and then cheap upgrades to v2, v3 etc.

[soundbylaura]

Wasn't someone looking for the Latin EZX on sale?

https://www.jrrshop.com/toontrack-latin-percussion-ezx

[LoveEnigma18]

Wasn't someone looking for the Latin EZX on sale?

https://www.jrrshop.com/toontrack-latin-percussion-ezx

Not me, but talking about Toontrack since we discussed earlier, I think the current holiday deals should actually be titled "horrible" deals. Except probably the Day 1 Cinematic Grand deal, which still not great was relatively the best. After that: Reggae EZX, Some metal drums MIDI, Reggae EZkeys MIDI... seriously, wtf?

Looks like I am not going to get any better deal on the things I am after.

[dermage]

Get them all! I only can vouch for U-He's sound quality and stability of their synths. Also the company is very open about problems and further developments.
Got them all at some point.

Nooo there's other things I need more :/

Yeah I get it, I bought them over the years and really zero regret.
I keep coming back to Zebra, Hive, and mostly Repro. Diva is default on my main template, so my workhorse synth. Also the effects, especially Colour Copy, Presswerk, Satin get used alot.
It's just fun working with them, because they just work, have a easy serial protection, have great skins (also third party skins by plugmon are super awesome).
And now I'm working with DIVA Ctrl (beta testing) which makes it even more accessible.

[ScrLk]

Get them all! I only can vouch for U-He's sound quality and stability of their synths. Also the company is very open about problems and further developments.
Got them all at some point.

Nooo there's other things I need more :/

Yeah I get it, I bought them over the years and really zero regret.
I keep coming back to Zebra, Hive, and mostly Repro. Diva is default on my main template, so my workhorse synth. Also the effects, especially Colour Copy, Presswerk, Satin get used alot.
It's just fun working with them, because they just work, have a easy serial protection, have great skins (also third party skins by plugmon are super awesome).
And now I'm working with DIVA Ctrl (beta testing) which makes it even more accessible.

They are really good, you're right. I am most considering Repro, I'm just a little iffy on it using more CPU than Diva I believe.

[chrisstiles]

Indeed.

But I am also wondering how did companies make money like a decade ago when people probably pirated more than I assume they do now.

I think prices were higher and there were fewer companies around (lots of 2/3 developer shops around these days).

[Spring Goose]

Get them all! I only can vouch for U-He's sound quality and stability of their synths. Also the company is very open about problems and further developments.
Got them all at some point.

Nooo there's other things I need more :/

And now I'm working with DIVA Ctrl (beta testing)

What is this?