KVR Audio

Loudness_Contour · Post by **Loudness_Contour** » Mon Aug 15, 2022 6:39 pm

m-ac wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 1:22 pm
Caine123 wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 11:00 am One thing, it would be cool to have some kind of LOCK function? e.g. you lock the Arp or layer and then scroll through other presets and then you got the ARP setting with the new preset etc.
You can lock it, just hit the 3 little dots in the top right of the arp page. I can understand you not knowing it's there though, I've got no idea why its so convoluted to get to. Just put a little lock icon that we can switch on and off top right?

If I'm not mistaken, it used to work that way, with just a lock/unlock icon. I agree there is no reason to hide it in a menu.

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:34 pm

m-ac wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:02 pm
SLiC wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 11:28 am I am curious, what makes Nexus worth the price. There doesn't seem to be a demo but it seems popular, so there must be something compared to say Omnisphere and Falcon (which also have no demos but I still bought them both!). Unlike Omni and Falcon It doesn't seem to have any synthesis at all- does it just play back samples (a true romper, not a hybrid)? If so, I guess it must all be about the quality of the 'packs' (@ £60 each), so is it based around fast production ready sounds for people who don't want to create their own?
I don't believe it is worth the price, at least not in the last 5 or 6 years. 12 years ago it might of been worth it due to the quality of the presets, and obviously there wasn't as much choice back then. The same people that heralded nexus as brilliant 12 years ago (I was one of them) would be the same people that raved about massive 8 years ago, and serum in the last few years. I'd guess the majority of people who still use nexus were using it years ago and just stick with what they know. Put it this way, if nexus was newly released today, i doubt they'd sell more than a handful of copies. Harsh but true.

Interesting, I guess if you have had it a while and invested in the libraries you will probably upgrade etc. The concept of 'just' a romper seems to be long gone with the 'do it all' synths. I own Avenger and that almost seemed to be a sort of Nexus + Synthesis based on the pre-set packs I have heard which seem very 'polished' for production.

m-ac · Post by **m-ac** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:59 pm

Has the price just increased on expansions? I went to check out the new bigtone expansion and I'm seeing £62. Weren't expansions £50 last week?

tony10000 · Post by **tony10000** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:21 am

SLiC wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 11:28 am I am curious, what makes Nexus worth the price. There doesn't seem to be a demo but it seems popular, so there must be something compared to say Omnisphere and Falcon (which also have no demos but I still bought them both!). Unlike Omni and Falcon It doesn't seem to have any synthesis at all- does it just play back samples (a true romper, not a hybrid)? If so, I guess it must all be about the quality of the 'packs' (@ £60 each), so is it based around fast production ready sounds for people who don't want to create their own?

It has a pretty extensive and expandable library, is very fast to use (auditioning and selecting sounds), and has low CPU utilization. It is very popular with those who make music for a living because time is money. DJ/Producers who are on the road also like it because they can run it easily on an underpowered notebook computer.

msvs · Post by **msvs** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:49 am

m-ac wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:59 pm Has the price just increased on expansions? I went to check out the new bigtone expansion and I'm seeing £62. Weren't expansions £50 last week?

no, there wasnt a sale... maybe you mixed it up with Avenger

m-ac · Post by **m-ac** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:57 am

msvs wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:49 am
m-ac wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:59 pm Has the price just increased on expansions? I went to check out the new bigtone expansion and I'm seeing £62. Weren't expansions £50 last week?
no, there wasnt a sale... maybe you mixed it up with Avenger

No not a sale, I mean the standard prices. They definitely weren't £62.

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:10 am

£62 for a 'soundpack' with 120 or so rompler pre-sets is ridiculous (I see them for £61 FYI, maybe the price changes dynamically based on exchange rate?) Its about what I paid for Pigments 3 and you can currently by Phase Plant 2 for £80!

mgw38 · Post by **mgw38** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:43 am

m-ac wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:57 am
msvs wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:49 am
m-ac wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:59 pm Has the price just increased on expansions? I went to check out the new bigtone expansion and I'm seeing £62. Weren't expansions £50 last week?
no, there wasnt a sale... maybe you mixed it up with Avenger
No not a sale, I mean the standard prices. They definitely weren't £62.

Prices in USD have not changed for a long time. They are right at 60USD. Maybe they adjusted the exchange rate (which is not pretty right now).

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:08 am

Hey, good news - a price drop today. It's only £61 now.

Maybe overall prices changed when they restructured their pricing earlier this month? You get up to 50% off if you buy several.

LoveEnigma18 · Post by **LoveEnigma18** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:30 pm

noiseboyuk wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:08 am Hey, good news - a price drop today. It's only £61 now.

Maybe overall prices changed when they restructured their pricing earlier this month? You get up to 50% off if you buy several.

I wish when you bought 5 (or more) ALL selected expansions were reduced by 50%. Currently, the first one still stays at the full price. Considering $60 is a little on the higher side, this approach would have been very tempting.

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:04 pm

LoveEnigma18 wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:30 pm
noiseboyuk wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:08 am Hey, good news - a price drop today. It's only £61 now.

Maybe overall prices changed when they restructured their pricing earlier this month? You get up to 50% off if you buy several.
I wish when you bought 5 (or more) ALL selected expansions were reduced by 50%. Currently, the first one still stays at the full price. Considering $60 is a little on the higher side, this approach would have been very tempting.

Yeah, I'll confess I didn't clock that. Not so tempting after all.

Ach, I probably have all I need from Nexus at this point. Retrospectively, I think the Nexus 4 fiasco might have been the nudge I need to go elsewhere from here on.

m-ac · Post by **m-ac** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:39 pm

mgw38 wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:43 am Prices in USD have not changed for a long time. They are right at 60USD. Maybe they adjusted the exchange rate (which is not pretty right now).

Hmm, just changed my location to the US and it was $81. Strange.

m-ac · Post by **m-ac** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:41 pm

noiseboyuk wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:08 am Hey, good news - a price drop today. It's only £61 now.

Bahh, you should have jumped on it and saved £1, back to £62 now

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noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:51 pm

m-ac wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:41 pm
noiseboyuk wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:08 am Hey, good news - a price drop today. It's only £61 now.
Bahh, you should have jumped on it and saved £1, back to £62 now

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DAGNAMMIT!

abject39 · Post by **abject39** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:10 pm

m-ac wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 1:22 pm
Caine123 wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 11:00 am One thing, it would be cool to have some kind of LOCK function? e.g. you lock the Arp or layer and then scroll through other presets and then you got the ARP setting with the new preset etc.
You can lock it, just hit the 3 little dots in the top right of the arp page. I can understand you not knowing it's there though, I've got no idea why its so convoluted to get to. Just put a little lock icon that we can switch on and off top right?

You can right-click an area to lock it in Nexus 2. For example, right-click the reverb, and an option to lock it will appear. There's no way to lock parameters in the center screen, though.