Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[WatchTheGuitar]

Not a monopoly, a universal app. Individual companies, same portal app.

Not keen. A breaking change then could affect dozens of plugins, no thanks.

[Double Tap]

Yes one universal app with a single logon account.

Make it so, iLok

[VitaminD]

Not a monopoly, a universal app. Individual companies, same portal app.

Not keen. A breaking change then could affect dozens of plugins, no thanks.

A breaking change could affect dozens of plugins today, there isn't any extra meaningful risk.

Every company could still have their own portal. The universal would be separate. If the universal breaks, you still have a backup option.

Just like with Arturia. Even if you don't want to use their portal, they offer individual exe installers for each plugin.

The universal app would saves a lot of hassle though, if there were one. Which I'm not ever expecting there to be one. But I can dream.

[masterhiggins]

Yes one universal app with a single logon account.

They could call it Egg Basket. “All of your favorite plugins in one centralized single point of failure.”

[VitaminD]

Yes one universal app with a single logon account.

They could call it Egg Basket. “All of your favorite plugins in one centralized single point of failure.”

Haha. I understand you're not convinced. But the portals all just work here. No issues. The only issue I have is having so many different portals.

Having a centralized portal would be super! One login, link your accounts, and away you go.

[alvfaria]

Yes one universal app with a single logon account.

It already exist. The name is iLok.
People doesn't like it.

[VitaminD]

Yes one universal app with a single logon account.

It already exist. The name is iLok.
People doesn't like it.

No that's not the same at all.

I'm saying take all the existing portal services and link them together in a single portal app.

Ilok could be a part of this if they want though. Right long with Arturia, IKM, NI, and the rest. They'd all have a separate section in the portal for each brand. But you'd only need one portal app download with one login account to reach all of them.

I'd not want this to get rid of all the separate portals, this would run in addition to them, for those that wish to tidy up things. Essentially it would tie into the download and licensing services behind the scenes of those individual portals.

It's just a dream though. But I think quite a nice one. I am rather annoyed at all the individual portals on my machine.

[sprnva]

AAS Christmas gift emails are incoming. Just got mine for a free soundback of my choice.

[revvy]

X Audio, the everything portal.

[wangeroge]

If someone doesn't want to use the free AAS soundpack in the mail today, I would like to take it.

[GaryG]

If someone doesn't want to use the free AAS soundpack in the mail today, I would like to take it.

didn't think it was a unique code or anything? Whatever, I'll PM you the link I received so you can see if that works for you

[ATS]

If someone doesn't want to use the free AAS soundpack in the mail today, I would like to take it.

didn't think it was a unique code or anything? Whatever, I'll PM you the link I received so you can see if that works for you

it is unique as far as I know

[Scotty]

Is it still possible to buy a Bitwig upgrade product from a third party [ JRRSHOP ) and activate it at a later date so as to get a full year of upgrades from the activation date? It is on sale now and I know I won’t be able to start using it until about March. Thanks for any information.

[Ou_Tis]

Is it still possible to buy a Bitwig upgrade product from a third party [ JRRSHOP ) and activate it at a later date so as to get a full year of upgrades from the activation date? It is on sale now and I know I won’t be able to start using it until about March. Thanks for any information.

Yes.

[ChamomileShark]

Is it still possible to buy a Bitwig upgrade product from a third party [ JRRSHOP ) and activate it at a later date so as to get a full year of upgrades from the activation date? It is on sale now and I know I won’t be able to start using it until about March. Thanks for any information.

Yes. I've done it several times. When I asked Bitwig they told me you could keep the update planunused for at least a year. Mine is now unused for 18 months, I'll activate it in 2024.