Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[LoveEnigma18]

Re: BestService coupons from Bargains only thread - Thanks Kalamata Kid!
Save 20 €/$ with every purchase from 100 €/$ - Promo Code: HNY-20-24
Save 40 €/$ with every purchase from 200 €/$ - Promo Code: HNY-40-24

As a fellow deal hunter, I thought that I should mention some good ones I just got:

1. BestService:
XLN Life is $100.xx + Freebie choice -$20 & my own Best Coin = $69.xx
Freebie: Accordions 2 – Single French Musette
https://www.bestservice.com/en/life.html

Happy New Year!

I was thinking about the same deal yesterday. Still contemplating about XLN Life even after this additional discount. Did you buy it? If so, what's your quick opinion on it? Thanks.

EDIT: I tried the demo and decided to skip it, at least for now.

The code at Best Service could be used for VPS Avenger 2 (and Expansions) for anyone interested while it is still on intro sale. Tempting for sure, but I have Nexus4 and other synths, so don't really feel the need for it, especially for the genres I am into.

Happy New Year to you and everyone here!

[MrJubbly]

I have the paid version of Resolve now and it is excellent - I had used Premiere for years but glad I switched. There are lots of Youtube tutorials with the great advantage that they tend to be very quick and to the point, unlike most music tutes which are filled with padding and ads for the presenter

Are there any viable equivalents for After Effects?

[Greenstorm33]

Does PSP still do free manual iLok transfers?

[wfm]

Re: Kidslow: So I bought Restoration back in April on a PA Flash sale.
I too had the coupon too, but I also let it expire.

However, when I was looking around after Acon announced the 25% off end-of-the-year-deal
and Thomann had the best price, I think. But then I logged into my AconDigital account and
put Acoustica in my cart, it triggered 2 coupons. #1 1/2 off + #2 $50 off $199 upgrade = $74.xx

Maybe be certain you're not blocking pop-ups because sometimes they will stop coupons
from populating (just a wild guess)

Here's the "Pop-up" pic that I still see (even though I purchased it already!)
https://imgur.com/a/EDDWO5o

Re: LoveEnigma: It appears you've decided, no worries. I got LIFE as I'm always making
these 'environmental recordings' on a small stereo tascam and thought it would be fun.
I also really like XLN's Addictive Drummer and XO.
The discounts made up my mind. I wouldn't have jumped at full price.


Best to all & Happy New Year!

[kidslow]

Re: Kidslow: So I bought Restoration back in April on a PA Flash sale.
I too had the coupon too, but I also let it expire.
[...]
Here's the "Pop-up" pic that I still see (even though I purchased it already!)
https://imgur.com/a/EDDWO5o

Thanks for following up. I logged in again using a more permissive browser, accepted all cookies, and played around with putting things in the cart. It's not really a cart. Added. Emptied. Nothing happened. Then I went to my product page ... and scrolled down ... and there was the offer, just below my list of purchased products, a bit of an Easter Egg.

One last purchase to put me over budget for the year, when I was doing so well. Guess it comes out of 2024 budget. Happy New Year!

[neverbefore]

I have the paid version of Resolve now and it is excellent - I had used Premiere for years but glad I switched. There are lots of Youtube tutorials with the great advantage that they tend to be very quick and to the point, unlike most music tutes which are filled with padding and ads for the presenter

Are there any viable equivalents for After Effects?

No idea, not something I have been interested in

[wfm]

Are there any viable equivalents for After Effects?

Natron is up and coming.
https://natrongithub.github.io/

Or search for AE alternatives on
www.reddit.com/r/AfterEffects/

[martinjuenke]

Does PSP still do free manual iLok transfers?

AFAIK they have to agree to every single transfer you're planning.
During that process they're asking you why you want to sell their oh so cool plugins.
Quite annoying procedure and policy.
This was the reason for me to stop using their stuff.

[paolostylo]

Hi, I would try this UAD-subsription for $0,99...
Can I cancel it before the 3 months expire...?
Or is this linked to an annual subscription?
The information provided by UAD is not really clear for me...

[The Noodlist]

Hi, I would try this UAD-subsription for $0,99...
Can I cancel it before the 3 months expire...?
Or is this linked to an annual subscription?
The information provided by UAD is not really clear for me...

Subscribe for .99c and cancel straight away so it doesn't renew. Your .99c subscription will run it's course. I did this with the 3 month Spark trial for .99c.
Also, have no payment methods on UAD's records to make additional payments.

[paolostylo]

Hi, I would try this UAD-subsription for $0,99...
Can I cancel it before the 3 months expire...?
Or is this linked to an annual subscription?
The information provided by UAD is not really clear for me...

Subscribe for .99c and cancel straight away so it doesn't renew. Your .99c subscription will run it's course. I did this with the 3 month Spark trial for .99c.
Also, have no payment methods on UAD's records to make additional payments.

Thank you very much Sir!

[Double Tap]

Also for $74 you can get two Spitfire libraries over at uaudio.com

They have the Spitfire Chamber Strings, Symphonic Woodwinds and Symphonic Brass on offer.

All are Luna only (Mac) though. But for about $37 each that's a steal for Mac/Luna users.

How: Choose the Custom 2 pack for $99 and use the $25 off code GIFT25.

Note: Also, I was able to buy Antares Auto-Tune Realtime Advanced Plug-In for UAD-2 as part of the two pack with my GIFT25 code just fine on my initial purchase and then immediately received another specific gift code for an additional $25 off on my next purchase. (Special code good until 1/30/2024)

Edit: Spitfire stuff might only work if you have an Apollo registered in your UA account I'm told.

Other notables:
Neve Summing (Luna extension only)
Sonnox stuff
C-Suite stuff
Tube -Tech collection

$37 for one of those Spitfire libraries is a great deal BUT they are cut down versions of the main libraries. It's not clear at all from the UAD website exactly how they differ but from reading a few snippets from other forums it looks like the Luna Chamber Strings is 16GB, whereas the full version is 80.9GB. I assume they have cut some of the articulations, particularly the legato patches. However, buying Spitfire Chamber Strings would usually be £650 and is still more than £450 in the winter sale so ...

[Harry_HH]

Also for $74 you can get two Spitfire libraries over at uaudio.com

They have the Spitfire Chamber Strings, Symphonic Woodwinds and Symphonic Brass on offer.

All are Luna only (Mac) though. But for about $37 each that's a steal for Mac/Luna users.

How: Choose the Custom 2 pack for $99 and use the $25 off code GIFT25.

Note: Also, I was able to buy Antares Auto-Tune Realtime Advanced Plug-In for UAD-2 as part of the two pack with my GIFT25 code just fine on my initial purchase and then immediately received another specific gift code for an additional $25 off on my next purchase. (Special code good until 1/30/2024)

Edit: Spitfire stuff might only work if you have an Apollo registered in your UA account I'm told.

Other notables:
Neve Summing (Luna extension only)
Sonnox stuff
C-Suite stuff
Tube -Tech collection

$37 for one of those Spitfire libraries is a great deal BUT they are cut down versions of the main libraries. It's not clear at all from the UAD website exactly how they differ but from reading a few snippets from other forums it looks like the Luna Chamber Strings is 16GB, whereas the full version is 80.9GB. I assume they have cut some of the articulations, particularly the legato patches. However, buying Spitfire Chamber Strings would usually be £650 and is still more than £450 in the winter sale so ...

I’ve learned not to buy sheisse, whatever unexpensive the brown stuff is.
Even some pretty expensive ($ 200+) Spitfire products, e.g. Keppler, totally useless, waste for money.

[Greenstorm33]

Does PSP still do free manual iLok transfers?

AFAIK they have to agree to every single transfer you're planning.
During that process they're asking you why you want to sell their oh so cool plugins.
Quite annoying procedure and policy.
This was the reason for me to stop using their stuff.

Eh, alright. Thanks for the info. I've only got one thing I wanted to sell so I guess I won't. Last time they did the transfer first and then asked me why I was selling the plugin, so I just didn't respond.

[Double Tap]

Also for $74 you can get two Spitfire libraries over at uaudio.com

They have the Spitfire Chamber Strings, Symphonic Woodwinds and Symphonic Brass on offer.

All are Luna only (Mac) though. But for about $37 each that's a steal for Mac/Luna users.

How: Choose the Custom 2 pack for $99 and use the $25 off code GIFT25.

Note: Also, I was able to buy Antares Auto-Tune Realtime Advanced Plug-In for UAD-2 as part of the two pack with my GIFT25 code just fine on my initial purchase and then immediately received another specific gift code for an additional $25 off on my next purchase. (Special code good until 1/30/2024)

Edit: Spitfire stuff might only work if you have an Apollo registered in your UA account I'm told.

Other notables:
Neve Summing (Luna extension only)
Sonnox stuff
C-Suite stuff
Tube -Tech collection

$37 for one of those Spitfire libraries is a great deal BUT they are cut down versions of the main libraries. It's not clear at all from the UAD website exactly how they differ but from reading a few snippets from other forums it looks like the Luna Chamber Strings is 16GB, whereas the full version is 80.9GB. I assume they have cut some of the articulations, particularly the legato patches. However, buying Spitfire Chamber Strings would usually be £650 and is still more than £450 in the winter sale so ...

I’ve learned not to buy sheisse, whatever unexpensive the brown stuff is.
Even some pretty expensive ($ 200+) Spitfire products, e.g. Keppler, totally useless, waste for money.

Yeah you're right - I've just found the articulations lists - https://help.uaudio.com/hc/en-us/articl ... fire-Audio - no wonder it's not on the product page.

The original chamber strings has 45 articulations for the main violins and about 35 for most of the other instruments, whereas there are only up to 11 per instrument in the Luna edition (9 for the ensembles).