Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[VariKusBrainZ]

When upgrading to the AIR AIP3 Complete do you get separate serials for each product?

(the reason I ask is because I have quite a few of their plugins already so would want to sell the licences for those I already own)

AFAIK you do not. You get a single auth code for the bundle. That's how mine shows up in ilok. However, IIRC, you do not have to give up the license for whatever product you used to upgrade. I still have my XPand2 license. Don't quote me on that, I might have had more than one XPand2 license to begin with, but I don't think so.

Thanks mate

Just makes my current licences worthless when factoring in the transfer charge

[MogwaiBoy]

I am not really saying it is a useless app. I will probably even pick it up given its price. And the comparison does have some value. It is just that the red/green thingy is supposed to tell you about quality. That's the way they positioned that app. At the same most professional tracks that people perceive to be of high quality do not pass that test. So, what problems is it detecting exactly? Certainly not the ones that prevent people from getting into the charts.

The "Mastering - Club" preset has a maximum dynamic range allowance of 5db DR. That's upper limit for me so for my own music that's a really good guide. If I was making EDM or Dubstep for the Beatport chart race then I'd ignore it completely or change it to more-like 2-3db DR limit. Loudness casualties will still sell - it's only detecting "problems" in the context of de-escalating the Loudness War.

I bought the app and am enjoying it for batch analysis on integrated LUFS, ISPs and points in the song where the phase goes into negative - it even takes 32-bit floating point files

And I like the quick one-click preview/play function

[Jus11]

Looking at these two, they seems to be "somewhat" similar. Anyone have any thoughts (of course someone here will )

SONIBLE frei:raum (on sale now) vs. oeksound soothe

https://audioplugin.deals vs. https://oeksound.com/soothe/

I have demoed Soothe (and have been waiting for the sale) and bought Freiraum for 59$. To me it seems they are not similar at all when using them. Soothe can smooth high mid - high frequencies by doing some sort of dynamic equing or very precise multi comping. Freiraum has three processors, none of which is similar to Soothe. The smart eq it has is kind of closest to Soothe but it is not dynamic in a way Soothe is (also, I find the other two processors in Freiraum much more useful than this one).

[dzilizzi]

A 5 star rating given today is listed though. ... I wonder what that implies ?!?

Expose exposed?

Obviously, you are not using it correctly or you would have given it a 5 start review like the other 13....

I always wonder about something that gets all 5 star reviews.

[systmu]

How is that SONIBLE frei:raum?

[Tappistry]

When upgrading to the AIR AIP3 Complete do you get separate serials for each product?

(the reason I ask is because I have quite a few of their plugins already so would want to sell the licences for those I already own)

AFAIK you do not. You get a single auth code for the bundle. That's how mine shows up in ilok. However, IIRC, you do not have to give up the license for whatever product you used to upgrade. I still have my XPand2 license. Don't quote me on that, I might have had more than one XPand2 license to begin with, but I don't think so.

Thanks mate

Just makes my current licences worthless when factoring in the transfer charge

Such is the struggle with AiR software and other cheap licenses that have to go through iLok. After doing one transfer some months ago, I've been avoiding buying any iLok activated products at all costs. I haven't had any technical problems with iLok that other folks have talked about here in terms of losing authorizations. I'm just endlessly annoyed by their transfer fees. Consider that so many other companies require interfacing with a human in some way via an email to do a license transfer, and don't charge for the process. Meanwhile, iLok charges exorbitant fees for an automated process.

[Fleer]

How is that SONIBLE frei:raum?

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[Obvious561]

How is that SONIBLE frei:raum?

I got really good results after trying so I decided to get it. I’m really happy I got it.

[Psyclapse]

I'm just endlessly annoyed by their transfer fees. Consider that so many other companies require interfacing with a human in some way via an email to do a license transfer, and don't charge for the process. Meanwhile, iLok charges exorbitant fees for an automated process.

Exactly the point I made back in January.
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to iLok

[Tappistry]

I'm just endlessly annoyed by their transfer fees. Consider that so many other companies require interfacing with a human in some way via an email to do a license transfer, and don't charge for the process. Meanwhile, iLok charges exorbitant fees for an automated process.

Exactly the point I made back in January.
viewtopic.php?p=6669854#p6669854
to iLok

[Tappistry]

Zero-G has all their EDM titles on sale for the weekend, which includes Phaedra.

Think I'll save my newsletter $15 coupon for BF sales in case I see anything else that strikes my fancy. Their Vocaloid series seems to be the only things that don't go on sale, which I'm guessing is due to their immense popularity? What are some other must-haves from Zero-G? Seems like they have a lot of things aimed at sound design, but I'm not a film composer, so I have to be careful about gathering up a ton of libraries like that because I'm not sure if I'll find a lot of use for them. (Even for some kind of dramatic opener or transition for a rock, metal, or electronic track.)

[Scotty]

I got 5 vocaloid libraries on sale from zero-g early this year. So they do go on sale but not widely marketed.

Zero-G has all their EDM titles on sale for the weekend, which includes Phaedra.

Think I'll save my newsletter $15 coupon for BF sales in case I see anything else that strikes my fancy. Their Vocaloid series seems to be the only things that don't go on sale, which I'm guessing is due to their immense popularity? What are some other must-haves from Zero-G? Seems like they have a lot of things aimed at sound design, but I'm not a film composer, so I have to be careful about gathering up a ton of libraries like that because I'm not sure if I'll find a lot of use for them. (Even for some kind of dramatic opener or transition for a rock, metal, or electronic track.)

[shonky]

Used my $15 token to get Phaedra for under £19 - Get in

[Tappistry]

Used my $15 token to get Phaedra for under £19 - Get in

Yuppp!

[Uncle E]

I am not really saying it is a useless app. I will probably even pick it up given its price. And the comparison does have some value. It is just that the red/green thingy is supposed to tell you about quality. That's the way they positioned that app. At the same most professional tracks that people perceive to be of high quality do not pass that test. So, what problems is it detecting exactly? Certainly not the ones that prevent people from getting into the charts.

I did a remix for Paul Oakenfold’s label many years ago and it ended up having level problems, it actually distorted Beatport’s player. They never asked me to do another remix.

Anyway, the point of Expose is to warn you when you’ve crossed Generally Accepted Audio Principles (GAAP ) but you can still choose to do it. Bach sometimes composed with Parallel 5ths, rules can be broken when you’re either very good or very lucky.