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Musician's friend stupid deal of the day : addictive keys grand & upright for $23.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid/

It's the whole collection (grand, upright and Mark One), isn't it?

I suppose this is a serial number in a box again. If someone in the US is willing to buy one of those for me, please PM me. I'll pay in advance.

I'm wondering about this too. It describes all three, but then says:

•The Studio Collection bundle includes:
•The Addictive Keys engine
•Studio Grand
•Modern Upright

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[Vintage73]

I posted this in the thread about this deal also, but I figured I'd post it here, too, in case people didn't see the other thread.

I'm willing to order this for anyone outside of the use. If there's a disc, I'll upload the content and provide a link, and I'll also PM the serial to you once it arrives here at my place.

So now a good deal for those in the US is also a good deal for those outside of the US!

[EDIT]: Off to bed. I guess this offer is over now...That was 11 people helped, and I'm happy to do it with any similar Stupid Deals of the Day.

[murnau]

Musician's friend stupid deal of the day : addictive keys grand & upright for $23.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid/

It's the whole collection (grand, upright and Mark One), isn't it?

I suppose this is a serial number in a box again. If someone in the US is willing to buy one of those for me, please PM me. I'll pay in advance.

the deal is also outside the US but you end with 54EUR for example to germany (still not that bad..)

Items:
EUR 118.44
Shipping:
EUR 18.07
Handling:
EUR 5.07
Duty:
FREE
VAT (Tax):
EUR 7.73
Additional Discounts:
(EUR 95.39)

Order Total:
EUR 53.92

[TheKid]

Why are there so many users selling their IK Multimedia software/accounts? Was there a recent change in user policies? For me the custom shop and the credit system is a total barrier for ever doing business with them but that stuff has been there for quite some time. So where is this IKM accounts and licences flood coming from? Did i miss something?

I still have an unregistered T-Racks CS Deluxe here which came with the Beat mag subscription (too bad Ozone 5 was out of stock) and I was going to sell it. But now the prices are really going to hell... total inflation it seems.

[murnau]

Why are there so many users selling their IK Multimedia software/accounts? Was there a recent change in user policies? For me the custom shop and the credit system is a total barrier for ever doing business with them but that stuff has been there for quite some time. So where is this IKM accounts and licences flood coming from? Did i miss something?

I still have an unregistered T-Racks CS Deluxe here which came with the Beat mag subscription (too bad Ozone 5 was out of stock) and I was going to sell it. But now the prices are really going to hell... total inflation it seems.

i'm one of them. since a year i struggle with this CS crap. in my studio i have only an offline pc. the t-racks Grand i bought i can only use in a shell. no single dll available. they promised since a year that they work on it. nothing happend since then only that they always say "we are working on it" "its in the next update" bla bla.

yes, beside that this CS is a total barrier and also i dont like the whole idea behind. there are enough other devs. everybody is free to support whatever.
i am off with IK forever and i have/had nearly the whole software range. i think many people are pissed off thats why you see more of those sales now.

[flugel45]

i'm one of them. since a year i struggle with this CS crap. in my studio i have only an offline pc. the t-racks Grand i bought i can only use in a shell. no single dll available. they promised since a year that they work on it. nothing happend since then only that they always say "we are working on it" "its in the next update" bla bla.

yes, beside that this CS is a total barrier and also i dont like the whole idea behind. there are enough other devs. everybody is free to support whatever.
i am off with IK forever and i have/had nearly the whole software range. i think many people are pissed off thats why you see more of those sales now.

OK, but that still doesn't explain why there's so many IKM accounts being suddenly dumped in the marketplace.

I'm with TheKid -- I don't get it either. Surely there's another reason...?

[murnau]

no, one start and a few follow. cant see any strange in that.

[flugel45]

no, one start and a few follow. cant see any strange in that.

Gotta disagree. I count 5 IKM accounts listed in the same day. Tell me any other time when that's happened just because one person started it.

(I'm not saying I necessarily disagree with the decisions. Just curious that it's happening).

[murnau]

no, one start and a few follow. cant see any strange in that.

Gotta disagree. I count 5 IKM accounts listed in the same day. Tell me any other time when that's happened just because one person started it.

(I'm not saying I necessarily disagree with the decisions. Just curious that it's happening).

i dont know what you are trying to say. i have a pretty oversight since i'm one of them. one member started and i was the 2nd. then the whole discussion about the CS, transfer policy, EU Law etc. started. as i see it a few members shows their incomprehension with their decision also to sell their account. nothing what left me wondering about.

[elxsound]

no, one start and a few follow. cant see any strange in that.

Gotta disagree. I count 5 IKM accounts listed in the same day. Tell me any other time when that's happened just because one person started it.

(I'm not saying I necessarily disagree with the decisions. Just curious that it's happening).

Actually the same thing happened when someone pushed the whole Image-Line account sale for European customers.

I also don't see anything strange about it.

I have my Imagine-Line account that I'd like to get rid of, but as far as I know, being from the US, I can't get rid of it even though most of what's in my account are Windows only plugs and I'm now on a Mac. If I saw that the same "look-the-other-way" strategy was applied to American accounts too, then I'd be posting my account for sale too. I think many others would quickly follow too, since I doubt I'm the only one with the same predicament (where no longer using the software, but stuck with the license).

I think there must be lots of people wanting to dump their IK accounts for various reasons. I don't use my IK stuff anymore and while I haven't reached the point of saying I never will, but if this were also applied to American accounts, I'd consider dumping my stuff too.

[TheKid]

The whole IKM discussion is really sad since the guys have really great products. But the shit around them is just too bloating, inconvenient and not at customer's (here me) option.
I really don't get it why they don't have a look at smaller successful companies like Sean's Valhalla DSP, Steve from Xfer Records and Tony from Klanghelm (I know there are a lot more, sorry if I didn't mention you here). These guys also produce top notch products for a great price, offer perfect support and the easiest way of installation without any marketing Punchinellos. Their plugins simply sell because they are really good with a decent staff behind it; no strings attached. I wish some companies would go back to the roots.

[murnau]

The whole IKM discussion is really sad since the guys have really great products. But the shit around them is just too bloating, inconvenient and not at customer's (here me) option.

right to a certain point but anyway: their products are good but other devs have the same or most of the time even better quality nowdays without any restrictions like CustomShop / Credits etc. dont forget their stuff isn't updated for years.

all i see now is iOS and CustomShop, and i dont even started with all the other crap they want again your money while other devs dont charge you a penny of course.

everybody who have at least a few braincells can easily see that the whole focus of this CustomShop Credits Online System is only to make more money.

they must have a genius of a marketing director!

[thenumber23]

I just got my Musicians Friend 30 day Groove 3 All-Access Pass code.

And it worked... but unfortunately, unlike previous Groove 3 codes I've gotten from other companies, this one did not extend my current paid subscription, but rather started a parallel one that ends 30 days from today.

So, great value for new customers, but it's not an important discount for current customers to pursue.

[Numanoid]

Killer deal from Sonic Core!!
http://sonic-core.net/joomla.soniccore/ ... Itemid=336

Bundle consisting of:
- SCOPE v5.1
- Modular IV
- Prodyssey
- ProTone

Regular price: 814,00 €EUR
Now only 99,00 EUR excl. VAT

But these are not VST plugins as I understand? They will only work with the Sonic Core DSP Audio Platform right?

[Project]

But these are not VST plugins as I understand? They will only work with the Sonic Core DSP Audio Platform right?

Right!