Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[MFXxx]

Totally agree its a terrible system, website and convoluted offer system.

The vouchers earnt are not worth anything to the consumer, totally pointless.
Stuff shown is not available, out of stock - so why the feck they are advertising stuff that is unavailable is beyond me period! (and I hate using the expression period, so read into that what you will).
The website keeps coming up with the @deal expires@ base banner every time an action is selceted, very annoying and instusive.

On the plus side, occasionally they have a good deal that comes up that I can live without.

Bottomline, not a website I would check or go searching for deals on over many of the standard go tos.

As for the deals, as mentioned two zones.

Deal zone and the shop.

Only use vouchers on products that do not drop the product below the base price.

All pretty convoluted and pointless to me, but they are in business so guessing they are doing well.

Emails now goto junkmail, bin so unless they're posted on KVR, I miss them and save even more money.

Good system .. for me

I gave in and grabbed the audioplugin.deals Frozen Plain bundle. It seemed too cool for $10 bucks a piece. Good stuff.

Same! Had my eye on Arctic Strings for awhile and didn'teven know how much I needed the other 2. What a fantastic Kontakt dev.

The Audioplugin deals shop is a confusing mess though - I've had $20 in rewards for ages but every time I try and spend it on something I get told 'You cannot use more than $0.00 in rewards money' so it never gets used. Wanted to use it on the Frozen Plain bundle

You can only use rewards in the shop, not on the weekly/fortnightly deals, you can find the info on the "how it works" section of their rewards page.

Their reward scheme rules are completely nuts and worth NOTHING for us customers!

Just got these messages:

"You cannot use more than $0.00 in rewards money"

"You cannot add "BASSilicious by Gospel Musicians" to the cart because the product is out of stock."

Hell if I know how their system works - looks broken to me.

[Fleer]

For just $89.99, AKAI and Air Music Tech proudly offer The Premier Performance Bundle featuring 16 epic libraries at a whopping 87% off (over $590 savings)! 
https://audioplugin.deals/wp-content/up ... Bundle.pdf
 

Worth it if you haven’t got the AIR bundle yet, as you get that sweet Akai VIP software on top, similar to NI NKS.

[OneOfManyPauls]

Worth mentioning that unregistered/unused VIP licenses pop up in the sales forum for around $10 a pop pretty regularly. I've been tempted to buy a few times, but didn't gel with it after trying the demo.

[Fleer]

I got it a while back when I bought my new controller. It’s quite versatile though I prefer NI NKS, albeit more expensive controller-wise.

[schmerzschlag]

Yeah that's my plan. I'm thinking maybe they're all on vacation? It's definitely tourist season where I live right now!

They are from Sweden, right? Quite possible. We're not that far away from there (Germany) and life is slow and hot. I hope you're successful soon.

[dzilizzi]

For 2 days they are selling it at $149 for the upgrade price, regularly $199. Full price is
$399/$299 sale price. So it isn't too bad. But I always ask.

Yes, that's a very good price. EastWest sale prices are usually 50% off MSRP, meaning the full version might be $199 when it goes on sale. If Upgrades don't usually go on sale and the new impulses are as good as they seem, I'd say go for it.

-edit-

EastWest confirmed that Upgrades are only sold direct.

Thanks for checking!

Yes, that was my thought on this. If I wait for the 50% off sale, the upgrades may not go on sale. But if it does, it would be down to $100 or so. And I really don't need it now. They are saying the CPU usage is much better than the original, which is a good thing.

[Armagibbon]

Totally agree its a terrible system, website and convoluted offer system.

The vouchers earnt are not worth anything to the consumer, totally pointless.
Stuff shown is not available, out of stock - so why the feck they are advertising stuff that is unavailable is beyond me period! (and I hate using the expression period, so read into that what you will).
The website keeps coming up with the @deal expires@ base banner every time an action is selceted, very annoying and instusive.

On the plus side, occasionally they have a good deal that comes up that I can live without.

Bottomline, not a website I would check or go searching for deals on over many of the standard go tos.

As for the deals, as mentioned two zones.

Deal zone and the shop.

Only use vouchers on products that do not drop the product below the base price.

All pretty convoluted and pointless to me, but they are in business so guessing they are doing well.

Emails now goto junkmail, bin so unless they're posted on KVR, I miss them and save even more money.

Good system .. for me

Picked up a couple sonible eq plugs from em some time ago. Worked out ok. Had some reward cash but couldnt use more than like 30 on the order. Got proximity and entropy for less than half retail that way.

[Musical Gym]

I got a notice on my Studio One startup screen that this is free until August 9, but when I go to the site I don't see any mention of it being free except for trial version.
Anybody been able to get the full free version yet?
https://www.ujam.com/sparkle/

[Fleer]

You need to use the code from PreSonus.

[Musical Gym]

Where do I get that?

[Fleer]

PreSonus News - thefolks@presonus.com via e3ma.net
or check your spam folder

[pekbro]

Where do I get that?

IIRC it was just a link you follow in the email. I had some trouble with their
system because of some issue they were having with paypal. I emailed them
and they just created an account for me and put sparkle in there without me
asking, they already knew it was the presonus offer.

I thought the code was for the discount on the other 2 guitar instruments actually.

[Musical Gym]

Thanks guys. I didn't get an email so I emailed them at address above and also posted question on their forum.

[pekbro]

@Musical Gym

Note: I only dealt with ujam, but I already had the email from Presonus,
so talking to Presonus seems like the way to go for you.

Sparkle is really pretty cool btw. I didn't buy the other 2 instruments on offer
as I am unable to justify such things over the real guitars I own.

-Cheers

[ftech]

Three-Body Technology OwnTHD classic console simulator introductory sale, now $89 instead of $129:

https://www.jrrshop.com/three-body-technology-ownthd


OwnTHD gives you total control over the analog feeling of your mix. Various classic console simulations plus unique circuit simulations provide the one capability you are missing: adjust analog feel.

OwnTHD includes four independent and simultaneously running components: Vintage Equipment Simulation, Solid-State Simulation, Tube Simulation and Tape Simulation. All of them are connected in series and each can be turned on/off individually.

Question for Eric; How long is this intro offer good for?
Been demoing and it actually sounds quite good.