Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[musikmachine]

Now Synth Squad is back in stock @ juno.co.uk, price went up again to $196/165€. Crazy things are going on there. Luckily my order has already been shipped.

I was going to order it today for 100 EUR, so I thought. S**t!! Lucky you that managed to get your order in in time.

It's out of stock, sold out and they're not getting it back in either.

[FrankT]

Oops, should have read this one first... Thanks GreyLion and jsp1979! I could redact my last post in that main thread but I'll just apologize here for the extra notifications. If I find a bargain soon I'll just post it in there to make up for it

you should probably apologize for having two accounts and working for a company that continually spams kvr with bs.

+1

[breakmixer]

http://www.uvisoundsource.com/no-braine ... p/cPath/15

opinions please, mostly on the clav, but all of it will do, i.e. quality/realness...

[frollo9386]

is the audiomidi addictive drums for 99$ deal still valid?

[VitaminD]

is the audiomidi addictive drums for 99$ deal still valid?

Hehe silly question... have you gone to their website to see?

http://www.audiomidi.com/searchresults. ... %20Content

btw dont forget to add code 'kvr' for another 11% off.

[667]

I went for the download version this morning. Anyone know how long jrrshop takes to get you the serial? This was my first time doing business with them.

-- N

I got mine in just a few hours, so you probably have yours already. I've purchased quite a bit from them so far this year and no problems at all.

[natqueencole]

I went for the download version this morning. Anyone know how long jrrshop takes to get you the serial? This was my first time doing business with them.

-- N

I got mine in just a few hours, so you probably have yours already. I've purchased quite a bit from them so far this year and no problems at all.

It took about 36 hours, but I eventually got it.

Thanks!

-- N

[GeorgeZ]

Cakewalk is offering the download of Sonar X1 studio for $99 for all "registered customers".

http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/Pro ... SR1.00-20E

You can become a registered customer, by downloading and registering any of the free softsynths or effects bundles, such as...

http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/Pro ... SZ1.40-20E

That's a pretty sweet deal, IMHO...

Attention!
Sonar X1 is very buggy.
I have bought X1 2 month ago.
I have spent a lot of hours for bugs identification and reproducing (cakewalk just uses X1 users as free beta testers !!!).
Now there are 5 opened critical bugs.
I don't know when they will be closed.
One man says:
"I have lost all hope for Sonar ever being a functional DAW again. CW should just close its doors and disappear so that we don't waste our time and money on software that will never work properly." (http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=2260914 )
Still use Cubase SX and Cubase 5 for producing.

Pffft and bah humbug... he can't even post in the right thread. X1 has been really good to me, and @ $99.00 Studio is a freakin STEAL! Don't let this meatsack put you off

Have a look at the Camparison chart to see what you get in Studio, considering that at $99.00 it's only about $20 more than what X1 Essential: You'll get a lot of bang for your buck... fully 64bit host (which preforms well), the Sonitus suit of FX (I personally quite like them... on their own would be worth the $99.00) and tons of other bells and whistles.

[Photo_G]

Just a reminder; Cakewalk products cannot be resold.

[MFXxx]

Cakewalk is offering the download of Sonar X1 studio for $99 for all "registered customers".

http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/Pro ... SR1.00-20E

You can become a registered customer, by downloading and registering any of the free softsynths or effects bundles, such as...

http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/Pro ... SZ1.40-20E

That's a pretty sweet deal, IMHO...

Attention!
Sonar X1 is very buggy.
I have bought X1 2 month ago.
I have spent a lot of hours for bugs identification and reproducing (cakewalk just uses X1 users as free beta testers !!!).
Now there are 5 opened critical bugs.
I don't know when they will be closed.
One man says:
"I have lost all hope for Sonar ever being a functional DAW again. CW should just close its doors and disappear so that we don't waste our time and money on software that will never work properly." (http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=2260914 )
Still use Cubase SX and Cubase 5 for producing.

Pffft and bah humbug... he can't even post in the right thread. X1 has been really good to me, and @ $99.00 Studio is a freakin STEAL! Don't let this meatsack put you off

Have a look at the Camparison chart to see what you get in Studio, considering that at $99.00 it's only about $20 more than what X1 Essential: You'll get a lot of bang for your buck... fully 64bit host (which preforms well), the Sonitus suit of FX (I personally quite like them... on their own would be worth the $99.00) and tons of other bells and whistles.

Just a reminder; Cakewalk products cannot be resold.

This imho is great value just for the bundled plugins and should not be scoffed at.
Not too sure about all the bugs and wonder if the poster is even aware of the 1c update!
CW is non transferrable however if your are smart you can always open an email account and details exclusively for each individual product. As most licenses are email based

[jsp1979]

Just a reminder; Cakewalk products cannot be resold.

Just a reminder; Cakewalk products only require a simple serial to activate. No dongles, no C/R.

That's the positive side of the tradeoff.

[ancient]

$99 is a fantastic price. (Some might even say a desperate price.) And many of the plugins included are well worth it. But as a Cakewalk user for many, many years, I would have to second that there are some significant bugs that Cakewalk is deliberately ignoring, apparently because fixing them would require some major rewrites of core functionality.

For tracking bands and live musicians, Sonar seems ideal! But I struggled with it for years in electronic music (and released an album that way) before finally giving up and switching away from it. In retrospect, I wish I had done so years before. MIDI routing bugs, multi-core bugs, MIDI crosstalk/VST bugs, lack of proper support for grid controllers like Monome, Ohm64, etc, anemic support of other controllers, excess latency issues resulting in endless crackles and pops, and support that can run users in circles for weeks before finally acknowledging that the user's issue is a known bug that will probably never be fixed, all make it less optimal than, say, Ableton Live, for electronic music.

While Sonar is very powerful, it's also bloated and slow. Criticism of the package ultimately leads to users challenging each other on their competency to optimize their systems, or the quality of their gear, rather than address the fact that other DAW software simply doesn't place the same demands on the system as Sonar.

As an X1 owner, I'll gladly say that $99 is a great price for the package. But for the electronic musician, don't expect the same ease of use and intuitive routing that other packages provide right out of the box. It's powerful, but would you rather spend your time tinkering with it or making music? Obviously your mileage will vary, but after spending a couple grand on Sonar and its upgrades, I have to say I've finally given up on it and moved on.

[GeorgeZ]

That was a fair comment / post. Out of interest ancient, what are you using now?

[Project]

Does someone know if the included plugins in this Sonar version can be used with other DAW?

[GeorgeZ]

I'll have3 to test them individually, but I'm sure quite a few of them can be used in other DAWs. I can confirm that the following plug ins work in other hosts (bare in mind however that I've got X1 Producer, so not all of these plugs come with Studio, and I can't be assed trying to figure out which ones do and which ones don't )

- Boost11 (64bit tested)
- CW Sound Centre
- Channel Tools (64 bit tested)
- Dimension Pro (x64)
- Dropzone (x64)
- GR4 LE (x64)
- LP 64 EQ (x64)
- LP 64 Compressor (x64)
- Perfectspace (x64)
- PX64 Perc Strip (x64)
- RaptureLE (x64)
- RXP (x64)
- Session Drummer 3 (x64 ... but it's poop... XLN AD FTW!)
- All the SI's (Studio instruments: Keys, Strings, Drums and Bass)
- Square 1 (..although, I never use it... meh)
- TL64 Tubeleveler (x64)
- TruePianos Sonar version DOES NOT WORK IN OTHER HOSTS
- TS64 Transient shaper
- VC 64 DOES NOT WORK IN OTHER HOSTS
- VX64 Vocal Strip (x64)
- Z3ta 1 (..but then again, I had it installed WAY before I got X1 Prod
installed, so don't quote me on this one!)

As far as I can tell none of the Cakewalk DSP-FX: or Sonitus S series FX work outside of X1.

Ok, that's the ones I've tested and used in other hosts myself... like I say, not sure about the exact bits that come with Studio...

EDIT: Urrr... found a list on CW's site:
Instrruments and Effects.

I would suggest however that you don't buy this for the possibility to use the FX outside of X1, as it may be that just the one that you want to use outside of X1 is bound to X1....