Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[Gamma-UT]

On the Autotune (supposedly) at $29 thing, this is the webpage that the email I received links to:

http://www.antarestech.com/email/archiv ... TEFX29.htm

Maybe they decided to do this without telling the dealers.

[VitaminD]

http://www.audiomidi.com/Auto-Tune-EFX-P11814.aspx

coupon code 'kvr'

[jsp1979]

Make sure to realize that it requires an ilok.

That doesn't bother me, but it does some people.

[mcnelson]

I didn't see this one posted yet, BFD Eco for $29


http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/fxpansion -bfd-eco-software-instrument?src=3XFCBK1

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... ht=bfd+eco
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... ht=bfd+eco

Just sayin, not bitchin.

[thefyn]

$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.
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100 % agree with you.

My Sonar X1c issues:
1.Matrix can't be triged when SonarX1 is in the slave mode
2.Crash when two or more vsti's with midi out enabled
3.Wrong MTC offset when SonarX1 runs as a master after computer restart.
4.Audio stream glitches on 60% dual core CPU usage. (Cubase starts glitching on 90% dual core CPU usage with same vsti's set)
5.MTC synchronization issue when SonarX1 runs as a slave.
6.Unwanted additional latency ~ 10 ms (total latency = ASIO latency + unwanted additional latency). I usually set 16 ms ASIO latency. But with unwanted additional latency i can't record drums live using drum pads.
7.Audio stream glitches at 10 ms ASIO latency with low CPU usage. (Cubase works fine on 10 ms ASIO latency )

Now i don't want to work on Sonar X1. And I can't sell it .

I think, Steinberg makes the best bug free daw's with vst hosting.
I love you Steinberg, I love your ASIO API, I love your VST 2.4 API !!!

I am in EXACTLY the same boat. I have Sonar X1 newest patch and I am pulling my hair out getting my VST's to work.

Brand new ones like Razor are not working properly, with hanging notes when you hit stop. Blllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr non stop until I hit the same note on the midi riano roll.

Huge pain.

I can't even do basic midi editing.

I want to select all snare drum hits via the piano roll, then use the midi fx to make a slight variant in the velocity of hits, about 7% so it triggers different waves in Steven Slate. I can't do it. The midi fx is greyed out when you multi select individual midi notes. You have to submit changes to the whole track.

The new midi selection "smart" tool is a joke.

[Tempest]

Looking to get Izotope Ozone, anyone know cheapest way to purchase? The Izotope site discount makes it the same pric3 from retail stores - $199.00. Thanks in advance!

[VitaminD]

I always haggle at a pawn shop.

dw

Yes and why wouldn't someone do so too??

I'd haggle at a retail store too if the item was high priced/large markup... who wants to pay retail price???

[Aiynzahev]

I was so excited about this, http://kellysmusic.ca/ProductInfo~id~908028400~TB~1.htm

But I find the shipping to the UK at $55!

[jsp1979]

I was so excited about this, http://kellysmusic.ca/ProductInfo~id~908028400~TB~1.htm

But I find the shipping to the UK at $55!

Did you see this deal for Garritan Personal Orchestra 4?

http://www.timespace.com/product/GPO4-1 ... ad%29.html


I posted it a few posts up in the bargain thread. It's a good deal, and it's a download (so no shipping). You get the serial via email right away.

[aldrichgo4]

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We cannot openly publish our prices.

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Hmmm, and why is that?

(An advertised price wouldn't seem to preclude offering special discounts to regular buyers. Lots of companies do that.)

I don't know anything about Littlefish specifically, but there are generally two interacting reasons for not advertising prices.

First there's Minimum Advertised Price (MAP), which is the agreement that sellers enter into with manufacturers specifying that they won't publicly go below a certain price.

If a seller can entice you into actually contacting them and/or joining as a 'Member', thus giving them your email address, they're more likely to make sales, and be able to target future marketing toward you, than they are if you just generally hit their site and leave.

I suspect we'll be seeing a lot more of this as sellers become more desperate in this economy. In this saturated marketplace, marketing is HARD.

Gents, sorry to weigh-in so late, but I wanted to piggy back on what GreyLion wrote. The MAP is the reason we cannot advertise our true prices, and we understand that can be frustrating. At Waves Universewe opted not to require membership, email, or a phone call. You can find our best prices right online, all the time. Unfortunately you have to click on "See Your Price," there is no way around that. The only prices that require email or phone call are individual upgrades or WUPs. Obviously those vary from customer to customer, so we have to get more information to give an accurate price. We are hoping this approach provides a level of convenience.

[szurcio]

Does anyone have any more details about the Addictive Drums deal (for $50) at Guitar Center stores tomorrow and on Sunday? I checked at my local GC today and they haven't heard anything about it.

[rj0]

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We cannot openly publish our prices.

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Hmmm, and why is that?

(An advertised price wouldn't seem to preclude offering special discounts to regular buyers. Lots of companies do that.)

I don't know anything about Littlefish specifically, but there are generally two interacting reasons for not advertising prices.

First there's Minimum Advertised Price (MAP), which is the agreement that sellers enter into with manufacturers specifying that they won't publicly go below a certain price.
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Gents, sorry to weigh-in so late, but I wanted to piggy back on what GreyLion wrote. The MAP is the reason we cannot advertise our true prices, and we understand that can be frustrating. At Waves Universe we opted not to require membership, email, or a phone call. You can find our best prices right online, all the time. Unfortunately you have to click on "See Your Price," there is no way around that.

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Many thanks for the input.

Now 'that' approach seems perfectly reasonable.

It's the 'no membership?, no prices' approach that I find appalling.

Best regards,

[ATS]

Want to thank VitaminD for the heads up about the free video tutorials. I had that email in the trash folder. So glad I read that post VitaminD; those videos are great!

[gamecat666]

RE: studio one artist no brainer back on ($20)

surely worth it for the bundled content alone?

The 4 vst 'workaround/limitation' might encourage me to just get on with something using minimal choice!

[princeofroles]

Does anyone have any more details about the Addictive Drums deal (for $50) at Guitar Center stores tomorrow and on Sunday? I checked at my local GC today and they haven't heard anything about it.

Plus one...I live thirty miles from my GC so would like something more substantial than "someone on kvr said"!