Is IKM Miroslav Philharmonic going to be dongleless ?

[loophead]

Anyone here know ?

[Squids]

Someone here does know. But, nothing has been officially announced regarding this.

The Miroslav Refills for Reason, though, are dongless right now. Just to know.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

That sounds like a yes to me. Unofficially of course.

[Caleb]

Interesting.

If it were to become dongleless, I wonder how close that would bring it to Receptor compatibility.

The Receptor is a tempting beast but I wouldn't seriously contemplate it unless my ST products were compatible at the very least.

Regards
Caleb

[edit] - saw Squids' other post confirming that it will be dongless soon.

[Squids]

Interesting.

If it were to become dongleless, I wonder how close that would bring it to Receptor compatibility.

The Receptor is a tempting beast but I wouldn't seriously contemplate it unless my ST products were compatible at the very least.

Regards
Caleb

[edit] - saw Squids' other post confirming that it will be dongless soon.

Tony Banks of Genesis is using a special dongleless version on his Receptor. I have one too! Will it be dongleless soon for everyone? Only time will tell. But, it shouldn't stop anyone from getting it now because IF that happened it would be a free update... maybe it's even better to get it now! In case the price went up or who knows? Just kidding. I don't think it will go up. (but get it now anyway from www.esoundz.com - this post sponsored by esoundz hey I have to sometimes!)

[harmony gardens]

Interesting.

If it were to become dongleless, I wonder how close that would bring it to Receptor compatibility.

The Receptor is a tempting beast but I wouldn't seriously contemplate it unless my ST products were compatible at the very least.

Regards
Caleb

[edit] - saw Squids' other post confirming that it will be dongless soon.

Tony Banks of Genesis is using a special dongleless version on his Receptor. I have one too! Will it be dongleless soon for everyone? Only time will tell. But, it shouldn't stop anyone from getting it now because IF that happened it would be a free update... maybe it's even better to get it now! In case the price went up or who knows? Just kidding. I don't think it will go up. (but get it now anyway from www.esoundz.com - this post sponsored by esoundz hey I have to sometimes!)

And don't forget to use harmonygardens as a referrer to get your $5 worth of epointz,,,


Squids, didn't you say something somewhere about Philharmonik getting an update that will allow us to use Philharmonik Sounds in ST 2.2??

Any word on this??

That special version would be a really cool "extra" for Platinum eSoundz members who purchased Philharmonik from eSoundz,,, hint hint...

[dougsyo]

I remember the big announcement that ST2 was Receptor-compatible. I would suspect that Syncrosoft incompatibility with Receptor may have had something to do with this decision (besides the usual "I won't buy something with a dongle", I know of people that say "I won't buy anything that won't run on my Receptor").

I wasn't enthusiastic, but I didn't let the dongle stop me from (eventually) getting MP, since there's really no alternative - other libraries "evoke different emotions" in me, for lack of a better term.

Anyway, it appears that IKM won't be beat up over this any more... and thanks to Squids for whatever he did to help!

Doug

[telebunke]

And don't forget to use harmonygardens as a referrer to get your $5 worth of epointz,,,

Yes, refer to him, he deserves it much more these days than I do.

tele

[PaulG]

I am wondering what will happen to those of us that are currently using it WITH the dongle - will we be able to download an update to not have to use it anymroe and *not* have to tie up a USB port and USB bandwidth?

Thank you,

- Paul

[Mr. Tunes]

I am wondering what will happen to those of us that are currently using it WITH the dongle -

And will the system view it as a new plugin that doesn't have backwards compatibility with old sessions?

[Rellik]

Really look forward to the (potential) upcoming advent of dongleless Philharmonik - I'll definitely install it on my laptop and have it with me all the time in that case and who knows, maybe cutting out the dongle from the system might increase the stability?

I have a question about ST2 compatibility though - does this mean that the SampleTank engine would gain the velocity->sample start macro that Philharmonik has? (this is pretty essential to using the library effectively, imo, but if ST2 doesn't gain it, then I'll just stick to the old Philharmonik engine)

[Squids]

I am wondering what will happen to those of us that are currently using it WITH the dongle -

And will the system view it as a new plugin that doesn't have backwards compatibility with old sessions?

Should do so fine.

[Mr. Tunes]

I am wondering what will happen to those of us that are currently using it WITH the dongle -

And will the system view it as a new plugin that doesn't have backwards compatibility with old sessions?

Should do so fine.

ok great. i really do believe that this is still the finest sounding orchestral plugin for the money. it's that f'ing warmth that gets me every time! i was fine with the dongle but it will be that much better without it.

[g3g4g5]

I hope that you allow the OPTION to either use the dongle or not.

The software company BIAS that makes the fantastic PEAK software allows users to choose.

I prefer the option. I move around alot, use different computer, but never use stolen/cracked software. For me, this option works the best.

Horray for Choice! Keep the dongle an option.

PS. Please don't spam me, anybody.

[dougsyo]

I hope that you allow the OPTION to either use the dongle or not.

The software company BIAS that makes the fantastic PEAK software allows users to choose.

IIRC, Bias uses Pace, which (depending on implementation) can do either. I don't know if that can be done with Syncrosoft.

I'm ok with it either way at this point, but it'd be nice to have my USB port back

Doug