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So whats the cheapest way to get reaktor? I dont really want any of the other ni stuff, tbh E: actually i wouldnt mind fm8 either field balm fucked around with this message at 06:06 on May 28, 2018 |
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field balm posted:So whats the cheapest way to get reaktor? I dont really want any of the other ni stuff, tbh Also, in June/July Native Instruments often has a big sale, sometimes offering 50% off on individual items.
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May 28, 2018 07:07
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field balm posted:So whats the cheapest way to get reaktor? Seconding Radiapathy: check KVRAudio's marketplace to see if someone's selling a secondhand license. NI is really chill about license transfers. quote:I dont really want any of the other ni stuff, tbh The rule of thumb is sort of - if you want Kontakt and another plugin, buying Komplete is much more sensible, because Kontakt alone is 400 and K11 regular is 600, and the extra stuff you get is really worth it even if you don't see yourself using it much. I can't recall the last time I opened up Absynth, to be honest, but then again I own already too many plugins and Serum is capable of taking that role. NI really really wants you to buy the whole shebang because then you can be enticed to pay 200 euros to upgrade every year or so (or less during summer and fall promotions). It would not surprise me if they're waiting for Roland to see how that cloud poo poo works out because I'd wager they'd want to move to subscription-based in a heartbeat. However, you just want Reaktor and perhaps FM8. That adds up to 350, and 600 is then still too far away to make the jump.
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May 28, 2018 07:38
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field balm posted:So whats the cheapest way to get reaktor? I dont really want any of the other ni stuff, tbh i have a crossgrade serial edit: that I could sell, I mean Quincy Smallvoice fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Jun 3, 2018 |
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May 30, 2018 16:23
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The summer Native Instruments sale is on right now. Big discounts on KK/Maschine hardware+Komplete bundles. Also 50% off Komplete bundle upgrades and individual Komplete products. https://www.native-instruments.com/en/specials/komplete/summer-of-sound-2018/
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Jun 3, 2018 21:10
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Radiapathy posted:The summer Native Instruments sale is on right now. Big discounts on KK/Maschine hardware+Komplete bundles. Also 50% off Komplete bundle upgrades and individual Komplete products. No discount on non-upgrade purchases, sadly.
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Jun 4, 2018 07:38
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You can also crossgrade to full Kontakt 5 for 50% off (so 125EUR) if you own any licensed Kontakt Player library.
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Jun 4, 2018 17:09
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Tayter Swift posted:No discount on non-upgrade purchases, sadly.
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Jun 4, 2018 20:11
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Another Kontakt question: I've added a library and it seems to have crashed Kontakt... Every time I try to launch it in standalone it crashes right away. Deleting my .com.native-instruments... file in Preferences didn't work, deleting the Kontakt database folder didn't work either. Odd thing is that the library definitely installed - using a different version of K5 in VST mode in Ableton, I can see it in the library list. Any ideas?
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Jun 9, 2018 22:35
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After a complete system reinitialization, I spent all of yesterday reinstalling and reauthorizing everything. I've got most all of my VSTs sorted except one stubborn piece of NI software: Battery 3. I've installed it from the DVD (ancient, I know) but opening it prompts to launch ServiceCenter - I'm pretty sure SC is no longer supported in the wake of Native Access, which would explain why it crashes on launch. Service Center sees that it's installed, it's in my Applications folder and the plugin files are where they should be, but it's still invisible to Live. I've tried manually uninstalling the software and going through Native Access but it doesn't let me reinstall.
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Jun 12, 2018 20:36
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Mister Speaker posted:After a complete system reinitialization, I spent all of yesterday reinstalling and reauthorizing everything. I've got most all of my VSTs sorted except one stubborn piece of NI software: Battery 3. I've installed it from the DVD (ancient, I know) but opening it prompts to launch ServiceCenter - I'm pretty sure SC is no longer supported in the wake of Native Access, which would explain why it crashes on launch. Service Center sees that it's installed, it's in my Applications folder and the plugin files are where they should be, but it's still invisible to Live. I've tried manually uninstalling the software and going through Native Access but it doesn't let me reinstall. Have you launched Battery 3 in stand-alone mode? If there's an activation issue, you will know then. If stand-alone works, the plugin should work. Sounds like you might be on a Mac, but at least on Windows, Live only supports a single VST plugins folder, and the latest version is 64-bit only, and thus only supports 64-bit plugins. Some early Battery 3 releases were probably 32-bit only... don't know which discs you're using. (I installed mine from the Komplete 8 Ultimate installer.)
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Jun 12, 2018 20:49
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I've tried launching it in standalone mode, like I said that's where I'm prompted to run ServiceCenter. Yeah I'm on a Mac. Trying the legacy SC download now, thanks. EDIT: That worked, thank you so much. Oddly, SC asked to update (even from the latest download version) but after a few tries the option to launch without updating appeared. B3 was updated to 3.2.3 and now the standalone app and plugin both work. Thanks! Mister Speaker fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Jun 12, 2018 |
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Jun 12, 2018 20:59
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Does anyone here use Antares AutoTune? I was wondering if for basic pitch-correction, the AutoTune EFX3 would work instead of AutoTune Pro. It's quite a difference in price, and I don't think I need much more than the basic pitch correction. Basically, I want to be able to sing some hooks/melodies for background to some of my productions. I am not the best singer, but would like to be able to experiment around with singing into the AutoTune and messing with the humanize aspect to get the quality I am looking for.
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Jun 13, 2018 19:45
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MrSargent posted:It's quite a difference in price, and I don't think I need much more than the basic pitch correction. Basically, I want to be able to sing some hooks/melodies for background to some of my productions. I am not the best singer, but would like to be able to experiment around with singing into the AutoTune and messing with the humanize aspect to get the quality I am looking for. In Cubase I use the built-in VariAudio but it is a LOT of work to get good results (usually two nights of cleaning up stems, rendering with compression, then quantizing/segmenting/straightening pitches). (In cases where I have harmonized parts or background vocals, I also use Revoice Pro, which is at least one more night of exporting/aligning/importing.)
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Jun 13, 2018 22:38
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Radiapathy posted:I have used Autotune EFX in Ableton Live projects, since Live doesn't have integrated tuning. It works out of the box pretty well if you're reasonably close to the original pitch (but occasionally requires some automation or MIDI control). It's not exactly a transparent-sounding solution, but drat good considering it's real-time and requires very little hands-on work. Ideal for background vocals, IMO. Thanks a lot for the response, this helps a ton. Think I am gonna go ahead and buy the EFX3 sometime soon since I work primarily in Ableton and don't have any other tuning options.
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Jun 14, 2018 06:10
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Just thought I would share this after browsing around the Antares website. I was looking at the AutoTune EFX3 vs. the AutoTune Live and noticed that if you purchase EFX3, there is a special upgrade price to go from the EFX3 to AutoTune Live. It's great to know that if I ever found the lighter version too limiting, I could upgrade to the next version at a reduced cost.
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Jun 14, 2018 18:45
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MrSargent posted:Just thought I would share this after browsing around the Antares website. I was looking at the AutoTune EFX3 vs. the AutoTune Live and noticed that if you purchase EFX3, there is a special upgrade price to go from the EFX3 to AutoTune Live. It's great to know that if I ever found the lighter version too limiting, I could upgrade to the next version at a reduced cost. https://www.antarestech.com/host-daw-compatibility/
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Radiapathy posted:Are you Windows or Mac, by the way? Because on Macs, all Antares products work on Ableton Live, while on Windows several of them are VST3 only, which Live doesn't support. EFX is both VST2 and VST3 so it works fine on Live, but I think Autotune Live and Autotune Pro are VST3-only for Windows. Woah, thanks a ton for the heads up. I guess I never thought a product that is as huge as Antares AutoTune would have compatibility issues with one of the top DAWs. Looks like the only one that is compatible with Windows/Ableton is the EFX3. That should be good for my purposes, but it is a shame I won't have the option to upgrade unless they decide to add support. Edit: Do you know much about why Ableton doesn't support VST3 yet, or why Antares Live/Pro don't have VST2 versions?
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Jun 15, 2018 00:38
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Y'all there's a flash sale on SoundToy's FilterFreak: https://www.soundtoys.com/product/filterfreak/https://www.soundtoys.com/product/filterfreak/ Normally $149, now $29, and universally agreed to be excellent.
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Jun 19, 2018 11:09
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Trig Discipline posted:Y'all there's a flash sale on SoundToy's FilterFreak: I've been using a few of their plugins on every track of the album I'm currently working on, especially Decapitator which does wonders for certain instruments. I don't know how I used to make music without it.
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decapitator IS especially excellent.
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Jun 19, 2018 15:31
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Trig Discipline posted:Y'all there's a flash sale on SoundToy's FilterFreak: How does the FilterFreak do with hogging CPU? I grabbed the Arturia Mini Filter V when it was free a while back and that thing can really suck the performance out of Ableton. I have no issues with Decapitator and love it so would definitely like to get their Filter.
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Jun 19, 2018 16:08
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I honestly don't know; I have some plugins that are serious CPU hogs, but I can't recall ever having that issue with a Soundtoys plugin. Could be wrong, though.
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it's fine on the cpu. overdriving any of those plugins is a little like decapitator lite. if you want something to get you in the neighborhood for 30 bucks that's a great opportunity.
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None of the VSTs I use give me any issues except for Ozone 8's various modules, but then again, I'm not using an audio interface when I really should be.
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Ended up grabbing FilterFreak and holy poo poo was it worth it. I just threw it on a sample I had looped, changed the analog type, and adjusted the input/output and it already makes a WORLD of difference. Can't wait to dig into it more but I have a feeling this might be like Decapitator where I just start throwing it on everything.
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For anyone getting it, just know that there's a whole other set of controls for the rhythm editor that are not visible when you first open it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ5JjuALPiE&t=79s I think I had Soundtoys for like a frickin' year before I learned about this.
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Jun 20, 2018 06:14
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Opening any Rhythmic preset reveals those options tho. I recommend studying them, because you can even make a synchronized Decapitator-lite gate out of this - set the filter to dry, level mod to the max, turn on Rhythm mode and you've got yourself a tremolo overdrive.
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Jun 20, 2018 16:11
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Stumbled onto this "TB4005" freebie vst. It's pretty cool. Not too versatile, but insta-classic sound (link's got demo mp3s). Makes me nostalgic for Buzz.
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The Regroover for free deal is on again, this time on the official site. https://accusonus.com/lp/presonus-regroover-offer-2018 The plugin is pretty cool and does what's advertised (there's often a massive comb effect on tonal samples, but they're still usable if you're doing more experimental electronic stuff), but I don't find myself using it as often as I thought I would. Just one to add to the arsenal.
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Seriously, gently caress Waves. (And also gently caress Windows 10.) Windows 10 decided to stop going to sleep for me, and after several days of troubleshooting I also discovered that my Win 10 build installed with Windows system restore disabled by default, so I had no restore points to go back to. So after spending weeks getting all my NKS instruments installed and working properly in Komplete Kontrol and Maschine I had to format the whole loving thing and start from scratch. Anyway, Waves. All of my plugins are "V9" licenses. There is literally zero reason for me to upgrade to V10 at the moment. Cool thing: If you have V9 plugins and you need to do a fresh install on a new PC you can't use Waves Central anymore- it only supports V10. Instead you have to download a 3.5GB offline installer. Inside you find a "Waves Central L" program (the "L" is for Legacy), that looks like the normal Waves Central, only it doesn't have the "Easy Install" feature that installs all the plugins you're already licensed for. No, you have to go through the entire catalog of Waves products and pick the ones you own individually. If you are a sale-buying dumbfuck like me you probably have over a hundred separate Waves products... which you now have to pick out individually. My bright idea: Open up my "My Products" page at Waves.com in a browser to help me pick the right products. Wave's cool response: The product names on your Waves account don't match the names in Waves Central. So you can't just go down the product list alphabetically, you have to keep searching and scrolling through the catalog to find what you own. I didn't even get into the hosed up way Waves is handling license upgrades (the site is explicitly designed to make it agony for people who want to save $$$ on WUP upgrades), but I posted screenshot of that on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/8qbi6x/if_you_check_the_box_that_saves_you_hundreds_on/ gently caress. YOU. WAVES. I wish I could fire this company, but I use a lot of their plugs all the time, and don't really know good replacements for some. EDIT: Oh! And the install media for build 1803 of Windows 10 now FORCES YOU to set a PIN to log on to Windows instead of your password. It used to be you could just skip that step. Then they made it so you at least had to START setting a PIN, but then you could back out of that screen and THEN skip it. But now, there is literally no way to avoid setting a PIN before they even let you log on to your PC for the first time. I thought I was clever and immediately removed the PIN once I was finally able to log on. Know what happens if you do that? They launch a "Set a PIN" wizard EVERY TIME YOU LOG ON after that until you finally submit and set a PIN. So now I have a much less secure password on my PC than my actual Windows account password. Radiapathy fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Jun 24, 2018 |
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I had such a lovely time with Waves copy protection that my experience was literally part of a Congressional submission by the EFF in support of some sort of regulation requiring companies to refund money based on broken DRM. It’s absolute garbage and they will never get another dollar from me. Oh yeah, part of that experience was them refusing to post my review of the plugin, presumably because I ranted about their poo poo DRM.
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waves can eat a dick.
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My friend who runs a studio loving swears by Waves but I've never once gotten their stuff to run on my machine.
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I have a couple Waves Plugins that I really like and use all the time like the Scheps 73 and Aphex Vintage Exciter. Was thinking about picking up the Renaissance Bass plugin since it is on sale for $39 and I have seen it work wonders on sub-bass. Are there other companies like Waves that can compete with their quality of plugins? I know there are a million things wrong with the way they sell software, but I don't think anyone here has ever said anything bad about the plugins themselves.
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Jun 25, 2018 02:42
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Same with the Schepps 73 and also the BSS DPR 402
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Jimmy Hellfire over at VI-C posted:Log in to your Waves account and and go to "my products".  They do have money to burn.
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MrSargent posted:Are there other companies like Waves that can compete with their quality of plugins? UAD stomps Waves IMO but it requires dedicated hardware.
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NI is now offering one of their rare discounts on new Komplete purchases (20% off Komplete and Komplete Ultimate). They commonly do this to clear inventory before new Komplete releases (and I am expecting Komplete 12 to drop around Sept/Oct). Note that NI doesn't do "grace period" upgrades, so buying K11 now will likely not grant you a free upgrade to K12- however their upgrade prices tend to be pretty fair in terms of products/dollars. Speaking of K12, for a brief time the Native Access product database actually had entries for Komplete 12 standard and ultimate. I have updated my comparison of all Komplete releases with the new info. Looks like they're gonna start including expansions as Komplete ingredients now... and sounds like Kontakt 6 is finally on the way.
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Radiapathy posted:NI is now offering one of their rare discounts on new Komplete purchases (20% off Komplete and Komplete Ultimate). Oooooh Kontakt 6! I've been pestering them for MPE support for years now, I wonder if they've finally done it now that it's part of the MIDI spec? Doubt I'd be upgrading the whole of Komplete just for that, but I would definitely drop some money just to update Kontakt.
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