I used Firefox to update my profile on their site and getvmy 3 Adpaks etc. Don't understand your problem ?

Cheers,
Jerry

joakes
I used Firefox to update my profile on their site and getvmy 3 Adpaks etc. Don't understand your problem ?

Cheers,
Jerry

I'd like to know how you did that. The local client does not work with FF here and I had to contact XLN initially (after I got X3/AD1). It was the same issue and they said specifically I had to use IE and disable a bunch of crap to make their installer work.
 
I just got it to work anyway and yes I had to disable some security settings in IE again. So refer to this link to unblock scripts if your XLN installer is crying about Javascript...
 
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/howtoscript
 
Anyway... I loathe IE so I do get a little pissy when I'm forced to use it. Sorry about that but a high tech company with high tech customers should know better.
 
This has nothing to do with Cakewalk or Platinum but it is a real time review and this is what is happening.
 
I'll be back later.

I use Opera Developer. It works very well with this forum and I have no problems on sites like XLNs.  

Yeah, the site works in FF if I allow the main domain. The local installer (which is necessary) does not. I actually had a multi email back and forth with their tech support last year trying to figure out why I could not get their installer to work. They said it only worked with IE as the default (or Safari) and that scripts needed to be allowed and gave me a pile of very specific settings to disable in my Internet options.
 
Now I see it's just two settings that are really necessary. Temproraily allowing IE to be the default Browser and allowing scripts as described in the link I posted earlier.
 
If there IS a way to get it to work with FF I would love to know but I'm already moving on here.
 
I'm just really not diggin' XLN's website/reg scheme. The program itself is great.

Anyway, enough of that. I just got excited to check out the kits. It looks like the one kit I was logging in to snag anyway (the Fairfax Vol 1) was free ON TOP of the 3 adpaks so that just freed up a slot for another kit I wanted. Also there is the Addictive Keys Studio Grand for free. I had seen people talking about those with X3/AD2 but didn't think I qualified because I was on AD1. I guess maybe those have been sitting in there this whole time. lulz...
 
So now I have the main kit I wanted anyway AND a fancy piano AND still have my three AdPaks.
 
Annoying as the process is that's still pretty slick.
 
Edit: Scratch that. This is a severely crippled version of the Fairfax Kit. It is just a few pieces (kick, snare, crash, hats). Took a long time to download and the site was suggesting it was the full version but I guess not. AD2 at this point is looking like one huge advertisement as well. This is getting annoying. Off to download the REAL version I guess. Cripes. The kit peices it did load sounded amazing though so I guess I can't freak out too much.
 
This has prevented me from playing with Platinum which was my original goal today. Oh well. Sorry guys but I wanted this be real... and this is real.
 
 

I believe the Fairfax 1 kit is a free demo. I picked up both of the Fairfax kits and really like them. The Yamaha electric grand is just the ticket if you want keys for Genesis or Gabriel type sounds. I agree about the control bar updates, they really made the biggest difference for me with Platinum.

I just snagged the Fairfax 1, Metal and Indie kits. Would have liked to have gotten the Jazz Brushes but they may not have been very practical. Gotta consider what's actually going to get some money flowing and that Indie kit sound seems to be what people want right now. I think I'd have to tune up those bloody toms though. They sounded really loose and floppy on the demo.
 
The Fairfax seems like it'll mix really well and the Metal one I can just toss in to my thrash stuff easily.
 
Now I have to figure out what MIDI packs and extra kit pieces to snag. I didn't realize that I got those on TOP of the kits. Kind of cool.
 
I remember a lot of people being really stoked about that Addictive Keys Grand too. Not sure if they were talking about the demo but I'm not sure really how crippled they could make a piano sound. I'm guessing maybe it's just mic options or something missing but that's fine. I have plenty of other tools to twist a good solid pianer sound to my will.
 
Won't be able to really try any of this out until tomorrow I think though.

Ok... seems I have spent the day just wrangling with AD2 stuff so bit of a false start. However this is part of the program and a huge draw I'd imagine so I'll give the final report.
 
Nope... do not like XLN's new site and installer. Very annoying but now it's over with and I have my kits, MIDI packs and kit pieces downloaded and installed. My internet settings are now maxed out once again and the ethernet cable is yanked.
 
So I was a little confused about the freebies it seems. I thought when XLN's site was offering me 3 kits, 3 MIDI Packs and 3 Kit Pieces I thought I had to choose between the three which obviously I would go with the kits.
 
Turns out you get 3 of each. I picked up the...
 
Kits:
Fairfax Vol 1
Metal Kit
Indie Kit
 
Kit Pieces:
I got the two Piccollo's available (the Pearl and that deep dish picollo which I think was a Sonor but I don't recall exactly) and the Ludwig 402. Didn't need the kicks or the percussion pieces and good snares are always useful. The Pearl is what my old drummer used to use and those things have a real nice pop. I used to own a chrome snare very similar to the Ludwig and the samples sound pretty much exactly like that thing did. Very nice all purpose snare. The deep piccollo just sounds cool and better than the only other snare available.
 
Edit: It wasn't the Sonor snare... it was the DW I got. The actual pieces I got are:
Pearl Masterworks Piccolo Snare
Ludwig Supraphonic 402 Snare
DW Solid Piccolo Snare
 
MIDI Packs:
Based on the demos, I could play or program most of the stuff available (rock, indie, blues, etc) so I focused on the really crazy stuff that I could never play on my little pK or program easily.
Diabolic
Groove Jazz Sticks
Funk'd Up
 
Should cover a lot of bases and I can analyze/alter the MIDI patterns to see how that stuff was put together. Kind of thinking I should have gotten the Funk II pack instead of the Funk'd Up one because it's not as impressive once loaded but still useful.
 
I took a quick poke at the kits and they sound really amazing. I'll definitely get some mileage out of these.
 
The new AD2 GUI is freaking HUGE though. My monitor does not seem to play nice with Windows resolution settings so I've got two black bars going down either side of the screen at all times. Every program I use fits nicely in between them though... except for my new acquisition, Addictive Drums 2. I cannot see the whole GUI at once and even if I did have access to the whole screen this thing would completely hide Sonar or anything else. Most of the GUI real estate seems to be for flashy ads to get you to buy more stuff. Not very compact and all that bling is distracting.
 
Still it all sounds very very nice which is what matters. So well done XLN. You've managed to completely impress and annoy me all at the same time. I do very much look forward to adding these drums to my songs. Wrestling with that GUI... not so much but I'll get over it.
 
Cheers.

Beepster

joakes
I used Firefox to update my profile on their site and getvmy 3 Adpaks etc. Don't understand your problem ?

Cheers,
Jerry

I'd like to know how you did that. The local client does not work with FF here and I had to contact XLN initially (after I got X3/AD1). It was the same issue and they said specifically I had to use IE and disable a bunch of crap to make their installer work.
 
I just got it to work anyway and yes I had to disable some security settings in IE again. So refer to this link to set unblock scripts if your XLN installer is crying about Javascript...
 
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/howtoscript
 
Anyway... I loathe IE so I do get a little pissy when I'm forced to use it. Sorry about that but a high tech company with high tech customers should know better.
 
This has nothing to do with Cakewalk or Platinum but it is a real time review and this is what is happening.
 
I'll be back later.

Just got up, i'm on the other side of the pond.

This is what i did : i openned up my XLN account/profile using Firefox and registered the code given by C3. That then gave me access to chose kits, midi etc which i did.

After that i closed it down and fired up the XLN installer and everything was ready to be downloaded.

HTH,

Cheers,
Jerry

PS : FWIW the only website i can't use with FF is that of Toontrack - there i have to use Opera (or IE).

Hi, Joakes. Thanks. That's what I was trying as well. Logging into their site and choosing the Paks was no problem. It's the XLN Installer that gets choked up.
 
The problem is that on every computer I own one of the first things I do is go into the Windows Control Panel and crank up the security and privacy settings to not allow IE to really do anything. I used to actually completely uninstall it but I do occasionallly need it (such as for things like this).
 
The XLN Installer program requires IE (or Safari) with scripting enabled and I think it needs to drop some cookies on the system as well (not sure about that last one though). So what happens is when I launch the Installer I get a Javascript/Browser error. The first time this happened I contacted XLN support because I couldn't figure out what the problem was and they sent me specific instructions to loosen up my security settings just enough to get the installer working. I actually forwarded those instructions to one of the Bakers (Andrew) so support could have them on file in case anyone ran into similar problems. He said there had been a few similar reports from other users.
 
It's not really a huge deal but you know how it is on install day. You're all stoked to get things running so any little hold up seems like a major annoyance... especially when the solution isn't really documented anywhere.
 
But now it's documented here for any other internet travellers having issues.
 
In other news... I made a whole WHACK of typos in this thread so far. Gonna edit those in a bit. Sorry about that. guys. I was bouncing between two computers and not really paying attention to my typing I guess.
 
Hope to get at the main program later today.