[Resolved] This is freebie...does it go in Deals or Here (or both = REDUNDANT)

http://boscomac.free.fr/?p=viola_organista


Boscomac releases Viola Organista, a free Reaktor module string instrument. The ensemble is based on a strange instrument called “Viola Organista” which dates from the 15th century, was first described in the Codex Atlanticus of Leonardo da Vinci.
The basic concept of this instrument is very ingenious: a system of wheels with horsehair is fixed for rub the taut strings. Under the action of a key, the sound begins to vibrate, result of friction. The expression of this instrument is impressive because the player can play Crescendo on a keyboard! This instrument sounds like a viola, but it looks very similar to an organ. It is unknown whether Leonardo da Vinci managed to build a working prototype of the original viola organista concept.
This great instrument from Boscomac was programmed with the excellent software REAKTOR 5.9 by Native Instruments and you need the full version of Reaktor 5.9+ for use Viola Organista.
If you own Reaktor this instrument defenitly worth your attention.
 

Sounds like a product announcement to me, free or not.  This is a good place for it.
 
When it's been around for a while and starts getting bundled with other stuff I'm sure it will end up as a great deal post...
 

It's a product announcement. It doesn't matter if it's a freebie or $1,000, overpriced or a bargain. It clearly belongs in the Software forum.The news isn't that it's free, the news is that it's a new and potentially useful instrument.
 
There's no need to over-think it.

Anyone try out this instrument? It looks very interesting....

Karyn
 
This forum is for discussing software. What you do with it, how you use it, how easy it is or isn't to use, what you recommend should be done with it (within the terms of the C of C)  all in one place.

I get it.
 
That post was directed to all members. IOW: All of us! :)
 
What I am saying is that someone may post a new product here and not in the deals section.
 
Now you have someone who only wants to only see "what's for sale" and not discuss sw. They only go to the Deals section. They won't see what's posted here. They will have to wade through all the discussions about sw to find out about a new product.

Here is what I can say...

I will be making ALL of my posts in the "DEALS" forum from henceforth...
my personal opinion is that this is a very silly situation because, as Mesh
stated, it was usually the "deals" that spurred the "other" conversations/debates...
those who wish to "discuss" can remain here and carry on...
 
I will then allow the Gestapo to put it where they "feel" it belongs if they fell
it's out of place...

That solves all my problems...and will create "work" for these newly created "jobs"!
Isn't that what "Capitalism" is all about?

They will all be legitimate Deals because FREE is still a DEAL...
so that won't be a violation of the TOS LMNOP QRST....
That will solve my issues with this new arrangement...end of story

BYE BYE



This is not open for debate...nor does it need to be...I will be posting there...
feel free to bash me all you want...it's a lot easier to
"stay in one place" with the amount of information I have to
wade through...

Thanks for your continued patronage  (maybe)...

bitflipper
It's a product announcement. It doesn't matter if it's a freebie or $1,000, overpriced or a bargain. It clearly belongs in the Software forum.The news isn't that it's free, the news is that it's a new and potentially useful instrument.
 
There's no need to over-think it.

We didn't used to have to think about it at all.
 
Have to agree that this split forum idea is amongst the sillier ideas in the brave new world.
 
 
 

Anybody else here visit kvraudio from time to time? Over there, they've split software discussions into many sub-forums, which elicits no complaints. Instruments have their own forum, effects another, and deals in yet another. Sample libraries get their own category, and patch libraries recently got their own slot as well, separate from sound design.
 
It makes it a better place to go looking for information. What if you went to the library (you remember libraries, right?) and there was only one section, labeled "books"?
 
Yes, I agree that it's not apples-to-apples comparing this place to kvr. That place has some extremely cantankerous regulars and even mundane discussions routinely devolve into flame wars. We're far more civil here.

KVR has a LARGE forum index and yes it's nice when you need to find specific info......on the other hand, over here, we're a much smaller (somewhat more warmer) "intimate" group with a smaller forum structure and not a cold environment like KVR is.   
For me, that makes a big difference in regularly wanting to visit here.......it's nice to have the smaller forums grouped together with all the discussions in one place. I love software......I love deals........hate to break them apart....lol.
 
Being at KVR you feel like you're just a number, but over here it's more like hanging out with good friends......(not always, but most of the time).