Beagle


I do wish it had some new libraries with it.

Which begs the question: why can't I just freakin' buy the engine upgrade itself? It's all of a 100MB download FFS. 


I guess on the bright side the K5 library is compressed, so you don't have to resave anything… The other thing is that K5 comes with a free copy of Retro Machine MkII… some cool classic synth sounds in there, if you're into that sorta thing, which I am… :) It's not going to replace any of my fine VAs, but I'm sure there are some good tweakable presets in there for some synths that I wouldn't necessarily want to own an entire version of...


I think I'll pull the trigger on the U/G myself… just wish I could download what I need and be done with it, though…

On the topic of Kontakt Player licensing, it's not necessarily that the licensing costs are too great, it's just that it's not feasible to license the Player for smaller libraries. That's why a majority of Kontakt Player libraries are collections of instruments and cost over $200.

And this is why Greg's excellent EEG is $179 (which I bought on sale for $149) while the comparable Vir2 Electri6ity is $400: Greg's not cutting NI in on the action.


We will never know if NI's licensing fees are exorbitant, because licensees are contractually forbidden from disclosing any details. I did read somewhere that the fees are based on projected sales and must be paid up front, so a developer takes a financial gamble by licensing his product for the player. NI, like a bank, gets paid first whether the product is a hit or not.

To be fair... Electri6ity is 8 different guitars... but I still think $-for-$ EEG is the winner, thanks to Greg's superior technology and customer relations skills... (not that I've ever had a problem with Vir2)...

Jonbouy

A good lightweight alternative to EXS-24 on windows is this one. 

http://www.image-line.com.ocuments/directwave.html

I like you use the KPlayer for the compatiblle libraries and use the NN-XT in Reason for patches I want to set up myself which is pretty much functionally equivalent to the Image Line one.  i.e. simple and flexible with the formats it uses.

This is spam and is in violation of forum rules.

vintagevibe

Jonbouy

A good lightweight alternative to EXS-24 on windows is this one. 

http://www.image-line.com.ocuments/directwave.html

I like you use the KPlayer for the compatiblle libraries and use the NN-XT in Reason for patches I want to set up myself which is pretty much functionally equivalent to the Image Line one.  i.e. simple and flexible with the formats it uses.

This is spam and is in violation of forum rules.

I fail to see how this is spamming? Please elaborate 

Jonbouy

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vintagevibe

Jonbouy

A good lightweight alternative to EXS-24 on windows is this one. 

http://www.image-line.com.ocuments/directwave.html

I like you use the KPlayer for the compatiblle libraries and use the NN-XT in Reason for patches I want to set up myself which is pretty much functionally equivalent to the Image Line one.  i.e. simple and flexible with the formats it uses.

This is spam and is in violation of forum rules.

I fail to see how this is spamming? Please elaborate 

I'm just going by Jonbouy's post:  "Advertising Cakewalk does not allow any form of advertising, therefore promoting websites or products in the forum is inappropriate."  Jonbouy  should follow these rules since he aggressively insists that others do.

OMFG....

vintagevibe

Jonbouy

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vintagevibe

Jonbouy

A good lightweight alternative to EXS-24 on windows is this one. 

http://www.image-line.com.ocuments/directwave.html

I like you use the KPlayer for the compatiblle libraries and use the NN-XT in Reason for patches I want to set up myself which is pretty much functionally equivalent to the Image Line one.  i.e. simple and flexible with the formats it uses.

This is spam and is in violation of forum rules.

I fail to see how this is spamming? Please elaborate 

I'm just going by Jonbouy's post:  "Advertising Cakewalk does not allow any form of advertising, therefore promoting websites or products in the forum is inappropriate."  Jonbouy  should follow these rules since he aggressively insists that others do.

Hmm nice quote Vintagevibe..

Still I'd like to know the thread he posted this is and read the context.
Not by chance something involving IK Obi?

You mean according to the TOS the only software we are supposed to talk about either positively or negatively in the "Software" forum is Cake software??  Correct me if I'm wrong but don't those products already have their own forums??  This is a peer to peer arrangement here and I don't think Cake has any real problem at all with folks FYIing other folks to vst effects and instruments they really like or dislike or are on a limited time sale.  I think what they mean is that reccomending other DAW software on the forums is frowned upon.  And, for the most part, folks adhere to that. 

We can come here and talk all day long about how this or that software is the best, or the worst, or is on sale, or is whatever… The TOS issue that was raised is about paid representatives of companies openly advertising their products in an unsolicited manner. Like, if a company rep made a comment like "hey for this type of compressor check out our XYZ product", or "our next version of XYZ is going to support that", or "we're having a sale on XYZ currently" in the context of a thread, then I don't see that as advertising, per se. Maybe a very biased opinion, but not explicit advertising.  But there's no doubt about starting a thread that basically amounts to an overt product announcement. While I don't see adverts as a general problem on this forum, I do agree with JB in principle… if the TOS is so blatantly violated, where does it end? Why have a TOS to begin with?