My point is that my statement is as ridiculous as Jonbouy freaking out over IK Obi to the point of being insulting and rude to him.  The statement he quoted:

"Cakewalk does not allow any form of advertising, therefore promoting websites or products in the forum is inappropriate."

 .. said nothing about representatives of companies and if it were taken literally we couldn't talk up other products or link to them - which, of course, would be ridiculous.  When I read his post I see actual and egregious disregard for the TOS.  It was uncalled for and unbecoming of this forum.  That's my only point.  YMMV

There was some history there... which was being regurgitated and reiterated. So it got a little overblown. But there's still value in the fundamental point: internet forums hosted by companies should not be dumping ground for unsolicited advertising. Much different than Joe Blow cakewalk customer asking for or providing opinions on other vendors' products... many times the DAW That Shall Not Be Named But That Begins With The Letter "R" and others are mentioned routinely on the main forum. And I think that's a good thing to have an openness to the discussion, keep your head out of the sand, don't be paranoid into obselescence, that sorta thing. Whereas if a salesperson went over there and posted a new thread stating "Cubase 6 on sale this month!", then that's obivously a whole other abusive kettle of fish...

1. Jonbouy rocks, he is a great contributor to this forum.

2. As near as I can tell (ANAICT) the TOS are implemented as well as various USG Federal regulations. As Frank Zappa once said: "We are a nation of laws. Poorly writen and randomly enforced"...or word to the effect.

Regards

I've seen conflicting information on the web (imagine THAT!), so I'll ask here. Does NI regularly have an upgrade path from Kontakt to Komplete. When I say "regularly" I mean that such a path is available at least once a year even if  only on special offers.
 
If I eventually would like to own Komplete and there's no regular upgrade path it makes little sense to invest in Kontakt even with a half-price sale.

john6448


I've seen conflicting information on the web (imagine THAT!), so I'll ask here. Does NI regularly have an upgrade path from Kontakt to Komplete. When I say "regularly" I mean that such a path is available at least once a year even if  only on special offers.
 
If I eventually would like to own Komplete and there's no regular upgrade path it makes little sense to invest in Kontakt even with a half-price sale.

Typically, when the new version of Komplete is released, there is a (somewhat) limited time crossgrade/upgrade path from Kontakt and Reaktor.  I myself upgraded to Komplete 7 from Reaktor.


I can't claim this year will be the same, but it has happened in years past (usually around September/October).

People using Vintage Organs - is this library in tune? I remember hearing complaints about tuning issues and I've experimented the same w/ other such instruments in the past (supposedly for the sake of authenticity).

SmokeyJ628

john6448


I've seen conflicting information on the web (imagine THAT!), so I'll ask here. Does NI regularly have an upgrade path from Kontakt to Komplete. When I say "regularly" I mean that such a path is available at least once a year even if  only on special offers.

If I eventually would like to own Komplete and there's no regular upgrade path it makes little sense to invest in Kontakt even with a half-price sale.

Typically, when the new version of Komplete is released, there is a (somewhat) limited time crossgrade/upgrade path from Kontakt and Reaktor.  I myself upgraded to Komplete 7 from Reaktor.


I can't claim this year will be the same, but it has happened in years past (usually around September/October).

Ah, thanks Smokey

Rain


People using Vintage Organs - is this library in tune? I remember hearing complaints about tuning issues and I've experimented the same w/ other such instruments in the past (supposedly for the sake of authenticity).

I've not had/heard any problems using it.  there was an issue with the drawbars not persisting when you close and reopen the project but that was resolved in 4.2.2.  but I haven't even heard/read any complaints about it being out of tune, nor have I personally heard any problems (and I use Vintage Organs in most of my songs).

Rain


People using Vintage Organs - is this library in tune? I remember hearing complaints about tuning issues and I've experimented the same w/ other such instruments in the past (supposedly for the sake of authenticity).

I used Vintage Organs on THIS SONG

bapu

Rain


People using Vintage Organs - is this library in tune? I remember hearing complaints about tuning issues and I've experimented the same w/ other such instruments in the past (supposedly for the sake of authenticity).

I used Vintage Organs on THIS SONG

Groovy! I should definitely spend some time in the songs forum.