Reply To: What Black Friday Deals Did You Pick Up? What are You Thinking About/Hoping for?

[peter]

On Brian said

@Peter I already bought “Big Musio” lifetime back when it was offered for a “limited time”.  Ask me in ten years if it was a good investment.  I can say though that it has kept me away from other symphonic stuff since I bought it.  I did NOT get Studio One 7.  I have 6, and was looking for a deal.  The fact that they not only closed, but deleted their public forums Nov 11 really turned me off.  I tend to throw hissy-fits when I feel wronged, and that did it for me.  Right now I see them going subscription only soon.  By deleting the forums, a wealth of information on using the pre-7 versions of Studio One is GONE.  Why would they do that, I wonder?  For now, at least, “uninstalled” and using Cubase 14 instead.  Made easier by the fact that Cubase 14 seemed to add a lot of “Studio One” features. 😎

Now that you wrote that again, I recall that you already told me that. Sorry. My instincts are that because of Cinesamples aggressive (penetration) pricing and the various channel partners (retailers) they’re using, they’re likely moving a lot of product and that’s going to fund their upcoming libraries. I think your investment will pay off. They clearly — and wisely — see Musio 1 buyers as a direct marketing channel for upcoming products that they’ll have to pay for and you won’t. Now that my son is back at college, I’ll work on getting the email setup and site opened for registration this week. Maybe we can do a Studio One forum here. If anyone wants it, I’ll happily create it. I do think it was unwise for PreSonus to dump their forum, just like I think it’s unwise for BandLab to run theirs like it’s North Korea. I’ve still been using Cakewalk By BandLab (I just bought Studio One Pro 7 last night) and since the new update it’s been crashing A LOT with AD2 and SD3. Not good.

Your friend who keeps the beat.