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The upgrade at JRR is $83.99 is you use the GROUP code. It is strange that the upgrade is more expensive than the crossgrade at Thomann. I was about to make a snide comment about customer loyalty but JRR’s pricing makes more sense.

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Did you read some place that Komplete is changing to a yearly release cycle? To me, changing the name to include a release year does not necessitate a yearly release. Look at Windows 98. No 99, but there was a Windows 2000.

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I love the non-toxic environment, the deals (of course) the encouragement and commitment of Peter to make a great community to share ideas, the jokes…the list goes on.

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It is a completely new beast. In fact, none of the presets from V2 work in V3. You can run them side by side though. It does sound awesome. I had Zebra and Dark Zebra so was able to upgrade for free.

There is so much new in Zebra 3, it is hard to know where to begin. But it does sound awesome.

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I for one missed it. Thanks!

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If you are Canadian, the upgrade is $39 CDN which works out to about $27.30 USD. AAS always give Canadians the same price in Canuck dollars as US dollars.

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The really sad part about this whole affair is that this library was given away. The people responding with didn’t pay a cent for this. I could see people reacting if they had invested a huge sum of money in a product and it didn’t work for them but reacting this way for something they received for free is just not called for.

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I really feel for James too. I might reach out to him as well and offer to help him debug the Mac issues with Pantomine.

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Getting this will knock $10 off the price of Synthmaster 3 bringing the price down to $39. This is a true no brainer.

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On chris c. lusit said

The CM-to-full upgrade discount code displayed in the CM plugin itself seems to be working, while the code “printed” in the magazine does not.

Which gives you 50% off, bringing the price down to $26 CDN for me. Still not sure I want/need this.

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On pseudopop said

There’s a discount code on that page for the full version that takes 50% off. Combined with the current sale, the price drops to €16, or to €13 if you bought the core version (for €3).

So I assume the CM version has limited features.

From what I understand, the CM version and the Core version are very similar if not the same. Core does provide an upgrade path while CM does not.

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This has been confirmed in a KVR thread by both Evil Dragon and by Ocean Swift Software who is doing factory presets for Absynth 6.

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So glad you got things up and running. Sure appreciate all you do and have done to provide such a great place for us hang out.

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On swijaya said

On LinkedMusicians said

<p> @swijaya Pulse Audio and Audio Plugin Deals as well as VSTBuzz, Music Software Deals and a developer I forget the name of, are all owned by the same guys.</p>

<p>The official LinkedMusicians account</p>

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It seems to me that the original Pulse Audio was once independent (but I won’t risk my neck on this).
Anyway, I still say that early-released sections have better quality/playability than the others.

Pulse was developed by VSTBuzz. It was never independent.

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Or maybe

Nah

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On LinkedMusicians said

Unfortunately, it gives a message “coupon is not valid.” I’m guessing that means that they stopped this promotion.

The official LinkedMusicians account

When I clicked on the linked, it automatically added the “GRANDFREE” coupon bring the price down to zero. But I do get an error when I check out. When I click on the product link, I can’t even click on Buy Now. So there is definately something weird going on.

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On chris c. lusit said

Hello there,

 

just dropping in to say that you can indeed download the 2.0 version from the link in the OP. https://github.com/ZL-Audio/ZLEqualizer/releases – 2.0 is just confusingly tagged as “1.0.0 pre-release”. Oh, and x86 is x64 to complete the confusion 🙂

 

Cheers!

Thanks for this. The 2.0 prerelease wasn’t there when we were all looking for it. As pseudopop says, it was only added a few hours ago.

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You might be able to get a “Version 2” if you compile from source but I would not put too much stock in its stability or features. There is active development going on with the last github commit being about an hour ago. So until there is an actual 2 release, I would stick with version 1.

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As far as I can tell 0.6.2 is not ZL Equalizer 2. If you go to the github releases page

https://github.com/ZL-Audio/ZLEqualizer/releases/tag/0.6.2

It explicitly states:

Update 2025 Sept 10th:

0.6.2 will be the last version of ZL Equalizer. See you in ZL Equalizer 2 soon (hopefully).

The above link is where you get to if you click on the first link and then click on Installation and then click on “GitHub release page“.

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I liked Loopmaster’s sample manager. I was just not interested in having to have a subscription in order to use it.

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On mustakatu said

Updated to version 2 now, still free

Where did you see the version 2 update?

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They is IKM’s weird upgrade plans. MAXGrade is an upgrade from any max product, for example Amplitube 5 MAX. Upgrade is from a previous version of Total Studio MAX. So currently, the upgrade is more expensive than the MAXgrade which defies logic.

Here is a link explaining the differences:

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/faq/?id=1191

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If you have jampoints you can get it direct from IKM for $85.

I bought this in June for $140 with jampoints. However I think I saved money because if I had not, I would have bought into the recent group buy and then still be tempted by this because the group buy would not have gotten me max.

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On mira said

Hello many thanks for info, i havent recieve any email after redeem plugin, it is normal? i except ilok key or somethink simimal, many thanks for share esperience , míra

 

/ edit i can dl reverb but its not on my account anywere /

If you are logged into Focusrite, you should be able to find your key here:

https://id.focusritegroup.com/en/software/vsl-synchron-stage-reverb

This also has instructions on how to claim your software.

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I tried to install using the InMusic Software Center. I am on a PC but the software center downloaded the MAC version. So I cannot install it.

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On patrickwichrowski said

On pseudopop said

Different store, but you can get Amplitube 5 for $29 from Plugin Boutique:

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/18-Amp-Simulator/12669-AmpliTube-5?a_aid=66fd59ee09bb9

(I used Peter’s affiliate ID)

Apparently, you can use this to take part in the group buy.

 

But …

* Excluded products: ARC ON•EAR, TONEX Pedal Bass Edition, Total Studio 5 (any version), TONEX ONE Bass Edition, TONEX Signature Bass Collection, ReSing MAX, ReSing, non-upgrade versions of AmpliTube 5, Miroslav Philharmonik 2. Also excludes T-RackS Space Delay, Lo-Fi Punch, and Tape Echo.

New album soon!

https://linktr.ee/patrickwichrowski

According to the Bedroom Producers Blog, it does qualify:

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2025/10/21/ik-multimedia-group-buy-2025/

He tried it with a new account and got in at the $199 level. I wonder if the non-upgrade versions are the ones that come with hardware.

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On patrickwichrowski said

I got there the Fame Reverb + the 15% code to enter the group buy weeks ago. 😀

New album soon!

https://linktr.ee/patrickwichrowski

Likewise. I already owned the Fame Reverb but all I needed was the Tonex Brown Sound Collections so this was a cheap way to get those.

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What Pete says.

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On Fleer said

Wondering if the two latest packs are in there too.

They are. I completed my AAS collection last December and with these two packs I am one away from being complete again. Unless, they release any more before Christmas, the Christmas gift this year will complete me.

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I bought the UJAM complete my collection last year, thinking it would save me a ton of money. Boy was I wrong. Now I have to keep buying UJAM releases just to keep my collection complete. Fortunately, they have not been bank breaking…yet.

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$12.60 at JRRSHOP with the GROUP coupon. Of course, if you want one of the PluginBoutique freebies and want to support LM, PB would be the better choice. @peter, do you have an affiliate link for JRRSHOP?

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On Brian said

Allow me to advocate for the Devil.  Are the folks who can’t get the freebie registered users of Safari Pedals as noted in the OP?  I didn’t get the deal either, but I also don’t have (or want) a Safari Pedals account.

Allow me to confess my sins. I received the freebie but the email account I used was not registered at Safari Pedals. So that does not seem to be an enforced prerequisite.

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My gmail email address did not receive a key however, my non gmail address did.

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Where I think the confusion lies is MrFigg thought that if you already owned Tonex before the group buy, you could still get two free Tonex collections. He couldn’t figure out how to get those two free packs. But the fact is that you have to buy a qualifying item to get into the group buy and get the free items. There are no free packs outside of the group buy.

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On Nitrate Audio said

this business of the free signature packs that you get if you buy ToneX SE is something that was added in this thread. All it really means is, of the 11 free items that you do get, you don’t need to select those free signature packs that you chose for free. From what I can see, if you get ToneX SE, its listed as $99 values, so you can pick 11 other items that are $99 or less.

 

 

 

Umm, no. The business of the free signature packs that you get if you buy ToneX SE is part of the Group Buy announcement.

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/allingb2025/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=GroupBuy2025

Scroll down to the Tonex section and you will see the exact wording above.

As far as I can tell, Tonex SE itself does not contain any of the TONEX Signature Collections.

 

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