This contains a smaller set of components than that offered in the version available with the new Sonar, although not all of these were contained in the Sonar version.

Does the Essentials product offer a discounted upgrade path to the full product?

They released updates for a number of their Kontakt drum libraries as well such as AR Drums and Session Drums.

I have been getting download errors all morning.  Guess the servers are being hit pretty hard.

I’ll add that Abbey Road 60s is my go to for Neo Soul tracks.

Typically their holiday gifts are something new that ends up as part of the package.  For example, Flair, Irish Harp, Yanquin, Twenty Five.

I don’t remember them giving away something that a fair amount of their customers already owned.