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I only have freebies from them (my orders are $0s), and there are only 3 of them that I don’t have.

Btw, they then listed “UAD Explore FREE” in My Account and in the e-mail, not individual plug-ins (which, in my case, those 3).

Makes it hard to reference what I already have in the future.

[swijaya]

Thanks for your post @bluescat

This kind of sharing (your own not so good experience with a product: in this case the SSD) is very valuable.

 

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Now, for my suggestion for real:

Clicking U badge works for threads that I’ve read but have new comments in it (i.e.: it opens the thread & brings me to the 1st unread comment).

However, clicking U on threads that I’ve never read brings me to the end of the thread (i.e.: to the white empty box where one types replies). I think it should bring me to top of the thread (i.e.: the 1st post).

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On Kirean said

I’ve got a few:

1. This I’ve mentioned before, but please please find and nuke the thing that blocks middle mouse button from working on this site.
2. I like the newly bolded post titles in the forum view. However, is it possible to have non-bolded thread title if there are no new posts since you last read the topic? Also, please remove the bolding from the date.

I literally just found this forum & thread (have never come out from “the forum”), so please forgive the necro-bump.

Just want to give my +1 on these.

Glad to know that I’m not alone on #1. It seems to work universally, so it surprises me that it doesn’t work here (must be something blocking it, right?).

 

Re: #2, I can’t remember if I’ve been here when you wrote this, but it must’ve been implemented, because I definitely remember that I used to be able to browse the posts very effortlessly (i.e.: as per your suggestion).

Unfortunately, this has been revoked (which I’ve been given the reason for it). Still can’t get used to it, & had to resort to some css formatting to help my eyes with the current U & R badges (for me, it’s too similar in dark mode, & I prefer dark than light [although it might have better U & R distinction]).

With any luck, there will be solutions which work for people with different vision ability.

[swijaya]

They said that when the product’s future was bright.

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One commenter at BPB mentioned this:

Why is the top panel with the routing and other things disabled? You can’t select MIDI channels at all. Outputs and levels can only be changed through the instruments’ built in mixer, which is several clicks away from the standard Kontakt UI. Level meters don’t appear to work.

Was that also your experience?

[swijaya]

By the way, I made the word “worthwhile” above bold (as in the word “bold” here), but it doesn’t seem to differ enough with the non-bold. Just for your info (and, perhaps, to increase posting activities 🙂  )

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Thanks for the answer.

I guess I should know it from the code, since I used to visit them, and I’m still receiving their e-mails (this is from “BPB Newsletter – FREE LUX Orchestral Strings Elements, VU202 sampler plugin & more!” isn’t it?).

Why “used”? Just because of time (the lack of it). I even disregard their e-mails (guess that will give you some hints 🙁   )

I’m not insinuating anything, & I’m truly sorry, but this is just the fact of my life. However, I do open some (“important”) e-mails, and try to visit some (“important”) sites: I almost certainly will miss this Melda promo if you didn’t post it (or perhaps I would know about it from my other “important sites”).

About talking more in here, I’ll try, but definitely don’t hold your breath.

About having others to talk more, I really don’t have a clue (I don’t do business business, I’m bad even at marketing myself). I do have 1 small opinion: newbies/new members usually have questions, and as long as a) they don’t feel discouraged to ask (i.e.: they dare/care enough to ask); and b) they get responses from more knowledgeable members (this is the very least; helpful answers definitely is better)

Then perhaps there will be some conversations. This conversation, for example, happened because you positively responded to my question, and because both of us care enough to converse.

Of course, there’s now chatbots that people converse with/ask question to. But, maybe, if you could somehow encourage people to chat/ask here instead of to chatbots?

So, I guess, at least for me personally, it’s how the sites/forums/mails stay relevant & worthwhile to visit/open/read. I did subscribe to BPB’s mails, and back then I read them & visited the site. It’s just that now they are demoted and, regrettably, is in low enough position that I can’t pay attention to them now. Don’t get me wrong though, I don’t say that I certainly won’t open/read LM’s (future) newsletters.

 

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Oops! The coupon code is: BPBMLX90

Thanks.

Do you have any info on how long this promo will run? Is this an LM exclusive?

[swijaya]

What’s the code?

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On the other hand, I think the usual is that this will be the only this year’s offer for Cubase. If there are subsequent offers, it will be for other products.

That’s being said, of course I won’t mind if, for example, on Black Friday Steinberg has a sale for all its products.

[swijaya]

Hopefully someone knowledgeable would chime in

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On LinkedMusicians said

The first few pages of results that you see on a search are not necessarily the best, most reliable expert advice. The top results reflect what is popular. The LinkedMusicians PowerSEARCH engines are created by a human curating the included pages being searched to reflect only expert advice from respected expert source regardless of their popularity/ranking with Google or other search engines.

Yes, popularity based ranking is the downside of search engines and current AIs. For search engines, I guess that can’t be avoided, otherwise the alternatives are even worse (nobody wants random hit lists). But future AIs, maybe. Of course it would need people/organization with the correct motive, ideology, and resources (i.e.: money).

[swijaya]

I see you’ve included that “toxic” forum that, while it has your (and probably some others’) dislike (which I totally understand), undeniably has more collective (positive & negative) thoughts than others due to its reach.

Thank you for your effort to make the search engine better & more useful, and being the bigger man.

 

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On LinkedMusicians said

 

As always, I’ll be super candid and share that this content — which I think is really useful — gets virtually no visits. Our visitors go to two places on the site, (1) the deals forum — here — and (2) the Best Free Kontakt Kontakt Sample Libraries page. I was contemplating doing some graphics to promote the content on the right hand side column. I’ve been using that to make people aware of content I believe they will find valuable.

I think you have the idea already.

I, too, have the deals forum bookmarked & straightly go there without going through the main page. I know you’d like for us to hang around, but, honestly, my real world just doesn’t let me. However, your original post (this thread) caught my attention, and I’ve skimmed through the articles. I didn’t know they are there, and I would never know their existence if you didn’t post about it here.

So, yes, display those things prominently & interestingly on your two favorite sections. Like it or not, you probably need to treat the two sections as your site’s de facto homepage.

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This needs to be highlighted more

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On Kirean said

 

It never seizes to amaze how people willing to pay for a product are almost always getting a worse experience than those that obtain things illegally

I have 2 products (worth more than 600 USD) from a big company (it even was mentioned in the older thread as one of the big enough companies able to bail NI out), and has “incompatibility issue” (my own term) with their software protection (they share the system): somehow their periodic license check force-closes those products. Support can’t figure out what’s the problem (we have gone through the usual routine: antivirus check, .dmp files submission, everything up to Windows reinstall, which I won’t do).

So I have to make do with frequent saves & short sessions.

Imagine if that incompatible portion was eliminated.

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Hi @peter, first of all, I didn’t know that there’s an e-mail alert for Deals section. However, you’re correct that I probably don’t want to be alerted of every single deals. That being said, I might be having more interest in time-sensitive deals and glitches, and yes, I think I’ll try subscribing to it, to have a feel on how useful it is (also, as in: how many alerts I’m going to get in a given time period).

Specifically for the on-topic freebie, yes, I would like it very much if I could get an alert such as “limited (probably mere minutes/hours) free UAD effects on jrrshop.”

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Lasted for a few hours only, not even half a day.

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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.

[swijaya]

Vivid String was created by Pulse Audio, before being sold to the current seller. It was sold by section (as it’s created), the first one was Violin 1, which made very good impression to users.
I’m not clear on what’s happened during its course, but the original developer(s) (which were very responsive & engaging) are not behind the product anymore; while the earlier sections got bug fixes & improvements along its way, latter sections didn’t have the same handling.
In summary, buyers will get mixed qualities among the string sections. If that’s acceptable, then go for it.

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Re: Vivid Strings

Just be mindful of this: https://linkedmusicians.com/forums/topic/apd-deal-7-vivid-strings-bundle-by-pulse-audio-49-was-249-2/#post-1000039756

@linkedmusicians Just noticed your remark. Thanks, I didn’t know about that prohibition. I’m aware how it’s there & I don’t have any stake. It’s just that there’s so much info in there, being how many people are conversing there. Also, personally, I had some interests on this library at the beginning (when it started with its first section), so I’m sharing my final feeling of this library.

Of course, looking at the monetary amount alone (before & after), it’s a deal all right.

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Just to clarify (as I happened to think so as well): this isn’t a new promotion (i.e.: Cyber Monday one). It has started November 19, and will end December 8.

[swijaya]

Additional note:
This has bugs which very likely won’t be fixed.

Reference: vi-control.net/community/threads/now-released-vivid-strings-intimate-chamber-strings-with-character-179-intro-pricing.144880/page-37#post-5803409

[EDIT: Thanks for sharing that info. It’s sincerely appreciated and may be helpful to our community. However, our rules don’t permit links to VI-Control, the toxic forum that inspired LinkedMusicians. Consider that a community dedicated to not being toxic is not going to promote the most toxic forum in this space. Google interprets links as giving our credibility to the linked site. You can however, copy the URL so that it is not an active link, that way anyone who wants to find the page can find it without communicating to Google that VI-Control is an authoritative site.]

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Thank you.
Yes, that’s my question.

[swijaya]

On LinkedMusicians said

and more recently, VSL attacking competitors like 8Dio and Musio

 

What did they do/write/say?

[swijaya]

@linkedmusicians There’s a mistake above SSO Discover

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When you said Andrew, I thought it was a different Andrew.

But this Andrew is really decent, down-to-earth, stating today’s reality without throwing accusation left & right. And his appeals & proposed solutions feel sincere and don’t include bad-mouthing others.

I also like his concise writing style.

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IMO IK’s Peter deliberately doesn’t want to say anything about it, to avoid worsening things.

I believe those who bought before the disclaimer, got in (whether by a system glitch or else), but after the disclaimer, IK definitely have a stronger position not to let the buyer get in, or revoke it (if somehow the system automatically slip them in).

[swijaya]

So this disclaimer on the page itself is incorrect, thus can be disregarded?

I find it strange then, why did they put such an uninviting clause, when on the contrary they should be saying the opposite, to encourage more sales.

[swijaya]

He took the offer down, stating after “received multiple reports from users experiencing technical issues, crashes, and other compatibility problems.”

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New expiration date.

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Bapu’s experience shows that Sonuscore is really one of the good guys (i.e.: companies), that might make mistakes (all of us make mistakes), yet keep an open line of communication with its users, and then, take user-centric actions.

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On July 5, 2025 Peter Woods said

EDIT: Note @goncalol ‘s comment below this one. I didn’t realize that when posting this deal. So, I would suggest considering that before you make a purchase. Even if you have Best Coin, buying this directly from Arturia may yield discounts on other Arturia products in the future.

Arturia?

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Thanks for the confirmation.

That explains why my Google alert never trips.

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