kitekrazy
Senior Member
Seems like more an incentive for piracy.
Komplete 15 Subscription Survey
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muratkayi
Senior Member
I don't think software piracy is driven by incentives like that
But it opens an approach for competition
Yeah, people that are willing to pirate are going to find any justification they can.
I've never been a subscription person, rubs me the wrong way. However, I found that below a certain cost threshold, combined with a "hmm, wonder how much I really will use the tools", it rubs a bit less
I can get the educational discount for Musio which puts it into the "silly low" price range and I'll be trying that out over the following year. If there's particular libraries I use a lot, I might buy them outright, or just keep using the subscription.
I have Komplete Ultimate and if I had it all to do over, not sure I'd go that route. I like a lot of the plugins but the synths and effects in particular don't get much use (in favor of others I have). I did follow the sale approach: sale for K Select; sale to upgrade to standard; sale to upgrade to ultimate. They get you because I needed Kontakt, but the value-for-cost move was to get Komplete! As it turns out, I just haven't used tools like FM8, Reaktor and Massive X quite as much as I thought I would.
I've never been a subscription person, rubs me the wrong way. However, I found that below a certain cost threshold, combined with a "hmm, wonder how much I really will use the tools", it rubs a bit less
I can get the educational discount for Musio which puts it into the "silly low" price range and I'll be trying that out over the following year. If there's particular libraries I use a lot, I might buy them outright, or just keep using the subscription.I have Komplete Ultimate and if I had it all to do over, not sure I'd go that route. I like a lot of the plugins but the synths and effects in particular don't get much use (in favor of others I have). I did follow the sale approach: sale for K Select; sale to upgrade to standard; sale to upgrade to ultimate. They get you because I needed Kontakt, but the value-for-cost move was to get Komplete! As it turns out, I just haven't used tools like FM8, Reaktor and Massive X quite as much as I thought I would.
Justin L. Franks
Senior Member
That's actually been out for a couple years now.Well looky here
Here is the link as well:
Plugin subscription | Komplete Now | Native Instruments
Get an ever-growing, curated selection of Native Instrument’s most sought-after instruments and effects, with regular product additions, new sounds, and features.www.native-instruments.com
They added a bunch of other stuff since release, but $10 a month for that limited set isn't a good deal at all IMO.
Previous discussion when Komplete Now was launched: https://vi-control.net/community/threads/native-instruments-komplete-now-subscription.118409/
Elrik Settee
ambientwibbleshedcoremaestro
Rearrange the following into a well known phrase or saying:
coffin nail in last
When you've done that
Join me in saying
Hello UVI and Falcon, hello Decent sampler, hello sforzando, hello Spitfire LABS, hello Soundpaint, hello all the new platforms as they arise...
Bye-bye Kontakt...
coffin nail in last
When you've done that
Join me in saying
Hello UVI and Falcon, hello Decent sampler, hello sforzando, hello Spitfire LABS, hello Soundpaint, hello all the new platforms as they arise...
Bye-bye Kontakt...
dunamisstudio
Senior Member
If they go subscription only, then no more Komplete buying for me.
Crowe
part raven, part troll
That's a pretty popular saying, but it's not particularly true, is it? There's many reasons to pirate something, but most of us tech-savvy folk don't do it if there's any other options.
I'll gladly pirate old PlayStation games going for half a grand that are otherwise unavailable. Software publishers killing license activations for older versions (hi Reason) are phenomenally anti-consumer and basically require piracy.
Believing that there's justifiable reasons for piracy doesn't mean I haven't spent thousands of euros on music software in this past year alone.
The world isn't so simple.
holonology
Active Member
Yeh I hear this one. Personally I think the synths are a comparitively a long way away from the competition. The GUI is light years behind anything else out there, even if the sounds are good. Just look at Massive X, released with Serum and to a lesser extent Pigments in the rearview mirror. The thing sounds fine but I find it objectively difficult to recommend. They had a great chance to sort the GUI and even after a somewhat negative release, they just left it. I can forgive FM8 and Massive as they were from a different era. Since they've left the synths in the dirt so to speak, I can see why they'd perhaps hedge their bet on Kontakt, the Play Series and some experimental instruments for orchestral music to keep existing customers happy.
Always does when you use the s-word. It's something NI have stated (that perp licenses will stay.) This survey is to guage interest in the sub format, but my interest was probably more piqued by how much they have re-organised the potential bundle as much as anything.
Looking at these images, if (and it's a big if) I would possibly be interested in a Komplete 15 that dropped Reaktor and some of the old synths, but included Ozone 11, Neutron 5, Nectar 4 and some newer libraries instead, at roughly the same pricing level that it is now. Aka; trade away some software for others, but keep the price roughly the same.
pkm
Senior Member
I mean, by definition!
kitekrazy
Senior Member
Meh............I still bye Kontakt libraries that don't require the player. None of them are mature like Kontakt. Kontakt use to be 2nd fiddle to Gigastudio.
kitekrazy
Senior Member
Yep it's the sub only pandemic.
kitekrazy
Senior Member
When it's political reasons.........it encourages it. There are people locked out of their licensed software who are being punished for the actions of their governments.I don't think software piracy is driven by incentives like that
But it opens an approach for competition
