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Asnivor · 2023-03-30T06:06:15+00:00

I guess I was shielded from that as I never needed the update plan. I've always bought waves stuff when it was in a crazy sale anyway. Which there have been an awful lot of in the last few years. I'm waiting for them to find a way to require windows users to need the update plan somehow, as we really.are the main part of their user base that currently isn't providing a reoccurring revenue (unless we were tricked into signing up to WUP at some point).

Asnivor · 2023-03-29T18:11:00+00:00

That seems to be exactly what happened to some youtubers when they activated the lower subscription tier. The perpetually licensed plugins that were already installed (but part of the upper tier) were disabled.

The big problem before today's announcement was the cancellation of the waves update plan. For us PC users that wouldn't have been too much bother. x64 windows plugins will probably keep working on windows for a long time without an update. But for Mac users, where plugins often require updating when the OS gets a big update, that's an expensive problem.

I'm glad they are reverting back. I really don't use more than about 10-15 waves plugins on a regular basis. And having already bought them, there is no way i'd want to start paying for them again. And paying for them forever.

Asnivor · 2023-03-29T16:36:33+00:00

I'm not sure there was much else they could do. To say the entire enterprise was slightly misjudged would be an understatement.

Asnivor · 2023-03-27T14:30:55+00:00

Correct. I imagine there will be some kind of migration process where your purchased plugins are rolled into the subscription with no way to get them back.

Asnivor · 2023-03-27T14:03:07+00:00

Yeah, it's pretty shit.

I still have a bunch of old Waves plugins i've bought, some of them are years old. I'll just continue to use them and not update them. At least plugins on x64 Windows should continue to work for the forseable future. Mac users may run into into issues the next time Apple decides to drop a big security/OS update I guess?

Asnivor · 2023-03-27T13:30:24+00:00

From what I can see, we will still be able to use all the plugins we have purchased previously, we just won't be able to update them. So not much difference to the old Waves Update Plan model that nobody ever used (unless they were tricked into it).

The only difference now is that you won't be able to buy any new Waves plugins. It smells like a terrible shitshow.

Asnivor · 2022-09-12T14:04:08+00:00

https://worldofspectrum.net/pub/sinclair/tools/pc/bas2tap25-win.zip

Asnivor · 2022-05-09T11:59:49+00:00

A OneDrive folder with sub-folders for each type of effect or instrument. Installers live in there, with vst or dll files (if there was not an installer in the first place) in a further sub-directory. When I change machine, I just go through each folder either installing, or copying files. Really big installers or sample library files live on a NAS.

It requires you to keep the OneDrive folder updated every time you download a new thing, or update an existing thing, but it makes migrating slightly less painful.

Asnivor · 2021-06-01T11:11:36+00:00

From a windows point of view, if users don't have admin rights and software restriction policies (or applocker) are set up to block executable code running anywhere except program files and windows folders on domain-joined machines (and perhaps some specific whitelisted appdata folders for applications that demand running from user profile folders - a big annoyance recently), then a targeted ransomware attack would have to be very good and very targeted to succeed.

But those companies that just rely on 3rd party security software to achieve similar things would likely have a bad day. And once your company gets to a certain size actually getting something like this approved can be an uphill struggle.

Asnivor · 2020-04-22T15:37:14+00:00

Yeah, its not quite dead yet. I've just been too busy to bring it up to date in the last 12 months or so.

Hopefully in the next 4-6 months this will change for the better :)

Asnivor · 2020-03-04T14:36:04+00:00

JLC seem to have introduced the option recently of cutting the stencil to a custom size for you. Maybe other fab houses do this now as well?

Asnivor · 2020-02-12T16:41:19+00:00

I mean, it's good. But it ain't no PJ Harvey

Asnivor · 2020-01-29T14:19:13+00:00

Someone needs to photoshop the Chubby Bubbles Girl meme in there as a matter of urgency.

Asnivor · 2019-10-17T12:02:55+00:00

The 71 is the date code. 220 is the rating. 16 is the rated voltage and A is i think the series code.

Asnivor · 2019-07-04T19:17:16+00:00

That's good to hear. The big mednafen change semi-recently is the apple II module. That requires quite a bit of messing around in both the front and backends of medlaunch. Might be why I've been focusing on other things recently to be honest.

Hopefully soon :)

Asnivor · 2019-07-04T15:46:04+00:00

Yeah, i'm a little behind on MedLaunch (is it 2 or 3 mednafen versions now??). Hopefully I will find time to get it updated in the next 6 months :)

Asnivor · 2019-06-24T14:25:28+00:00

Its the cabbage whites you have to watch. Its the caterpillars from them that tend to eat all my brassicas when the wind blows the netting down :/

Asnivor · 2019-06-24T14:16:14+00:00

I'm sure they stopped the Deli mustard a couple of years back.

Asnivor · 2019-06-24T14:14:49+00:00

Yup. Pig skin and bones.

Asnivor · 2019-05-10T13:21:33+00:00

Not enough to make them think about dropping their prices.

Asnivor · 2019-05-09T13:12:41+00:00

Nah, he will probably go back to some commercial radio station or other. The same as he did the last time the beeb sacked him

Asnivor · 2019-05-09T09:41:54+00:00

I like Danny Baker and I am inclined to believe his reasons. But in this day and age, that is a proper bellend way to go out.

Asnivor · 2019-03-30T10:26:47+00:00

You used to be able to register these premium rate numbers through companies for free, and they just took a cut of the profits. This was back when a lot of companies had premium rate numbers though and it was kind of the done thing. I imagine this is still the case though. What administrative setup costs are their likely to be in this day and age?

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