I bought Acid 4.0, but I'm a little pissed

[dafduc]

Anyone else feel like SF's charging us big bucks for baby upgrades?

GC is selling A4 for the same price that SF wants for the upgrade. I was gonna let it pass completely, but finally decided I really needed the VSTi capability, because my Delta 66 doesn't do soundcard type stuff. The 7 freebie loop discs they include helped tip the scale - only 3 really interested me, but at $50 a pop, it paid for itself.

But the 4.0 was such a minor upgrade, I can't help wondering if they're trying to squeeze a last few bucks out of a dying platform.

WordStar was pretty impressive once, too.

[elevate]

5.1 mixing, VSTi support, ASIO, and MIDI sequencing don't sound like a small upgrade to me. IMO, the MIDI alone is worth the upgrade.

[dafduc]

Midi was in 3.0. Midi implementation in 4.0 is still weak, albeit improved. ASIO doesn't mean much since I'm not realtiming (though I suppose I could now, with midi record and VSTis). And full 5.1 requires another plugin, I understand. Plus my Delta 66 isn't up to it.

I love Acid, still. I'm just peeved that they price the upgrade as high as street for a new one. It's no way to treat your loyal customers.

[elevate]

Hmm...I didn't realize it was like that. That makes it seem not quite as worthwhile. Anyway, I don't use Acid. I use Vegas, so how do you think I feel? Vegas 4's improvements are looking to be primarily video oriented. It's sad, but I've already started using the Sonar demo as I feel I'm going to have to migrate at some point in the not too distant future.