Quantum Leap Pre-Order Discounts Now Available

[dougrogers]

We have posted links for pre-order discounts for -

EWQL SYMPHONIC CHOIRS -
EW-165U
The promo code is CHOIRS

Quantum Leap RA
EW-163U
The promo code is RA

Quantum Leap COLOSSUS
EW-164U
The promo code is BIG

You must own various products to get these discounts which expire when the products are released - see each page for details.

[dpasdernick]

From EWQL's web site:

YOUR CREDIT CARD WILL BE CHARGED WHEN YOU HIT ACCEPT ON THE SITE.


Shouldn't your credit card only be charged when the product is shipped? Aren't some of these products still over a month away?

Just an observation,

Darren

[guybrush threepwood]

are this preordering discounts gonna be available to european ppl through any european distributor as Best Service?

[dougrogers]

From EWQL's web site:

YOUR CREDIT CARD WILL BE CHARGED WHEN YOU HIT ACCEPT ON THE SITE.


Shouldn't your credit card only be charged when the product is shipped? Aren't some of these products still over a month away?

Just an observation,

Darren

It's a stated condition of the discount.

- Doug

[dougrogers]

are this preordering discounts gonna be available to european ppl through any european distributor as Best Service?

It's up to each distributor to decide this. At this time they are only available at the provided links.

- Doug

[Looper]

From EWQL's web site:

YOUR CREDIT CARD WILL BE CHARGED WHEN YOU HIT ACCEPT ON THE SITE.


Shouldn't your credit card only be charged when the product is shipped? Aren't some of these products still over a month away?

Just an observation,

Darren

I think your best bet is to wait until Feb.27 or Mar.30 and order on the last day the pre-order price is available.

[JerryPettit]

I thought VOTA owners were getting some kind of a discount.

In addition to this?

Jerry

[JerryPettit]

Duh...

Should have read it before I posted.

Never mind.

Jerry

[jloeb]

Hmm. Nice discount, on a fairly high price. Not a price that's anything close to unfair, mind you, if this thing performs consistently as well as it does in Nick's NAMM video.

Nonetheless... i can't help wondering whether there will be a less pricey close/ambient mix-miked 16 bit version a la EWQLSO Gold in the future.

[janila]

Are the pre-orders available until the release date or is there a separate deadline? Pre-order prices from the European stores would be great. declaring only the price of the package and shipping (which is legal for samples) would be even better.

[tgfoo]

Are the pre-orders available until the release date or is there a separate deadline?

I was just about to ask this....

[janila]

I was just about to ask this....Glad I saved you from the trouble. :p

[dougrogers]

Hmm. Nice discount, on a fairly high price. Not a price that's anything close to unfair, mind you, if this thing performs consistently as well as it does in Nick's NAMM video.

Nonetheless... i can't help wondering whether there will be a less pricey close/ambient mix-miked 16 bit version a la EWQLSO Gold in the future.

There are no plans to do this in the near future, but we never say never because we're in a changing market.

- Doug

[dougrogers]

Are the pre-orders available until the release date or is there a separate deadline? Pre-order prices from the European stores would be great. declaring only the price of the package and shipping (which is legal for samples) would be even better.

Read the bottom line of the first post - they expire upon release of each product. RA and COLOSSUS are scheduled for the end of this month, EWQLSC the end of the following month.

Some countries allow lower declared value (Netherlands for example) most don't.

is opening in Europe very shortly (hopefully before these are released). We will only carry EW products and a small number of other high-end products there initially, but you will only have to pay VAT in future, no other import costs.

- Doug

[janila]

Read the bottom line of the first post - they expire upon release of each product. RA and COLOSSUS are scheduled for the end of this month, EWQLSC the end of the following month.Ah, in the first post of this thread, right. It seems that I was too anxious and jumped straight to the links, silly me. :p This is great, with some luck I might get myself a choir.


Some countries allow lower declared value (Netherlands for example) most don't.It should be ok in many countries when the actual product isn't shipped but just the material. The actual product is the licence as in online transferring of software.


is opening in Europe very shortly (hopefully before these are released). We will only carry EW products and a small number of other high-end products there initially, but you will only have to pay VAT in future, no other import costs.Sounds great! Even fantastic as VAT is deductable for professionals in transactions between EU countries.

[P de Caumette]

So let me get this straight: owners of Rare Instruments (which is included in its totality in RA) have to buy RA before February 28th (19 days from now) to get any sort of discount?!

Come on guys!

I can understand why it might be reasonable for the other 2 libraries but for RA, I do not think it is such a generous offer. I understand there are a lot of new instruments in RA but RI owners paid $500 for that library and to have to rush in order to take advantage of the discount is ...well, not very friendly.

[FV]

Hi,

I don't currently own RI but I have to agree with Patrick here as well. I know that the presence of an added discount is an incentive to get people to buy early so maybe you can decrease the amount of the discount after RA's release (instead of 30%, make it 10-20%).

Just my 2 bits,
FV

[Nhick Ramiro Pacis]

So if I own EWQLSO and VOTA, I get 60% discount for EWQLSC? ... http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

I'm only kidding, but please say yes!

[dougrogers]

So let me get this straight: owners of Rare Instruments (which is included in its totality in RA) have to buy RA before February 28th (19 days from now) to get any sort of discount?!

Come on guys!

I can understand why it might be reasonable for the other 2 libraries but for RA, I do not think it is such a generous offer. I understand there are a lot of new instruments in RA but RI owners paid $500 for that library and to have to rush in order to take advantage of the discount is ...well, not very friendly.

Patrick,

There will be a 10% discount for RI owners after release. RI is approx. 10% of RA, so that is the appropriate discount. 30% is very generous (and more of a thank you for previous EW/QL supporters) considering the amount of relative content.

- Doug

[dougrogers]

I could be mistaken, but don't the special sales (which actually come around fairly regularly) usually exclude these higher-end libraries?

Lee Blaske

You are correct Lee, none of these releases will be included in any sale for a considerable period of time. This is the time to save some money if you have a qualifying product.

- Doug

[P de Caumette]

You are correct Lee, none of these releases will be included in any sale for a considerable period of time. This is the time to save some money if you have a qualifying product.
- Doug

Well, a couple of weeks won't be enough for me to save what is needed for RA & EWQLSC, especially since all I could spare went into EWQLSO pro already :(

Who knows, maybe the phone's gonna ring ! ;)

[dougrogers]

Well, a couple of weeks won't be enough for me to save what is needed for RA & EWQLSC, especially since all I could spare went into EWQLSO pro already :(

Who knows, maybe the phone's gonna ring ! ;)

EWQLSC won't be released until March 31, RA and COLOSSUS February 28.

Everything is on schedule so far.

- Doug

[sunra]

"THE 30% DISCOUNT IS FOR PREORDERING THE PRODUCT ONLY."

what if you can`t afford to buy it until after it`s released?I won`t be able to afford this until spring or summer.

Rick

[Evan Gamble]

Uh...credit Card? Just kidding ;) Man I'm REALLY tempted to buy it...but then again...college is going to be pretty expensive...I hate these type of decisoions! :mad:

[Daryl]

"THE 30% DISCOUNT IS FOR PREORDERING THE PRODUCT ONLY."

what if you can`t afford to buy it until after it`s released?I won`t be able to afford this until spring or summer.

Rick

Tough.... :>))

Daryl

[cjsm]

COLOSSUS looks interesting, in fact, its just what I've been looking for. But I'm so sick of spending money with all the group buys and other stuff I've been buying...good thing I'm working a lot of overtime...One of these days I'll get my credit cards paid off, but it won't be next month.

cjsm

[sbkp]

Uh...credit Card? Just kidding ;) Man I'm REALLY tempted to buy it...but then again...college is going to be pretty expensive...I hate these type of decisoions! :mad:

I don't get it. Where exactly is the dilemma? ;)

- Stefan

[josejherring]

Am I the only fool who thinks these guys should get all the money they deserve for their hard work? Have we forgotten the '90s already.

I paid $500 bucks for Symphony of Voices and the most it says is ooh and ah. Miroslav used to cost $3,000. And, to get all that RA has to offer was out of reach of most human beings; and not to mention how many synths you'd have to buy at $2,000 a pop just to get a fraction of what Colossus has to offer.

People any way you slice it these libraries are GREAT deals. I just don't understand all the upset over who and what gets what discount.

My daddy told me when I was growing up that if you want something work for it and save your money.

These products aren't ridiculously priced like synths and other sample library's use to be. Let's just be thankful that these developers are actually developing products that ARE affordable and are GREAT!!!

Offering of ANY discount is just further proof that these guys are on the level and want everybody to be able to afford these.

Maybe I'll be hated by the music community at large, but as I understand it the profit margin is relatively small making sample library development a risky business. Let's look at the larger picture here and relize that if we haggle these guys down any further, then maybe there won't be ANYBODY interested in making new sample libraries. How horrible will that be! As it stands there's only a handful of companies right now.

Thanks for all your hard work and fair pricing Nick and Doug. Keep it up. I'll be saving a little from each job to get all of the new products. The only thing I don't want to see is a group buy 1 week after I buy them at full price. Please wait at least a year for that.

Cheers,


Jose

[sbkp]

Maybe I'll be hated by the music community at large

Not by me. I agree with you.
- Stefan

[sunra]

Originally Posted by sunra
"THE 30% DISCOUNT IS FOR PREORDERING THE PRODUCT ONLY."

what if you can`t afford to buy it until after it`s released?I won`t be able to afford this until spring or summer.

Rick



Tough.... :>))

Daryl

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yeah tough.....

I guess I should have waited to buy this new choir instead of forking out $500 for VOTA last year. VOTA is a very nice product but it seemed like a little bit of a fib to claim it could sing words. Seeing as I was new to music software a year ago when I purchased vota I was easily led to believe this was true.

live and learn.....

[Daryl]

Originally Posted by sunra
"THE 30% DISCOUNT IS FOR PREORDERING THE PRODUCT ONLY."

what if you can`t afford to buy it until after it`s released?I won`t be able to afford this until spring or summer.

Rick



Tough.... :>))

Daryl

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yeah tough.....

I guess I should have waited to buy this new choir instead of forking out $500 for VOTA last year. VOTA is a very nice product but it seemed like a little bit of a fib to claim it could sing words. Seeing as I was new to music software a year ago when I purchased vota I was easily led to believe this was true.

live and learn.....

There is always a "better" product round the corner, but if you need something now, then you need it now... This, I suspect, is exactly how it will always be.

Daryl

[Robert Kral]

Where can we hear a demo?

Pre-order offers are enticing, but I don't see a demo area.