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Native Instruments: More trouble than value

Careless product management and lack of legacy support drives me away as a long-time customer

I have owned licenses for various Native Instruments products for many years e.g. Komplete 13 Ultimate, Traktor, Maschine, Kontakt etc. Of course, I also used them in my productions. After these many years, however, I had to learn (painfully) that Native Instruments has no interest in sustainable product maintenance, which has really fatal consequences. It doesn’t matter whether you invest in updates or simply continue to use products that you have purchased at some point.

Soundraw.ai – AI music creation tool or just a fake?

The topic of “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) was discussed as part of a lecture. During the follow-up, I came across, among other things, the website “Soundraw.io“, which claims to generate pieces of music with the help of AI on the basis of a parameterization specified by the user. But is it really “Artificial Intelligence” or just an expensive fake?

Don’t buy from reFX – it’s money down the drain

Why you better avoid reFX for now and how you may be treated as a customer of reFX

Read my story about a special kind of service experience …

Back into the 90s Internet – My first website

Yesterday I found a box of old backups in a corner of the basement. By old, I mean that some of these backups have around 25 years under their belt. I was surprised what I found there …

Software: Wallter

Wallter is a minimalist program that downloads a new desktop wallpaper from the website “Unsplash.com” every day. Wallter is good for you if you like nice desktop wallpapers and don’t want unnecessary frills. Wallter is slim, simple and doesn’t try to give you an inflatable washing machine or electric blanket as a “free” addition.

HR3 Clubnight DJ Sets Collection Downloader

Techno Livesets Collection on Archive.org

The HR3 Clubnight was one of the hottest radio shows you could hear in Hessen. All the famous DJs performed and played their current sets live. No matter if Sven Väth, Thorsten Fenslau, DJ Dag, Karotte, Marc Spoon – they all played there.