EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On 19/12/2004, at 12:23 PM, Hollow Sun wrote:

>
>  > It makes you wonder how the companies can get away with charging 
> their
>  > oh-so-high prices
>  Coz they have to put food on the table!

I completely understand that the sample providers have to make a living 
Steve. I do get puzzled by the extreme disparities in price though. 
Recently I participated in the group buy of the "Old Lady" piano 
samples. The price was 80 USD for what I regard as high end samples. 
Other piano libraries can cost triple or quadruple this. I also noticed 
that during the group buy, once enough buyers had registered to get a 
60% discount (the maximum being offered) more and more buyers came 
flooding in. I think Michiel Post would have ended up selling something 
like 5 or 6 times the number he'd hoped for.

Of course people have to eat but they might find that the increased 
demand created by lowering prices allows them to eat even better.

Please accept my apologies for hitting a nerve Steve.

Oh, and thanks for the long post. As a musician I'm interested in the 
realities of music "tool-making".
Andris