I too am very annoyed with the license downgrade or double the price. And wont upgrade until I see their cards on the table. It better be good!, VST3 and AU3 - hello! Better audio FX insert workflow, network, cpu efficiency.
Describing it as if "you lose nothing just keep using v6 in addition" is just dressing it up BS and insulting our intelligence. Yes I could still use win98se with the software from back then but I actually dont have a choice in terms of running a business.
We know for SURE you cant connect v6 slave to a v7 host or vice versa. It is confirmed! Period!
They are stopping development of 6 - that will eventually become bugy and left in the dirt as OSs and plugins move on, needing the latest.
This is a server/farm based product! I will eat my hat if there are more users who use just one pc or even 2 and will NEVER need that extra license. The 3 licence core product of previous is a good and natural feature for such a product.
Mediocre FX (that wont work on anything but inside VSL products) and a generic sample library are a bit of an insult really.
Actually there IS a competing product. Reaper with Reamote or Reastream. This upgrade and the way they are trying to BS us and avoid the real truth in the marketing along with a big step up in expense and future new high level of pricing that will continue to hike is making me look closer at Reamote. VSL now remind me of AVID! Trying hard to hold on to their overly expanded infrastructure by scewing their users! I left AVID for Reaper.
I vote for granfathering the 3 licenses accross and wont upgrade until THEY treat us with respect.