Thank you, we're very happy that you like it! We have a free update coming in the next days, will provide details here soon.

I made another vid about the setting "Force harmony" and "force melody"! I had to do some research, but I found this setting to be too important than to not NOT make a vid about it... if I make any sense right now

check...it...Out!

Forcing Harmony and Melody with Liquid Notes.mov - YouTube

Interesting stuff
Why not download midi files of famous songs and re harmonise them ...hey presto a new song !!!

Cool idea- do you know where to get free midi files of famous songs? Not self made crappy ones but good stuff?

could be grant!

Classical Music on Classical Archives: Home
There's a good place to start

Hi BLiquid. We just purchased this a few hours ago at $269 USD (199 Euros)? What happened? Are we reading your post correctly? Or is this something happening 'down the road' so to speak?

thanks so much for a wonderful product, nontheless!

Excellent Vids! Thanks so much!

Im trying to open the demo but it just freezes on the first Liquid Notes box as soon as you open, any tips? Im on windows 7, 64bit

Why do people in the US always pay less I can't understand.
I have nothing agains US... it's just that it feel unfair.

199$ is 150€... instead we EU people have to pay 165€ + VAT
While I get the VAT part I don't get the unfair pricing.

I mean just to have that .99 marketing gimmick?

Please tell me that I'm wrong?
I mean you guys are making an excellent product and really seem like really great guys.

You gave in all your posts the impression your pricing is fair considering it's strictly for working professional composers, your costs research etc.

...and I respected that and was actually thinking of saving up for it...

..but then you make this .99 thing feeling like it's just a rounded pseudo random amount.... like maybe you just thought "heeey 199 souds cool..."

"We should price it like that (199€ for EU and 199$ for US) even if it will be completely unfair for for people in the EU that earn less than what a US person does... it just sound cool.. 199... and also it's a nice mind trap sounding like 100 something having the 1 in the front even if it's actually 200)

Seriously as a EU citizen in a country where people earn 1/4 of the normal EU or US citizen I feel neglected.



PS I have nothing against people pricing their product as they wish.
I know how hard it is to create great SW and I appreciate what work has been done in this field the past few years.

What I don't like is when the "rich get richer and the poor get poorer" so to speak...

@DSK: I agree to question marketing strategies and different market prices etc...but check out the brackets of the above quote.

US price= 199$ excluding taxes
EU price= 199€ including taxes

I might point out sth completely irrelevant, but I guess it comes to somewhat the same price... and yeah, .99 sucks... I guess they kinda have to play that game though as every other business does.

@BodyByStarbucks... Dunno if my text could help you too...

thanks-and understood. however, at least in California, there are never US Taxes on digital downloads from anywhere in the world.
ps-the more videos the merrier. Yours is one of the reasons we decided to make the purchase in the first place

I'll keep them coming! Never knew that making these little vids could be so much fun

Since you missed it I'll quote it again so it will be clear why I made a fuss about the pricing.

Somewhat the same price cannot be said in the case of 10% more:
So it's not universal pricing.. it's geo-fence-pricing, and I don't like geo-fencing as a principle because as it's used now it kind of defeats the purpose of the internet.

It it were at the same price as in US 150€ + VAT there would be no objections from me as it's normal in EU.

Anyway it was a long shot to get this one soon so this made my decision of not getting it and forgetting about it easier.

I understand your point- maybe it has also to do with the PPP (purchasing power parity) or sth else.

15 bugs difference in pricing is decent- but I get it, its about principle.
On the other hand, if you start applying principle it might be hard to buy anything at all in this wicked system.

I just know that it is a cool product- but hey, they (prob Bliquid) might even have a good response to our discussion here"

I bought the software and have to state, that it has really changed my style of creating music.

Thats basically my heavy pro- argument. For me it outweighed, and still outweighs all cons.

But no offense man- I understand your reasoning.

@BodyByStarbucks

Sorry to everyone here! This has been an 'immature' comment - I have been trying to highlight the fact of taxes included (EU) vs taxes excluded (US) and have unintentionally laid a trap for myself in naming a price that is not agreed upon internally within Re-Compose.

As of today we do have a representative office in the US but no legal entity in the US that would permit us to start selling products in US Dollars. We are working hard on setting this up, and only then a sales price in USD is going to be announced.

Apologies for this, but once more thanks for the immediate response!

B-
Thanks for the clarification. Been using it (LN) all night.

cheers fro LA, CA

@BodyByStarbucks

Thanks for pointing that out! The US has different rules concerning the application of sales tax, mostly varying on a state by state basis. This is what keeps us busy in setting up the US operations.

@DSK

Also to you my sincerest apologies for making a comment on pricing that was not very well thought of! We are all overwhelmed by the reaction it has caused, and I'd like to say a big 'thanks' to everyone here for pointing out what is important to you when it comes to pricing.

Let me state it clearly: We do not want to treat anyone unfair, and neither do we want to rip anyone off. We want to make great products that help you in doing what you do on a daily basis - producing great music.

As for differences in prices between USD and EUR, these might always vary to some degree with the volatility of the exchange rate. However, as mentioned above it is not our intention to give any country preferential treatment. That would be unfair!
Sales tax being included or excluded sometimes can give a blurred picture, so we're working on that to make it transparent for everyone.

@swedrian

Thanks for another great video. Wonderful!

Can you send us an email at [email protected] so we can get in touch with you? Thanks!

I'm sorry if I have upset anyone it's just that sometimes the .99 pricing is getting on my nerves (mall/supermarket/marketing-phobia)

As for pricing: it should be fair for everyone including the developer.
I know it's a though market filled with piracy, competition etc a niche product and you have to price it in this range.

And again I respect that.
I can truly imagine the amount of work that you guys have put into this.

I have nothing personal and yes I know that exchange rates may vary ..
...and that's why many companies have a single price on which they just add the VAT after.

PSP does just that: they advertise in US $ then just add VAT in the cart depending on where you live.

I really don't like the capitalist economic system, especially how flawed and how viciously it functions here at the outskirt of the EU but I respect it because I respect peoples work, so if these are the "rules", in return I expect that I should be respected as a consumer.

@swedrian I'll point it again 10% is not a small difference and I made this fuss especially now before they made it official!

Take it as a warning that pricing discrepancies may bring the pricing police like me but after they moved copies thus being unfair.

Today there are some great examples on how to sell SW globally.
As a disclosure I am mainly a becoming/working architect and I work with some niche SW.
One day at our company we needed a road engineering SW to devise a road plan based on topo measurings.
We found the best tool for that purpose at a canadian SW company.
When we went to get a quote on their site they had a pricing system based on income per capita. So we selected our country and the price was at almost a 4th of the price for Canada US or other EU countries.
They just gave us a fair chance to get it and we did.

That's how I see SW sales mostly: a chance for me to support the company but with my purchasing power.

It's not a bargain and it's a greater financial effort for me at a 50% sale than it is at full price for people in other places.

Again I really like this product, the way it adapts to how you compose and you guys seem really responsive, intelligent and cool so again I feel a bit bad for speaking my mind and bringing a somewhat offtopic discussion.

I really want you guys to succed at this!

My personal advice if you wish to keep the .99 gimmick to have it advertised at 199$ + VAT or just have a currency converter in your shop.

I have to go now but I'll come back with a review of the SW once I get the chance to test it for more.

@DSK

I did some research and you are right- 10 percent is a lot. I guess I was a bit fast with my assumption, that it "only" comes down to 15 dollars. Thanks for your post!

I do not want the pricing police on my back for defending sth that would be unfair

@Bliquid: Thanks for your post too! It sure brought some clarity.

Hey DSK! Im looking forward to your Review- Im really interested to see your perspective on it.

I uploaded a new vid- this time without talking, just business

Ave maria (Bach/Gounod) liquefied. Thanks gussyg2007- I had a blast! I hope you will too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azabhGrJGA4

Sounds pitiful. Hoped you learned something.

Nice 'tude, Cornholio.

Here's my tude dude.... Some activities build self esteem and others don't. You want to be a piece of softwares bitch or put the effort and sweat into building your own harmonic progression vocabulary?

@Cornvalley

Then why do you need keys on a keyboard? Or fret on a guitar?

Why not play only the violin? Or better yet as the violin has tuned strings, just your perfectly tuned voice?

Without a proper vocabulary and proper ear training this will not take you anywhere.

You kinda miss the point of the software. It's not here to replace your compositional skills but to aid you.

If you feel threatened by this software you are then questioning your own skills.

You don't want to be an instrument's bitch how about putting the effort into building your own?

You're an embarrassment to Southern California. Nice going.

Pitiful, huh?
Alright- What about a challenge?

Use the same software and the same midi file and show me, how its supposed to sound. You may add whatever you want to add but you may not change the original midi composition.

Otherwise your criticism is just hot air. But I guess thats just what some ppl in forums are about- are you one of them?

Here is the link to the trial version of the software:

Liquid Notes - Download

And I think the midi file should be attached.

Show me what you got bro!

wrd.