MusicMan

I own a pair of the HD 6XX. They're are great set of headphones and it was an easy choice for the price 🙂

SL63x is also free as well 🙂

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/smacklabs/sl63x-compressor

2 hours ago, telecode 101 said:

I am just in to get some EQs. I dont care about bundles. I think it should hit 5K at least.

I thought I didn't need another EQ and it was a little hyped until I tried the Master EQ432 and that was an instabuy for me! Same with their tape machine emulations 🙂

I haven't tried their 73 and 81 and maybe that's a good thing.. as I may end up wanting them as well! Haha..

5 hours ago, sarine said:

I was one of many who got suckered into spending on Waves because I thought I  was getting good deals.

It's a rite of passage and one that Waves rely on.. sometimes you need to stumble and fall before you learn to walk.. Waves is akin to stumbling and falling for newbies 🤣

I bought a handful, like you, not too many, but then luckily found so many better options and companies to deal with.

They won't get another cent from me unless they change 🙂 Maybe not a bad thing.. I spend too much as it is! 🤣

Waves is one of the few companies that will refuse to provide support if you don't have WUP. They also only provide one licence for each plugin unless you have WUP.

I love getting random out of the blue updates from the likes of Valhalla, all free and still developed. I'd rather support guys like that and boycott Waves so they change.

Plugin Alliance allow multiple installs, ongoing support and regular sales that are way cheaper than any WUP. They do charge for new versions, but they also make sure the old ones continue to work. The new versions like the others mentioned are generally full of new features. Not like Waves who just want more money for what you already have!

I wonder how many more sales Waves would get if they actually listened/cared about their customers and the market. I'd almost consider this offer just for a couple of the inclusions. But with their current practices, there are better options overall for almost, if not every plugin they make.

Support the Devs that care and listen 🙂

Waves make some pretty good plugins... so do other developers.. the other developers don't have WUP and allow more than one install without messing around with USB.

Other developers listen more to their customers, Waves just doesn't care and persist in their ways which alienate themselves from the industry 😉

If I had my time over I'd never buy a Waves plugin and would recommend newbies not to start with them.. unless they change, my money will always be going elsewhere 🙂

22 minutes ago, Fleer said:

Been thinking about these “eternal madness” deals. It’s actually an interesting and quite original idea. All of Melda’s plugins will become available at half price but you have to wait your (and their) turn. This way you know you’ll be able to get them at half off if you want to be patient. Or you can just get them when you need them and pay full price. But you also know prices won’t go much lower, so there’s a kind of guarantee that your purchases will keep their value. And you get free updates. Always. 
Pretty, pretty good. 

To an extent.. although I just got MTurboEQ for free with purchase from ADSR 🙂 There was also their recent turbo compressor giveaway with purchase too. 

But other than giveaways, minus a few further discounts here and there from different resellers the discounts are pretty stable like you mentioned.

A slightly more reasonable price for this one... The regular RRP is crazy!

Are any of the bundled libraries they include worthwhile?

I've only considered it for some well regarded third party ones, but I've spent a bit recently, so I did wonder about using this sale to at least grab N4 so I can buy the third party ones down the track.

1 hour ago, Simeon Amburgey said:

Here is a playlist covering many of the Sampletekk pianos I have reviewed in the past, enjoy.
So some of these are from some Audio Plugin Deals and other promotions but this might help give you an idea of the sound of these.

These sounded great too Simeon, although I'm sure your playing helped 

I can see I'll likely grab something from these at some stage as well!

Very good point on the libraries having a different feeling to them and drawing different things out of us.

That's why I don't mind owning a few, as I feel that way with them too  

Thanks

5 hours ago, Fleer said:

Here are some other Sampletekk staples I mentioned in the VI Control thread:

Rain Piano is quite special, even Mk1. Check out Vertikal Mk2 for another great upright.
Also, if you're into using mono pianos in your compositions, have a look at Singular. That one's singular indeed 
I personally dig the INIL Choir a lot, and even BOB Brass is interesting, as are the Renaissance Flutes. Tubed Keys Mk1 73 is a fine Rhodes.
By the way, TVBO includes both 7CG Mk2 and TBO Mk2. Not to be missed. And WG2 MkII of course.

5 hours ago, Fleer said:

Make sure you get the WG2 MkII, dear MusicMan.

Thanks Fleer, I picked up TVBO and WG2 MkII. Just downloading them now

Interestingly it seems you only get 2 weeks of downloading and then the DL expires apparently.

Do you know if it's possible to download them again in future? I always keep the original DL, but it would be good to know if I'm still covered.

Thanks!

9 minutes ago, Fleer said:

WG MkII

Thanks Fleer and Cclary, I downloaded the demo for TVBO and quite liked it, so I'll probably get that one.

WG Mk II could be interesting Fleer. I was considering Black Grand as well, but I'd like something for modern/pop as well on this one, so WG might be a better choice I guess.

12 minutes ago, Doug Rintoul said:

6.69 GB.

Thanks Doug, that's not too bad  

At least compared to some of the monster libraries these days, but always good to check first!

2 minutes ago, cclarry said:

Getting TVBO II for $24.90 would be a good way to go IMO

Thanks will check that one out 🙂

1 hour ago, Doug Rintoul said:

Just purchased Black Grand MK II. That is one massive download: 36 separate files!

How large are we talking? Unless I missed it, they don't seem to list the DL/install size any of the libraries!

Any other good recommendations from anyone apart from Vertical and Black?

On 4/11/2021 at 1:05 AM, RSMcGuitar said:

My email was in my spam folder, despite normal Presonus emails going to my inbox 

Thought it was odd I didn't have to make an account with Masterthemix to register. I wonder if my licence is just floating in the ether now?

@RSMcGuitar You just go to their website, sign in and then you can add the serial. That links it up 🙂

@Bapu Have you ran LatencyMon on it by any chance? I'd love to see a screenshot of the results after leaving LatencyMon running for 20 minutes, or so.

I'm looking at building a new system and that is normally the thing that causes the most trouble, so it would be great to see what that motherboard and other components perform like 🙂

I'm trying to decide on Motherboard and CPU at the moment.

Thanks!

Would love a code if anyone has one spare that they can PM me 😀