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Just now, Bapu said:

+100% ^^^

Installed?

15 minutes ago, jngnz said:

Pretty sure I have bought at least 2 things or so from you on Knobcloud, so you're like $12 richer than you would be without me, yay!

You are welcome. And I reinvest most of my Knobcloud pocket money in new plugins, so there is a third happy group of people. 

1 hour ago, Craig N said:

People complain about WUP but D16 wants upgrades for every product I've purchased from them. And when the products go on sale, the upgrade pricing doesn't. I guess if I'd bought them back in 2016 it might seem fine but since I've only picked them up gradually since 2020 it seems a bit rich. Just my 10c.

True. Simple as that. They are nice tools, but can get pricey over time. 

2 hours ago, jngnz said:

Well, it’s an „I actually want this“ purchase instead of an „I will never use this but it's a good deal“ aka Bapu/Fleer purchase, so I think you’re good. I'm trying to finally stay away from the latter and so far in 2024 I have. Apart from a few things here and there. Just a couple hundred bucks. Per month.

😭

That's a big amount of money in the end, couple of thousands a year. Good thing I am constantly bankrupt so I cannot participate.

17 minutes ago, Craig Fowler said:

100%

Now I have ToneX, I don't know how much I'll end up using 'traditional' amp sims, but Kuassa consistently make great sounding plugins that actually sound like the amps they're meant to emulate. Love everything I have of theirs, but especially Matchlock!

The effects are worth a look, too. Good results with very little tweaking, not only for guitars. 

$19 plus VAT if applicable. 

https://www.kuassa.com/products/efektor-moon-muffin-fuzz/

If you own Amplifikation 360, the plugin is free. You might have to wait for some hours to see it in your account. 

I have to say: Getting 360 was money well spent. The plugins are very good, can be used in the 360 GUI as modules or stand-alone, and new ones come in regularly. Kuassa is a very underrated company IMO. 

18 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

Looks like it can be had for €59 at D16's own site.

I'm an enthusiastic user of Sigmund; it would be nice to get an upgrade price.

Upgrade is available in the account for 19 bucks. Quite fair I would say. 

Any opinions on the variety and sound quality of this offer? 

I'm looking for a comparatively small library of sounds for music applications which fits on my mobile setup. This seems to be ok. I know it's not enough for film / post prod, but that's not my focus right now. 

Any help appreciated. 

A great playground for the ones who don't need the latest and greatest. 

9 bucks with code FLASH-CLARO-90

20 minutes ago, kitekrazy said:

I'd recommend Studio One.  I like the GUI.   Live is a laptop first DAW and doesn't have the screen real estate compared to Cubase.

My choice for mixing,  too. I've never regretted switching to S1. 

Honestly, I do not see a reason to subscribe to manufacturer / shop newsletter as there are forums like the one right here. And on the other hand, I'm still getting stuff which is unsolicited and therefore plainly illegal from some of these nice and sweet fellows. The whole marketing landscape is hostile towards consumers. Simple as that. 

Let me put it this way: As long as there are philosophies around preaching "if you double your spam from 50000 to 100000 this will likely double your conversions", the behaviour displayed by PA, iZotope, Avid and the likes just feels wrong, and I am happy to filter the stuff and make life harder for my adversaries who want money in the end. Marketing departments are not friends and family. 

There are, however, some (mainly smaller) companies that have a different, content-centric approach to mailings: dSoniq come to mind, TBProAudio, Hofa, just to name a few. 

Just now, Kirean said:

Before googling about Sugar Bytes' release history (and yes, Effectrix2 update seems to have been 79 euros), I thought you meant to post in the Waldorf thread. Kinda same situation there.

Sugar Bytes` products seem to be good and interesting and all, but with  this pricing policy is a no go for me.  Waldorf never appealed to me. I have the feeling they have missed a bus or two. 

They may release an update to V2 and charge 80 bucks for it. Hasn't it been this way with another product?

Hard pass from me. 

I would be interested in how the sounds are delivered.  Can they be downloaded in bulk? Or does one end up retrieving single sounds? I mainly work in offline scenarios and have to download them beforehand. 

Any experiences? 

We will see if he will start a small company again and do everything right. Wouldn't be a surprise.  

I never fell in love with Ujam products. You get nice sounding results quickly,  but they are limited from a certain point.  

https://www.audiodeluxe.com/

Plus Deluxe Bucks. One free plugin per customer. 

Ends March 31st. 

These are glorified stock plugins,  nothing special.  

3 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

 I have yet to hear anything positive about Muze, 

Not from me. I checked them some time ago and discarded them.

Smaller, specialized instruments suit me better. But that's just me. 

Really ALL plugins?

Great product, never on sale, regular updates, all of them free. 

https://www.tbproaudio.de/products/dseq

Update to V3.9.0

- NEW: show output spectrum
- NEW: side-chain gain
- UPDATE: accept audio files with extension "aif"
- UPDATE: allow input values in the format 0.5k => 500
- UPDATE: DSP/CPU improvements
- UPDATE: extended pre-filter range to 10-20kHz
- UPDATE: improved plugin activation screen
- UPDATE: small GUI fixes
- UPDATE: undo/redo optimized for spectrum view changes
- FIX: crash with Mac OS Sonoma Arm and Logic/Garageband
- FIX: Reason crash after project load if GUI is resized or scaled

2 minutes ago, MrFigg said:

Hahaha. But Haaze looks a simpler option for this humble guitarist and I think it does other stuff too   

Then buy it and have two beloved plugins. But this rises the stress level. 

11 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

U-He even on sale isn't exactly in this inexpensive category.  I've never bought anything from D16 but have a couple of them, while I'm not a used plugin shopper - this one is new to me that there is actually a market for them.

D16 resells for the 60% off sale prices we have now. And like u-he, you are likely to keep them.

I will put it this way: Most of what I keep using all the time is on the more expensive side and from well known vendors. If I add up the costs for crap over the last five years, it sums up to Omnisphere twice.