lawajava

Something very helpful to call out about Overloud GEM plugins (beside that they each sound great) is that compared to other plug-in makers of the same kind of effect the Overloud GEMs do not take up much CPU.  

I’ve compared side by side many of these. The GEM plugins do not even show a blip against the CPU. Other plug-in makers with comparable plugs for the same effect each take up different and quite visible hits on the CPU.

So, Overloud plugs are really advantageous. And, Overloud does not charge for updates.

I use this one a lot. Great deal for anyone that doesn’t have it yet.

$19 at the moment. Maybe later on sale for less.

Howard always adds choice new presets to the palette of Spire.

I always liked the focusing equalizer in this pack. 

@Niky Serrano that worked at Plug-in Boutique. Thanks!

On 8/10/2023 at 6:49 AM, Niky Serrano said:

Transient Shaper had this offer in the past
 

Now, for 89€/$89, but using the code MUSICSHAPER you will get it for 10€/$10

https://www.softube.com/shaper

The code appears to not be working anymore, unless there’s something else to know.

Adding one YouTube clip of the many out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_km5nBolXk

On 7/12/2023 at 2:50 PM, Last Call said:

Very expensive indeed.

That’s a miscalculation in my view.

1. When you buy any of these you get updates without any further charge.  But that’s small compared to…. The big one!

2. The big one!  All of these GEM plugins not only sound great.  The most winning feature for all of them  is low CPU usage. Which is a big deal!

I’ve cross tested for example LA2As on the same track (well, duplicates of the same track) and on each track put different versions of LA2As.  Waves, Softube, IK Multimedia, Native Instruments, UVI, Black Rooster and so on.  Then looked at the CPU hit for each. They all differed (with some taking up considerable CPU).  Overloud effects, including the LA2A, don’t even show a blip on CPU usage.  Like nada.

Same for the rest of them.

Another example is the Overloud Tape.  All the other suppliers use up a bunch of CPU.  If a song already has a lot going on you might choose not to even use that vendor’s tape plug  because it’s the last straw before the song starts to hang from lack of CPU.

But not Overloud’s Tape. Not noticeable at all  on CPU usage. And it sounds great.

In terms of value, if you think of all the time you might spend wrangling with effects to choose the right ones not to cripple your songs by lack of CPU cycles - that can add up to a lot of wasted time (and time is money as they say) - using Overloud effects will save huge amounts of time when mixing because of not hitting CPU limits - and all the Overloud GEM plugs sound great.

There - I said it - I fully endorse Overloud GEM effects. If you’re looking for a deal - look into them now while the sale goes on for a few more days.  Free trials for all of them. Plenty of vids on YouTube demonstrating their sound capabilities.

The real deal.

Great you’re back Larry!  Had us worried for a bit!

3 hours ago, Bapu said:

@lawajava will like this too!

Patience rewarded!  The wise man was right!

42 minutes ago, Bapu said:

Installed!

 

@Fleer “WUPPEE!” 

On 6/28/2023 at 10:29 PM, Craig N said:

Its more expensive the older your Korg Collection is. I am happy to keep mine up to date at $49 each time. 3 new synths for $49 seems good value to me. 

As usual it's a bit tricky to do the upgrade:

Login to your Korg ID

https://id.korg.com/

Then go to the Offers page. Copy the code provided and visit the link they provide to buy the relevant upgrade product. Add it to your cart and add the coupon you copied. Then checkout. 

After checking out, get the product serial from the order details and add that to the Korg Software Pass app with the Register New Product button at the top. 

If you want to check out the details the upgrade products are here: https://korg.shop/software/korg-collection/upgrade-products.html

I’m thinking the ordering and installing process has to be better at this point.

I bought the Korg Collection 2 a couple years ago. I’m still traumatized to this day from the experience.

Multiple confusing steps to place an order - then after ordering that led to needing to register at another site.  Once putting codes at the other site it was confusing about getting the products.  Once downloaded there were some legacy products that didn’t work and I needed to download some third-party wrapper tool to allow them to read as VSTs.

I got it to work after all that. But I’m queasy about updating. Maybe Korg Collection 5!

It sounds good as a preamp on an electric guitar track I’ve tested.  I prefer it added to the track versus not being there. Makes a positive difference for the better on this track.

The Doors had no bass player for years.  They just had Ray playing the bass line on the keys.  Bit, you're pretty handy with the VST guitars, maybe you could get away with it!

The code did not work - I guess because I'm a new visitor to the site.

1 hour ago, jgarland said:

Purchased and installed. Very clean chimey sound. Is stand alone as well as vst. With code MLLOYALTY20 the cost is 23.99 EUR (27.75).

I will use that code!  Appreciated!  The Gemini sounds great!

Coincidence!  I had just bumped into this guy Terry Beckley's channel on YouTube and admired the clip below.  He is using a free ML Sound Lab amp in this clip. I had never heard of ML Sound Lab.  So, now I'm going to take a look at the above amp.  Already grabbed the free one shown in the clip below.

Getting a Pop Punk Guitar Tone from This Free Amp Sim

2 hours ago, TheSteven said:

Holy Frudgenuts! Subsequent runs of NA are now loading in under 10 seconds!!!
They're finally caching data! Yay!

Now they just need to apply the same technique to Kontakt 7.

Same thing for me - Native Access now runs quickly - AND!!! Kontakt 7 now loads for me (stand-alone) within 2 mins! (previous to this release it took almost an hour to load).   I'm quite pleased!

Bummer!

1 hour ago, Cookie Jarvis said:

I own Horizon v14 and some loose plugins and my upgrade price is 800! No thanks

Bill

Check in with Kolby (or Tony) as mentioned above.  If you ask them, they might come back with an attractive price for you to consider.

1 hour ago, Yan Filiatrault said:

I received a 250$ discount code to upgrade from Horizon bundle to Mercury. My upgrade price for a long time is around 400$, and that would bring the upgrade price to 150$. I never got a quote that low over the years.

I know Waves WUP and pricing is controversial, but with this price, I would get many plugins missing and upgrade almost everything from them from version 9 to 13 to the current version without the hassle of many installers, so I’ll probably get it. And I’m on Windows so never any problems with OS upgrades over the years.

Check your emails for similar offers for those not on Mercury.

You won't regret it!  I made a similar upgrade years ago.  WUP is currently maxed at $240 per year for everything you own of Waves - but you can get that reduced of course by not renewing every year, you can skip years.  And every year several times they offer 25% off WUP so that's the time to renew when doing so.  There are usually a few new products added each year that get included in Mercury.  Given the amount of tools included with ongoing updates it feels quite fair and the breadth of  tools continually keep coming in handy.

Yep!

I’ve been using EPIC 7 for what seems a couple months. They typically don’t announce version updates but I’ve noted the version number go slightly higher every several weeks. I guess they feel it’s stable enough to announce now.

2 minutes ago, Milan said:

What kind of authorization do Ample Sound libraries use? I see that some Chinese instruments use iLok, but what about their guitars? I agree about them being really good, I wish they were a bit more affordable to a hobbyist like me  

You might try one - the Martin acoustic is an excellent starting point.  Just to get the hang of it. Some excellent step by step info on how to use these is on YouTube.  Very good sound!

30 minutes ago, Jason Neudorf said:

I expect they will release Silk 2 in a week or so, with a $49 upgrade fee.  Still hoping that they have really cheap upgrades on black friday.

I agree this is a clear sign that is near. Not sure about a couple weeks near, but we can expect it coming up.