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4 minutes ago, telecode 101 said:

https://www.softube.com/support/change-log/2-5-55

 

I didn't get to spend too much time with it. CPU usage is much lower than AT5. But I can't really tell how it was before the new Softube upgrade.

I was just messing about. Amp Room is one of those platforms that I really wanted to like and just couldn't. 

What's the update? It sounds good now? 

299$ 😏

I've done the math:

- plugins I'd want from PA at sale prices: 100-150$

- cost of PA plugins I own , don't really use, and would happily let go: 200$+ 

Holidays are near, and in the spirit of Dirk's generous offer, I'd accept a 1-for-1 trade with PA. Quick and easy, no need to mess with kvr sale threads or silly bundles. 

5 hours ago, Kevin Perry said:

I do wish Overloud would sell the additional effects that some of the Rig Libraries come with separately - I've never had any real joy with the rigs getting a sound I like, but do get what I want (usually!) from the amp/cab/effects models, so expanding the effect palette wouldn't go amiss.

Which effects, though? As my case is the opposite (I like the rigs, not so much the regular patches) and only have TH-U Essential, I was looking through the rigs to see if I could identify the ones I like AND maybe come with a nice effect or two as a bonus. Bus as far as I can tell, only the BM rigs have two additional effects (the parallel compressor and a reverb). They used a bunch of pedals to sample most rigs, and they list them with the rigs ("boosted with"), but those are not available as separate effects inside TH-U. Or am I missing something? 

5 hours ago, Marc Cormier said:

I don't think they were always demo-able, thus I found my self with some Rigs that didn't really suit my needs.  Having said that, I found the Plexi, DM Mark, and Randall heads to be excellent and very flexible.  They're not included in the Essentials package but I'm also more interested in just a few of the Rig packs.  If they're captured separately from the cabs, the Rigs can be blended nicely with IRs that you can load into any of the speaker cabs that are provided outside of the Rig Player.

I'm going to try some more rigs, but they're so many, and you can only demo them for 1 day (I have no idea when/if that resets?), that I feel I have to be strategic about it, or I'll lose track of what I liked and what I didn't. IRs, yes, that should be fun, as normally I use a selection of IR's with everything, so things might only get better with them. 🤠

4 hours ago, heath row said:

I have TH-U Premium or whatever they like to call it, pretty much the only thing I use it for is a glorified IR Loader with SuperCabinet.  That's another bottomless pit you can get into. The Jensen's are very good, well suited to Fender/Fenderish tones, but also others. The Amp Factory (TAF) and of course ChopTones are also very good, the latter's Boogie and Bogner and Friedman being among my fav's of theirs. But as for TH-Us standard amps and cabs, they do nothing for me, they just sound horrible, always have, don't know why I've kept upgrading since TH2, probably the same reason I stuck it out with NI's Guitar Rig since GR3, Guitar Rig, now there's a S.P.O.S if ever there was one, FX are ok I guess, I think I was just hoping they would come good, alas . . . 

I don't mind some of the stuff available for the Rig Player, I have a shit load of them. These are some of my fav's

BHS Friedman Hand wired 100W
BHS Friedman Naked
Choptones Fried Jackie
Choptones Fried Jerry
Mad In Italy MK50
MF TB 3Classic
MF TB 008
TB Puncher
Vocs 30 Heratige Hand Wired
LRS The Snake
Choptones Bogie Alone
TAF 80's Hair High Gain, not as hi gain metal mania as it may sound, personally I like it alot.
BM Filmprojector which was surprisingly good and very usable for an old Film projector amp/amps. Very good.

That was my surprise as well, having demoed TH-U Premium before, that the rigs are quite a step up in quality. I haven't tried many of the rigs in your list yet, but I'm with you on BM Filmprojector, I really liked it. I'm more into cleans/crunch, yet I found some excellent heavy patches as well; I liked the Bogie Dual Reverb 25 a lot. Is 50% off the best/target sale for these? They add up quickly, even when discounted. 

I just messed around with rigs for the past 3 hours or so. It's great that you can actually demo the rigs without owning TH-U, I had no idea you could do that. I've only demo-ed a couple of TH-U versions before, and wasn't too impressed, but the rigs are something else, there are some real gems in there. I picked up the TAF Summer Sunshine rig, but I might get some more in the future. Some personal/subjective notes:

- some of the rigs/patches sound/feel at least as authentic as any other amp sim I've tried

- comparatively limited options for usable tweaks; once you start playing around with the knobs (particularly with gain, for example with the Fender's) in the rig player, that authenticity quickly disappears (I guess that's what you'd expect, given that rigs are based on sampled amplifier signal chains)

- there are only a few basic effects included in TH-U Essential, so TH-U Essential + rigs is mostly about the amps and cabs  

- the interface is meh, but workable 

- there doesn't seem to be a TH-U Essential installer; the installer Overloud links to is the same as the full (demo) version, so I guess that the entire package has to be installed, with only the activated bits becoming available in the interface; not ideal, if this is the case 

3 minutes ago, aidan o driscoll said:

That "limited time discount" for all 3 should at least be perpetually held for owners of V1 when one considers there is no upgrade price for same? 

That would make sense. But I'm pretty sure it's going to be available for this amount and probably less going down the road. For people using their products professionally, it's a no-brainer purchase, as is. For the rest - and most of their existing/future customers, it's a value proposition, so they'll inevitably continue to try to get it out to as many people as they can via sales (just as with v1). I'm in the second category; I'm sure I'll get it at some point, but I don't feel any urgency (i.e. v1 satisfies my needs just fine without the new, admittedly significant, features). 

5 minutes ago, pseudopop said:

 Unless IK introduces a pricing model where your TS upgrade price is based on what you already own.

They already have one. They just prefer to call it a group buy, for some reason. 

Forget about Black Friday. For someone just starting out, this is the best value package on the market. For many/most people, it won't even be close. 

6 hours ago, cclarry said:

Upgrade to everything from RX10 Advances is $167.16 with code GROUP at JRR
https://www.jrrshop.com/izotope-everything-bundle-crossgrade-rx

It would be funny if this worked with RX Elements. Seeing that you can apparently get the upgrade price from O10 Advanced while only having O9, maybe they just don't care? 😄

On 11/4/2022 at 8:52 PM, mibby said:

Am I greedy for wishing they'd discount for the plugins you already own?

No. Over the past few years I picked up most of their plugins, paying more, in total, than what the bundle is going for now. To not get an upgrade offer (even a simple one, based on a limited number of tiers) means they couldn't care less about loyalty. They're obviously not alone on this, but that doesn't make it any better. 

I don't know what's what with PA anymore. I was thinking of possibly signing up to their musician bundle, as the rumor (later confirmed by Dirk himself in the Facebook group) was that you'd have the option of switching from it to the mid-tier mega plan ('Mega XL'), basically saving $5/month. The info at the time was that the older subscriptions would no longer be sold once the new ones become available. Well, the new ones are here, the musician bundle is still available, and some people are grumbling about the offer they received (so maybe the upgrade is, in fact, different/unavailable) but I couldn't find any clear details. 

2 hours ago, stony said:

If they had a heart for second-hand sellers/buyers of their plugins, they could make the new loyalty vouchers eligible to "pay" the $20 transfer fee with them...

I was wondering about that myself. Didn't see any related feedback from Dirk yet, so maybe there's hope? 

On 6/18/2022 at 11:41 AM, Craig N said:

upgrade to version 3.0 due sometime this year. 

17 minutes ago, Marc Cormier said:

Did you try it?  I'm probably gonna pick up Split EQ but thought I could get both for just a little more if I started off with Physion.

Yes. Vouchers don't stack, unless someone discovers a new trick. The upgrade offer is basically a voucher. I picked up Physion and was playing with SplitEQ yesterday (demo), on track with an acoustic guitar recorded in a bad room. There's definitely an area of overlap, in terms of what you can do (in my case, cleaning up the recording), between Physion, SplitEQ, and Neutron 3 (transient shaper). I couldn't really make up my mind whether I need it. At $30 it would have been hard to pass on. 

16 minutes ago, Marc Cormier said:

Has anyone tried applying OME50OTC to an upgrade to Split EQ from Physion?

Yeah. That would've been sweet 😄

I watched a couple of the videos with the shimmer delay and I demo-ed it. Thought it sounded okay. And it's cheap. But next to Eventide's H9 bundle, it feels like a silly purchase to make. 

*Especially if you bought the latter for $44* 

Yeah, CPU heavy. Maybe the included free presets don't do it justice (it's all I installed/tried), but my first impression is not great. I don't really like the interface, either. 

40 minutes ago, Christian Jones said:

Does anyone like Spring? The reverb, wise guys 😏

I do. And I have a bunch of other (good) ones. I'll just add that these are the lowest prices for H9 plugins I've seen ($21), so good time to demo them and pick some up. 

Good upgrade offer to the H9 bundle already online on the Eventide site, for those interested.
I paid $59.70 for the 5 plugins I was missing. No upgrade offer (yet) for Anthology, I guess it will go online shortly. 

I have to thank PA for preventing me from spending this money on their sh*ttier deals. 

23 minutes ago, heath row said:

  

 

$149 - 44/45 Jam Points = $104 roughly

$104 MAX - $49.99 GB = $54 (Roughly speaking)

The math's a bit off, as you can use jam points for the group buy as well, so you're looking at a ~$70 difference. 

Also, I personally don't see why IK wouldn't allow the group buy to go all the way; once everyone gets the newest 11 synths and their favorite 5-10 synths from the earlier ones, most participants would likely not be interested in paying for the remaining ones. Whereas letting the group buy max out ensures existing customers are happy and is good marketing to get new customers on board. 

1 hour ago, telecode 101 said:

did you check this link?

 

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/faq/index.php?id=1423

 

I just saw it.

Cheers. I found the bug. Some of the zip files don't get unpacked/installed by the installer, even though they download fine. Unpacking them and updating the sound content (samples) folder manually fixes the problem. More fun with IK! 

Have you guys met this beauty? She's elusive, appears with some presets but not others. She's probably the daughter of a Ukrainian farmer, as she's looking for a tank. I would like to kindly ask her to grant me access to my presets, but I'm scared of her, so I could use your help. 

They're getting a bit ahead of themselves.