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  1. I think Focusrite realized they made a booboo and making it only available during the stream was their way of not giving out a buttload of licenses.  I watched the stream, if you didn't have the chat up, you missed out.  Kind of crappy.  You could maybe argue that depending on when you signed up, you signed up under different pretenses.  When I signed up and gave out my email, it was based on receiving the PARSONSFREE code, without the requirement to watch the stream.  Other people who signed up later signed up knowing it was only during the stream.  I missed out, I'm ok with it, but I could see feeling like the wool was pulled over your eyes.

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  2. 47 minutes ago, chris.r said:

    Did I see it correctly in the background, he uses the "vertical only" Adams in a horizontal position? ...and I thought it's forbidden :D 

    You would have to point that out.  I just want to reach into the screen and stand them upright.

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  3. 22 hours ago, ALC said:

    FYI, if you have all three Lindell 500 series plugins that compose ChannelX (6X-500, 7X-500, PEX-500), you can ask support to give you ChannelX.  That’s what I and others have done in the past.

    BTW, strangely enough, only one (7X, I think) is currently Apple Silicon native, even though ChannelX is.

    Just tried this and it worked.  Pretty cool.

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  4. It's funny, they were able to switch there system over immediately, removing perpetual licenses and going subscription only. You blinked, and it was switched over.  Their website was completely overhauled and Waves Central was updated as well.  Now, for whatever reason, Waves can't seem to switch back as quickly.  Their website still doesn't show prices for individual plugins and it's almost as if they're holding out, just a bit longer to see if anyone bites at the subscription.  For example, someone new to plugins, who isn't up on all of what's been going on.  They may have heard about Waves and will visit their site and see that they only offer subscription, and possibly buy into the subscription thinking that's how you get Waves plugins.  Maybe a bit of a conspiracy, but I wouldn't put it past them.

  5. I find it funny how companies come up with solutions to customers complaints.  People didn't like the WUP policies, so instead Waves goes subscription ONLY.  If financing updates to plugins was an issue for Waves, the solution to me seems to be, oh I don't know, charge more for your plugins and don't make people pay for OS updates/bug fixes.  People definitely shouldn't be paying for bug fixes or OS updates.  Granted there's no rule that states plugins must keep up with OS changes.  It's probably in a developer's best interest to offer free OS updates.  I think new features and optimizations, yes, they should be paid for.

    That also makes me question customer expectations.  Is it fair to expect developers to maintain OS compatibility on plugins, let's say, that are 15 years old?  My guess is the answer to that question would have something to do with the price of the plugin.

    They've devalued their own product line by always charging $29 for plugins.  If a plugins original retail value is $199 and it's always on sale for $29, guess what?  That is not a $199 plugin, it's a $29 plugin and there's going to be no convincing your customers otherwise.

     

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  6. For me, I'm not sure I really care.  I have a bunch of Waves plugins (a bunch I got for free), honestly, I hardly use any of them.  For the people who are big fans of Waves and get a lot of use out of their plugins, this may be a good option.  I think subscription models work great if you are really embedded in the world of a particular developer.  Myself, I'm all over the place, plugins from different developers, if they all switched to a subscription, I'd be hosed.

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