Pollux

the deals from round 1 are back.

unfortunately my May loyalty vouchers expired on May 28 😩

hard pass for me.

This is one of my favorite amp sims!

3 hours ago, MusicMan said:

That's somewhat the feeling I've had.. but I did wonder about some of their "Ultimate" strips, or EQ, or Compressors, as you get quite a few options to use different flavours in the same plugin.

I bought the ultimate channel strip during a sale, never really used it. I didn't find any actual difference with Slate's VMR or IK's mixbox.

I found these handy when you don't really know what you're looking for, so you can easily move things around and change stuff or load multi FX presets. But most of the time I end up with my usual go-to plugins

must.... be..... strong...........

5 hours ago, Zo said:

Prices are super high !!!

and no upgrade paths. I have the ultimate channel strip and I cannot upgrade to the ultimate module collection

13 hours ago, cclarry said:

The Voucher is Generic, and if you've already used it, you can't use it again...
2022-04-25GS8P973iTw243

I already used it 😭

Quick question. I still see TS Max 2 in my account, plus many of the products included (like Amplitube Max 4).

Can I transfer these licenses? That would make some of my friends very happy

25 minutes ago, cclarry said:

I never even got an email on this deal...I found it in my morning searches...

I don't know if you just saved me a lot of money with a great deal, or made me spend 99$ in something I didn't really need 😛

4 hours ago, Niky Serrano said:

If you got the bundle before... not, because the code for the bundle is for one account one time only

Is my case, I saw this tip so late 😪

same for me 😭

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Updated: GTR3 (GTR3 Amp, GTR3 Stomp, GTR3 ToolRack, GTR3 Tuner) and GTR Solo v13.0.1.265

Fixed: SuperRack and LV1 no longer hang when creating snapshots that contain a GTR plugin via touch screen

 

I can live without this

18 minutes ago, Doug Rintoul said:

I have Wavform 11 but Tracktion will not allow me to upgrade to 12. Wants me to pay full price.

same here. And the upgrade price is steeper than in the previous releases

The tape collection with some EQs/compressors thrown in the mix:
EQ A - MCI JH-500
EQ B - MCI JH-600
EQ C - Studer 900

Compressor/Limiter: Studer 900

The Tape Machines:

Group A
0 - Ampex MM1200, 15 IPS mono (great for rock and pop music)
1 - Ampex MM1200, 30 IPS mono (great for rock and pop music)
2 - Ampex 351, 15 IPS Stereo (tube pre, no tape)
3 - Ampex 351, 30 IPS Stereo (tube pre, no tape)
4 - EMI TR-50, Stereo 15 IPS
5 - EMI TR-50, Dual Mono 15 IPS
6 - EMI TR-50, Stereo 30 IPS
7 - EMI TR-50, dual mono 30 IPS
8 - MCI JH-110, Stereo 15 IPS
9 - MCI JH-110, Stereo 30 IPS

Group B
0 - MCI JH-110, Dual Mono at 15 IPS
1 - MCI JH-110, Dual Mono at 30 IPS
2 - MCI JH-24, mono at 15 IPS (useful on rap, dance and club music)
3 - MCI JH-24, mono at 30 IPS (useful on rap, dance and club music)
4 - MCI JH-110 (8 track), mono at 15 IPS (NAB)
5 - MCI JH-110 (8 track), mono at 15 IPS (IEC)
6 - MCI JH-110 (8 track), mono at 30 IPS (IEC)
7 - Otari MTR-90, mono at 15 IPS (go to for pop and R&B genres)
8 - Otari MTR-90, mono at 30 IPS  (go to for pop and R&B genres)
9 - Otari MTR-100, mono at 15 IPS

Group C
0 - Otari MTR-100, mono at 30 IPS
1 - Studer A820, stereo at 15 IPS (C1 to C4 are great all around mix down choices)
2 - Studer A820, stereo at 30 IPS
3 - Studer A820, dual mono at 15 IPS
4 - Studer A820, dual mono at 30 IPS
5 - Soundcraft Saturn 824, mono at 15 IPS
6 - Soundcraft Saturn 824, mono at 30 IPS
7 - ReVox A77, stereo at 7.5 IPS (IEC)
8 - ReVox A77, dual mono at 7.5 IPS (IEC)
9 - ReVox A77, dual mono at 7.5 IPS (NAB) (lots of home studio musicians used A77 machines over the years)

Group D
0 - ReVox A700, dual mono at 15 IPS (semi pro tape machine of choice)
1 - ReVox PR900, stereo at 15 IPS
2 - Nagra IV, stereo (no speed given)
3 - Aiwa AD-F850, stereo cassette
4 - Aiwa Excelia XK-009, stereo cassette (perhaps the best cassette machine ever made)
5 - TEAC A-860, stereo cassette
6 - Wollensak (3M), stereo cassette deck. (No tape)
7 - AKAI 1710 (reel to reel, no tape)
8 - Sony PCM-7040 (digital, no tape)
9 - Alesis ADAT-XT20 (20-bit digital, no tape)

Pro tip: Click the ECONO button to preserve transients. This is very useful on electronic mixes.

To see a PDF list of the tape machines with pictures go here.

this is my favorite AA plugin! once you find which tapes/tape machines is each mode 😂😂😂

Next thing, Amazon purchases Avi, Google purchases steinberg and Microsoft purchases Cakewalk  😂😂😂😂😂

This is a great chance to get the Weiss Complete Collection for $198!

get Weiss Gambit Series For Console 1 for $99, then get Weiss Complete Collection (Upgrade from Weiss Gambit Series for Console 1) for another $99!

"With nine 100mm Penny + Giles optical touch-sensitive faders"

This is the old model. The new MCU Pro has Alps faders which are much better.

Which Softube plugins are compatible with PC?

8 hours ago, Variorum said:

Hmmm... I have to admit that I haven't used FX Chains much (or at all really), but after spending a while playing around with them in the Pro Channel, I'm having a hard time finding a reason to justify opening up the PC API for dedicated modules. We already have the ability to add any VST (or several in one chain) as a PC module and control multiple parameters with the 6 knobs and buttons available, including adjusting multiple parameters with a single knob or button with variable ranges. If you need to access the VST directly, it just takes a couple clicks at most. You can even customize the bitmaps!

If anything, I think I'd rather just have a little more flexibility to add more controls to the FX Chain GUI, but for the actual purpose of a PC control, just having the half dozen customizable controls available is probably enough for fine tuning a mix...

Just my opinion 😇

This ^^ and for those of us who own a Mackie C4, this is like heaven

The Volume 5 upgrade deals are sick!!!

from Volume 1 : 132$

from Volume 2 : 180$

from Volume 3 : 75$

from Volume 4 : 43$

10 hours ago, mister_tea said:

In case anyone starts a slate subscription, please watch out for what is IMO a user-unfriendly business strategy:

They advertise the annual-paid-monthly plan as "best deal" at $9.99/mo, but it's really $9.99/mo for 6 months then $14.99 after.  That's $149 for the first year, matching the annual plan. But then depending how they renew you're paying for $180 year two and beyond.

Edit: clarifying this is the "annual paid monthly" plan rather than the quit-anytime plan, so there's not that benefit either.

This ^^ got the deal the first year, then was auto-renewed for 14.99$ a month with an annual commitment and no possibility to cancel, purchased the TH-U full upgrade and I have to pay an extra fee to keep using it after my subscription ends (ilok transfer).

I'm done with Slate (and subscriptions overall)

11 hours ago, cclarry said:

$80.52 at Best Service outright intro price

https://www.bestservice.com/smart_limit.html

Crossgrade is $56.36

https://www.bestservice.com/smart_limit_crossgrade.html

Crossgrade appears at $61.58 + VAT for me at Best Service

1 hour ago, cclarry said:

Cakewalk, to me, is the best DAW, aesthetically, on the market!  And the Skylight interface,
again, to me, is the way a DAW should work.  I came from Cubase to Sonar X1, and ever since
then, Cakewalk, has been my main DAW.  It just seems "logical" to me...and I have Pro Tools,
Samplitude, Reaper, Mixbus 32C, Mixbus, Mixcraft Pro, Acid Pro, Sound Forge Pro...blah blah
blah.  They all do basically "the same thing"...it's just "how they get there" that's different.

To me, Cakewalk just "makes sense" but YMMV

BS.. everybody knows that ProTools sounds better 😝

(don't kill me, I'm joking 😅)

Indeed I keep coming here even though I switched to Mac and canot use CbB anymore

what pisses me off about them is that you have to purchase the windows and mac versions separate. I use both systems..

I came here by mistake. Never bought a plug-in in my life...