Sergio

1 hour ago, Johnbee58 said:

This wasn't a mistake on their part.  They knew exactly what they were doing and expected the backlash.  What they want is to lose the "Home Recordist" market and just serve the pros.  The pros can afford $300.00 a month.  "Bedroom engineers" can't.

In the end what matters is the money. I have the impression that there are many more Home Recordists than pros. And I assume that those pros are among the WUPing crowd so the income they generate will not change much.

If after this change Waves see a drop in their income I think they'll reconsider, as PA did in the past for instance.

From my part I'm a Windows user and I never paid WUP for my plugins. The only thing I did was upgrade my bundles (or upgrade to bundles) and in the process I updated the included plugins.

I still have plugins from version 9 to 14 and all of them install and run in Windows 10. I'll keep using then while I can and if they ever stop running then I'll choose whatever else I can find. I have no intention to subscribe to any Waves plan.

The only subscription I keep is the Roland Cloud but just because I can keep one plugin per year. From my POV I'm buying the plugin for the same price or less and getting one year of cloud access as a free gift  🙂

It looks primitive compared, for instance, with Plugin Alliance's ADPTR Audio Metric AB.

But it's free, so...

Thanks Lars

In the past I'd hurry to get this one at the day of the release. Now I have so many softsynths that I can afford to wait until the release of the next synth stack at the end of the year (as hinted in the Pro Synth Network video).

Of course it can also be the case that I CANNOT afford to buy it right now, even for $49.

Damn!!! I was almost convincing meself that I was growing wise 😔

Forever 29 to the rescue!!!  😀

I can upgrade for £25. According to gearnews I can do that 'till the end of March which is convenient.

I'm sure the sound is the best reason to buy but the added features alone (like the polyphony, ADSR envelopes, the LFOs and the 'corrected' filter resonance) justify the purchase IMO. Many limitations of the minimoog were motivated by cost cutting and don't make any sense in a software emulation.

Gforce is to be commended for letting users to decide what's best for them in that regard.

The 8Dio Century - Solo Trombone is also on sale for $10.  More realistic maybe?

14 hours ago, kitekrazy said:

Somewhere between synthy and trumpety.   It's not a bad price but do you want a solo trombone eating 7gb of space?

For 48h I think. I deleted the email.

Check yourself:

https://8dio.com/products/the-new-century-solo-brass-french-horn?variant=41310101602504

On 1/26/2023 at 10:34 AM, Sergio said:

I can crossgrade to Spectralyers Pro 9, from RX7 Standard, for $119,40

Sorry for quoting myself. I decided to go ahead and got Spectralayers Pro 9.

I could have used the money to buy other things. Like upgrading to Cherry Audio Synth Stack 3 for a little less f.i. Or other plugins from a variety of companies. But I'd probably be getting more of the same: more synths, more compressors, more eqs, etc.

This program, OTOH, is a lot different from the other tools I have. The closer I have to it is iZotope RX7 Standard. And I never upgraded it 'cause I'd spend more than the $130 bucks Steinberg is asking for SL9.

Maybe I should have saved my money; I don't know. But I have this impression that, having spent it, I can get more from this tool than I'd get buying anything else.

Time will tell...

8 minutes ago, Zo said:

guyz , if i recall well the ppg was free at some occasion with either and offer from 3rd brand or with one of my HW , can't find out , any ideas ?

How to demo their stuff ?

I did a search on  this forum Zo and I found this old thread:

I can crossgrade to Spectralyers Pro 9, from RX7 Standard, for $119,40

I'm not sure if I'll have anything different enough though.

I use RX mostly for noise reduction. I tried reverb removal some times but didn't liked the results.

Is  the Steinberg spectral audio editing any better?

32 minutes ago, Fleer said:

Found my (7) licenses under the Licenses tab, but nothing under Downloads. 

The download links are in the License Keys tab, on the Windows/MAC links.

They have an organization problem with the new site for sure.

Thanks for the reports folks. Waldorf replied and acknowledge the problem.

They sent me a voucher to buy again all the missing plugins for free, which I did, and I received new licenses on my account.

Very good customer support from Waldorf!!!

I like this company. They have interesting instruments and lately they are doing interesting FX plugins.

And when they put them together in a bundle and sell for $10 or $20 bucks it's always a big bang for the buck.

I'll get this bundle and I think all those will be very interesting to use with Voltage Modular via VST host.

I opened a support request there. Fortunatelly I have all emails and serial keys saved.

The My Waldorf link in the header does not work. You need to use the one on the bottom of the page.

Also all my license keys are gone, except the one from my last purchase (Streichfett plugin) that I bought directly from Waldorf.

The purchases I made from APD, Best Service, etc that I had previously registered on the Waldorf old site are gone.

I hope this is only a temporary glitch.

Isn't this the same one sold by Plugin Alliance?

8 hours ago, Zo said:

Ahaha ...here my cpu decides for me ...but the day i upgrade hw ... it s gonna be tuff lol ...

Anyway solid bundle and this synth is great , mor3 îviting imho than pigments , but i miss the fx section of pigments ...

i do think pigments is slowly falling in what omnisphere did , trying to do everything at the exepense of user experience , freak is imho benefiting from limitation the hw imposedc, healthy ...

I'm currently taking courage to dismantle my main computer and upgrade it with a new motherboard, CPU, audio interfaces, etc. I already have all the parts but I hate dealing with computer HW. In the end I'll have an i9-10900K system with 64GB of DDR4 RAM and a couple of RME cards. Powerful enough for all the latest audio tools I hope.

There are pros and cons regarding  the approach of putting everything in one single tool for sound synthesis. I like having this approach in a modular environment, where you can effectively combine everything the way you like. Otherwise I always have the impression that  you are loosing something, as the tool have more capabilities than you can use at one time.

And I agree Zo; most of the time limitations are a good thing to  boost creativity.

I broke my oath of skipping Arturia releases.

In V8 they caught me with the SQ-80V. But that one I was patiently waiting since V Collection 5.

This time they got me with this MiniFreak V. And this one I wasn't even wanting when there was the HW restriction.

But ITB it's cheaper and don't consume studio real estate. And after looking closely it's a really good synth.

More or less the same for the latest Korg Natives (Opsix, Wavestate and ModWave). I'll get them some day for the right price.

Well... I lost a battle but I haven't lost the war yet. Let me think about the next synth that Arturia could include to caught me off guard in the next collection...

On 1/20/2023 at 6:26 PM, Brian Walton said:

True, but this is really only a saturation plugin (for lack of better term), where CLA Mixhub is basically a full channel strip

The goal of this plugin is to emulate analog summing ITB and not a full mixer. For this goal the distortion/saturation of the console is the key element.

IMO Waves did a great job here; I like the way the interface of this plugin works and also the sonic results.

The only better implementation IMO is the Mix Engine FX in the Studio One DAW, where compatible plugins (like Softube Tape f.i.) alter the mix engine behavior seamlessly. But unfortunately not all plugins are compatible with it.

I love this plugin. Already have it on my Diamond pack but an extra WUPed copy is welcome.

I always wanted this. But they raised the price $10 compared to previous sale prices.

I'll wait. Maximum $29 for me.

This thing will be more interesting as a module in Softube Modular.

28 minutes ago, Fleer said:

But. It’s. Un. Locked. 

I'd say it's Un.Discounted !!!

I really cannot decide...

16 hours ago, Jesse Screed said:

1. Have a bowl of rice with the Dale Lama.

This one will be difficult. The best I could get once was a cup of coffee with his less known cousin, the Dalai Lame: