satya Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) Did anyone hear any news about it The only new thing I see is 5 free LANDR mastering And 2 month studio subscription That's for all owners https://customer.focusritegroup.com/en/register Edited January 14, 2023 by satyabrata satapathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Boileau Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I also checked today and instead of an update to the plugin collective page, it's simply gone! 😮 No annoucement, nothing, just gone! Now https://focusrite.com/en/plugin-collective is redirected to https://focusrite.com/en/software I guess they got fed up looking for free plugins... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satya Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 Yea didn't even got any mail about it . It's just gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Ewing Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) I have this in my account. If I go to "My hardware" there's a text link that says ""Looking for your bundled software". Click that and it takes you to all the free stuff. There's A LOT of stuff, including the LANDR mastering promo (5 free masters, 2 months subscription). I think they maybe moved the page and now have a link from the hardware page. Here's the list in my account: 1. Fast Balancer 2. 70% off Fast bundle. 3. Amplify Studio 4. Abelton Live Lite 5. 3 months NI Komplete now subscription. 6. XLN Addictive Keys 7. XLN Addictive Drums 2 + Studio Rock ADPak 8. Softube Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 9. Antares Auto-Tune Access 10. Relax LX480 Essential 11. Brainworks "hitmaker expansion" plugins. 12. Antares Auto-Tune Unlimited 3-month trial. 13.Red Plugin-In Suite 14. Focusrite x Splice 15. Focusrite Drum Tracks 16. Landr mastering / 2 months studio sub + 5 free masters. 17. NI Massive 18. iZotope Ozone elements. There's definitely new stuff in that list that was not there last time I looked. Edited January 13, 2023 by Carl Ewing 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 For me it looks like as it was before. No changes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Boileau Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Carl Ewing said: I have this in my account. If I go to "My hardware" there's a text link that says ""Looking for your bundled software". Click that and it takes you to all the free stuff. There's A LOT of stuff, including the LANDR mastering promo (5 free masters, 2 months subscription). I think they maybe moved the page and now have a link from the hardware page. Here's the list in my account: 1. Fast Balancer 2. 70% off Fast bundle. 3. Amplify Studio 4. Abelton Live Lite 5. 3 months NI Komplete now subscription. 6. XLN Addictive Keys 7. XLN Addictive Drums 2 + Studio Rock ADPak 8. Softube Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 9. Antares Auto-Tune Access 10. Relax LX480 Essential 11. Brainworks "hitmaker expansion" plugins. 12. Antares Auto-Tune Unlimited 3-month trial. 13.Red Plugin-In Suite 14. Focusrite x Splice 15. Focusrite Drum Tracks 16. Landr mastering / 2 months studio sub + 5 free masters. 17. NI Massive 18. iZotope Ozone elements. There's definitely new stuff in that list that was not there last time I looked. That link has always been there. The plugin collective page was a seperate page announcing the new free stuff. In your list, if you look at those that are labeled 'Time-limited Software', those are the ones that were suppose to expire on January 12, as per the old plugin-in collective page, and be replaced with the new freebies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) The free bundled stuff included with your device is always available in your account, but it appears that they have switched the location of the "Time Limited" products to your Focusrite and/or Novation account (not your Collective account). Just look for "Time Limited" flag to identify these items. Time Limited items are currently: NI Massive, Ozone Elements, Splice (3-months), and 70% discount on "FAST Bundle". They are also promoting their "FAST Bundle" for sale. Full descriptions here: https://collective.focusrite.com/products/ https://collective.focusrite.com/products/fast-bundle Edited January 13, 2023 by abacab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Boileau Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Focusrite made it quite confusing. They have had 'The Collective' for a few months now, which is different than 'The Plugin Collective' which they had for years and seems to be gone now. A few years ago the plugin collective would give out a free plugin every month. Then it went to every two months and lastly every 3 months until yesterday when they just took out the page. For your reading pleasure, I have dug up the plugin collective page as it was two days ago. Also note that the list of software listed by @Carl Ewing above is for recent Focusrite interfaces. Older ones (like my 2i4 2nd gen) is quite more limited. https://web.archive.org/web/20221130124256/https://focusrite.com/en/plugin-collective 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jacques Boileau said: Focusrite made it quite confusing. They have had 'The Collective' for a few months now, which is different than 'The Plugin Collective' which they had for years and seems to be gone now. A few years ago the plugin collective would give out a free plugin every month. Then it went to every two months and lastly every 3 months until yesterday when they just took out the page. For your reading pleasure, I have dug up the plugin collective page as it was two days ago All you need to do now is login to your actual account at Focusrite (not the Collective or Plugin Collective account) and look at your products. The current "time limited" monthly offers, etc., will be listed among your bundled products. They just moved the cheese... Edited January 13, 2023 by abacab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 39 minutes ago, abacab said: They just moved the cheese... Edited 38 minutes ago by abacab As long as they don't Cut The Cheese 😏 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcL Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, InstrEd said: As long as they don't Cut The Cheese 😏 And as long as it is Swiss, French or Danish cheese, not Dutch plastic cheese! 😆 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 hour ago, marled said: And as long as it is Swiss, French or Danish cheese, not Dutch plastic cheese! 😆 What about Pepper Jack 😃 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Boileau Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 2 hours ago, abacab said: All you need to do now is login to your actual account at Focusrite (not the Collective or Plugin Collective account) and look at your products. The current "time limited" monthly offers, etc., will be listed among your bundled products. They just moved the cheese... Sorry, but no! 🙂 Nothing has been moved. What you see in your user area when clicking on 'Looking for your bundled software' has always been there. That was where you would get your serial numbers for your freebies in the past. Btw don't confuse the bunch of free plugins you get when you purchase an interface with the plugin collective, which used to give you a free plugin every few months in addition to it. What would happen in the past is that when it was time for a new freebie, as it was supposed to be yesterday, the old freebie would be removed from your account and the new freebie(s) would be added to it. Then the page shown above would also be updated to promote the new freebie(s) and give the end date of the promotion. Btw, if you didn't collect your monthly (or whatever) freebie in time, you lost it. For example, if you have been the owner of a Focusrite interface before October 6th 2022 and didn't know squat about the plugin collective, you probably missed out on the free Lo-Fi Glow freebie. If longer than that you missed more freebies. You get my point. As can be seen when we read the page I posted above, the current plugin collective freebie was slated to end on January 12th at 4pm GMT and the new one should have rolled in. It didn't happen. Finally: I don't care too much about this honestly. I was just giving info in a thread that I understood the problem and could explain it. I have had a Focusrite interface for 5 years now (few, times flies) and have followed and downloaded every freebie from the plugin collective since then. I assure you, the Focusrite pluging collective does not seem to exist anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 38 minutes ago, Jacques Boileau said: Finally: I don't care too much about this honestly. I was just giving info in a thread that I understood the problem and could explain it. I have had a Focusrite interface for 5 years now (few, times flies) and have followed and downloaded every freebie from the plugin collective since then. I assure you, the Focusrite pluging collective does not seem to exist anymore. Please take a breath, and another look! The Collective freebies are now listed as "Time Limited" items inside of your original Focusrite account. https://customer.focusritegroup.com/en/my-software Which is a totally different login from the Collective account. At least they are showing up there in my account, and I have had a Focusrite interface for over 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volume Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 perhaps it was the last gift from plugin collective 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Boileau Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 ^ Exactly!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satya Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 one who was born someday will die someday . RIP Focusrite Collective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicMan Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 I'm not sure I'd say any of this is conclusive the offers are no more. The software was always accessible by going to the hardware first and I actually preferred it that way as I could never remember the right URL! 🤣 Before I start stressing I'll just sit back and see what they do, but hopefully it's just taking them a little longer to organise the next ones 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satya Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 Also to be noted bx_Masterdesk will be removed from the Hitmaker Expansion as we believe Landr offers a better solution for our customers mixing and mastering needs. bx_Oberhausen will also be removed as it wasn’t engaged with by customers, and we want to ensure that Focusrite customers have not just the best tools but the right tools for them to record, mix, and master their music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicMan Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 2 hours ago, satyabrata satapathy said: Also to be noted bx_Masterdesk will be removed from the Hitmaker Expansion as we believe Landr offers a better solution for our customers mixing and mastering needs. bx_Oberhausen will also be removed as it wasn’t engaged with by customers, and we want to ensure that Focusrite customers have not just the best tools but the right tools for them to record, mix, and master their music. I really love bx_Oberhausen so it's a shame for people they're dropping that one. I'd probably rather bx_Masterdesk as well, instead of Landr, but I guess I see where they're going with that.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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