cclarry Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Looks like Fast Bundle from Focusrite is available for 80% off with the code FASTBUNDLEFEB23:https://collective.focusrite.com/products/fast-bundle 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 My price with the code is €40 inclusive VAT. - But I never heard from this Plugins. Are they worth it? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclarry Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 $39.99 for me... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumDude Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 36 minutes ago, stony said: My price with the code is €40 inclusive VAT. - But I never heard from this Plugins. Are they worth it? 🤔 Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.....How these plugins compare to Izotope's Neutron & Ozone as well as Sonible's plugins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 minute ago, DrumDude said: Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.....How these plugins compare to Izotope's Neutron & Ozone as well as Sonible's plugins? Aren’t they made by Sonible? Light versions of their smart stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyJ628 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 37 minutes ago, Jan Schmitz said: Aren’t they made by Sonible? Light versions of their smart stuff. That's correct. Here's a Music Radar review: https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/focusrite-fast-series-plugins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralfrobert Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Does anyone know how authorization works?iLok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Can I crowd source this decision? I'm writing this, expecting that many others have similar questions.* *See DrumDude's question and it was compelling enough to him to be his first post; @DrumDude welcome to the forum, from one drummer to another. While I've been making multitrack demos since I was a kid, I still don't know much about mixing or mastering -- while I recorded in pro studios as a drummer, the most involvement I had with mixing was engineers asking me if I liked the mix or wanted things adjusted -- and rely on Izotope's suite of tools. I use Nectar on vocals, Neoverb as a reverb (I own plenty of other non-AI reverbs and effects too, but I don't know how to use them beyond presets and my tweaking those presets in the most clueless manner), Izotope's compressor (though I am only starting to figure out how to use it as anyone hearing my recordings can tell) and Ozone for mastering. I've tried using Izotope on the entire mix and hated the results, so I still do the overall mix by ear. So I was contemplating buying the Fast Series plugins to use their AI to give me additional options (e.g., if I'm not satisfied with the results I get from Izotope's tool, I would run it through Fast's AI tool). For $39.99 USD, they seem decent and it may give me different results than Izotope's similar tools that I may prefer -- but having a second option seems like a good idea overall. What do those more experienced / knowledgeable on mixing think? @cclarry, I've heard your stuff and can tell you know what you're doing just from listening to that, what do you think? Thanks in advance! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclarry Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 At $39.99 it's a good deal IMO. The REAL question is "Do I need them and would I use them?" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, cclarry said: At $39.99 it's a good deal IMO. The REAL question is "Do I need them and would I use them?" Well, I would think for someone like you -- who knows what he's doing with mixing and mastering -- these tools would not be worth picking up because, while I'm sure even you might find the AI capability valuable, you're likely to want to tweak things exactly the way you want and these tools probably don't offer the kind of tweaking you'd want. Whereas someone like me doesn't really know how to COMPETENTLY tweak things (I will try, but often, it doesn't make things better). So I'd say no for you, maybe for me. FTR, I realized there were demos of all of the plugins that I've downloaded and will try out tonight. I recently recorded a cover of ELO's "Can't Get It Out of My Head" and discerned that it could really use a better job on the compression than what the Izotope tool had done, but I don't know how to fix it manually, so I thought I'd run it through FAST's compressor to see how it does. If it does a good job, it's an instant buy. Edited February 16, 2023 by PavlovsCat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) Okay, I just tried the FAST Compressor demo. The interface is incredibly dumbed down and allowed me to to quickly try three settings (I think they were warm, neutral and bright) and it sounded good. In other words, SOLD! Edited February 17, 2023 by PavlovsCat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) Also, where are my manners, today?! Thanks for finding this great deal, @cclarry. I really appreciate it. Edited February 17, 2023 by PavlovsCat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 7 hours ago, PavlovsCat said: Okay, I just tried the FAST Compressor demo. The interface is incredibly dumbed down and allowed me to to quickly try three settings (I think they were soft, neutral and hard) and it sounded good. In other words, SOLD! In real life, soft and hard are the only settings you will ever need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 And mellow yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asprog Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) No Paypal, easier choice... Edited February 17, 2023 by asprog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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