Max Arwood Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) What do you guys think about these. I always has questions about the possibility of small distortions/artifacts added by inexpensive plugins. Edited January 17 by Max Arwood Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) "Inexpensive" and "Cheap" are not the same thing. There are all kinds of inexpensive - even free - plugins that are awesome. Edited January 16 by Byron Dickens 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 https://olehch.medium.com/how-to-test-your-audio-plugins-using-plugindoctor-b24a923f451a 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr No Name Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Some of them are really great, some of them are useful, some of them are a bit dodgy, all of them are buggy when first released, they beta test them as released, so 5 versions are released in the first week, all of them are ridiculously cheap with the sales, all of them have demos. I own practically everyone they released because they are so cheap, but because of owning all of them, It probably cost me $200, which is the most probably spent for me of all plugin companies. So the very cheap prices ends up being profitable for them. I would say Hornet and Melda plugins are amongst some of the best, My favourite one is Analog stage mk 1, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 FWIW their tape emulator is one of the best I've heard, and also one of the cheapest on the market. Gain staging is vital with this one, but once you get it right the results are awesome. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njm255 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 They have some great plugins. I use their tape plugin all the time. Their channelstrip plugin is nice too. One of the better companies to use. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Deeben Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Especially in their price range, HoRNet plugins are (often) really worth the money. That said, they also build plugins that do pretty much the same as others. They have quite some EQs, compressors, auto-gain tools etc. No need to buy them all. Personally I'm quite happy with their TotalEQ , MasterTool, Hornet Angle and their HA2A opto-electric compressor. BUT I've also downloaded / purchased a bunch of others, where I ask myself: "Why?"... They also regularly invite their customers for free webinars where new plugins are demonstrated and one can ask questions. Quite some effort is made to inform customers. Also, once on their mailing list, you get multiple "75% off"-offers (or something similar) for selected plugins, at least once or twice a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 On 1/16/2024 at 2:38 PM, Mr No Name said: all of them are buggy when first released I agree with this (maybe not ALL of them). IME, the bugs usually come down to host-specific issues. My guess is that Saverio doesn't test in a wide variety of hosts before he ships. He probably doesn't have a QA staff, and his site has no invitation to become a beta tester. If nothing else, a beta program would allow him to check compatibility on a wider variety of hosts before releasing. I bought his latest offering, which claims to produce similar results to Oeksound Soothe, and it doesn't work in Cakewalk (yet). There's really no excuse for this; Cakewalk is a free DAW. And I'm sure he could easily get NFR copies of any DAW he wanted from the manufacturers. It took me a matter of minutes to find out that it crashed in Cakewalk. That said, he does seem very diligent about fixing these problems. Doing it before he starts selling the plug-in would be a great idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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