MusicMan

I think in some way they've singlehandedly managed to make every customer segment, new and old feel screwed all at once.. it's really quite the achievement ? They have fixed the problems of existing users not liking their upgrade/crossgrade prices though.. currently you can't even log into your account to check, their website is completely broken.. haha...

It's also on sale at Best Service for $29 https://www.bestservice.com/en/decoda.html

D16 discounts half the time you don't even need to click the link to know what they will be they're so predictable.. I was a bit surprised by this one and even for Repeater alone it made sense, so I grabbed the bundle. Haven't registered Godfazer, or Spacerek yet, I'm planning on giving them a bit of a demo in case I decide to sell/swap either of them instead, as they weren't on my radar initially and I haven't used them before.

I think most people in this forum would cry if they did the math in general.. Haha.. Apollo x8 for free sounds like quite the score, so you did well! Love it ?

You were definitely not alone there, I'm sure a whole bunch of people did. I think we get better anticipating over time, but I've still pulled the trigger on plugins at a good sale price, only to find them cheaper, or free as a giveaway down the track!

This was a fun freebie and didn't sound too bad. I didn't notice any high CPU, but I didn't check specifically. Hopefully they fix that up in future updates.

I wouldn't surprised if upgrades will be available after Black Friday sales and leading up to new year. First round will probably be just seeing who they can fool into getting to pay for the full bundles and rebuy the products they already own and then they will probably make the upgrade pricing available to those of us that aren't prepared to do that like me ? And if they don't, I'm not fussed either way. At first I was disappointed that I missed out on the first offers, but then I scored the Creative bundle which was much better value. Some of the people that held out got even better offers after that. These new bundles and the essentials bundles are good value. Every step of the way has shown me to just wait and don't jump early with UA right now.

If you're buying multiples, then JRRShop is probably best as the custom bundle codes are back Create your own custom Sonnox bundle: Buy 2 Sonnox plugins, get an extra 20% off Buy 3 Sonnox plugins, get an extra 25% off Buy 4 Sonnox plugins, get an extra 30% off Buy 5 Sonnox plugins, get an extra 35% off Buy 6 Sonnox plugins, get an extra 40% off https://www.jrrshop.com/sonnox?dir=asc&order=price

Like always with UA, just ignore them.. the sit and wait game is the key to UA and if they don't recognise already owned, I'm sure you already have plenty of plugins and if not, just buy someone else's ? Lots of good sales over Black Friday, so I'm happy to skip them this round. I just see UA getting cheaper for anyone that holds out.

You can always just download the demos from UA without the sub. I've trialed almost all of the ones I've bought from them first.

It happens! I'll add Capital to my post as well and that's strange about the video. I could see it showing a preview in your post, so it looked like it was fine when you posted. I did see they were doing a soft launch, so maybe it was causing a bit of a stampede!

Yes, that was in my original post and what jumped out the most.. I almost had to look twice!

UA Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor and Manley Massive Passive EQ now Native? The links go to a 404 page for me, but can add to the cart. I haven't seen the announcement yet, but they show under Native and say Apollo / Native too. Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor $299.00 $99.00 You'll Save 66% Manley® Massive Passive EQ $299.00 $99.00 You'll Save 66% Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip $299.00 $99.00 You'll Save 66% Capitol Chambers $349.00 $99.00 You'll Save 71% https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins.html

I'm not sure I'd say they're getting desperate. They've offered a freebie every month like they do with Plugin Boutique for ages. It's just another sales tactic that's all.

The freebie is for all subscribers, new and existing, the $2 plan I believe is what they were referring to as only being for new subscribers.

Native Instruments Super 8 free with LoopCloud subscription | $2 for a 2 month subscription https://www.loopcloud.com/cloud/subscriptions/plans

Try a different browser. It did the same to me in one, so I switched to another and it confirmed I'd registered afterwards in the second one.

This is one of the Hornet ones that I don't really rate. I think maybe I need to spend more time with it, but it doesn't grab me like some of his others.

These will all be VST2 only and they almost never see any updates. I'd avoid. Good price though.

Does Mellow 2 still not have a VST3 version? It doesn't seem to say it does, but sometimes the specs aren't completely reliable.

HoRNet TrackUtility MK2 FREE for 24 hours https://www.hornetplugins.com/plugins/hornet-trackutility-mk2/

Mastering The Mix: Animate - Free With Purchase @ ADSR (October Freebie - save $59.00) https://www.adsrsounds.com/product/software/animate/

I was mostly certain it would be that plugin and hadn't planned on signing up for that reason!

Welcome back Lars! Hope it was a great holiday and you're all nice and refreshed for all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales...?

That could play a part, but also even when I own all the products in the bundle they still want money! I've also bought a mix of direct and reseller and across the various bundles the prices never make sense.