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Dan is really knowledgeable and has some brilliant videos but he definitely has some very wide misses and fails where he completely glosses over, or misses the crux of what he's reviewing, which it's hard to think isn't intentional. I will say I loved that he stated up front all of his bias and his long affiliation with FabFilter for anyone that wasn't already aware. Even by his own examples, he did mention in some situations there could be a difference in sound and I would've liked to see more focus on the dynamic EQ part from a sound perspective and how close they can be. You're absolutely right, he laboured any of the minor UI benefits of ProQ3 and then downplayed more significant advantages with Kirchhoff. On the plus side, I liked some of his suggestions for improvement and I wouldn't be surprised if some of those get added. Considering Kirchhoff is easily sub $50 with a loyalty voucher and they aren't that hard to come by, even based on his own biased review, ProQ3 is far from an easy sell now. Kirchhoff has everything it can do and more, so there's not much of a reason to spend double or more on ProQ3. His comments about stability were interesting.. I've never seen any issues like that with Kirchhoff ever, so I can't comment on that.. could be machine, or DAW specific or something. Paul and Dan now seem to try to focus more on clickbait and controversy as it drives views. That's completely fine, that's a core part of their business model and it works, but it does dilute their reviews more and more these days unfortunately. I still pick up a few interesting bits of info in them, but it's pretty transparent their motivations and drivers. Good callout on HoRNet Total EQ, that is a whole lot of bang for buck and having inbuilt saturation is something the others don't have. I actually still reach for it at times. I think it barely cost me the price of a cup of coffee from memory!

You can use the following code to bring the price down another 10% too. EKRADIANCE10 I wouldn't have even considered these, but I got Glow a little while ago and it's brilliant

Somebody should really tell MAAT that.. I always laugh even seeing their sale prices.. ? "thEQorange Perpetual License: $589" The price for the Weiss EQ is somewhat a bit of a joke too. Given the vouchers and PA pricing for Kirchhoff, I would likely not get ProQ3 by itself over it these days. I did get it in the mastering bundle though and that still might make it compelling on sale, as the others in the bundle are really good. ProL2 is easily better than any PA limiters. Some companies probably need to reassess the current market and how many top quality competitors and options there are for much less.

I just duplicated a track, added nine instances of ProQ3 on one of them, nine of Kirchhoff on the other and checked the CPU usage. Both stock default settings but then applied similar curves. ProQ3 track was 0.45%, Kirchhoff was around 0.8% so still not bad, but just shy of twice the CPU hit. When I first tried it, which was right before the PA version was released and then the PA version itself (which is where I noticed the CPU the most), dropping it into a heavy mastering session was very noticeable. I hadn't noticed the performance hit quite as much recently and now I'm thinking about it, I wonder if the PA version was optimized, or they previously had the oversampling enabled by default, or the 117-bit Ultra-High Precision enabled by default, whereas now they're both off. That could explain it too. I uninstalled the non PA version demo the other day, so I can't check now. Adding it to a project was similar hit to adding TOMO Audiolabs LISA from PA when they first released that as well (which I also really love). Adding ProQ3 into the same project made no impact at all.

Welcome Pseudo and if you have Kirchhoff already, definitely no need for ProQ3. The stock Frequency2 EQ in the latest Cubase is very good too and it's not uncommon for me to choose that over ProQ3 also so there can be some hidden gems. For a stock EQ it's amazing. ProQ3 is still a really good EQ. But there has been some more competition for it in that space. ProMB is my favourite workhorse multi band compressor though. I've got some analogue emulation multibands I really like, but the UI in ProMB is much better. I like the UI of their regular compressor and for a standard compressor it's not bad either. ProL2 is worth having and on some material it's just right, but I often get better results from the other limiters. FabFilter are still very decent, we're just insanely spoilt these days!

Mainly two reasons. CPU usage is lower with FF which is the biggest reason and a lot of track EQ is pretty basic so it gets the job done . It's also familiarity and in some of my templates. You can do everything with Kirchhoff though and it has more features like analog emulations and more control over the dynamic EQ than ProQ3 and Kirchhoff gets very surgical if you need it and sounds really good even with pretty extreme curves / cuts.

Same, I was more meaning with vouchers, i.e. with a $75 or $50 which are often floating around for free.

I have both and use ProQ3 for tracks, but this has replaced ProQ3 on busses, stereo buss and mastering, as well as bass and kick for me. No need to pay anywhere near $99 now it's with PA though. Up to $50 it's still easily worth it (and more really) , but should be able to get it cheaper like everything PA.

This was my least favourite and I picked it up last out of the TDRs and maybe even skipped over this price once or twice from memory, only to buy it eventually a while ago and find out it's actually really good! Easy choice to buy this one ?

What are your thoughts on ringmod so far?

CHANGES & NEW FEATURES: 1. Added AAX Silicon native format, 2. Added downscaling GUI, 3. Added dropdown menu to PSP PresetBar with predefined scaling values, 4. Added copy/paste (cmd+c, cmd+v) functionality for text edited values, 5. Improved shortening preset names in PSP PresetBar, 6. Improved overall stability, BUG FIXES: 1. Editing text values in LogicProX (only ARM version) was causing whole screen to turn pink - fixed, 2. Plugins were sometimes crashing Protools while loading presets from Protools' Preset System - fixed, 3. Fixed hints' look in dark mode (macOS), 4. Plugins were passing only left channel in Reaper if track had more than 2 channels - fixed, 5. Plugins were crashing DaVinci resolve while loading session - fixed (it is actually DaVinci software's problem that session data is invalid, so the fix is rather a kind of hack that we prepared for our users to bring up some solution), 6. Minor bugs fixed. INSTALL: 1. Log-in to your PSP account and go to My plug-ins section, 2. Download the installer appropriate for your operating system. You can overwrite the newer version over the old one so after downloading simply start the installer. 3. If needed you can always return to the earlier version.

Great to hear.. I just bought this one the other day!

I wouldn't actually recommend buying it from Plugin Alliance unless a combination of vouchers works in someone's favor. Although that is is pretty common with Plugin Alliance and sometimes you can get some insanely good discounts combining offers! Good callout for the ADSR deal too. I'd only mentioned the JRR one which is technically cheaper with the GROUP code, but ADSR is a good option if anyone wants the Melda plug too.

Initial Audio ⚡️ 808 Studio 2: ($29.99 @ Plugin Alliance - 48Hr Deal) 48 HRS – BEST PRICE GUARANTEE (Umm.. no.. they must not know about JRR!) Might be good if it works for any voucher trickery and stacking especially if you want anything else from PA Can be $49.99 without the voucher or $29.99 with which can help to get the most use out of vouchers sometimes. 808 Studio 2: the cutting-edge sound of 808 sub bass that's perfect for Hip Hop, Trap and any song that needs hard-hitting bass synth. Expanded features, include drag and drop modulation for advanced synthesis and advanced sequencer for adding that classic pitch glide effect to overlapping notes, making this the perfect secret weapon for any aspiring Trap producer. Use this voucher code during checkout 808-STUDIO-2999 it expires 11:59 pm PST on August 8 How does PA_EXT work? PA_EXT is the 1st pop-up store. We will offer you plugins from our new EXTernal brands with a best price guarantee. These offers will be time limited, valid for 48 hours only! After that time, these offers will be removed from the PA store. PA_EXT brands will not be sold via PA permanently, and they will not be included in our subscription bundles. 1. Purchase at PA You purchase EXT plugins via plugin-alliance.com just like you are used to. Make sure to follow the Plugin Alliance newsletter so you won't miss any EXT offers! 2. Receive EXT Voucher from PA You will receive an email from PA with a voucher and the link to the EXT website right after your purchase. 3. Redeem EXT Voucher Please follow the EXT link in your PA email and redeem your individual code on the EXT page. The EXT page is also where you will download your new plugin. https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/initial-audio-808-studio-2.html

Would I be right in thinking this is kind of like their ReAmp, but instead a single interface to use all of the amps you own inside it? Their website didn't really explain anything and their email was the same. But the name and after messing around with it seem to be that way. I can demo some of the amps I own but probably need to update so they show as registered in Amp Locker I suspect. Actually to unlock the modules it seems to this: If you already have purchased the AHM 5050 or Hellbeast, you just have to register the plugins by accessing the following link: https://register.audioassault.mx/recover.php

We've already got this one covered on here

The steps Niky outlined worked for me: The link is there, you just can't click the button otherwise.

Which code?

GEM Voice is great to get in the bundle, as it's often the most expensive even when on sale. It's really good for processing vocals, as that's what it's designed for, but there are a lot of modules in it and I've also enjoyed using some of the components in it, on different instruments. Even the reverb and delay modules in there are good too, so it's a lot of bang for buck. If you're getting the bundle that would be the best 3rd choice in my opinion. I have CompLA which includes the 2A and 3A and are up there with the best I have and the Comp670 is my favourite Fairchild compressor so far. I also own EQ495 which is great too. Their Tapedesk is great and very versatile as you can choose different analog consoles (desks) emulations on the way in for the pres. Lighter on CPU than many of the other options, which is something that Overloud does really well. Not sure they make a bad GEM so I don't think you could go too far wrong with any of them! But... whatever you get, you're likely to want to buy another bundle to get more after using them for a while ?

Great pics Lars and hope you had a really nice and relaxing time in Memphis, with a nice hard earned break from posting deals as a bonus! I assumed it was some simple explanation, but you were missed and the natives were getting restless! ?

Welcome back! I don't know this site, but that's a great price

That would be pretty poor on their part if they did. Sounds like it's not the case though hopefully

Will have to check this one out too. As for Vicious Antelope, pretty hit and miss and I would agree on the experimental comment. I have got some nice presets from them, but some that I would never use and never bother trying to understand, or recreate. As long as I get some ideas from them then they're worthwhile, but otherwise they just take up space and time. Not a fan of a lot of developers just reusing a bunch of wavetables so a preset pack is 500mb.. I'm more impressed when a developer creates amazing sounds with only stock, or no wavetables.

Moving Tension by Vicious Antelope: (DUNE 3 Presets) Free @ Pluginomat (RRP $10) Moving Tension is a collection of 40 arp presets for Synapse Audio Dune 3 synthesizer. The patches carry a dark yet evocative sound and they share the same arp pattern. In the video of walkthrough, the tempo is set to 111Bpm. With slower tempos the sounds throw darker intensity through the monitors and they are a nice fit to add moving and emotional sonic dimensions. This soundbank could be used in many genres but mainly for dark electronic and cinematic based productions. Disabling the arp could transform the patches to classic synths in terms of performance. For most of the sounds MW adds vibrato and Aftertouch is modulating the overall pitch. Presets were design with DUNE 3.520 and run best with this or newer version https://pluginomat.com/product/moving-tension-by-vicious-antelope/

It could be a silent one ?