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It did occur to me at the time as well, but it was also a plausible deal given it was from PiB and some of the older products in particular that they sell can have some crazy low prices at times.. But Korg also seems to have really consistent sales that don't fluctuate much on their lowest prices. I hope it at least helped some people get them for that price!

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Oh nooooo... I wonder if it was a pricing mistake! It shows that for me now too.. I would've already snatched them but I own the bundle 🤣

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That is the trap! It's cheap upgrades up to a point, instead of just paying for WUP but then you run out of those options.. and have even more plugins that then might eventually need WUP 🤣

I caved a while ago and got the bundle. I really like it. The MS-20 is a good one too. Somehow it sounds a bit different to some of my other emulations and so adds something to my kit.

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Signed up as well. I'm looking forward to checking out some more of their libraries

Check this post: They mention it having a free tier and the table with the differences. They should really have updated the website to reflect that too. Not sure why it's not.

I removed the whole VST2 folder from the config and it still failed on just VST3 🤣 I periodically clean out my 32 bit folders as lazy developers keep installing stuff to them over time instead of updating their installer, or giving us choice in formats to install. I have now just deleted any other folders in the config and only left the VST3 path for 64. Will see how that goes.

Reaper is a little different in that they do say it's not free and only for evaluation. But of course half the world treats it as free 🤣 I do think that works in their favour though. I reckon a bunch of people eventually buy it as they use it more and become more familiar with it. I was surprised with this one that it presents as a demo. Given they said free, I didn't expect it to have the popup and banner. It doesn't really matter I guess, but I wasn't expecting that.

Yeah it can be a little heavy. But in general, some of IK's plugins are, like tapes. So stacking them together I guess it adds up. Very true re Mac.. that alone is enough to stop me considering using them for my primary DAW.

I thought the free offer was pretty generous. The free versions that some companies offer are so crippled that I don't even spend enough time using them to really consider buying their full product. I'd already installed this, but unfortunately it's having problems completing plugin scans. I haven't checked the log files yet and I do have a lot of plugins (a lot! 🤣), but it doesn't seem to get far. The worst part is it was failing in VST2 plugins that I don't even use. That's why I hate companies forcing you to install other formats. Softube and Arturia are prime examples. The scan was failing on Arturia on the last pass. Not a great intro to this version and needing to troubleshoot right from the get-go.

That's a shame about Mixbox really. I thought it was pretty decent and very convenient and it seemed like a good way for IK to get people into the ecosystem and spark interest in their more expensive suites and bundles. It still works so I can keep using it, but I am always a little hesitant to keep using stuff where I know the developer themselves have made a decision to discontinue it.

Definitely not alone there 🤣 There's zero chance I'll subscribe for any DAW (or any audio plugins and instruments really). There's a lot of great alternatives that are perpetual at least, so they're easy to avoid. Even outside of audio I'm not a fan. I ditched Adobe because of that and won't use them again. I've found alternatives that are perpetual licenses and pretty good anyway, or free in some cases. The only time I personally think they can make sense, is for business use and if they're tax deductible. Otherwise they're just a financial trap and you're at the mercy of them being able to increase the price to whatever once you've got all your eggs in their basket. Your only option is to stop paying, but then you lose access to the software and as a result your projects etc.

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Great call out. I hadn't actually thought of that. Glad to see it did.

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