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I never really liked the sound of ProQ3 which is a bit opposite to most people.. I think it's to do with transient smearing, or something. But I love the workflow. FabFilter nails that. ProQ4 is supposed to be improved, but I still prefer some of the others. I'll still use it and it's a very good overall EQ, but if I didn't get EDU discount, I may have skipped it and stuck with ProQ3. As for stock DAW EQs it depends on the DAW. Frequency 2 in a certain DAW I use is very good.

The Toneboosters one is really nice, but I still think Kirchhoff sounds better. Not that it's the only measure, but in their default settings, it's also cleaner in Plugin Doctor. Another one that really surprised me was apQualizr2 by apulSoft. I picked up the bundle cheaper than either Kirchoff or Pro EQ and it's a really nice clean surgical and creative EQ. Workflow is easy, but it feels a little clunky for some reason. I really rate it for clean or experimental as it has all sorts of modulation you can use.

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Agreed. I haven't even bothered downloading any of the recent ones I claimed yet either. Will save them the additional load.

Looks like there could be some issues for some people with the Group Buy. The website / services not being accessible for some, probably due to peak load. A few concerning ones are slots for free items missing: Another comment on there: "I had 30+ slots to use and now they are gone. I really hope they can fix this! I like what I've got so far, but I was hoping to get more." @Peter - IK Multimedia are you guys aware of these issues?

I'm not sure on that price either.. it does seem like diminishing returns compared to the V5 bundle, at least on initial thoughts.

Welcome Pluto and I would expect an updated version would be AmpliTube 6 or sometimes a small update it might be AmpliTube 5.5 or something. Those Hitmaker ones weren't great from memory.. Their drums like the Neil Pert Kits I do like though. But sometimes with these Group Buys you end up running out of choices!

That's for Amplitube 5 Max V2 though, so the V2 version is of the Max bundle as opposed to Amplitube itself from my understanding. Sounds like adding the effects from the Max V2 bundle would get you the equivalent of the bundle. Amplitube itself still would be the same version though, so not V2 as there isn't one.

That's what I was thinking too. It's an unusual take on the player version. Most companies have a player and when you have the full version it unlocks all the options from the expansion/sound packs on the main version.

I'd agree with that! For experimental stuff and really nice warm analog sound it shines even more. Still great for general delay duties too.

It's easy to dismiss as just another delay plugin, but I do find this one a bit more interesting and it sounds great! I use it a bit, but i don't think of it as often as I should either.

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It's possible your bestcoins may have expired, but it you email the guys they should hopefully be able to restore your previous orders. Might be worth asking about the coins too 🙂

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Yeah it's so bizarre! Have to give them credit for dropping the download expiries though. That was a huge way to alienate customers. If they got someone to proofread some of these things, or maybe even ask AI to write it, or check it, they could solve a few more!

So true Brian, I'd agree with all of that. They're lucky they have some great products and generous group buys, as otherwise there's no way they would do as well!

Would've caused a lot less confusion if they just worded it differently, like you have 🤣

Agreed, I think they went a little far in that direction this time too. If it sounds good, then it wouldn't stop me using, it buying it and it would be easy for them to update with a skin/update but I don't like the visual aspect of it.