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I've steered clear of them in case they do a Loopcloud and chop the functionality out of them if there's no active subscription. The plugins themselves aren't bad though. I just don't want to be caught in a situation where I can't use/open them.

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That's one reason why I hadn't jumped on the Trackspacer sale too. I'd been waiting for it to come on sale, but during that time I've picked up the iZotope bundle and also smart:comp2 so I thought I should get familiar with those too. I tried out the iZotope option the other day and it was OK, but I have a feeling Trackspacer will be better. When I get some free time I think it would be worth it for me to give it a demo even if I don't grab it.

That's right and that was my point. I have a feeling they change them manually and if they change the Trackspacer deal first (i.e. end the sale price), then they might miss out. So there could be a small window of opportunity, to no opportunity to get the new freebies.

I should really demo Trackspacer. I grabbed Sonible smart:comp2 the other day as it's more commonly said to be better than Trackspacer, but I have heard good things about both. I do wonder if Trackspacer is lighter on CPU.

I almost thought this was a subscription deal at first. I'd rather new editions, but still not bad for back issues ?

Keep in mind that PiB is often very tardy in changing over to the new freebies, it could be cutting it fine if it ends on the 3rd.

Yeah I got the email and was instantly disappointed until I realised it was just a reminder before it ends ?

This thing is insanely good and you can get pretty deep with the settings and modulation as well. Quite possibly my most favourite filter in a while and for free is even better! ?

Not sure Zo. I held off on buying any of the individual ones in case I buy their next volume which will include them. (Which is taking ages to be released I might add!) If they did a normal upgrade price where they take into account everything you own that would be fine, but they don't so it would be like buying them twice...

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Definitely great advice, but that's often mainly when completing tracks. Sometimes I'm just sketching some ideas out, or saving a cool baseline, or lead riff with the intent of getting back to it down the track. Some good concepts in that article and I've started trying to bounce, render in place, or export stems. It has been getting easier with some of the updates with many of the DAWs now.

Pretty hard to argue for their effectiveness. Almost all the major copy protection schemes have been cracked... And yes, us that pay wear the brunt and jump through hoops while the ones that use pirated copies have it easy and don't have to worry about any of those concerns and challenges.

That is definitely one of the challenges with quite a few licensing and software protections they use these days and why so many people opt for only using serial/keyfile/offline or unlimited licenses. I'd love to be able to do that personally and support as many developers as possible that offer them, but there's just so many plugins and instruments I'd miss out on that I really like. But for iZotope to not support reactivation when they were still selling them up until very recently, I definitely wouldn't accept that. Even more so how expensive those Exponential Reverbs "RRP" price were. It's probably one of those times where their overinflated RRP prices would work against them, as there would be more obligation to support them for longer in that way under some countries consumer laws. If these companies want more elaborate protection from piracy that's fine, but the genuine consumer who paid for the software should never be impacted by it locking them out. Systems will be updated, hardware components will fail and need to be replaced. Developers need to accommodate that in my opinion. Hope you get it all sorted out and it's not too painful in the end Reid ?

I would not at all be surprised if it did. I would be surprised if the CPU wasn't a lot more than Tracklimit though which is probably the only concern. Tracklimit is normally pretty quick to dial in as well, but I can see how this would still be a time saver. Be good to hear what you think in comparison if you give it a demo ?

In fairness it's not a bad trap to be caught it ? I love that they also included a bunch of new presets, wavetables and samples with the free update as well. I couldn't hold off trying it and was just testing some of the new functionality out and man, this thing can get growly in such a good way with the new MS-20 filter and the new features they added... So glad I bought it and from memory, I think it was only $69. We get such good value these days ?

I have a feeling it could be the latter! Haha.. But I do think it's probably quite decent. But Tracklimit from DMG is my go to for those sort of duties normally too and I'd rather the full Smart:Limit instead, so I think my money is safe.. for now!

I'd skip it I'd say if you're going to get Smart Limit as well personally. it might be quick to dial in and less of a hit on the CPU potentially, but for that style of limiter I'd only be using them on the stereo buss when mastering, so I can't see much benefit for having both and would rather full control and options in that stage. I'd actually agree with Simon that it should probably be free for owners of Smart:limit too.

Gotta love Arturia. Still loads of development and innovation happening and the major updates for free. It was already pretty comprehensive as it was, but they keep making it better and better. Great example for lots of other developers, new and especially old. The white skin does make it look a lot like MassiveX though for sure! Can't wait to install the update and get into it ?

I'm glad I already own it, otherwise I think I'd have to buy it after watching that ? He does really great walkthroughs and definitely knows his stuff.

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Thanks Brian. I've been reading a little more around it and it does sound like a capable option and I think worth spending the time to at least give it a demo. That functionality does sound handy too. I use Darktable which I'm really comfortable with and after a bit of learning curve, it's quite fluid for photography and I normally use GIMP for all my graphics stuff. Again, a bit of a learning curve, but it definitely gets easier as you go. Darktable I use quite a bit and don't feel a need to replace it and same with GIMP really, but I don't really have a GoTo for DTP. The bundle price seems pretty reasonable though, so I may even still consider it.

For those that use their Publisher program, how do you find it? I've been taking Scribus for a spin over the last couple of days and while it looks like I can get the end result I'll need from it, I'm not entirely sure it's going to be efficient using it. That said, I started with their stable release, but just installed their development version and that does seem quite a bit better, so I'll give that a bit of a go too. Open to other alternatives as well, unless they involve subscriptions.