MusicMan

I think all their plugins might only be VST2 for now, which was dropped by Steinberg for Mac in the latest version of Cubase and will be deprecated for Windows and no doubt other DAWs will start to follow. Something to keep in mind when buying unless there's been any progress on updates from them.

Great freebie, although I haven't used the old one in a bit. I did look at buying some of theirs, but they only provide 1 license by default. Not sure if that's changed, but it put me off so I didn't buy anything from them. Will check out this upgraded freebie though ?

Me three ? I'm not at all disappointed they made it subscription only. It means I have no need to install it, it check it out. I can't see it ever getting the widespread adoption that Kontakt has with 3rd party libraries, especially as a sub. The inbuilt effects look handy, but I have the ones I like to use from them and I can't see it really competing any time soon with the likes of Loopcloud, or Splice, etc. They would've been smarter to release it non sub to get adoption. Not installed ?

These are really cool and experimental sound manglers... I like them so far!

Maybe drop them an email. I wouldn't at all be surprised if they let you have them ?

Wow.. yeah I can't see that being fixed, especially after airing it all on there.. even if they do, the brand will definitely take a massive hit, as people will be reluctant to buy knowing it could just flair up again. Luckily I don't own any of their plugins, but I do know the name and they sound like they're at least somewhat half decent, so it's a shame.

I have quite a few (lot of limiters!) and still find myself liking and reaching for this one quite a bit. PSP definitely make some decent plugins and some very reasonable sale prices for that level of quality.

Exactly that and I forgot to add as well, that some probably notice, but then don't hurry to fix it, as it creates a buzz and generates a storm of sales. Then once they've killed the codes, it still generates advertising. I wouldn't be surprised if it's also used by some companies to offer deeper discounts that might otherwise upset people who paid more, as it's viewed as a pricing error. So I think there could be a mix of everything from simple mistakes, to a highly effective sales generation tool and anything in between. Either way, it seems to be win/win for almost everyone in many cases ?

I wouldn't be surprised if it's a mix of some being sloppy and for some, guerrilla marketing tricks and driving some sales as well. With downloadable software and plugins, it's not like they lose money, it's more that people buy them that might not have, because they're such a great buy at those crazy reduced prices. I love the Eventide products, but the discounts made them a complete no brainer, otherwise I wouldn't have picked them up right at this moment... Or upgraded to Anthology as a result as well ?

I wouldn't be certain that's what it is and I'm not sure they would include that in the bundle as it's a different store, but that did come to mind as it is H9. I did read somewhere also about something with people having all the products in Anthology still seeing an upgrade price too, so it might get not even be related to that. Nice set of plugins though ?

Edit: Did you also get the ones that weren't on sale? There's the iOS one (QVox) and Undulator.

The modular stuff is really cool... outside of VM and PSP, I think I've just discovered my new favourite crazy tweakable modular plugin.. the Eventide H3000 Factory.. If you enjoy VM/PSP, I'd highly recommend giving it a go.. very fun to program and you can come up with some crazy out there results ?

VERY generous offer by them! I though it was only the Zampler packs at first, but it also included their VST instruments and their books. The books are really short, but I'm sure there will be at least a few useful bits of info and tips ? Same with the sound packs. I have found them to be a bit hit and miss, but I'm sure there are some gems too. Thanks for posting it?

Thanks Lars. That definitely helped knowing that and made it worth buying them as I didn't have time to download right then ?

I picked up the PSP Ultimate collection as well as upgrading from Ignite to Core + Elecro Drums. Pretty great deal as Ignite only cost me $10 earlier in the year, then under $25 for the upgrade, plus about $27 for PSP ? I really enjoy creating patches in this setup.. I'm certain I'm going to lose hours / days / weeks messing around in there though ?

Do you have to download them all now, or can you download them later?

Thanks Lars, I picked this one up as I liked the SSL Bus Compressor and strip bundle and this one is a good one too ?

Those two are really quite interesting plugins. Physion in particular. I've got a few transient focused plugins that I want to spend some more time with and really put through their paces and see what I might need, but I'll keep these two in mind for one of their next sales. Adaptiverb looks very nice and I've heard good things about that one, so I'm sure I probably would.. especially as it's 11 times more expensive than what I just spent! I'll skip trying that one just for now, as I've got a heap of reverbs.. the price on the Blackhole was I think almost intro price and I saw a walkthrough after that sale had passed and kind of kicked myself for not getting it. I'm sure I'll end up demoing Adaptiverb sooner or later too though! Luckily I moved quick while the Groove3 discount was still working and snagged Blackhole ? I demoed that and it was an instabuy.. I was also giving TriceraChorus a demo too, but before buying I wanted to go through my existing Chorus plugins and see what it offered that was different... NI Choral gets me somewhat near and OSL's free Chorus is surprisingly good too. I think I do prefer TriceraChorus though.. I probably should've pulled the trigger on that one as well ?

I picked up their Blackhole reverb which I'm loving and is quite a different sounding reverb and good for sound design. Any other standouts, or recommendations?

That's what I'm doing these days. The Product Manager doesn't even check to see if the files were downloaded correctly.. surprised it doesn't even do simple checksums, like SHA256,MD5, etc.. I had low disk space at one stage when I was moving files around and the Product Manager said it downloaded to files and installed correctly. It did throw an error on one failed install, but everything showed as installed. Even though half the presets wouldn't work for those Syntronik synths. That's how I noticed it. The weird thing with Syntronik 2 is that it says all the sounds are downloaded, but that's when only demo sounds are... I stopped trusting it after that...

Yeah I'd been thinking I'd hold off from buying any Softube until V6. Thought it might already be out by now, so might be soon.

I've never even really looked at it, or given it a demo. Will have to check that one out at some stage by the sounds ?

I get the feeling that a few of these companies are selling tonnes of plugins and they don't even need to really try with freebies at the moment.. Most of the free with purchase from Plugin Boutique or ADSR have been either underwhelming, or previously free, for a while now. I already got it free when it was released, but I would agree, this is a nice plugin ?

I almost though it was as Unfiltered Audio by that title. It's a bit of a mash between them and United Plugins ?

Some good points in there, although I'm VERY discerning with my purchases personally. I regularly pass up ridiculously good discounts on stuff, even if they're only $10 or whatever, purely because they're not the top contenders in each category, or add something very unique. So for me, the deep discounts are very valuable, as I only really buy the cream of the crop, so those discounts allow me to get a heap more plugins for the same amount of money. I do think PA ranks quite highly, but I still prefer plenty of other companies, as they're superior in some categories for sure. For example, while I do like the XL V2 limiter, as it's got some unique features and options, I don't rate their limiters in general. The Amek 200 is good, but I've got no real interest in trying the others you mentioned. Not that they're bad, I'm sure they're at least decent, but I'm well covered. But in terms of having more time for trials, PA happily extends trials and even resets everyone's expired trials at times, so if we can't decide in that amount of time, then the plugin probably isn't worth it ?