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15 hours ago, satyabrata satapathy said:

I did actually missed the supertap plugin, lucky to find out ?

Being Waves I'm not sure if that's lucky, or unlucky ? I did grab it for free though! Haha..

I'd forgotten about that extra free plugin! Will be interesting to see what it is ?

https://sonixinema.com/collections/freebies/products/contemporary-bass-freebie

5 hours ago, satyabrata satapathy said:

https://deviousmachines.com/2022/07/17/devious-machines-retrowave-pads-and-arps/

Devious Machines Retrowave Arps & Pads is a collection of free samples for members of the DM community 

We've already got this one covered, but easy to miss since you've been doing well and posting so many deals lately ?

6 minutes ago, marled said:

7.61 GB for a Xylophone? Is that free? ?

It's not uncommon for a Kontakt library to be that size, (or larger!) but I was surprised to see that as well ? Haha..

Muze: Xylophone Kontak Instrument (free instead of $99 at Audio Plugin Deals)

https://audioplugin.deals/free-audio-production-plugins/

I still collect these for free but I'm reluctant to use them in any projects in case I ever need to pay WUP ?

38 minutes ago, Loot Audio said:

https://www.lootaudio.com/category/plugins/dymai-sounds/proclethya-synth-bundle

Always best to include the price in the post. Sometimes people won't click through to see otherwise. Nice synth though ?

16 minutes ago, abacab said:

As far as I can tell, none of this applies to XLN Audio. XLN has released VST3 versions of their plugins, and often issues patches.

I don't use a Mac, so cannot comment on compatibility with Mac, but I do understand that many developers have had to provide resources to resolve issues created by Apple at the expense of other projects.

Yes, that was more general, not for XLN in particular. I was surprised that up until recently they didn't offer VST3 for RC-20, but luckily they came through with the goods. 

1 hour ago, Nick Blanc said:

Just in case, I wasn't trying to knock United Plugins. I have Royal Compressor, Autoformer and Voxessor and I like them. Especially Voxessor for a quick spoken word treatment. I really have to use Royal Compressor more.

I didn't personally interpret it that you were, but even if you had of been, I like people sharing completely honest and critical comments against any developer/plugins/instruments, etc where justified. People won't always agree which is normal, but out of that, it helps us think twice, or maybe test things a little more if we haven't dealt with particular companies before, or consider alternatives.

Sometimes the product might be great, but their licensing, WUP, upgrade policies, etc. might suck as well and it's always best to know beforehand.

I haven't tried Voxessor yet, but I do have Autoformer and even a spare license, so I really have no excuse for not testing that one further ?

1 hour ago, marled said:

I think you are right with the Apple scourge! ? They caused a lot of trouble in the plugin industry (Fxxxing Apple!).

With VST3 I am more careful, because there are several plugins that still have some issues with VST3 (e.g. most PluginAlliance plugins don't have easy accessable presets).

And there is one IMPORTANT thing that you forgot: Many plugin developers change their programming interfaces. In general this shouldn't be an issue, but unfortunately it is today!! It seems many of those new interfaces are rubbish and cause more trouble than that they help! Also there are companies where the developer crew has been changed and it is not always a benefit for us users! ?

Haha.. they sure have! If they stopped moving goalposts then maybe XLN and other devs might be able to spend resources on useful updates and bugfixes too ?

Good point about PA and presets. I don't really know why they struggle there.. they're one of the few developers that just can't seem to get that part right and yet it's normally flawless for the majority of other plugins I have. I don't often think of using presets with their stuff, but out of curiosity some of mine I checked did have presets.

My main reason for VST3 is just so if I want to open up a project years down the track and tweak a setting, it should still work. Sometimes in the conversion from VST2 to VST3 some developers change the plugin ID which means they won't open the new one. I kind of think the DAW should handle some intelligent remapping, but I don't think they do.. So I'd rather only create projects with VST3.

I've been pretty lucky with updates.. apart from Kontakt once.. NI completely broke it.. I leave them to stew a little bit before I update any of their stuff now! ?

I do hear some noise about Cubase with updates sometimes. I've been lucky there, but I also sometimes sit a few updates behind to see if any major bugs pop up. Sometimes I live on the edge with it too and I haven't' been burnt yet! Lol... 

7 hours ago, marled said:

I really don't understand people complaining that vst instruments/plugins are not updated all the time! I am glad if plugins are stable and do their job perfectly!

On the contrary there are some developers that I have marked red, because I feel that their newest updates just bring instability, performance issues and permanent update chore. And there are more and more that get on my list! ? For them I prefer definitely to stay on older versions!

A lot of this comes from compatibility issues with the plugins/instruments to the DAW or OS. Apple users get hit frequently by that and so they need developers that are regularly updating things, otherwise they either can't upgrade their systems, or can't use their plugins. Windows users aren't entirely immune either, just less frequently an issue.

I personally won't buy any non VST3 plugins now, as Steinberg is dropping support for VST2 (they already have for the Mac version). I've only made one recent exception and that was for RC-20. Crazy price and they had stated they intended to release VST3 which they've now done so I'm glad I got it ?

Then there's plugins and instruments where scalability is an issue (I have a few that it's not ideal, but not enough to stop me using them, but this does seem to cause a lot of frustration)

There are some that also have existing bugs, or lack some bread and butter features.

Apart from them, if I like a plugin/instrument and it's not updated, I never really mind. As long as I can keep using it ?

57 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

I own quite a few united plugin releases and love the licencing model that treats the customer like an actual customer.  That said, outside of intro pricing the rates are quite a bit above the competition.  About the only time I've got anything outside of intro pricing or a (get with purchase) was one of the bundles where because of what I already had got an amazing discount.  

Demos of this one are not my style nor does it really sell the plugin if it was.

Crispy Tuner at PA is another option, runs on sale for $25 from time to time.  

I'd agree with that Brian. The "RRP" of them is crazy and I would never pay full price personally. That is the same with a lot of developers, even with PA like you mentioned. There's no way in hell I'd pay full price for them, but their sales prices make them OK.

United Plugins have regular 50% off if anyone was in a mad rush, but intros and bundles (or freebies) are pretty irresistible.

9 hours ago, mibby said:

+1 on FrontDAW 

Hyperspace is another favorite. Amazing outside the box thinking and a great sounding an dsuper versatile reverb!

I still need to really give Royal Compressor a proper spin. 

FrontDAW was my first plugin from them and I really had low expectations as I didn't know anything about United Plugins. It sounded a little buzz wordy too, but I eventually got around to trying it and dropped it on a track as a mic pre for accoustic guitar and was quite blown away by it.

I got Hyperspace in the recent bundle and I really need to start using that. I ended up with quite a few new reverbs all at once so apart from installing and opening briefly a few times, I havent used it much yet at all.

That reminds me, some of their Fire series plugins surprised me too.. I need to try them more too ?

Don't sleep on Royal Compressor. It's a good compressor and very easy to control the amount of colour.

23 hours ago, abacab said:

Do you have the Vintage Voice Bundle for Voltage Modular? https://store.cherryaudio.com/bundles/vintage-voice-bundle

It includes the  SynthVoice, as well as the DCO-60 (Juno-106) modules.

"SynthVoice is a complete semi-modular vintage synthesizer, featuring two oscillators, a multi-mode filter, an LFO, dual envelope generators, sample and hold, and spring reverb. It's like having a classic ARP 2600 synthesizer in your modular rack. SynthVoice Filter puts the brute power of SynthVoice's multi-mode filter into a separate module."

I don't, but that actually looks very cool. I picked up the Softube Model 84 which I really like, so I'm covered with the Juno sounds, but it would be good having these as modules. Same with Synthvoice now I know them from the Arp 2600. I looked the other day and it was a little hard to work out what was what in the bundles from Cherry Audio!

I think I've mostly got my head around it now... sort of ?

I was also looking at Miniverse Module Collection and MS Vintage Bundle which both look tempting.

1 hour ago, Reid Rosefelt said:

Don't get me wrong, I think XO is a great program with a lot of potential.  But imagine what Omnisphere would be today without all these brilliant programmers making patches for it.  They continue to make it shiny and new by showing what is possible.  I think that companies like Audiomodern and the Cube people understand this very well by putting out their own free packs. 

I think I'm leaning more towards Atlas 2, but XO looks pretty nice as well. Atlas seems like there's likely to be more regular updates and new features which is something I'm taking into consideration too. I'm giving Atlas a demo (only a basic one so far, it's still scanning all the samples!) but I might also still demo XO.

RC-20 from XLN is one of my favourites in that space and I don't mind some of their pianos.

13 minutes ago, Nick Blanc said:

Imagine working months to create a fun vocal tuner, only to have Waves beat you to it by a couple of weeks. But to be honest, I'm personally not really impressed by the demo video. If you don't have something which can do this, €19 seems like a reasonable price. The competition (Waves, Antares, Eventide) seem to have more functionality at a slightly higher price.

Some of their pricing is pretty hard to beat and quite a few of the plugins I have from United Plugins are REALLY good. Royal Compressor is a weapon on the drum buss, or anywhere that you want to add some flavour and I love. FrontDAW gets a lot of use and is so simple as a pre to dial in some mojo.

I'll probably skip this particular one as I have Eventide, SoundToys, Melodyne and now VariAudio built into Cubase Pro 12, along with basic Antares. So for tuning and vocal effects I'm well covered.

Agreed on the video, I thought the same thing. Although with so many companies, I wouldn't even consider buying them after watching some of the videos, only to try them out for myself and find that they just make crap demos! (same goes with presets for instruments)

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1 hour ago, TheSteven said:

I've always been partial to this synth.
Check out the demo - links about 1/2 down on https://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/imposcar2/

I suspect I would be as well.. that's why I hadn't tried a couple of these as they're not compatible with a number of OS / DAWs.. 

They haven't been updated in ages, so no VST3 and limited MacOS (which for me doesn't matter) 

If they were spending the time on updating them then I'd be keen give them a shot.

1 minute ago, Nick Blanc said:

I have this one (also for 15 I believe) as well as the hardware (Behringer 2600). I use this one when I dont'want to start everything up, but also as  a preset list for the hardware ?

That's just greedy ?

I haven't tested out the Behringer gear, but apparently some of their clones aren't half bad from what I've heard and I have considered picking up one or two. They get a bad rap sometimes, but I like that they started reproducing clones of stuff that the original manufacturers wouldn't.

On 8/15/2022 at 3:49 PM, Fleer said:

These are fine things. Cherry Audio is on a roll. 

The Cherry Audio stuff is very decent for the price. I love the Voltage Modular, so I haven't bought many of their standalone synths, but I did pick this one up and will likely grab a few of the others too. Sometimes I even just enjoy using them to see how what it was like to program some of these famous old synths ?

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