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It did.. although it's all still there, just not discounted from the few I checked. For example: https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/native-instruments-replika-xt.html

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Some of these ones you've got to be quick! V1 is actually still quite useful though ?

The gig may be up.. ! Maybe a few too many people claimed it ?

I've been using version 2 and it seems much better so far. This is a case where developers keep prices set higher on some things and miss sales. If Mastering With The Mix ever discounted the upgrade to V2 I would've bought it. The upgrade has never been on sale. But their sale price of the full version at the resellers was really not far off the upgrade price. Not the best way to reward loyalty, especially if you own most of their plugins. In saying that, pretty happy I didn't buy it and snagged it for free instead, it's a good one ?

Their website and search isn't their greatest either.. some plugins show up in some sections and then missing in others. You can go to Shop->Brands and not see something listed under a brand, but then find it searching another way.. their entire site is a lucky dip! ?

In 10 days according to the counter on their site.

Yep, sometimes I don't both posting the code for such a small saving given they auto discount in cart, but it saves someone else pointing it out if I don't include it ?

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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

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

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 ?

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

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.

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 ?

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...

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 ?

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.

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.