Pat Osterday

Thanks for that - I never looked up the history that far back for T-RackS! All the "classic" plugin have been around forever. I started with T-RackS 3 in 2011 and looks like I registered Amplitube 1.0LE in 2008! (Think it was bundled with the Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini.) Even bought the T-RackS book ages ago... https://www.amazon.com/Mixing-Mastering-IK-Multimedia-T-RackS/dp/1435457595

No, regular VST/AU plugin.

Seems I got this free a while ago and never installed it so checked it out. Pretty clunky interface if using a trackpad. Might be more useful with a mouse, but haven't tried yet. Don't think I'd choose it over what I'm using now. Would love to know if anyone IS using it.

NI should still do the Summer of Sound sale in June with 1/2 price upgrades, so doubt anything as good as that before then.

Just mentioning it. Mac users usually have more issues than Windows.

Just note that these won't be updated in the future. I shy away from freebies just for freebie sake that are end-of-life.

Nope... they've been doing freebies on occasion for a while now. First was to get everyone sucked in the reverb only to release a paid upgrade a little while later. But they did Finisher Neo in January. I haven't installed any of the UJAM stuff yet since I have so much other stuff.

I think if you own Vintage Vault, that helps. My buddy is seeing the $399 owning Falcon, VV3, SA4, Quadra M&H, Quadra Modular, Mosaic and a few others. So you do need to own a lot to get it lowered.

I also wonder if the Power Bundle deal doesn't count as much towards lowering price? I have Falcon, a few expansions, SA4 outside the Power Bundle, a few of the separate synths got as freebie, Tape Suite and the Power Bundle (Synth Anthology 4, Emulation II+, FM Suite, Program 24, PX Memories, BeatBox Anthology 2, 8-Bit Synth, Drum Designer, Austrian Grand piano, Augmented Orchestra, Meteor, Quadra: Muted and Harmonics, Scratch Machine, Dual Delay X, Sparkverb and Shade) UPDATE: I'm pretty sure it counts the same, just need to own a lot to bring the price down enough for "no-brainer" pricing.

$499 here too. Was really hoping it'd be something cool. Oh well. Too much for me - both in terms of cost and stuff I don't need.

Well if that's it, that's a bit disappointing since it came out two weeks ago! Not sure what the "B" symbol is then... I was hoping for Beatbox Anthology 3.

UVI already has the SonicPass sub.

The freebies (except PolyMAX) are machine auth or iLok 2/3 and I'm using machine auth. I'd probably buy a few, but still a little skittish on the cloud auth. I'm using a laptop for my production and mixing so don't like the physical iLok.

Ah, bummer. I've never has any issues. You probably already checked that your iLok account is the same that UAD has listed.

Yup. The 1176 isn't in the Essentials, but yeah, basically they have given all the Essentials for free. The only one I don't have is that Essentials has the full LA2A collection and they've only given the basic LA2A for free. This 1176 is missing the side chain feature just like the LA2A freebie was. I'm not complaining though for free. I have other options for 1176 or LA2A comps with that if I need it.