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Yes, but you can easily install their products on an offline pc if you have a physical iLok dongle. This is true for most companies using iLok as authorization, except EastWest and UAD. They give you some headache although physical iLok should prevent internet requirement for installation IMHO.

When I wanted to use an EastWest product on an offline pc, I had some installation trouble although I was using a physical iLok. But their support was very friendly and helpful. They explained how to install it on my online laptop and then copy parts to the offline machine. This worked well, but it was not standard. I don't know if this is still the case?

This is one of the most intrusive installers out there. It wants to connect to the internet already during installation. No, thanks!

It's a pity that I already have most of them! This month I have almost only purchased plugins (a lot) with "good" authorization (offline key or file based) like these ones. That's why I prefer to support developers like Fuse Audio Labs!

I could use this code to reduce the VSM IV upgrade, too. It seems the code cannot only be used for impOSCar !

Fellas, their BlackFriday deals are so great! I really like that for bundle prices they consider what you already own! First I thought it was a glitch, when I had seen the current price for the MMixingFXBundle for me! Well, it was impossible to resist! 😆

Do you still have an alternative for those 2? Frankly, the Melda install has several issues for me (though some of them concern the install not the installer): It is not transparent (a typical Melda problem also in the plugins) what happens if you update only some of your licensed plugins. The offline installation is horrible. There is no way to have different plugin versions in parallel. E.g. it was a horror installing the new MTrackAlign (beta), because I first had to update all other plugins to the newest version. Their kind of plugin folder substructure cannot be costomized (I have already a similar structure in the VST3 folder and don't want to have Melda's in addition. So it is a laborious move task => I made a script).

Frankly, for me it is exactly the contrary! The installer programs ... give me a lot of additional work to remove all quirks (aax, icons, menu entries, ...) and to move some files to other places, because I don't want to have another location for each vendor (just look at the mess on the VST3 directory, the plugin developers have quite a lot of fantasy!) or because I don't want to have huge sample directories in my drive. and each time I open such a crazy installer program it has to update itself (takes additional time) I don't like to install out into the blue, i.e. I want to know whether an update is necessary for me before I execute it (because I want to have my 3 systems synchron and it takes time to run installers on all of them. Also, if you update a bunch of plugins, you risk compatibility issues. ) They are usually not or only with additional effort runnable on offline systems Each installer has it's own workflow and configuration, often not very comprehensible Most of the time only 1 or 2 plugins of a vendor have changed, thus the installation manager is a big overhead For users that have only 1 or a few plugins of a vendor it is certainly an overhead If you have more than 1 system, then most installer managers require internet downloads again and again. and so on ... YMMV, because if you don't care what they do on your system and you leave everything as they have decided, then you maybe right.

Do you refer to the channel strip of TBProAudio or the TB_Equalizer Pro of Toneboosters?

Frankly, I admire people that hear such minor differences! My hearing is so bad these days. On the other hand it depends what you are mixing. The songs that I mix have a lot of masking issues. When they are resolved, then I think nobody could hear any differences concerning the used EQs. But maybe I'm wrong?

Both not my cup of tea! But YMMV. I see they still have some supporter. But not me! I detest their new site and don't like their price jumble (EU taxes: you never know if the price includes your correct VAT or not, except in the payment step).

Once they had really good freebies!

Some very good deals! But the new website is terrible. One of many sites that's got worse. I wonder why so many sites declined in the last years? (E.g: We had a really wonderful map service in Scandinavia, now it's even worse than Google map! It's a pity!)

IMHO this is the best PA deal since a long time! Regrettably I already own all of the 4 plugins! 😢 I bought 2 of them not so long ago with monthly vouchers for much more, sigh!

+1 Also, their site gets more confusing bit by bit.