Royal Yaksman

It really isn't a matter of the plugins sounding good or not anymore, as most plugins, even dirt-cheap ones these days are pretty decent sound quality wise. But yes, I think we have seen ample evidence that we are firmly in the era of amorphous marketing speak to describe what is otherwise a relatively bog-standard plugin, that has a teaming miasma of comparable products already available from an equally teaming miasma of competitors. To blame is the faulty idea of developers that they can just pump out a never-ending cavalcade of plugins, presets, sound packs, etc. Half of this idea was always firmly relying on non-musicians, and they nearly achieved it. The tools provided got simple enough to utilize that people with relatively none-to-little experience could produce/release music. The problem is the hoards of these non-musicians/non-producers attempting to moonlight as producers was always going to fail, because their sole motivation is clicks, likes, and $. Once they find themselves either relatively or completely devoid of all three of those categories? Like all of those cheap beginner guitars bought by those who plan to learn guitar, only to play it for 2 months, realize how far away from even being considered basically competent they are, and leaving it in the shed to gather dust. The other half this idea was catering to was of course actual musicians, who did indulge on many unnecessary purchases simply because they were cheap. This later category is still going, but the rate of consumption is dropping off. ie. how many "Cutting down my plugins" videos or posts have you seen everywhere. The endless GAS tide has started to turn. I have never seen so many comments by musicians asking why they would need that plugin. Never seen so many large releases of plugs, sample packs, instruments, etc. that get only moderate interest and response. Never seen so many people turn heavily skeptical eyes upon once lauded companies. Compound this with the gazillion AI based start-ups that are inevitably going to flood an already flooded market. Combined with the hoards of moonlighters falling away and the billions of competitor developers all racing each other to the bottom of the price barrel, IMO we are likely to see a contraction of this industry. But the developers are not going to go down without a fight. And it would appear that the method of fighting many of them seem to have chosen is smoke 'n mirrors, mysticism, and in some instances straight-up lying about their products. But yeah, for sure, magical saturation beyond our comprehension is totally a thing! 🤪

Downloading now! *rubs hands together in anticipation of chucking RX in the bin for all time*

It's too late everyone. I have already purchased "the" cubase update. There's nothing left for anyone to have, nor see. Go back to your homes. ?

Before this release I would have thought the last thing I needed was another delay, but ooooohhhh this thing is noice!

If the BFD license app is giving you greif and saying the server cannot be reached/request not processed. The trick is to log out and then log back in and it authorises everything for use immediately.

Did the OP just assume their face fungus? ?

I have a small issue with part of the OP title. Not a deal? With all the stuff they roll out, I actually feel like Bitwig is almost a continuous deal. I find if a new feature doesn't make me go, "Oooooo." There's always a video of someone using that new feature in a way that I wouldn't have thought of, and then that makes me go, "Ooooooo. Shiny!" (Of course now that I have said this out-loud the company is probably going to immediately fall into complete disrepair and me and this comment will be over here choking on a foot.) ? YMWACVLQSSTIMCARWAAERITSTCTYEUIRBWYAAALFEUOWJHBQCTRTSYHPOYH (Your Mileage Will Absolutely Completely Vary Like Quite Spastically So That It Might Cause A Rift Within An Already Existing Rift In The Space Time Continuum That You End Up Immediately Right Back Where You Are And Are Left Feeling Entirely Unsure Of What Just Happened But Quickly Come To Realise That Somehow You Have Poop On Your Hands)

Don't worry, the blaming still stands. Just edited my post. The new products just auto-install and ignore the custom setting in preferences. I nominate Izotope to become the new Bud Light.? At least this appears so for Ozone 11.

There is an option in the settings section of the Izotope Product Manager, Preferences>Custom Install, that gives you manual install options. Then you get the usual pop-up to install and can select "custom install" and deselect AAX. Edit: I just started installing the new products and see that you are correct and that Izotope have decided to circumnavigate customer preferences. *sigh* Brilliant! Yet another reason to nab up Izotope alternatives and cut the cord from these complete and utter corporatized dregs of the industry.

*high 5's JRR shop* *spends next 45 minutes cackling wildly whilst installing sneaky cheap update*?

What's that supposed to transform into? A passenger-side pale, drivers-side sun damaged, dumpy, moustachioed, mid-westerner with more middle-aged spread than all the pallets of spreadable butter in the known universe and with cankles wider than its thighs?

Haha that's pretty rich of them. What's next, McDonald's doing an ad where they say "no fatties!"

I wonder if they found the experience bitter or sweet, or bitter-sweet?... I messed up and re-uploaded the photo. I chopped the very important bottom off somehow.?

...of these marketing derps