Brian Walton

We are now over a month after launch. I'm sure they no longer have massive hits for downloads related to the release. Wondering what the plan is at this point.

Post above mine shows that it was part of the free plugins bundle with computer music magazine which is now out of business).

I was surprised they didn't give this to the full version Orbitron owners (especially with the CM situation)

One of the profiles in that pack were "messed up" I think it was one of the clean DI captures. I mentioned it sounded phasey but not sure they went back and re-captured it. I've done over 1000 captures myself (thus have experience with the process), and occasionally I've experienced the same kind of thing where they capture process messes up and does not sound like the setup did at all. There was a similar problem they had with one of the JHS amp releases they collaborated on, but I'm sure they didn't re-capture that one since JHS is half way across the country and it was an on-site event. The Tube Modulator is my favorite in the box uni-vibe simulation. I think I grabbed it for about $10 in what now seems like a one-time-only sale years ago. I agree, the BF "half off" is the normal discount they run periodically on it.

Not only that, but it is actually available now for people that have access to such things (i.e. MComplete, and I'd assume other bundles that have it) Included mics looks like it is off to a good start, hope they do continue to add more. Certainly some surprises of what they did include - but some industry standard things that lots of people would have to record with are also missing.

Deluxe reverb captures are a dime a dozen with Tonex (though obviously of vastly varying degrees of quality). Tone Junkie has a 65 deluxe V2 capture pack he gives away for free with email sign up. I'd start there. https://tonejunkiestore.com/free-deluxe-reverb-v2 I think first of all there needs to be a discussion of what the "vibrato" circuit actually is. In most amps, like a Deluxe Reverb that circuit is NOT a vibrato circuit but an Opto-Tremolo circuit. Now an amp that has an actual vibrato circuit has harmonic pitch shifting in it. So before the search, I'd say be clear on what you are actually looking for or trying to emulate. I think Optical Tremolo is very useful....harmonic vibrato rarely gets used. MOST fender amps mislabel what it actually is, Vibrato in Fender terms usually means Tremolo, which confuses things. As for tremolo / vibrato. I have a number of pedals so don't rely on in the box all that much. That said, here are some options: 1) Tonex does have a built in Tremolo. While the Deluxe Reverb says Vibrato channel, they use an optical tremolo, which isn't much different than what Tonex is going to try to simulate. 2) Audiority Tube Modulator. This has tube and harmonic trem simulations (along with uni-vibe stuff). 3) Melda's MTremolo is free. Certainly a different layout than an amp knob or a pedal, but it can be effective 4) Malibu plugin is also free, I like it because it is literally like a guitar pedal. https://en.vztecfx.com/malibu-plugin 5) Sound toys Tremolator (they have given this away before) 6) Noise Ash Action Tremolo - also free 7) Goodhertz Trem contorl - cool, but the interface I think could use some work. Costs about $35 As for pedals. I have an Empress Tap Tremolo, TC Electronic Pletora X1 (which can load a number of different Trem/Vibrato algos), A hand made tap tremolo, Strymon Flint, I've owned others but these are the ones I currently have. I would absolutely take a great V2 Tonex Profile paired with a decent tremolo effect over UAD personally.

Thanks so much! That dropped it to $1.80, and then I had some points to drop it further to $0.63. Can't pass that up! I've been hoping we get something similar for MURF. I had the bass pedal version of the physical box years ago but sold it because it was so large and expensive for a rarely get to use it thing.

They jacked up the price to $7. Anything under $5 now they added the Moog Phaser to the giveaway list?

That gave that away at launch, but I like it and would be worth the $3.

I agree the THU is going to have some real limitations especially in the mic realism as you move them around and select different ones. That said, I think if you capture your Amp with Tonex using your high end mics, if done right, you will be able to get insanely close. But, you would need to turn the amp reverb off and use a different reverb on both for the comparison. Having a mic pick up the reverb from the amp does create something different than simply adding in post. The "v2" update with Tonex does bring more life and dimensionality to the capture, and it was already pretty good to begin with.

Sadly these are all ones they have given away for free before. Would have been nice if the "curated" list included something that wasn't in a previous give away. 😁

My experience is, I never read them and find the content worthless (is these electronic music or "producer" type of content isn't of interest to me). I'm only interested in the giveaway stuff, but frankly if I'm paying for it, the interest typically is minimal at this point. I bought a number of issues of the now defunct Computer Music under this same thinking when they had something I thought was worth it (though most issues I'd go the free via library route if the give away wasn't really worth the cost) and they had more interesting giveaways than Beat from what I recall over the years. Hate to say it, but if I'm putting enough down for a subscription, I'd rather spend that money on something discounted that I'd actually use. Of course I'm not at the beginning of my VST journey, most releases don't move the needle for me at this point.

Also a waste because the digital version is free though many local libraries in the USA. 🤣

Nope: License Management: License uses online verification, but can be used for 30 days offline before needing to reconnect to the internet. License can be assigned to two different locations.

While it doesn't have the full MTurboReverb (which is insane) inside, it does have more - and better - options than the average Piano VST available within the plugin itself. Combined with the 7 pic "pair" options lots of room for creating a sense of space. Plus there is additional control under the Resonances: