Brian Walton

Have owned the 580s, 600s, 650s. I prefer the sound (and comfort of the 595, 598, and 599s. plus side they are a lot cheaper and are more easily driven by different musical sources.

I'm under the impression it is a little mix of both depending on the product. Realistilly a lot of it is market driven. I never understood the model of $150+ for a single plugin effect for anything other than a full blown studio in terms of rationalization from a budget perspective and with DAWs now including real usable effects in the package, it makes even less sense. Unlike a piece of hardware, the software runs a chance of being "worthless" in a limited amount of time. Current state they have many advantages over hardware in the short term, but your average home producer has a budget that is more in line with where the market is heading than what the manufactures were trying to dictate 10 years ago. I'd much rather have a competive product from Boz than the "big name" due to things like authorization methods and install processes. In the case of the +10db, is has to be hard to compete with something like the Waves Omni Channel when it goes on sale for around $25, outside of those of us with multiple workstations that would need to buy are than one seat to seamlessly use across platforms.

Since when is the Abbey Road Bundle $1K? Don't get me wrong that is one to the best things Waves offers as a package but seems like a bit of an oversell. Hate to say it, but having to listen to that song for as long as it would take to mix it would not be worth the top prize, IMO.

Really like this pluign, but does anyone else have issues running this in 64bit VST in current Cakewalk version? VST2 works fine, but VST3 on my machine freezes the entire project for some reason. His other VST3s don't have this issue.

V1 gets more use from me because of the Pro-Channel module. And since not everyone knew about it, always good to get the word out about a solid freebie.

I have a similar issue with Boz Manic Compressior VST3, though his other VST3s work fine.

Released around May of 2018, so about a year ago.

Has been free since release. Wish he did a pro-channel version with the update, since I get enough frequent use out of V1 that came with Cakewalk as a PC module.

Main one I'm interested in is feedback on the AutoVolume tool "Outlaw" Have one from HorNet but not sure I've ever even used it on a project. Courious your thoughts on this one.

Most "synth" plugins and simulators are cluttered and complicated. I appreciate AAS aesthetic is simple and straightforward. With a smiple play pannel, edit pannel and effects pannel. Don't "Love" the UI but I'd arugue it is way better than most.

Picked this up, only had a few duplicates. Don't use synths a whole lot but AAS makes good stuff and expect some usable stuff within all these packages.

Amazing deal for those that don't have most of them. Don't know if I'd drop $49 for the very few I don't though.

Better than RX 7 elements for $10, I'll beleive it when I see it. ?

And just like that, I want the Game Changer Plus Pedal.... ? I have the EQX Freeze which I have to imagine gave them the idea.

Not true at all. If it was a necessary feature the companies could bank on users paying for upgrades or upgrade plans. The reality is subscription is seen as a way to require end users to continue to pay even though a large chunck of users do not insist on continuious development at a regular pace. The market is saturated and the programs out are so mature that the average user can be one and done for many years. I know many full time professionals that use Adobe CS6. That was discontinued 6 years ago. The DAW market is no different and this is the same timeframe Sonar X3 was released, a still very capable and impressive DAW. Avid has never been a low cost leader and it is no surprise they are trying to squeeze more money out of their user base. They have done this for years.

As Mesh pointed out, I'm picky about picks. I spent hundreds finding the ones that work for me on the quest. Two standouts that make something noticably different than your run of the mill "guitar center" picks. Blue Chip - very expensive but magical material (was used in the production of semi-conductors. Grippy but glides off the strings effortlessly. A wonder substance. V-Picks (ghost rim versions) - thick acrylic picks. They claim they are grippy, but I actually make them more grippy with some careful dremel tool work. The ghost rim option has an interesting grittynes to the attack and really excites the strings, I like this for dirty electric work - not so much acoustic playing. I tried tons of models and the B# ghost rim is my prefered choice from this company. It is kind of a custom order of sorts where you have to put in the notes you what ghost rim on that model, not sure why they havne't made it an official model as at one time the maker indicated it was his "go to." The attack on the string will likley be something you love or hate. My advise is experiment with makers, there are tons of them out there. I would stay away from any pick thinner than at least 1.0mm basically shouldn't even make that trash. ?

Neither Waves or the ProximityEQ require an actual iLok or iLok account though and are not really free. Both require a purchase/ownership of another product to aquire them and will only be valid as an offer for a limited time.

I'd try dowloading the trial and see what you think. That aspect of the plugin does not have deep dive settings on the distortion and compression, most of an on or off feature and therefore describing how much it has or does is going to be highly subjective. For this, I think the only way is to try it. I am not a buy every plugin type of person, for $10 (and getting the Proximity EQ), I will get a lot of value out of this one.

Per Boz's description: https://www.bozdigitallabs.com/product/t-bone/ We also added mid/side mode and an analog mode that adds subtle distortion and compression to your sound. Enable that for some grit, or disable for super clean tone shaping.

I mentioned the idea of a ProChannel version of the Pan Knob recently also. Would love to see both in that format. The PanKnob in particular would benefit tremendeioiusly from it, and I could see T-Bone really working well in the format too.

Picked this up and it doesn't disappoint. I expect to use it much more than anticipated.

Yes, just use enough so you have to pay like .01 out of pocket and you will be fine.

Was not as bad as I expected. You do need the ilok manager, however you don't actually have to have an account or get them to add it to an ilok account if you don't want to. Unnecessary, but not as bad as expected. very resource heavy, as one might expect.

I haven't started the process, but the instructions on the PB website suggested it was needed: Important Note: In order to activate your product, you must have the soft iLok License Manager installed on your computer.

If this wasn't a specific utility (de reverb) I was looking for, I wouldn't even bother. And if it was more expensive would have passed given the ilok piece. Always look for companies that don't set such limitations. Not a fan of dongles, USB ports are precious.