Brian Walton

I got both during the last sale. The cloning and some of the auto brushing features made me grab Painter too otherwise Rebelle would have been fine and even preferable for me. It certainly has a more generous authentication system that I appreciate.

Not sure but the standalone equipment it uses under the hood is also high consumption. I'm sure they just reused code and with more functions in one plugin it adds up. Too bad as it seems nice.

No more generic and even the $25 is based on recent purchase history. The glory days are gone. Not that I need or want one but..Last month was my last voucher and I spent a stupid amount in 2022...don't remember how much in 2023 but a lot less than before. I have some forever 29 that I've been waiting for something amazing to use but nothing has drawn me in. The new Amek Console would have done it if it wasn't a resource hog...unlike the Amek 9099

On my machine simply removing ".vst3" on the folder was not adequate. Even after multiple attempts, reinstalls, full scans, etc I had to rename the folder and move the VST3 file itself into the parent folder. (where other VST3 plugins go from various developers if they are not put in their own subfolder. That worked for me

Did you test on Cakewalk Bandlab by any chance? (seemed to work in Reaper but not Bandlab for me)

My experience installing new versions and after a VST rescan:

This. While I'd like to keep seeing more, the reality is there is a lot there as long as they don't kill off the platform. It remains an impressive free collection that could be a gateway to the brand.

Big fan of the fact it actually does work as a plugin in affinity photo. As for the main raw program they sell, it is frustrating that the version that comes with the plugin option costs dramatically more than the version with all those tools and more in a standalone form. Great way to get some of that functionality for free here.

That is it. It used to be something like $299 retail if I remember correctly. I own it other than the Sunset sound and tape module but my price is the same $99 (and I have the vast majority of IKM products also)

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/upgradeforall/

wonder what the CPU hit is like, NAM is pretty high. (also curious what circuit is modeled/captured, seemed pretty vague in the post)

Yeah, I started out the same when TONEX came out, but as time has passed on, as much as I appreciate these other developers - I find it doesn't make sense for me to buy products I simply will not use. Funds are limited and I've shifted that spending to those buying and capturing high end amps. There is no reason why these other makers couldn't do the same and add packs to their lineup, they choose not to. There are plenty of packs out there I want but don't have yet and frankly take some of this approach now with the tonex pack creators buying some packs when cheap enough even though I know they will get less use than other packs. $50 is a lot of money for something I won't use. Price needs to be far less than that to simply "support" the developer.

ToneX user here (with quite a few after market packs) These $50 plugins are an easy pass. I'd find far more value putting that money towards more packs. Also when I'm looking for Laney tones, I'm thinking more along the lines of Tony Iommi, Billy Corgan, or even the Lionheart (vintage tone and dynamics instead of a modern voice like the Ironheart)

Different Laney model but these Lionheart captures from FunkyBot (for free) are on par with other paid packs of different amps that are out there, and formatted in a similar way giving a good range of the amp. https://www.tone.net/tonex/search/?q=laney+lionheart+l5t&search_filters=

Clearly he had early access to the release. He is doing good stuff though I also think it is odd having content creators getting all this early access as though IKM is passing off the job of updating customers.

I'm sure you have plenty of feedback that $169 is a tough pill to swallow for many of us that just fiddle around with opening some VSTs with low latency outside a DAW I'm glad I got v3 and v4 at a heavy discount, but personally wouldn't pay any more for it due to the value I personally get out of the product. Thankfully TONEX now has a pedal form (in addition to the ITB) and for me this dramatically decreases the need for a real time VST loader.

I was curious about the changes, this seems to cover some (if not all) of it.

Are far as Laney Cab based IRs, this is one of my go-tos https://ml-sound-lab.com/products/70s-giants-cab-pack not really intertested in the AuoraDSP plugin as I'm sure I'll be better served buying the eventual ToneX capture pack of a Laney amp at a far lower price point.

Price isn't that surprising given the market. Pretty standard pricing for a made in the USA hand wired amp that has a tube driven tremolo and reverb with built in power scaling They certainly could have done an overseas job here, but when you build amps in CA the price tends to be top of the market.

I haven't tried this yet but seems an odd play to not really market something as an AI noise reduction tool ala ClarityVX or Goyo Super tone Clear. They already have Nectar as an "ai" assisted vocal clarity/enhancer with multiple product tiers. A v4 update would be a clear way to add the noise reduction component. And if the emphasis isn't on noise reduction using AI, then isn't it at the core a Nectar competitor?

Agree, was surprised and disappointed they didn't re-release the goldtones here and went with something different.

Sonar (the beta only release) or a legacy version? (or the 3rd option Cakewalk by Bandlab that isn't technically "sonar")

I wondered the same for 2 seconds, then thought about the fact that is still twice what I paid for the full program. Can't support these "upgrade" prices when the only thing I really care about is a resizable UI.

edit: I guess the other time this happened was with Gig Performer. Both of these companies charge a lot more than outside PA for the update, making them cost prohibitive to upgrade - so I'm not sure that avoiding buying via PA does the consumer any good.

It seems it can be done via drag and drop.