Brian Walton

Agree on the high pass/low pass thing, I've had that concern with the software version since it came out...but in the software world easy to add another plugin to deal with it...pedal world not so much. I honestly do not thing MAX is that much more valuable than SE. There are a few extra decent amps that IKM has done, but unless they expand on MAX down the road - it isn't like they profiled that many amps for MAX and hate to say it - many of the captures they did not very good. Some are fantastic...others are below meh. It is good if you didn't buy a version already though. But there are user captures that are in that same boat - the spectrum of awesome to unusable. And the low tier gets you access to all of that. Yes, you can do this and it is mind blowing at it. However, the question is there a profile(s) that get the core tone you want....or do you have the ability to capture the rig you already love (i.e. you own a re-amp box, microphones, amp with cab, computer interface - and time....old computers can take 5+ hours for one single capture). New computer with Nvidia graphic card closer to 15-20 minutes per capture. Run some demos with the free version on your computer - if anything the pedal is going to sound and respond better than that when used on its own due to low latency, proper signal inputs and nice converters.

Expired for the day.

Must be nice to have the free time to actually play instruments and not just collect VSTs that never get used.

I bet people notice if the part is played really poorly and off-beat. Thus the legitimacy of wanting MIDI/some program to do it for us. I know I tried recording a shaker part a couple times that sounded so awful it was distracting. ?

This was the first thing that came to mind. 2nd is Jamcussion if someone happens to also have a Jamstix plugin. I've never tried to control that specifically, but have generated a few as part of a larger "jamcussion" groove where a tambourine is included as an element.

Omni was the first Channel Strip I started to use as a "standard" across tracks that didn't feel limited such as all the SSL clones. But I hate the WAVES model and switched to the AMEK

Thats true, Ironically I'm more inclided to use Mix box as the random effect / design tool than the standard "chanel strip" for basic adjustments. So I might use the Amek for the tone and dynamic shaping then MIxBox on select tracks for "coloration" effects ala Chorus, Flanger, Uni-Vibe, Tremolo if I'm not using a dedicated unit for one of those functions.

Yep or just the the Plugin Alliance Amek 9099. ? I haven't been able to truly figure out the freeze method in a way that works well with my workflow. I've had to do it hundreds of times over the years but realistically mixing shoud be done in the context of the mix, not an individual track and freezing one track to move on to the next effectivly makes it an individual track type of adjustment not in the context of the whole. I've got the Snap Heap thing also, but have only attempted minimal use with it. It is a good concept, but haven't fallen in love with the interface yet.

It is a great concept and pretty well executed everywhere other than the processing power it can require depending on the plugins used. Not for older machines + high track counts, in my experience.

Sadly it doens't stack with JamPoints as far as I could tell. Otherwise this would have been an amazing ToneX pedal opportunity.

It is the best sibilance reduction/removal tool I've found. Granted, it is horrifically expensive for that function.

Gave a quick test spin, sounds pretty good for a free one. Blending between the two algos is a nice feature and would certainly be cool if they added more to it like the actual pedal. Resizable and simplistic. Indeed, a little questionable using a name so well known. That said, it is also really easy to remember because of it.

They charged me more than the local tax rate, but at least they had free shipping. Last physical gear I was going to order from them had some outrageous shipping charge that negates all the jam points savings. Question is how quickly they are actually going to ship these things, the receipt says expect 3-5 days to ship any order. Which is usually the delivery expectation from any other music dealer these days.

This, and you can't even access the library tab without registering the serial number. So it is unfortunate for those of us that bought multiple products to get toneX. Such as the AXe I/o and now the pedal.

I think (and pray) that 44.1 is a typo. Other pages seem to list the spec as better than that. Agree lack of fx loop is unfortunate, and so is the lack of ability to load a ToneX pedal model and an amp+cab as a preset. Effectively you would have to capture the whole setup and load that.

Also 400 in USD. Not too bad if you have JamPoints to cover 30% off that. 90 day warranty on an item they also state will take years of tour abuse seems pathetic though

Goldwave must be some jivin cats then.

Used this 20 years ago, looks like the same interface. Pretty hideous. I'd probably grab one of the Soundforge studio recent versions you can grab for about the same price. It isn't pro (outside of a humble bundle deal) but would cover a lot of the bases.

This is the post that indicates if you bookmark it you get update notifications: https://forum.scalerplugin.com/t/scaler-2-latest-version-updates/3542

I like the fact it doesn't phone home for such things (though understand the anoyance of not knowing when an update drops. I think there is a thread you can subscribe to on the forum. Finding it in your PB account is actually super simple even if you have a ton of purchases. Just use the search bar in your account after you login. Or the alternative is simply looking at the update tab in your PB account:

Thankflully they haven't caught on to modern pricing schemes yet so it makes it an easy pass on everything. (even if they don't have the PA or Softtube counterpart - that don't require Ilok and sound the same)

2.7.3 Prevent a crash when loading an invalid state file. Maintain timing information on the EDIT page when dragging new chords. Fix the user chord sets list refresh using the custom user location.

Street price is the only relevant stat for both. Given the odd value of the ToneX listing, I'm assuming that is some sort of street price....as MSRP is notoriously some number one penny shy of a whole number.

Lots of factors you didn't include.... Number of tracks? Latency settings / buffer settings? What constitutes too many plugins? I can cause a modern computer to fail at 44.1 16bit with a bunch of vsts and effects while trying to run a bunch of low latency real time tracks such as amp sims and using high CPU effects. I can also run 192 without problems for a stereo recording and high buffer settings on the same machine.

I've used a lot of these in the bundle (not easy photo or the other ones that are a subscription). Most of these are really more like a plugin for Photoshop similar to the Nik collection. Just want people to be aware this isn't a Photoshop alternative like Affinity, etc.