Brian Walton

Yep it arrived eventually. I was concerned they might not honor it.

While it is a good value on the surface. I bought 2019 and never used it before getting 2020 the following year. No different than plugins, if you don't end up using it...also money wasted. If it is software you plan to really use, crazy good value.

That is my experience also as I have two different versions of Painter, CorelDraw, etc. But the listing specifically states DRM Free. Thus why I'm looking for specific confirmation on this deal.

Any feedback if the 2022 version they are providing is actually DRM-Free?

Hopefully you didn't sleep on yesterday. Lots of good free options and some all time low prices if you were willing to spend $10. Not just the PA stuff but getting iZotope Neo for $10 as long as you had the basic everyone gets it loyalty voucher.

Well this is interesting, the deal changed this morning. On my end I now see that the middle bundle is fixed price and also includes Painter Yesterday it included Paint Shop instead and the middle tier was the only pay above the average. Ive done a lot of these bundles over many years. I've seen some changes to wording after they catch something, but changing the tiers like this is a new one to me.

Now I'm not on a great machine for this example but in terms of resources they are in two totally different catergories

Cost of paying more than the average to get the middle bundle vs getting Painter 2022 seems completly negligable, and Painter is the most "valuable" program in the lot.

Might be a region thing, in the USA there is no need to BTA to get the top tier bundle. It is strightup $30 (only more if you choose). This is the part I want to know about. Is Painter 2022 here actually DRM-Free? I have 2019 and 2020 and both are the typical 2 computer limit authorization. If I can install this one on a handfull of my own machines, I'm interested again.

I've got dozens of "boutique" pedals. Only Fulltone I had on the board for a while was a Deja Vibe (though I've tried most everything they ever made). There are so many fulltone pedals on the market that it doesn't even feel like "boutique" is even appropriate at this point. Glad they had a long run, but not having them made any longer isn't going to be earth shattering. Tons of other stuff on the market plus these are not the kind of thing that ends up in a landfill very often. Those that got made will still work for a long long time and can be repaired when/if the Caps crap out some day. There was a time where Fulltone was one of the only easily available hand built options. Now everyone and their brother is a pedal builder. There are a few things the market will lose with this annoucemnet - the actual real world tape delay and the tri chorus. Other builders are not really going to spend time with that kind of stuff. Everything else is well covered, IMO.

I never picked up anything from Izotope from the PA_EXT but the other ~5 or so I bought previously were delivered in a couple minutes...so this is "different"

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/izotope-neoverb.html You need both a monthly voucher code by signing up to their email prior to this month as well as the "boom" voucher in the thread. Note, I haven't heard or see anyone actually report they got the redemption code yet. Half a day later I'm still waiting.

DId you actually get an email with a code after this? How long did it take? Ordered 1 hr ago here and nothing so far.

Does this "Komplete" include Absynth? I'll get my coat. ?

I haven't tested it yet, thought the same but the reviews mentioning how much of a resource hog it is (based on the way the thing operates) has keep me at bay.

I'm in the same boat due to Nembrini Sales (and realistically only had my eye on the new Suhr amp as I have all the other good PA ones since that has some overlap with the NA ones, not feeling too compelled) That said, depending on what you have from PA it can be more or less Tempting. Train II and Buxom are quite unique (unless you paid crazy UA money already for them). But lots of the other ones do have quite a bit of overlap from other vendors and then it comes down to which you prefer. Then again this, new $25 voucher puts things like the Amek 9099 console at $15. That is crazy good.

Software is a different beast than analog hardware. Computer Based Synths that are 20 years old had a pretty heavy wall they were up against with computer power and functionality. I'm not going to suggest they didn't make some cool sounds (they certainly did) but it isn't really comparable to guitar hardware (tube amps, etc).

All depends on what you want and are looking for. This puts many of the amps at all time lows with the voucher. $5 (Chandler) and $10 for a plethora of the newer amps is basically as good as it has ever been. The lack of $20 is annoying since we would still have to pay for transfers with this current situation. But those looking to pick up amps, even when they ran the $20 vouchers - many of these amps would have been at a $40 tier with a few at the $30 thus this is as good or better for those prospective buyers.

I think the question is checking out with an actual freebie. They have free plugins without need to purchase but still require a checkout process. Paid purchase is well paid even if you only wanted the freebie of the month.

No way, would be difficult to go back to the last "sonar" version at this point. This particular release, while I'm all for fixes this particular one doesn't seem to intersect with things I ever work with.

Maybe I read the wrong release notes, none of the things you mention are on a "fix list" referenced in the OP link as far as I can tell

Only DAW I use is Cakewalk. None of these fixes are things in my workflow though.

Have it but never used it really. Things that depend on a side chain setup, I tend to get put in the unused bucket on my end. It can work without side chain but I already have other plugins that generally serve the function that this one does. So it could depend on what you have in the tool box. They seem to have a good licensing system, so that is always a plus in my book

Not a fan personally, but was expecting something more like this with the thread:

While I expected them to do this and didn't sign up for forever 29 as I anticipated that. The original terms of the plan was 100% under the concept that upon new release you could get new plugins at the discount that was the point. Not waiting for sales way down the road. New plugin gets released, if you are on the sub you have the option to get it. That was infact the incentive. I didn't expect they would do it for the expensive NI and iZotope stuff but there is a strong argument to be made here.