Brian Walton

I don't have either of those two, but I opened up about 15 other bx plugins and didn't have any immediate issues. That is frustrating though when an update breaks stuff. Things like the up side down meters in a previous update should have been caught by even the lowest level QA team.

Electrum is lower than Bassment in the default state (20% on my machine)...however if you then turn on ALL of the effect and EQ modules within it, it jumps up to a similar 30%+ range. Electrum is in the same general range as Amplitube 5 in a default state.

I didn't expect Full to be that crazy either but tried it on a few machines with the same kind of results. I knew it when I bought it just hope/hoped they figure out how to optimize it. At the intro price figured it was worth a chance and perhaps the next computer I get will be powerful enough to run it in a project without concern. One of the issues with these releases is sale prices (and regular price) are just way too high, intro pricing is about the only time the price seems in line with expectation.

FYI "Core" uses 8% of my CPU in the default open plugin settings where the full version uses 32%.

Glad to see this as a bonus for Bassment owners, will want to check out the CPU hit which might be the saving grace as the full version might be one of the most resource intensive plugins I have out of a couple thousand.

Decent Sampler has some nice and interesting libraries for it. Quality and complexity will vary, but a worthy host and some gems to be found.

MguitarArchitect is in development and might be more up your alley when released then. It combines MTurboAmp, MCab and likley other modules into a singular interface. While I like have amp sims with built in cab options, the reality is I'm going to be running at least a reverb in the chain too so the idea of having a one plugin for my amp rig just isn't based in my own reality so not a complete deal breaker. I woiuld be helpful for setting up and recalling rigs though that is for sure.

Correct no cabs included. Yes you will want something if you want it to sound good, but technically it works without one but you would have to be pretty skilled to get something usable. Id grab this for free. https://lancasteraudio.com/shop/plugins/pulse/ It come with at least one cab and can also load others. You can grab more free IRs to load in it. https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2010/10/01/free-sample-shootout-6-best-free-guitar-cabinet-impulse-responses/ This will at least get you up and running.

If you have all the plugins then the 1st three nothing you can do about. This is PA, and I'd guess CLAP will either be a free update for what you do have or they won't suport it at all anyway. ?

If you own all their stuff, then who cares? ? Seriously though, I'm close to that stage and wondering if I should spend the $50 it takes to get in on this one. Nothing I'd be picking up are needs and money is tight with this economy and current situation.

Depends on what you have/when you got in, IMO. It normally took a year to get a big new release down to a ~$30 mark. So this new scheme looks pretty good for those that already had everything they needed. The $15 former deals are now taken over by $20 deals in the emails and don't need a monthly voucher on top. Any new users frankly it keeps them from buying a bunch of the older stuff that would have been $15...but how many of those (non-amp plugins) do you reach for instead of the new shiny ones? For me all the cheaper channel strips now gather dust, the bus comps and eqs are replaced by something else in general. Given the freebie package they just gave out and this "$50 intro bundle" going on that can be stacked with other deals to make the vouchers make some sense, I'm going to suggest we need to wait a couple more months before suggesting the great deals are all washed up. We will see if the min vouchers cost return to normal after that intro bundle goes away....or higher tier NI + Izotope products get added to the mix of what we can buy with that voucher. I've only really been stocking up on PA for about 2 years and mostly what is left is the new stuff they just came out with which in the old world would be many months off from a deep discount better than the $31 anyway. I'll take PA over WAVES anyday.

I'd suggest trying it out. With all due respect to the video creator....yes it is nice to get a video out quickly to gain views but setting all the amps to have the knobs all at "12 o'clock" isn't exactly going to showcase how an amp should sound or respond. Just finding 2 amps in there and really tweaking them to actually sound good would have been far more valuable to the "community" interested in buying the thing. IMO.

I'm not a piano expert but it is the best sounding piano vst I've owned. The size is related to the number of mic pairs you can use (and blend). It has been a demo for a few months.

Yeah, I read that but I also think it is misleading since AD automatically applies it for you. The website linked is simply skimming the listed website prices - which doesn't tell the whole picture. It might be different if you need to be in the know about what a code is.

Nah, audio deluxe is cheaper you just have to login and add it to your cart.

No question it is worth that! ?

I like the Mturboamp for what it is (and think the intro price is about where it should be to get people interested in it - since you also need to have some cab sim /IR after it otherwise it sounds terrible). Related to the tweaking rabbit hole - for me in particular this thing isn't like the AxeFx becuase the tweaking it has isn't normal guitar player stuff and while it is interesting to tweak things under the hood - I don't feel like it actually encourages it. If there were clear knobs and parimeters to the normal amp circuit and biasing stuff along with endless cab combos and mic lockers it would be different. I tend to stick to the front end of this thing most of the time. (I started demoing this thing what must have been at least a year ago)

Also $19 at Plugin Boutique (plus playbeat lite thrown in) https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/18-Amp-Simulator/9219-MTurboAmp I'm waiting on Direct from Melda to see if they will lift the exclusion on this from referal credits redemption. Also curious what Audio Deluxe will come out with for a potential discount.

Of course literally the only plugin from Waves I care about = not put on v14

Because many of us are only interested in the top tier plugins at $31. The vast majority of them we wouldn't buy at that level. Sales plus vouchers (timed properly) can still put us at below $31 as the right combo comes along. I've also said it before, I think once this "Soundwide Intro" bundle offer passes we will either see the voucher min change or the PA store is going to get more Izotope/NI products added. As we have seen all month long, they continue to run sales on individual plugins at the $20-30 level (i.e. below $31).

Have both but that one is an easy choice, Amek 9099. True Peak has been less than $30 a few times and expect it to happen again. I like it, but there was a decent amount of criticism on release on the other side of the fan faire.

Mine was over 20 seconds. But I am on an older machine (but do have SSD and 16 gigs of ram)

I have another account, but I just created another account in literally less than 15 seconds and was logged in.

This. And for the people that just want to try the tech out and don't need all the extras there is a stripped down "micro" free stereo version. https://www.dear-reality.com/products/dearvr-micro

Vox isn't entirely the issue I use vox too. But once you combine that with the word "amp" it is no longer about vocals and 100% about one of the most famous guitar amps in the world.