Brian Walton

I'm betting there will be, but with this one just dropping I'd say we are a number of months away from a 3.0 kind of update, and last time we all did this from v1 to v2. v1 was on sale and then v2 had a reduced buy in price that combined with the previous sale was as good or better than anyone buying in for the first time. If the trend continues, I'd expect Scaler 3 to be more than $50-60 as a list price and the scale just moves up for what the product costs. As such I expect Scaler 3 to have a decent upgrade path which they will put on sale at time of release. Scaler hasn't operated with a Toontrack kind of model thats for sure.

Based on the listed sale dates, I'd honestly expect this to be "it" for BF. Which at $49 is worth it, and I would't say that about many plugins.

Based on the video outro, I think that is what we can expect. Hopefully it will be as reasonable as the last upgrade from 1 to 2.0 New Guitar stuff is cool, but I think not having a clean, non-amped electric (i.e. a DI) option is a missed opportunity. I haven't fully tested this update yet, but while Scaler is my favorite single plugin, stability has long been a weakness which I hope they contine to address. One of the few plugins that seems to be in my projects when Cakewalk crashes.

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Mcharm reverb by melda deserves a spot on any free verb list too.

https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/8077-Bloom Audiority Echoes is cpu hungry but my personal favorite sounding delay. It really oozes analog unlike many other delays I have. I personally prefer it over pulsar and has better licesne but both are high quality options. Audiority is newly fully resizable.

Grabbed Polycomp for $3 (puchased some Konkat insturment I'll never use) before they change their minds. Always down for an insane Audiority deal and this one I never expected to get that low.

Got these for $34 shipped. No doubt worth that for tracking and letting others hear in the studio. At $50, I'd be a bit more reluctant though decent options new at that price are not exactly commonplace. But I'm also a firm believer that for $130-150 you can get a pair of cans that you don't need to upgrade and are a worthy investment as few things are as important to music creators than what you hear.

Ends Nov 21 https://www.audiodeluxe.com/hot-deals I already got this one as a freebie from (ADSR??) a few months back. But option for those that don't have it. Cheapest thing I see is $9 Either Synthmaster Player or Audio Things Valves

Any of these not require full NI hosts?

I'm counting 16 at the $40 level. and coming from someone that owns over 50 PA plugins - some in that catergory are gems and there are also a number of them I don't even have...so I'd say there are options for the average person in that list.

I haven't run the installer yet for the piano either. Hopefully it allows full sound installs on a seperate drive.

Over 7 GB, ugh ?

Yeah that isn't bad as the initial buy in. Those of us that had GP3 have been given a $99 price for the upgrade on a daily basis for months now.

I wouldn't go that far since they have the $25 survey code and many would have the $25 loyalty vouchers. There are some good picks to be had for $15 assuming someone is using those at the $40 tier. Of course we have seen these prices before but this sale at least gives options instead of the usual one at a time sales. And the multiple products at $99 tier should give the $75 voucher people options when they are frequently shafted.

Guess that makes the sale less apealing then. After they swept the $30 Gig Performer 4 deal from my cart during the last sale while I was shopping around. I learned you have to pull the trigger immedatly.

Prices start at 29.99 EDIT:: They removed the dynamic discounts being applied to the sale items. https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products.html

Guess I wasn't quick enough (and yes, I took the survey)

I'm hoping for that one too one day, but "low low price" is likley a long way off. It might not even hit the $130 price point within a year. That is the carrot they dangle for the subscription buy in. Until they release another "best console emulation ever" plugin I think the expectaiton is it will keep a premium price.

WIthout the inspection, makes me wonder if they shipped out of a different warehouse under the new management for that one... I haven't bought anything from them for a few years.

I've never attempted for software but I did that for Hardware many times until the point where I realized the 3 sales reps I've been through didn't have the power to play ball well enough. They would always provide some additinoal discount but never got to teh same price I was getting somewhere else, so it turned into what is the point? They would tout the extra support, etc. To which I'd reply with I'm incapable of seeing a situation where your team would actually have to exercise that support with me.

At that price might have almost been worth it. ?

Except they are not known as a cost leader. Will see if they run anyting other than the standard 50% off Melda discounts. But they are one of the largest and most reputable music suppliers in the US.

CLA EchoSphere with an upgrade path to the bigger version if my memory serves. Sibilance was given away in a previous year though.

This isn't the full version that has been available for purchase. As soon as they put this verison up for purchase, it looks like it tells you that it is free for a limited time right on the web page (no subscription email necessary to get the code) Though I can understand if this stripped down version is all you wanted how buying the full version previously could feel like a waste of money. I don't remember exactly how much I paid for it (sale plus voucher situation) but I think it is a pretty nice plugin. It gets compared to something like Lurssen Mastering Console, IKM One, or Ozone Elements with different interface, workings, etc. And I'd say I tend to prefer it to those options overall.