Brian Walton

Free update for those that have Scaler 2. Discount for thsoe that don't. https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/3-Studio-Tools/93-Music-Theory-Tools/6439-Scaler-2?utm_campaign=384132_PB - Midweek NL - 26-05-2021&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&dm_i=6D39,88EC,102YK4,YR5W,1

Incorrect. You just can't get the dynamic discounts applied to that particular plugin at the reduced price.

Good point, the most recent email itself even has conflicting info...both quotes in the same email. I had not caught the 29th previously so it seems inevitable that it will expire on the 29th and we will see a Memoral Day weekend sale or something like that. (May 29 - 11:59 PM California Time) It expires at the end of this month.

Not for this one, but I have to imagine I'd love one for the inevitable sale before the end of the month they will run on something else at a more reasonable price point. ?

Ugh, anyone know how to remove a freebie from my PB account? ?

The Turbo Reverb (even the LE version) is pretty crazy in the number of options it provides and I find the sound quality to be top notch for an Algo verb. As for the keep the value proposition. This is true as long as you plan on keeping them. If you plan to sell them, perhpas not so much as I think the transfer fee is something like 20% of current full retail, which can make the more expensive plugs (like the Turbos) rather difficult to "sell" As for me, I plan on keeping them and appreciate the free updates and continual improvements. Looking forward to the Version 15 offiical release.

Including the ones already officially endorced by Ampeg (Brainworx/UAD/Plugin Alliance)

Don't they have a trial version?

I didn't even know Hornet made a plugin that expensive! ?

This plug could benefit from a scalable UI. Can't even imagine the 4K monitor users with this one. (i've seen worse of course) Didn't show up in the screen shot, but when you move knobs you get text in the "slope" area that is really hard to read even at 1920x1080

It seems to me most of them that really have that kind of functionality are using Melodyne in the background to do it. Ex - tempo mapping from an audio file in Cakewalk, Audio to MIDI in Cakewalk both require Melodyne to be installed to work.

Even as an owner of only one ilok, I also think this is pretty lame. I thought about getting a second so I could just have the two physical iloks but the practice of this one manufacture was my hold up. Basically never even use Studio 4 as it is anyway but I like to think I'd have the ability to use it when I want to regardless of the compuer. Also annoying that you can't have 4 and 5 simultaneiously installed on one computer even if you have two seperate seats for each product. Say Essential 5 and Stuido 4.

I saw that too, but also wondering if I'd ever use it as an owner of MAutodynamicEQ or Toneboosters 4EQ. Seems like a great price for something in a similar catergory, and it doesnt' really get much better than Hornet's authorization scheme.

My understanding of this is the LE and Free Owners basically have no reason do download it unless a 3rd party developer uses those sounds in the instruments they create. They are basically not really used in the LE provided instruments. While they are available, they can't be tapped into in those versions to actually use unless someone uses them as part of an instrument library at the "developer" level.

Lets not forget the Lindal Audio 80 for Plugin Alliance.

WUP is still based on the retail price, and all the plugins are not eternally on sale that is the loophole. They might always have some kind of sale going on for some of the plugins, but that doesn't mean you can pickup Omni-Channel for $29 365 days a year. Only time I'll get WAVES plugins at this point is when they are free. Otherwise not interested, even at the "sale" prices. With other plugin shops like Plugin Alliance, Melda, Audiority, IKM, Kazrog, and even Boz I find it hard to get locked into 1-seat and unreliable installs/activations.

You just read what it tells you during checkout. ?

I'm aware, I just think the audience is different. 6 years on the market for the VSM3 which has seen countless discounts for years now. Maybe it was planned, but I also don't think that such a sale was wholy deteremental to the sale of the vsm4 due to the time on the market, the price structure, as well as the distribution system. You mentioned hurting the release, honestly the VSM3 sale got me to look at the VSM4 release, and if anyone else was like me...that means they got some traffic they wouldn't have otherwise. I'd imagine PA has a FAR greater audience than Vertigo does...

Anyone releasing a saturation plugin for almost $200, isn't exaclty trying to help their own sales. If they brought it to market with a reasonable $50 price point, sure, I'd make some correlation. But two different customers for a $40 plugin (or less with vouchers) and one for nearly $200 with no discount path....

Terrible, no way I'd pay for that. I'm firmly against subscriptions anyway...so I was out before the ilok issue anyway. ?

1,500 Does Slate require the cloud session? Or just Local Authorization with the Manager (but also not the physical dongle).

Would be nice if they had a resizable GUI update. Many of these instruments are just fine sonically with some processing.

I expected more compression. ?

Your OP doesn't make a whole lot of sense. You warn of using Chrome, which is a web broswer. Cakewalk doesn't work as a web app. It is a download and install on a windows machine full fledged DAW. I'd imagine the majority of us use this applciation. The "bandlab" web based app I have no interest in and have never used it. Cakewalk can handle an insane number of tracks on a decent computer. My computer specs are far less impressive and I've used the program for many years without issue.

i'm already concerned about a possbile CPU hit given the granular section (along with everything else), though it seems you can turn off different sections (grains, spatial, and reverb).