Brian Walton

Haven't tried this one, but I have yet to try any de-esser that actually gets rid of everything I want it to and leaves in tact everything I want it to keep.....leaving me disappointed and waiting for the fun to show up. Note I haven't tried Melodyne 5s new features.

I'm not sure I would have made any purchase without them. They usually bring something into the range of "ok I'll buy it" Im betting the criticisms come from the idea of just give the extra discount without them. I realize it is a loyalty program but from the negativity I've seen, seems like the customer base that is loyal wants better upgrade, crossgrade offers and feel like the new buy in prices are typically really close to the same. If almost every purchase uses jam points just get rid of the program and lower rates by 30% across the board including when sales hit.

Certainly the best I've seen in the last year assuming you have a $25 voucher. If you don't have a voucher I'd imagine it hitting $29 instead of $39 at some point.

Exactly, my point being this is what IK should have as a new product. Perhpas not the amp, but a pedal board looking device that can go into a Full Range speaker or recording console. The "irig" line looks more like beginner stuff that is also going to get outdated practically instanlty with the use of devices that are built for obsolescene.

The Scheps Omni is great, too bad WAVES is the one that makes it.

Back to my concept of get out of the computer interface. Want to break free from using a computer for guitar tones.

Good EQ but was available for $10 last week...

Tested briefly last night. The interface could use a better design as the layout isn't ideal from a human factors perspective. Interesting pushing a gain knob way up and not getting a volume increase....that can be pretty cool once you mentally get your head around it. Can't say I was getting sounds I prefered out of it quickly compared to some of the PA channel strip options though. EQs didn't seem as musical as some of the alternatives on quick adjustments but I'd reserve opinions until I'd actually grasp the interface and do more testing. a nice freebie, but the real question is will it replace something I've paid for? Not convinced yet, but will absolutly install it on computers where I haven't authorized/don't have enough authorizations for a paid product.

They sure are. I know lots of them that I've told to go download and test out the amp sims, etc and it is almost always a "oh that looks cool" then never gets downloaded or used. I'm both a guitarist and a recording engineer and frankly the tone and feel of in the box has come a LONG way but the interface is garbage compared to my boutique pedal board when you want to jam and change tones on the fly. I really do get it from the guitarist perspective.

Depends on how much the product costs and how much it gets used. I bought Session Drummer 2 and not once have i used it on a project. That isn't cheap software, you can buy a used drum set for the cost of it...which can be resold at zero loss. The idea that a purchase of a few hundred bucks that has not material worth is only valid for a few years of use is equaly absurd in my book. I only fail to resell software becuase it seems worthless on the used market. If the plugin was $5, then yeah that is a you bought it either use it or put it in the trash, but when you are talking about software that has no real resale value where you could have gotten close to somekind of hardware counterpart - that is where the resale thing is a sticking point....which also has an additional cost of ownership with upgrade costs, etc.

This was my thought as well. Since the boutique tones are sparse - I figure an expansion is a long time coming. If they are smart honeslty they should be looking at a hardware unique that utalizes some of the tech. Most guitar players don't like a computer as the interface, they want pedals/things to step on to change tones while they play.

I think the IK comps are top shelf, but if you need something that doesn't have analog flavor I could see wanting something to supplement them. For free MCompressor seems like something to try in that case.

If they are going to remove from Aquarius that seems to indicate no authorizations in the future if you switch machines......not sure if it is worth the time if that is the case.

unnecessary...... as anyone can play guitar, there is even a song title that states this well known fact.

I got it for free as well. I never use it, but it is authorized both to a PC and a physical ilok. Not sure if they had different standards during different give aways, but can confirm mine is not strictly tied to the ilok clould version, which I think is a terrible practice.

There is a hack somewhere to make the SoundForge one stop. I know I found out about it in a thread here somewhere. Edit: this the post above is the solution..

Correct but you can buy more than one seat, which is what I did last year with both R4 and Phoenix. Just shows up as a separate 1/1 in the account. If PB doesn't let you get it if you purchased from them previous that would be odd, since many people want more than one seat.

Those two are very different, I own both. Train II has a massive gain range especially if you use the input gain control.

I own both and suggest doing a demo. I'm more on the classic rock spectrum and wasn't interested in the 100, but found it pretty versatile and the feel is good to play. It is noisy though. Lower the input gain to get lower gain tones, and an external Eq can give it warmth in the mid range and top end. The 40 is more muddy in general and it is fantastic in the sweet spot but I think that spot is a pretty narrow scope. Also Demo the Train II and Chandler for classic rock tones.

Should I be surprised at no additinoal cross grade discount for SE owners beyond what joe schome off the street would get here?

I'd demo them. Air band on the Maag EQ4 to me is unique you don't find on other EQs, especially the 40K setting. Millenia NSEQ-2 is quite good, but is clean enough that it can sound pretty generic, like you would get with a digital EQ. the M/S is a nice feature, so have to look at the rest of your collection. It was an analog EQ designed to be clean instead of the typical tube hardware EQ. Agree the TE-100 is basically something you have to actually learn from a UI perspective, then others are pretty obvious how they work.

They have this free version also, which I tried out for a little bit a while ago https://www.resonantdsp.com/swankyamp/ It didn't match up all that well to my reference amp plugins from PA / Brainworx. But do appreciate developers that put free options out there.

They have some pretty tough competition below that price point right now in the market place.

Excellent sound but not resizable which can be a bit small depending on your setup. I'd run the demo.

I actually had purchased a few Melda products through other retailers such as Plugin Boutique, but those don't acount against a new customer. As long as you haven't gone through Melda's website directly, the referal code program should work - even for owners of some melda products. I must have had 3 plugins purchased elsewhere before I used the referal code. The essential bundle is a pretty good one to use it on. Seems like a waste to use it on the FreeFX bundle since that one is already pretty cheap.