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I definitely agree with this, especially if you include the Presonus Studio Magic Suite into the equation and are starting out from scratch. It’s arguably the most generous and useful bundle amongst the different hardware vendors. https://support.presonus.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001121203-StudioMagic-Plug-in-Suite

If you have Amp Room, try using Fix Flanger within it. I get 3 ms of latency in Amp Room vs. 60 ms standalone (according to Gig Performer).

SuperRack Performer ($99) is certainly cheaper than the SuperRack SoundGrid ($599). Interested in live autotune.

Thanks. Turns out that it’s all the same package, just with different features turned on. When you activate, there’s a choice of Sphere, an existing purchased license, the full version for a time limited demo period, or Prime. So, you can just activate Prime directly if you want. Glad Prime is still available (not for me but for being able to point others to it).

BTW, if you're looking for Artist, you could pick up the iOne interface for $69 (currently on sale) and get it as part of the bundle (along with Studio Magic plug-in suite).

S1 6 Prime was introduced soon after Pro and Artist were, evidenced by this: https://pae-web.presonusmusic.com/uploads/bronto/files/presonus-so6-compare-versions_1_.pdf. I can't find it on the current web page anymore. If they discontinued it, that is unfortunate. Update: actually, the above is evidence that they intended to release S1 6 Prime at some point. I don't know if they ever did.

I was responding to a poster that who thought Artist was free. BTW, IMO, Prime is actually quite functional as a standalone DAW as it provides a lot of functionality for recording audio and virtual instruments (only the built-in ones). It just doesn't have VST support. It's the DAW I used during COVID shutdown for a group of students to record. I would say it's the best free DAW that works on Mac and Windows (but only if you don't need VST).

Currently, it's Studio One Artist that's bundled with some hardware. The free version is Studio One Prime. This is the case at least since S1 4. I don't know about before.

Also, if you didn't know, Studio One 6 Artist now has support for VST plugins, so you could upgrade from S1 2 Artist to S1 6 Artist if you don't need all the advanced features of Professional.

An upgrade now would be to Professional. There's no current Producer product, though maybe you can pick it up used for cheap. I got mine up from the XChange Producer Software Collection and upgraded to S1 Pro 5. The features I like in Pro are Listen Bus, Mix FX, and Show Mode. I'll probably wait it out for another major release before upgrading.

Make sure they’re all Brainworx plugins.

FYI, if you have two licenses, wait until the update plan expires before activating the 2nd one. I made the mistake of activating both licenses ( Bitwig 8 ) concurrently, losing out on 9 months of updates. I haven’t spent time to get up to speed on Bitwig (like Cakewalk, Ableton Live, Cubase LE), but this is a reminder to take a look at it.

No, I had already purchased it with a Forever 29 voucher. Oops, sorry. I didn’t catch that it was exclusive to BX plugins. My bad. Need to work on my reading comprehension.

Looks like the well regarded Kirchhoff EQ is not on the exclusion list so this is a good opportunity to pick that up.

Picked this up for $20 … will be using them within Unify—all of these Cherry Audio synths have been unified. Already had CA2600 and Mixcraft from previous Humble Bundles. Mixcraft came with a lot of content (loops, instruments, and FX), useful if just starting out. Didn’t try to use them outside of Mixcraft, though. I did upgrade to Mixcraft Pro for $19 last year (in August) just to get Melodyne Essential.

Pre-ordered. Looking forward to an easier to use workflow.

Got bx_masterdesk True Peak for $0. Thanks for the heads up.

FYI, if you have all three Lindell 500 series plugins that compose ChannelX (6X-500, 7X-500, PEX-500), you can ask support to give you ChannelX. That’s what I and others have done in the past. BTW, strangely enough, only one (7X, I think) is currently Apple Silicon native, even though ChannelX is.

Picked up elysia mpressor for $5. Thanks for the past recommendations that came up when researching it.

I updated to V14 on my Mac. In Gig Performer, I found two versions of the V14 plugins. So in Waves Central, I deleted V14 Plugins, then ran Repair, and then made the mistake of clicking on Cleanup (Complete Waves cleanup), which deletes everything. Anyhow, I went through the exercise of downloading the V13 Plugins and installing from the offline installer, and was successful, though it was a step backwards from before when you could install directly from Waves Central.

I was seriously considering getting Infinistrip for $49. Oh, well. At least I'm a bit more aware of zero latency plugins now. I'm mainly interested in using this plugin for live performance, either with electric guitar amp sims or virtual instruments in Gig Performer. I've been only using the guitar related plugins up to now but now I know I can use other zero latency plugins. For now, I'll delve into the zero latency plugins I have such as bx_console or SSL Native. MixBox isn't too bad ... though not zero latency, it can be pretty low depending on what's being used--just have to be aware which modules create latency. I was surprised to discover that Waves PRS amps have relatively high latency (90/175 samples @ 44.1) as most amp sims were 0 latency or pretty low.

Hooray for the $20 no minimum vouchers. There was a time that I ran out of plugins I could get for free, forcing me to look at the next level. Looks like I have more options now (new products). Hoping for two voucher resets.

Intrigued. Trying to figure out if my existing plugins have the zero latency functionality that this has. Found this: https://community.gigperformer.com/t/zero-latency-plugins-list/10282

I realize I didn’t have this exact product, but had it via TR5 SE, so that’s probably why I was able to get it.

Got it, even though I already have it from a previous group buy.