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I guess that works if you already own some of the more popular ones - given that you'd have to pay that $25 ilok transfer fee. If you don't, or own some of the cheaper ones, like me, the Effect Rack deal is really tempting, even without a further upgrade deal. I'm trying to figure out if there's any disadvantage to having them in the rack (other than the fact that you can't sell them separately). Presumably there's no CPU hit from using only the ones you need in the rack?

A bit cheaper at JRR, plus you get a 5% discount in cart (group/forum codes don't work).

If you're a guitarist and use amp sims, definitely. I use either this or PSP Nexcellence instead of the reverb on some amp sims. They're both great.

True that. My girlfriend loves the Ibanez for its looks. Doesn't care for the Fenders, Martin, Les Paul, spanish guitar. She likes the bass because it's 'different', and the Ibanez, because it's 'so damn pretty'. Can't argue with that, it is ☺️

For what it's worth, I have an Ibanez AS153. Amazing guitar, incredibly versatile, flawlessly made. Might change the pickups one day but stock they're more than decent. The cheaper varieties are also well built and great value.

That would be something. I guess that would only happen if they made it free for Helix owners.

Beside returning a courtesy, it's an amused 'meh', don't take it to heart. You reacted to an earlier post of mine, so I assume you include me among those who you think have a problem with paying taxes. I don't, you misunderstood my post. So you distance yourself from those naughty, tax-avoiding people, then state that in fact you have avoided paying tax by using the same loophole, and finish by wrapping it all into a positive ethical stand. I just thought it's contradictory, and funny. All good, man

A few Embertone libraries - everything those guys release is gold. Maybe a great deal to upgrade to Ozone 9 Standard/Advanced from O 8 Standard. Still missing a few EZX's, watching the sales. Some cheapo/quality bass amp sims.

Shuffled Backbeats MIDI is sweet!

Sending stuff like that to Africa would be awesome. The trick is to find someone, or an organization, that is collecting in bulk. Here in Budapest, I post on dedicated Facebook groups with stuff I give away, and it often surprises me that everything gets picked up fairly quickly. Including stuff you'd think no one would want, because the hassle/cost of transporting it (e.g. an old couch, a big old monitor). But eventually you find people who collect and repair/restore in bulk, and it's useful to them. Think of a shipping container full of older but working/repairable electronics - they'd LOVE that in so many places around the world.

See if you can wait until the next sale. I got it for $124, as crossgrade from a qualifying purchase (easy/cheap to do), during one of their 50% off sales. If you consider some of the amazing sample libraries it allows you to use, it's quite a bargain.

That's probably why I got it. The 'package' effect, the interface, the hype. I'm sure it also depends on what you play. I mostly play strats and semi-acoustics, so cleans are paramount. I think I have free amp sims that, to me, sound better than Bias FX. As they say, whatever makes you happy.

It's weird how personal taste is. I have Bias FX Pro and can't stand it, I have it flagged as my worst plugin purchase ever ?

Amazing amp sims. And the clean channel is as good/responsive and sweet sounding as that on the S-Gear amp sims, which I love.

@Grem, @Fwrend, @Marc Cormier, etc. Some 20 years ago I stopped being active on a few forums, after thousands of posts and serving as admin on some of them. Apart from becoming too busy for them, I never got to accept/like what they did to so many of their members: grant them a flawed sense of entitlement by virtue of group identity, in what often came across as a twisted popularity contest. Not much has changed. To you, Peter might be a great guy. To you, he’s not a troll. Perfect, no one is trying to convince you otherwise. On the flip side, this matters little me; I drew my own conclusions from my own experience with him. What you think of it is equally irrelevant. Again, this is not a popularity contest. May the Lord protect all of you from the “aggressive misinformation” I was clouding your judgement with, and shower your DAW with IK Multimedia’s plugins. ?

Worked for me, you should get an email to confirm the subscription, then another one with the link to the downloads page.

Peter might well not be a troll. Just a corporate rep with condescending, uninvited commentary over a customer giving up a purchase because a deal became a lesser deal, and others agreeing with him. I'm glad he's been helpful to you. Actually, he's been quite helpful to me, too, just in a different way. Illuminating, I'd say

I find it quite decent, actually. Subtle enough, if needed, to thicken a bit the sound of an amp sim.

It's catch-22. They're still too expensive to be a great deal, while the other deal, the Maag EQ, is too cheap for me to be able to use my voucher. You just can't win ?

Sure. It's a loophole. Might not be a fair one for you, but neither is paying 27% extra just because you're based in Europe. So as long as these are around, people will seek them out. It wasn't that long ago that you could order out of state in the U.S. to skip the sales tax, and there wasn't anything illegal about it, until they adapted the legislation and closed the loophole. Feel free to sort out your business terms with your dealers, that is your right. As a customer, as long as I'm making the effort to pay for your products, rather than download them off a Russian server, and I'm buying them from legit dealers, I don't care about the rest. Not when companies (even operating out of Europe) routinely screw over their customers through their EULA, against the spirit of EU law, by charging silly 'administrative' costs for transferring licences between owners. Close THAT loophole and we can talk about VAT.

Mine too. My brain as well, I've been thinking about it for a few days now Value-wise it's definitely quite an offer, especially for someone who doesn't have a lot of plugins. But I learned the hard way that I need (to try at least) to get stuff I really need/use. And I have comparable, or better options for most parts. As a long-time lurker, half of them probably thanks to Larry ?

JRR was actually cheaper if buying from Europe (no VAT). I was on the fence about getting this, but their 'new' price sorted out my dilemma

Bummer. Can you check/confirm this, please? I'd get this for Amplitube, Modo Bass and T-rackS 5 MAX. I was hoping that if Miroslav Philharmonik 2, Sampletank and Syntronik came with their own serial numbers, one could sell/transfer them separately. Even with the license transfer fee, it would help offset the cost.

To expand on this, can the plugins be downloaded/installed individually if one gets the Total Studio Max deal? And does this also mean that they come with their own serial number, so you could, in theory, sell the plugins you don't use? This would really make it a crazy deal.