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I hate that they do that ? These are not some legacy plugins that no one cares about, but awesome reverbs that many people love and use. How hard would it be for Izotope to integrate them into their Product Portal?

Personally, I prefer the Black Rooster combo (VEQ-5, VEQ-1P, and the free filter).

It's not that it's a bad deal, it's a good deal. I agree with the TheSteven though, the fact that you can download the presets yet you can't activate them or use them is a bit misleading. But I'll give you that it might not be intentional - and maybe I'm just not familiar enough with Arturia's business model. Most people would probably assume, intuitively, that if you can download and install presets, they're free and yours to use. In this particular case that assumption proved wrong and it cost us some time, that's all

I did the same thing. Those installs do actually install the sound packs (they're in their own folders, next to the Factory presets), but unless they are activated in Arturia's Software Center, they're not available, and you can't load them individually, either. When I saw the post you replied too I also thought that maybe they became free. On the flip side, I listened to the demos and they don't sound all that interesting to my ears, so not sure I'll get them, even for 19,99.

That's the trick question. I demo-ed it during the previous sale, and really liked it. It feels quite organic, being able to save tweakable instrument/effect chains and build your own interface with the controls you want. It's definitely more 'analogue' feeling than a DAW and great to just play through. I bought it using the $25 voucher. I think it's good value, but I also hope I'll be able to link it up easily with Reaper using the Jack API.

Got it too. Love it mixed in at low % on acoustic/semi-acoustic guitars.

What warning?

So I guess the unlimited use of the voucher was a glitch then? Based on their 'official' emails and what's been posted elsewhere it seems that's the most likely scenario, unless someone has better info. Kind of made me feel bad for them, as I grabbed a bunch of stuff. Then again, I wouldn't have paid more than $20 (total) for the "freebies" I got (and I didn't already have), which is a fraction of what I've spent on their plugins. I also bought two $29.99 plugins using the voucher, so they did get something out of me this time as well.

I picked up Fault for free, but if they reset the voucher tonight, I might get Zip as well. Or G8 for free. Or the ADA flanger, also for a tenner. Anyway, one of those.

It's pretty crazy how cheap you can get their plugins compared to 1-2 years ago.

Yeah. Unlikely that it will count. I have Amplitube 5 Max, which I bought as a bundle with Axe I/O, and I don't qualify for the Max grade. And that's despite the fact that the bundle cost more than buying the Axe I/O alone, so we're not talking about 'free, bundled software'. I find that odd but hey, it's IK we're talking about.

I bought the MEssentialFX bundle (65 EUR for me having owned one of the 10 plugins). Interestingly, my price for the other bundles hasn't dropped much at all after I bought the Essential bundle; and there's no additional discount for the MCreativeFX bundle. Not sure if this is by design, or it's just that the site/database hasn't updated the available discounts with the latest purchase.

I'm definitely crossgrading to this from A5 Max, to get some bits I might be interested in; the Hammond, Modo Bass, maybe some other stuff... ... in 2023-2024, for $88 using code: GROUP.

Dear PA, get it over with and send us the monthly loyalty voucher. ?

Big difference is that you're getting upgrades/updates for free. Not bad for people who depend on these to make money. Less tempting for the rest of us, especially if we've already bought many/most of their plugins.

Come'on now ? Off the top of my head, based on things I bought/sold recently through resales: Toontrack, Arturia, Izotope, Acustica, Plugin Alliance, Eventide, Ujam, PSP, U-he, Fuse Audio, Tokyo Dawn, Crave DSP. I suspect that if we'd put together a list of the 100 best known developers/companies on this forum, around 90% or more allow resales.

It's been said here already that you need to treat IK's products as singletons: don't collect them for upgrades, don't expect special discounts because of them. This is especially true when you consider that: - their occasional freebies already qualify you for their typical crossgrade offer - they run a lot of sales which are focused mainly on customers that are new to their different product lines - there's no shortage of cheap IK plugins on the second-hand market, despite the license transfer fees - they generate a lot of marketing hype, which makes some (especially new) buyers disregard alternatives that might offer equal or better quality/value

Me too. ? I'm sure it will be on sale again soon enough though. You mean you were getting them before and you're not anymore? That is odd, maybe shoot them an email?

Scratch that, I'm demo-ing it right now and it is Nembrini. I like it so far - but I like his Blackice amp more. Anyway, the good thing is the promo runs until March 16th, so it's going to be cheap for a while, perfect for everyone to decide whether they want to use their February/March voucher on this. Pretty generous offer for a new plugin!

Like a lot of people, I burned my voucher on Knifonium. Is this another Nembrini creation?

You lost me. You said this was a one trick pony. You also were 'meh' about it. Then you knew about Gojira, but you didn't. Then you post a video with you playing through it using a different preset/setting. Ok, so that is "not Silvera Solo". To show, what? That it's not a one trick pony? That it's still a one trick pony despite a different preset? That you tried it and it's great? That you tried it and it's still meh? It's still an argument of some sort that hinges on taste, but I admit, I have no idea what the argument is. You win. ?