Brian Lawler

I confess to being a Hornet fanboy. Total EQ has been my favorite since I got it a few months ago. Love the (L)isten function to hear the filters in isolation. I don't have Fabfilter to compare, because I would get booted from the Lars 29 Club! =B

Well, if you want to take it for a spin, this code splice-reasonplus-90 seems to work for a 90 day free trial. I would hope that they come up with some kind of discount on Reason+ again when version 12 drops (around the end of the 90 day trial)... maybe?

The Reason Studios rep on this forum https://forum.reasontalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7523102&start=25 says any purchase/registration after May 1 is good for the free upgrade to 12. Scroll down and look for user MattiasHG. Also note that he said "Yes, if you happen to find a Reason 11 Suite that, too, will be upgraded to Reason 12 if you register it during the grace period." So I might take that to mean that no more "Suite" SKU's are going to resellers.

Yes. Reason Studios confirmed (on their forum yesterday) that Suite is discontinued for 12 and later. Kind of puts us 11 Suite owners in a quandary as far as "catching up" with the after v 11 releases. Pay per pieces wanted, or go to subscription (Reason+). I think the current deal for Suite 11 is as good as it will get for those that want to get the goodies and avoid the sub.

https://www.hornetplugins.com/ 60% off singles, 30% off bundles for the next week. About as low as he goes except for Christmas 70% I believe.

May Madness at Reason Studios. 30% off everything (Rack units, loops, etc).

https://www.audiothing.net/effects/filterjam/#grabit

This probably isn't the solution, based on your symptoms, but you might try it: https://solidstatelogic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007770037-Hear-your-DAW-and-apps-at-the-same-time

Mulling Vocal Bender over, as I already have Little Alter Boy. Found the following direct comparison. Agree with @Carl Ewing that Bender sounds much less "gritty" in the YT vid.

Thanks for the tip on the freebie. Already have a bajillion "classic" soft-synths, but I now have a new registration on my Tracktion account. My MalwareBytes filter REALLY did not like Tracktion registration page. I had to whitelist it and still click though a "Phishing Warning" from MB to get in. False positive, I'm sure. I think I have been on there in the past couple months without issue.

Even though the Windows plug-ins have not been updated, I still think they are a great value if you catch them in bundles, etc. I resurrected many of them for use on my laptop for simplicity of install/activation (iLok software) and low space and CPU impact. @Yan Filiatrault - I have not experienced any crashes or problems with AIR FX or VSTi with Windows on either desktop or laptop. I think I have most if not all the VSTi's. I only have a subset of the FX that came with a MIDI hardware purchase some time ago, and I don't use those regularly.

The only thing updated is the installer shells. The VST dll's in these are byte-for-byte identical with the 2015 versions that I had. I didn't see any difference in the content either, but I didn't feel like digging that deep with WinMerge.

I gotta give props to Rob Papen. I just bought the Explorer 6 upgrade nine days before the release of DelSane. You have to draw the line somewhere, but RP immediately issued me a (no charge) key upon my request. I probably would have popped for the $29 anyway, because I collect delays like some gather compressors. Fun to play with.

Found this on RP's YouTube post.

Well, Gainmatch was an easy sell. I watched the videos and spent 15 minutes with the demo. LOTS of options "hidden" in the menus/icons. Got it direct for $15 thanks the the "YT15" code published on this forum.

I found it! Gainmatch It was $19 on sale for $12 (in early March- not on sale now). Not sure if it has the same ability as this thread product, but certainly cheaper. I just looked at the Youtube vids for it and it looks very useful.

I thought there was a @ $20 VST mentioned on this thread a few weeks ago, but I can't find it now.

Thank you! I just discovered that when I was poking around. They are all installed locally now. I still show an update for "Arturia Lite" in ASC, but that can wait. Much to explore in P3.

Yeah. I got the free Pigments 3 update installed, but since buying the $19 patch kit, Arturia Software Center has been a smoldering heap. Oh well- Something to look forward to!

Note Magix' non-commercial use restriction. I know you mentioned not usually using stuff with this restriction in one of your videos. I am in the same boat. I bought a few of their packs in the early days, and although I don't currently license or sell music, I prefer not to keep track of such sources.

I agree with abacab's critique, but I did not find VIP at all worth keeping on my system. I got it "free" with my Alesis VX49 keyboard a few years ago, and had high hopes for a "poor man's Komplete" via hardware support in the VX49. It has been more than two years since it was updated, so I expect it must be abandoned. I cleaned all the VST-2 stuff off my system in favor of VST3 (except for VST2 only apps *cough* UJAM), so that was a huge strike against VIP for me as well.

I have not received it yet either, but I discovered a bunch of freebies in my https://my.presonus.com/products/add-ons that I was not even aware of. Thanks OP for getting me to check. AFIK the third party stuff works in other DAWS as well. I expect the BassRoom will appear there soon. -edit- I just discovered that I opted out of all Presonus emails. I can't seem to turn them back on, so I will have to check the account once in a while

For the tightwads like me that passed on $6 at APD, Pad Therapy is currently $4.24 after "GIVEME10" coupon at https://www.rigid-audio.com/

The email would come from Fastspring with download links from Fastspring. Try going to this link https://rigidaudio.onfastspring.com/account and enter the email address that you used for the purchase. If you don't get a reply, is there a chance of typo? I picked up a bundle last night and had no issues. Good luck!