Larry Shelby Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Get it here https://slatedigital.com/heatwave/ 6 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Installed! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidos Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 As far as I can see this will always be free, right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOK Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Yeah. Those Slate freebies have all been a perpetual license so far. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, Solidos said: As far as I can see this will always be free, right? Do you want to hold off until they pay you take it? ? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidos Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Bapu said: Do you want to hold off until they pay you take it? ? Given how fast the prices drop, this isn't even that impossible ? In all seriousness though, I don't have a Slate Digital account yet that's why I asked if this is a time-limited offer. FYI, if you are someone who doesn't like iLok then don't even bother, this plugin requires it. Edited November 20, 2023 by Solidos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zo Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Remember when waves releasd one knob series , every body was joking on it , now each brand has an equivalent lol .. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 I have so many saturation plugins at this point, I think I can stop buying anymore unless something really amazes me. So, another freebie...Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zo Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 15 hours ago, PavlovsCat said: I have so many saturation plugins at this point, I think I can stop buying anymore unless something really amazes me. So, another freebie...Why not? To be honest , i don't count how many freebees i don't even care to install ... this one being one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 15 hours ago, PavlovsCat said: I have so many saturation plugins at this point, I think I can stop buying anymore unless something really amazes me. So, another freebie...Why not? List of reasons 1) ilok - guessing this is like "Air" where they only give you 1 seat 2) another plugin to scan 3) Function covered by something else 4) More clutter in the VST folder 5) I'll never actually use it other than to open it for the first time 6) revisiting projects in the future if I accidentally do use it becomes a hassle 7) Think Slate uses a manager / not just an individual installer? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 34 minutes ago, Brian Walton said: List of reasons 1) ilok - guessing this is like "Air" where they only give you 1 seat 2) another plugin to scan 3) Function covered by something else 4) More clutter in the VST folder 5) I'll never actually use it other than to open it for the first time 6) revisiting projects in the future if I accidentally do use it becomes a hassle 7) Think Slate uses a manager / not just an individual installer? With regard to iLok, I already use it and I'm only going to use effects like this on my main DAW PC. But couldn't you just create another account for an additional computer if it's an issue? Otherwise, my reason for installing it is that Slate very consistently delivers excellent quality (FTR, I am friends with Steven, but I wouldn't say/write that it if I didn't mean it; I'm friends with a bunch of devs whose libraries and plugins I don't use -- and the reality is, I use every devs competitors products, it's just reality) and it's worth installing for me because different saturators have different characters. If I compare it to others and it doesn't stand up, I'll just delete it. But, IMO, it's worth trying. Also, I already have other Slate plugins, so I already use their installer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 (edited) 29 minutes ago, PavlovsCat said: With regard to iLok, I already use it and I'm only going to use effects like this on my main DAW PC. But couldn't you just create another account for an additional computer if it's an issue? Otherwise, my reason for installing it is that Slate very consistently delivers excellent quality (FTR, I am friends with Steven, but I wouldn't say/write that it if I didn't mean it; I'm friends with a bunch of devs whose libraries and plugins I don't use -- and the reality is, I use every devs competitors products, it's just reality) and it's worth installing for me because different saturators have different characters. If I compare it to others and it doesn't stand up, I'll just delete it. But, IMO, it's worth trying. Also, I already have other Slate plugins, so I already use their installer. I also use iLok, but one install is problematic for me. I have two iLoks (and certainly prefer a min of 3 installs). Need the authorizations in the same account as I'm not about to buy a crazy number of plugins twice. I certainly agree with having more than 1 saturator. But everyone is going to have different stuff. I find that there are a few that get installed and have never made it to a project adn keeping track of them and uninstalling is more hassle than the freebie was worse. This was simply in response to a "why not." And for me, these were my reasons on this one. I do like Slate's Air plugin and it gets used. Edited November 21, 2023 by Brian Walton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojtek Stecyszyn Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 Great plugin - I love what id does to my bass guitar. However, Im not a iLok fan. I often work disconnected from internet. I can't take that risk. Does anybody know similar plugin that does same job as Heatwave but free from iLok? I tested many saturation plugins, but none from those I tried gave me similar results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT music Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 11 hours ago, Wojtek Stecyszyn said: Great plugin - I love what id does to my bass guitar. However, Im not a iLok fan. I often work disconnected from internet. I can't take that risk. Does anybody know similar plugin that does same job as Heatwave but free from iLok? I tested many saturation plugins, but none from those I tried gave me similar results. Try this and then comment... Chow Tape Model https://chowdsp.com/products.html BPB Saturator https://bedroomproducersblog.com/free-vst-plugins/bpb-saturator/ IVGI saturation & distortion https://klanghelm.com/contents/products/IVGI 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojtek Stecyszyn Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 Thanks for the recommendation - I tried them all. BPB Saturator is very simple - too simple I would say. And its just a saturator whereas Heatwave is much more - transient shaping, compression, saturation, EQ with clipper - this is why it it produce this amazing sound. IVGI - same -only saturation and distortion and very subtle - there are tons of great saturation/distortion plugins that does similar job. And Heatwave - I still could not find anything similar (at least for free). Chow Tape is the most versatile from these three and really impressive, however again I was unable to reproduce same results as Heatwave. The search continues 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamienF Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 (edited) You can also try Burier by Kit Plugins, which sounds good at is probably more than only a saturation you can also look Urban Puncher or FireMaster by United Plugins (saturation + compressor + transient designer) Edited December 11 by DamienF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT music Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 5 hours ago, Wojtek Stecyszyn said: Thanks for the recommendation - I tried them all. BPB Saturator is very simple - too simple I would say. And its just a saturator whereas Heatwave is much more - transient shaping, compression, saturation, EQ with clipper - this is why it it produce this amazing sound. IVGI - same -only saturation and distortion and very subtle - there are tons of great saturation/distortion plugins that does similar job. And Heatwave - I still could not find anything similar (at least for free). Chow Tape is the most versatile from these three and really impressive, however again I was unable to reproduce same results as Heatwave. The search continues Try the free Softube saturator, but you will have to install the central Softube... https://www.softube.com/products/free 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojtek Stecyszyn Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 55 minutes ago, JT music said: Try the free Softube saturator, but you will have to install the central Softube... https://www.softube.com/products/free Will I be really first to tell you, dear @JT music that we have Softube Saturation among stock plugins in Cakewalk ? It's one of the ProChanel modules to choose from. It's a very nice saturator indeed but again - Heatwave has bit (or much) more under the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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