Plugin Deals and Discussion Thread

Cirrus

Waves business model tends to be about reeling people in with offers then trying to get you to sign up to their upgrade/ support thing.

I've spent a few hundred pounds on waves plugins over the years, but because I'm not paying a monthly subscription, they're now legacy products with a more convoluted install/ activation process even though the exact same plugins are available in their newer install/license manager. And if I ever want to use a new Waves plugin, I'll need to deal with two different waves systems or pay a lot to "upgrade" all the previous plugins I paid for to the new versions, which are exactly the same.

Bod

Cirrus said:

Waves business model tends to be about reeling people in with offers then trying to get you to sign up to their upgrade/ support thing.

I've spent a few hundred pounds on waves plugins over the years, but because I'm not paying a monthly subscription, they're now legacy products with a more convoluted install/ activation process even though the exact same plugins are available in their newer install/license manager. And if I ever want to use a new Waves plugin, I'll need to deal with two different waves systems or pay a lot to "upgrade" all the previous plugins I paid for to the new versions, which are exactly the same.

This is exactly the reason I will avoid Waves.  I have a few cheap/freebies from them but I refuse to pay to subscribe to get updates.

It's this behaviour that drives some people in the direction of torrent sites.  It only harms the legitimate owners of the software.

PolarityMan

https://gearspace.com/board/music-computers/158340-waves-anti-piracy-studio-sting-operation.html

spark240

Is this a good deal ?

https://plugindiscounts.com/product/soundtoys-effect-rack/

stratman3142

duotone said:

stratman3142 said:

...I'm seeing ads for some SDX and EZX expansions being on offer at the moment. Any recommendations? I've already got Decades, Death & Darkness and Fields of Rock which I can recommend, except those particular SDXs aren't on offer...

@stratman3142 ;;;

The Toontrack ones I use most often are:

https://www.toontrack.com/product/new-york-studios-vol-2-sdx/


https://www.toontrack.com/product/alt-rock-ezx/
https://www.toontrack.com/product/dream-pop-ezx/
https://www.toontrack.com/product/poprock-ezx/ - Really love the huge midi drum grooves/fills played by Nir Z 
https://www.toontrack.com/product/post-rock-ezx/
https://www.toontrack.com/product/southern-soul-ezx/

@duotone thanks for the suggestions. After listening to loads of the audio demos and youtube clips (for what seems like bloody hours) I decided to go for new-york-studios-2 (I've already got vol1 from SD2).

Plus I went for Music City SDX because I like the sound of the snare (which I think is the Nashville snare). And I got the Hip Hop EZX for some different sounds (as recommended by Mike Luke).

I also went for the poprock-ezx for the large set of midi grooves.

I suspect I could replicate or get close to the sounds if I spent enough time programming SD3, but what the heck.

Heartfeltdawn

spark240 said:

Is this a good deal ?

https://plugindiscounts.com/product/soundtoys-effect-rack/

Yes. I wanted Decapitator so decided to go for Effect Rack. I would prefer to have individual plugins but I couldn't justify the extra cash for the full bundle so this will do nicely. 

duotone

@stratman3142 ;
Great stuff! let me know what you think of them when you have had a proper play with them.
I’m also a fan of Mike Luke, have found his tutorials & demos really useful.

Jonathanthomas83

For anyone who's a fan of amp Sims, the Nembrini stuff is on sale at the moment and they're all pretty immense. Also, the Audio Assault stuff is great.

Springywheel

Black Rooster Audio are having a massive sale - £91.73 for all their plugins. https://blackroosteraudio.com/en/

Also IK Multimedia -  https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/tr5se/ £39.99 for T-RackS 5 SE

Use this code BLACKVEMBER2021 to get 40% off your Audio Damage order. https://www.audiodamage.com/

Springywheel

Cirrus said:

Waves business model tends to be about reeling people in with offers then trying to get you to sign up to their upgrade/ support thing.

I've spent a few hundred pounds on waves plugins over the years, but because I'm not paying a monthly subscription, they're now legacy products with a more convoluted install/ activation process even though the exact same plugins are available in their newer install/license manager. And if I ever want to use a new Waves plugin, I'll need to deal with two different waves systems or pay a lot to "upgrade" all the previous plugins I paid for to the new versions, which are exactly the same.

Waves plugins were all i used for a long while. It was a hard decision to ditch them all and rebuild my plugin collection from scratch. Good thing black friday is here and i can do so relatively cheaply. 

Jonathanthomas83

Springywheel said

Use this code BLACKVEMBER2021 to get 40% off your

Audio Damage order. 

Quanta and Other Desert Cities are absolutely superb.

Teetonetal

Bod said:

Cirrus said:

Waves business model tends to be about reeling people in with offers then trying to get you to sign up to their upgrade/ support thing.

I've spent a few hundred pounds on waves plugins over the years, but because I'm not paying a monthly subscription, they're now legacy products with a more convoluted install/ activation process even though the exact same plugins are available in their newer install/license manager. And if I ever want to use a new Waves plugin, I'll need to deal with two different waves systems or pay a lot to "upgrade" all the previous plugins I paid for to the new versions, which are exactly the same.

This is exactly the reason I will avoid Waves.  I have a few cheap/freebies from them but I refuse to pay to subscribe to get updates.

It's this behaviour that drives some people in the direction of torrent sites.  It only harms the legitimate owners of the software.

Yup, been down this road with waves as well, upfront price, is very cheap - a bit like DFS with an always on sale, however, if you come to rely on their plugins then the subscription can quickly add up.

PolarityMan

Anyone seen any hint of black friday deals from neural dsp yet? Im wanting to pickup archetype gojira. 

Jonathanthomas83

PolarityMan said:

Anyone seen any hint of black friday deals from neural dsp yet? Im wanting to pickup archetype gojira. 

I think that's one that many that will be keeping an eye out for. Soldano is at the top of my list!!

fretmeister

Neural 50% off

Not too shabby!

PolarityMan

fretmeister said:

Neural 50% off

Not too shabby!

I will return forthwith laden with a brand new gojira guitar amplification plugin!

Jonathanthomas83

Soldano purchased, oooffff! Happy days indeed

stratman3142

I decided to go for the Neural DSP Soldano SLO-100. Thanks for the heads up @fretmeister ;;;

Now I'm tempted by the Archetype Cory Wong.

pintspiller

Half-price on most items XLN Addictive Keys / Addictive Drums

stratman3142

Quickly gave in to temptation and decided to go for Archetype: Cory Wong, as well as Soldano SLO-100.