KVR Audio

Brother Charles · Post by **Brother Charles** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:26 am

Major kudos to SKnote for this really, really good compressor. If you're a fan of the DBX VCA compressors, you'll love this thing. If you aren't too familiar with DBX compression/limiters, it might be a good idea to get more familiarized with them.

If you're interested, here's an in-depth review.

SKnote c165a Review - DBX Compressor Modelling Excellence

lacandon · Post by **lacandon** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:34 pm

I own every plugin almost of Quinto ! I do agree with this review !

maxxxter · Post by **maxxxter** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:50 pm

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kvaca · Post by **kvaca** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:19 pm

maxxxter wrote:The problem is - it can't be tried!

yes...looks funny

Brother Charles:
althoug this plugin is very good the title of this topic is a bit misleading and should be changed or shortened untill theres a demo available...

jens · Post by **jens** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:25 pm

kvaca wrote:
maxxxter wrote:The problem is - it can't be tried!
yes...looks funny

Brother Charles:
althoug this plugin is very good the title of this topic is a bit misleading and should be changed or shortened untill theres a demo available...

Nonsense - everyone who can buy it, can also try it. If you don't like it, simply ask for a refund.

SWAN808 · Post by **SWAN808** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:46 pm

its a great comp. up there with the best.

bduffy · Post by **bduffy** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:58 pm

analoguesamples909 wrote:its a great comp. up there with the best.

Agreed. I'm still excited to use it, after all these months. Nothing else for Mac VST has that "spanky" sound, IMO.

Brother Charles · Post by **Brother Charles** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:05 am

kvaca wrote:
maxxxter wrote:The problem is - it can't be tried!
yes...looks funny

Brother Charles:
althoug this plugin is very good the title of this topic is a bit misleading and should be changed or shortened untill theres a demo available...

Duely noted, friend.

Ok, changing the title of this post to read: "Used" instead of "Tried".

Developer, Quinto Sardo, is a wonderful developer and a true European gentleman. He very graciously refunds your money if you are unsatisfied with your purchase. No questions asked. Demos get cracked. Unscrupulous people go to audio warez sites and download em' all the time. Mr. Sardo doesn't expend SKnote's development budget, nor time, creating demos; only to have his product(s) devalued on some script kiddie warez site. He's a man of honor, and his plugins are very well worth their cost. If his products were being sold by a large, commercial vendor, they would probably go "on sale" for $100 or greater.

It is for this reason that Reviewer's Revival Blog Site brings attention to independent developers like SKnote. While it's true that Mr. Costello provides demos of Valhalla plugins, I suspect that his reverb wonders are well-respected because of their excellent quality for affordable prices. I pray the same for SKnote, Kuassa, AcmeBarGig and others of their ilk.

Something that I personally really admire about SKnote, is that as the plugins are gradually increasing in popularity, the business practices and pricing remain 'value-concious'. Quinto really cares about his customers and is constantly working at making things better and better. He's gracious and accommodating and truly cares about his customers' satisfaction. You'll find that most SKnote customers are so happy with their purchases, that the 'demo concerns' are quickly abated. You know, like when Valhalla Vintage Verb was released, most of Sean C's customers didn't bother demo it. They 'knew' it would be really good. . .

. I'm one of em'. I love, love, love VVV.

Aiynzahev · Post by **Aiynzahev** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:51 am

I have it, was super impressed by how good it sounded. Super impressed!

Although I've had mixed feelings about some of Quintos other plug-ins. I've not tried all that many though.

I really like his plate reverb and can't wait for his EMT 250 and DDD, will buy instantly I expect.

Recently got an interest in getting Strip Bus again just for the SSl 4k bus comp.

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:18 am

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kvaca · Post by **kvaca** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:44 pm

thanks for clarification and topics renaming Brother Charles,now its much closer to reality...

Brother Charles wrote: He very graciously refunds your money if you are unsatisfied with your purchase. No questions asked. Demos get cracked. Unscrupulous people go to audio warez sites and download em' all the time.

so nobody can honestly try a demo because these unscrupulous people can have free fully functional version /via sent money - refund - retain plugin/...

quintosardo · Post by **quintosardo** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:54 pm

Actually not enough time to manage demo versions.
We'd get great advantage from having demo versions (you can imagine). So missing demo versions are NOT a pleasure here

jethrobull · Post by **jethrobull** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:01 pm

Brother Charles wrote:
kvaca wrote:
maxxxter wrote:The problem is - it can't be tried!
yes...looks funny

Brother Charles:
althoug this plugin is very good the title of this topic is a bit misleading and should be changed or shortened untill theres a demo available...
Duely noted, friend.

Ok, changing the title of this post to read: "Used" instead of "Tried".

Developer, Quinto Sardo, is a wonderful developer and a true European gentleman. He very graciously refunds your money if you are unsatisfied with your purchase. No questions asked. Demos get cracked. Unscrupulous people go to audio warez sites and download em' all the time. Mr. Sardo doesn't expend SKnote's development budget, nor time, creating demos; only to have his product(s) devalued on some script kiddie warez site. He's a man of honor, and his plugins are very well worth their cost. If his products were being sold by a large, commercial vendor, they would probably go "on sale" for $100 or greater.

It is for this reason that Reviewer's Revival Blog Site brings attention to independent developers like SKnote. While it's true that Mr. Costello provides demos of Valhalla plugins, I suspect that his reverb wonders are well-respected because of their excellent quality for affordable prices. I pray the same for SKnote, Kuassa, AcmeBarGig and others of their ilk.

Something that I personally really admire about SKnote, is that as the plugins are gradually increasing in popularity, the business practices and pricing remain 'value-concious'. Quinto really cares about his customers and is constantly working at making things better and better. He's gracious and accommodating and truly cares about his customers' satisfaction. You'll find that most SKnote customers are so happy with their purchases, that the 'demo concerns' are quickly abated. You know, like when Valhalla Vintage Verb was released, most of Sean C's customers didn't bother demo it. They 'knew' it would be really good. . . . I'm one of em'. I love, love, love VVV.

All very true.It was after I read your review on stagespace that I purchased it and loved it! Then went on to purchase his other verbs and now I fear my SKnote folder is going to end up very big.Gonna grab this comp today I think.....

kvaca · Post by **kvaca** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:05 pm

quintosardo wrote:Actually not enough time to manage demo versions.
We'd get great advantage from having demo versions (you can imagine). So missing demo versions are NOT a pleasure here

well...this the only explanation I can somehow accept

edit:
but still...there exist easy solution - lately used by Elevayta I think - use as a demo older uncrippled versions, only without latest improvement...this will not cost you any additional work and Im sure that its much better than force people to buy without demo...

SKnote c165a - Have You Used This Amazing Comp Yet?