There's supposedly "$5,000" worth of software,for $600...I mean damn...that's enough of a flaming red flag for anyone,isn't it?
When you click on Sonivox's Symphonic String and Brass Collection icons,they both take you to Sonivox's Vocalizer Pro product page.....but if you type in these titles in Google,you are taken to Sonivox's flagship VST's that cost nearly $3,000....WTF?
http://airmusictech.com/advance/virtual-instruments
It seems clear that AIR is deliberately trying to misdirect the prospective buyer into thinking that these old,thin,outdated and piss poor VST's are actually current and pristine VST libraries that are comprised of oodles of GB's worth of content.
What's really asinine about this bundle also,is that not only are half the VST's as low as $30...they also list the Alchemy Player as part of the package and the f**king thing is absolutely free to anyone who wants it.
Aside from the obvious quality-Digidesign-synths and the Strike and various Sonivox drum modules in this larger bundle which are exceptional,half of this bundle is a sad joke,which is reflected in the $600 price tag.
To be somewhat fair to AIR,the $600 cost is not what I would deem as being a rip off,but the false advertising behind it,is deplorable.
As for the Strike drum module from my $300 bundle...well,in as much as I love all of the intricate articulations and some of the samples(most of the sample quality is very outdated).
Another issue I have,is that there is some serious glitches with some of Strike's drop down menus,wherein if you go down towards the bottom half of some of the preset lists and try to double click on certain presets,it will instantly jump up toward the top and load up the wrong goddamn preset!!
If that isn't bad enough,my Studio One DAW has become very unstable,whereby I experience stutters and jumps in my timeline during playback,momentary instances of screen-freeze and I have lost some of the settings in my Loom synth(after I close a session and relaunch that session).
Before you ask....YES,I have executed the computer optimization instructions given by Pro Tools and this has had no effect in improving the performance of my Presonus S1.
I have to give a lot of credit to AIR,for taking one of the most stable DAW's in the industry and turning it into a train-wreck with their malware instrument bundle...very impressive guys,as I am really amazed!
The only more destructive software that I've every experienced,was my former Acoustica Mixcraft DAW.
Both AIR and Acoustica's customer support,receive top marks from me for being very attentive,available and just having an incessant level of desire to try and help people....but...do they have any choice,to behave in any other manner than what they have been??I mean,considering how buggy their software is,they in effect,have to be extremely helpful...to compensate for all of the problems their software causes...as otherwise,their businesses would falter and fold up for good.
