Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[jbraner]

"$20 VOUCHER FOR ALL!

Just use code PA-MEGA-20-OFF during checkout
and save $20 on anything!

Offers and vouchers valid until April 7th, 11:59 PM (23:59) California Time (PST)
The voucher code PA-MEGA-20-OFF can only be used 1x per person!
>> Our regular monthly Loyalty Vouchers will still go out, after the Mega-Sale ends <<"

Finally, MetricAB for $19.

SSL E for $29. Lol. I was wondering how long it would take them to lower it that much. There you have it. If you wait a year you can get pretty much any PA plug-in for $29. That’s one hell of a devaluation.

Whgat's the difference between the 4000E ($69) and 4000G ($49) (before the $20 off coupon)? I've never bothered trying these - but $29 for the 4000G is very tempting...

[Harry_HH]

E is more clean and transparent, G bit more dirty or amped-sounding.

[dermage]

E is more clean and transparent, G bit more dirty or amped-sounding.

I found it the other way round. Actually the difference between E and G are just the EQs. Both versions have both compressors included.

[imrae]

There used to be a bunch of complaints about the metering on these plugins, has that improved?

[jbraner]

Thanks for that dermage and Harry. I didn't really think there's much of a difference.
I think I'll just go for the G, since it's a real steal at that price

[fold4]

Always wait until the last day of a sale. Learned that with Playstation Store

Anyway, PA seems a lot more desperate lately. Suddenly pulling Waves moves since 1-2 months ago. What happened?

I don't think it's desperation. I think they've realized how many hundreds or thousands of people will buy plugins at $69 or less but won't buy them at $99 or more. 1000 sales at $29 beats 5 sales at $199.

I've taken advantage of the offers a couple of times (PA doesn't have much I want.) But I actually prefer the approach taken by Tokyo Dawn - reasonable prices, no sales.

[dermage]

Always wait until the last day of a sale. Learned that with Playstation Store

Anyway, PA seems a lot more desperate lately. Suddenly pulling Waves moves since 1-2 months ago. What happened?

I don't think it's desperation. I think they've realized how many hundreds or thousands of people will buy plugins at $69 or less but won't buy them at $99 or more. 1000 sales at $29 beats 5 sales at $199.

I've taken advantage of the offers a couple of times (PA doesn't have much I want.) But I actually prefer the approach taken by Tokyo Dawn - reasonable prices, no sales.

I don't either think they're desperate. These are marketing tactics they're testing out. Probably they realized cheaper sells more and makes the 2nd hand market irrelevant. If you buy during a mega sale in the beginning. And then additionally receive a voucher, you probably will buy another plugin, which you wouldn't have bought if you hadn't got the voucher. All in all they making more money in the end.
For this model of course, you have to 1) constantly release plugins 2) get good reviews to keep the demand high.

And I can't say, the plugins are bad. The recent months got me great stuff for quite good money:
bx_townhouse, MetricAB, BYOME, SPL Iron

[Fleer]

For just $89.99, get the world’s only live divisi violin solo and ensemble – FRONT ROW VIOLINS by Kirk Hunter Studios.
Originally $299.99.

Deal Page: https://audioplugin.deals/deal-1/
Deal Ends: April 17th

Sweet, these are Kirk Hunter’s best IMO.

[mgw38]

I hate when you say that.

[soundbylaura]

I'm going to pick up BX Saturator. Anyone got a voucher they're not using?

PA-MEGA-20-OFF has just been mailed out

NOOOOOOOOOOOO! I'm going to email them.

They turned me down. Oh well, it was worth asking. Demoed it on a mix I was having trouble with and it helped immediately. Worth the $29 (even if it means my dealhound rep takes a hit).

[Kr3eM]

I've taken advantage of the offers a couple of times (PA doesn't have much I want.) But I actually prefer the approach taken by Tokyo Dawn - reasonable prices, no sales.

I also prefer that approach, however I'm sorry to be the one to let you know that Tokyo Dawn Labs started doing sales late 2017.
KVR search:
search.php?keywords=Tokyo+Dawn&t=262151&sf=msgonly

https://www.reddit.com/r/AudioProductio ... unts_with/


Also sorry that I have to include a small rant:
While I can't can't blame them for doing sales it unfortunally had a bad impact on me. I was planning to buy all of their plugins but then I saw that I could have purchased them all for not much more what I paid for the 3 plugins I had bought some months earlier.
Sure they later added bundle discounts for their already existing customers but those where still much more expensive. I wrote them an email about it but never saw any changes so that ended up creating a bad vibe for me. I have not, to this day, purchased anything more. Still hoping my mind can let that slide one day but my hangups usually ends up having a life of their own and long ones at that.

With that said I still wish them all best and I have nothing but goodwill, my wallet however is p*ssed AF but then he is just a greedy wanker with constant GAS and never gets satisfied anyway...

[fold4]

Interesting. Those sales are being run by third party distributors, though. And I suspect that once you've signed on to sell through those people you don't get much say. I doubt Glitchmachines would have okayed the $2 per plugin sale on which I got 3 of theirs from pluginboutique. I did it so I could have extended trials because glitchmachines stuff is difficult to know whether it's going to work for me or just produce a bunch of interesting but not musically useful glitch noises. If I decide I want them long term I'll probably re-purchase direct when glitchmachines themselves have a sale because then they'll get a decent amount of money for them (and not the max $1 or so each they probably got from pluginboutique.)

[evilantal]

Plugin Alliance put BYOME on sale, at the same price as the reduced one I'm offered at my PA Customer Account, as a Spec Ops owner. So to me (and others like me) it makes more sense to wait for april's coupon, it seems.

It's actually much cheaper than the upgrade price available to owners of other UA plugins.
The upgrade is normally $99. They just changed it in the user accounts to reflect the current sale price...

[fold4]

Also sorry that I have to include a small rant:
While I can't can't blame them for doing sales it unfortunally had a bad impact on me. I was planning to buy all of their plugins but then I saw that I could have purchased them all for not much more what I paid for the 3 plugins I had bought some months earlier.
Sure they later added bundle discounts for their already existing customers but those where still much more expensive. I wrote them an email about it but never saw any changes so that ended up creating a bad vibe for me. I have not, to this day, purchased anything more. Still hoping my mind can let that slide one day but my hangups usually ends up having a life of their own and long ones at that.

With that said I still wish them all best and I have nothing but goodwill, my wallet however is p*ssed AF but then he is just a greedy wanker with constant GAS and never gets satisfied anyway...

Don't know if what I wrote in my previous post makes a difference to your feelings toward them. I'll admit I am disappointed to find that the price offered for upgrade to the full bundle from the 2 I've bought would mean I'd still have paid more than buying the bundle outright. I save, but not as much.

[squibs]

To ADMIN- following up on a previous post, a separate Plugin Alliance sticky thread would be a great idea

+1 - also for Waves, Wusik, Melda, and other vendors that are perpetually on sale.