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[quietzone]

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[Ploki]

Thanks to member quietzone for the post in the deal thread on the affinity graphic design software sale. I would have missed that one otherwise.

Glad you found it useful

oof i went through your history right now - nice find, thank you

[escalona]

Damn, DS Thorn can be currently had for just $15 with the PA survey voucher (or any other $25 voucher, of course). Thought the leap-year $30 deal was the best. Steal at $30, no-excuse at $15.

Is there any PA plugin that is a must-have from the current MEGA Q1 2020 sale? I have the survey voucher unused.

Suggestion: SPL Iron or bx_masterdesk?

Fwiw Iron is not as clean as a mastering comp should be in my opinion. Presswerk, pro-c2 i.e are both much cleaner. (I’m talking about IMD, not deliberate saturation!). I thought it was a must have but just doesn’t sound right to me. Demo it.
so out of the two masterdesk i guess.
I can sell you my iron license for 30€, i wont be using it

Thanks for the suggestion and offer. I might demo them, but SPL Iron looks a bit complicated to operate for me. Masterdesk looks relatively simple. I am also not sure if I will getting either at this point. Trying to resist, but at worst will get one plugin during this sale, simple because of the $25 survey voucher that I have lying. UA SpecOps also interests me, but unfortunately voucher can't be applied on that, so need to increase the cart value. Damn.

Word of advice on masterdesk: no true peak limiting, no ISP detection.
If you're serious about mastering/finalizing your own tracks, look elsewhere (Same thing goes for their XL limiter; PA doesn't have a coder who can tackle ISP it seems).
This is an older article, but still very pragmatic: https://www.saintpid.se/en/isp-true-peak-limiters-test/

[Ploki]

Word of advice on masterdesk: no true peak limiting, no ISP detection.
If you're serious about mastering/finalizing your own tracks, look elsewhere (Same thing goes for their XL limiter; PA doesn't have a coder who can tackle ISP it seems).
This is an older article, but still very pragmatic: https://www.saintpid.se/en/isp-true-peak-limiters-test/

heathen

[quietzone]

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[LoveEnigma18]

Damn, DS Thorn can be currently had for just $15 with the PA survey voucher (or any other $25 voucher, of course). Thought the leap-year $30 deal was the best. Steal at $30, no-excuse at $15.

Is there any PA plugin that is a must-have from the current MEGA Q1 2020 sale? I have the survey voucher unused.

Suggestion: SPL Iron or bx_masterdesk?

Fwiw Iron is not as clean as a mastering comp should be in my opinion. Presswerk, pro-c2 i.e are both much cleaner. (I’m talking about IMD, not deliberate saturation!). I thought it was a must have but just doesn’t sound right to me. Demo it.
so out of the two masterdesk i guess.
I can sell you my iron license for 30€, i wont be using it

Thanks for the suggestion and offer. I might demo them, but SPL Iron looks a bit complicated to operate for me. Masterdesk looks relatively simple. I am also not sure if I will getting either at this point. Trying to resist, but at worst will get one plugin during this sale, simple because of the $25 survey voucher that I have lying. UA SpecOps also interests me, but unfortunately voucher can't be applied on that, so need to increase the cart value. Damn.

Latest survey voucher is valid until Dec 31 2020, if it's that one, save it for the next sale!

Agree, might just do that if I there is nothing convincing.

[LoveEnigma18]

Damn, DS Thorn can be currently had for just $15 with the PA survey voucher (or any other $25 voucher, of course). Thought the leap-year $30 deal was the best. Steal at $30, no-excuse at $15.

Is there any PA plugin that is a must-have from the current MEGA Q1 2020 sale? I have the survey voucher unused.

Suggestion: SPL Iron or bx_masterdesk?

Fwiw Iron is not as clean as a mastering comp should be in my opinion. Presswerk, pro-c2 i.e are both much cleaner. (I’m talking about IMD, not deliberate saturation!). I thought it was a must have but just doesn’t sound right to me. Demo it.
so out of the two masterdesk i guess.
I can sell you my iron license for 30€, i wont be using it

Thanks for the suggestion and offer. I might demo them, but SPL Iron looks a bit complicated to operate for me. Masterdesk looks relatively simple. I am also not sure if I will getting either at this point. Trying to resist, but at worst will get one plugin during this sale, simple because of the $25 survey voucher that I have lying. UA SpecOps also interests me, but unfortunately voucher can't be applied on that, so need to increase the cart value. Damn.

Word of advice on masterdesk: no true peak limiting, no ISP detection.
If you're serious about mastering/finalizing your own tracks, look elsewhere (Same thing goes for their XL limiter; PA doesn't have a coder who can tackle ISP it seems).
This is an older article, but still very pragmatic: https://www.saintpid.se/en/isp-true-peak-limiters-test/

Thanks for pointing it out, I understand your points. But I thought Masterdesk is a master-buss type of "compressor"? Think I understood it wrong. I do have FabFilter Pro-L 2 for all the limiting needs. Nevertheless, I would consider skipping it if it's not worth it. Is there any Waves equivalent I can compare Masterdesk with? Just to understand better. I might already a suitable alternative.

[Uncle E]

Thanks for pointing it out, I understand your points. But I thought Masterdesk is a master-buss type of "compressor"? Think I understood it wrong. I do have FabFilter Pro-L 2 for all the limiting needs. Nevertheless, I would consider skipping it if it's not worth it. Is there any Waves equivalent I can compare Masterdesk with? Just to understand better. I might already a suitable alternative.

Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain is the only Waves equivalent. FWIW, I own both and prefer the Waves. I prefer Ozone over both of them.

[dermage]

Thanks for pointing it out, I understand your points. But I thought Masterdesk is a master-buss type of "compressor"? Think I understood it wrong. I do have FabFilter Pro-L 2 for all the limiting needs. Nevertheless, I would consider skipping it if it's not worth it. Is there any Waves equivalent I can compare Masterdesk with? Just to understand better. I might already a suitable alternative.

MasterDesk is an all-in-one solution. It includes EQ (tilt), Master Compression and Limiting and some other tools.
You have 30 day demo time with PA right now. Just test it against your stuff. Pro-L2 is more capable in regards of transparency + pure limiter features. If you have a master compressor like Kotelnikov you can already have better results with them working together.
Masterdesk though is a quick-and-dirty master solution without needing to tweak too much, and reaching quick demo-like results.

I have also bought it and never used it much since I always go to Pro-L2 + MagicDeathEye, Kotelnikov, VSC-3, Maag-K, SHMC A, TrackComp2 now. Of course not all at once, but they offer a good selection of different master compression.

[monomox]

Damn, DS Thorn can be currently had for just $15 with the PA survey voucher (or any other $25 voucher, of course). Thought the leap-year $30 deal was the best. Steal at $30, no-excuse at $15.

damn indeed
I vowed to be more disciplined with my plugin purchases and haven't bought a plugin in 3 1/2 months, but this is tempting
time to end my fasting?

[LoveEnigma18]

Thanks for pointing it out, I understand your points. But I thought Masterdesk is a master-buss type of "compressor"? Think I understood it wrong. I do have FabFilter Pro-L 2 for all the limiting needs. Nevertheless, I would consider skipping it if it's not worth it. Is there any Waves equivalent I can compare Masterdesk with? Just to understand better. I might already a suitable alternative.

Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain is the only Waves equivalent. FWIW, I own both and prefer the Waves. I prefer Ozone over both of them.

That's great, because I do have the Waves Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain. Thank you, Uncle E.

[LoveEnigma18]

Thanks for pointing it out, I understand your points. But I thought Masterdesk is a master-buss type of "compressor"? Think I understood it wrong. I do have FabFilter Pro-L 2 for all the limiting needs. Nevertheless, I would consider skipping it if it's not worth it. Is there any Waves equivalent I can compare Masterdesk with? Just to understand better. I might already a suitable alternative.

MasterDesk is an all-in-one solution. It includes EQ (tilt), Master Compression and Limiting and some other tools.
You have 30 day demo time with PA right now. Just test it against your stuff. Pro-L2 is more capable in regards of transparency + pure limiter features. If you have a master compressor like Kotelnikov you can already have better results with them working together.
Masterdesk though is a quick-and-dirty master solution without needing to tweak too much, and reaching quick demo-like results.

I have also bought it and never used it much since I always go to Pro-L2 + MagicDeathEye, Kotelnikov, VSC-3, Maag-K, SHMC A, TrackComp2 now. Of course not all at once, but they offer a good selection of different master compression.

Thank you for the advice. It does look interesting based on what you say, but I will definitely demo it before taking the decision.

[LoveEnigma18]

Damn, DS Thorn can be currently had for just $15 with the PA survey voucher (or any other $25 voucher, of course). Thought the leap-year $30 deal was the best. Steal at $30, no-excuse at $15.

damn indeed
I vowed to be more disciplined with my plugin purchases and haven't bought a plugin in 3 1/2 months, but this is tempting
time to end my fasting?

Hibernation is never permanent, and now is the time to come out of it.

[hotmitts]

Hey that Thorn does really sound good,how would I get a discount voucher ? Or do you have to have bought X amount of plug-ins ?

[LoveEnigma18]

Hey that Thorn does really sound good,how would I get a discount voucher ? Or do you have to have bought X amount of plug-ins ?

Use this voucher: https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/customer-survey.html