Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[ferez21]

I just came across this plugin and I was surprised that I didn't see any news about it's release anywhere (only few videos on youtube), because it looks and sounds very good, especially for $20. I think more people should know about this plugin:
https://plugins.oversampled.us/products/ocs-45

I love the design, it have that smooth NI vibe to it

[LoveEnigma18]

I just came across this plugin and I was surprised that I didn't see any news about it's release anywhere (only few videos on youtube), because it looks and sounds very good, especially for $20. I think more people should know about this plugin:
https://plugins.oversampled.us/products/ocs-45

Sounds great indeed. Nice find.

Love that cute FAQ section at the bottom of the page.

[mgw38]

Any opinions on the latest APD deal for Altron by Beyron Audio? This is something that tends to trigger me.
https://audioplugin.deals/altron-by-beyron-audio/

Never heard of Beyron Audio before. They are Finnish. For some unexplainable reason I usually trust that Scandinavians produce quality.

[Uncle E]

Uncle E, any chance that you'll have the Waldorf Nave plugin at the 70% off price currently advertised elsewhere (eg Waldorf, Best Service, Thomann, etc)? Thanks in advance!

Sorry, I keep checking and they still haven't added it to the US dealer portal.

[Uncle E]

Honestly, without spending a lot of money, options are pretty limited.
The DAW essential are alright, but I wouldn’t pay for them over the ToneBoosters Plugins. (I have both Mixcraft 9 Pro and Waveform 11 with DAW Essentials, so I have used both).
On the free side there is the Reaplugs VSTs from Reaper and Mfreebundle from Melda. I don’t think either one is better then what you have.
Some one mentioned the Plug and Mix bundle, but they have the same issues as Air Creative FX Bundle which is basic UIs with no feedback for what your changes are doing.
So, takes us out of the cheap options. Where do you look at next?
Well, you could look at the new IK Mixbox, but same thing as I just complained about, many basic UIs.
You could go subscription with Kilohearts. Or Slate Digital.
You could look at a Waves Bundle.
But the real step up is something like iZotope or Fabfilter. Neither of which ends up being affordable, but is where the real difference is from what you have now.

McDSP 6060 and PSP Infinistrip provide all the mix plugins anyone needs at very high quality. They are good deals when they're on sale:

https://www.jrrshop.com/mcdsp-6060-ulti ... ion-native
https://www.jrrshop.com/psp-infinistrip ... rip-plugin

[gerk]

Honestly, without spending a lot of money, options are pretty limited.
The DAW essential are alright, but I wouldn’t pay for them over the ToneBoosters Plugins. (I have both Mixcraft 9 Pro and Waveform 11 with DAW Essentials, so I have used both).
On the free side there is the Reaplugs VSTs from Reaper and Mfreebundle from Melda. I don’t think either one is better then what you have.
Some one mentioned the Plug and Mix bundle, but they have the same issues as Air Creative FX Bundle which is basic UIs with no feedback for what your changes are doing.
So, takes us out of the cheap options. Where do you look at next?
Well, you could look at the new IK Mixbox, but same thing as I just complained about, many basic UIs.
You could go subscription with Kilohearts. Or Slate Digital.
You could look at a Waves Bundle.
But the real step up is something like iZotope or Fabfilter. Neither of which ends up being affordable, but is where the real difference is from what you have now.

McDSP 6060 and PSP Infinistrip provide all the mix plugins anyone needs at very high quality. They are good deals when they're on sale:

https://www.jrrshop.com/mcdsp-6060-ulti ... ion-native
https://www.jrrshop.com/psp-infinistrip ... rip-plugin

They would have the same complaints I have with other rack style collections, the interfaces don't provide feedback to the user since they are mostly just knobs.

[ferez21]

Btw i got the Humble Bundle and they give licenses for both Mixcraft 9 and Mixcraft 8 Home Edition, i'm giving away the Mixcraft 8 license, if anyone is interested, let me know.

[Uncle E]

They would have the same complaints I have with other rack style collections, the interfaces don't provide feedback to the user since they are mostly just knobs.

Right, I missed that. The IZotope plugins provide good visual feedback, including the plugins in the Community Appreciation Bundle:

https://www.jrrshop.com/izotope-communi ... ion-bundle

[Dirtgrain]

Any opinions on the latest APD deal for Altron by Beyron Audio? This is something that tends to trigger me.
https://audioplugin.deals/altron-by-beyron-audio/

Never heard of Beyron Audio before. They are Finnish. For some unexplainable reason I usually trust that Scandinavians produce quality.

It got pooped on a lot in another thread because of their over-the-top marketing claims and terminology. But I couldn't tell if any of them had actually used it.

[ferez21]

They would have the same complaints I have with other rack style collections, the interfaces don't provide feedback to the user since they are mostly just knobs.

Right, I missed that. The IZotope plugins provide good visual feedback, including the plugins in the Community Appreciation Bundle:

https://www.jrrshop.com/izotope-communi ... ion-bundle

True, but at least for me they are too CPU heavy (relatively) to be used as workhorses, those are not
plugins i want to have more than a few instances of in a project.

[LoveEnigma18]

AIR Music Transfuser 2 is currently $20 for anyone interested.

Man, I kept ignoring this until now and thought my AIR collection was complete, but now I realize this is such an amazing software. Instabuy at this price. Except the GUI and stability issues, I am loving it. The included content, though one could consider it dated, is superb. There's so much potential it is saddening to see it left in this state. Story of all AIR plugins.

[ir99]

Uncle E, any chance that you'll have the Waldorf Nave plugin at the 70% off price currently advertised elsewhere (eg Waldorf, Best Service, Thomann, etc)? Thanks in advance!

Sorry, I keep checking and they still haven't added it to the US dealer portal.

Thanks anyway for the confirmation. I'll keep my eye on your site.

[gerk]

They would have the same complaints I have with other rack style collections, the interfaces don't provide feedback to the user since they are mostly just knobs.

Right, I missed that. The IZotope plugins provide good visual feedback, including the plugins in the Community Appreciation Bundle:

https://www.jrrshop.com/izotope-communi ... ion-bundle

True, but at least for me they are too CPU heavy (relatively) to be used as workhorses, those are not
plugins i want to have more than a few instances of in a project.

You can run bunch of instances of Neutron, it's meant to be a channel strip. Here is quick project running with SampleTank 4 feeding 8 instruments, each with an instance of Neutron running with a different Orchestral preset (each has at least EQ and compression), then bussed all 8 channels together and used Nectar for reverb and saturation and a bit more compression, added in some grit with Trash 2 and then ran Mix assistant on the master bus using Ozone. This is all at 256 Samples (I was running at 128 until I added in Trash and Ozone), on my laptop (I included Task Manager so you can see specs and utilization) with a bunch of other programs open and a backup running in the background (I was in no way optimized for music production at the moment).

[mgw38]

Any opinions on the latest APD deal for Altron by Beyron Audio? This is something that tends to trigger me.
https://audioplugin.deals/altron-by-beyron-audio/

Never heard of Beyron Audio before. They are Finnish. For some unexplainable reason I usually trust that Scandinavians produce quality.

It got pooped on a lot in another thread because of their over-the-top marketing claims and terminology. But I couldn't tell if any of them had actually used it.

Thanks! Found that thread. They seemed to have cleaned up their marketing language since then.

[Dip200]

Regarding the Waldorf Nave Sale: Does anybody know if Waldorf still updates the synthesizer ? What is the latest version ?