Moan - THAT Slate email
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3069 posts since 6 Dec, 2002 from Ljubljana/ Slovenia
Anyone got their latest email?
join the resistance & stop paying to update your plugins
What the f is he thinking? That people don't notice they're paying for the plugins (updated or not) each month?
He's really Kanye of music sw advertising...
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join the resistance & stop paying to update your plugins
What the f is he thinking? That people don't notice they're paying for the plugins (updated or not) each month?
He's really Kanye of music sw advertising...
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- KVRAF
- 3186 posts since 31 Dec, 2004 from People's Republic of Minnesota
It's semantically-manipulative language that seems to work on idiots. Sadly, it'll probably work on a lot of people.
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gaggle of hermits gaggle of hermits https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=521655
- KVRian
- 958 posts since 18 Jul, 2021
slate’s argument is a bit daft but i’m pretty sure you have the option to unsubscribe from the emails.
- Beware the Quoth
- 33168 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
weird, i got this one. i think its the original draft version....
Hey Music Maker—
Plugin companies painted themselves into a tight corner. On the one hand, they need to make enough money to keep developing cool new products. But on the other, producers want those new products to be really affordable. How affordable? So affordable that some companies got worried.
That led to some creative workarounds, including one big hat trick —
Charge a small amount for the plugin, but as soon as the end of the month comes around, charge the customer again.
New OS updates meant customers would keep asking for newer versions of the plugin they already paid for. And that's how subscription plans were born: charge customers when they first buy plugins, then make them pay over and over again forever if they want those plugins to keep working.
We thought of a better way
Get all of our plugins perpetually. And when it's time there's an update to those plugins, you can choose if and when you want to pay for that. And every time we release a new plugin, you can choose to buy that or not, too. In all, you can get all sorts of plugins—the same ones used on hit records in every genre— and not have to pay forever to keep using them.
Never pay a cent to keep using your plugins again.
join the resistance
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
- KVRian
- 823 posts since 27 Aug, 2020
I really regret I've created an account for that Air Slate thing, now I receive this laughable drivel. Oh well, at least I didn't give them a cent and can laugh at these juicy mental gymnastics.
- KVRAF
- 10598 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Somewhere near the Morgul Vale.
The only way to stop this is to not support sub based models. I'll be damned if I do. I'll just stick with the versions of everything I have and buy used computers compatible with what I already have. Of course, they'll find a way around that. House always wins.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
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- KVRAF
- 3089 posts since 4 May, 2012
100%Bombadil wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 12:22 pm The only way to stop this is to not support sub based models. I'll be damned if I do. I'll just stick with the versions of everything I have and buy used computers compatible with what I already have. Of course, they'll find a way around that. House always wins.
If it ain't broke...
Pay for plugins, not marketing.
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- KVRian
- 1050 posts since 1 Jan, 2013
Sold my Slate plugins a few years ago. Not because they were bad plugins but because of that company's greedy and arrogant attitude. That "Join the Resistance" email is beyond fuckin' belief. Unsubscribed (from their email list), for good.
Optimal number of audio plugins is one more than you currently have.
- KVRAF
- 18561 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
Indeed join the resistance. If we all resist these subscription scams they will eventually go away.
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None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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- KVRist
- 147 posts since 6 Mar, 2009
Despite already owning most of Slate's plugins prior to him going subscription-based, I tried the subscription for a year. During that year he only put out a couple of VMR modules. Most of the non-Slate stuff that he has in his bundle can often be found on sale throughout the year. His current weird obsession with the relatively mediocre ANA2 synth is also not making me regret dropping the subscription.
I have a few other subscriptions (Kush, Plugin Alliance and Roland Cloud) that I still maintain because those companies easily cover the cost of their subscriptions with regular releases of new stuff. Unlike Plugin Alliance, Slate mostly stopped putting his subscription-based plugins on sale. Plugin Alliance has been smart enough to realize that there are people out here like myself that pay for the sub (for immediate access to all of the new stuff) and then later actually buy the plugins when they're on sale.
I still buy the plugins (on sale) because ten years from now, I don't want to find myself with a hard drive full of projects that I can't open without pulling out my wallet. If I can catch something that I subscribe to on sale, I'll just buy it out right as I just did with the McDSP Everything bundle which can be had very cheaply right now with some creative shopping.
-e.B
I have a few other subscriptions (Kush, Plugin Alliance and Roland Cloud) that I still maintain because those companies easily cover the cost of their subscriptions with regular releases of new stuff. Unlike Plugin Alliance, Slate mostly stopped putting his subscription-based plugins on sale. Plugin Alliance has been smart enough to realize that there are people out here like myself that pay for the sub (for immediate access to all of the new stuff) and then later actually buy the plugins when they're on sale.
I still buy the plugins (on sale) because ten years from now, I don't want to find myself with a hard drive full of projects that I can't open without pulling out my wallet. If I can catch something that I subscribe to on sale, I'll just buy it out right as I just did with the McDSP Everything bundle which can be had very cheaply right now with some creative shopping.
-e.B
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- KVRian
- 765 posts since 1 Sep, 2007
I won't unsubscribe due to my hope that I can be a number in their marketing statistics that shows the success rate of their marketing... my number will be representing their failure to attract customers.... until Slate goes DRM free, Key-file or serial authorization...soooo, probably fair to assume that will be the case for the remaining of my life.
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- Banned
- 102 posts since 23 Jul, 2021
I hate that ad. But I do use the subscription and it's paid quite nice dividends.
- KVRAF
- 2608 posts since 23 Mar, 2005 from Detroit
Anytime I’ve had to see any of his videos the first two words that come to mind are pompous/narcissist, I really can’t get my mind past that, even when I’m trying to think about the gear/plugins and his awesomeness that he keeps driveling on about it
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Obsolete462444 Obsolete462444 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=462444
- Banned
- 465 posts since 15 Apr, 2020
Slate plugins are nothing special, I've seen detailed analysis of their behavior on another forum and they really perform average at best. Why would you need so many compressors and EQs anyway? A few good ones or in fact one multipurpose Pro-Q type EQ should have you covered for all potential tasks. I will never understand people who are more busy with buying plugins and subscribing to these services, than with actually using these tools. I guess novelty is more attractive than productivity?
- KVRAF
- 2859 posts since 8 Dec, 2008 from Global Cowboy
Kazi7 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 6:14 pm Why would you need so many compressors and EQs anyway? A few good ones or in fact one multipurpose Pro-Q type EQ should have you covered for all potential tasks. I will never understand people who are more busy with buying plugins and subscribing to these services, than with actually using these tools. I guess novelty is more attractive than productivity?
No auto tune...