Mercurial Tones Dagon (Free Soothe like VST)
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 14208 posts since 20 Nov, 2003 from Lost and Spaced
I love it. I use it. No different than the USELESS Plugin Alliance updater I have on my system, which hasn't updated anything but itself in a year.
- KVRAF
- 19860 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
Then you didn't read a word I wrote.
By placing their storefront on your system. Read what I wrote about Hookware. You don't have to be "out of pocket" to be annoyed by bloat for a "free" plugin that's designed to get their hooks into your system.el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 11:30 am Monetising your system?
How? Are you out of pocket?
Anyway I'm not going argue the point any longer. You either get it or you don't. As I also wrote earlier:
Teksonik wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2026 4:17 pm If you don't care how bloated your system gets or don't care that even small developers want access to your system then by all means bloat away to your heart's content.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- KVRist
- 456 posts since 6 Sep, 2003
Other developers that have a "hub":
Antelope
Arturia
Cakewalk
IK Multimedia
InMusic
iZotope
Native Instruments
Plugin Alliance
TDR
UJAM
Universal Audio
Waves
I'm sure there's more but that's just what came to mind. I think it's just easier now days to install a "hub". I recently updated TDR plugins and I guess I could have downloaded all the "no-install" or "install" versions separately, but I just decided to download the "hub" and install from there.
On the other hand, if you want to save the install file on your system then it's in some cases better to download that if possible.
Antelope
Arturia
Cakewalk
IK Multimedia
InMusic
iZotope
Native Instruments
Plugin Alliance
TDR
UJAM
Universal Audio
Waves
I'm sure there's more but that's just what came to mind. I think it's just easier now days to install a "hub". I recently updated TDR plugins and I guess I could have downloaded all the "no-install" or "install" versions separately, but I just decided to download the "hub" and install from there.
On the other hand, if you want to save the install file on your system then it's in some cases better to download that if possible.
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- KVRian
- 1410 posts since 1 Jul, 2023
Just wanting to add that this comment is hilarious to me and just peak KVR. In this universe, wanting to use a free plugin is "desperate", and being relatively unconcerned about a download hub is "allowing anything".Teksonik wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2026 8:27 pm But I guess some people are so desperate for a plugin they're willing to allow anything.![]()
- KVRAF
- 20829 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
Peak KVR was lusting after Soothe for years, finally getting multiple excellent free versions, and then never using them (who me?).
