Year in Software 2026 (what you've bought in 2026)

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kropotkin303 wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 4:31 pm I will be buying Synth Stack 6 by Cherry Audio. Getting it for 64 dollars. I'll wait a couple of weeks until I'm on holiday though.
Where is it 64 dollars?

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Echoes in the Attic wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 12:05 pm
kropotkin303 wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 4:31 pm I will be buying Synth Stack 6 by Cherry Audio. Getting it for 64 dollars. I'll wait a couple of weeks until I'm on holiday though.
Where is it 64 dollars?
That's probably based on a loyalty discount, for someone who already has quite a lot of their stuff. (The price Im seeing, for example, with only a few older things, is about $100 less than the current (50% off) price of $299.)
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That's right. I have a load of CA synths so only getting 6 more on this price, but that's good.

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Upgraded to Pro-C 3, bought Tape Fiasco 2, Three-Body TransiQ and Unmask. I also grabbed Valhalla FutureVerb and Delay (by mistake, could have sworn I had FV in the basket, but it's not the worst plugin to have :D)
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AudioThing Type X and Type B
FL Studio 25 | AudioThing JULY - Deimos - U-he Filterscape - NI Kontour - Softube Model 80 - LUSH-2 - UAD Opal - WaveOSC

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Upgraded Korg Collection 5 to 6
Using: Cubase Pro 15, Bitwig 5, Tascam US-4x4HR, MODX6, DM12D, LaunchKey 49, Yamaha guitar(Pacifica 612v) and bass (BB234) and some virtual instruments and synths.

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SSL X-Delay

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Audiority Deleight
FL Studio 25 | AudioThing JULY - Deimos - U-he Filterscape - NI Kontour - Softube Model 80 - LUSH-2 - UAD Opal - WaveOSC

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Meanwhile (twelve days later) it seems I have gone mad and bought a bunch more stuff, and I'm not quite done shopping. (I promise it was not at all to increase my forum aura.)

Total Studio Max 5 Maxgrade (for a sense of completion)
Reason+ one-year sub (given all the other purchases, now I wish I had just upgraded Reason)
Ableton Live 12 Standard (again)
Mixbus 12 Pro (that was a free upgrade because of a grace period)
SSL X-Comp, X-EQ 2, X-Saturator ($40 total because of sales and Knobcloud)
UVI Falcon Extended Bundle ($189 at Thomann at the time, but that sale has ended)
UVI Prisma ($49 after the $100 voucher from Falcon)
UVI Synth Anthology 5 ($59 after the $30 voucher from Prisma)
Pianoteq Stage upgrade to v9, plus Shigeru Kawai
UAD: seven effects plugins
Sample Logic Gamelan ($125 at Best Service)

Still on the list:
SPL Vitalizer and BiG (even before I learned about Dirk U. re-acquiring Plugin Alliance!)
Something from EastWest: either Goliath and Spaces II, or an annual sub to ComposerCloud (I'm deciding whether to buy individual licenses as time goes on and sales come up, or just kick the can down the road by resubbing)

I think there might be one or two more things I'm forgetting about, but I also do feel I'm approaching some kind of limit where I will slow down on the spending for a while, not just because of money but also from a sense of satiety and also an awareness of the consequences of overchoice.

MADNESS! Don't let it happen to you! So many ingredients for so few results!
Last edited by havran on Fri Jul 17, 2026 1:58 am, edited 2 times in total.

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God, this is gonna be depressing asf. But here goes

Bitwig Studio 6
iZotope Music Production Suite 9
Sonible smart Essentials Bundle
Arturia FX Collection 6 Upgrade
Baby Audio Compete Bundle
UVI Falcon Extended Bundle
510k Pollylop
510k Peach
WA Production BassShaper
Pitch Innovations Eternal Arps (Audio Plugin Deals April Mega Bundle)
Minimal Audio Ripple Phaser
Minimal Audio Wave Shifter
Mario Nieto World Novagrid
Tokyo Dawn Labs TDR Special Filters Bundle
NoiseWorks Audio VoiceAssist Basic
ADPTR Audio Utopia
AudioMap Mini
SSL Bus Compressor 2
Native Instruments 5/$55 Maschine/Battery Expansions
Newfangled Audio Fixate Midrange
Newfangled Audio Generate
Three Body Technology Unmask
Brainworx The Oven
Brainworx XTComp
Brainworx Tonebox
Baby Audio Grainferno
Baby Audio Tekno
UnitedPlugins Relooper
Klevgrand OneShot 2
Dawesome Love 2 Upgrade
Bird's Rolling Sampler
Kilohearts Snap Heap
Kilohearts Multipass

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Respect to some of you putting dev's kids through college.
REAPER + Davinci Resolve Pro on Manjaro KDE. Neve 88m. Focusrite 18i20 2nd gen. Neumann NDH30 headphones. Mics: Telefunken TF39, AT4050, Miktek C7e, EV RE-15. VSTs: u-he Hive 2, F'em, Renoise Redux, Apisonic Speedrum 2.

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You have to pay to go to college?
FL Studio 25 | AudioThing JULY - Deimos - U-he Filterscape - NI Kontour - Softube Model 80 - LUSH-2 - UAD Opal - WaveOSC

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TechHaus wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 1:05 am Respect to some of you putting dev's kids through college.
That's a nice way to think about it! :)

But if the dev's kids are smart, shouldn't the parents just give them enough of an allowance to forget about wasting time in college and take chances on startups for first-mover advantage? :wink:

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TechHaus wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 1:05 am Respect to some of you putting dev's kids through college.
Didn't even list the hardware purchases...

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oobesan wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 1:22 am
TechHaus wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2026 1:05 am Respect to some of you putting dev's kids through college.
Didn't even list the hardware purchases...
If you're still shopping around for a yacht, I would suggest a modest one. This seems like a good time to lie low.

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