Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[F999]

Well, my update price on Komplete 11 Ultimate didn't change at all after the announcement they're offering 50% off... Perhaps I'll be skipping them this year again.

Komplete is not listed in their 50% off list.

If I remember correctly they always do the Komplete discounts outside the usual deal dates.

[robotmonkey]

So any of the Waves bundles worth it for beginner? Also Sonic Academy Kick 2 is -40%. What do you guys think about that plugin?

I'd stay away from Waves like the plaque, overrated, old and imo sound shite plus Wup f**k's you.

This is the dumbest thing I have read in the whole day.

Waves plugins sound not worse than similar plugins from IK, Slate, UAD, PA and others. To claim anything else is just plain out stupid and wrong. Waves has more plugins than any other developer. Some of them are old indeed, but they are still very good workhorse plugins (still used in most major studios). And they have plenty of new plugins too.

WUP you might like or not. But it's quite evident that the concept of WUP is just too much to compute for a lot of people because all the nonsense perpetuated about it. You do not need to pay it until you want to upgrade to a new major version, eg from V9 to V10. End of story.

[soundbylaura]

Seems like that 750GB SSD at $99 is gone/at a different price

[Rational]

Any chance of Softube Modular going down / cheap bundle at all?

As for a modular bundle, I haven't seen one yet.

But Volume 1 has modular in it. Just not all the additional extra modules I don't think. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet.

I got Softube Volume 1 yesterday for $179 with an upgrade from TSAR-1 I picked up used the same day for $60. So it only cost me $239. Check in to the marketplace on here to see if someone is selling a qualifying license.

Everyplugin's page was the only one I found that listed each qualifying product and its upgrade pricing. So I went with them. No one else bothered to list all the options so clearly. So they earned my $ for the great sales page.

http://everyplugin.com/volume-1.html

Good luck.

[Rational]

Seems like that 750GB SSD at $99 is gone/at a different price

Yeah. It sold out quick. They always do when SSDs discount that much. They had it on ebay too I'd read over on slickdeals.net. Keep an eye out. There are likely to be more deals the rest of this week on other brands and sizes.

Snap it up as soon as you see it though as they sell thousands of them within the first few minutes usually from what I've read. It goes quick.

Edit: Here try this. https://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?sr ... chin=first

Keep an eye on that page or sign up for alerts for particular items or keywords at slickdeals. They'll email you. Jump fast on stuff you already know you want.

As you can tell by now I'm a super shopper. It's my drug/addiction of choice. Treat me well, give me steep discounts and I'll buy everything you sell. And everyone elses stuff too.

[soundbylaura]

So any of the Waves bundles worth it for beginner? Also Sonic Academy Kick 2 is -40%. What do you guys think about that plugin?

IMO Waves Gold is a great beginner's bundle. That said, $199 is kind of a meh price. I think I paid $149 for mine, and it's been even lower, I believe (maybe $139?).

[Rational]

So any of the Waves bundles worth it for beginner? Also Sonic Academy Kick 2 is -40%. What do you guys think about that plugin?

IMO Waves Gold is a great beginner's bundle. That said, $199 is kind of a meh price. I think I paid $149 for mine, and it's been even lower, I believe (maybe $139?).

$144
http://everyplugin.com/gold.html
http://plugindiscounts.com/home/6582-gold-native.html

And yes, it's a FANTASTIC value for beginners or anyone really. Lots of plugins for the money.
I bought mine for $200 probably 5 or 6 years ago I think now. Always been worth it.

And on the Sonic Academy Kick. I asked them today if their BLACKOUT 40% off code was in addition to the discount given to members. They said yes.
"so it would be £17.99 for ana. and £26.97 for kick 2"
Just sign up for a one month membership. Right now on sale.

[Psyclapse]

Well, my update price on Komplete 11 Ultimate didn't change at all after the announcement they're offering 50% off... Perhaps I'll be skipping them this year again.

Komplete is not listed in their 50% off list.

If I remember correctly they always do the Komplete discounts outside the usual deal dates.

K11 only launched in September. They usually don't discount bundles for at least 9 months so you're probably looking at next summer's sale.

[syclick]

I would snap that right up at $169. As it stands I never bought any Soundtoys before but got I the free sie-q a few weeks ago and I was surprised my upgrade price was only $219. Which is better than $249. I do wish it was a little less though Did you buy echoboy or was it a freebie?

Bought it during a sale some months ago.

[Rational]

I just called Musiciansfriend about their 'biggest call & save coupon of the year' offer. Call in only.

Turns out it is 17% off. Not sure if that's every item in the store or not. But I asked about Omnisphere and they quoted me a price of $397.57

FYI.

[nickamandote]

Just a tip: usually on Cyber Monday Waves makes prices even lower, last year the Gold bundle was available for about $118 if I'm not wrong (at everyplugin) so take this tip into consideration, of course it's not guaranteed this year but.. who knows!

[shonky]

Quite annoyed that the only thing I wanted from Sugar Bytes (Factory) is excluded from the promotion at Plugin Boutique.

Anyone else wondering quite what's left to declare reductions wise on the actual Black Friday? Given that most of the sales will last until at least Monday, there don't seem to be many companies that haven't already released their deals. First time I've paid much attention to Black Friday, are we still expecting more when the date actually arrives?

[anxiousmofo]

No Reaktor And Replika upgrades on sale? New Reaktor buyers get the same price as existing customers? No money for you, NI. Tisk tisk and stuff.

[Novalis]

So with SoundToys 50% across the board, my upgrade from EchoBoy to SoundToys 5.1 is only $169. Mighty tempting.

Make sure you pick up the FREE Tremolator and THEN check your upgrade price. Mine went from $170 to $160 after doing that.

That said... a few days ago, anticipating a sale, I wrote down my "standard" upgrade fee - it was $280. Now it's $320. Hmmm.

Same bullshit here.
My standard upgrade price for the SoundToys bundle before the sale was 100$, not it says 160$

[MountainKing]

I'm on the fence for Impact Soundworks Juggernaut.

While 55 usd already is a great price for it: Are there any reseller's that deliver even lower prices? I found bestservice but they have it for 58 EUR.