Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[soundbylaura]

Come on, Waves. WLM for $29. Do eet.

[shidostrife]

Has the guys at Waves finally lost it?

I really want some of the things on sale, but my bank account doesn't.

[rockhopper]

Is there any advantage in keeping my current Waves Gold (out of WUP) and buying Platinum separately? I can upgrade my Gold to Platinum for $120.

[Kalamata Kid]

Is there any advantage in keeping my current Waves Gold (out of WUP) and buying Platinum separately? I can upgrade my Gold to Platinum for $120.

Same here have Waves Gold (out of WUP) and interested in the Platinum.
Buy Platinum and sell the Gold later this year?

[Numanoid]

Aint GTR3 the pick of the bunch?

Just $29 for a whole FX suite: "Over 30 Amps, 30 Cabs, and 25 Stomps"

[Kalamata Kid]

I picked it up, $22.90 from some resellers.
Platinum for $136 seems pretty damn good too, wondering if I can get an appropriately scaled ($40?) upgrade from Gold...

I'm with you on the appropriately scaled ($40?)
Do I really need Gold Platinum?

Compare Waves bundles
http://www.waves.com/compare-bundles

[VincentVega]

Do I really need Gold Platinum?

Compare Waves bundles
http://www.waves.com/compare-bundles

They are almost the same, is not worth if you already have Gold IMO. But if you have nothing from waves, Platinum at this price is a perfect entrance.

[Fleer]

Buying the Abbey Road Bundle, for instance, now is also cheaper than having picked up the separate plugins as they came on sale for $29 each.

True, but there are a few duds in there, like those King's Microphones.

[Nobdi]

I picked it up, $22.90 from some resellers.
Platinum for $136 seems pretty damn good too, wondering if I can get an appropriately scaled ($40?) upgrade from Gold...

I'm with you on the appropriately scaled ($40?)
Do I really need Gold Platinum?

Compare Waves bundles
http://www.waves.com/compare-bundles

Couldn't get the upgrade price on the official WAVES site below $96 - and from what I've seen I have all the plugins that Platinum adds to Gold already ?!? (so I'd practicly have to pay $96 just to clean up my WAVES products page )

[Numanoid]

Have anyone bought Legacy by Zero-G, is it worth $20 ? (with code TNB70)

Would be interesting if the Halion patches could work in Halion Sonic 3...?

https://zero-g.co.uk/products/legacy-wa ... pple-loops

[jezjez]

Yeah honestly there isnt much if anything at all in Platinum I want that either isnt in Gold or Ive bought as a single, but...it just feels nice and fuzzy to have the next collection up Also I think it gives a year of WUP if Im not wrong which may or may not be worth something.
Ive put in an offer of $35 at AudioDeluxe anyway so we'll see what they say but I dont have my hopes up.

[cprompt]

Aint GTR3 the pick of the bunch?

Just $29 for a whole FX suite: "Over 30 Amps, 30 Cabs, and 25 Stomps"

And nearly all of them rubbish!

I picked up GTR3 Solo for about $7 a year ago. I tried and tried to like it, but really, it's crap. The spring reverb plugin in it is, however, pretty good. I have used that on its own a few times and had good results, but the rest is ageing nastiness and should either be updated or scrapped. A bit like Guitar Rig

[Greybox Audio]

Come on, Waves. WLM for $29. Do eet.

THIS! Or they could finally add a true peak option to their L-Range

[squibs]

And nearly all of them rubbish!

I picked up GTR3 Solo for about $7 a year ago. I tried and tried to like it, but really, it's crap. The spring reverb plugin in it is, however, pretty good. I have used that on its own a few times and had good results, but the rest is ageing nastiness and should either be updated or scrapped. A bit like Guitar Rig

I take a different point of view. I have AmpLion, Amplitube, some Bias stuff and a lite version of guitar rig, as well as LePou and other freebies but I keep coming back to GTR. It doesn't do the input sensitivity thing where a lightly played guitar on a high-gain setting can sound clean, but apart from that it sits very well in a mix, and I find it quick to dial in a sound. I got the full version in a deal for somewhere between $30-50 (I forget) and never regretted it, while some of my other Waves purchases have never really been used.

[Temptin]

Okay so everyone knows Waves is doing a massive Flash Sale (http://www.waves.com/specials).

I have a question for experts who have been using Waves a long time:

- I have everything in Abbey Road Bundle except Abbey Road Reverb Plates + The King's Microphones.
- Currently, Abbey Road Reverb Plates is $29 on sale (something like $22.90 on EveryPlugin). And that's the only remaining "sorta-want" plugin from the Abbey bundle that I lack.
- Via Waves own site, I can use the "custom upgrade" option to trade in all of my individual plugins for a Abbey Road Bundle for just $27 (that's a current sale; normally this exact upgrade would have been $226). So for +$4.1 compared to just buying the plates now, I would be replacing my licenses with the full bundle instead.
- Benefits of doing so, as far as I know: Get king's mics too (meh, it's just some EQ snapshots). Having the bundle will make me eligible for intro discounts on new Abbey Road plugins in the future (but how big are those discounts? I can't find anyone saying how much their offers are when new plugins come out? and what happens if I skip a new bundle plugin and wait for a 2nd one, does that mean I can no longer use a bundle completion offer for the 2nd one?). I think it consolidates all plugins into a single WUP coverage which means cheaper renewals.
- Disadvantages of trading my individual plugins for a bundle: Waves is still at Waves V9 so there's no point refreshing WUP right now. Tying all plugins together as a bundle means I can no longer sell individual ones, right?

The question is if this is right, and what would you do in this situation?