Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[solidsteak]

It’s probably a cut down version of the Ampeg SVT, which is also free for UAD. It’s very good.

https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/produc ... uad-owners

You mean that? ^^^ They said it was new so who knows. While I appreciate that it's free, I'll find it funny if that's what the code is for.

[seangm]

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Just have to laugh because if it is indeed one of the Ampeg plugins, a bass guitar amp plugin is a very niche plugin, that very few people can use... I actually play the bass, and don't want it... Especially since I just got this, it's fantastic!
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/na-bla ... rini-audio
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I'm going to have to go ahead and...disagree. You can put those PA Ampeg sims on lots of bass sounds (synth bass or whatever) and they sound freaking great. And if you do play real bass they sound pretty damn good going direct and adding the plugin as an insert. But whatever to each their own as they say.

[Uncle E]

https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/produc ... uad-owners

You mean that? ^^^ They said it was new so who knows. While I appreciate that it's free, I'll find it funny if that's what the code is for.

Yes, that one. AFAIK, it was never available native before. Look at the background of the Plugin Alliance newsletter.

[Uncle E]

I'm going to have to go ahead and...disagree. You can put those PA Ampeg sims on lots of bass sounds (synth bass or whatever) and they sound freaking great. And if you do play real bass they sound pretty damn good going direct and adding the plugin as an insert. But whatever to each their own as they say.

They're also pretty good for guitar.

[cprompt]

It’s probably a cut down version of the Ampeg SVT, which is also free for UAD. It’s very good.

It sounds great but wow, is it ever cut down! Two bass IRs and no resizing. There's no way they could ever offer this for sale, for real money (although they will)! This is definitely a hacked version quickly knocked out as a freebie.

But like I say, it does sound pretty good so I'm not complaining.

[HM]

Please share if the voucher-code for the free plug from PA is universal, I don't get the mails any longer

[Aloysius]

AMPEG-FOR-FREE

http://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/produ ... assic.html

[ChamomileShark]

Presumably the free PA Ampeg thing would also be good for a bass synth?

[djwaxxy]

its great on bass synths and kick drums

[ChamomileShark]

excellent, thanks

[mrufino1]

I bought the humble bundle music producer offer yesterday, objeq looks interesting but I didn’t install yet.

BUT, SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF FOR EVERYONE!
sorry for the caps- but I think this is important- maybe this isn’t new news to everyone but it surprised me.

When you check out, make sure you pay attention to the the part that allows you to specify where the money goes. If I remember Correctly, you have to click on an arrow and then the dialogue appears. If you leave it set to its default, 50% of the money goes to the marketing firm that runs the campaign, 40% is set as a “humble tip” and 10% percent is set as a donation to charity. So for my $20, only two dollars would’ve gone to charity. I switched this to 100% going to charity and none going to the others. This Struck me as something very sneaky. There’s a reason it is hidden I guess. Just something to be aware of.

[OneOfManyPauls]

When you check out, make sure you pay attention to the the part that allows you to specify where the money goes. If I remember Correctly, you have to click on an arrow and then the dialogue appears. If you leave it set to its default, 50% of the money goes to the marketing firm that runs the campaign, 40% is set as a “humble tip” and 10% percent is set as a donation to charity. So for my $20, only two dollars would’ve gone to charity. I switched this to 100% going to charity and none going to the others. This Struck me as something very sneaky. There’s a reason it is hidden I guess. Just something to be aware of.

whilst that might feel noble, if everybody does that then the bundles go away and the charities get nothing ongoing.

[SolarAxix]

When you check out, make sure you pay attention to the the part that allows you to specify where the money goes. If I remember Correctly, you have to click on an arrow and then the dialogue appears. If you leave it set to its default, 50% of the money goes to the marketing firm that runs the campaign, 40% is set as a “humble tip” and 10% percent is set as a donation to charity. So for my $20, only two dollars would’ve gone to charity. I switched this to 100% going to charity and none going to the others. This Struck me as something very sneaky. There’s a reason it is hidden I guess. Just something to be aware of.

whilst that might feel noble, if everybody does that then the bundles go away and the charities get nothing ongoing.

I agree with the last statement. Also, it's not the marketing company that gets the money usually, but the vendor. In this case it's Applied Acoustics Systems minus what ever the cost of the transaction is (i.e. Humble Bundles' expenses -- not including the "Humble Bundle tip").

I spend around $2K/year on Humble Bundle, mostly on books and games. I used to give most of my money to the charities for these bundles, but in the last year, I've now started giving more to the vendors themselves. A lot of these vendors are small operations, though there are some that are not. For some of the smaller vendors, it's a way to get a big influx of cash as well as some visibility at the same time as supporting one or two charities.

I will say that the spread tends to be a bit skewed and I don't think that Humble should take a 10% cut. I always reduce the Humble tip (usually down to around 0.50 USD), but that's just my own opinion. In the end, you are free to do what you want.

I would say the big majority of those that purchase bundles on Humble Bundle are fully aware of the ability to chose where their money goes. When there's a niche bundle like the one from Applied Acoustics Systems, those that haven't or rarely purchase from Humble Bundle would possibly not notice the bottom of the page where they can specify where the money goes.

[Kurdish Mayfield]

Regarding the recent conversation about Realphones..I tried the demo and was impressed. I went down a rabbit hole of research and rediscovered the Slate Audio VSX Headphones with built in modelling. Anyone here ever used these. Theyre going for $478 currently but I see that Steven Slate is still active with their development. Any insights would help

[mrufino1]

When you check out, make sure you pay attention to the the part that allows you to specify where the money goes. If I remember Correctly, you have to click on an arrow and then the dialogue appears. If you leave it set to its default, 50% of the money goes to the marketing firm that runs the campaign, 40% is set as a “humble tip” and 10% percent is set as a donation to charity. So for my $20, only two dollars would’ve gone to charity. I switched this to 100% going to charity and none going to the others. This Struck me as something very sneaky. There’s a reason it is hidden I guess. Just something to be aware of.

whilst that might feel noble, if everybody does that then the bundles go away and the charities get nothing ongoing.

Thank you both for clarifying, very good points.