Cherry Audio Announces Surrealistic MG-1 Plus - FREE!

[fanodu1]

I don't see how this is "free" if it forces you to login to an account. What a letdown. My audio machine isn't even connected to the web and that's not going to change any time soon. Why would you make a login mandatory anyway? Guess I'm going to have to miss out on this one.

[briefcasemanx]

Nothing is free. Even if you didn't have to log in to a website people would complain that clicking the mouse to download it used too much energy, or the download took 7 seconds too long.

If you're paranoid and think everything is a conspiracy and don't want the scary audio company to get your email address, create a fake alt email address and use that to login.

If youre too lazy to spend a couple of minutes or less to get a very cool synthesizer for 0 dollars, you're definitely not going to make good use of the synthesizer. The time it took to complain on here you practically could have already had it downloading.

[pough]

I don't see how this is "free" if it forces you to login to an account.

I see how it's "free". It's "free" by not costing any money.

[fanodu1]

I don't see how this is "free" if it forces you to login to an account.

I see how it's "free". It's "free" by not costing any money.

You're paying something even if it's not money. You "pay" by having to make an account and more importantly by being forced to be connected to the internet to even access the plugin.

Nothing is free. Even if you didn't have to log in to a website people would complain that clicking the mouse to download it used too much energy, or the download took 7 seconds too long.

If you're paranoid and think everything is a conspiracy and don't want the scary audio company to get your email address, create a fake alt email address and use that to login.

If youre too lazy to spend a couple of minutes or less to get a very cool synthesizer for 0 dollars, you're definitely not going to make good use of the synthesizer. The time it took to complain on here you practically could have already had it downloading.

It's not about paranoia, even though that's a fair point - you never really know what data is being sent/received in the background. But for me it's more about independence. I want to be able to use my copy of a software years down the line, no matter if the company that made the software still exists or not.

[pough]

I see how it's "free". It's "free" by not costing any money.

You're paying something even if it's not money. You "pay" by having to make an account and more importantly by being forced to be connected to the internet to even access the plugin.

This is absurd. You also have to "pay" by having an internet connection to download it and you have to "pay" by having to have a computer to install it on. Not to mention having to "pay" by having some kind of interface to play it and a DAW to use it for recording.

You're "free" to not bother if it doesn't happen to match up to your enormous sense of entitlement.

[Examigan]

Usually logins use your email, so just create one only for that purpose.

[wwjd]

I gave them my SPAM account (real account, just not my MAIN email) and that's a great trade off for a FANTASTIC emulation of this special, and goofy synth. Totally worth that.

[nirm123]

it's not an issue anyway, I'm giving my main e-mail address but later on just unsubscribing from mailing list in case I don't want to receive any notifications. gmail identifies very precisely promotions based e-mails, and put them in the dedicated tab, so usually it's not even required to unsubscribe.

[DrGonzo]

I gave them my SPAM account (real account, just not my MAIN email) and that's a great trade off for a FANTASTIC emulation of this special, and goofy synth. Totally worth that.

This is probably something that most people should do anyway.

Create separate account for mailing lists and such and register that. While I absolutely understand why they want to trade your email address for a free synth - databases of email lists gets stolen all the time and suddenly you are getting weird phising emails telling your Paypal account has been disabled, fantastic weight loss teas and so on.

Always a good idea to separate your main mail from mailing lists.

/Carl

[wwjd]

I gave them my SPAM account (real account, just not my MAIN email) and that's a great trade off for a FANTASTIC emulation of this special, and goofy synth. Totally worth that.

This is probably something that most people should do anyway.

Yup. did this since the early free emails arrive on the internet. I tell everyone to do it. And it is not wrong. No harm, no foul, keeps life quiet.

[AdvancedFollower]

You're paying something even if it's not money. You "pay" by having to make an account and more importantly by being forced to be connected to the internet to even access the plugin.

Unless Cherry Audio are also an ISP, I don't see how that's related. If anything, it would be cheaper for them to hand out offline serial keys instead of having to maintain an account which takes up (negligible) space in their database.

The way they DO get paid for something like this:
-Being provided with email addresses so they can send promotional emails (optional, since you can unsubscribe at any time)

-People becoming aware of and loyal to the Cherry Audio brand, and perhaps purchasing something from them in the future if they like this freebie

-Exposure and increased brand awareness, such as this 4-page thread about a company people might not have heard of before, people telling their friends, posting in Facebook groups etc.

[wwjd]

It's free. Cost me only 30 seconds of time, which is a lot, lot less than most other online full synth purchases take. They put time/effort/research into this, then give it away. INTERNET is just normal today.
What is the alternative? They make it, then drive it over and hand it to a person inside a cardboard box?

Anyway, I have a real MG-1 and this plug sounds just like it, AND, adds more features the real one lacks.

now.... if the main OSCILLATORS could be switched into POLY....

[cherryDan]

Hi friends,

Today Cherry Audio has released Surrealistic MG-1 Plus 1.0.17 and Build 61. This update includes improved GUI performance, significantly improved GUI efficiency on macOS (especially on Big Sur), improved DAW tempo sync, and several minor improvements and bug fixes.

You can find a complete list of updates on our version history page here: https://cherryaudio.com/instruments/sur ... on-history

You can download the 1.0.17 installer here: https://cherryaudio.com/instruments/sur ... s/download

Build 61 will download automatically the next time you run Surrealistic MG-1 Plus, unless you've turned off automatic updates.

Thanks!
- Dan @ Cherry Audio

[Dark Fiber]

https://soundcloud.com/stikkers/surrealistic-jam-1

Made only with dry DMX drum machine samples and the MG-1+
Great freebie, if you don't need strings or sequences.

[Norqa]

I gave them my SPAM account (real account, just not my MAIN email) and that's a great trade off for a FANTASTIC emulation of this special, and goofy synth. Totally worth that.

In other words you don't like any form of Spam and who can blame you after several other developers abused the situation.
A good FREE Synth needs no Spam.
Case in point: u-he TYRELL N6, a one click download. No hoops.