Reply To: What Black Friday Deals Did You Pick Up? What are You Thinking About/Hoping for?

[nishyp]

Think I got carried away here but someone might find it useful or enjoy the read at least! 😅

BF/CM Haul

I think typing this section out shows how much I try to get the best bang for my buck lol

• VoosteQ bundle
  Material Comp & Model N Channel together for $31.80 was my first buy for the season and it was with zero hesitation
• Sonic Academy – Kick 3 Upgrade
  Already had Kick 2 and was beta testing Kick 3 earlier and saw it as a worthy upgrade.
  Being discounted + having some rewards points + getting SA76 for free made it easier!
• dSONIQ RealPhones – Ultimate Upgrade from Professional
  Snagged Professional second-hand a month earlier and the upgrade price was reasonable.
  The Sennheiser HD650’s + RealPhones with my custom EQ curve is my alternative to Slate VSX. Which I don’t even want to contemplate getting until I have a nice pair of Planar’s
• WavesFactory – Echo Cat
  I wanted this for well over a year, and finally crumbled lmao
• KV331 Audio – SynthMaster Everything Bundle Upgrade from SM1 + SM2
  Wanted this for a while too $63.20 with the coupon REKKERD made it easier.
• Samples From Mars – All The Samples From Mars
  Didn’t need this but wanted it for a few years.
  Someone kindly gave me a voucher to get this for $29 so I couldn’t say no!
• Izotope – Everything Bundle Upgrade
  Already had the everything bundle from back in 2022 and managed to upgrade everything to the latest version for a very silly price with some digging and using the code NERDS10 to shave off an additional 10%
• apulSoft – SplitS
  Got the apulSoft FX Bundle earlier in the year for $44.10 and was a fan!
  Saw SplitS in action here, immediately gave it a demo and loved it!
  Got an additional 25% off thanks to someone giving me their MWTM coupon which took this down to $31

Undecided

• Tokyo Dawn Labs – OD DeEdger
  $29 seems like the lowest price this has ever been!
  Do I need this or am I just trying to round off the collection with the missing plugin?

Wishlist

I really wanted to get my hands on a few other things but feel like I was already pushing it so here’s a wishlist for next year.

• Fuse Audio Labs
  I wanted to buy EVERYTHING (not joking, even contacted their support about it!)
  At the very least I wanted FlyWheel & VCS-1
  Somehow, this slipped my mind and I got nothing. At least I’ve got a whole year to save 😂
• Mixland – Total Bundle
  Mainly wanted 3348 TAPE and Subloom.
  The bundle made sense due to the cost but again, funds said no.
• Surreal Machines – Dub Machines
  Great price but I took too long to think because it felt a bit impulsive and I missed the boat.
  My wallet is thankful for that, maybe next year lmao.

Skip List

All the things I passed on. Seems like it’s either upgrades I couldn’t justify, things that are too expensive or things I hadn’t used enough (or at all) to even fully consider spending money on.

• Arturia – Upgrades for V Collection & FX Collection
  Already upgraded from V Collection 8 to 9 and FX Collection 2 to 3 prior and barely scratched the surface before that so no upgrading this time around.
• Korg – Upgrade to Korg Collection 5
  Barely made use of Collection 4 after upgrading from Collection 3 which I barely dove into it so no upgrading this time around.
• Universal Audio – Signature Edition V2 Upgrade
  Can’t justify the cost of the upgrade from V1 to V2
• Black Rooster Audio – The ALL Bundle
  Good deal & great dev but I haven’t jumped into this and waiting on VST3 support
• Eventide – Anthology XII Upgrade
  The upgrade price for me was $149 but couldn’t justify it.
• Aberrant DSP – Complete Bundle
  Need to mess with it more to justify buying it.
• Auburn Sounds – All of them
  $12 a pop? Hard to pass up but I have to start messing around with them and justify the buy
• Sonnox – Essential Bundle
  Already have the Enhance Bundle so adding this on would mean I would essentially have the Elite Bundle. Couldn’t justify it but was a great price!
• Relab Development
  I have Sonsig Rev-A & LX480 Essentials but these are spenny.
• LiquidSonics
  Again, beautiful tools and if I had money to burn, I’d have it all!
• Waves – Upgrade from Platinum Bundle
  Don’t use it enough to justify.
• SynchroArts/LANDR – Ultimate Plugin Bundle
  Looks like a reasonable deal but I’m not a fan of the move away from iLok and the lack of upgrade pricing if you own anything already.
• Polyverse
  I’ve wanted Manipulator for years but I can’t justify the cost.
  Still can’t, even the bundle cost causes friction for me.
• Pulsar Audio
  Seems to be popular but haven’t had time to check out.

Hope List

• Plugin Alliance – PA ALL Bundle (Upgrade Offers)
  I got my hands on the PA ALL Bundle 2022 for a killer price. Would love to upgrade to get my hands on a few of the new toys in PA’s collection. I skipped previous offers because the cost wasn’t justifiable. Still hoping this comes to fruition and is reasonable.

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