With ST hitting the sub-$20 price I wonder what its future is.  Syntronik and Sampletron 2 got the axe some time ago, so I wonder if ST4 is slated for being discontinued as well.  It makes me think IK is moving away from soft-synths and more towards a guitar-focus.  Has peter from IK got anything he could share with us about this?

I picked this up sometime ago and for $29 it’s a good deal.

As an aside, it seems like Waves, the originator of the $29 sale price, has now increased its prices to $35 and companies like Softube continue to carry the $29 banner.  Hopefully the $35 price won’t become the new norm.

Here’s a short YT review if anybody’s interested.

I really hadn’t paid a lot of attention to this plugin, but after watching the video I’m pretty astonished.  $39 seems an unbelievable price for what it does.

On August 1, 2025 at 10:25 am bapu said
Loyalty pre-purchase price of $129 and Intro price of $149 announced today.

Pre-Purchased for The Bapu

My name is Ed. I Am still bapu though. My Studio

Virtual Bands: Citizen Regen, The Forum Monkeys,  Fizzy Pickle, The Coffee House Band

Give us a quick review if you get a chance.

Some time ago I bought one of their plugins and was having trouble getting it authorized (it turned out to be a mistake on my part, not uncommon!) and when you have a problem and need support you talk to the guy who runs the company!  He was a total gentleman and huge help and hung tough with me until I got everything sorted out.  I give their s…Read More

They just killed Cakewalk in windows 7. Thats why Reaper is becoming more and more interesting for me.  Why not do as ToneBoosters that in suport page you can download the old plugins that fully work in old systems with no restrictions.

 

All that these guys in Cakewalk management do is to irritate the previous loyal customers. It’s so un…

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On June 24, 2025 at 9:04 am jerrydf said
Ignored!

Virtual band: Ronnie and The Cyclones on Bandcamp

I’m standing with ya!  Millions for purchase not a penny for subscriptions!

I really like this thing.  If you struggle with mixing it’s a great tool.  30% of the time it will pretty much hit the nail on the head, 30% of time it will get you in the ballpark with a few tweaks required, and 30% of the time it will leave you baffled at what it was thinking.

On June 19, 2025 at 9:16 am Brian said
Fascinating analysis @Peter and @Superabbit.

Totally agree.

On June 4, 2025 at 1:37 pm antler said
Has Studio One improved since it went semi-sub in v7? The last version I upgraded to was v6.

I made the jump from 6 to 7 when 7 came out.  I really don’t see a lot of difference, but the truth is my needs in a DAW are pretty simple, so I’m probably not the guy to ask.  A lot of folks seemed to like the S…Read More

This is a really great deal, but I was saddened to see that Sampletron is discontinued.

Well, I’d have to go with the Beatles.  After that a very obscure band from South Africa back in the 70’s named “The Flame”.  Then cult favorite “Big Star” from just up the road in Memphis.  If there are any Big Star fans here I actually saw them in their last live show at The University of Mississippi, October 1972.

This whole thread was incredibly informative.  I had no real idea about the inner workings/thinking of software companies and this really pulled the curtain back for me.  I would be very interested in seeing more posts along these lines.

On April 25, 2025 at 8:40 am bapu said
Or free to us Total Bundle owners. 😉

Installed!

My name is Ed. I Am still bapu though. My Studio

Virtual Bands: Citizen Regen, The Forum Monkeys,  Fizzy Pickle, The Coffee House Band

Why do I get the feeling that when you fire up your computer that the neighborhood experiences a brown out?

I’ve had a real issue with Waves since that subscription thing, but they do seem to be developing some interesting things these days.  I figure Sonible will have their own version of this out fairly soon, but I still may have to consider a demo from waves.

I think Cat Mode actually has a future.

I think you’re doing a really good job.  It’s a task I certainly wouldn’t undertake.  Personally, I find the site user-friendly overall, though I tend to only look at the Deals/Free Instruments sections.

In terms of using blue for the forum names, that was a good choice.  In a cross-cultural study 37% of people associated it with loyalty, st…Read More

On March 27, 2025 at 7:57 am fretman said
$39. I was hoping for a loyalty upgrade price.

Studio One, Windows, RME UFX, Yamaha MSP7

So the upgrade is full price!  Yikes!

I remember when Waves plugins first appeared some of them were around $500 each(!) and now they seem to be around $35.  This SSl plugin in has dropped from $199 to $7.99.  Now if we can just get this memo to Soft Tube and Zynaptiq.