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Post by baquin on Nov 29, 2014 11:49:50 GMT -6
On cyber Monday Hairball is doing an element preamp plus fet500 comp for $750/ combo deal. I think that's about $100 discount. Correct me if I'm wrong but I remember a different price $650. The Fet sells for $450 & the elements go for $290...give or take. Btw, Apogee joined the sale with some stuff up to 70%. The Ad16x and Da16x was $996...give or take again. Excuse me for not posting links, cell txt is a Pita. |
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Post by mdmitch2 on Nov 29, 2014 13:45:03 GMT -6
On cyber Monday Hairball is doing an element preamp plus fet500 comp for $750/ combo deal. I think that's about $100 discount. Correct me if I'm wrong but I remember a different price $650. The Fet sells for $450 & the elements go for $290...give or take. Btw, Apogee joined the sale with some stuff up to 70%. The Ad16x and Da16x was $996...give or take again. Excuse me for not posting links, cell txt is a Pita. Yep my mistake -- I corrected my original post. Thanks. |
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Post by mdmitch2 on Nov 29, 2014 19:54:41 GMT -6
Just noticed Redco is doing 10% off orders over $100:
from facebook:
"Now through (Cyber)Monday, any order $100.00 or more gets 10% off your entire order. No coupons, no codes. You'll see the discount in your cart once you hit the $100.00 total (before shipping"
Just in time for my patchbay...
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Post by jcoutu1 on Nov 29, 2014 23:02:09 GMT -6
VMR/Clariphonic combo is $195 at Audiodeluxe.
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Post by donr on Nov 30, 2014 8:29:39 GMT -6
VMR/Clariphonic combo is $195 at Audiodeluxe. Can you link to that? I couldn't find it.. |
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Post by M57 on Nov 30, 2014 8:35:33 GMT -6
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Post by jcoutu1 on Nov 30, 2014 9:20:40 GMT -6
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Post by jcoutu1 on Nov 30, 2014 11:10:20 GMT -6
The LA-610 is not the same compressor as the LA-2A. Also, you can't patch a different pre into the compressor section of the LA-610, so you're a bit locked in with that piece. The IK stuff sounds good to my ears. The FabFilter stuff is my favorite for clean and gui. The Softube Summit is really nice and I've heard good things about their other plugs too. Waves CLA compressors are good. Some of the Plugin Alliance is cool. Soundtoys effects are awesome. Also, if you work in education, you can get a discount on some of this stuff. FabFilter is 50% off for the education licenses, but you can't resell them. The compressor in the LA-610 may not be the same, but it is similar ..no? Â ...and yes I understand the 610 is only good for tracking, but I was hoping to get a feel for how it's compressor would work (and sound?). So I 'm checking out the FabFilter stuff, and though I was secretly hoping for retro-looking/RLgear mimicking plugs, I know that I should be going for the stuff designed to do its job as a gui. Â I'll check out some of the others, but in the interim, I've applied for the FF educator's discount. Â Thanks J Did you grab anything yet? There are advantages with both vintage modeled plugs and with slick, fabfilter style gui plugs. The vintage modeled stuff usually has fewer parameters, so there is less to screw up. An 1176 and LA-2A plug combo is usually going to work on vocals. Neve or API eq's have set q's that work. The already set shapes will give you musical results without much fuss. The FabFilter stuff is nice for the visual feedback. You can see exactly where problem frequencies are and correct them. You can see the peaks that you're trimming off with a compressor. I prefer the FF for fixes and the vintage style for sweetening. Good luck man. |
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Post by M57 on Nov 30, 2014 17:05:19 GMT -6
Did you grab anything yet? There are advantages with both vintage modeled plugs and with slick, fabfilter style gui plugs. The vintage modeled stuff usually has fewer parameters, so there is less to screw up. An 1176 and LA-2A plug combo is usually going to work on vocals. Neve or API eq's have set q's that work. The already set shapes will give you musical results without much fuss. The FabFilter stuff is nice for the visual feedback. You can see exactly where problem frequencies are and correct them. You can see the peaks that you're trimming off with a compressor. I prefer the FF for fixes and the vintage style for sweetening. Good luck man. I just got approved for the FF educator discount.. Haven't pulled any triggers - but there's no rush on the FF stuff. I can do it when I'm ready. |
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Post by mdmitch2 on Nov 30, 2014 17:32:15 GMT -6
I've been out of town so I haven't been able to demo any of these plugins:
-Air Eiosis ($99)
-Slate VMR /Clariphonic Combo ($199)
-FabFilter Pro Q2 ($125)
I'd probably want them all.... but I'm spending too much money already...
Leaning toward FabFilter since it may be less likely to go on sale again, and it seems to be a more refined product. Right now I mainly use the built in cubase EQ for fixing problem frequencies, so I think I would get a lot of use out of it. The others are sooooooo tempting though, but I'm sure they'll go on sale again soon (if not within the next 30 days).
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Post by geoff738 on Nov 30, 2014 17:58:57 GMT -6
Anybody know what the bonus plug that is included if you buy one of their other plugs (called Balance) from SKnote does?
Just a very vague description about what it actually is.
Might grab the STA regardless.
Cheers,
Geoff
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Post by Randge on Nov 30, 2014 18:56:56 GMT -6
I bought the Sta and it has serious problems. He is working on a fix but the minute the meters move, it is around 16db of compression. Here's to hoping he has a fix soon because it is nothing but a bad sounding distortion box right now.
R
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Post by donr on Nov 30, 2014 23:07:59 GMT -6
I bought the Sta and it has serious problems. He is working on a fix but the minute the meters move, it is around 16db of compression. Here's to hoping he has a fix soon because it is nothing but a bad sounding distortion box right now. R I had the same experience. I'm assuming a fix will happen at some point. Not like it was expensive to begin with, but I likely won't own the hardware, I hope it works someday so I can hear what the Sta shouting is all about. I bought some software I'd been wanting, the FabFilter Mastering bundle, PSP mastering compressor and limiter (when they were on sale,) the VMR/Clariphonic (thanks M57 and jcoutu1,) and the Waves API equalizers for $49. (To take some of the load off my UAD hardware.) Might have to go for the SoundToys deal. |
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Post by Randge on Nov 30, 2014 23:15:56 GMT -6
Lets hope they get a fix and it sounds great soon!
R
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Post by LesC on Dec 1, 2014 9:36:17 GMT -6
The cheapest I can find the UBK Pusher is $82.28 at AudioDeluxe. Has anybody found it any cheaper?
Plus you get UVI Grand Piano Model D for free, if that's important to you.
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Post by btreim on Dec 1, 2014 12:58:55 GMT -6
What's the verdict on the Clariphonic plugin? I've always thought the hardware would be a cool piece to have, how's the software stack up?
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Post by ben on Dec 1, 2014 16:04:15 GMT -6
If you didn't see it, Waves has the Gold bundle on sale for $199. wow.
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Post by bentley on Dec 1, 2014 19:06:15 GMT -6
What's the verdict on the Clariphonic plugin? I've always thought the hardware would be a cool piece to have, how's the software stack up? I really like it but it's easy to overuse. Dead easy to help bring something to life be it on individual tracks or the mix buss. |
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Post by jcoutu1 on Dec 1, 2014 21:00:08 GMT -6
If you didn't see it, Waves has the Gold bundle on sale for $199. wow. Good price there. |
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Post by jcoutu1 on Dec 1, 2014 21:42:34 GMT -6
The cheapest I can find the UBK Pusher is $82.28 at AudioDeluxe. Has anybody found it any cheaper? Plus you get UVI Grand Piano Model D for free, if that's important to you. That's the cheapest I found. |
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Post by btreim on Dec 2, 2014 10:57:57 GMT -6
What's the verdict on the Clariphonic plugin? I've always thought the hardware would be a cool piece to have, how's the software stack up? I really like it but it's easy to overuse. Dead easy to help bring something to life be it on individual tracks or the mix buss. Cool. So probably not a "must have". I'm really digging the FabFilter eq right now. |
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Post by mdmitch2 on Dec 2, 2014 19:24:08 GMT -6
Got an email from Slate saying the VMR sale had been extended a week... $149.
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Post by donr on Dec 3, 2014 16:14:09 GMT -6
Has anyone used the UAD Unison API Vision channel to track or mix with? The reviews are good, but they all are, aren't they?
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Post by indiehouse on Dec 3, 2014 21:08:46 GMT -6
The API Vision is one to get. So good. Demo it and see.
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Post by Johnkenn on Dec 4, 2014 22:38:02 GMT -6
I have to say - I have it and just don't use it a lot. I just find the comp rudimentary...but the EQ is nice, but limited to more broad strokes. The few times I've used the pre, it's been pretty cool...
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