Only demos on certain FX plugins, not Falcon. Almost every single other developer has demo version, even if they’e time-restricted or feature-restricted in some way. I take the point about sampled libraries, but this thing is a synth and the demo could include a subset of presets etc. That’s not unusual.
There’s really no excuse these days. They’re asking me to take a massive leap of faith. I’m also quite happy to say “surely it can’t be that hard” because I’m a software developer myself and I used to work for a plugin developer so I know the answer!
This is a business decision they’ve made for some reason, not a problem they can’t solve. It’s just a bit annoying, that’s all. I don’t want to derail the thread any further.
Fantastic deal on one of the most powerful — if not THE most powerful — VST synths out there.
UI is a bit cognition heavy, it’s more like building a rack / working on lists and containers than having a well-thought out fixed synth UI that’s ready to tweak and experiment, but the possibilities really are endless. If any of you are into DEEP sound design, this thing can do it all.
I’m sure they are very good, but it’s quite hard to come out with a range of plugins that go in the category of “utility for pros” rather than “fun”.
I imagine for all of the things they are offering most people already have and are happy with the FabFilter, or iZotope equivalents which seem to be industry standard.
I wouldn’t say they failed at all. They’ve been putting different ones on sale at certain points each year for the last few years. I’ve just been slowly collecting them each time one I need comes on sale.
They are excellent though.
Great to hear. The XComp sounds wonderful and very different from my other comps (even older SSL designs), so I’m very pleased. I also love the visual aspect of the plug. There’s a lot of useful information right in front of you being presented in a useful, unique way.
I’ll start keeping my eyes out for more stuff on deep sales.
I highly recommend the Channel Strip and Bus Compressor. The Drumstrip/Vocalstrip/Guitarstrip plugins can be useful/easy, but they are essentially cut down versions of some of the others combined into one, so may or may not be useful.
I use the Drumstrip on the drumbus for some more definition (I’m sure there are other ways to get there).
The channel strip on snare. The Bus compressor on a parrallel mixbus. The EQ used often. Great sounding plugins.
I noticed that Minimal Audio Current is on sale for 50% off at Plugin Boutique, along with a lot of other stuff at the link below.
I think I’ve posted here before when it was on sale directly with Minimal Audio. I’m aware that the VST synth market is crowded to say the least, but this is a really great synth.
I appreciate that it covers similar ground to e.g. Phase Plant, Hive, Pigments etc but the design is very well done, the modulation setup is among the best in my opinion, and the built-in FX are great. It basically has all the Minimal Audio FX built in.
In terms of sound design power for modern electronic music, it’s really excellent. If you want fat bass sound design for DnB or amazing ambient soundscapes with granular etc then this has both covered. And it has a massive factory library and extra free preset packs.
I’d highly recommend it.
Also, if you want analogue modelling, Repro is 30% off as well. Totally different synth, but in my opinion one of the best analogue-modelled synths you can get. It really is best in class.