I’ve been keeping an eye on Sugarbytes thinking I’d grab the desktop version of Dialekt… but 20% is pretty disappointing, especially as it’s probably 30-40% more expensive than it should be in the first place.
Ah well, periodic use of the iOS version it is for me…
Yeah if memory serves the first few years of a plugin are typically 20% discounts, with deeper ones coming well into the lifecycle. So for example Graindad is now 50% off after a few years at the lower end of discounts.
A little late, but Steinberg/Cubase is having a sale on a lot of their software for another 4 days. I don’t need another DAW, but 40% off Dorico is pretty tempting…
The Blofeld UI isn’t great IMO and I didn’t pick that one up, but Microwave is legit both in terms of sound and UI (apparently it was a different team)
Arturia have a cyber week sale, still on for the next 3 days. I upgraded from V Collection 9 to 11 for €99 and am pleasantly surprised by the amount of good stuff in there - Jup 8000, Acid V and Pure Lofi are all great.
Ahh, sneaky. Worth re-sharing as there are only a couple of days left anyway. I was quite pleased with the upgrade as I was thinking of just buying JUP8000 at full price (The Usual Suspects version whetted my appetite but the UX is a bit clunky) and this was cheaper!
I’m really stuggling with the V Collection upgrade
On the one hand I don’t even have V Collection 9 installed on my machine at the moment because I have all the Synapse and U-He stuff which I prefer, but on the otherhand €99 to get a Jupiter 8000, 303, Minifreak and Minibrute is a bargain…
Yeah I’m honestly super impressed by the quality of all of these ones. SEM and SynthX sound good too though not so much something that excites me. Pure Lofi seems cool too, it’s a pretty decent sampler with lots of lo-fi FX and an interesting UI.
What is cool about the Arturia stuff is that with all the effects and modulation, even the “less exciting” synths often have some interesting presets. Also they seem to have hit a good stride with their UX and sound quality as of late. Honestly €99 for all that is a good deal to me, even just for preset surfing