Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left

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2013/07/10 00:26:35 (permalink)

Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left

There's 2 days left for this sale, basically half price.
 
Any thoughts, opinions - the good, the bad, & the ugly?



 
 
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    MachineClaw
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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/10 01:19:19 (permalink)
    what 2 day sale?
     
    Plugindiscounts.com has Alloy 2 priced at $125.00 all the time.
     
    I don't have an opinion, I don't own it.  isotope Nectar, while priced higher also has some of the same features.  Not sure why they have essentially 2 plugins that do mostly the same things.
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    jimusic
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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/10 02:32:16 (permalink)
    MachineClaw
    what 2 day sale?
     
    Plugindiscounts.com has Alloy 2 priced at $125.00 all the time.
     
    I don't have an opinion, I don't own it.  isotope Nectar, while priced higher also has some of the same features.  Not sure why they have essentially 2 plugins that do mostly the same things.


    I got an email that said 'Loyalty Sale' for $99.00 instead of $199.00. Good 'til July 11.
     
    I have Ozone 4 and upped it to 5 a few months ago.
     
    Yeah, why would they make 2 that do almost the same thing? Seems a bit odd.



     
     
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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/10 03:08:36 (permalink)
    I have nectar, alloy and ozone and they are not alike at all. Alloy is better for multiple use on individual tracks whereas Ozone is better suited to mastering.
    Nectar is more like vvocal and melodyne.

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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/10 09:45:40 (permalink)
    I have all 3 as well - got them some time ago at a special three for one sort of sale.
    Ozone I use all the time
    Nectar - mainly for vocals on demos
    Alloy I hardly use - I had sort of "forgotten" this - shall have to exhume!!
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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/10 12:47:19 (permalink)
    Apparently some use Ozone instead or in place of Alloy, even though Ozone is more for Mastering.
     
    Anyone do that?



     
     
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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/10 12:55:44 (permalink)
    I have Alloy 2 and Ozone 5 advanced. I use both but, I have used Alloy 2 less since I purchased Ozone 5 advanced because the separate modules in Ozone 5 advanced can be placed in individual tracks without eating up too many resources.
     
    I think they both have their place and it is a nice pair of tools to have available when the need arises.
     
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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/10 13:13:18 (permalink)
    Ozone is a resource hog even if you only have one of the modules turned on, making it less than suitable for use on individual tracks. In fact even just having it on the master track can overload things if you have a lot of VSTi's playing, unless your audio buffers are cranked way up. I see it as something to slap on the master bus once you've bounced everything to audio. 

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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/10 13:39:29 (permalink)
    Good info. Thanks Buds.
     
    For comparison sakes, does anyone use Wavelab for mastering instead of Ozone? Wavelab 8 is out now.
    post edited by jimusic - 2013/07/10 13:52:22



     
     
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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/10 23:03:53 (permalink)
    Couldn't resist - just bought it!
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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/10 23:21:32 (permalink)
    tagruvto
    Couldn't resist - just bought it!

     
    What sold you on it tagruvto?



     
     
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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/11 17:00:13 (permalink)
    I have Ozone 5 and really like it and wanted to get some of these same attributes on multiple tracks for mixing without the heavy load on my limited resources - older computer with only 8 Gigs of  RAM.
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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/11 23:47:54 (permalink)
    only 8 Gigs of RAM. 
     
     
    hahaha that made me laugh, sorry.  only.
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    Re: Any Opinions On Alloy? 2 Day Sale Left 2013/07/13 04:41:15 (permalink)
    MachineClaw
    only 8 Gigs of RAM. 
     
    hahaha that made me laugh, sorry.  only.


    I don't know - up until I built my dedicated DAW rig 1-1/2 years ago, I only had 4 gigs in the old one.
     
    Now THAT'S a laugh!
     
    But I have 16 now, so the laugh has turned into a smile.



     
     
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