smallstonefan
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Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
I'd like to pick this up but considering how many synths I have, I would need to score a good deal to make it feasible...
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/22 10:00:51
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Steve Duda rarely (if at all) puts any of his products on sale.....I've only seen a bit of discount price over at KVR. Also, it becomes NFR after buying it used.
Eventually, I'll also pick this up as I do like the few VST's that Steve has made (LFO Tool might be next).
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/22 10:04:11
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Thanks Mesh, that's sort of the vibe I got doing some searching...
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/22 14:09:43
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Steve hates sales. He hates that feeling you get when you buy something to only go on sale a week later or if you just miss a sale so he simply doesn't do them apart from intro prices. If you want it cheaper, you'll likely have to buy it from a place like KVR but you have a $25 fee that must be paid by the buyer https://xferrecords.com/general/topics/selling-xfer-vst-license-transfer That said, it's well worth the money. Where most companies release a plugin and maybe give it a patch or two, Steve constantly works on his stuff adding new features all the time. He really puts his heart into his products and is one of the few people I vehemently love to support.
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/22 14:16:23
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Thanks for the info! I'm selling my Arturia collection as it is a TON of instruments, but I'm not a keyboard player and I'm not a vintage synth guy. From my research, Serum could be worth my time to learn and I could be productive with it. I'm a visual guy, so I like how the UI lets you see what you are doing.
Anyway, may just have to pick it up at full price...
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/22 14:17:40
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TerraSin
Steve hates sales. He hates that feeling you get when you buy something to only go on sale a week later or if you just miss a sale so he simply doesn't do them apart from intro prices. If you want it cheaper, you'll likely have to buy it from a place like KVR but you have a $25 fee that must be paid by the buyer https://xferrecords.com/general/topics/selling-xfer-vst-license-transfer
That said, it's well worth the money. Where most companies release a plugin and maybe give it a patch or two, Steve constantly works on his stuff adding new features all the time. He really puts his heart into his products and is one of the few people I vehemently love to support.
+1 Cthulhu is great. Sure wish I'd bought Serum instead of Waves Codex. Anybody wanna trade? 
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/22 15:18:29
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I am exploring Cthulhu more on a song I'm working on now and I'm digging it. :)
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/22 17:43:00
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Before you part with cash for Serum, check out Icarus from Tone 2 - I think it's nearing the end of beta and there seems to be a hell of a buzz about it. It may shortly establish itself as the wavetable synth gold standard. That's not a promise - I haven't gotten hands on it or even read documentation yet, but there does seem to be a lot of excitement building.
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 09:58:30
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 10:34:22
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They give you the option to download the Beta and test it out before being released.....right here: https://www.tone2.com/html/icarus.html
Don't know how it sounds. I abandoned the site. Geez, but I hate those constant slide-down, slide-up, shimmy shimmy shake shake HTML attention getters. Couldn't make through reading all of the info before I got so irritated, I split. Really annoying.
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 10:53:25
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I checked out the site and it does look interesting. I'm becoming a fan of Steve Duda though, and I've played with the Serum demo.
Man I wish they ran sales...
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 11:11:48
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Same here......big fan of Xfer products and Terra nailed what Steve's about.
I watched/listened to that video of Icarus and it does sound "phat" and full (which I like). Only thing I'm concerned about is (not being a sound designer) that this is more geared for the Dubstep/Chillout/Hip Hop genre.......still, I should download the Beta and see for myself.
I like that built in humanized vocals in Icarus.....
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 11:13:38
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smallstonefan
I checked out the site and it does look interesting. I'm becoming a fan of Steve Duda though, and I've played with the Serum demo.
Man I wish they ran sales...
That's one of the problems with the American way... We've become so used to "sales" that we won't buy something when it's not on sale. I say "rubbish." I don't mean "pay more than necessary." What I do mean is "support vendors who resist this stupid sales/marketing B.S." Here's an example of a major manufacturer who I support, in part, for this very reason: Subaru (I'm on my second, and they last a LONG time). They don't have sales. What they do do each year in December is have a "Share the Love" event. You buy a new Subie, and they donate $250 to the charity (from a list) you nominate. My kind of company. Steve's no different. Since you KNOW there will be no sales, you can make the economic and artistic decision about Serum being for you, or not. So what I'm hearing from you is that Serum isn't worth its price to you. Cool. I haven't bought it yet, either. Onward and upward.
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 11:30:43
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 12:17:27
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So what I'm hearing from you is that Serum isn't worth its price to you. Cool. I haven't bought it yet, either.
That's pretty much what I said. But at a sale price, it would be attractive. Though I disagree with the assertion that the American way is to not buy anything unless it's on sale...
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 12:22:55
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☄ Helpfulby TerraSin 2016/06/23 12:53:59
Confucius say: Good things no cheap and cheap things no good.
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 13:20:15
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Mesh
Confucius say: Good things no cheap and cheap things no good.
we have a similar thing in software development, in that you can choose 2 out of the following 3: good, fast, cheap... if you want good & fast, it ain't gonna be cheap, and so on...
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 13:26:22
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Mesh
Confucius say: Good things no cheap and cheap things no good.
we have a similar thing in software development, in that you can choose 2 out of the following 3: good, fast, cheap... if you want good & fast, it ain't gonna be cheap, and so on...
....but, but, but......we want Serum for good.....and cheap!! 
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 14:40:10
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You guys are reading way too much into this. :) ...
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 14:57:58
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You guys are reading way too much into this. :) ...
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 15:02:31
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I just might buy the damn thing to shut down this thread. 
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/23 15:48:10
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
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Re: Does XFer Serum ever go on sale?
2016/06/27 08:12:23
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Serum is worth all the money they demand. It's great! And so easy to program from scratch - or tweak the presets to the unrecognisable ;)
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