One last purchase for the season, 200+ value, what would that be ?

I don't have any of the following yet.

1) Softube mix bundle 179 + 39.95 (iLok 2) : 236.95
..regular 299 + $?(iLok 2)

2) Ozone 5  : 199/=
..offer expires 2 jan, regular 249/=

3) Melodyne Editor : 249/=?? (audioMidi's current price)

* diff current selling price..
Celemony : 399/= Sweetwater : 299/= audioMidi : 249/=


I think I'll pass the Softube offer, not against iLok, but I have all the current ProChannel modules already. Enough for my current usage.

I'm really thinking of Ozone 5, taking advantage of the offer. It'll be good taking a peek into mastering tasks.

Perhaps next saving goes to Melodyne, as pricing is not affected by any promotion as far as I can tell.

What would you go for, for similar or other 200+ pack ?

I concur...... OZONE 5!

Thanks, Daryl, Sidroe and Bitflipper.

As I've just setup my new X1 daw early this year, I do not have a lot of plugins. I've only started to add plugins after the X1 expander upgrades. 

Previously, my old PC setup is the Cubase LE daw that comes with my Alesis audio interface, driving mostly hardware midi keys and drum machine. I don't use any soft synt till now.

My daw main usage is to do backing tracks for my 2 piece band, mainly for the drums, bass and a little keyboard parts. Sometimes someone would ask me to do a minus one song that they can't find a karaoke version. I'm also using the daw to arrange brass/woodwind parts.

For mastering capable plugins, besides the stock X1 plugins, I've added all  ProChannel modules before Softube and the Nomad Factory bundle offering recently. That's all I have.

I've just downloaded Ozone 5 trial and running through the mastering guide.

> My kneejerk response was "Ozone", but that really depends on what your needs are. You may already have a serviceable mastering limiter but be in need of extensive vocal help. Or maybe you'd kill more birds by taking advantage of the FabFilter 25% off bundle sale. Depends what you have in your toolkit already.

Let's see if I take the FabFilter offers... if I got the (losely) comparison right with metering feature when they exists. Subst shall be used if there is none (that I'm aware). 

Pardon me, in the comparison, as I'm completely naive in mastering and it's tools.

Ozone Maximizer -=- FabFilter Pro-L (limiter)

Ozone Equalizer -=- FabFilter Pro-Q (equalizer)

Ozone Reverb    -=- Subst with Perfect Space / Sonitus / others

Ozone Dither    -=- ..X1 built in dither ?

Ozone Exciter   -=- Subst with X1 HP Exciter

Ozone Dynamics  -=- FabFilter Pro-C (compressor) and FabFilter Pro-G (gate) ?
* Ozone Dynamics is multiband, not sure about how to do this with FabFilter.
Sonitus has multiband.

Ozone Stereo Imaging -=- Subst with CamelPhatSpace.. just joking :)
* subst with others, Nomad Factory bundle has one.

The bundle offered by FabFilter includes :

Mixing Bundle : 359/=
- FabFilger Pro-C
- FabFilger Pro-Q
- FabFilger Pro-G
* does not include Pro-L (limiter)

Mastering Bundle : 337/=
- FabFilter Pro-L
- FabFilter Pro-C
- FabFilter Pro-Q
* does not include Pro-G (gate)

..already stretching my limits, other more complete bundle seems way above my budget.

If i go with FabFilter, what is the correct one should I get to complement the minimal plugins I may already have ?

Thanks Ken, yeah.. no Softube.

I'll settle with Ozone 5 this time, the budget is right and it's all neatly integrated, will be good for me starting out. When I get better at it, perhaps I will invest in more high end plugs. I'm sure another offer will come up another day.

Also, I got Craig Anderton's new video (and the previous one as well). 


And this one : http://streamworksaudio.com/products/mastering-revealed


Thanks! ( http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?tree=true&m=2439956 )


The best 3 items!

Cheers!

Bit,

Thanks for the suggestions!

>  [P.S. If you do go with FabFilter, please consider letting me send you a referral email first. It'll get you 10% off on individual plugins (not bundles, though) and earn me a $14 store credit at FF.] 

Will let you know if I want to get an individual plugins from FF in the future.

Hi if you into Ozone buy with  http://audiodeluxe.com/products/izotope-ozone-5

It is now with audiodeluxe even cheaper  

Kind regards

Mididreamer

I've been demoing O5 Advanced and had decided to to O5.
"Meter Bridge", nice eye candy, but do I "need" O5 on every track?
At AD's price, DONE!
Now a happy O5 owner.
Thanks, Mididreamer
digitalboy,
I "hear" you (in spades actually, my CC is a little warm ), BUT I don't think O5 is just "another" hammer.
T

digitalboy

 I think that I'll buy something for my wife...
........................

We are all spending too much time focusing on the tools and not on the music....

Imagine if you were a plumber and you had a toolbox full of hammers 

Some of us have saved for months waiting for these Holiday sales; some of us can only afford the really good plugins when they are on these big discounted sales; some of us want to take advantage of these sales now while they are still active; some of us seek the advice of more experienced users about what tools are a priority and why.  This particular Software forum provides a place for us cake-eaters to learn about the great sales and about what software we should buy and what we should avoid.   


I for one just did not have the money nor the health to do so in the Summer when Fabfilter for example had their July sale.  Having just made some of these holiday additions to my vst toolbox, it has already increased my creativity, peaked my interest in music, given me new insight into how these specialty tools work, and hopefully made me more productive now and in the near future.  I now have sledge hammers and finishing hammers and am learning which to use and when.  I really wish I had known about some of these higher grade specialty "hammers" a couple of years ago, but I did not have the money then nor the knowledge to use them. 

This year, it is my wife who "bought something" for me; she gave me a wonderful Christmas gift for me to invest on some new tools. 

Mididreamer, thanks for the link!

I was waiting to finish the weekend gig before purchasing. 
Edit : Luckily I did that, else I would have missed this!

However, my order status is still pending, not sure why as I've clear the payment via paypal, but the payment is not deducted yet. It's 8 hour since my order.

What is your experience with audiodeluxe.com ?

Edit : ok.. I read this at ad website :

PLEASE NOTE:  Although the processing of electronically delivered orders is typically lightning fast…it is not an automated process.  Please understand that if purchasing outside of regular business hours there may be some delay (hey, we need our sleep too!).


..I'll just wait :) Thanks!

audiodeluxe O5 offers changed.

Back to 199/= or make an offer.


And my last checkout at 159/= did not make it.. payment did not go through via paypal. Just wrote to AD, hopefully I still get a good deal.

AD invoiced me a new order for the same amount and cancel the pending order due to payment error. Paypal gets through just now, so I'll be waiting!