50% off Fabfilter Timeless 2

the UI is tricky to master, but it's a great plugin. 

Now's your chance to own the definitive delay plug.  Don't hesitate.  All of FF's stuff is absolute top shelf. 

until May 1, 2013

bitflipper

This is kinda historic. AFAIK, FF has never held a sale on an individual product before, just bundles. 

Yep, and I suppose we can hope that it's the start of a new marketing strategy.  Could it be that Timeless 3 is in the pipeline?  On the other hand, $140 is kind of steep for a delay in the first place.  I can see how they can charge that approximate amount for Pro Q, for example, but I doubt they've sold many delays at the list price.
 
Timeless 2 is a very flexible piece of gear, but its capabilities are being overshadowed by some new competitors, FXpansion's Bloom being the latest.  So, maybe that's the real reason for the sale.  I'll hope that other FF plugs will come up for the 50% off treatment, but I'm not really expecting such.

$140 is kind of steep for a delay in the first place.

Steep for me, too. 

But consider that the popular SoundToys' Echo Boy has long been considered the "ultimate delay" and it sells for even more AND requires a dongle. 

I demoed Timeless 2 and didn't buy it, not just because of the price but mainly because it seemed overly complicated. I'm more drawn to delays such as Audio Damage's Ricochet, which has a plain 'n simple interface and costs $49. But then I'm not much into sound-mangling. 

I also looked at FXpansion's Bloom when it came out. Same deal, I think, as Timeless 2: very flexible, great for serious mangling, but too complicated when all you want is a simple echo. 

You know what would be great? I'll tell you what would be great: somebody at Cakewalk would rescue the Sonitus Delay from 1999, fix the tempo-sync bugs, make a mono version and add modulation. I'd give 'em fifty bucks for that.

I'm reading all of your suggestions and opinions. I'm poised to pursue what appears to be a good deal for a very powerful delay.

But the Timeless 2 delay demo reminds me of an infomercial. "But wait! There's more!"  Watching the demo it just gets more and more complicated looking. "Thought you'd seen enough?  Now let's make it even more complicated!"

Aside from that objective ribbing on the demo, it is pretty impressive so I'm likely to get it. Unless one of your comments above causes me to rethink as I look into those alternatives mentioned.

I've had T2 for a while now but not had much of a chance to put it through its paces. I'm looking forward to manipulating its settings via automation rather than simply using it as a static delay, if you know what I mean...

lawajava

But the Timeless 2 delay demo reminds me of an infomercial. "But wait! There's more!"  Watching the demo it just gets more and more complicated looking. "Thought you'd seen enough?  Now let's make it even more complicated!"

You're right.  I know that's not their intention, but the video can be intimidating.  The graphic interface looks really cool and well thought out - but it is so "foreign" than what I'm used to.  And the video goes so quickly that I have trouble keeping up with what they are doing.  I would guess that once you get the hang of how they do things graphically it becomes easy?

To those Fabfilter users: Is there some learning curve to the graphical interface?  Or is it pretty easy?   And once you get used to one FF plug is the next one easier to learn?
 
And - once you start using these plugins do you think that this graphic interface is superior or more intuitive than more conventional interfaces (like Sonitus)?

I'm going to pick-up T2 sometime this weekend.
Too good to pass up...

Yeah, I think I'm going to pick this one up as well.
 
Definitely a nice delay with tons of options & flexibility.

guitartrek

lawajava

But the Timeless 2 delay demo reminds me of an infomercial. "But wait! There's more!"  Watching the demo it just gets more and more complicated looking. "Thought you'd seen enough?  Now let's make it even more complicated!"

You're right.  I know that's not their intention, but the video can be intimidating.  The graphic interface looks really cool and well thought out - but it is so "foreign" than what I'm used to.  And the video goes so quickly that I have trouble keeping up with what they are doing.  I would guess that once you get the hang of how they do things graphically it becomes easy?

To those Fabfilter users: Is there some learning curve to the graphical interface?  Or is it pretty easy?   And once you get used to one FF plug is the next one easier to learn?

And - once you start using these plugins do you think that this graphic interface is superior or more intuitive than more conventional interfaces (like Sonitus)?

"To those Fabfilter users: Is there some learning curve to the graphical interface?  Or is it pretty easy?   And once you get used to one FF plug is the next one easier to learn? "


The UI is the weak link in their chain. To me, it is counter intuitive, and I own it? 


I have a bundle with a bunch of their stuff, and even though the UI is rough? It's like a chick with a really nice ahhh, well she looks really really good from behind? And around front? She's very "well endowed?" So it's all good? And then, you get a peak at the face? And you say to yourself, I think I could get past this based on the other things...