Zo
 
james , the md/side per node and the spectrum s worth an upgrade (not a full purchase imho) ,  own sonnox here , it's trused and sounds pristne , but one thing with pro Q s that t's easy on cpu /// 'm tired of having to deal with some pluhgins like havin a piece of HW !! testing as  write Taupe and El Rey , love them , sounds exeptionnal :::: at 96k not 44k so those two insterted and i barely have room for the rest of my plugins ::: with what i spend a year in plugin , i m starting to wonder if HW wouldn't be it and voila !! (an ssl fusion comes to mind to polish mixes and done!!)

Thanks Zo!
 
My upgrade price was $66.23.
 
I actually just got a refund from FabFilter. I agree that there is some value there, but I have Mercury, I have Melda's EQ that does the sidechain - I was hoping to use Q3 to reduce my reliance on the other plugins and consolidate a little. Since it doesn't quite get there, it doesn't really add anything for me. I admit the idea of having some nodes stereo and some mid-side is attractive, but not worth the money.
 
Here was FabFilter's reply to my refund request:
 
Hi James,

No problem, I've requested a refund for your order with Cleverbridge.

We do think though, that even without dedicated attack and release controls and external side input, the dynamic EQ feature in Pro-Q 3 is very useful for say 90% of your dynamic EQing needs. So maybe you'd still like to give the trial version a go to see how it works for you. :)
 
Again, the new features he mentions are great, but I have plugins that already do that and more...
 
PS: Totally get the hardware comment. I'm now in a fullblown hybrid system with outboard and LOVING IT! :)
 
 
 

Skyline_UK
Mine's £54.94 because I own the Compressor and Limiter and didn't upgrade those either. I'll pass on this one as well. I can't see me using any of the new features listed.

 
This is my take on it as well, pretty much.  I do deeply admire that company and love their plug-ins dearly, but version 3 only has one new feature I'd probably ever use, and that would be extremely rarely (plus I have a quite capable IKM EQ that already does separate L/R or M/S settings, and I'd be very surprised if my Melda EQs don't already do this as well). 
 
I passed on the FF upgraded limiter as well - just what was I missing in the initial version.  You've got a limiter that is already delivers perfection, so you need something more perfect?  FF is shooting themselves in the foot by doing just too good a job the first time around.

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When I thanked their customer support department, I received this email:
 
Hi James,

No problem! We're getting quite some requests for the side-chaining feature so we might just add that in a future update...

Cheers,