THANK YOU NI!

+1 wohoo :) 

Did you also get a voucher code for usd 30/= ?
I'm thinking of getting the new Session Horns with the voucher.. since that was never been on any discount yet since released..

It's orange. Not a lot else going for it.
 
It'll be rich, warm and fantastic for many though.

More updates as they happen.

You know what they say. 'One Man's meat...' Well I find it pretty cool. You can use it just in Filter mode for very clean but filtered sounds. As usual per Native it sounds excellent. If the genre of music demands it then it is very good especially for the free aspect. The beat or rhythm in the sidechain mode is especially cool. 

The distortion can take you into some wild sounding territory as well. 

bitflipper

Downloaded, installed, tested and deleted. Ugh.

I also have downloaded it, but the audio examples on the NI site do not impress me.  It is probably very good for what it is intended, but it only interests me because I got it free.  I wonder how it compares to Fabfilter's Saturn?

bitflipper


Downloaded, installed, tested and deleted. Ugh.

They sure didn't aim for "subtle" did they?  I did find "fart" to be a particularly evocative preset.
 
With a lot of dialing back on the intensity of some of the parameters I did manage to get an effect somewhat similar to an old Electroharmonix comb filter sound.  Nice metallic guitar effect.
 
All in all, a great effect for the Acid House crowd.  Maybe not so sweet for more classic sounds.

bitflipper


Downloaded, installed, tested and deleted. Ugh.

thanks for saving my time. I have a few things that already beat  it more than likely e.g. by fab filter... and not NI the company who took kore users for mugs

lol, love reading these opinions
It will be used, sparingly, on something eventually.

Free is without complaints if it does something wholly unique and you have nothing else to fit the niche. I'm having a hard time wading through all the things that I already have, and have barely even scratched the surface of what I might do with it all. It's overwhelming, but quite fun.

I must be the only guy who's gotten really nice CSR from Native-Instruments.  


Truth =  At this point there are other companies, writing great software plugins, for the budget producer price range that NI likes to play in.

Truth again =  At this point you can even find great plugins for a lot less $ than NI plugins.

(truth)(truth) = Native-Instrument plugins, time and time again, seem to have more cross daw compatibility than any other company around.

NI stuff is pretty solid.  Its as good as Waves stuff, and often times has less bugs.  As a lot of the other, "flavor of the month," plugin companies seem to fall by the wayside, NI sticks around and puts out CSR, products, fixes, and ideas.

I feel as though the money I've given NI has been well spent.
This freebie is like a promotional gift anyway, so I don't understand the anger here.
Worst thing about NI is navigating through their website, it is a pain, but that has nothing to do with Driver.