Nomad Factory introduces MAGNETIC II

http://www.nomadfactory.c...magnetic_II/index.html

NEW FEATURES OF MAGNETIC II:
- We included 9 TAPE MODELS that give you the authentic sound of the famous vintage tape machines:

- Otari MX-80 2-inch 24-track
- Otari MTR-90 2-inch 24-track
- Ampex MM1200 2-inch 24-track
- Ampex ATR-102 half-inch two-track
- Tascam ATR60-16 1-inch 16-track
- Studer A80 Mk II 2-inch 24-track
- Studer A827 2-inch 24-track
- Studer A820 2-inch 24-track
- MCI JH24 2-inch 24-track 

Until December 31, 2011, the NEW "MAGNETIC II" Plug-in will be sold at only $79 ! (MSRP $149)

Until December 31, 2011, any customer that owns the previous version of the highly acclaimed MAGNETIC Plug-in can UPGRADE to MAGNETIC II for $20 or move to the "Integral Studio Pack" for ONLY $99 !!!

http://store.dontcrack.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=39&products_id=897

I was just about to buy Magnetic. For this price, it becomes a certainty.

Until December 31, 2011, any customer that owns at least ONE Nomad Factory product can UPGRADE to the FULL Integral Studio Pack (ISP) for ONLY $99 !!!

All you need to do is enter any previous Nomad Factory serial number from the Nomad Factory website.

Done.

wow. i'll be in payday.

I tried for the magnetic II discount and although I had a serial number and generated a discount code, when I tried to check out the web page told me although I had a valid code, I didnt meet the requirements of the exclusions that were in the email I received (which I didnt, I got the info from this thread!!)Anyway I went for the $99 deal Integral Studio Pack III UPGRADE , which includes magnetic II and other plugs. I already have a few of their plug ins which I like.

I just got Magnetic II.  For $79 this is great.

It sounds great, actually just like Magnetic I; HOWEVER, when I click on the other Tape Models like the Studer ones, I can not hear any difference between these new settings and the Magnetic II default.  I guess this is just my failing ears or that Magnetic II default is just so good. 
 
So, do any of you other Tape guru's out there hear any difference in the Tape models on Magnetic II?

EDIT:  It's a miracle!  Not really, I cleaned the wax out of my ears and I can hear the difference.  Well, no actual wax was cleaned.  I just  played with the reel speed setting and set it down to 1.x or 3.x and turned the wow up and I can hear a difference in the Tape Modes.

yoropal:  I replied here:  http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2430434

There are a couple of dlls in the Nomad Folder that are not loading, one is Magnetic II.
What gives?

@ cecelius2: I got the Analog Mastering plugs on the 14th(two days ago). I used that serial number to get the $99 deal and it went through without a hitch. @yorolpal: Magnetic loaded fine for me. No problems at all. This is on my Vista machine. Haven't loaded it on my XP machine yet. Oh and BTW, I didn't let it install the C+++ stuff that it wanted to. I just didn't accept the Microsoft agreement and it closed. Everything working fine.

Has someone compared Magnetic II with the UAD Studer A-800 or the waves tape emulation??

I  plan on eventually getting the UAD 2,  but since I only have a UAD 1 right now, and the magentic is WAY cheaper...

Also, IMO since I started using magnetic on my mixes they have improved.  They just seem to mesh better, and have a bit more sparkle.

Grem

@ cecelius2: I got the Analog Mastering plugs on the 14th(two days ago). I used that serial number to get the $99 deal and it went through without a hitch. @yorolpal: Magnetic loaded fine for me. No problems at all. This is on my Vista machine. Haven't loaded it on my XP machine yet. Oh and BTW, I didn't let it install the C+++ stuff that it wanted to. I just didn't accept the Microsoft agreement and it closed. Everything working fine.

I just got this from Nomad Factory Support.  This was not thankful news:

Do you own any other Nomad Factory plugin serial #'s?  Did you buy Magnetic 2 outright or did you upgrade from Magnetic 1?  
You can't upgrade to ISP3 from Magnetic 2 but any other Nomad serial will work.

bapu

 Ya, it was stated right there on the purchase page.

Yeh, I had seen that, but then I received a Dno'tCrack email after I had registered MagII and it had this line: 


  4- Anyone that owns at least ONE Nomad Factory product can UPGRADE to the FULL ISP III for ONLY $99 ! That’s right ONLY $99 !  Isn’t that the hottest Nomad Factory deal we’ve ever offered ?

That confused me to think that since I now own "at least ONE Nomad Factory product" that I could qualify.  This is no big concern.  I have way too many plugins to use already, and I have sights set on other Black Friday sales (Waves) and other December/Christmas expectations (UAD-2 Xmas sale??  Fabfilter sale????).

I was just a bit confused (again).  Must be that turkey and the football!

Freddie H


MAGNETIC ONE was know to sound better then UAD and WAVES TAPE Emulations too...

Some people actually came up with an agreement on that? Everywhere I've looked, I've found that people were usually quite positive about Magnetic but most of those who actually owned the others didn't seem to think it was "better", just different.