X1 Producer Expanded Without Softube Mix Bundle Is It Worth It

I have been watching these tutorials that have these special plugins that I thought was included in Expander to find out they are the Softube Mix Bundle which is not offered anymore. Is Expander worth buying without them? I wanted to take advantage of the following Expander / Gate, Compressor, more Additional ProChannel modules are available separately with more coming from Cakewalk and third parties: PC2A T-Type Leveling Amplifier ProChannel Concrete Limiter Softube Mix Bundle PC4K S-Type Expander / Gate PC4K S-Type Channel Compressor Not sure how much Cakewalk was selling this for but good grief Charlie Brown http://www.guitarcenter.c...-106730732-i2210104.gc  

+1, Well worth it.
And, as Mudgel said, buying each module at release is the way to go...

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BMOG


I am late to this world so for a person like me should I wait for the next special to come around. For all that they offer now it will cost like $183.

BMOG
 
You could opt to buy the Production Suite upgrade for $100, if you already have Producer, which would give you Expanded, the PC4K Expander Gate, they give you the PC4K Compressor FREE, you also get Zeta 2.1, which is a great synth.  That way the only thing left to buy would be the PC2-LA, and the Concrete Limiter.  You just missed the Softube Mix Bundle Sale for $179.  It will probably pop up again.
But, if you buy Production Suite NOW, you will get your upgrade to X2 FREE!!! ( Which would cost you $119 if you don't buy now....so, you not only save $20 but you get Zeta 2.1 also, which is a $49 upgrade, so you end up saving a total of $68.  And you get to get familiar with Expanded b4 X2 is released! 
 
Great Deal!
 
Cheers!

It is a crap shoot and depends upon what Cake puts on sale.  The softube bundle is well worth it and there are plenty of threads about it. 

As far as the other PC modules - some really good stuff,too.  The PCA2 is great, as is the native PC EQ.  The question is whether the suite upgrade is more expensive than upgrading to X2.  X2 might include the gate, as well as the standard PC channel comp (1176) and SSL bus comp and EQ.  For me, the PC2-LA is a must have (if you don't have an LA2A emulator), so I would throw that into the must have category. 

It looks to me the producer upgrade is the way to go and you'll come out cheaper and w/ Z3TA 2 to boot.

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You would need to check the old posts where the bakers were writing, but as best I can remember Expanded is included in X2.  Expanded lets you scroll the PC, add new modules (duh) and rearrange them.  PC comes w/ the EQ, SSL bus comp and the 1176 style channel comp.  I would think Cake will throw in the Limiter and/or Gate and/or SSL channel comp w/ X2 if past history is a guide.  And if you bought expanded probably another "freebie" from the above list.  All that is guess work, but it is how they paid back their bleeding edge customers by giving them some older, less popular software.  I don't think the SSl gate has been a big seller, so why not?

But we don't really know what is in X2 other than what brandon etc. have posted and what has been said in the sales literature.

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Oh yes....I love my Waves Plugins.....
they are some of the best Plugins out there...
They've been doing this "emulation" thing for
longer then just about anyone...

But, again, that's just my opinion...and everyone has their own...

Cheers!

cclarry


Oh yes....I love my Waves Plugins.....
they are some of the best Plugins out there...
They've been doing this "emulation" thing for
longer then just about anyone...

But, again, that's just my opinion...and everyone has their own...

Cheers!

I have to agree[although Iv'e never used UAD,due to 32bit/cost/apple centric etc]the waves CLA 76 2A 3A,and crazy things like the Masereati vocal processor,are quite astounding,however when I trialled the Waves SSL bundle,I was able to copy some of the Waves SSL E/G "presets" almost identically,using the Prochannel PC4K S-Type Comp,PC4KGate,PC4K S-Type Buss Type Comp,and the Gloss EQ,it also really helped having "panup's" "empty" Pro Channel preset,so I could get rid of the EQ if I didn't need it,for copying a particular preset involving the Waves SSL Mastering Compressor,as the PC4K S-Type Buss Compressor is very,or can be made to sound very close.


Same thing with the E or G type equalizers,some Waves presets,were able to be fairly exacted,just by copying the settings from the Waves SSL EQ's to the Pro Cannel EQ,using E,and G settings.


I also must say IMO,not much comes close to Waves L1,L2,L3,or L3LL[I don't have the L3 16] limiters,as I think the first incarnation,the L1,was released 20 years ago,and they have the loudness thing down[or perhaps its even remotely possible,that "The Loudness War's" are the result of the L1?],anyway,as soon as Waves dropped that stupid iLok thing,and went 64bit,I invested quite heavily,though I wish I could have afforded the "Mercury" Bundle like you cclarry! EDIT!!! Sorry I misread you have "Gold" not "Mercury",oh well[facepalm again!]
Cherryot
Bob