The glorious day has come to save big money:  "Until August 1, 25% discount on all bundles!  http://www.fabfilter.com/ 

I have no Fabfilter plugs to date, but I do believe that NOW is the time to consider the possibility of getting some. How much will these plugins enhance my music over what I presently have is the question. We have many Fabfilter fans out here on the forum. Its time to chime in.

Does anyone have any comments on what level of system resources these plugs use, and if they're overly resource hungry? I'm considering getting the FX bundle.

I'm surprised nobody has chimed in on this one. There's many many Fabfilter fans here including myself. In a nutshell, you can't go wrong with Fabfilter products. Easy on system resources, an interface like none other (very visual and logical). The video tutorials are well done and very informative. I purchased the "mixing bundle" on special last year and there's no projects I'm working on that doesn't included a Fabfilter plugin.

You can also ask someone to refer you if you don't have a Fabfilter account. This will give you a 10% discount on any Fabfilter product you purchase which are not part of a bundled special. And also a $14.00 USD discount for the referrer. A win-win all around. 

very good deal. .and yep I got all of them except for saturation at xmas.. so it's even better value..

have a word with bitflipper about referral hehe

demo them also.. and check the tutorials on youtube

Yes. Bitflipper is practically a volunteer sales Rep for Fabfilter and obviously thinks highly of their ability to shape and control music. I am wondering if the mastering bundle, alone, will be sufficient or if I should  really need and greatly benefit from Saturn, volcano and Timeless, and spend more.

As I've said here many times before:  FabFilter makes some of the best plugs available today.  Period.

If one had what they call their "FX Bundle" you really wouldn't need anything else except a great Reverb and the occasional single purpose "oddball" plug.  With the Pro series, Timeless2 and Volcano your set.  Heck...I bet they're working on a "Fab" reverb right now.  Go get ya some!  You won't be sorry.

Thanks for the endorsement Yoro. I know that you've tried 'em all [almost all, anyway] and that your statement is one of experience and understanding.

Kreative


Yes. Bitflipper is practically a volunteer sales Rep for Fabfilter and obviously thinks highly of their ability to shape and control music. I am wondering if the mastering bundle, alone, will be sufficient or if I should  really need and greatly benefit from Saturn, volcano and Timeless, and spend more.

thing is, it's not that much more.. so that's how I looked at it when I bought it (at the expense of NI's vast gaps between versions of komplete) . depends on how much you have to spend and no doubt they'll do a xmas offer like everyone does.


only you know how useful they are to you.

Kreative:  The Fabfilter line is excellent, especially the Pro line.  The Pro-L limiter is wonderfully transparent and is seen by some to be a standard (many users around here compare other limiters against the Pro-L standard); the Pro-Q and Pro-C are leaders in their fields.  I own the FX Bundle, but bought it last Christmas during that sale which was before the release of Saturn (so I don't own Saturn).  As someone else has pointed out, FF has these sales twice a year (Summer and Christmas).  You really should download the free demos and try them out for yourself.  

CPU Load?  In another thread you were concerned about how a tape sim plugin drained CPU on your DAW.  Downloading and testing the FF demos would make sure for you that your machine can handle them.  They have never been a trouble for me, but I have a newer I7 with 16 gigs of ram.  To be honest I don't even recall how heavy they hit my CPU, but given your concerns in that other thread you should demo the plugins to make sure.

One last comment not for you but for novices to FabFilter plugins.  They are designed for the Pros.  They are designed to be used by skilled, experienced persons who have a good understanding of these types of plugins (compressors, limiters, gates, EQs) and how their settings work.  Fabfilter provides very few presets for the Pro series line (they do provide more presets for Timeless).  Again this is not a problem for persons who already know how to use the plugins and are willing or wanting to start from scratch with EQ or a Limiter or a  Compressor.  However, if you are looking for a myriad of presets for every possible track senario, then you need to know that these plugins don't come loaded with a lot of presets.   [Edited:  I have no idea why I wrote this.  So I have stricken it out.  There are some very good presets for various instruments and mastering/mixing.  They are good starting points to get you in the ball park and then you can tweak and adjust to fit your needs.  Sorry for this blunder.]    

Returning to quality, yoropal has summarized it well.  "If one had what they call their "FX Bundle" you really wouldn't need anything else except a great Reverb and the occasional single purpose "oddball" plug."


My advice?  Download the demo, see for yourself, and you will probably buy and use these excellent plugins on many tracks and mixes.