I remember buying their entry-level drum sampler (Platinum EX? I think it was called). never got it to work properly in Sonar. There goes $49 I think it was.
Then I recieve 10,000 emails about other products. These get me to watch a dozen videos of Slate touting the latest and greatest. I will say, the Slate Hype Machine at full operation is an impressive thing to watch.
So I bought Virtual Bus Compressor years ago, only to find it couldn't be used on mono tracks. They must have overlooked that trivial little detail, and I must have overlooked the fine print, if there was any. If we are being fair, that's like overlooking someone trying to hand you a dixie cup full of water while they are simultaneously bathing you in a firehose of hype.
I know, it's a "Bus" compressor so silly me for thinking I could use it everywhere. Still, they promise a mono compatibility update, which nearly everyone is demanding for some reason. Like three years later, there it comes.
Meanwhile, I receive 10,000 more emails for every new product they are shouting about, and there are plenty. Each is touted as revolutionary.
Let me wrap this up! I hardly ever use the VBC although it can provide satisfactory results. I think it's use interface is too cluttered for me, which another user might appreciate, but I just never got into the flow of it. And I have found other tools that suit me better.
I never bought the rack, the trigger thing, the SSD, nor that magical "put this on every channel and it will mix it for you!" thing . . . and I consider their track record more promise than deliver. And I'm not a "hype" person so I'm a little turned off by their incessant promotion howitzer.
Of course, others will swear by Slate, and "collect the whole set" . . . so it's whatever floats your bloat. :)
cheers,
-Tom