I'm lobbying Fabrice to get infos lol .... be sure that i will try violently  ahahah ...will report asap ...
 
Maybe this would be the occasion fro another teck talk with Fabrice ...and discuss deeply the process and concept !!

Nah.

What I worry about anything slate is that despite the proclamations that new products don't stop development on existing products, once released his vstis rarely see updates. Vcc has a slew of known bugs, non show stoppers, but reported bugs none the less and there hasn't been an update in quite some time. Same deal with with ssd 4, fgx, etc. I get it that there are only so many hours in a day for a small company, but I'd be hard pressed to lay out any substantial sum of money for anything slate that is software related. For the record I have Vcc, fgx, ssd with both expansion packs and virtual tape. I like the products, so this isn't meant to be a slam, just something to think about.

I would like to have the plug but do not need or want the preamp. I feel like you must have the preamp for the plug to work. If so I am out. But I will buy the VMR! As soon as it comes out.

You would definitely need the pre. It's going to work a bit like ARC - you have to use their microphone because they know the characteristics of the mic. In Slate's case, the mic and the pre together have a sonic profile which is accounted for going into the virtual mic/pre models. They'd have to know the exact profile of your mic and pre in order to give a model based on your equipment, and even then you'll run into the mic limitations. I'm guessing the mics and the pre are about as clean as you can get, to give them a clean sonic plate to run through the modelers...

I suppose if you didn't have any mics or pre amps this could be a good place to start if the price were competitive - but I would imagine a lot of people have made their choice of mics / pre amps - I know I have and the sound I get from them is acceptable and I suppose I can say its OUR sound - so I'm not sure for me that I would want to change no matter how good or competitively priced it is, if you see what I mean.
Nigel
 
 

They said the starting price would be arround $2000,00. Thats 8 cakewalk upgrades.

8 missed opportunities to fix actual bugs.

strikinglyhandsome1
8 missed opportunities to fix actual bugs.

dude! are you still on sonar 8.5?  They've been fixin' um right and left!
Antares mic mod is pretty cool... although still like my CAD E100S the best!

I am stuck on 8.5. I'm busking my way to Sonar X3 and a new operating system. My PC still needs a crank handle.