Plugin Alliance Mega Sale

[Squawk]

Anybody else getting sucked in by the Plugin Alliance Summer Sale? I was watching their 24 hour rotating summer sale offerings, and picked up quite a few plugins.

I've got more plugins than I can ever possibly use, but this damn sale has drained my wallet this month. I should probably just block their website on my browser

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[Monkey Man]

Yeah, it's a disease for sure, T.

They do so many great plugins I just can't help myself.

 

[Squawk]

I had 3 plugins in my cart, but wanted to demo SPL iron a bit first. Forgot the sale was ending that night! I ended up having to buy it at full price, but with dynamic discounts, and a coupon from PA. It was still painful though!

 

[Monkey Man]

Crumpets!

Hey man, have you heard about the new Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor and Focusrite Studio Console emus?

Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
Focusrite Studio Console

The SHMC is apparently identical sound-wise to Brainworx's UAD version, and I have to say that the Focusrite emu looks... tasty!

 

[Squawk]

I have the SHMC for UAD. I really like it. Would love to have the hardware

The Focusrite strip looks cool! Worth a demo. I think that's the first Focusrite plugins I've seen since the Focusrite Red ones for Pro Tools, which were quite exceptional!

I'd love to see someone do a Focusrite Red 3 plugin, the version with the transformers.

 

[Monkey Man]

Indeed, T.

FWIMBW the native SHMC plugin has undergone a few enhancements over the UAD one functionality-wise, which is why I said it's the same as the UAD one sound-wise.

Parallel-comp functionality and sidechaining are amongst them IIRC.

 

[Squawk]

Yeah, I have to say, the one thing that bugs me about UAD is the lack of sidechain, at least on the majority of their stuff if I remember correctly. I suspect it's a limitation with the platform. I'm usually reaching for native plugins for sidechaining.

 

[Monkey Man]

Well, at least PA gives you the option of getting that sorted now in the case of SHMC, T.

As a bonus, you won't be "wasting" DSP on it so more cycles will be available for your other preferred UAD plugs.