Darn that's a shame. Must take a good bit of horsepower to run it; I'm not on the UAD ecosystem but it would sure be cheaper than actually having one of those big beasties (not that I have the space for it either and the air conditioning in my studio ain't the best).

The Black Box and BX_Console are real game changers. Vertigo VSC-2 might also be, I like that best of all the Bus Comps I've tried. Instant Delay is awesome. Nvelope is great. The Acme comp is cool but I wouldn't spend tons on it. The Lindell stuff is all great. If you like that, it's the same guy as LSR Audio-who have excellent stuff like VLB902 De-Esser and VLB525(DBX and API emulations). This Karacter is very good as well.

Disappointed there is no intro offer for Karacter. I have a voucher that can make the price more reasonable, but more than I'm willing to spend this month since I am also looking at a Komplete upgrade which I have been waiting for 6 mths to come on sale.

My personal philosophy is to try not pay full price for anything, as much as possible. Sometimes you can't get around it, otherwise patience can be an important virtue.

The Shadow Hills Brainworx plug in is UAD only.

I dont think that you need both. In Dec. 2015, I chose the Museq, and I am pretty happy with it. After 2 weeks, I tried the Passeq, but didnt buy. Both EQs are great, and on the subtle side of EQs, as Mastering EQs usually are, but the Museq got the better highs in my opinion. The warm button is magnificant too. I found the GUI from SPL Passive not as comfortable as Museq. Museq got also a Mix version, half the rack, just for mixdown applications. M/S Mode for shure too. So try the both, and find out what fits better to your needs.

Interesting and thanks for the reply. After working with both for a couple of days I'm finding the Museq can get spitty in the highs (the warm button doesn't seem to tame that much if at all) whereas the Passeq is a bit smoother. I do wish the Museq had less of a gain adjustment for each band than what it has (certainly way too much for a 'mastering eq'). And I'm not nuts about the little screwdriver-type overall level controls either.

The Passeq is better where I need it in the low to mid freqs. I also find it's gui much easier to work with overall than the Museq. It took me a while to get into it's usage because I hadn't touch a Pultec-type eq plugin in a while but I got the hang of it fairly fast.

All the above having been said I find there are pieces where the Passeq does what I need particularly in m/s processing to fill in center holes and a couple where the Museq does the better job particularly if I need to work with several freqs. The sale just started today so I have a couple of days to make up my mind. Definitely going for the Passeq; it's a matter of whether the Museq is also necessary. For straight non-m/s eq work particularly on tracks I have other plugs that work better.

When I tried the Passeq , I had the impression, that Museq has the better highs. The handling of Passeq was for me too weird. Anyway, if you are happy with Passeq, do it. Both have their advantages. For the last stardust, I use now Black Box HG-2 with the phantastic Air-Knob. I love the mids of the museq, also the lows arent bad. Did you ever used Millenia NSEQ-2 ? Also a wonderful EQ. Dont know, if it has M/S posibbility.

Haven't demo'd the NSEQ yet but yes it does have m/s capability.

I'm not a fan of over-hyped highs or the so-called airband stuff. Actually I don't use that much eq on a regular basis as I prefer to work with the source to get what I want. However if I do have to 'fix it in the mix' I'll do it but am not happy about that. Mostly to take care of masking effects. I will use dynamic eq to take out the odd honky sounding brass sounds.

The thing with Passeq or any passive eq is you have to divorce yourself from the usual way of thinking a 'regular' eq works and that ain't easy. It essentially is one huge filter with the signal going through everything in series.

No, I dont mean overhyped highs, which I dont use at all. I was able to fit my grand piano recordings with the perfect EQ for it, in my case its the museq. I use it as a creative tool, just to be played blind on every band. That brings for me the best results. Totaly other thing is to work and clean up with Equality for example.

The NSEQ-2 , you really should try also. Really good one with more vibe and silky tube sound. Like the hardware, you can change the output stage between tube and jfet. Could be the perfect counterpart for your Passeq. Sales come for shure in the future for 99 USD.

You work the way you want for the sound you want and I do the same for myself. Not a fan of eq for creative work but for corrective work which means I don't use eq everywheres. Like I said I prefer to get the sound I want through the source; if I want a Steinway piano sound then that's what I'll use.

Don't know if or even when NSEQ will drop to $99 in the future. Agreed it's a good sounding plugin but right now my money went for both the Passeq and Museq.

Awesome Stuff! Use Millennia NSEQ-2, Brainworx bx_stereomaker, Vertigo VSM-3 & others everyday! Also just one of the best Licensing-Systems!

Good shout on those three.

Probably my most used as well.

Really impressed with Unfiltered Audio plugins.

I like the flexibility of their modulators (assignments) - easy to see where things go and the combinations are amazing. The only one of theirs I really couldn't get a good sound out of (thank the existence of demos) is Fault. Dent did more than I need so I didn't go for that; Indent does what I need. Love the growl I can get out of that.

Yeah they are pretty fresh and unique in terms of delay/sat/distortion plugins. It's all the great modulation options that make them extra special, and I like how it works for them rather than the similar FabFilter modulation.

Interesting interview with the Unfiltered Audio guys here:

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/n...per-story.html

Thanks for posting the link - interesting story. Well we got the Instant Delay; waiting to see the other stuff. Never knew about Renoun (the reverb plugin).

Just discovered you can't stack vouchers any more, which was a little disappointing, but understandable. Only with they allow you to stack the survey vouchers.

Also a little disappointed there was no intro price for Karacter. Can't complain though, they offer plenty of sales and opportunities to snatch these things up at a good price.

You would think they would give it an intro price to get it into people's hands and get the ball rolling. Instead we end up with a thread of half the people talking about the price rather than how amazing it sounds.

Yeah... Thats what I was thinking

Speaking of Plugin Alliance - anybody have ideas of what the four mystery plugins are that are coming up tomorrow? The $149 price drop ios interesting as there's only I think two plugins that haven't been on sale in recent months. The $9 one is obvious - it's one of the guitar stomps.

Not really. There maybe an outside chance that one of them maybe the new bx_console E & G. Perhaps they plan to release it??

We can only hope.

If I understand you right that would be an SSL emulation right? Interesting (cue Montgomery Burns here). Especially given the just-ended Waves $29 sale of the SSL E channel.

Yeah they are doing an SSL E & G complete with their patented TMT modelling, and hair growth elixir.

You can understand Dirk's motivations for the latter.

1- bx_console N (the old one updated)
2- bx_console E
3- bx_console G
4- bx_elixir

Haha!! That last one is going to sell for sure!!

Yup.

Back to the SSL emulation - should be interesting what their modeling brings to the table different from what Waves and UAD have.

Karacter is now $129, so maybe they listened after all.

Could be Unfiltered Audio SpecOps, a new plug-in combining a number of exotic spectral processors. I hope so.
https://soundcloud.com/the-february-...-early-preview

I am waiting for a VSC-2 sale. Do you know how cheap it might get? I am ready for a 70-sih USD.