Deals at Plug In Boutique Opx-4, Jura, Subfactory + FX

Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:From the outside, Ether and Sprite look to me like cute integrations of effects already present individually in existing AIR effects. I guess the integration is nice and the built-in macros that drive several parameters simultaneously are unique... Is there something in them beyond that ?

I kind of feel that way about Sprite, but Ether is based around a shimmer reverb, which puts a pitch and modulation into the feedback loop of the reverb, rather than one effect after another. It's comparable with Valhalla Shimmer and Eventides black hole in that way, and then it puts a but other interesting tricks onto that base.

If you like a reverb to big and special and spacious, or for it to make pad sounds, it could be a cool addition. I keep looking at it and thinking about it, but I like the idea more than thinking it's something I would actually use. For some reason I never demo, but I think at some point I should with Ether.

Neodymium wrote:Ether is based around a shimmer reverb, which puts a pitch and modulation into the feedback loop of the reverb, rather than one effect after another. It's comparable with Valhalla Shimmer and Eventides black hole in that way, and then it puts a but other interesting tricks onto that base.

So, significantly better than shimmer recipes such as "pitch shifter between the delay (short-ish time, long feedback) and reverb (long time, big hall/church/cathedral sort of setting)" ?

I've not used a shimmer, but the difference seems to be that putting the pit shift into the loop, means it's that pitch shifting feeds back on itself. Whereas pitch shifting after a delay, just means the delay out is is shifted then reverberated. In the former the shifting happens over and over, in the later just once. If you like mess with imitating shimmer reverbs, sound like a proper shimmer reverb is worth a demo.

Quick question: does it work without hassle to get MPC standalone licenses from plugin boutique?
Plugin boutique's product page for Jura sais under System requrements: PC & Mac, but Standalone is missing. The same for Fly Tape II. Whereas Delay Pro and Flavor Pro do have Standalone listed.

As i was unsure about the license activation i chatted with the Air Music AI chatbot. He (she/it) said : "No – the Fly Tape II license you buy on Plugin Boutique is almost certainly desktop-only (VST/AU), and cannot be registered for MPC standalone."
I also asked for Delay Pro and Flavor Pro where standalone is listed on plugin boutique. Answer: "We can’t guarantee how Plugin Boutique licenses are configured, and we can’t convert a desktop‑only serial into an MPC standalone entitlement."

Plugin boutique doesn't license it, it's just a middle man, a reseller, just like all those other sites like audiodeluxe, thomman, jrr etc. After buying the license on any reseller they notify inMusic and inMusic send a serial number/activation code to you (they normally use another 'middle man' to deliver the serial). Whole thing takes a few minutes to arrive.

With the serial you can 'activate' it anywhere where you are signed into your inMusic account, be it via 'Activations' in standalone, in the VST plugin itself, inMusic software centre, or inMusic web account. You should then receive a '3 device' license which can cover three different environments.

Depends on the plugin, but if it's confirmed on the Akai or AIR product pages as compatible with standalone, MPC Software and VST/AU then you should be able to use it in all. Never had any problems myself.

C4PAM wrote:Quick question: does it work without hassle to get MPC standalone licenses from plugin boutique?
Plugin boutique's product page for Jura sais under System requrements: PC & Mac, but Standalone is missing. The same for Fly Tape II. Whereas Delay Pro and Flavor Pro do have Standalone listed.

As i was unsure about the license activation i chatted with the Air Music AI chatbot. He (she/it) said : "No – the Fly Tape II license you buy on Plugin Boutique is almost certainly desktop-only (VST/AU), and cannot be registered for MPC standalone."
I also asked for Delay Pro and Flavor Pro where standalone is listed on plugin boutique. Answer: "We can’t guarantee how Plugin Boutique licenses are configured, and we can’t convert a desktop‑only serial into an MPC standalone entitlement."

I've bought a couple of synths through Plugin Boutique, and they work in VST and MPC once registered with In Music. On top of their sales prices, you get Virtual cash, basically a saving from a next purchase, but also tokens, that can either be applied to specials or converted to virtual cash. These are generally small savings, but add up over time. And they also include gifts, other VSTs, which can be cool things like Cherry Audio 2600 synth.

Just to add to Tutor's comment about making sure they are MPC compatible. Someone posted a while ago about getting Air Music 2600, thinking it would work in MPC, but that was VST only. On the other hand Either FX was VST only when released I believe and later became compatible with the MPC.

I also use the Audio Delux site

Thank you
for the records how it worked for me: I made my purchase (also Jura which shows up as PC/MAC only in Plugin boutique), the serials appeared in my Plugin Boutique account, went on the MPCs Prefs/Activations page, manually typed in the serials and pressed ACTIVATE. After that the plugins also appeared in my inMusic account in "Your registered products"