This is great articulation of why the upgrade does make sense from a business standpoint. I do wish that they had looked at the existing algorithms and made a few adjustments. They finally added side chain support, but I wish they fixed the cramping EQs and added dynamic nodes to EQual. They are all new plugins on the system so there aren't really any backward compatibility concerns. And now I have doubles of dozens of products that aren't really different. The changes made to the existing plugins could have just been updates to the binaries we already have.There are certainly valid complaints concerning IK's business model but I think this one needs to be called out.No way in hell would I upgrade to anything having to pay for the same plugins again. Nuts
Step back and think about it again and I'll use an analogy.....say a developer upgrades a synth from version 1 to version 2 with some nice new features and there is a cost to upgrade.
Would you say "no way" you'd upgrade because the new version contains some of the code, features, and functions from version 1? No of course not because the upgrade cost is to cover the new features and functions.
In this case the upgrade fee is in large part for 8 new plugins and for my upgrade cost of $99 I think that would be a fair upgrade price if those plugins appealed to me.
Unfortunately (or fortunately for my wallet) the new plugins are not something I want or need. Not saying they have no value just no value for me. For example I hate spring reverbs so no interest in a new one and so on.
8 plugins for $99 works out to $12.37 each so that's a great bargain but again only if those plugins bring you something you need or want and that's a determination the individual must make on their own.
I've been a very vocal critic of IK and their sales rep over the years but I don't really find anything to complain about with the TR 6 upgrade at least in regards to cost.
Sure, I wish they had done 8 different plugins that I do want but to be honest I'm not sure I could come up with a wish list that long for plugins I'm missing from TR-5 Max.
Statistics: Posted by art&sound — Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:31 pm