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Purchased a used Console 1. Only to find out that I have to pay 100 dollars for the software it's made for. It's your hardware. Why not make it where the software for this hardware is unlocked by the hardware.
Why don't you all make it where the hardware unlocks your software for the Console 1. Purchased one used and now I have to PAY for the software that it's made for?
This desperately needs higher polyphony. At least NI had the sense to do that, 20 years ago LOL. 5 voices for a plugin version is just so silly and makes it too hard to play chord pads with, which is what the darn thing excels at. If they even put it to 10 voices I'll buy it, but no way with 5. I mean I'd have to use two separate tracks playing half a chord each as it stand right now, it's ridiculous.
I have an original Silver Jubilee from 1987 and an SV20H.As well as having owned JCM800 and other amps. I love Softube now and totally love how they do things.Jawdropping beauty of design.
I'm dissapointed you can't open Amp Room inside Flow inside Console 1 and use a module from Modular inside it which i got after purchasing a Moog Minimoog emulation. *joke*
Can softube console 1 mkiii have fabfilter q3 loaded and hear the harsh frequencies to tame like in the plugin alone when you click on the headphone icon to hear only that frequency?
Hi! Check if your system meets the system requirements at www.softube.com/support/faq-flow/faq-flow-mastering-suite-system-requirements and then my best suggestion is that you try the free 14-day trial to make sure it runs as it should (without a heavy CPU usage) on your system :) Best regards, David at Softube
Hi! With an active subscription, you earn 30 credits that can be spent in the credit store - you earn 2 credits per USD/EUR spent, which means that you will have a 50% discount on list price of the plug-ins included in Flow® Mastering Suite. For example, you would get Clipper for 79 credits after 3 months of subscribing, and Weiss DS1-MK3 after 19 months of subscribing :) All plug-ins in the Credit Store are listed here: www.softube.com/flow-credit-store Best regards, David at Softube
Is there a way to assign a single control for all attack, all decay, sustain and all release knobs of the envelopes, lfos, etc so that the polyphonic adjustments would not have to be done for every knob of each envelope of every voice?
Hello Softube, here is some feedback about my main thoughts when it comes to this plugin: 1. The marketing model isn't good from a customers perspective. It's not transparent enough on first sight. 2. There needs to be an option to create your own flows (with macros and everything). This is a need, not a nice to have. 3. One needs to be able to control flow with console 1. People who bought into your eco-system feel fooled without that option. I believe it would have been best to sell the Flow-wrapper with the presets seperately as well. You can still offer the rent-to-own subsciption model to use certain flows (in case you don't own all the plugins), but people like to own things. So let them own the wrapper straight-up - whether it's a free download or a cheap plugin is not all that important. PS: I have read your answers to other comments and while I get that the idea is to have "professional" flows, some of your customers are professionals too and would like to input their own flows - especially (but not exclusively) for a rough mix.
It's another thing they could've clarified in this video, but the landing page the link leads to has more details. The subscription allows you to use these plugins outside of the Flow suite, as well, so if you'd like to set up your own chain on your main out, you can do that; and all of the plugins are Console 1 controllable (yeah, not the same as being able to control the macros with Console 1, but perhaps that'll be built into a future update--can't hurt to email Softube with your feedback). Right now you have to apply if you want to create your own flows, as Softube presumably is open to having more pro signal chains to offer, but once again, it couldn't hurt to email them your feedback. As a fledgling mastering engineer with a modestly-tuned home studio, my signal chains are pretty simple, but I could see myself wanting to build my own macros in the not-so-distant future, too. But if you can make performance macros with Modular, they may yet build that feature into a later release of Flow.
@@IniresMirrors Thank you for taking the time, but I was already well aware of all of this before I wrote my comment! Yes, they could potentially improve on the product and deliver everything I'm (and others) are asking for, but for now it is not the case and I have yet to read that Softube intends to do so. You're right - an e-mail probably wouldn't hurt - it just seemed to me like they are reading the comments here anyway! Thanks again for taking the time to elaborate! It's the thought/intention that counts.
Nope, while T-Racks Suite comes with chains too, it is not about macros - it's about presets that you then micro. Softube's Flow lets you control macros of chains, but you have a cleaner slate at the beginning and more trouble if you want to micro the controls. Similar general concepts, but not quite the same.
Hi Jeff! We have received some similar reports: www.softube.com/support/known-issues/console1-third-party-plugins Please try this: Quit the On-Screen Display from the systems tray/menu bar. Re-start Softube Central and reinstall the Console 1 software to the latest version (2.5.82). Also, make sure to download and install VST3 versions of UADx and Fabfilter. Other formats (AU/VST2.4./AAX) will not work. If none of this helps, please do a clean install of your UADx plug-ins. Please contact us at support@softube.com if the problem persists. Best regards, David at Softube
The subscribe to own model is kinda cool, but I am just tired of everyone asking me to subscribe. Put a fixed “own forever” price as well, and I am in. The way the pricing is set now, I’d rather buy a Weiss complete bundle for 423 EUR, own it forever and be able to master anything with it (there really isn’t much you cannot do with it) and it is Console 1 ready.
you'll aways lose with subscription. Just take a look at the credit system, it does not align with the monthly cost, there will always be unsused points left in the end...
I think the issue in this case is, that there are so many big hitters (moneywise) in terms of plugins incorporated. So basically, if they made it a fixed price, they would sell you all the plugins incorporated at the same time.. that would be a lot more expensive than the Weiss Complete Bundle or Console 1. So the idea is, that if you want to own it perpetually, you can still buy all the plugins, start the subscription to flow and cancel it. In that way, you theoretically still have an individual fixed price.. it's just not visible in the shop.
Hi! :) If you own, or decide to buy all plug-ins included in a (or several) Flow(s), you'll still have access to Flow even without an active subscription - so there's still the possibility to choose whether you want to subscribe-to-own or buy the plug-ins at their regular fixed prices and own them perpetually. Speaking of that, we just launched the official Summer sale at softube.com if you'd like to check it out :) Finally; thanks for your feedback regarding Flow! It is much appreciated :) Best regards, David at Softube.
@@SoftubeStudios Thank you for addressing my issues. Again, I love the product (all your products actually) and I get what you are trying to achieve, I am just not sure I am currently aligned with the pricing strategy. But, tomorrow is a new day, you never know. :)
Hi! We accept credit cards and debit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, and American Express) - if we add more payment options later on, we'll update the FAQ at www.softube.com/support/faq-flow/faq_flow_mastering_suite Best regards, David at Softube
Hi! The credits can be used to buy any of the plug-ins included in Flow at a 50% discount (on list price) - more info here: www.softube.com/how-flow-mastering-subscribe-to-own-works Best regards, David at Softube
Hi! 😊 Flow Mastering Suite is a subscribe-to-own model which is better than a subscription! Each month you subscribe to Flow, you earn credits. If you have purchased all the plug-ins that make up a Flow, you own those products perpetually and you can keep on using Flow without an active subscription - you can read more here: www.softube.com/how-flow-mastering-subscribe-to-own-works
Hi! 😊 Flow Mastering Suite is a subscribe-to-own model which is better than a subscription! Each month you subscribe to Flow, you earn credits. If you have purchased all the plug-ins that make up a Flow, you own those products perpetually and you can keep on using Flow without an active subscription - you can read more here: www.softube.com/how-flow-mastering-subscribe-to-own-works
Hi all! Great to see such interest :) Flow Mastering Suite is a subscribe-to-own model which is better than a subscription! Each month you subscribe to Flow, you earn credits. If you have purchased all the plug-ins that make up a Flow, you own those products perpetually and you can keep on using Flow without an active subscription - you can read more here: www.softube.com/how-flow-mastering-subscribe-to-own-works
Where do I find the perpetual pricing. I refuse to *ever* subscribe to software rentseeking schemes, and I'm not alone in my distaste for this. And I'm sure its just I havent been able to find it, but yeah, I cant find it.
Hi! That's very true. We think that one major application of this will definitely be stereo bus processing. But if you're a seasoned mastering engineer, you can either use the full plugin features within Flow Mastering Suite, or you can load the plugins separately as VST/AU/AAX in you DAW.
FINALLY a mastering suite without stupid AI and including both easy macros and real tools with full controls. Also... everyone complaints about subscription, but I find the credit thing pretty clever... and the tutorial tooltips are fantastic
Seems like a bad idea to apply some preset eq and settings via a macro without consideration of the song, no AI or anything? Just mapped controls that add or remove eq in certain bands or other settings? I don’t think that will help anyone get a better result? The tool looks nice otherwise.
AI doesn't "consider" your song either. It just measure a handful of parameters and just sets the plugins to some sort of statistical average of whatever seems to match in its database... but in reality, you have no idea if it doesn't confuse your rock song for an EDM track (because you've used an octaver pedal) and/or if the mastering settings it was trained on were good to begin with.
@@Etienne.6329 AI does take into account measurements of frequency response and dynamic measurements against those weighted statistics though. Something like Ozone allows you to choose the genre as well. Or something like Tonal Balance, or Sonible True Balance and their other tools. At least they rely on references and have some kind of input to guide their settings. Better than a preset with macros that just gradually turns up 3kHZ the more you turn it.
Well ultimately… with new music in the state it is now in… making everything sound like everything else may not be helpful, either to the craft or acquired skill in making great records, or to our cultural and creative development. Love and own most of the best Softube softwares already, and take such pleasure in creating the very individual voices that so clearly define us as a generation. Don’t take that away from us, please. I have other versions of this idea from other companies, and find that I almost never use or even refer to them in preference to a ‘hands on’ creation. Just maybe, if you can’t make brilliant musical sounds with the collection of plugins already on offer from Softube… then maybe you never will. Music happens in its own well tempered time. There’s no need at all need to hurry.
Yes, just with the exemple of the EQ macro it seems to be a really bad idea to use this « mastering tool » because it adds and reduces frequencies without analyzing the song itself. One example: our song contains already too much bass at a certain frequency -> the macro can add even more bass because the Softube « mastering preset » is done that way and it will sound even worse! So unprofessional I can’t believe it.
You realize how CPU intensive these mastering plugins are? Even on fast hardware, I can count to 5 when switching presets. Ableton Live thinks the plug is not responding after 3-4 seconds and closes it after each present change. I own all but 2 plugins already, so I'll see how I like these "flows."
Hi! It is not possible to create your own Flows - the Flows are built to deliver the sound of the very purposefully built signal chains and workflows by professional mastering engineers. But even though you can't create your own Flows - you can tweak the existing ones endlessly and save as own presets using the Preset Collection :) We have some more great FAQ:s here: www.softube.com/support/faq-flow/faq_flow_mastering_suite. Thanks, David at Softube.
OK, more issues, the latest update crashes Reaper. All other Reaper project are fine, as soon at Reaper tries to load Soft Tube plugins it causes a fatal error and Reaper closes. Seems you updates are not being tested thoroughly enough. This is the 3rd update that has failed in a row.
