That said, I would just recommend paying for RX over Spectralayers One for a basic Spectral Editor. Spectralayers 9 is technically the newest version, but the free version, Spectralayers One, was only for Spectralayers 8 so you'd have to look for it on their download page (where my link goes), as there isn't an official page for it anymore. After the company was bought by meta the Era products were discontinued and no longer require a license.įor a free Spectral Editor, you could check out Spectralayers One. You could also check out the ERA 6 bundle for free. I haven't used it myself but it was posted in the Audiopost sub for Clarity VX alternatives and the demo is pretty impressive.

Also, they briefly tried to force their customers into forgoing ownership of their plugins in favour of a rental contract, but made an expedient turnaround, with an apparently sincere apology. Waves - Intermittently stop working, and upgrades often cost more than the purchase price.Soundtoys - Activation Codes require the iLok software for licensing.iZotope - Some of their (full-price) products have certain presets and samples disabled, and require a monthly payment to be temporarily re-activated.IK Multimedia - Won't let you install the VST you purchased without also installing their entire VST catalogue.

Harrison - They falsely advertise that their plugins use analog modelling.Acustica Audio - May, without warning, permanently disable access to a product you paid for, as occurred with Nebula 3.Voxengo - Voxengo Span is a very high-tech spectrum analyzerĬompanies that don't require a monthly rental fee, iLok or any other external hardware, but still engage in other questionable business practices.Valhalla DSP - Valhalla Room is ranked among the best reverbs available.Tokyo Dawn Records - TDR Nova is one of the best dynamic equalizers.Spitfire Audio - Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra is an exceptional orchestra plugin.Applied Acoustics Systems - AAS Lounge Lizard is a flawless Fender Rhodes simulation.Xfer - They make the very popular Serum synth.U-He - U-He Zebra 2 is Hans Zimmer's favourite software synthesizer.Genuine Soundware - Virtual B3 is the most realistic Hammond organ plugin.FabFilter - Some of the best tools available.They run natively on your computer, without any requirement for external hardware such as iLok or DSP, or online DRM servers: In that spirit, here is a list of 100% native plugins that are available for purchase (to own).

If the latest shitty business practices announced by Waves have driven you to look for alternatives, you may as well make the decision to avoid the other shitty business practices that are employed by some other companies.

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