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STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 04 Jun 2020
by hurricane
I don't think you will find a lower price anywhere. Read the fine print - could be a US only thing.
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-aud ... ductDetail
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 04 Jun 2020
by Despondo
Thanks for the heads up. My parents live in the US, but I live in Canada. I bought it with my US Paypal and shipped to their address. Seems like it is a boxed copy and not a download. Kind of odd in this day and age...
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 04 Jun 2020
by hurricane
I've gotten a lot of boxed deals from Guitar Center in the past. Some were definitely too good to be true, but I guess it being boxed had something to do with it.
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 04 Jun 2020
by Despondo
I'm just curious what comes in the box. Is it a serial number? I hope it is something my parents can communicate to me without having to mail it to me. I looked at ordering it and sending to Canada, but they charged shipping. US shipping is free.
UPDATE: It's just a card inside with the serial number. They snapped a photo and sent it to me.
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 04 Jun 2020
by joeyluck
Strobe2 is awesome and even better with an MPE capable controller (which you have to use outside of Reason)
Check out all of the "5D" patches.
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 04 Jun 2020
by Boombastix
Besides the MPE, anything else that sets it apart?
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 05 Jun 2020
by TheDragonborg
Always looking for great deals on plugins... and this is a huge discount. Sucks that it doesn't have an instant key code... but it's worth waiting a few days for it to get here.
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 05 Jun 2020
by MrFigg
Sweden: won’t go into my basket.
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 05 Jun 2020
by Boombastix
MrFigg wrote: ↑05 Jun 2020
Sweden: won’t go into my basket.
GAS is haaaaaaaard, lol
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 05 Jun 2020
by MrFigg
Boombastix wrote: ↑05 Jun 2020
MrFigg wrote: ↑05 Jun 2020
Sweden: won’t go into my basket.
GAS is haaaaaaaard, lol
Hahaha. Yep. I wasn’t actually going to buy it. Just wanted to test if it would work from Sverige. Waaaaay too many synths already and I don’t even like synths that much.
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 05 Jun 2020
by Boombastix
MrFigg wrote: ↑05 Jun 2020
Hahaha. Yep. I wasn’t actually going to buy it. Just wanted to test if it would work from Sverige. Waaaaay too many synths already and I don’t even like synths that much.
Did you grab Tubemodulator? Like it?
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 05 Jun 2020
by MrFigg
Boombastix wrote: ↑05 Jun 2020
MrFigg wrote: ↑05 Jun 2020
Hahaha. Yep. I wasn’t actually going to buy it. Just wanted to test if it would work from Sverige. Waaaaay too many synths already and I don’t even like synths that much.
Did you grab Tubemodulator? Like it?
Yeah. I did and I do. It’s about as vibey as it gets
. The auto-panner is great too. Totally worth a tenner.
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 17 Jun 2020
by Boombastix
I can confirm it is a serial in the box. You just register at the website and download the installer (ignore the box instructions), follow the online instructions.
The feature set seems simple, but I think it whops Serums ass when it comes to factory presets, toooons of good stuff. The FX section is crazy, that's the feature of this one, even w/o a Roli.
Nothing I want to program, looks cumbersome and boring, but the sound and the presets makes it a killer. Surprised nobody really talks about it.
Looks like Musicians Friend has a few left for $20. It is a steal.
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 17 Jun 2020
by Boombastix
Wow, I did not expect this, but Strobe 2 is really close to a SH-101 (and Roland analog in general). You can buy the remake hw for $390 or the VST for $170-ish, or this for 20 buck
.
In the below examples, I don't know which is HW and which is Strobe2, the small difference can also just be how the patches were dialed in, but this is sooo close, just wow.
Hear for yourselves:
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopi ... &start=318
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 17 Jun 2020
by TheDragonborg
I have a feeling that I'm going to use this a lot...
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 17 Jun 2020
by fieldframe
What type of copy protection does FXpansion use? If I have to install another third-party license management system, I'm not sure I need to add it to my collection of license managers, but if it's something lightweight, the GAS is really strong on this one.
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 17 Jun 2020
by TheDragonborg
fieldframe wrote: ↑17 Jun 2020
What type of copy protection does FXpansion use? If I have to install another third-party license management system, I'm not sure I need to add it to my collection of license managers, but if it's something lightweight, the GAS is really strong on this one.
Just a key... no bullshit. You enter the key in the standalone Strobe 2 application.
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 17 Jun 2020
by fieldframe
TheDragonborg wrote: ↑17 Jun 2020
fieldframe wrote: ↑17 Jun 2020
What type of copy protection does FXpansion use? If I have to install another third-party license management system, I'm not sure I need to add it to my collection of license managers, but if it's something lightweight, the GAS is really strong on this one.
Just a key... no bullshit. You enter the key in the standalone Strobe 2 application.
All right, just put my order in.
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 24 Jun 2020
by fieldframe
TheDragonborg wrote: ↑17 Jun 2020
fieldframe wrote: ↑17 Jun 2020
What type of copy protection does FXpansion use? If I have to install another third-party license management system, I'm not sure I need to add it to my collection of license managers, but if it's something lightweight, the GAS is really strong on this one.
Just a key... no bullshit. You enter the key in the standalone Strobe 2 application.
So, uh, this is not really accurate. FXpansion does in fact have a separate license manager, and you have to create an account on their website, sign in to the license manager application, then activate Strobe 2 from there. Not a hassle by any means, but not quite as simple as entering a serial into a standalone application.
Anyway, here is the odd thing: If you follow the instructions and download the demo from
here, then activate it through FX License Manager, you'll end up with an old version, 2.3. To get 2.5 (which has a much nicer UI), you have to go into your account, to Registered Products, and then choose "view all available downloads," where you'll see a link for the 2.5 installer.
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 25 Jun 2020
by TheDragonborg
fieldframe wrote: ↑24 Jun 2020
TheDragonborg wrote: ↑17 Jun 2020
Just a key... no bullshit. You enter the key in the standalone Strobe 2 application.
So, uh, this is not really accurate. FXpansion does in fact have a separate license manager, and you have to create an account on their website, sign in to the license manager application, then activate Strobe 2 from there. Not a hassle by any means, but not quite as simple as entering a serial into a standalone application.
Anyway, here is the odd thing: If you follow the instructions and download the demo from
here, then activate it through FX License Manager, you'll end up with an old version, 2.3. To get 2.5 (which has a much nicer UI), you have to go into your account, to Registered Products, and then choose "view all available downloads," where you'll see a link for the 2.5 installer.
I don't remember downloading any license manager... sure you activate it on their website but most plugins do that these days. Once you get the activated key you just then enter it into the standalone Strobe 2 application. Thanks for the info on the plugin version... I didn't even know that...
Re: STROBE 2 - $19.99! @ Guitar Center
Posted: 28 Jun 2020
by Boombastix
For fun I used the Roland Cloud SH-101 vs Strobe2 for that favorite House Bass sound. It is hard to dial in the setting exactly, but this is very close, any sound diff may just be me not getting the filter envelopes exactly the same. By they way I have seen Rolands VSTi vs the original SH-101 and you could barely tell a difference.
And this is phenomenally the same, in a track it will be 99.9% the same. File attached. Playing 4 notes of each, alternating.
