Have Softube raised the price of FET?

[dvdrtldg]

If you like big smashy noisy compression on your drums, this thing is great. Extreme setting dialled in at around 10-20% wet sounds really good, especially on snares. I also have the Waves CLA-76 which I don't like quite as much, it's a bit harsher and less flexible

FXpansion ChanComp is a very decent 1176 style compressor RE if you don't want to shell out for the Softube

[Jmax]

"We're not selling enough units!" Raise the price!!!

lol

Still a descent compressor I think? I own it, but rarely use it. I think I should again?

[aeox]

"We're not selling enough units!" Raise the price!!!

lol

Still a descent compressor I think? I own it, but rarely use it. I think I should again?

Yea man it's still good, not 150 good but still. I'm just being an ass.

[MrFigg]

"We're not selling enough units!" Raise the price!!!

lol

Still a descent compressor I think? I own it, but rarely use it. I think I should again?

Yea man it's still good, not 150 good but still. I'm just being an ass.

It’s not €150 good. But is it €199 good? I’m waiting with buying the blue one until they raise the price a bit more.

[Loque]

Yea man it's still good, not 150 good but still. I'm just being an ass.

It’s not €150 good. But is it €199 good? I’m waiting with buying the blue one until they raise the price a bit more.

Good idea. Than its more "worth" it.

[challism]

Hahahahahaha….they've raised the price of the delay and the spring reverb as well. Is this the first developer to raise the price of an RE as it gets older?

I remember this one used to be $15. The Dev raised the price to $139, but at least they gave us plenty of warning before raising the price, so respect for that. I guess they added some kind of soundbank which enables this unit to perform a sort of "R.O.M.O.S concept aimed at producing random soundscapes on multi-speaker set-ups." I don't know. I only use 2 speakers for my music. I wasn't interested at $15 and certainly am not interested at $139. https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... ontroller/

[Steedus]

I've never liked their Tube Delay. I got it free with my interface and I find it goes from can't hear it/buried in the mix - to - uncontrollable feedback way too easily.

[K_R33Z3]

SOFTUBE FET is one of the best software compressors ive heard and i have been on Reason since 2.5. I definitely wouldnt pay $150 or $200 for it but it is worth getting on %50 off sale. I paid $75 and it was one of my first purchases from the shop. This thing can make the dullest of drums come to life but the secret is to learn how to dial it in just enough which might take a little time. It is not as straight forward as most other comps. You get different results by changing just one of the dials so the trick is to learn how much u want to crush your drums.... Pair it with an EQ and Free Saturation and it will sound even better.

[hurricane]

I've never liked their Tube Delay. I got it free with my interface...

I know you all are talking about the Rack Extension, but - if you have the Time & Tone Bundle, you can upgrade to the T&T Bundle PLUS, which includes the FET compressor. The upgrade is on sale for $89 until 12/31, plus you get the Fix Flanger and Doubler, Vintage Amp Room, and Bass Amp Room.

https://www.softube.com/tntplus

[tumar]

You can buy three Softube compressors for 199 (or 99 for each):
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/p ... mpressors/
Needless to say about NI sales...

[Loque]

You can buy three Softube compressors for 199 (or 99 for each):
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/p ... mpressors/
Needless to say about NI sales...

You can have 8 good compressors with lots of tweaking and great GUI for just 150 bucks from other vendors:
https://www.fabfilter.com/products/pro- ... or-plug-in

Or you get the McDSP compressors, which are very good for just 20-30 bucks if they are on sale and it contains a bunch of different models.

I payed much less than 200 for 3 vintage compressors from Arturia.

Get MOLOT for free, its good. Or TDR Kotelnikov, Klangehlm and what not. So many good alternatives out there to start before throwing 200 bucks at Softube

I will never pay Softubes prices again...Totally overpriced and in the past heavily overhyped. Today you have better alternatives IMO.

[TritoneAddiction]

What i don't like about Softubes compressor is that there's always this annoying short click with the attack. Maybe that's how a FET compressor is supposed to work, but either way I don't like it. I much more prefer the McDSP comps, especially FRG-4RE and C670.
FRG is great because you can really punish the sound hard really hard yet it doesn't sound unnatural or clicky. It's hard yet soft. Great for drums and bass sounds.
C670 is just great for slow gentle compression on smother sounds that doesn't have much transients, pads, strings etc.

[tumar]

You can buy three Softube compressors for 199 (or 99 for each):
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/p ... mpressors/
Needless to say about NI sales...

You can have 8 good compressors with lots of tweaking and great GUI for just 150 bucks from other vendors:
https://www.fabfilter.com/products/pro- ... or-plug-in

Or you get the McDSP compressors, which are very good for just 20-30 bucks if they are on sale and it contains a bunch of different models.

I payed much less than 200 for 3 vintage compressors from Arturia.

Get MOLOT for free, its good. Or TDR Kotelnikov, Klangehlm and what not. So many good alternatives out there to start before throwing 200 bucks at Softube

I will never pay Softubes prices again...Totally overpriced and in the past heavily overhyped. Today you have better alternatives IMO.

Take it easy, nothing personal, man.... I just mentioned those made by Softube
BTW, I got McDSP Collection but only FRG is useful for me .

[dvdrtldg]

I've never liked their Tube Delay. I got it free with my interface and I find it goes from can't hear it/buried in the mix - to - uncontrollable feedback way too easily.

It's a weird one that one. I kept coming back to it for ages, trying to get it to sound good. Plus the time settings are really odd & (for me) counterintuitive. These days it's Echoboy all the way

[Tinnitus]

Just doing some research into this bad boy and thought Id add that it is now listed add:

"Softube FET Compressor £199
Softube
Classic for a reason."

Have found it historically as low as $58 in vst format. Is this still the daddy of comps in 2021?

[Loque]

Just doing some research into this bad boy and thought Id add that it is now listed add:

"Softube FET Compressor £199
Softube
Classic for a reason."

Have found it historically as low as $58 in vst format. Is this still the daddy of comps in 2021?

I find its character still unique.

Is it worth 200 bucks? No.

[guitfnky]

it’s worth $200. but only if you don’t consider other cheaper options that are available (which you should). I bought it pretty early on in the RE lifecycle, but now that there are tons more options available in the rack, and VSTs too, it doesn’t make much sense to buy at that price.

[TritoneAddiction]

I see Tube-Tech is up to €499. Totally worth it
Feels like they're just raising the price further all the time. What was the initial price for it?

[joeyluck]

I see Tube-Tech is up to €499. Totally worth it
Feels like they're just raising the price further all the time. What was the initial price for it?

Yeah it's just silly. I wouldn't recommend the Tube-Tech RE to anybody. It's like they took everything about the rack and showed how they don't understand the environment at all

In the Reason rack, the device interface is always present. If there's anywhere that a single, monolith of the entire Tube-Tech channel exists, it is not the Reason rack. The individual devices make most sense for Reason, yet they decided to cut corners by cramming it all into one, likely because they didn't want to spend time on building and testing separate devices.

The Tube-Tech RE also doesn't have CV connectivity. So seeing as the VST is offered in a bundle of individual devices, and CV connectivity isn't on the RE anyways, I would suggest the VST over the RE (which is very seldom something I would suggest to a Reason user).

BUT, before I even suggest that, I would tell people that the Kuassa MP5 is just as good (covering the EQ) at a fraction of the cost with what I think is a much better interface, has CV connectivity, and you are supporting a dev that still develops for the RE format. There's also the offering from Blamsoft, which I haven't tried yet, but I'm sure is also great.

At the price tag, with the lack of flexibility, the Tube-Tech RE just doesn't make sense... And your rewards points can only at most get you $50 off, which is never going to be a very good deal with how expensive it is...

[kuhliloach]

Plug-ins are worth about $20, and that includes everything made by Softube. Knowledge with stock plug-ins is all you need for amazing results so most plug-ins are both overpriced and totally unnecessary. This makes even $20 seem expensive.

[DaveyG]

Softube are definitely living on past glories. Comedy prices.

[Loque]

Softube are definitely living on past glories. Comedy prices.

This

[motuscott]

Sometimes you just want 500 lbs of crush on your apple loop

[dioxide]

I actually really like Softube stuff and have some, but yeah the prices are often too high in comparison to how much I need them. The TubeTech RE was ludicrously high priced when it was released but hearing it has risen to one dollar short of €500 is just taking the piss. I guess it is good that it is still available in the shop, but they shouldn't expect to sell another single copy of this. What a joke.

[epoch]

I see Tube-Tech is up to €499. Totally worth it
Feels like they're just raising the price further all the time. What was the initial price for it?

Bloody hell! I'm glad I got it when it was £349 - and I thought that was pushing it; had to save for months. Can't believe it's up to £449 now.