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IKMultimedia is currently doing a "group buy" for their plugins. At first I was a little put off because of the use of that term - I mean, Chance P. did a couple of group buys here a few years ago, where a bunch of us from a few boards came together and went directly to a Chinese factory to get mics and preamps (some of which I use just about daily today). There was no retailer/middleman involved - we were on our own, and that was kind of exciting (and poor Chance and team had to do a buttload of work and absorb a ton of risk and freakouts from us, and it took longer than anyone thought, and we came to appreciate how retailers earn their keep, I think). (I couldn't bring myself to put "group buy" in the subject line of this thread - I guess I can't come up with a better term, though, so there you go)
Anyway - enough of that - the IKMultimedia thing is, instead, a way to drive their sales by offering a progressively bigger discount as the group of buyers grows up to a certain deadline - doing 2 for 1, 3 for 1, or 4 for 1 (and I think 5 for one in the extreme case) as the count surpasses certain thresholds. This encourages buyers like me to do what I'm doing now - spread the word to make the group bigger.
IK Multimedia. Musicians First.
Full disclosure - I'm already in it for two (which means I have a total of 6 plugins, and I'm anticipating 2 more soon). I don't really need even the 6 - only because I have been on an obscene spree with plugins for about a year. I guess that's the danger for me - with the the way the exercise is put together, I have the tendency to view each plugin as a unit of interchangeable value, when actually they're only valuable if you're going to use them. For instance, I'm actually tempted to buy a third, both to advance the counter and to get the follow on 3 (or 4 or 5) additional free ones, but I'm clinging to sanity for now
That said, the IK plugs -- especially the newer ones -- are really high quality (and iLok free! if you're into that sort of thing), and I've already started using a couple of them in preference over the ones I currently use for certain functions.
So anyway - if you were considering picking up some new plugins for certain things, now's a great time to look at the IK ("T-Racks") ones in blocks of 3 or 4 - as I write, they're effectively 66% off, and soon they'll be 75% off (and conceivably 80% off, but that seems unlikely). Be sure to read the article - the freebie has to be of equal or lesser price.
Anyway - enough of that - the IKMultimedia thing is, instead, a way to drive their sales by offering a progressively bigger discount as the group of buyers grows up to a certain deadline - doing 2 for 1, 3 for 1, or 4 for 1 (and I think 5 for one in the extreme case) as the count surpasses certain thresholds. This encourages buyers like me to do what I'm doing now - spread the word to make the group bigger.
IK Multimedia. Musicians First.
Full disclosure - I'm already in it for two (which means I have a total of 6 plugins, and I'm anticipating 2 more soon). I don't really need even the 6 - only because I have been on an obscene spree with plugins for about a year. I guess that's the danger for me - with the the way the exercise is put together, I have the tendency to view each plugin as a unit of interchangeable value, when actually they're only valuable if you're going to use them. For instance, I'm actually tempted to buy a third, both to advance the counter and to get the follow on 3 (or 4 or 5) additional free ones, but I'm clinging to sanity for now
That said, the IK plugs -- especially the newer ones -- are really high quality (and iLok free! if you're into that sort of thing), and I've already started using a couple of them in preference over the ones I currently use for certain functions.
So anyway - if you were considering picking up some new plugins for certain things, now's a great time to look at the IK ("T-Racks") ones in blocks of 3 or 4 - as I write, they're effectively 66% off, and soon they'll be 75% off (and conceivably 80% off, but that seems unlikely). Be sure to read the article - the freebie has to be of equal or lesser price.
