Because it’s more tedious and time-consuming than pressing a single button. You’re basically paying for one-click convenience, meaning no recording and manually cropping new audio files and all that comes with it.

It reminds me of the situation of Lore from Puremagnetik; Micah has a github page which he updates with the source code of his newer paid plug-in Lore, and while he charges $9/month for the full updated builds as they come out, you’re also free to download the source code yourself, alter it, and compile it in Cabbage into VST files, since it’s open source. This is how I use Lore for free, although sometimes compiling can cause weird issues – in my case, the newest version of Lore won’t function, draw anything inside the spectral displays, or make any sound, so I am forced to use my older version for now until I either figure that out or just pay for Lore.

Just some thoughts. It’s nice to see things like this happening sometimes.

Kicks sounds wobbly, but the other drums sounds good, albeit a bit synthesized.

Not sure if I’m blind or if there’s no info on the website on what it does / how it works / how it sounds? Does it connect to a local server or anything?