Comments on: Minimal Audio Releases Current – Subscription-Based Synthesis Powerhouse

By: Gery Zenz

Gery Zenz — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:50:45 +0000

Minimal Audio:
“I want to apologise again for how poorly thought out this was,” he adds. “We have no problem with perpetual licences, we like them too. We were just so focused on the product and building this huge thing that we just lost, kind of, really a business vision that made sense in terms of pricing, and the products on the website and the value to the user. It was kind of a moonshot moment where we just thought we’d add so much value that everybody would love it.

“So we will fix it, and I hope that you guys will give us another chance.”

Notice: We are adding unlimited rent-to-own & perpetual options.

By: ASJ

ASJ — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:54:49 +0000

I am sure Minimal Audio did this on purpose. Nobody cares if you release a synth, but everybody talks about it if you do some “”stupid move”” like this. Just like Waves some time ago, this was a planned move to create some outrage, to generate some buzz before dropping the real pricing that was decided beforehand. Bitwig did this (paid add-on outrage), Waves did this, Minimal Audio did this.

By: Christian H

Christian H — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:17:01 +0000

Current Pricing Update & Apology: youtu.be/5fmYgQ66G9s
It will be perpetual license for $200 and rent to own.

By: SATYA

SATYA — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 10:57:47 +0000

They changed the subscrption only decision because of backlash

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:56:42 +0000

Subscription? Absolutely not! I hope this fails spectacularly.

By: sebastian

sebastian — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:06:30 +0000

yeah lets hope it gets cracked soon. subscription only makes me wanna pirate it really bad.

By: Clay

Clay — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:28:43 +0000

Hahahahaha, imagine paying $15 each month for one single synthesizer! Hahahahahahaha :D

By: Gregory Cain

Gregory Cain — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:07:04 +0000

Subscription? Absolutely not. I honestly hope this fails spectacularly. I would hate for any other synth producer to get the thought that this is a good idea.

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 08:39:16 +0000

Great company and no doubt they worked hard on it for a few years….I suspect the subscription model is to make a nicer financial return, but I’m passing. The pricing just seems way off too.

By: Dewil

Dewil — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 06:50:25 +0000

Weird business decision indeed.

By: Febbie Ivaaden (Febbs!)

Febbie Ivaaden (Febbs!) — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 05:30:14 +0000

This seems interesting but sadly its subscription only. I assume they’re just trying out other price models, but that already is going to be a no for most of us. I’d love to try if there’s a demo but this is just too much of a price for annual sub too.

To give you some alternatives so you won’t waste your time reading this,
Free ones like VITAL, SURGE XT and WAVETABLE are far more better if you want some decent to excellent quality wavetable synths. FL Studio users can use FRUITY GRANULIZER (Fruity Edition +) or HARMOR (All plugins edition) are good alternatives too. Special mention to Literally PHASEPLANT and SERUM for the best ones out there in the market. (Also PhasePlant goes on sale for like, 100 bucks. So better wait for Black Friday peeps!) I’m also sure BPB covered these plugins so you can go ahead and search ’em up there on the search icon top right.

Well that’s my opinion on this new Synth Minimal Audio put out. Kind of a shame its a subscription plan than a direct buy and own one.

By: bob loblaw

bob loblaw — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:27:48 +0000

boooo subscriptions