Softube has released Saturation Knob as a free download.
Saturation Knob can be used in any VST, Audio Units or AAX host—and also as a Rack Extension in Propellerhead’s Reason—on both Mac and Windows platforms.
Saturation Knob has previously been available exclusively for Presonus Studio One and Pro Tools users,
For VST, AAX and Audio Units, Saturation Knob is part of the installer package, which includes all Softube plug-ins.
No iLok is required for using the Saturation Knob. For any of the other Softube plug-ins in the installer package, iLok owners can download 20 day demonstration licenses.
Download the plugin from the Softube site. The Rack Extension is available via the Propellerhead Store.
Download the installer package and enjoy your free Saturation Knob!
Propellerheads Reason users can get it from the Propellerheads store.
Now when i see ‘Free’ and ILok, i just pass by…
You don’t need ilok for this plug, it’s there for the others which all come bundled with the installer, which to be fair is a pita.
you know they have soft-licensers now? no more dongles (if you don’t want them)
“No iLok is required for using the Saturation Knob.” What exactly do you not understand with this sentence?
Does it allow you to install JUST that? or do you have to install all the demos of their other products as well?
It’s like the waves installer, you’ve got the option of all their stuff by the looks of it, but you just pick what you want, was over 1gb install on osx 10.6, on the kvr thread about christmas gifts someone posted up just the installer for saturation knob.
Link, maybe?
Found it myself: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=427638
Installed on my system without a hitch. Only the Saturation Knob component is in my plug-ins folder (since that was all I selected). Aside from the 600MB+ download necessary to install a 10MB plugin, I have no complaints. Even that extra download bloat can be cleaned up, so thanks to Softube for the Xmas present!
I’m not downloading 600MB+ for a 10MB plugin just on principle.
Softtube Saturation Knob is also part of the Cakewalk Sonar X3 Pro-channel… Excellent plugin…
To remove the extra programs, in OSX, delete the Application folder ‘Softube Plug-Ins Control’ and in Windows delete the ‘Softube’ folder in Programs. Great plugin & worth the small effort….
All you have to do is open the Softube Plug-ins Control and de-activate everything in the right-side window but the saturator knob. Deletes all of the other plugins that require the iLok.
Pretty straight forward IMHO
None of this crap will load in anything. It keeps saying “procedure entry point not valid kernell32.dll error”. “The specified procedure could not be found” Plugin control says the same thing. On 32 bit Windows with 32 bit installer. Installer won’t even put the plugins in the folder they’re supposed to in. As I said, what a bucket of fail.
Did you check your security software and permissions?