McDSP Everything Pack vs MeldaProduction MCompleteBundle
McDSP Everything Pack
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| Figure | McDSP Everything Pack | MeldaProduction MCompleteBundle |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $12.50/mo | $15.50/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 3 |
| Spec score · Audio Plugins | 7.7 (#17) | 7.8 (#11) |
| Company | McDSP describes itself as an Emmy award-winning Silicon Valley audio software and hardware company founded in 1998 by Colin McDowell. | MeldaProduction says it was founded in 2008 by Vojtech Meluzin and is based in Prague, Czech Republic. |
| Product scope | Everything Pack bundles every McDSP plug-in, including equalizers, compressors, tape emulators, mastering limiters, multiband processors, reverbs, and dialog and spectral processors. | MCompleteBundle is a collection of effects and instruments for music production, mixing, and mastering; its product page says it currently contains 112 plugins. |
| Trial | McDSP says any plug-in can be downloaded and used in a 14-day free trial, and an iLok.com account is required to operate its plug-ins. | The bundle is available as a fully functional 15-day trial, after which plugins switch to demo mode with limitations unless a licence is purchased and activated. |
Plans
McDSP Everything Pack
- Native Annual, paid monthly$14.99 a month
- HD Annual, paid monthly$24.99 a month
- Native Monthly$29.99 a month
- HD Monthly$49.99 a month
- Native Annual, paid yearly$149.99 a year
- HD Annual, paid yearly$249.99 a year
MeldaProduction MCompleteBundle
- Subscribe monthly$17 a month
- Subscribe annually$186 a year
- Purchase$2,363, paid once
In their own words
McDSP Everything Pack
McDSP Everything Pack bundles McDSP plug-ins for music production, post production, live sound and game audio. Its collection spans equalizers, compressors, tape emulators, mastering limiters, multiband processors, reverbs, and dialog and spectral processors. Named plug-ins include 4020 Retro EQ, 6050 Ultimate Channel Strip, FilterBank, FutzBox, Revolver Convolution Reverb and SA-2 Dialog Processor. The pack supports AAX, AU and VST3 formats and works with DAWs that support them, including Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, Nuendo, FL Studio, Ableton Live, LUNA, Reaper, Sonar and Studio One. It runs on macOS and Windows 10 and 11, supports double precision processing and zero or ultra-low latency operation, and includes two activations per license. An iLok.com account is required; compatible options include iLok 2, iLok 3 and iLok Cloud. A 14-day free trial is available. Plans range from Native Annual, paid monthly at $14.99 a month, to HD Annual, paid yearly at $249.99 a year, with monthly and annual options in between. Version 7.0 no longer supports VST; v6 VST plug-ins will no longer be updated and will be uninstalled.
MeldaProduction MCompleteBundle
MeldaProduction MCompleteBundle is a collection of effects and instruments for music production, mixing and mastering. The product page says its installer reports 112 plugins, while the pricing page describes the subscription bundle as containing 121. Its effect categories include analysis, creative effects, dynamics, equalization, filtering, limiting, pitch, reverb, stereo and time-based processing. Features include automatic gain compensation, a safety brickwall limiter, A/B comparison, 64-bit processing and oversampling from 1x to 1024x. Sound design tools include MIDI learn, four modulators, multiparameters and smart randomization; presets can be shared through MeldaProduction servers. Processing supports mono, stereo, mid/side, up to 8-channel surround and up to 64-channel ambisonics. Plugins are available in VST, VST3, AU and AAX formats for compatible 64-bit Windows and Mac hosts, including Ableton Live, Cubase, Logic, Pro Tools and Reaper. A fully functional 15-day trial is available. Buyers can subscribe monthly or annually, or purchase once; subscriptions include future plugins added to the bundle at no extra charge.