Just a quick note: In an earlier post, I noted that Blue was available online for $239. You can also buy Blue (and if you register it before 31 December get a free Albino 3 license) for $189 from AudioMidi.com.

I’ve bought stuff from them several times and they are a decent outfit, provide good service, and ship internationally. You also may want to check out their “Blowouts” and “Specials” while you are at their site.

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AudioMidi Blue details are here.

AudioMidi blowouts, b-stock, and specials are listed here.

$99 must be a magic price point…at least for me. When I see that a plug-in that I took a pass on has been reduced to this price I take notice and reconsider it in light of the new price. If the value proposition changes because of this new price, I might at that point pick it up.

There seems to be a lot of these markdowns floating around. Must be that whole end-of-year sale thing + the recent downturn in the economy + time for new versions to appear. Whatever. There are some decent deals to be had this month.

Now at a smashing new price...

Case in point: Guitar Center is selling Arturia Analog Factory for $99. This is a decent VI featuring either 2000 or 3500 (depending on the version) analog synthesizers sounds selected from the Arturia Classic Synths (Minimoog V, Moog Modular V, CS-80V, ARP 2600 V, Prophet V,  Prophet VS and Jupiter-8V). With the 10% off coupon in their recent flyer, the price is $89.10 so I picked one up. Note that the GC advert seems to refer to version 1.0 of the plug-in but when I went in the store they handed me the newest 2.0 version.