How much are you willing to spend on a RE?

[TritoneAddiction]

Do you have a price limit?
I've seen some people say they only buy stuff for 40 bucks max.
Other people think they deserve to get a bunch of stuff for free, because they've been a loyal customer or something
Personally I'm willing to spend quite a bit of money if I really like a product, like with Expanse which I think is fairly priced. I would probably be ready to go up to 200 bucks if I really love a RE.

What's your opinion on the matter?

[jayhosking]

Depends on what the RE does. Something like Expanse seems to have enormous depth and a variety of uses. Something that is more single-purpose, or has a limited utility (e.g. Rotor), I'm much less willing to pay a lot.

In general, though, I wouldn't want to go above $100, even for something as versatile as Expanse, although I will on occasion.

[kitekrazy]

Right now about $9. The most 'Ive spent on one is $50. Anything more than that goes to where I can use it on all of my DAWs.
I'm still a fan of REs.

[Abstrax]

I'm willing to pay what I think it's worth. Based on multiple factors.

Is it a new Synth? Fx? Utilities? Will I get a lot of use out of it? Is it a novelty item? How broad or narrow is it's application in my music? Is there a learning curve (which is an advantage in a lot of cases)? Is it a paid update that only changes the gui? Do I wanna be stuck with this, knowing I can't resell or transfer it?

It's kind of a hard question to answer. Off the top of my head, probably $80 for a synth. Half of that for an fx.

[electrochoc (PRX-A)]

It's a hard question indeed, mainly because I never really thought about this this way... But I seem to have instinctive limits that look more or less like this:

- Big versatile synth/instrument (Oberon, Revival, Parsec, PX7): 100$
- Small specialized synth/instrument (Ivoks, Snakebite, Chip64): 40$
- Big versatile (and mostly creative) effect (Polar, Futzbox, RPDistort, Etch Red): 50$
- Specialized or studio effects (G8 Gate, EVE AT-1, Bitspeek, Neutron): 30$
- Utilities (Charlotte, Directre, ReVolt), : 15$

Most of my studio effects come from bundles (Mix & Mastering Rig, Synapse FX Bundle): the individual prices of these effects (which are useful but "boring" tools to me) refrained me to get them, but I was OK spending 150$ for a bunch of them! I'm almost no longer shopping for these as of now.

I could add that, since I only use Reason, my instinctive price limits are the same for VSTs, except that a VST must really add something to my rack to be considered (I prefer REs overall). Up to now, I've only bought two instruments for about 100$ each (Chromaphone 2 and Microtonic).

[aeox]

Expanse was my biggest single purchase and I have no regrets. Aside from that, the Mix N' Master Bundle was well worth the 300 I paid but I wish I'd have waited for a sale (didn't know about the sales at the time)

[Loque]

It depends on what it offers in quality of sound, uniqueness, workflow, look, possibilites and so on. In the end, it must be worth what i got to pay. But my general pain barrier is 100€. If there is a good bundle with devices i dont have, containing a few good devices, may pain barrier is much higher.

[FLVZ]

Tube Tech is probably the most expensive RE I own (at sale price £160), I probably would have been willing to go up to £200 for it. Red Queen EQ is probably the most expensive effect I bought, all the others were acquired on sale I'd be willing to go up to £50 for effects. Synths I top out at £100, eXpanse being the only synth I own for little over £100. I still want Legend which is probably the only synth I'd happily buy for £200. But at the minute I have MonoPoly & VK2 so it feels like there is no need to purchase Legend. I feel more inclined to invest in REs than VSTs because Props will have vetted the developers, so I spend much less on purchasing VSTs and most of the ones I own I got for free or less than £30, apart from the Waves CLA bundle which I was on sale for $75. Will probably never buy a VST synth for more than £30

[Oquasec]

parsec and expanse were synths I didn't wait for a price drop.
so 150-200 $.

[Dante]

$200

[Micha1973]

It depends an the re. if i want it after i download it as a trail and it will be a "star" und my pc. i pay for it. so that´s it

micha

[motuscott]

Remember when the Tube-Tech stuff was introduced at $350? Damn

[scratchnsnifff]

IL pay as much as it costs if it's unique and useful I always think it's worth a high tag. It supports the platform and developers. Call me a "fanboy" but I am a true fan of reason and all that goes with it it's brought me so much fun that i can't even explain it. I recently got spire for 189 I was suppose to get a discount, but they didn't email me back and when I got home it went from 130$ back to normal price. Kind of bad business because they left me hanging and pretty much ignored me after the first email. I love their product but I now think they are kinda shady, hopefully il get a soundbank or something for my odd experience:p I won't hold me to it but that'd be cool. I do wonder if the future of REs will me higher prices or if they will stay roughly the same

[CaliforniaBurrito]

I think the most I spent on a RE was $99. I spent around $150 on U-he Diva.

$200 is my cap.