upgrade to Mercury opinions?

[Bill@WelcomeHome]

Two reasons to buy: You need the plugs, or you foresee a need for them soon enough for the cost to be off-set. Otherwise, it is just another pile of stuff to wade through. The sweet thing about Mercury is the update policy. I still haven't made the move.

[Jeezo]

Same boat here ...i don't need the mercury , and a shame that ssl is not included but i might make the jump too because i'm trying to minimise brands to simplify maintenance and 200 $ per years to have pretty all new plugins is the real deal ...in fact

[gmontano]

I didn't realize SSL wasn't included. Hmm, I have the Glue bus compressor which fills that gap a bit.

[Jeezo]

mmm this is not a big deal ....but there's a lot of crap in mercury dat i don't need , and some stuf i would like and the ssl is one of those , but as a duende owner , i'm strapped !!

[Whitecat]

Originally Posted by gmontano

I didn't realize SSL wasn't included. Hmm, I have the Glue bus compressor which fills that gap a bit.

Neither are The King's Microphones...

[Jeezo]

Originally Posted by Whitecat

Neither are The King's Microphones...

not as dramatic ....imho

[aldrichgo4]

Originally Posted by Jeezo

a shame that ssl is not included but i might make the jump too because i'm trying to minimise brands to simplify maintenance and 200 $ per years to have pretty all new plugins is the real deal ...in fact

Concur with Jeezo on the WUP. I know WUP seems to get a lot of bad press, but with the Mercury in particular you essentially keep all products up to date and get all new products for the one price. If there are no major upgrades or any new plugins you can just wait on your WUP. There is no penalty for letting your WUP run out, you can just renew when you want to update.

If you eventually decide you really want SSL, then you can upgrade to Mercury + Studio Classics (not sure why the call it that when it only adds the SSL 4000) and still have all your products in one bundle that is capped at $200/year.