As someone who has used and loved Echo Farm and Amp farm in practically every mix I have made for 25 years, I am saddened to see its product life end. I look for products to use in my mixes which have ongoing compatibility so I can recall sessions for years to come. It's why I rely on companies like WAVES who are always backwardly compatible and continue to support the oldest of products. I avoid small companies because they disappear and so the chances of them becoming incompatible as OS and hardware evolves is practically 100%. I don't mind paying for upgrades, or even new versions that will load older versions settings.
That said - the offer for a discount to 'upgrade' to HELIX doesn't tempt me much because I fear the same will happen in time. Whereas theres lots of options for companies with similar products that have continued to support product and not EOL them.
Convince me why I should commit and trust Line 6 if I put the time and effort in to HELIX and not products from say WAVES, Plugin Alliance, NI, McDSP or AVID itself to replace my farm addictions as we move in my case to Apple Silicon based Macs, which will result eventually in incompatibility. OH and have I missed the spec that states HELIX is Apple Silicon native now or coming? TIA!
