Premium Tube Series from Native Instrument seems are not longer available, they gone! WHY? No one seems to know! I'm pointing this just out because some people might like this series (e.g. Vari Comp, Enhanced EQ), so I advise them not to delete the last version of the 3 plugs (I think it was v1.4.7) or other Direction to grab them now, because there will be no further versions!

 

Last edited: Aug 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM

It seems the problem it's not only with the word 'premium', also with the word 'tubes'

 

Are they any good tho?

 

Meh.

A bunch of equals on the market nowadays.

 

The review is from 2013:

Native Instruments Premium Tube Series
EQ & Compressor Plug-ins For Mac OS & Windows
www.soundonsound.com/reviews/native-instruments-premium-tube-series

 

i´m finally over with hamstering every plugin i can get into my warm little box, but i remember seeing someone using that EQ so who knows, there are a lot of 2010 era plugs still very usable for mixing, no doubt about that.

 

Last edited: Aug 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM

they were made with Softube, as well as the "Solid" plugins. They are ok, but your DAW probably has something equal as stock these days.

 

They older NI effects and analog emulation processors are definitely still usable, they just dont stand out in the larger plugin market.

 

Just to reiterate the point of Tracer's post:
If you use them, don't delete your old packages!

True for everything really...
Lots are people are disorganized and still have thousands of downloaded items in their USER/DOWNLOADS folder waiting to be lost with the next OS crash/reinstall. And they wonder why their OS drive is full...
If that is you , INVEST a little time (and money, of course) and figure out some backup plans.

 

For all the free things you will never find again when the developer official website and all links are gone. But otherwise, because something has an R2R release; they will be archived by people as "forever" as can be expected of anything in 2025. Their magic gives the software eternal life, right? You'll be able to find them.