# Subscribe to Music Software to Save Money

**URL:** <https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/subscribe-to-music-software-to-save-money/75649>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** budget, subscription, gobbler\
**Created:** [February 21, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/subscribe-to-music-software-to-save-money/75649 "2017-02-21T20:52:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![JelaniRobot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/jelanirobot/32/13347_2.png) [@JelaniRobot](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/JelaniRobot)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/subscribe-to-music-software-to-save-money/75649/1 "2017-02-21T20:52:46Z")

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**Subscribe to Music Software to Save Money**

It seems like a lot of the plug-in companies are using a subscription option, which I have seen with other things like Photoshop and Adobe, but does that make sense with music software?

Gobbler is offering plug-in subscription for really cheap, so I’ve been using the bundles to pretty much build my entire digital studio almost instantly. For $15 a month I can have every Slate Digital plug-in, which is great for mixing and mastering tracks, but they also have a cheap Reverb bundle from Relab that I just signed up for that has the best reverbs in the business in my opinion.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/3/8/3882dca856c7eb1d153c2608337d581553b48a06.jpeg "The All Access Pass - The Biggest No-Brainer In Audio") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P875jWkZnf4&t=111s)

Buying all of the plug-ins induvidually would have been a couple thousand of dollars easily, so I got to thinking how this could be useful for all DJ software. Would you subscribe to Traktor or Ableton, and if so how cheap would it need to be?

I know a lot of people are against subscriptions, but it has been working for me and I don’t feel like I’m buying anything really because it’s less expensive than my Tidal subscription.

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**Author:** ![Redlight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/redlight/32/12360_2.png) [@Redlight](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Redlight)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/subscribe-to-music-software-to-save-money/75649/2 "2017-02-21T21:47:10Z")

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I am not a fan of the subscription model but I can see why some people like it. Personally I think DJ software is very affordable (Traktor & RB are $99), its the hardware that gets pricey. A lot of dedicated controllers even come with a “free” license for the software included. I don’t see how this model would benefit the DJ community. Now if DJ software cost over a thousand bucks I could see the need, but lets hope that never happens.