I gave the demo a pretty good rinsing yesterday. Honestly, it's fun, sure, no denying that. There's some really cool sounding possibilities in this thing, and if you're a fan of BT, it's kind of fun spotting the different effects and fills from his last couple albums. Also sort of clears up why the last two albums were kind of samey sounding when it comes to the fills, as it's not hard to recognize the plug in after you've heard it a couple times. Also greatly undermines how much work I thought he put into some of those, it's a far cry from the earlier days of having to do it all manually. Still, there's a huge amount of control and customization in this one, it's a deep plug in and IMVHO, probably pretty close to being worth $250 if this is the sort of thign you like.
BUT....
BUT....
I still stand by the fact that this will make every single stutter made with it more or less instantly recognizeable. And since it's so easy to use (heck, the presets alone will keep you busy for weeks) that I think everyone and their mother will be using it shortly. It'll become the Autotune of the 2010's. I bet we start hearing this in every single car commercial
I think the main thing that sort of makes this a non-purchase for me is that it's just tooo recognizeable. Reminds me a lot of the BT sample CDs that came out years ago. No denying there were some really cool loops and samples on them, but they were so "BT" that you could spot them a mile off. I think this will be the same thing, you'll use it in a song and people will be like "liking that Stutter Edit plug in huh?".
Just my $0.02.