(I developed presets for the first version of Alloy) That said, you can get the same general behavior because of the same core DSP being used - the difference is often in the details. Just a quick note - Alloy is primarily a channel strip plugin. Supposedly, this is the missing link to mastering a home recording that will finally give us all the ability to never feel any need to have a multi-million-dollar recording studio do a final mix of what we produce Supposedly, it will give our recordings a final mix as though we had them processed at a multi-million-dollar recording studio I'm hoping some of you here will give this program a try and let me know if you feel it's worth the current sale price of $149.00. Unfortunately, I am not currently ready for a final mixdown of anything.besides the Dimensional Portal recording and that will not be an adequate test of the full range of what this program can do for final mixdowns. I intend to download it and try it out when I'm ready. There have been some incredible experiences from those who have downloaded and used the 10 day free trial offered by Izotope of their new mastering program called: