To my understanding paying annually $240 equals a $200 voucher each year. (https://www.gearslutz.com/board/10754863-post676.html). Very cheap plugin feed :)
(and a free ilok is in included in the subscription, too)
This is a very aggressive marketing move. Let's see how the competitors respond.
nevermind :) found a solution: i set aqualaser hishelf starting point to 2k. And let the daw load that as default. Now knobs work as expected.
@Onqel: if the hishelf is set to 0 db will the band be processed or not?