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Post by hadaja on Jul 30, 2019 3:36:16 GMT -6
I see no one has mentioned IK Multimedia. I actually enjoy most of there plug ins. I also liked most of the PSP stuff i bought but man there is a lot of waves stuff i own i have never used.
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Post by mrholmes on Jul 30, 2019 19:00:59 GMT -6
I see no one has mentioned IK Multimedia. I actually enjoy most of there plug ins. I also liked most of the PSP stuff i bought but man there is a lot of waves stuff i own i have never used. PSP codes exceptions. Old Timer is great, Bob Katz mentioned mastercomp already 15 years ago as great sounding compressor.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 30, 2019 19:17:29 GMT -6
I didn't mention IK because I didn't buy any of it LOL.
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Post by Martin John Butler on Jul 30, 2019 20:57:36 GMT -6
IK's bass amp sim is killer. I actually had the amp they modeled and I swear, it sounded just like mine without the hum.
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Post by subspace on Jul 31, 2019 8:42:21 GMT -6
I got some Bomb Factory licenses bundled with my original Pro Tools 7 purchase, haven't opened one of those in a while...
I own every IK T-RackS plug-in aside from the reverbs and Leslie. Their EQs and dynamics hang together well in a mix and the Tape Collection is outstanding!
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jul 31, 2019 9:16:32 GMT -6
I got some Bomb Factory licenses bundled with my original Pro Tools 7 purchase, haven't opened one of those in a while... I own every IK T-RackS plug-in aside from the reverbs and Leslie. Their EQs and dynamics hang together well in a mix and the Tape Collection is outstanding! The Reverbs are no good. Do not purchase!
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Post by wiz on Jul 31, 2019 16:38:25 GMT -6
IK's bass amp sim is killer. I actually had the amp they modeled and I swear, it sounded just like mine without the hum. I have never had any joy with it, never makes the cut come mix time Which amp did you have? Cheers Wiz
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Post by mrholmes on Jul 31, 2019 16:48:16 GMT -6
IK's bass amp sim is killer. I actually had the amp they modeled and I swear, it sounded just like mine without the hum.
Which one?
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Post by thirdeye on Jul 31, 2019 16:58:22 GMT -6
All the Elemental Audio/RND plugins. Just regret that they don't work in PT anymore...
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Post by Martin John Butler on Jul 31, 2019 17:20:45 GMT -6
I had the Ampeg B-15.
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Post by subspace on Jul 31, 2019 17:53:51 GMT -6
I got some Bomb Factory licenses bundled with my original Pro Tools 7 purchase, haven't opened one of those in a while... I own every IK T-RackS plug-in aside from the reverbs and Leslie. Their EQs and dynamics hang together well in a mix and the Tape Collection is outstanding! The Reverbs are no good. Do not purchase! Believe me, I accrued most of my IK plug-ins in 'buy one, get forty-two free' sales and even then I managed to avoid aquiring any free reverb licenses!
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Post by Guitar on Jul 31, 2019 18:27:02 GMT -6
I used to use the IK reverbs back when I didn't know what I was doing. They used to sound pretty great to me. LOL. It's amazing how many years you can hack away at this stuff and still not really hear what's going on. They were most likely a step better than the freeware verbs of the time.
Actually I think I did use some IK reverb on a significant project of mine that was right on the cusp of when things really started to click with me in terms of engineering. So they did sound good enough for that, some credit to IK.
It's one of those things I never get tired of hearing about of when the stuff that's happening is more important than the gear being used. Recording a band that makes you want to rise to the occasion, for example. A good kind of challenge.
That project also makes me want to re-visit the CLA Waves 76 compressor, since people keep talking about it, including Jacquire King recently. That one "works" also.
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Post by mrholmes on Jul 31, 2019 19:34:49 GMT -6
The amount of time that I save by using plugins over outboard for mixing more than covers the cost of the plugs and updates. Yeah, but like i said, there is a good balance. If done right you can use hardware just like plugins to a point. just takes some thought and change of work flow. If you own enough hardware - for example crazy like CLA- you can use hardware exactly like plug ins. Just have enough I/Os hardwire everything to your Ad Da and programn the settings in your DAWs I/O plug in. Inserting anything is done in seconds. And I bet I am faster with setting real knobs versus mouse kicking. Jesus the plug ins are fast argument gets old. Next thing is recall, yes it's true but as long you do not have insane amounts of hardware its easy recallable special if your daw supports you with a picture function. I always thought we are in the business of great sonics but it makes the impression to me that people lost the ability to be patient. If a task takes two minutes longer, but I gain nice sonics...it feels good to go the extra mile. For all the hobby AE like me. It does not takes the most expensive hardware. Most pieces I own are used from eBay. Last summer I bought for 250 bucks a Tony Larkin Compressor which was new 1.2k. Or the ART pro VLA II. WoW does sounds expensive but is used cheap. Used gear by SPL. We live in times where hardware should have a renesance because all the cool records we love do not sound crazy overproduced.
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Post by MorEQsThanAnswers on Aug 1, 2019 15:24:12 GMT -6
I can’t say I care much for Waves Abbey Roads stuff. I probably have it all and just don’t ever go for it. Kramer signature and Abbey Roads plates. The Abbey Roads stuff sounds ggreat but it KILLS my computer
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Post by mitchkricun on Aug 4, 2019 7:48:02 GMT -6
Wow, so many, so many....
I had 2 UAD Ultra cards PCIx $1400. Nuff said SSL Duende DSP allowing a whopping 24 instances for a mere $1100
In strictly Plugin world...
Exponential Nimbus-Don’t get the love Slate FGX, VCC, VBC, VMR, Eiosis Air EQ Kazrog Amp Suite Softube Pultecs, TSAR 1 Reverb DUY Plugin bundle - Worst company ever Wave Arts Bundle Boz Imperial Delay
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Post by elcct on Aug 4, 2019 10:11:34 GMT -6
I see no one has mentioned IK Multimedia. I actually enjoy most of there plug ins. I also liked most of the PSP stuff i bought but man there is a lot of waves stuff i own i have never used. Nothing from IK Multimedia appealed to me, but with their Tape Machines they outdone themselves. I think it is a best suite of tape plugins ever made.
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Post by din on Aug 15, 2019 9:50:05 GMT -6
Massenburg MDWEQ5 Parametric EQ (Avid AAX Native) was fucking garbage plugin. For such an expensive plugin, it was buggy as hell from the day I bought it to the day I sold. So much time wasted acting like I'm Avid's QA guy for that piece of shit. Sometimes we'd get it to work for a week or so then it would inevitably fuck up again. It was so infuriating. I couldn't open old mixes it was used on without holding down shift and then re-enabling all other plugins. Eventually discovered a hack to make it work. Any channel you wanted to use the plugin on, you had to put Cranesong's Phoenix on the insert before the MDWEQ or else the session would crash next time you opened it. Like, WTF?! I'll never get those hours back I spent trawling the DUC, trashing prefs, re-installing. Don't know why I even bothered when FabFilter EQ2 was already in existence by that point.
Others: AE400 Active EQ: Sounds OK but the interface was cumbersome to use. ML4000: same as above. Fishman TriplePlay: Their PLAY plugin does not work within Pro Tools. The MIDI>sound latency is just long enough to be annoying. The Eastwest soundpacks for it do sound pretty great though. Being a guitarist, I still like it for composition, but not so much for improvisation. Softube Summit Audio Grand Channel: Just kinda meh. Most of the Waves stuff I bought, with the exception of CLA comps, the API 2500, and the Abbey Road stuff. I still like and use those regularly. Another regret: purchasing so many Plugin Alliance plugins! Probably could've paid for a lifetime subscription by now. Haha. I still like a lot of their plugs though. Just regret the one's that I bought because they were 'such a good deal!' and then never used.
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 15, 2019 12:16:47 GMT -6
Impact Pedal Steel
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Post by askomiko on Aug 16, 2019 6:01:21 GMT -6
Exponential audio reverbs. They weren't cheap and I never use them.
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Post by Guitar on Aug 16, 2019 11:13:46 GMT -6
Awe man, I love my Exponential Audio reverb. I guess everybody likes different things.
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 22, 2019 16:36:52 GMT -6
Exponential audio reverbs. They weren't cheap and I never use them. Try the 81’ Plate
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Post by Guitar on Aug 22, 2019 18:16:41 GMT -6
I guess I haven't found a great use for the brainworx 2098 EQ, the Amek emulation. For 29 dollars or whatever it was, it's not a huge loss.
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Post by indiehouse on Aug 22, 2019 18:52:01 GMT -6
I guess I haven't found a great use for the brainworx 2098 EQ, the Amek emulation. For 29 dollars or whatever it was, it's not a huge loss. That’s the thing, though, with these cheap plugins. 29 each? So that’s 60 bucks on something you don’t really use? Adds up. I’m guilty of that myself. Trying to be more careful of where my dollars go. I definitely don’t need more plugins.
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Post by Guitar on Aug 22, 2019 20:38:12 GMT -6
I guess I haven't found a great use for the brainworx 2098 EQ, the Amek emulation. For 29 dollars or whatever it was, it's not a huge loss. That’s the thing, though, with these cheap plugins. 29 each? So that’s 60 bucks on something you don’t really use? Adds up. I’m guilty of that myself. Trying to be more careful of where my dollars go. I definitely don’t need more plugins. That is a good point. $30 or so can get you a damn good MXR or BOSS distortion or overdrive pedal, as another angle. Or a couple of Gary Barnett's discrete op amp kits from CAPI.
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Post by soundintheround on Aug 25, 2019 19:20:41 GMT -6
Almost every plugin that kinda does a 'hardware thing', but I eventually realize it doesn't.
The Digital EQs, Digital Limiters and Noise reduction type plugins I never had any issues with.
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