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Post by viciousbliss on Jul 9, 2017 15:59:27 GMT -6
I was looking at getting the MAAG 2 from Plugin Alliance for $29 after the $50 Voucher the other day, and then I stumbled onto an ebay ad showing me this was available in a bundle with bx_opto and spl attacker for $18.50 on ebay. Clicked buy it now and all I had to do was add the code into the checkout on PA's website. There's still some available on ebay, kvr, and elsewhere. For me, the bx_opto gets me what I want quicker and better than their Acme, VSC-2, or TCL-2. SPL Attacker seemed to make stuff better on the master fader without me even tweaking it. Could've used Elysia Nvelope to get the same result or better, but I'm quite sure the Attacker uses a lot less cpu. The Maag I like because it seems to be able to boost the highs without being shrill and the lows without becoming boomy. I tried swapping in a ton of other eqs in its place in an attempt to do the same thing and they all did not integrate as well as the Maag. The Maag 4 serves a different purpose and I plan to watch for a deal on that. I guess having this Presonus bundle will get me a bigger discount on their VSC-2/TCL-2 bundle that's going to be $99 later this month. That would mean they'd be less than $50 with the voucher and whatever this bundle discount is.
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Post by sean on Jul 11, 2017 18:52:43 GMT -6
Thanks for the heads up I also bought the Eventide H910 plugin for $22 from that same seller
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Post by viciousbliss on Jul 12, 2017 0:25:12 GMT -6
910 is good, used to put that across my vocal bus but have now gone with Antares Harmony Engine 4.1. The harmony engine is the best thing I've used for blending vocal harmonies with themselves and also with pre-mixed instrumentals or files from Rock Band and Jammit. I'd also tried the H3000, Waves Doubler, Reel ADT, pretty much every plug of the sort. Elastique pitch from Zplane is also incredible for lining up harmonies. Seems to do what Revoice Pro advertises but better and a lot more efficiently. Revoice still creates very convincing vocal doubles out of thin air, so I don't feel like the $400 was a waste.
Next I'm looking at the Milenia TCL-2 and Vertigo VSC-2 sale. Will be $50 for me to get both with my voucher. The TCL-2 is incredibly helpful with mastering or across the master fader in a mix. Versatile enough to correct a lot of problems. The SSL update to bx_console looks very promising. Also found the Lindell TE-100 to be indispensible across all my busses and master. Those Maag eqs continue to impress they way they help everything blend. PA is becoming my most used stuff along with the Overloud and Airwindows brands. Still using Eventide Ultrareverb, particularly variations of the 80s synth delay preset.
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Post by ChaseUTB on Jul 12, 2017 1:41:47 GMT -6
910 is good, used to put that across my vocal bus but have now gone with Antares Harmony Engine 4.1. The harmony engine is the best thing I've used for blending vocal harmonies with themselves and also with pre-mixed instrumentals or files from Rock Band and Jammit. I'd also tried the H3000, Waves Doubler, Reel ADT, pretty much every plug of the sort. Elastique pitch from Zplane is also incredible for lining up harmonies. Seems to do what Revoice Pro advertises but better and a lot more efficiently. Revoice still creates very convincing vocal doubles out of thin air, so I don't feel like the $400 was a waste. Next I'm looking at the Milenia TCL-2 and Vertigo VSC-2 sale. Will be $50 for me to get both with my voucher. The TCL-2 is incredibly helpful with mastering or across the master fader in a mix. Versatile enough to correct a lot of problems. The SSL update to bx_console looks very promising. Also found the Lindell TE-100 to be indispensible across all my busses and master. Those Maag eqs continue to impress they way they help everything blend. PA is becoming my most used stuff along with the Overloud and Airwindows brands. Still using Eventide Ultrareverb, particularly variations of the 80s synth delay preset. Yo vicious drop the wallet and exit the plugin shopping carts from your web browser... lol kidding... is there any plugin you don't have? Files from rock band? What type of music do you make or mix? Free Sauce Alert For Bass Heavy Music 🤘🦇🔥 The VSC-2 is fukn incredible .... using it on a big release for mastering ... 1. 10 or 30 attack, 60 hz side chain , .3- .6 release with 2:1 or soft... loud smack, Mix pops, Vocal comes forward! 2. 10-30 attack, 4:1 , auto or .6 release. , 60hz side chain ... great control, compression grooves with beat, vocals tucked, everything gelled 3. 10 attack , 4:1, release, auto, 90hz side chain.. control snare and drums with vocals guiding, but smoothed 4. 10 attack, 2:1, .1 release - peak shaver ... groove/ snare blooms, vocal pushed upfront .. kick n bass shaved 5. 30 attack, 2:1 , .3 - .6 release, side chain 90hz .... combines 1&2 results for more of a vocal smoother, drum punch up a bit, still retains moxnbalance when digging in.. Use Make Up Gain !!!!' Pair with TDR Kotelnikov for Rms compression |
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Post by viciousbliss on Jul 12, 2017 7:36:18 GMT -6
lol plenty I don't have. I've definitely attempted to try everything out there aside from UAD and Nebula. Some stuff I've trialed more than once. Ideally I'd like to have my site become a really comprehensive resource, mainly for people just getting started. Wish I had started collecting PA 3 years ago. First started with PT, Pro Q2, Waverider, Lexicon MPX, Autotune 8, and Revoice Pro. Then added some Waves and Eventide. Tsar-1 and Fix Doubler during the sale going on when Fix was on intro. Soundtoys bundle half off during Black Friday. Inflater I think on Black Friday. Waves Gold when it was $130ish. Satin. Tend to hit the black friday sales hard(though a lot of those sales were more like Black Friday month). Bx_console. Metric Halo stuff. Forgetting a few things. This year I've probably bought more than anytime in the past since stuff keeps getting better and cheaper. It's a lot better buying situation than in 2016 or before. Rarely do I buy when something is at full price. Seventh Heaven has replaced all my other reverbs, I haven't used another since. These PA vouchers really increase the chances I'll get something since it usually knocks the price of something useful down low.
There's a lot of multi-tracks floating around ripped from Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Usually just one track each of bass and drums, maybe two for guitar. Although I've found some where there was like 10 music tracks. There used to be jammit.com where they had some different stuff and in wav format for $5 per instrument track. It was pretty disappointing to me that I couldn't just record a vocal for a known song and have it fit well with the track using stuff like a Digitech Vocalist Live 4 on its own. So I always had a goal of figuring out how I could record vocal tracks and mix everything so it sounded as close to the real album as possible. Now I'm finally about where I want to be. Even when using fanmade youtube stuff or a track ripped from my old karaoke cds. A lot of stuff like Def Leppard, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Megadeth, Diamond Head, King Diamond, Soul Asylum, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, things like that. I've mixed other stuff like Rap, House, Pop-Rock. Right now I'm remixing the few things I've used in my portfolio since they didn't have SHP, Tapedesk, Dopamine, Console4, Busscolors, Oxford Limiter, TCL-2, TE-100, MAAG2, Attacker, Black Box, Harmony Engine, or Bx_Opto. I'm finding I like Bx_Opto a lot as a bus comp for vocal and instrument busses while using TCL-2 for the master fader. So far I'm not using the Maag2 on tracks much, mainly a master thing.
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Post by junior on Aug 10, 2017 0:25:56 GMT -6
Thanks for the heads-up! I finally remembered to pull the trigger on this and now the seller has it down to $14  Registration was quick and easy. Now to check out that Maag EQ... |
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