Top 5 plugins

SeanHurley

I am interested in getting a few new plugins and I was wondering what each of you consider your top 5 "can't live without" plugins.

At the moment my top 5 (in no particular order) would be:

UAD LA-2A
UAD Neve 33609
Waves RenEQ
UAD Cambridge EQ
UAD 1176LN

DamagedTrax

mcdsp analog channel
uad neve 33609
uad neve 88rs
uad plate 140
uad LA2A

SeanHurley

Oh yeah I forgot about the analog channel. Love that plug. AC1 especially.

PMI

UAD LA-2A creeps in on everyones I would say

savage cold

should be top ten plugins

SeanHurley

yep fire away with 10 plugs. The more the merrier

DamagedTrax

DamagedTrax wrote: »

mcdsp analog channel
uad neve 33609
uad neve 88rs
uad plate 140
uad LA2A

to make it 10

mcdsp retro compressor
waves API
sound toys echoboy
liquid mix manley massive passive
liquid mix distressor

bedbugs

UAD Plate 140
Liquid Mix Stellar 2
Liquid Mix Zebra 2
UAD RE-201
Fishphones Spitfish
Jack Dark Mr Liquid
Antress Painkiller
IK Multimedia Ampeg SVX
Liquid Mix Stellar 1
Liquid Mix Trany 3

shayleon

DamagedTrax wrote: »

to make it 10

liquid mix distressor

hmm. I thought the liquid has only EQ and compressors, no?

cheers.

bedbugs

A distressor is a compressor though. It's used for reducing and controlling the dynamic range of the source material.

DamagedTrax

bedbugs wrote: »

A distressor is a compressor though. It's used for reducing and controlling the dynamic range of the source material.

exactamondo

robdig

hi guys only new to this game. do these plugins work with winamp or do i need a better software package??

DamagedTrax

robdig wrote: »

hi guys only new to this game. do these plugins work with winamp or do i need a better software package??

these are music production plugins and certainly wont work with winamp.

you need a dedicated software package such as protools, cubase, logic etc.

also a lot of the plugins mentioned here are DSP based meaning they need their own hardware (usually a pci or firewire card) to run them and others are native to specific software only (rtas plugs only work in protools).

robdig

thanks for the reply. any idea how much these software packages cost??

DamagedTrax

robdig wrote: »

thanks for the reply. any idea how much these software packages cost??

depending on the package that you're after anything from 200 (for a LE or light version of cubase) right up to 15,000 for a full protools HD system.

the plugins mentioned in this thread then cost extra as they are generally high end and dont come bundled with sequencer. so you're looking at about 1000 for a UAD2 card and about 250 per plugin to run on it. a liquidmix processor is about 400. the mcdsp bundles range from 400 up to 1500.

as you can see its not a cheap hobby :eek:

having said that mos "light" software packages come with their own built in plugins that are perfectly acceptable o learn on, then as you improve you'll generally start wanting a better sound and will spendd the cash to achieve it.

bedbugs

There's also REAPER, which you can try for free and then buy for €50 or thereabouts. It's not a light sequencer either. Sure download it -what have ya to lose? www.reaper.fm

savage cold

autotune
melodyne
vocalign
drumagog
sound replacer
ssl drum strip
g series eq
guitar rig3
chrome

I know they are most likely incorrectly spelled and we would all like great drummer guitarist vocalist and singer with great gear but that is not always so so these are my must haves

TelePaul

savage cold wrote: »

autotune
melodyne
vocalign
drumagog
sound replacer
ssl drum strip
g series eq
guitar rig3
chrome

I know they are most likely incorrectly spelled and we would all like great drummer guitarist vocalist and singer with great gear but that is not always so so these are my must haves

Drummagog and Guitar Rig aren't really solutions to a poor perfromance...more poor equipment.