Favorite Plug ins (not instruments)

[7thangel]

i've been effin' around with a few wicked plug ins of late, bx digital and flux plug ins.

bx digital is basically a mastering eq, allowing you to eq the mid (mono) and side (stereo) independently and make a certain frequency, i.e. 80Hz and under, mono so the stereo field doesn't thin it out too much. www.brainworx-music.de/

flux has some great dynamics tools, especially solera, which also has an option to compress the
mid/side. they have a demo that isn't timebombed and is fully functional, except after a while it doesn't actually do anything but all it takes is to make note of the changes and remove the plug and put it back again.
www.fluxhome.com

i just thought i'd mention some stuff that , in a lot of opinions, surpass the usual suspects (waves, urs, sonnox, etc.).

right now on my list of wicked, in no particular order:

mcdsp: whole line up especially analog channel

waves C1: there's no real replacement

flux solera

sonalksis 315mk2

voxengo elephant: most transparent limiter i've used

tls 2095 la and pre amp tgr18

psp vintage warmer 2, neon, and xenon: (need more cash)

urs classic console strip pro: damn wish i had never tried it, now i want it

UAD LA2a: 1176, pultec, fairchild, like above. even with it's suspect dsp algo that needs to be updated and improved

roomverb 2: old but can do more than it's job

sir: nice and free ir reverb

sonitus: old and dx but still wicked, a good replacement for waves

supaphaser: i don't really mess around too much with phasers and flanging but this is nice and free

rbass: voxengo has a cheaper harmonics plug but i just like this. used it at school to improve this chicks weak-ass bass

 

[Ash Holmz]

soundtoys native bundle is the shit .... their tools are ALL over my sessions ...i like alot of the waves stuff too .. there all over my sessions as well..... i use the digidesign di-fi bundle alot too for weird effects... and tlspace sometimes... i dont eq and compress really, (leave it for the engineer) so im more into the creative and sound design/modulation plugs. Pluggo is crazy ill as well but since i upgraded to pro tools 7.4 pluggo dont work right so I gotta wait till they update it.

 

[7thangel]

i've been reluctant to install the pluggo runtime but i want to try colortone. i've peeped q clone and it's o.k., but it's been abandoned somewhat.

 

[mono]

ive always liked those analog sound emus like psp vintage warmer. some months ago i stumbled across a company called otiumfx, they have superb sounding drum enhancers and vinylizers. otiumfx beatcompadre is freeware and it can realy improve your drums, very effective in giving digital productions a rugged feel
the other otium plug is sonitex, this one is crazy, you can make your sounds seem as if they were 20 year+ old records. the demo beeps every 15 seconds, but hey thats enough for 4bar loop

 

[7thangel]

oh shit, back from the crypt.

well i got tritones colortone pro and it's wicked.

flux plugins are top toppa, mastering grade, you can get a fully working demo of their plugs with minor limitations and 2 free tools

 

[thedreampolice]

Digidesign Eleven, McDSP, Sound Toys, Joe Meek!

 

[Rackoon]

I also like PSP Vintage Warmer on the drum buss with proper gain staging or else it just turns your signal into a over saturated mess.

I love the waves ssl serie, I use there eq/Comp on every channel and overdrive the input of the SSLChannel on the 2buss..SWEET

I sometimes use the "Studio Devil Virtual Guitar Amp" plug for dirtying up my samples....but its a mono plug so it will destroy any stereo width present on the signal..

For delays I use cubase moddelay/PSP 608 and for reverb : CSR (very natural sounding)