Plugins, Plugins, Plugins!

[violet]

What plugins do you use for what? What are the best plugins for what??

Here is what I use...

EQ:
Tracks EQ(IK Multimedia) and Digirack EQIII

Compression:
BF76 and Digirack Compressor/Limiter

Reverb and Delay:
Izotope Spectron, D-verb, and the Digidelay

Sampler: Sample Tank 2

Drum Machine: BFD

Synthesizer: Expand, TimewARP 2600



I know I know, but I'm no beginner. But I 'know' I need to upgrade. What do all you professionals use?
I don't want to by a ton of intermediate plugins, I just want the best plugin for what it does. Any info would be appreciated

Thank You.

PS Is reason 4 worth it? Or has propellarheads time ended with better products?

[CaliTone]

EQ: Sony Oxford, McDSP Channel G, Waves V Series, Waves API, McDSP Filterbank
Compression: McDSP Channel G and Compressorbank, Waves API, Waves V Series
Reverb: Waves IR-1, Digidesign Revibe (TDM Only, but it rocks), Eventide Reverb (TDM only)
Delay: Sound Toys Echo Boy (Only delay plugin you need)

[Whitecat]

Massey everything. It's one of the only reasons to stay in Pro Tools LE.

Also Waves SSL and Soundtoys show up quite a bit.

[magellan]

massey (everything!!!), soundtoys (echoboy fav for delays, rest of suite is great for special fx), waves API (eqs)

[waltermusik]

EQ:
NuGen SEQ1: this EQ is practically non-coloring so it might not be what some call "musical" but it is great if all you want to do is modify the loudness of certain frequencies.
Occasional use of the Pulteq that comes with UAD1.

Compression, Reverb, Delay:
UAD1 (33609, Precision Multiband and Limiter, RealVerb), which I think is great but very much a matter of taste (and of the technical decision about the pros/cons of a DSP card).

Sampler/Synthesizer:
Sampletank, sfz (free soundfont player). Admittedly, I do not really work with them professionally.

Drum Machine:
None. I use a sequencers and samplers instead.

Cheers, Thomas

[recall]

EQ: URS A, N, Fulltec / Sony Oxford / McDsp Channel G + Filterbank

Dynamics: McDsp Channel G, Mc2000, ML1 / BF1176/ Massey CT4

Verb: McDsp Revolver

Delays: Massey TD5 / TelRay / Moogerfooger / Digi Long delay

Sauce: Sony Inflator / McDsp Analog Channel / Camelphat

[Stiff]

I use mainly Flux, Eiosis, McDSP and Massey.

I could certainly live with only Channel G, AirEQ, Epure and TD5. Perhaps Structure or Kontakt 3 for some sounds that my instrument arsenal don't carry.

Originally Posted by terminal3

Massey everything. It's one of the only reasons to stay in Pro Tools LE.

No, Massey AND McDSP is

[Johnyc]

Originally Posted by Stiff

No, Massey AND McDSP is

i second that...massey plugs are amazing value for money

[johnwayne]

Massey
URS CSP
Waves SSL
PSP VW
Tritone Digital

those can cover a lot of ground.

[cooker]

besides some cpu friendly stuff I started to use Nebula on everything(preamp, compressor, eq, reverb, filters, tape....). Its probably one of the best plugin around now and I only paid 20 euros

[feyshay]

I try to go more with hardware, but still find some plug-ins to be invaluable. I list these below.

EQ--PSP Neon HR (that really is great), otherwise Master Q
Compression--PSP MasterComp, Vintage Warmer 2, Sonalksis 315. Elephant 2
Reverb--Altiverb
Delay--PSP 84 and Multi-delay 608
Sampling--Kontakt 2
Drums--BFD
Synth--Absynth 4, Massive, FM8, Reaktor 5 and Zebra 2

Yes. Reason 4 is great IMO. It is well worth the upgrade from Reason 3.
Oh yeah. I'm not a professional.

[basskater87]

Waves SSL
Waves API
Massey (all of em!)

[Beastie]

i use 2 instances of multi instrument kontakt 3 and am plannin to get reaktor

im thinkin of gettin plugs soon

but im only thinking wavearts trackplug and camel audio camel phat and space...

for now...

i do all my compression and eq within kontakt at the moment ....

and also fx with kontakt and logic standard plugs....

also sonalkiss and urs look might tasty!

[Iron Monkee]

i tried a lot of software eq's, compressors, delay, etc. most of them are shit.
i think all the sony oxford plugs are great. the waves ssl plugs are cool too but not even close to the original.
you need some dsp power for shure!!!
i just got myself a UAD-1 card it's pretty cool!!!

[octatonic]

Massey: Everything
McDSP: Everything
Eventide: Everything
Soundtoys: Everything
Waves: Rennaisance Bundle
NI Komplete
Drumkit from Hell Superior

[violet]

which ones in Massey do you guys use?

the delay is great no doubt but the tape head/distorter/eq I can't find any use for...any one want to enlighten?

The eq only has treble mids and bass knobs...

[rodge]

audio damage (everything)
psp (warmer, delay, q)
ohmicide
ssl lmc-1
sonalksis tbk

currently trying out wave arts (all) and t-racks

but most of all i use the plugs in logic...they rock hard

[Stiff]

Originally Posted by violet

which ones in Massey do you guys use?

the delay is great no doubt but the tape head/distorter/eq I can't find any use for...any one want to enlighten?

Tape head works really good on drums and bass IMO, mainly for some added grit and not so much as "tape".

The eq only has treble mids and bass knobs...

Yeah, old school isn't it?

[Whitecat]

Originally Posted by violet

which ones in Massey do you guys use?

the delay is great no doubt but the tape head/distorter/eq I can't find any use for...any one want to enlighten?

The eq only has treble mids and bass knobs...

tapehead is awesome after softsynths... takes away a bit of that digital sheen if you need it to.

the eq is for quick corrections, it's not going to work on everything but occassionally if I'm running out of CPU and need to do a quick cut sometimes it works.

the THC (assuming that's what you mean by 'distorter') is a stomp-box model, so it works best on guitars (but it can do interesting things on other instruments or vox as well). it's basically a distortion pedal in-the-box.