Wild & crazy plug-ins for mixing

[gainreduction]

Some of the stuff from Soundtoys isn't all that polite.

[Sotsirc]

Still use Deep Freq and Deep Reconstructions for NI's Kore Player. They seem to have discontinued them for some reason, I was told they would be back ...

[Homunculus]

Sonic Charge Permut8 really really crazy plug and the sound quality is amazing. I'd say probaby the best effect plugin this year

[Sotsirc]

Originally Posted by Homunculus

Sonic Charge Permut8 really really crazy plug and the sound quality is amazing. I'd say probaby the best effect plugin this year

will def check that out. cheers

[henge]

UberMod.

[Homunculus]

Originally Posted by Sotsirc

will def check that out. cheers

it can do delays, phaser,flanger, pitch shift, glitchy noises, chorus, bit reduction and so many other things in a weird and unique way, at first its a little hard to understand the plugin but once you read the manual and experiment it will be a joy to use and one of the best things for me about the permut8 is that you constantly get happy accidents! and like I said the sound quality is top notch, definitely better than the sound quality of all the soundtoys plugs, for example the filter on this plugin sounds much better than sound toys filter freak which is a dedicated filter plugin, obviously this is all my opinion but just try it out for yourself

Ubermod is great also!

[Sotsirc]

Yes Ubermod is cool, more useful to me than VRoom which I find quite thin sounding. I'm having a good time demoing Vintage reverb though.

[Lowbie]

SoundToys makes the crazier ones.

[NBarnes21]

Sound toys devil loc and decapitator, Kush ubk-1, and avid's built in lo fi are 4 that come to mind

[shortstory]

Thanks guys- this is awesome!

Keep 'em coming!

[wakestyle]

actually, I find most of the freeware vst available covers everything "crazy". Too many to list actually.

[Lowbie]

Originally Posted by Homunculus

definitely better than the sound quality of all the soundtoys plugs, for example the filter on this plugin sounds much better than sound toys filter freak which is a dedicated filter plugin, obviously this is all my opinion but just try it out for yourself

I guess probably just different sonic-wise. SoundToys emulates old analog stuff very well, in sound and behaviour. While digital stuff sounds perfect/crisp.

When i started geting into ITB EDM i was really bored with all plugs and never bothered with SoundToys thinking it was hype and would be the same as every other brand. But when tried them, it was MAGICAL, i felt like playing with the full room of analog hardware i had from my guitar days. It was sonically very similar and could get CRAZY like most of those old hardware allowed.

[Homunculus]

Originally Posted by Lowbie

I guess probably just different sonic-wise. SoundToys emulates old analog stuff very well, in sound and behaviour. While digital stuff sounds perfect/crisp.

When i started geting into ITB EDM i was really bored with all plugs and never bothered with SoundToys thinking it was hype and would be the same as every other brand. But when tried them, it was MAGICAL, i felt like playing with the full room of analog hardware i had from my guitar days. It was sonically very similar and could get CRAZY like most of those old hardware allowed.

Don't get me wrong, I love soundtoys I use them everyday but i see them more for bread and butter effects and yes they can get wild and crazy but imo dont sound too good going wild and crazy and are definitely not crazier than Permut8,they need to update their code because compared to new plugins they sound very digital, for example compare filter freak to Cytomic's the Drop. its a day and night difference in sound quality, the op is asking for wild and crazy plugins for mixing and imo soundtoys is nowhere near that compared to Sonic Charge Permut8, if he would've asked for bread and better plugs for mixing then without a doubt soundtoys all the way

[porya]

Originally Posted by Homunculus

Sonic Charge Permut8 really really crazy plug and the sound quality is amazing. I'd say probaby the best effect plugin this year

+1
indeed it's a best effect plug this year

[wakestyle]

this one is a little jem, it can do crazy but also very nice delays, if you know how to program it.
KVR: PitchedDelay by lkjb - Details

[adamboon]

Logic's Ensemble can change things

[samsam]

DMG Audio PitchFunk is madness

[Osc1lfo]

Most people know it for the synths and beatboxen, but there are many wild effects available through Reaktor, and its immense User Library.

Reaktor runs as a plugin (iirc, VST, AU, RTAS) in addition to being a stand alone app. I quite like some of the granular delays, and the reverbs have their own character. Many of the other audio-mulching ones are so whacked out I can't describe them...