Favorite "Stomp-Box" Plug-ins?

[lanervoza]

You know, the special effects. Are there any that stand above the crowd?

Phaser
Flanger
Ring Mod
Delay
Chorus
Wah
Distortion/Fuzz (perhaps of the more strange variety)
Octaver
Guitar/Bass Synth
etc.

I read a lot about comps, EQs and reverbs as more staple effects, but not so much about extra flavors. Maybe y'all prefer hardware?

Party on,
Alex

[VelvetGoatmine]

This kinda rules:


http://www.littlelabs.com/pcp.html

[chrisj]

I had to code my own to be happy with them- the trouble with some of those is, especially for short delay time-based analog stuff, if you're digitally doing a flange or delay or whatever, it's actually not trivial. You can't just take 'a sample' and have that work very well- when the delay tap sweeps between samples in its path, you have to interpolate in order to get the kind of lushness that you expect out of analog gear.

http://www.airwindows.com/m/Flanger.mp3
http://www.airwindows.com/m/Chorus.mp3

If you can't do that, the real physical stompboxes end up so much better that you might as well stay home which might have something to do with why you don't see so much of that. The real ones also have coloration, texture, noise that a plugin won't have- when I did mine, I was after only the liquidity and lushness of the analog and wasn't trying to bring in any grit or noise, but there are applications for that as well, it creates a mood. When you fire up a Small Stone or whatever, it's producing a really lush whole background environment even when no note is playing, and plug-ins don't do that as a rule.

[feyshay]

I prefer hardware stomps, but for software
Strobosoft Tuner
Guitar Rig 2 has some great effects.
Altiverb has some nice springs and halls.
I also use PSP Nitro.

[Curve Dominant]

Originally Posted by lanervoza

You know, the special effects. Are there any that stand above the crowd?

Phaser
Flanger
Ring Mod
Delay

The above 4? The BF Moogerfoogers should work fine for you. They're all quite good and can get rather weird as you twist knobs.

Distortion/Fuzz (perhaps of the more strange variety)

Massey THC, no doubt.

-Eric Vincent @ Studio Curve Dominant

[Gear Tramp]

Originally Posted by lanervoza

Phaser
Flanger
Ring Mod
Delay
Chorus
Wah
Distortion/Fuzz (perhaps of the more strange variety)
Octaver
Guitar/Bass Synth
etc.

Line 6 GearBox does all of those things and more very well. Don't think of it in terms of the POD, but rather, in terms of AmpFarm and EchoFarm, because that's really what it is & more.

[Gear Tramp]

Originally Posted by Curve Dominant

The above 4? The BF Moogerfoogers should work fine for you. They're all quite good and can get rather weird as you twist knobs.

Those things sound stupid to me. I can't stand them. They're useful if you want to ruin something, though.

[scrubs]

Simulanalog Suite pretty much kicks.

[Ruudman]

Izotope Trash
Eventide Instant Flanger
OhmForce- plugs


ruudman

[Curve Dominant]

Originally Posted by Gear Tramp

Those things sound stupid to me. I can't stand them. They're useful if you want to ruin something, though.

That's exactly what we're talking about, genius.

[mejon]

Guitar Rig 2 kicks butt over my pod xt & amplitube. The stomp boxes are great and easy to use as processors on non-guitar tracks as well. Love the assignable LFOs and step sequencers too. Powerful stuff.

I still love sansamp for quick solutions.

[Gear Tramp]

Originally Posted by Curve Dominant

That's exactly what we're talking about, genius.

"Ruining something" is not a studio technique of mine. Maybe you, Curve! Not me! Go ahead and use them! Telling someone else to buy them is another thing. By "ruin" I mean destroy in a BAD way. In a.. Curve Dominant kinda way, I guess.

There are better plugins out there to do this stuff, GENIUS! Figure it out!

GENIUS!

P.S. thanx fer skewling me bro! now i can maik hit recordz! You still make pretty good sounding records even though you're a jerk! But then again, we were all able to make good sounding records on 001's.

[Curve Dominant]

Originally Posted by mejon

I still love sansamp for quick solutions.

I used to use SansAmp a lot for grunging up bass, until I discovered Massey TapeHead for that app... yeah baby!

-Eric Vincent @ Studio Curve Dominant

[Spectacle]

Originally Posted by mejon

Guitar Rig 2 kicks butt over my pod xt & amplitube. The stomp boxes are great and easy to use as processors on non-guitar tracks as well. Love the assignable LFOs and step sequencers too. Powerful stuff.

I still love sansamp for quick solutions.

Yes, but the GearBox Plug-Ins and Amplitube 2 kick butt all over Guitar Rig 2. They're the new editions, way different from their predecessors.

[Gear Tramp]

Originally Posted by Spectacle

Yes, but the GearBox Plug-Ins and Amplitube 2 kick butt all over Guitar Rig 2. They're the new editions, way different from their predecessors.

This is true. It's too bad they have to be tied to a Line 6 dongle. I'd rather have an iLok authorization!

But then everybody would buy them. So... nevermind.



But... if you buy a few real pedals... well... haha... there is no turning back. You stompboxslut, you.

[Curve Dominant]

Originally Posted by Gear Tramp

But... if you buy a few REAL pedals... well...

The poster asked about PLUG-INS.

If you want to show off your "real" stompbox collection, start a new thread (crikey!), and you can go on all day about "real" stompbox pedals.

Like this "real" pedal... an authentic, fully functional vintage Fender FuzzWah (mine, yes, picture taken in my studio), rarer than Paris Hilton's brain cells:

[John Suitcase]

I use a few plug ins, but I'm more curious about how you guys interface your hardware stomp boxes to your DAW. Are you using something like a Reamp box to get the level/impedance correct? Or are you just running line-level signals through them?

I can see some advantages to both, but it seems like going Reamp>Stompbox>DI>preamp is going to get you the best signal, and not clip the stompbox's input.

I like FuzzPLus on bass sometimes....

Audio Damage: The World's Most l33t Plug-ins!

[lanervoza]

Actual Stomp-boxes are great; I have plenty of them and they're real nice. But sometimes I have an idea after the fact (reamping could work, but at this stage in the game I'm not equipped, and this thread is just for fun anyway), or maybe a plug-in can do things an analogue box can't, like match song tempo.

[Gear Tramp]

Originally Posted by Curve Dominant

The poster asked about PLUG-INS.

If you want to show off your "real" stompbox collection, start a new thread (crikey!), and you can go on all day about "real" stompbox pedals.

Like this "real" pedal... an authentic, fully functional vintage Fender FuzzWah (mine, yes, picture taken in my studio), rarer than Paris Hilton's brain cells:

I don't want to show off my collection. You're the one that wants to show off apparently, and you already did. Way to go.

I simply suggested trying real pedals in addition to the plugins I already recommended. You scold me for recommending physical stomp boxes in addition to plugins, then you tell me I should start a new thread if I want to show off stompboxes, yet in the next sentence, you're going on about your pedal and posting a jpg. Nobody asked to see your pedals. What is your malfunction? I'm bored of this exchange. Welcome to ignore. Buh-bye.

[Gear Tramp]

Originally Posted by John Suitcase

I use a few plug ins, but I'm more curious about how you guys interface your hardware stomp boxes to your DAW. Are you using something like a Reamp box to get the level/impedance correct? Or are you just running line-level signals through them?

I can see some advantages to both, but it seems like going Reamp>Stompbox>DI>preamp is going to get you the best signal, and not clip the stompbox's input.

I'm using a Little Labs Redeye over here, and it works like a charm.

Of course, you can also go to a guitar amp & mic before the preamp instead of a DI. Tons of cool colors & real ambience!

A Reamp, X-Amp, ProRMP, or even just a homebrew circuit will do the trick as well.

[Gear Tramp]

Originally Posted by lanervoza

a plug-in can do things an analogue box can't, like match song tempo.

Great point, and this is just one of the reasons why I use GearBox.

[Silver Sonya]

Audio Damage makes an incredible line of affordable, eccentric and well-designed plug-ins. They're not exactly "stompbox"-minded specifically, but I think they have the same spirit and function as great pedals.

Audio Damage: The World's Most l33t Plug-ins!

- c

[Gear Tramp]

Originally Posted by Silver Sonya

Audio Damage: The World's Most l33t Plug-ins!

John Suitcase posted this link just a few posts up...

[Curve Dominant]

Originally Posted by lanervoza

a plug-in can do things an analogue box can't, like match song tempo.

SoundToys has some cool tempo-matching filter plugs - I use one called Filter Freak at one studio, that was real cool.

Also Waves (not popular I know but) has a few, like MondoMod, MetaFlanger, and Enigma.

I still like the MoogerFooger stuff, and used them on a track we just began yesterday... maybe I'll post a snippet if I have time.

-Eric Vincent @ Studio Curve Dominant

[Volodia]

Waves gtr has the stomp plug ins .

[tamasdragon]

Are the moogerfoogers able to match to the song tempo?
TD

[Curve Dominant]

Originally Posted by tamasdragon

Are the moogerfoogers able to match to the song tempo?

No, you have to twist the knob until it's groovin' with your track.

-E