Show me your 10 essentials plugins

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  1. axelfender

    axelfender Member

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    PLZ, can anyone add ( with the list) the music genre he 's doing!!
     
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  2. SineWave

    SineWave Audiosexual

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    TAL-Sampler
    TAL-Drum
    DSP56300 OsTIrus
    DSP56300 Vavra
    u-he Zebra HZ
    u-he Hive
    u-he Diva
    u-he Repro
    u-he Uhbik
    Jon V FirComp

    Plus Reaper stock plugins - EQ, Limiter, Comp, Verb with IRs, and lots of JSFX.

    Also a plugin called "Creativity XT" :rofl:

    That's pretty much it... I really don't use much else regularly. Cheers! :wink:
     
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  3. Bassifondi

    Bassifondi Platinum Record

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    Jon V FirComp2
    DSP56300 OsTIrus
    Reaper stock plugins - EQ, Limiter, Comp, Verb with IRs
    Falcon
    Kontakt
    Kirchoff EQ
    Fabfilter Pro-Q3
    Obsession
    Soundtoys 5
    Blackhole
    Pulsar Modular P455
    XLN Audio XO
    VintageVerb
    Devious Machines Infiltrator 2
    Sir Audio Tools Standard Clip
    shaperbox 3
    Valhalla Delay
    VPROM
    digitalis
    kong QinEngineV3
    Gforce
    Ghz Faraday Limiter 3
    bx_crispytuner
    bx_limiter True Peak
    bx_townhouse Buss Compressor
    DS Tantra 2
    Purple Audio MC 77
    Unfiltered Audio Instant Delay
    Gatekeeper
    Lexicon PSP42x
    Equator2
    Tube-Tech CL 1B
    Permut8
    vectomelt2
    Analog_Channel_AC101
    El Rey 2
    Diamond Lift 4
    Big Ceil
    Midnight
    jp6k
    viper
    croma-II-v
    kindzaudio mentalv
    imposcar2
    beat scholar
    RRS Ivoks VST3_64
    synth warmer
     
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  4. Djord Emer

    Djord Emer Audiosexual

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    1 - Pro-Q 3
    2 - Infinistrip
    3 - Elevate
    4 - Saturate
    5 - Kelvin
    6 - V Collection X
    7 - Valhalla Delay
    8 - Vulf Compressor
    9 - Kontakt
    10 - smart:EQ
     
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  5. Qiloo

    Qiloo Ultrasonic

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    For production:
    - u-he Diva
    - Arturia Mini V4
    - Arturia Pigments
    - Xfer Serum
    - NI Kontakt
    - NI Maschine
    - reFX Nexus
    - Spectrasonics Omnisphere
    - Cableguys Shaperbox 3
    - Devious Machines Infiltrator

    For mixing & mastering:

    - FF Pro Q3
    - FF Pro C2
    - Wavesfactory Spectre
    - FF Saturn 2
    - FF Pro L2
    - u-he Presswerk
    - Valhalla VintageVerb
    - ValhallaDelay
    - Wavesfactory Trackspacer
    - Cradle The God Particle
     
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  6. 1_i_Pi

    1_i_Pi Noisemaker

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    Physical Unit of a distressor is such a workhorse. I use it all over tracking and mixing. I've been debating for a bit on selling another stereo comp to just get another distressor to make a pair.
     
  7. JurgenTV

    JurgenTV Producer

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    Synths For Production:
    Reveal Sound - Spire
    Native Instrumentos - Massive (Old)
    xFer - Serum
    uHe - Zebra2 HZ
    uHe - Hive 2
    Arturia - Analóg Lab Pro
    Arturia - Ácid V
    XLN Audio - XO
    XLN Audio - Adictive Drums 2
    XLN Audio - Life

    Fx For Production:
    Cableguys - Shaperbox 3
    Devious Machines - Infiltrator 2
    Devious Machines - Duck
    Polyverse Músic - Manipulator
    Synchro Arts - VocaAlign 6
    Celemony - Melodyne
    Soundtoys - EchoBoy
    Relab Development - LX480 V4 Dual Engine
    Sonnox - Envolution
    Izotope - Trash 2

    Fx For Mixing / Mastering:
    Fabfilter - Pro Q3
    Fabfilter - Pro MB
    Fabfilter - Pro L2
    Relab Development - Maselac MEA 2
    Sonnox - Claro
    Fabfilter - Saturn 2
    Sonnox - Inflator
    Oeksound - Soothe2
    SirAudio - StandarClip
    Izotope - Imager (Module)

    Music: Hardstyle - Synthwave - Techno - Trance - Clasical - Progressive Pop / Rock - Ethnic World - Cinematic.
    :bow:
     
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  8. Kate Middleton

    Kate Middleton Producer

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  9. Sylenth.Will.Fall

    Sylenth.Will.Fall Audiosexual

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    This is really difficult to pick just 10, but I suppose if my pc went down and I was in a hurry to put stuff back on.. these are the first 10 3rd party plugins I would reach for.

    Drums
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    1) Addictive Drums 2 For Acoustic Drums
    2) Alganaut Atlas (This works SO well with my Launchpad and I use this for all other drums

    Bass

    3) Modo Bass -
    4) Synapse Audio The Legend

    Synth

    5) Zebra 2


    Workhorse

    6) Hypersonic 2

    EQ

    7) Fabfilter Q3

    Mastering tools

    8) Engineer's Filter
    9) Cytomic The Glue
    10) Fabfilter L2

    I have two other mentions (Omnisphere and Halion 6) but I CAN do without them

    There are two FX Plugins I use too (Ohmicide and PSP Lexicon 42 mk1) but I COULD manage using stock plugins for fX and Distortion


    Sorry that I couldn't do a screenshot. I don't know how to make all plugins visible at the same time.
     
  10. mino45

    mino45 Kapellmeister

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    1) The Usual Suspects OsTirus
    2) Xfer Serum
    3) VcV Rack2

    3) TBTECH Kirchhoff-EQ
    4) Devious Machines Infiltrator
    5) Fabfilter L2
    6) Fabfilter MB
    7) Sir Audio Tools StandardClip
    8) Oeksound Soothe2

    9) Flux Studio Session Analyzer
    10) Sonarworks SoundID Reference

    I know it is 11 actually, but I had to sneak one more in there.
     
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  11. JEPasCP1

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    here's mine :)))
    I would consider Spectral Suite Plugs, SigMod or even Patcher though
     
  12. nnnnnnnne.etriiig

    nnnnnnnne.etriiig Newbie

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    Serum
    Pro q
    Eq 8 (ableton)
    Diva
    Pro-c (my main compressor for ducking)
    Compressor (ableton)
    Auto Filter
    Valhalla Vintage verb
    Kontakt
    Slate Tape Machines
     
  13. D#RK M#TT#RS

    D#RK M#TT#RS Ultrasonic

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    Genre: Scoring & Soundtrack (Horror Movie, Game & YT Video), Indie Pop/Rock, Horror Music, Orchestration.

    Production:
    Kontakt
    Omnisphere
    Sound Canvas
    Stylus RMX
    Superior Drummer
    EZkeys
    EZbass
    Serum
    Reason Studios as Plugin
    Ample Sound

    Tweaking:
    Zenology FX
    Helix
    ProQ
    ProMB
    ProL
    ProC
    Timeless
    Valhalla Room
    Valhalla Plate
    Valhalla Vintage Verb
     
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  14. Somnambulist

    Somnambulist Kapellmeister

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    Non-Instrument plugins:

    FabFilter Q3
    SSL 4000E & 4000G
    UAD Manley MU variable compressor/limiter
    Softube WEISS Maximizer
    Black Salt Audio Silencer
    Valhalla Delay
    Seventh Heaven
    Waves Clarity Pro
    iZotope RX
    Superscope
     
  15. Kingvrage

    Kingvrage Producer

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    Whew wee! Only 10? Ok... so here's what would be in my holster in a high noon duel.
    I mostly record metal, industrial, techno and retro synth stuff. I don't use amp sims for my guitars but I sometimes use them on synths and drums or to feed a glitch chain.

    1 Superior drummer 3
    2 Atlas 2
    3 Serum
    4 Glitch 1 or 2
    5 Valhalla Room
    6 Argent Compressor
    7 Rift 2
    8 Acid V
    9 Sandman Pro
    10 Fabfilter Pro Q
     
  16. FrankPig

    FrankPig Rock Star

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    Genre: Music to drive back to jail to.

    Production

    Superior Drummer
    EZ Drummer
    Amplesound Basses
    IK Modo Bass
    Arturia Vox Continental
    Arturia Farfisa
    GForce M-Tron
    AAS Lounge Lizard EP-4
    UAD Minimoog
    Kontakt

    Mixing (Hybrid, so these complement my outboard)
    Izotope RX
    Fab Pro Q
    Pulsar Modular P455 MDN
    LTL Silver Bullet Mk2
    Soundtoys Decapitator
    UAD Distressor
    UAD API 2500
    Softube TSAR-1
    UAD Hitsville Chambers
    TDR Limiter 6 GE
     
  17. burgvogt

    burgvogt Kapellmeister

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    Toontrack Superior Drummer
    Pianoteq 6 Studio
    Modobass 2
    VB3-II
    Amplesound Guitars
    Amplitube
    Kontakt
    OB-Xd
    Izotope Ozone
    Valhalla Vintage Verb
     
  18. Alex Philipp

    Alex Philipp Platinum Record

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    Addictive Keys 2
    Hive 2
    ZebraHZ
    Flux Mini 2
    Soothe 2
    Raum
    Bassline
    AirStereoWidth
    EC300
    UAD dbx160
     
  19. 27ms_attack

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    Sound Radix Auto-Align
    Jon V FirComp2
    DMG Equilibrium
    TDR Nova
    TDR Limiter 6
    Boz Digital Transgressor
    Tone Projects Unisum
    Tone Projects Kelvin
    Liquidsonics Seventh Heaven
    Valhalla Delay

    I think most of my tracks exclusively use these together with my Purple Audio MC77 compressor.
     
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  20. 27ms_attack

    27ms_attack Member

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    So interesting to see a different perspective from mine. I bought one used and I almost never use it. If I want extremely clean compression I use FirComp2, if I want an agressive sounding compressor I use my hardware Purple MC77 and if I want a very "peaky" sound with a huge transient I use my DBX160A, which I mostly use for making samples out of a real kit to use across an album recorded with that kit.
    Even with the DBX160A, I'm currently finding ways to replace it with TDR Molot instead.

    The only single compressor I could never get an equivalently nice result ITB has been the Purple MC77, no 1776 emulation sounds close to the real thing to me, the attack is just completely different at any significant gain reduction level. I'm starting to suspect it's because the hardware is imperfectly designed and somehow craps out internally and clips the signal asymmetrically, giving this weird spiky attack between 500Hz and 800Hz that just makes everything hit so much harder in the ears. I have semi successfully replicated that effect by using a transient shaper with EQ (I use Boz Transgressor) and set the transient duration time to around 4ms at most and give it an EQ boost around those midrange frequencies I mentioned (depending on the source signal) just to the transient part of the signal.
     
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