So many options, what is the best analog and digital plugins suite for you?

 

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Acustica Audio. Sadly, you need a pretty good CPU to use it for mixing.

 

didn't knew that, i add it to the poll

 

Acustica Audio & Softube for me.

 

The Vienna Ritz's Penthouse

 

Luckily I have Audiogridder running nicely on a second machine and I can offload AA plugins.

 

how about iZotope?

 

Why isn't IK Multimedia's bundle included? because those are literally my go to.

 

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Guess there are a lot of entries missing ..like iZotope, Sonnox, IK, Black Rooster, NI, FLUX, FUSE, DMG, TDR, CSI, MGM, GMT, CIA...

...and I can't even mix properly, just makin music..;) I think a sound engineer could make a reaaally long list..

 

Sylenth1...

 

No matter what haters say (and will keep on saying as long as it maintains its uncracked/inaccessible status) Reason's SSL mixer is solid. I've tried most of those options here but I keep going back to Reason's native console.

 

I'm no mix man, but I go for a little brainworx and a little softube.

 

fabfiler, softube

 

oh yes and fabulous FABFILTER!!

 

Personally, whether a plugin is analogue sounding or not means little to me.

What matters is how usable a given plugin is, so I start with stock Ableton plugins since I know exactly how they work and what do they sound like. Add a sprinking of Fabfilter if necessary. If I can't get the sound I like then I go back to the source and tweak it, maybe add a SSL clone there if it needs it.

By this time the individual tracks should be good then organize them into busses and add very slight buss compression, the NI SSL clones are decent or maybe Eventide's channel strips.

By this point everything should be fine, then just limit the master and perhaps a very slight wide EQ, iZotope works here.

 

Whole Plugin Alliance suite for me. The tmt tech really pushes it above the others for me. Not to mention they have the best bang for the buck subscription. $25 a month for everything. Yes please.

 

Overloud GEM series, and IK Multimedia T-Racks,
Fabfilter isn't "analog vibe" that much, but is my primary go-to mixing suite

 

Am I missing something? OP is asking about

not useful digital tools.

 

I believe all those audio companies are extremely good, and each one shines with their different products. Personally I think it's a matter of taste and CPU optimization. Plugin Alliance and Universal Audio (along with some recently purchased Softube products) are my habitat, with them I have pretty much everything I need for my workflow. But of course all the options that are mentioned are great.

 

Prime Studio stuff seems to never get mentioned and never shared anywhere either, but are absolutely insanely good. I believe they have same underlying tech as Acustica Audio: https://primestudio.at/magento2/index.php/plugins.html

PS Their free summing amp,plugin, Charly, is one of the best out there I have found!

 

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