What plugin is your secret weapon ?

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  1. pratyahara

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    zynaptiq intensity is just a bunch of EQ presets...!?
     
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  2. EL TEL

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    A combination of FabFilter, Plugin Alliance, Slate Digital and Soundtoys plugins. Secret weapon would probably be FabFilter's ProQ3 as it ends up on almost every track but it's not really a secret anymore. For a less known brand check out Liquidsonics reverbs, Seventh Heaven & Cinematic Rooms are second to none and simply outstanding
     
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    Depends on what I'm doing but I really like cytomic the glue as well as big blues' limiter & compressor.

    Also the Traktion Daw Essentials, which don't get the attention they deserve.
     
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    Korg MDE-X - The polysix ensemble, you can make one OSC with one voice very phat with very low CPU usage.

    And it has such a retro feeling to it.
     
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  5. vidalsh

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    Last year focusrite fast compressor
     
  6. tzzsmk

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    how is that even a question, answer is so clear...



     
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  7. Paul Smith

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    Some members of the Gem series by overloud here. I try to stay ananog ITB as much as possible and with their low cpu footprints, I can comfortably insert many on all tracks. Normally all my mixes sound practically similar and analog and thanks to them, I have come to understand it's not totally about quality but workflow. All tracks will have Tapedesk first, then whatever plug-in based on the material. Sculptube is my favorite tube saturation and distortion unit, their Comp 670 is the best Fairchild for me ITB and their Comp G sounds better than SSL version. The only plugs I use out of their collection is crave eq, soundtoys echoboy and microshift, fabfilter pro-ds and pro-l and u-he satin (for mastering purposes). In general, my plug-in collection consists of just 20 plugins, 15 effect processors and 5 vsti, and no audioz syndrome :dont:
    and this is helping me complete projects almost instantly and thus more clients.
    Edit: recently, I'm trying to incorporate Fuse Audio VCS into my workflow and if it finally sits in, that's about 3 or so plug-in types deleted (check it out guys, it's actually on my to-buy list for early next year)
     
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    Tapedesk... You like the sound of aliasing, don't you?
     
  10. tzzsmk

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    I'm big fan of Overloud GEMS too, but barely using them,
    recently I'm enjoying some Analog Obsession plugins - they aren't really competing with Overloud, but still offer some very nice plugins, being all free is just a bonus
     
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    Sausage Fattener by Dada Life
    Valve Driver by Nomad Factory
    and some not so well known N4 libraries (Behemoth, MySonMax & VCult by Transcending Music, MPC and Sampler 3500 by STN)
     
  12. jon doe like pizza dough

    jon doe like pizza dough Ultrasonic

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    it really depends on the job but the one that one that always saves the day is abbey road chambers

    when i record anything in mono the first thing i do is i add a abbey road chambers plugin

    even when i am using pro libraries if the sound is too sharp abbey road chambers solves the problem

    for vsti i would say its kontakt
     
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    for character neold warble lately. for everything else ssl channelstrip2. vsti's : kontakt or uvi falcon
     
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    TDR Nova GE dynamic deresonate.
     
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    Yes, it adds analog warmth :bleh:
     
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    Xfer Records OTT
     
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    It's a specific Nebula preset used on a particular frequency range, but that's all I am saying :)
     
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  20. itisntreal

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    real vintage sound
     
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