Favorite plug ins, worth buying 🙂

timp · 2018-10-18T05:34:09.138Z

i own lots of outboard filters (Ebb und Flut, Mutator, MAMx3, UREI little dipper, Orban 674A + 622B, MF101 etc) and the only filter plug I have used ITB that ‘feels’ ie sounds & behaves like analog is THE DROP by Cytomic
Highly reccomended!

Cytomic

The Drop | Cytomic

Cytomic make boutique audio plugins. Our software can change and enhance audio to help people write cool sounding music, much like a car stereo can adjust the bass and treble, but way more advanced. We model classic analog...

ntrier · 2018-11-19T12:30:27.727Z

I like everything I’ve gotten by Klevgrand. Gaffel is a go to, very precise EQ. Svep is a quirky chorus/tape emulation thing. Grand Finale is an absolutely great final step for mixing.

(and they have a CyberMonday sale today, 11/19/18)

Starthief · 2018-11-19T13:54:51.189Z

So often with the Klevgrand stuff, I demo and like it, buy it… and then find it doesn’t fit when I try to use in practice. Just something about how I work, I guess.

The exceptions to that have been Brusfri (which I occasionally prefer over a noise gate) and DAW LP.

abalone · 2018-12-22T17:14:07.311Z

http://www.pspaudioware.net/NewYearPromo/
//springbox is ace
probably all good
my eyes are on avedis e27 eq…
I met avedis, he’s ace
https://avedisaudio.com
got friends that swear by the hardware version, if avedis thinks a plug in can sound…

baleen · 2018-12-22T18:44:54.348Z

I grabbed springbox earlier this year and it’s been a delight. highly recommended

abalone · 2019-01-08T06:02:14.549Z

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uhmmm, so…
the E27 is amazing!
and., this PSP EMT 2445 is simply incredible

I never thought I’d be into an early digital reverb, and this one is incredible
I’ll try to put some samples up to the kaffeeklatsch thread

kuorinki · 2019-03-25T08:53:53.906Z

btw - GRM tools are now -50% until the end of the month. I was looking into it and bought some actually, but I think I need to return the stuff because the iLok licenses manager just won’t work on my macbook (can’t connect to internet no matter what I do with firewall and proxy settings). Too bad I was really looking forward of using these tools and they seem so unique.

Any other out there that could compare to GRM tools - without iLok bs thank you!!!

petesasqwax · 2019-04-04T22:05:55.023Z

Worth buying but free all the same:

Puremagnetik Driftmaker and Expanse

popvulture · 2019-07-08T13:12:06.078Z

Recently, I was pretty surprised to find myself rather impressed with Arturia Pigments. They were having a sale and I bought it on a whim, definitely worth it so far. A lot (most) of the presets are naturally pretty slick and cheesy, but building off of the default patches has been satisfying.

Quru · 2019-07-08T14:41:11.141Z

My staples have been Klanghelm MJUC, DC8C and SDRR. I think everyone should have them. For quite some time I was searching for a properly good but still affordable delay, and now I realize I have ended up with Echoboy Jr., ValhallaDelay and D16 Repeater. And all of them are great. ValhallaDelay is amazing for more complex sound design type of things, I love Echoboy Jr. for some quick and simple but so so sweet delays, and D16 Repeater has a ton of stuff in it and some great presets.

Few months back I bought the Slate Everything Bundle, that was recently upgraded to All Access Pass and a bunch of stuff was added (for the old price for existing customers). A lot of the stuff in there is amazing. Virtual Mixing Rack is fun and gives great vibes, and sounds great. FG-X is a godsend as a final compressor/limiter for me as it offers easy ‘perceptive’ loudness but still retains the dynamics. I love plate reverbs, and have been happy with the very simplistic Soundtoys Little Plate, but Lustrous Plates gives a lot more options and sounds great. Air EQ I don’t still fully get, but have had great results with it in adding a gentle shimmer to the highs and taming problematic frequencies. And the new ANA 2 synth is on it’s way to replace Massive as my “I need some more synths but I’m not sure what kind”-plugin. I understand why some folks dislike the subscription model, but I really dig it. Even for the bit higher price (compared to old Everything Bundle) of All Access Pass it is amazing value. I’d say that for someone who wants to expand from the stock plugins of their DAW it is the best deal out there after Klanghelm and Valhalla plugins.

abalone · 2019-07-08T14:44:38.254Z

here’s @andrewhuang 's break down
looks cool

Starthief · 2019-07-08T15:13:00.044Z

I’d have to add iZotope RX6 to my list. It can be found pretty cheaply now. I wish I’d had it earlier, mostly for DeClick – it just works, unlike every other tool I’ve tried. (Sound Forge’s click repair tool seems to have about a 10% chance of working and a 20% chance of making it worse…)

DeHum doesn’t have the ideal interface for my purposes – not getting rid of 60Hz hum but clock whine from a BBD, or other unwanted tones with harmonics. The plugin doesn’t do well automatically detecting frequencies, or display anything that helps you tune it. But once it’s dialed in it does the job.

Nomad · 2019-07-08T17:04:01.287Z

I think the new Focusrite channel form Brainworx will be my new favourite plugin. I’ve been wanting a plugin like this for years, and how it’s actually here!

aroom · 2019-07-08T17:19:50.371Z

about Arturia, the V5 and how they got the Synthi trademark, a perspective from someone involved in the creation process of the plug-in: https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3050213#3050213

prms · 2019-07-08T18:33:10.717Z

Just another 0.02 of the stuff I use a lot and haven’t seen mentioned:

Plugin Alliance De-Verb and Attacker - great for extracting dynamic potential out of recorded material
Soundtoys Decapitator - likewise very useful tool to extract timbres by adding small amounts aimed at certain frequencies
Waves J37 - nice glue tape emulation plugin for poor people sans the real deal
Newfangled Audio Elevate Mastering Bundle - absolutely love these in the master chain

Anyone had any experience with the Eventide H910? Worth it?

LLK · 2019-07-08T18:53:55.981Z

Damn, will the shady news about Arturia stop popping at some point? Why isn’t there more articles about this kind of shit, it does sound terrible doesn’t it? Something’s kind of depressing about this brand, I wonder when we’ll be past giving them the benefit of the doubt.

petesasqwax · 2019-07-08T20:20:24.075Z

Damn, that’s crazy! I obviously knew the situation with the Microfreak/MI chicanery, but I thought that all the devices in their VST collections had been done with the cooperation and approval of the brands and people involved!

smbols · 2019-07-08T20:53:33.320Z

Everything from Variety of Sound is free and excellent sounding. Most of them are pretty subtle mixing/mastering tools. I especially like his NastyDLY (delay), Density MkII (compressor) and Ferric TDS (limiter/tape sim) and Baxter (mid/side EQ). The designer also worked on Tokyo Dawn Records’ Slick EQ if you’re familiar with that (also great).

Quru · 2019-07-09T14:44:53.466Z

It really is a shame. I have Minibrute 2, used to have Beatstep Pro and at one point I was really considering getting a Drumbrute. They can make great products that stand on their own, without shady practices or wrongly benefitting from intellectual properties of other people/companies. I was super excited about Microfreak but I don’t think I can buy one after how they treated Émilie and Mutable Instruments brand, and now this Synthi thing.

Nomad · 2019-07-09T14:55:27.189Z

I use the Eventide H910 a lot. It works for almost anything that need doubling, and I’ve used it several times as a slap delay. The pitch-shifting is fun for effects, but not that reliable, which gives it the character it has. I recommend the version from Eventide them selves, because they have a bonus H910 Dual plugin which is two H910 in parallel for stereo use. Basically a multi mono version for mono tracks.