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Posted on Feb 14, 2003 12:04 am
Cleamon Jones
Member Since: Dec 31, 2002
What are the best plug ins availble on the market? I've heard of IK Multimedia and Waves, what is there.
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Feb 14, 2003 05:56 am There are many, many plugin manufacturers out there, I usually use Waves Native Power Pack and some Sonic Foundry for noise reduction. Sonic Timeworks makes good ones, OhmBoyz has some interesting ones, Steinberg makes some great ones...there are many. Waves is my mainstay tho.
Feb 14, 2003 08:44 am Are there any other amp simulator plugins like Amplitude?
Feb 14, 2003 08:46 am There is a couple, the names excape me at the moment, personally, I never thought much of software amp simulators so I don't use them, but I know they are out there, maybe jues will be in, he would probably have a couple names to toss at ya...
SonicoMember
Since: Apr 19, 2002
Feb 14, 2003 09:48 am Another good plug in pack is the one from Ultrafunk and is called Sonitus R3.
As for the amp simulators there is one called Revalver and is from Alien Connections. Cakewalk makes the Amp Sim and is bundled in Sonar. Personally I think that Amplitube is the best Amp Simulator and I've read reviews that say that it is better than most hardware competitors. I use it a lot and I'am very happy with the results.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Feb 16, 2003 08:49 pm SonarXL now ships with Revalver as part of the pacakge. I just got the 2.20 version today and it is loaded with the latest upgraded plug's which include a couple form Sonic Timework's. I use both the Waves Native Power Pack bundle and the plugs from Sonic Foundry and have had very good luck with both. The new Project 5 package that is coming out from CakeWalk contains some of the best plug's I have seen included in a package like that. It is going to be both Dxi and VST compatable and will integrate well with Sonar.
juesContributor
Since: Dec 30, 2002
Feb 17, 2003 07:40 pm hey
Hmm, to be honest I only really use the Waves NPP 3.5 Gold - the compressor is lurvley, the Gating / Exapanders are spot on, The delay is easy to program and has filters, and the EQ is transparent (and the REQ has a nice character to it).
The Reverbs a bit tack, but then that's what outboard Hardware Reverb units are for.... :)
As for amp sims - hmm, to be hoenst I hate the things, Our guitarist had a play on Amplitude - loved it for about a week, and then realised it was cack. Nothing beats a 100W Marhsall JCM Lead Series mic'd up IMHO :D
jues.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Feb 17, 2003 09:09 pm I can't agree with ya more jues. I have tired almost every plug out there. And I still rely on Waves NPP, as does dB. They really are some of the best out there. And the verb, ya it's gamey, but it is also a CPU hog, so if I use it is only for offline stuff.
MurphyAn outburst for perfectionMember
Since: Dec 11, 2002
Feb 18, 2003 07:47 pm I have the 'Waves NPP 3.5 Gold' but when it comes down to compressors I've found that, Timeworks compressorX is as good if not better.
juesContributor
Since: Dec 30, 2002
Feb 19, 2003 05:04 am Yeah, I did play with CompressorX for a short amount of time and did find it quite nice. But the RComp in Waves has and probably always will be my staple compressor - it's nothing special until you overdrive the output (so that it peaks yellow / orange) - then it just adds a tiny amount of emulated tube distortion - oooh, it's lovley.
jues.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Feb 19, 2003 05:24 pm Agree with jues here. Even though the Sonic Timeworks CompX is native in Sonar, I still find myself shooting the wave file out to WaveLab and using the Wave Rcomp. It really is a cut above the rest. I use it in combination with Magneto for the warm overdriven sound we all love.
Peace
juesContributor
Since: Dec 30, 2002
Feb 19, 2003 06:16 pm Noize is my friend :)
MurphyAn outburst for perfectionMember
Since: Dec 11, 2002
Feb 19, 2003 07:02 pm I can't find it, I have Waves-RCL? and C1-comp
juesContributor
Since: Dec 30, 2002
Feb 19, 2003 07:18 pm Waves RCL is the boy you're after (I think :) - it should be black with a main compression ratio meter in the middle and the input on the left and the output on the right.
When you use it, overdrive the output, so the yellow light comes on - then you know your getting somewhere :)
MurphyAn outburst for perfectionMember
Since: Dec 11, 2002
Feb 19, 2003 08:50 pm Sound about right, although It's dark blue and it lights up orange, but that's close enough for me!! :-)
Cheers,
Feb 17, 2003 07:41 am 
