Do You REALLY Need Third Party Plugins?

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  • @kanecameron9395
    @kanecameron9395 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just starting using Logic Pro, just come across your channel and I love how you explain things so quick and simple, absolute legend! From Southend near London!

  • @shawnandrewusic
    @shawnandrewusic 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great info

    • @SamLoose
      @SamLoose  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @safaripedals
    @safaripedals 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for including Dirty Dog Sam!!

  • @Frazer777
    @Frazer777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you consider what was used to make recordings way back in the 70s - and how brilliant some of those really are - it seems crazy to think anyone needs more than what the average DAW offers by comparison. As an experiment I made a recording, mixed it and 'mastered' it using nothing but separate set-ups from Guitar Rig 5. GR 5 has LA2A clones, 1176 clones. limiters, Quad delays, reverbs, EQs. My only gripe was I had to mess around quite a bit to get the sound I wanted whereas with my usual plugins I know exactly where to go to. I actually forget what plugins I have, to be honest. I saw a video the other day and someone mentioned SSL Channel Strip from Waves and I thought: '... Oh yeah - I must start using that again.' Crazy what we have available to us.

  • @patrickfouhy9102
    @patrickfouhy9102 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Reasons to get 3rd party plug-ins, starting simple and getting more into the weeds.
    1. They offer something you're stock plug-in suite doesn't
    2. They can save time by not having to set up a complex signal path of stock plug-ins when a 3rd party plug-in might have it ready with one click
    3. Their visual layout might be more intuitive to the user
    4. Its fun to mix it up from time to time, I don't like using the exact same pieces of equipment on every project, takes the creativity out of it for me. I like trying new things and experimenting. Sure, the outcome may be the same, but its important to keep the profess fun and engaging IMO.
    4. It's fun to play with new gear, even gear that's just software
    5. Curiosity, can you REALLY hear a difference between the 18 different compressors int he Mercury bundle? You'll never know until you compare them.
    6. Support small businesses. Many of my favorite plug-ins are made by relatively small companies, and I like supporting that.
    7. Legitimacy in parameter functionality and features like oversampling being done correctly. This is something you need to look at regardless of the source of your plug-in, but just because a plug-in says it has oversampling, doesn't mean it's doing it correctly.
    Biggest reason to use stock plug-ins. - They force you to learn how to use the equipment. Nothing in the list above can replace knowledge on how to use a specific type of plug-in. Plug-ins are tools, and its important to understand how your tools work on a fundamental level. Especially now with "AI" being incorporated into more and more plug-ins, I think the fundamental understanding of how these tools work will become less and less common. The stock plug-in suites in most DAWs (that I've seen) have all the essentials needed to make a good product, and I encourage anyone who I talk to about this to take a good long while and master how to use the basic selection of plug-ins your DAW comes with before you start getting lost int he 3rd party plug-in world.
    When you have that mastery, you not only know how to use the tools, but you will also have a sonic baseline of what everything sounds like, so when you do end up with 10 compressors in your collection, you will be able to compare them off of a similar reference point, and you'll be able to use that knowledge to know what compressor to choose for the project you're working on. There is no right or wrong when it comes to this, there is only the work flow that helps you stay creative during the process.
    To add to your comparison on the Waves bundle vs the Plugin Alliance bundle, you're 100% right. The fact that PA includes the Three Body Tech EQ, and Compressor now is insane. Those two plugins alone are worth the price of the bundle IMO.

  • @henrievery-3eye
    @henrievery-3eye 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sausage fattener is on my plugin bucket list, that bizarre has got to be good or at least fun.
    You can get by with stock plugins a DAW would be useless if it didn't have the basic tools needed

  • @louisburley1597
    @louisburley1597 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    it depends for me. I only purchase plugins that make my workflow faster. Logic Pro has most of what I want minus Arturia's synths. The only compressor plugin I've bought is the distressor because I love HP filter. I do use a UAD Pultec EQ's but those were free with my volt2.
    Other than that I don't really buy many mixing plugins. Instruments though? Man do I have too many of those.

  • @evieruth01
    @evieruth01 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve gone back to stock in logic 😊

  • @sidvicious332
    @sidvicious332 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anyone know how to make/create a fresh air plugin with stock plugins?

    • @JKash7411
      @JKash7411 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There's multiple approaches, but I would personally route audio to a separate parallel bus, use the linear phase EQ to make a HPF over the area you want to sweeten (you can use channel EQ, but you'll get some phase alterations at the crossover and that might be something someone newer to this would find hard to identify a problem with that), throw on Chromglow and tweak the saturation to taste, and then blend in that parallel bus until you've brightened things up nicely

  • @evieruth01
    @evieruth01 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Learn ur daw and get a good template 😊 I’ve gone back to stock and learning all my plugs after wasting £££ on third party plugs. Logic has 90% of what you need .