10:25 Right click in the window, and you can switch from freehand drawing mode into point placing mode. You can enable grid snapping for the points, and have different line and point interpolation modes. Lines even has algorithms, such as triangle, sawtooths, etc. to create perfectly tuned phase rotations. You can replicate the effect of Kilohearts Disperser and similar plugins easily.
Currently my go-to plugins are: Channel strips: Scheps Omni Channel 2 (So musical, worth it just for the preamps, but then the eq is fabulous) or if that isn't what I'm after...SSL Native Channelstrip 2 (Sometimes I want a cleaner more polished sound, and eq'ing into SSL dynamics is such a classic sound). Both of those are absolutely solid channel strips and will do a lot of the legwork. EQ: Pro-Q 3 - It's a standard workhorse. Sounds great, lovely interface. Generally I find the channel strip eq's are more musical and the Pro-Q 3 is more technical/surgical. Tape: Either the A800 Studer from UA or J37 from Waves. Both are really really nice tape emulations. Reverb: LX480 (for a fabulous Lexicon sound), Valhalla Vintage Reverb (again, lovely and rich) and Pro-R (when I want a real sounding space or 'that' polish). Delay: Echoboy, H-Delay from Waves or Valhalla Delay. It's usually down to how much grit I want coming through, how dark I want things, how much the delay breaks up and smears over time etc. They all do a great job so it's just down to taste. Saturation: Usually the preamps on the channel strips or Saturn 2. True Iron is super subtle but adds a bit of sparkle and solidity. Dynamics: UA LA2A (It has that lushness and presence the original hardware has, esp when driven), Waves CLA-76 or Stillwell Rocket (When I need some smack), Waves DBX-160 (Usually for drum punch). Bus Dynamics: SSL Native Bus, Waves SSL Bus Comp (I find the Waves has a bit more bite/grit than the SSL Native), Pro-MB (Just a touch to keep things under control). Dirt and Grit: Waves Berzerk, NI Bite, NI Dirt, Soundtoys Decapitator, Fabfilter Saturn 2, Unfiltered Audio Dent/Indent, anything by Glitchmachines, RC-20 Retrocolour, loads of things to mess sound up. :) Tools: ADPTR MetricAB (Great for AB'ing between a track and a reference, though Ozone does this now), SPL Hawkeye (For monitoring), Melda MAnalyser (Great for checking overall mix balance against a reference curve). Obviously you don't need all these and many do more or less the same thing so I might pick whatever I'm feeling in the mood for, but these are my workhorses.
Sonible’s True Balance and True Level are permanently on my Master out. You’re absolutely right about not going too crazy with tweaking the differences. Once you put a few reference tracks into them and see all the differences, it’s actually a sigh of relief. Which is exactly why I love them. Sometimes my mixes need to be quieter. And that’s perfectly OK. Especially when I see my mixes compared to Brian Eno or Vangelis. Sonible tells me I’m doing just fine 😀
Pro Q, Pro L, Pro R UAD 670, 1176, Distressor Echoboy Gullfoss Inspirata If I had to I could probably survive with just those. But I do use all the FF, UAD, and Soundtoys bundles regularly. Shoutout too to Vintage Warmer and Split EQ.
I have several of these plugins as well and share your enthusiasm for them. But with yesterday's purchase of UA Sound City, and after spending a few hours with it, I now have a new Number 1.
VoosteQ Model N is the one most talked about on Gearspace right now. Best plugin of the year they say, some say in many years. Personally I think that Synplant 2 is the most impressive - made-by-one-person (and his brother) plugin perhaps ever. The True Cuckoo episode of it is nothing but amazing.
Pro-Q3. My workhorse EQ for all my tv/film/streaming mixes. Pro-C2 is right there with it. My most used deessers are Pro-DS and AVA DeEsser, though I have and sometimes use several others. I love to live-denoise with Bertom Denoiser Pro. Offline it's RX and Acon Digital Extract Dialogue. I'm using the SplitEQ, but I often don't have the time to put it to proper use. Soothe is working the occasional magic on some dialogue tracks. Reverbs are Valhalla Room for stereo and Stratus and Verberate Immersive for 5.1. Pro-R v2 looks interesting. Testing it now for its great interface. That's all my basic stuff really. I picked up the UAD 1176 collection for $50 because some fellow dialogue mixers always like those, and they're turning out to be pretty damn good. May become a new favorite.
It's not very much in vogue, but Andrew Scheps's Omni Channel is an amazing channel strip that does a million things well and has incredible flexibility. It can be extremely transparent or used to add character. It is my default in-the-box channel strip. Soothe 2 is a newer one that I cannot live without. It's just too easy for fixing specific problems or generally making a great mix sound even better.
Omni 2 was mine too for a bit, but then I heard aliasing when I was adding heavy saturation to something, and looked into it and it does cause audible aliasing (on some program material when using saturation) due to having no OS (sadly). So now I only use it on background things, or things that don't need non linear processing. It's a really versatile channel strip, it's so sad it has that issue as otherwise it would of been perfect and I would still use it on everything.
With iso rx, Steinberg (makers of cubase) have their own program that does similar things with ai generated algorithms called spectral layers. It's really good at what it does, and you can almost perfectly (almost) remove full vocals or instrument parts from mixed tracks etc. It's never 100% perfect like with all these "unmixing" solutions, but it's SO so useful when doing any kind of audio restoration work, and it's constantly getting better and better at doing it in each subsequent version release. And for a cubase user like myself, makes more sense as it can be loaded up in cubase as a extension and it seamlessly integrates with it. They also have it in Steinberg's new vst format .ARA (Steinberg are the inventors of the .vst & .vst3 standard btw), which should make integration into other modern DAWs much more seamless too. 🤟
Hi, in RX 11 there is a similar feature built in to allow to lead it into dawas like spectralayers int cubase. but it only supports Apple Logic right now, more to come in the future, i hope. I used both, RX and SL, maybe it`s just a feeling, but it feels more clumsy and less hi tech. both are good tho, maybe i`m freaking out
Same as me. I was skeptical with the Sonible Smart Suite but after using them in my recent productions, I've actually started moving away from using Ozone 10 Advance and Fab-Filter Suite for mastering.
I love the focusrite red 3 bus comp, it has a very good working auto release, sounds very good to my ears, native instruments RC24/RC48 are very good reverbs - and of course I own the melda free FX bundle too, I paid for some extra functions, this stuff is also amazing, the MVocoded for example is great too
My top 10 would be: 1- Sonarworks Sound ID (I use it as system-wide) 2- Pro-Q 3 (duh) 3- Gullfoss (It's on 90% of my projects) 4- smart limit by Sonible 5- Split EQ 6- Ozone 11 (kind of cheating, but It has so many good tools) 7- StudioRack by Waves( It's FREE and supports third-party VST3 plugins!) 8- Saturate by Newfangled, or Knock by Decap ( Both are great soft clippers) 9- soothe 2 (Makes your life easier lol) 10 - Smart reverb by Sonible Honorable mentions: Abbey Road bundle by Waves, Vintage Warmer 2, Avalon 747 by Kazrog, and Harmonics by Softube Thanks 😁
@@jmttc2489 Both of them are very versatile and can be used in many ways, but if you're working with only vocals and a one track beat Ozone 11 is the best choice (because of the stem focus feature)
Split EQ has been in my mix bag since the first day it came out. They set the trend and now the cat is outta the bag everywhere. Cool to see. Have to give them props.
Nice video. I'm a big fan of the IK Multimedia T-RackS analogue EQ and compressor emulations (like the Black 76 and EQP-1A), plus ValhallaVintageVerb and Soundtoys Decapitator and EchoBoy.
As a hobbyist that wants to keep his budget in check, I'm glad I discovered the Tonebooster plugins. The EQ and Limiter especially. They're very good considering how much they cost. However, I couldn't resist getting UVI Shade this black friday and I think I'm falling in love.
My fave single plugins are probably Eventide UltraChannel and Octavox. Its unfortunate most people look at the interface of Octavox and think its an arpeggiator rather than a micropitch delay. Ultrachannel is just an absolute swiss army knife - 2 compressors, 5 band EQ, Gate, stereo delay, saturation and micropitch. & the H8000 they emulate is my fave of the Eventide effect units, just enough character
Grabbed SPL Iron for £30, it seems that it's as good as everyone says it is. My go to character compressor along with Abberant DSP's ShapeShifter. Does a great job of tightening up the dynamics going into my Master limiter. Love it already and an absolute bargain on Plugin Boutique during the sales.❤
i am in no way a pro but ive been seriously trying for many many years and these are a few things i really like: I use thermal a whole lot....its just one of those plugins thats fun to use..super powerful and has its own sound. i havent dug deeper than tweaking presets but i know its capable of a whole lot. if you need a real fast and dirty way to make a track sound solid camel crusher on subtle master preset with minor mix/volume/resonance tweaks gives one of the most solid boosts to a mix of anything ive ever used and its free. seriously its like magic. i love master plan (artic would probably be similar but i havent tried it) if im having a hard time getting my sound right i just shut everything off and toss in on and it at least helps my brain get back to basics and rough in an idea easier than tweaking 50 boxs or modules chasing my tail. also it sounds incredible. way better than L2 if you dont know what youre doing and how to set it for each track i can get a way better sound out of master plan than a chain of boxs i dont fully understand
Rhanks for Video! .. double Tap (favorite bass comp), Still Rvox for speech, sonible deesser, and since yesterday: sound city ;) - have a nice day everybody!
Pretty obsessed with IK's EQ81. Even if I'm only using it for HP or LP. Their Tape Machines are stunning, too. Another EQ that sits on my 2 bus is Waves' RS56 in multi mono for a teeny tiny top end boost. Magical.
Plug-ins I love: waves Magma Springs (on sale now) and their RBass (old but vital), Decap’s Knock VST, Softube Tape, Black Rooster Audio Spring Reverb and their Plate Reverb, Tape Echoes by Softube, Dopamine by Overloud (special sauce exciter), nectar by izotope for vocals and Pulsar Echorec Tape Delay
Yup, I say Elysia sends him a unit .... or a kit, and he can build it himself. I saw someone else suggested this as well. That would result in more Promotion. Would be a win-win for both parties. Great video btw. I have about 75% of these plugins... and they are all good. Cheers-
I've got Spliteq, Smart limit, True balance and Elysia Alpha. Split eq is a hugely useful tool. It makes stereo drumloops so much more usable in the context of big mixes. I tried Smartlimit for a bit, but prefered Softube Weiss MM1. I'll give it another chance 😉. I agree about True balance. It's easy to get your eyes stuck on it. I found myself disagreeing with it often. This could be because my room isn't tuned or fully treated?. The Alpha!, one of my most used comps, the end, just get it! 😏👍
New Favourites: Magic Death Eye from DDMF and Bb n105 from Kit. Also adore Altiverb XXL, FabFilter R2,Saturn and q3, oldy VocalBender, pitch’n’time pro, low air…. And a bunch more depending on the situation. Ill demo sonible…
Good video, but never say never. This is in regards to the Elysia and Fairchild plugin. I have a clone of a telefunken elam 251 and also own a Soyuz 017 FET. I used to tell myself that I will never own a real telefunken elam 251, but I got out that idea. Instead I am working hard to one day own one. Great video and keep it up. Work hard to own what you desire.
proq3 is the shit. don't really like pro-r tho. i make music, so I'd use rx10 music rebalance to create my own acapella stems/or to remix a song. i do like the sonible comp's because I'm a noob when it comes to compression, and the UI makes it easy to see what I'm doing and easy to adjust. melda's production suite is free and amazing. what's a really good reverb I could get?
Thanks for this. I am not a mixing engineer I just want some basic skills and tools to get my demos sounding as good as possible. Thinking about going with either the Sonible smart bundle or the purr where it’s just a couple clicks and moving on. Not sure if I would be better off learning the flagship product as I really prefer just using a decent preset and then I can compare what the actual engineer does compared to that. Thoughts ?
INstead of a Fairchild get the Danish Produced Fairmann. Walter died sadly last year, but there are used units going around. They sound f....amazing!!!!
Wow, I only have ProQ3 from those! Limiting I use 3 plugins, Magic Death Eye, Elevate and Pro L2 all together ;-) - compression I use Waves SSL or bx Vertigo - eq I like the Metric Halo Sontec and good old ProQ3 - I'm considering Mastering The Mix Fusor for helping with phase etc
One of my favorite plugins was the Camel Space by Camel Audio, but since I got a new computer (M1 Max Macbook Pro) It’s not working as it should anymore. It works, like as in the audio, but not the GUI.. Just black. And also only in Rosetta-mode. I know Apple bought Camel Audio, and Camel Space is available for Logic users (Alchemist I think?). But I’m a Cubase user. I know there are a lot of step-sequencer plugins and synth plugins and stuff, but this one had a lot of great presets, and I just liked using it. A good source for inspiration!! AND the Exciter in Camel Space was my go to exciter for Vocals and Cymbals.. Any suggestions for what other plugins to try out? Or maybe theres a plugin-developer here, or some programmers here that could make something out of it? 😏
Great video Wytse. Like your enthusiasm. Maybe a tip for a future review: ToneBoosters plugins form The Netherlands. In my opinion great sounding and really affordable. Try the limiter or the EQ. I am really curious what you think about them.
Come on @elysia - this man has done more for your PR than anyone else - give him a free unit! I had the plugin alliance version and the GUI was so confusing that I thought it was rubbish. I’m now considering buying one because of these videos. I produce Lewis Capaldi, Vance joy etc etc - I’m not joking.
They should invite him for another factory tour, and have him build one for himself (their stations looks so kitted out with the digital instruction book and all parts at hand, I bet he'd be able to easily put one together too).
hey man, I'm curious what songs have you produced for Lewis? and what are some suggestions for making a living as a music producer. I hate the lifestyle of being solely a mix engineer i got to try it, but I want to produce tracks to their entirety, and know that includes "being a mix engineer" . I love just producing though, but all the "opportunities" in my area, tend to be JUST being a mix engineer working on artists vocals only. Not actual creation/arranging/mixing with singers
@@legacybge Get friendly with other artists like the singers, and when you are friends, ask if you can work together on a track, or show them something you made and ask them if they want to feature on it. Networking and contacts are your bigest assets in the music biz (unfortunatly).
For Lewis, I co-wrote, produced, mixed and mastered Bruises. How to get into producing is a big question with a long answer! Where are you based? Do you have your own studio? Do you write to the level where you can go into a room and be confident with ideas? I'm just trying to figure out why your only opportunities are mixing? And then I'll do my best respond mate @@legacybge
@jamesearp6896 I'm based near Philadelphia in the USA. Only have a "home studio", which is simply speakers, keyboard,interface, soundproofing, etc. I've been producing for about 5 years, and feel quite confident on the process. In my area most of the music studios are only seeking mix engineers or interns for mix engineering which I did. None want a producer. A lot of singers in this area also aren't too serious, it's more of a hobby rather than career. I'd love some insight from you, since it seems you've managed to make the dream into a successful (and possibly profitable)career.
Softube Tubetech bundle (incl new multiband compressor). All Tone Project stuff (Baselane, Unisum, Kelvin and Michalangelo). SSL Fusion, Kush (Reddi, Clariphonic, q.632 magpha EQ) Sonnox (Frauenhofer, Inflator, Claro, Listenhub) oeps that's more the ten already. Great deal on sonnox inflator and kush Reddi both 30 euro. Softube Tube Tech and Michalangelo are so fucking awsome with instant satisfaction.
I have followed you for over 3 years but this video is very informative, especially the last plugin ! i was about to (over-analyse) if you wouldn't have said that,
I know this vid is old but I wanted to pass along to users of true:balance and Presonus Studio One an issue some might not be aware of. If you have true:balance active when trying to render or mixdown a track(s) and the track length is longer than about 3 minutes 9 seconds, Studio One will freeze. You need to make sure true:balance is not active when rendering or mixing down. This is a bug that Sonnible is aware of and something that took me awhile to figure out.
In my experience Nuostems has a cleaner sounding algorithm for stem extraction than RX10. Particularly for what you are using it for - removing a vocal. It is running the Demucs algo under the hood and the v3 option gives the best result.
Have you ever taken a look at oxford drum gate? I find it delivers af much more natural sound for gating drums than Smart:gate (Having tried both, as well as that black salt plugin, which was the worst sounding of the three IMO) Of course ODG is a lot more narrow in scope than smart gate, but I do think it does that one thing a lot better.
You should review the new Michelangelo EQ from Tone Projects. It emulates the orginal unit as well as including modern plug in features like dyanmic eq, auto gain, transient and body control... Look really good and would love a video from you about it!!
Hey Wytse & community, just want to ask if there is a way in the arrangement state to avoid spills like in your given example? My favorite goto plugin from Melda is the Freeform EQ, because it can be adjusted sooop microscopic, that I sometimes even neglect the FabFilter Plugs.
I've always found that (apart from using the right mike and placing it correct) that the room acoustics are a huge factor. The most issues I had with spill where from recordings in rooms that where too small and too reflective...
They do different things. Q3 is his go to Eq, Split Eq he uses for special treatment like eqing the transient of a kick without affecting the tone, for example. So yes their might be times that you would use them both on same track doing different jobs.
Tone projects basslane pro 77.- and Michelangelo EQ 169.-!❤ Softube germanium compresser ,99.- 💥🔥👊 Plugin Boutique Sonibel deesser! Soundtoys TDR Limiter GE6 really good clipper and 19.-😮 Amek Masterings compressor and Amek eq 200.. Kick 2 by sonic academy..
Cool, if it isn't a list that solves everything i find quite finicky in a practical automatic way! I just picked up the free Ozone EQ which has the transient/sustain options. I do graph analysis with mEQ but that's very fiddly. If anything can do quick analysis via file upload that would be amazing. Sounds like the average function is pretty useful too, is that a range or standard deviation around it? That's important too. I agree with not overusing that, it gives an idea of what and where might be wrong, maybe a harsh frequency, maybe tells you to try less sub etc. Removing 2.5k resonances a lot used to be a thing but all the references for loud guitar seemed to have those louder so now i don't worry about that. Good for sub when monitors suck too! But the moves you make to it are with ears, no reference track is an average and that will vary hence thing if you make an analysis its important to know how far things go. I basically have some jpeg screenshots of various "styles" or make one of a track/album i can call up and over lay if a track is more inbetween a few things -very clunky way of doing it 100 not recommended haha.
Favorite newly discovered compressor is the SPL Iron. I've kinda switched over to it from the Fairchild stuff, especially for vocals. I just love how thick it makes things sound. I've found a use for it on everything, but it's my go-to for vocal and bass compression.
Dank voor de tip voor het bijzondere gebruik van Izotope RX. Ik zal het eens uitproberen met een piano & vocal recording. Kijken of de overspraak daarmee kan worden ingeperkt. 🎹🎙️
About smart limit. I was using it about a half year. And IMO its strange. Without comparisons with others its ok. Im habit with this sound. But. Its do something that makes overall sound boring. Its like making the hi mid deep out of my speakers. Now Im quit and switch to invisible limiter.
I really have issues with Wietse liking UAD stuff which he used to bash. Mostly because he could not demo in the past.... now things are native and the same code is golden....
10:25 Right click in the window, and you can switch from freehand drawing mode into point placing mode. You can enable grid snapping for the points, and have different line and point interpolation modes. Lines even has algorithms, such as triangle, sawtooths, etc. to create perfectly tuned phase rotations. You can replicate the effect of Kilohearts Disperser and similar plugins easily.
Currently my go-to plugins are:
Channel strips: Scheps Omni Channel 2 (So musical, worth it just for the preamps, but then the eq is fabulous) or if that isn't what I'm after...SSL Native Channelstrip 2 (Sometimes I want a cleaner more polished sound, and eq'ing into SSL dynamics is such a classic sound). Both of those are absolutely solid channel strips and will do a lot of the legwork.
EQ: Pro-Q 3 - It's a standard workhorse. Sounds great, lovely interface. Generally I find the channel strip eq's are more musical and the Pro-Q 3 is more technical/surgical.
Tape: Either the A800 Studer from UA or J37 from Waves. Both are really really nice tape emulations.
Reverb: LX480 (for a fabulous Lexicon sound), Valhalla Vintage Reverb (again, lovely and rich) and Pro-R (when I want a real sounding space or 'that' polish).
Delay: Echoboy, H-Delay from Waves or Valhalla Delay. It's usually down to how much grit I want coming through, how dark I want things, how much the delay breaks up and smears over time etc. They all do a great job so it's just down to taste.
Saturation: Usually the preamps on the channel strips or Saturn 2. True Iron is super subtle but adds a bit of sparkle and solidity.
Dynamics: UA LA2A (It has that lushness and presence the original hardware has, esp when driven), Waves CLA-76 or Stillwell Rocket (When I need some smack), Waves DBX-160 (Usually for drum punch).
Bus Dynamics: SSL Native Bus, Waves SSL Bus Comp (I find the Waves has a bit more bite/grit than the SSL Native), Pro-MB (Just a touch to keep things under control).
Dirt and Grit: Waves Berzerk, NI Bite, NI Dirt, Soundtoys Decapitator, Fabfilter Saturn 2, Unfiltered Audio Dent/Indent, anything by Glitchmachines, RC-20 Retrocolour, loads of things to mess sound up. :)
Tools: ADPTR MetricAB (Great for AB'ing between a track and a reference, though Ozone does this now), SPL Hawkeye (For monitoring), Melda MAnalyser (Great for checking overall mix balance against a reference curve).
Obviously you don't need all these and many do more or less the same thing so I might pick whatever I'm feeling in the mood for, but these are my workhorses.
Sonible’s True Balance and True Level are permanently on my Master out. You’re absolutely right about not going too crazy with tweaking the differences. Once you put a few reference tracks into them and see all the differences, it’s actually a sigh of relief. Which is exactly why I love them. Sometimes my mixes need to be quieter. And that’s perfectly OK. Especially when I see my mixes compared to Brian Eno or Vangelis. Sonible tells me I’m doing just fine 😀
I need a plug in that just pops up every 5 mins and puts text on the screen saying "You're doing fine!!!". Even when I'm not making tunes. xD
10:27 You can rightclick the area and disable drawing mode. you can then create/delete nodes (by double clicking) with different curve types.
Soothe 2 plugin, for me the best spectral resonance tamer in the market, it just goes on sale during the Black Friday weekend.
Tokyo Dawn Labs have an exquisite suite of excellent plugins. very affordable and with excellent price
Spot on! 😎
My favorite effect plugin is Denise biteharder it’s such a good distortion bitcrusher
Pro Q, Pro L, Pro R
UAD 670, 1176, Distressor
Echoboy
Gullfoss
Inspirata
If I had to I could probably survive with just those. But I do use all the FF, UAD, and Soundtoys bundles regularly.
Shoutout too to Vintage Warmer and Split EQ.
I have several of these plugins as well and share your enthusiasm for them. But with yesterday's purchase of UA Sound City, and after spending a few hours with it, I now have a new Number 1.
It's so much better then it looks 😅
What I've been able to do with a piano in itself makes this plugin worth every penny.@@Whiteseastudio
VoosteQ Model N is the one most talked about on Gearspace right now. Best plugin of the year they say, some say in many years.
Personally I think that Synplant 2 is the most impressive - made-by-one-person (and his brother) plugin perhaps ever.
The True Cuckoo episode of it is nothing but amazing.
Pro-Q3. My workhorse EQ for all my tv/film/streaming mixes. Pro-C2 is right there with it. My most used deessers are Pro-DS and AVA DeEsser, though I have and sometimes use several others. I love to live-denoise with Bertom Denoiser Pro. Offline it's RX and Acon Digital Extract Dialogue. I'm using the SplitEQ, but I often don't have the time to put it to proper use. Soothe is working the occasional magic on some dialogue tracks. Reverbs are Valhalla Room for stereo and Stratus and Verberate Immersive for 5.1. Pro-R v2 looks interesting. Testing it now for its great interface. That's all my basic stuff really.
I picked up the UAD 1176 collection for $50 because some fellow dialogue mixers always like those, and they're turning out to be pretty damn good. May become a new favorite.
It's not very much in vogue, but Andrew Scheps's Omni Channel is an amazing channel strip that does a million things well and has incredible flexibility. It can be extremely transparent or used to add character. It is my default in-the-box channel strip. Soothe 2 is a newer one that I cannot live without. It's just too easy for fixing specific problems or generally making a great mix sound even better.
Omni 2 was mine too for a bit, but then I heard aliasing when I was adding heavy saturation to something, and looked into it and it does cause audible aliasing (on some program material when using saturation) due to having no OS (sadly). So now I only use it on background things, or things that don't need non linear processing. It's a really versatile channel strip, it's so sad it has that issue as otherwise it would of been perfect and I would still use it on everything.
@@DaftFaderwhats your DAW? Reaper has a built in oversampling feature that can be applied to any plugin
@@arthur.monticelli I use cubase so no internal OS for me sadly.
With iso rx, Steinberg (makers of cubase) have their own program that does similar things with ai generated algorithms called spectral layers. It's really good at what it does, and you can almost perfectly (almost) remove full vocals or instrument parts from mixed tracks etc. It's never 100% perfect like with all these "unmixing" solutions, but it's SO so useful when doing any kind of audio restoration work, and it's constantly getting better and better at doing it in each subsequent version release. And for a cubase user like myself, makes more sense as it can be loaded up in cubase as a extension and it seamlessly integrates with it. They also have it in Steinberg's new vst format .ARA (Steinberg are the inventors of the .vst & .vst3 standard btw), which should make integration into other modern DAWs much more seamless too. 🤟
Hi, in RX 11 there is a similar feature built in to allow to lead it into dawas like spectralayers int cubase. but it only supports Apple Logic right now, more to come in the future, i hope. I used both, RX and SL, maybe it`s just a feeling, but it feels more clumsy and less hi tech. both are good tho, maybe i`m freaking out
Valhalla Vintage Verb and Mixbox from T-Racks are my current favourites.
Same as me. I was skeptical with the Sonible Smart Suite but after using them in my recent productions, I've actually started moving away from using Ozone 10 Advance and Fab-Filter Suite for mastering.
True:Balance tells me if I need to take a break or not, spot on!
I love the focusrite red 3 bus comp, it has a very good working auto release, sounds very good to my ears, native instruments RC24/RC48 are very good reverbs - and of course I own the melda free FX bundle too, I paid for some extra functions, this stuff is also amazing, the MVocoded for example is great too
The red is great on guitars
My top 10 would be:
1- Sonarworks Sound ID (I use it as system-wide)
2- Pro-Q 3 (duh)
3- Gullfoss (It's on 90% of my projects)
4- smart limit by Sonible
5- Split EQ
6- Ozone 11 (kind of cheating, but It has so many good tools)
7- StudioRack by Waves( It's FREE and supports third-party VST3 plugins!)
8- Saturate by Newfangled, or Knock by Decap ( Both are great soft clippers)
9- soothe 2 (Makes your life easier lol)
10 - Smart reverb by Sonible
Honorable mentions: Abbey Road bundle by Waves, Vintage Warmer 2, Avalon 747 by Kazrog, and Harmonics by Softube
Thanks 😁
gullfoss or soothe 2 for working with only vocals and one track beat
@@jmttc2489 Both of them are very versatile and can be used in many ways, but if you're working with only vocals and a one track beat Ozone 11 is the best choice (because of the stem focus feature)
Melodyne, UAD Studer. Pro Q, Dyneone, UAD Compressor bundles, Soothe 2, Gullfoss, Weiss MM1, all sonible Smart stuff, Michaelangelo
Split EQ has been in my mix bag since the first day it came out. They set the trend and now the cat is outta the bag everywhere. Cool to see. Have to give them props.
Nice video. I'm a big fan of the IK Multimedia T-RackS analogue EQ and compressor emulations (like the Black 76 and EQP-1A), plus ValhallaVintageVerb and Soundtoys Decapitator and EchoBoy.
As a hobbyist that wants to keep his budget in check, I'm glad I discovered the Tonebooster plugins. The EQ and Limiter especially. They're very good considering how much they cost. However, I couldn't resist getting UVI Shade this black friday and I think I'm falling in love.
My fave single plugins are probably Eventide UltraChannel and Octavox.
Its unfortunate most people look at the interface of Octavox and think its an arpeggiator rather than a micropitch delay.
Ultrachannel is just an absolute swiss army knife - 2 compressors, 5 band EQ, Gate, stereo delay, saturation and micropitch.
& the H8000 they emulate is my fave of the Eventide effect units, just enough character
I love the Octavox also. Surprised it doesn’t get mentioned much. Certainly suits current music trends
Grabbed SPL Iron for £30, it seems that it's as good as everyone says it is. My go to character compressor along with Abberant DSP's ShapeShifter. Does a great job of tightening up the dynamics going into my Master limiter. Love it already and an absolute bargain on Plugin Boutique during the sales.❤
Excellent video - thanks. My favs: Fairchild, Pultec EQ and Gullfoss. I will check out the Sonible based on your video
i am in no way a pro but ive been seriously trying for many many years and these are a few things i really like: I use thermal a whole lot....its just one of those plugins thats fun to use..super powerful and has its own sound. i havent dug deeper than tweaking presets but i know its capable of a whole lot. if you need a real fast and dirty way to make a track sound solid camel crusher on subtle master preset with minor mix/volume/resonance tweaks gives one of the most solid boosts to a mix of anything ive ever used and its free. seriously its like magic. i love master plan (artic would probably be similar but i havent tried it) if im having a hard time getting my sound right i just shut everything off and toss in on and it at least helps my brain get back to basics and rough in an idea easier than tweaking 50 boxs or modules chasing my tail. also it sounds incredible. way better than L2 if you dont know what youre doing and how to set it for each track i can get a way better sound out of master plan than a chain of boxs i dont fully understand
Really fun video to watch, thank you for taking the time. I use many of the same plugins!
Rhanks for Video! .. double Tap (favorite bass comp), Still Rvox for speech, sonible deesser, and since yesterday: sound city ;) - have a nice day everybody!
Pretty obsessed with IK's EQ81. Even if I'm only using it for HP or LP. Their Tape Machines are stunning, too. Another EQ that sits on my 2 bus is Waves' RS56 in multi mono for a teeny tiny top end boost. Magical.
How is the HP & LP of the IK EQ 81 different compared to other EQ's? thanks
I recently got a stamchild and have completely stopped using the UAD plug-in because the hardware sounds better. Hopefully this happens to you too.
Plug-ins I love: waves Magma Springs (on sale now) and their RBass (old but vital), Decap’s Knock VST, Softube Tape, Black Rooster Audio Spring Reverb and their Plate Reverb, Tape Echoes by Softube, Dopamine by Overloud (special sauce exciter), nectar by izotope for vocals and Pulsar Echorec Tape Delay
Thanks for the video! I have always wondered about those thick acoustic treatment cubes did you make them ?
Yes! They are “limp mass bass absorbers”
@@Whiteseastudio maybe a video ?
Yup, I say Elysia sends him a unit .... or a kit, and he can build it himself. I saw someone else suggested this as well. That would result in more Promotion. Would be a win-win for both parties. Great video btw. I have about 75% of these plugins... and they are all good. Cheers-
I've got Spliteq, Smart limit, True balance and Elysia Alpha.
Split eq is a hugely useful tool. It makes stereo drumloops so much more usable in the context of big mixes. I tried Smartlimit for a bit, but prefered Softube Weiss MM1. I'll give it another chance 😉.
I agree about True balance. It's easy to get your eyes stuck on it. I found myself disagreeing with it often. This could be because my room isn't tuned or fully treated?.
The Alpha!, one of my most used comps, the end, just get it! 😏👍
is the transient/sustain mode of the Ozone 11 EQ simular to the SplitEQ? thanks
Clicked 9 affiliate links just to support your channel :) Keep up the good work, man!
nice list, definitely a great starting point for any audio folks in 2023,
I wonder what do you think about new TDR Filters (bundle)?
New Favourites: Magic Death Eye from DDMF and Bb n105 from Kit. Also adore Altiverb XXL, FabFilter R2,Saturn and q3, oldy VocalBender, pitch’n’time pro, low air…. And a bunch more depending on the situation. Ill demo sonible…
always enjoy these updates in your preferences 👍🏻
always enjoy these updates in your preferences 👍🏻...i also use Smart balance and true balance and Elysia...hope you can get a real one someday
If it wasn’t for this video I would have missed the Alysia Compressor deal. Thank You White Sea Studio 🎉
Pretty much everything you said plus:
-Townhouse bus comp
-Blackbox Hg2
-IK Sunset Sound Reverb
-SSL X-Saturator
-UA API EQs
Good video, but never say never. This is in regards to the Elysia and Fairchild plugin. I have a clone of a telefunken elam 251 and also own a Soyuz 017 FET. I used to tell myself that I will never own a real telefunken elam 251, but I got out that idea. Instead I am working hard to one day own one. Great video and keep it up. Work hard to own what you desire.
proq3 is the shit. don't really like pro-r tho. i make music, so I'd use rx10 music rebalance to create my own acapella stems/or to remix a song. i do like the sonible comp's because I'm a noob when it comes to compression, and the UI makes it easy to see what I'm doing and easy to adjust. melda's production suite is free and amazing. what's a really good reverb I could get?
Thanks for this. I am not a mixing engineer I just want some basic skills and tools to get my demos sounding as good as possible. Thinking about going with either the Sonible smart bundle or the purr where it’s just a couple clicks and moving on. Not sure if I would be better off learning the flagship product as I really prefer just using a decent preset and then I can compare what the actual engineer does compared to that. Thoughts ?
INstead of a Fairchild get the Danish Produced Fairmann. Walter died sadly last year, but there are used units going around. They sound f....amazing!!!!
Wow, I only have ProQ3 from those! Limiting I use 3 plugins, Magic Death Eye, Elevate and Pro L2 all together ;-) - compression I use Waves SSL or bx Vertigo - eq I like the Metric Halo Sontec and good old ProQ3 - I'm considering Mastering The Mix Fusor for helping with phase etc
Love the Sonible plugins!
What are you thought on the Kirchhoff-EQ compared to Fab-filter? Have you given it another chance since you review video?
One of my favorite plugins was the Camel Space by Camel Audio, but since I got a new computer (M1 Max Macbook Pro) It’s not working as it should anymore. It works, like as in the audio, but not the GUI.. Just black. And also only in Rosetta-mode.
I know Apple bought Camel Audio, and Camel Space is available for Logic users (Alchemist I think?). But I’m a Cubase user.
I know there are a lot of step-sequencer plugins and synth plugins and stuff, but this one had a lot of great presets, and I just liked using it. A good source for inspiration!! AND the Exciter in Camel Space was my go to exciter for Vocals and Cymbals..
Any suggestions for what other plugins to try out?
Or maybe theres a plugin-developer here, or some programmers here that could make something out of it? 😏
old but gold. camel phat is another great plugin by them
I like your selection. Most of them I use too.
how does smart:limit compare to the Maximizer in Ozone 11?
I could not agree more. I have them and use them all the time my self.
Great video Wytse. Like your enthusiasm. Maybe a tip for a future review: ToneBoosters plugins form The Netherlands. In my opinion great sounding and really affordable. Try the limiter or the EQ. I am really curious what you think about them.
I’ve tried them on iOS I think they’re great
I just wish Pro Q would add a simple dynamics option per band, it would become my go to EQ for everything if they did that.
U are very helpful to the production universe my brudda... Thank U.. Im subscribed from my other channel
Tokyo Dawn Nova GE.... a wonderful, gorgeous looking, 'swiss army knife', dynamic eq! 😎
These are the best kinda videos from witse☺️
Next year you need to have the Michelangelo EQ in your top 10……….. cheers and thanks for showing your favorites
Come on @elysia - this man has done more for your PR than anyone else - give him a free unit!
I had the plugin alliance version and the GUI was so confusing that I thought it was rubbish.
I’m now considering buying one because of these videos.
I produce Lewis Capaldi, Vance joy etc etc - I’m not joking.
They should invite him for another factory tour, and have him build one for himself (their stations looks so kitted out with the digital instruction book and all parts at hand, I bet he'd be able to easily put one together too).
hey man, I'm curious what songs have you produced for Lewis? and what are some suggestions for making a living as a music producer. I hate the lifestyle of being solely a mix engineer i got to try it, but I want to produce tracks to their entirety, and know that includes "being a mix engineer" . I love just producing though, but all the "opportunities" in my area, tend to be JUST being a mix engineer working on artists vocals only. Not actual creation/arranging/mixing with singers
@@legacybge Get friendly with other artists like the singers, and when you are friends, ask if you can work together on a track, or show them something you made and ask them if they want to feature on it.
Networking and contacts are your bigest assets in the music biz (unfortunatly).
For Lewis, I co-wrote, produced, mixed and mastered Bruises. How to get into producing is a big question with a long answer! Where are you based? Do you have your own studio? Do you write to the level where you can go into a room and be confident with ideas? I'm just trying to figure out why your only opportunities are mixing? And then I'll do my best respond mate @@legacybge
@jamesearp6896 I'm based near Philadelphia in the USA. Only have a "home studio", which is simply speakers, keyboard,interface, soundproofing, etc. I've been producing for about 5 years, and feel quite confident on the process. In my area most of the music studios are only seeking mix engineers or interns for mix engineering which I did. None want a producer. A lot of singers in this area also aren't too serious, it's more of a hobby rather than career. I'd love some insight from you, since it seems you've managed to make the dream into a successful (and possibly profitable)career.
my favourites:
Scheps Omni Channel
Waves Abbey Road Plates Reverb
Soundtoys EchoBoy
Sonnox Inflator
Klanghelm MJUC compressor
UAD 176 Compressor
Make Believe Studios Sontec MES-432D9D
Eventide Instant Flanger
Softube Tubetech bundle (incl new multiband compressor). All Tone Project stuff (Baselane, Unisum, Kelvin and Michalangelo). SSL Fusion, Kush (Reddi, Clariphonic, q.632 magpha EQ) Sonnox (Frauenhofer, Inflator, Claro, Listenhub) oeps that's more the ten already. Great deal on sonnox inflator and kush Reddi both 30 euro. Softube Tube Tech and Michalangelo are so fucking awsome with instant satisfaction.
thank you for existing
I have followed you for over 3 years but this video is very informative, especially the last plugin !
i was about to (over-analyse) if you wouldn't have said that,
iZotope RX has a nice interface, but the quality of Rip-n-Mix (or however they spell it) is quite a bit better for most of the songs I tested.
Thank you.
You don't use soothe 2 and spiff ?
I know this vid is old but I wanted to pass along to users of true:balance and Presonus Studio One an issue some might not be aware of. If you have true:balance active when trying to render or mixdown a track(s) and the track length is longer than about 3 minutes 9 seconds, Studio One will freeze. You need to make sure true:balance is not active when rendering or mixing down. This is a bug that Sonnible is aware of and something that took me awhile to figure out.
I love the Elysia plugins!
Gullfoss, Soothe 2 and the 360pan suite from Altiverb.
In my experience Nuostems has a cleaner sounding algorithm for stem extraction than RX10. Particularly for what you are using it for - removing a vocal.
It is running the Demucs algo under the hood and the v3 option gives the best result.
Have you ever taken a look at oxford drum gate? I find it delivers af much more natural sound for gating drums than Smart:gate (Having tried both, as well as that black salt plugin, which was the worst sounding of the three IMO)
Of course ODG is a lot more narrow in scope than smart gate, but I do think it does that one thing a lot better.
You should review the new Michelangelo EQ from Tone Projects. It emulates the orginal unit as well as including modern plug in features like dyanmic eq, auto gain, transient and body control... Look really good and would love a video from you about it!!
All of Tone Projects plugins are on my list of favourites..
Awesome! I have none of these plugins 😔
I really like Sonible's stuff
What do you think is the best plugin that emulates guitar amps and gear?
Hey Wytse & community, just want to ask if there is a way in the arrangement state to avoid spills like in your given example?
My favorite goto plugin from Melda is the Freeform EQ, because it can be adjusted sooop microscopic, that I sometimes even neglect the FabFilter Plugs.
I've always found that (apart from using the right mike and placing it correct) that the room acoustics are a huge factor. The most issues I had with spill where from recordings in rooms that where too small and too reflective...
Would you use Pro Q3 and Split EQ on the same track? is it worth having both?
They do different things. Q3 is his go to Eq, Split Eq he uses for special treatment like eqing the transient of a kick without affecting the tone, for example. So yes their might be times that you would use them both on same track doing different jobs.
Tone projects basslane pro 77.- and Michelangelo EQ 169.-!❤
Softube germanium compresser ,99.- 💥🔥👊
Plugin Boutique
Sonibel deesser!
Soundtoys
TDR Limiter GE6 really good clipper and 19.-😮
Amek Masterings compressor and Amek eq 200..
Kick 2 by sonic academy..
Cool, if it isn't a list that solves everything i find quite finicky in a practical automatic way! I just picked up the free Ozone EQ which has the transient/sustain options.
I do graph analysis with mEQ but that's very fiddly. If anything can do quick analysis via file upload that would be amazing. Sounds like the average function is pretty useful too, is that a range or standard deviation around it? That's important too.
I agree with not overusing that, it gives an idea of what and where might be wrong, maybe a harsh frequency, maybe tells you to try less sub etc. Removing 2.5k resonances a lot used to be a thing but all the references for loud guitar seemed to have those louder so now i don't worry about that. Good for sub when monitors suck too! But the moves you make to it are with ears, no reference track is an average and that will vary hence thing if you make an analysis its important to know how far things go. I basically have some jpeg screenshots of various "styles" or make one of a track/album i can call up and over lay if a track is more inbetween a few things -very clunky way of doing it 100 not recommended haha.
How do you like your DMAX SuperCubes?
Favorite newly discovered compressor is the SPL Iron. I've kinda switched over to it from the Fairchild stuff, especially for vocals. I just love how thick it makes things sound. I've found a use for it on everything, but it's my go-to for vocal and bass compression.
Smart limit is the wave🙌🏾
Dank voor de tip voor het bijzondere gebruik van Izotope RX. Ik zal het eens uitproberen met een piano & vocal recording. Kijken of de overspraak daarmee kan worden ingeperkt. 🎹🎙️
USE WHAT YOU HAVE OR CAN AFFORD YOH GOTTA HAVE GOOD EARS PLUG INS ARE NOT EVEN HALF OF PRODUCTION GOOD TAKES AND GOOD EARS VERY IMPORTANT
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pro q 3 learn the hot keys it gets way better
And today Acustica Audio released the Fairchild Compressor :D
Thanks for the video!
Sonible Smart De-Ess - WOW!
Thanks for this! More precision tools for me to GAS on hahaha
About smart limit. I was using it about a half year. And IMO its strange. Without comparisons with others its ok. Im habit with this sound. But. Its do something that makes overall sound boring. Its like making the hi mid deep out of my speakers. Now Im quit and switch to invisible limiter.
Are all of those plugin boutique affiliate links or what?
Wow wow wow. Thanks for this
Too late, I just bought everything.....😁🤗
surfer EQ to balance lower harmonics
The Elysia doesn't distort well IMO.. not like the hardware ;) -
I really have issues with Wietse liking UAD stuff which he used to bash. Mostly because he could not demo in the past.... now things are native and the same code is golden....
No sausage fattener?
Damn, I never thought Wytse would use so many Unison Audio plugins.
Focusrite FAST Bundle!! :)
thanks
Smart eq4. Bundle ,really.
Falcon 3.
Xln life
DMAX SC5 monitors??????????