Top 10 Plugins: A. G. Cook's Favourite Plugins for Hyper-Pop Music Production

A. G. Cook breaks down the plugins behind his latest album "Britpop". In this video, he explores how tools like Synplant and Kick Two help him create distinctive sounds and textures, offering a clear look into his production process. Watch as he demonstrates how these plugins shape his music, sharing valuable tips and techniques for crafting unique tones and dynamic samples.
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Soundtoys Filter Freak - geni.us/X6uk
Waves MetaFlanger - geni.us/EpGLY
Deamtonics Synthesizer V - geni.us/9Wt9JCh
Reveal Sound Spire - geni.us/1CKcDD
Xfer Serum - geni.us/tFdDtHP
Xfer OTT - geni.us/6DeHq
Sonic Charge Synplant 2 - geni.us/yA3WU
Logic Compressor - geni.us/xGYW
Native Instruments Reaktor - geni.us/CtU0V
Native instrument Razor - geni.us/OxFqu
IK Multimedia Mixbox - geni.us/vX0oUW
Udo Super 6 Synth - geni.us/vvfntJr
Sonic Academy Kick 2 - geni.us/8LUzJL
Arturia Vocoder V - geni.us/FEyp
Melda Productions M Bit Fun - geni.us/yDeS
Electro Harmonix Pitch Fork - geni.us/g7jAE
Roland TR-606 - geni.us/ivSWB0
Roland Juno Synth - geni.us/tEKxqpC
Rode Microphones - geni.us/Jmgb
Sony C800G - geni.us/kJFBknI
Shure SM58 - geni.us/Bpjmr7
Arturia DX-7 - geni.us/A80GGq
Soma Synths Lyra 8 - geni.us/gMZJU7f
Logic Pro - geni.us/X5RxJ
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[@JasonEfstathiou]

Dude, Four Tet and now A.G.? This podcast is the best

[@FairuzOsman]

Autechre next

[@bri-tn8mg]

@@FairuzOsmanomg that’d be incredible, too good to be true 😔

[@kultw1837]

And so is the app

[@Boaugustin]

Also Jon Hopkins

[@vvessel_]

@@FairuzOsman please yes

[@djbongwater]

6:12 i want someone to look at me like AG looks at synplant 2

[@Schminkerdoodle]

you gon jump if ag made it

[@katielowen]

Don't jump off the edge its not worth dying😔🙏

[@zuperhead]

@@katielowenidk bout you but i’d personally die for ag cook 🙏

[@benjames9158]

imagine if we got a burial interview

[@Kdkjdjewerdnxa]

I feel like burial doesn’t use many plugins so this sort of format wouldn’t be as interesting lol. I think in the past he arranged his music in soundforge, and he has always said he just records on a shitty laptop, he’s just a master of samples and creating off kilter rhythms.

[@benjames9158]

@@Kdkjdjewerdnxa ik but I meant just how rare that would be

[@freebby]

yeah that'll be amazing just to see him only explaining or talking about other stuff also

[@COMANAVAGO]

Watch me buy all these plugins right now

[@madnnel4967]

do you know the name of that daw ?

[@fkalanzay]

​@@madnnel4967 it's logic pro if I'm not mistaken, only available on mac

[@edopaul8393]

@@madnnel4967that’s logic (:

[@jeremyformerlyknownastoken8218]

Logic

[@CKrippa45]

buying plugins 😂😂😂😂 that’s funny

[@epic4747]

Wifi enabled John Lennon

[@skyflowersmusic]

Love getting to see a glimpse into A. G.'s Logic sessions!

[@aldo34]

A.G. bringing the Reaktor love. Monark, Lazerbass, TRK-01 Bass, Gaugear...some real favourites of mine on that platform.

[@Leonardo_da_Chimpci]

the father of hyperpop. absolute legend

[@DHU11]

Please at least 5 more 10 min AG videos please please please he is a masterful producer and artist

[@aliceppgn5347]

i'm in love w him. literally whatever u say beautiful ❤

[@tylerlyons4943]

I LOVE that mixing desk

[@inFamousBeatbasher]

ag cooked

[@masonwilson1295]

*Oh shit?* A.G. made that? ~jumps~

[@mdihero]

Oh my god I was wondering how he made the kick so loud in Lucifer specifically

[@neilelkins2009]

Mmm Lazerbass, that's a good reminder to dig it out again - I love Razor too.

[@ProdLucio]

We need a c2.0 breakdown

[@nikksterr0902]

I’d pay to see all the songwriters on c2.0 break it down. You can hear all of their influences in distinctly and yet it comes together so perfectly. 😢

[@michellemateos7975]

I know a producer who has been able to take advantage of Synplant and that musician is "FLUME", he has made amazing songs with Synplant V1.
That boy is a genius.

[@LunarProxy123]

They have actually collabed. Flume also has official presets in the newer version of synplant. Flume posted on his ig story a few years ago them in the studio

[@illford]

​@@LunarProxy123they were both producers on a Vince Stables song

[@ar-yj8lb]

@@illford That was SOPHIE right?, her and Flume have done a couple of songs together

[@user_anon777]

damn AG kind of looks like Life Sim

[@brandon11122]

holy shnoly, one of my all time favorite producers. So happy to see some insight on a.g's books of magic

[@seewhale]

lazerbass beating is the shit. a hidden gem for sure

[@dominikjohann]

can relate so much to adding a little remix or exaggerated version of the track at the end of itself

[@markymark1644]

The smirk when he says kick ii

[@yannickwerther4500]

Love A.G !

[@faviolaura9403]

FINALLY JESUS TELLS US HIS SECRETS

[@buccurabuccura2949]

I want Danny l harle next

[@JohnMaus333]

So excited for this! Thank you! Love the show

[@Beatsbasteln]

love this dude

[@ampersanders0n]

Up next? Delroy Edwards, Skee Mask (for all the electronic heads)

[@yayespanol]

Spire? In 2024 🙏🙏🙏

[@Anthony-kp7sf]

I KNEW HE WAS USING THIS. I used to spire SO MUCH and every single time I hear his synths im like WHY IS THAT SO FAMILIAR

[@yuvalsmith4493]

broooo ag cook no way

[@swagdeteriorating]

I'd love to see this channel interview trap/drill producers or really any sort of rap/hip-hop producers

[@mradhurley]

what it all boils to down is turning a bunch of dials and picking a bunch of different sounds until you find something you like. pretty basic. it's refreshing to see how simple it is even for successful producers.

[@illford]

That's how everyone's process boils down. It's probably the most generic production statement of all time

[@tyc9909]

Need Porter to get on this so bad

[@Nick-ft4dk]

I love him ❤

[@thebeerguybrothaguy]

Yoko should’ve done the interviewing

[@xxczerxx]

I feel like you really need to know what you're doing with this kinda thing to make the music NOT sound like shit. Way more so than rock, edm, regular pop etc.

[@georgeparnell6026]

I wonder if John could see AGs screen during this, if not it must have been hard to follow what he was talking about

[@maelgwni]

How did he do the drums besides kick 2? Is it all just samples?

[@alterednoisemusic]

of course he uses synplant

[@getthejackets]

9mins sounds a lot like sound used in P Diddy song “last night”

[@TheChores]

Is the bass in stereo or mono?

[@Radioparadijsvogel]

What song is he working on in this demo?!

[@nrvdez7114]

Lucifer

[@bbbernardooo]

holy smokes now A.G Cook!

[@epic4747]

Wonder how many people actually PAY for a voice memo app lol

[@henryheideman2100]

This is so hot

[@MarigoldAW]

What software is he using?

[@SelfishSons]

Logic

[@lummo]

of course ag uses synplant 2 ..

[@DHU11]

Didn’t have AG down as a Logic kinda guy. 🤔

[@Anthony-kp7sf]

its literally an old version of logic too. dude is running some of the most hilarious plugins ever, too. this just made me so much more confident lol.

[@bobalobalee]

​@@Anthony-kp7sfI know what you mean. When meldaproduction jumped out I was like okay nice

[@Liza12777]

It’s not what DAW one uses that determines whether someone is a good or bad producer/composer

[@MrBenedictDonovan]

the pcmusic guy has a macbook?? smfh

[@Anthony-kp7sf]

give me your secrets funny little man

[@ozcansayin]

the video isnt even on patreon

[@TapeNotesPodcast]

Technical issue, please bear with us! Will be live today 🙏

[@ozcansayin]

@@TapeNotesPodcast thanks guys

[@hyena0815]

Gordon Ramsay? 😃🤍

[@Reneromero08]

Bro deflected when asked if he used presets lol who cares bro, you can use presets, that's what they're for!

[@Kauft_man_auf]

agaiiiiiiin mf

[@seanregan6120]

This guy is just an average mid lever producer that just got lucky

[@MothMorgueMusic]

dude has such trust-fund kid energy

[@farty555]

Really wish the title wasn't so clickbaity. Like this is good content, a good video that producers should want to see. You don't need to do the gross 'top 10! Broo!click here' thing family.
All love to AG 💜

[@Hunchbacc]

AG needs to be the acronym for when christ died. Because this guy is almighty.

[@smallpeople172]

You can’t convince me this isn’t Will Wood, I’ve never heard of ag cook, but this looks like Will Wood 100%…

[@Stefanune]

Cool thanks richie rich now I can ignore those vst's

[@Anthony-kp7sf]

lol at ozone 9 on the master strip. AG I promise you logic's mastering tool is better than ozone at this point. I promise.

[@jenathent4840]

Absolutely not! I reverted to an older version of logic just like AG BECAUSE the updates are horrible rather just use what already works well

[@lakescuomo]

nerd

[@CYB3RC0RP]

Love his music but tbh this is kinda tedious...

[@G00s7-i3x]

I feel like tedious is a good way to describe sound design and music production most of the time

[@CYB3RC0RP]

@@G00s7-i3x I don't disagree but I was talking more about his way of speaking, not his process or whatever. I guess I can't hold being awkward against him, but the fact that he already seems to have enough trouble articulating himself combined with apparently not having anything all that interesting to present for this makes it difficult to watch for me.

[@roryswann5367]

@@CYB3RC0RP wow surprised by this comment. I think he’s super articulate

[@CYB3RC0RP]

​@@roryswann5367 I definitely don't want to convince you otherwise, I really like the guy and I mean he's certainly intelligent, but just to clarify what I meant, he just comes across as really timid, like it stands out to me how much he shoves words like "sorta" and "kinda" into his sentences as if he's nervous to commit to what he's saying. For me personally by the end of the video I felt like I had heard a lot of awkward rambling and didn't really come away with enough new insights to match. Maybe I'm just holding him to unfair standards because I consider him such a pioneer, so it's weird when it turns out he's just a normal guy trying to find something interesting to say about what plugins he used in a project file on his laptop lol

[@vwilin1856]

ag uses synplant??? NOOOOOOOOOOO AG

[@zechs5079]

Why is that a problem

[@assasinofpapers]

if its because of ai you should reconsider because synplant is a good use of ai

[@gray.crawford]

Yeah this is a bad take, the neural network Synplant is using is only twisting all the knobs of Synplant’s own audio synthesizer, comparing the initial results to the provided sample, then twisting the knobs again to see if it can converge on some parameter set that hones in most closely to the provided sample. It has nothing to do with generative AI systems that are trained on huge corpuses of music. It’s only doing gradient descent in the parameter space of Synplant’s internal synthesizer. Check the midpoint ish of this video for an explanation. th-cam.com/video/rN7B8LUY3WU/w-d-xo.html

[@lilwombat]

synplant is amazing what do u mean no