I really love the new Clarity VX by Waves, it actually works. I have my home studio in a room in my house with the AC blasting to try to keep from melting down and that plugin really worked on an acoustic guitar track I just did taking out the AC noise.
I’ve not only visited Sweetwater but I emailed my rep of almost 10 years right before I got there and he showed me around the campus. What a company and campus!
I have a lot of plugins that I find useful pragmatically, but I haven't had a "wow, this changes everything" moment! with a plugin in the last few years EXCEPT with the Eventide SplitEQ. That really was the only one where I was like "holy crap! This is so good, I need to go back and re-mix everything i've ever done!!" Thanks for the great vid Warren
This is the 1st channel that didn't mention a single FabFilter plugin which I'm really happy because I learned a lot of new software that I didn't know existed.
Softube & Kush Audio really deserve a look if you’re looking for fuzzy analog roundness and character EQ/Comp. They’re amazing & priced well. Blyss EQ by Kush ends up somewhere on every track i make now, and it’s great to have Softube’s Empirical Labs EQ and Distressor comp; there are so many good Softube plugins. Have seen lots of folks talk about Gullfoss, and I use it, though I always try to encourage people to take the ‘less is more’ approach. I usually start around 8% on both main controls, and A/B. If it the sound gets more focused, i leave it there, otherwise i start edging up to around 14-17% max. Will occasionally go higher on individual tracks, but Gullfoss is really best on subgroups or full mixes in small amounts, just enough to take the ‘gauze’ off but not enough to cause damage to a carefully-constructed mix.
honestly I can't say enough about the stock plugins/channel strip in Cubase/Nuendo. They're just so good that these days I only use a handful of third party plugins, largely from Plugin Alliance
+1 on this. Cubase now have a multiband transient shaper as well as a multiband harmonic exciter. I doubt how many DAWs out there offers this. And they sound damn good. Centerpiece of my studio! But I do use Ozone in 100% of my projects. Vocal rider, valhalla vintage verb, vintage warmer (apart from the list that mentioned in the video) are some of my favorites as well.
I open last few session and take out most used: Fabfilter Timeless 3, Q3 and L2, P42 Climax, MV2, API-550, Scheps Omni channel, NLS channel, Soothe2, Eiosis E2Deesser, Drawmer S73, SDRR2, Pulsar 1178 and Massive, Gem comp LA, 670 and 76, TDR Nova, Altiverb, different iZotope bundles, Novatron, Hammer DSP and Blyss, u-He Satin, Valhalla shimmer. P.S. Slate bundle a great deal and SoundToys sounds nice.
Before watching I hope I’ve learned enough to predict he will say Soothe2, MV2 and maybe RBass. Warren is the king I learn more with this channel each day
I missed analog channel! I use Satin by Uhe for this same effect I think it has slightly more control and with the headroom knob can genuinely be tape ‘compression’ both have the low end bump designer
I have an Audient EVO 16 on order and the free download Cakewalk and I'm getting ready to try my hand at recording and mixing some of my music. I'm absolutely clueless! But I watch your RUclips channel every day hoping some of your knowledge and wisdom will soak into my thick noggin! Man, I wish you lived next door! 😂
After thousands of dollars of plugins I have purchased…..FF proQ3, UAD Pultec EQ, ATR 102, PA Amek 250, Lisa , SPL IRon, Oeksound Spiff, sooth2, Softube Weiss EQ1 and DS1-MK3, …..literally, this is the core that will bring you to the next level if you’re willing to learn them on a deep level….these are not a complete list but a must learn and own list…
@@jimhardiman3836 great addition....my list was a core focus. There are many amazing plugins out there right now.....too many to list. They are artistic brushes to carve out your contribution. Literally....they are tools to identify your sound.
There's no such thing as "much learn and own." Listen to 50 interviews with 50 mixers and you'll get 50 different lists. There are a couple on here like Fab Filter Pro-Q3 and Soothe2 that almost everyone uses, but I bet you I could find very successful mixers that don't.
@@rome8180 I recently tried to mix a project with free and or inexpensive plugings and as much as I'd like to say is didn't matter......well, it does. It's like back in the day when you think you can get the same results from the RNC compressor vs the LA2A....its just not gonna happen. That doesn't mean you can't get to 85% of greatness.....it just means....you're at 85%. Assuming the same engineer was at the controls. ......because a great engineer will sore above an amateur with minimal tools....
I actually use TDR plugins everywhere, the ergonomy is so good to me I ended up rewarding the guys by getting the paid versions. I also use the analog obsession Rare a lot on drum buss for the highs and lows (pulltech like). Donate to the guy who makes this piece of gold. I have still to find a good deesser, I have the wave deesser but not satisfied, I guess for now I prefer to use TDR nova in dynamic eq mode, it helps a lot
The Renaissance bundle is just overflowing with surprises. I doubt I’ve done any mix without at least one of those beautifully conceived plugs in the last 20 years. For the longest time, I wondered if they had forgotten to bill me fully, so delighted was I with them. I remember you and I are MV2 evangelists as well. Closest thing to a smart hand on a fader.
Love love love Mr Henson's channel too !!!!!!! Sample Tank Free, Xpand2!, the L2 and 7band eq included in PT8LE, through my MBox2 interface. On a 2009 Mac mini.... I'm kinda penniless....... Sweetwater IS the only place to shop because of their Customer Service, Support and inventory !!!! The Smooth made it sound like she sang into a u47, then you enhanced it a bit afterward.... sounded ace !!!!
Nice video sir Warren, greetings here from Philippines. For me as an amateur, I always use the Plugin Alliance product for mixing and mastering like the bx_masterdesk, ssl_console 4000 E and G, bx_townhouse buss compressor, and bx_stereomaker. I also like to use Fabfilter pro Q and pro C. But when in times for quick mixing, i like use the focusrite fast plugins.
Thank you Warren! I love how I’m always walking away from your videos with a new overall bit of mix genius to take with me to the chair. A flanger on the bottom snare going (that whoomph sound you made)! Totally makes sense, can’t wait to try it! Please extend my thanks to Jack 🙏
Plugins that are criminally underrated imo: UVI Shade, a fabulous EQ, UVI Plate ultimate plate, Nugen Audio Paragon great hybrid reverb, Monofilter for lowend management, SigMod superb toolbox, Exponential Audio R4, still one of the best algorithmic reverb and dirt cheap, iZotope Trash 2, still one of the best distortion plugins, IK Multimedia T-Racks, so many gems, Newfangled Audio everything but especially Elevate for the finishing touch, Waves Ovox, incredibly versatile, Boomlibrary Enforcer for sub-bass delight.
I love the SSL drum plug-ins, Locness 2 for drum buss, the Plug-in Alliance Ampeg B-15N for bass and guitar, the T-Racks Sunset Sound and Fame reverbs / spaces, Waves CLA vocal, NEED 31102 EQ - so many!
Thank you so much Warren for your enormously interesting, and highly informative and accurate content. Just beginning to use my RUclips channel to post some of the songs I've written for myself and artists that were never intended for release and some not released for various reasons. I give away knowledge of things I've learned and experienced in music and life, but the way you package and present your experience is plum pleasing and pleasant. Some of my favorite plugins are Waves Rvox and their LinEQ Lowband EQ.The Rvox is an amazingly simple and effective Compressor for Vocals, and getting some of the poorly recorded vocals I do, I find the LinEQ to be magical in seamlessly removing the pop sibilants and low end noise from people hitting the mic stand, etc . Again Warren, thank you so much for what you do!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Well, I’ve got ⅔ of your mentioned plugins (Waves Horizon Bundle, iZotope‘s Ozone 9, Nectar 3, Neutron and RX 8 in the Advanced versions, Soothe 2, Soundtoys’ Effect Rack, Noise Ash, and many more, but I also like the Baby Audio plugins very much! But I want to say that for an amateur like me the Logic stock plugins would fill my needs and I would be happy if I had the money again that all the mentioned ones cost.
Great Video Warren! I'm working in voice over and podcast business, and aside from eqs and compressors, the one thing I use around 300x per day is a simple lowcut at around 300Hz (bx_cleansweep, typically, cause it saves the settings). Not as an insert, but rather instant-hotkeyed to be used as a direct offline process for plosives, breaths, and lots of typical German language sounds. Incredible how smooth and clean the results are. Other than that: iZotope RX, Neutron, Ozone, Waves R-Comp, CLA76, SSL Bus Comp & E-Channel, Clarity VX. Oh and for music I absolutely love my RC-20, so easy to overdo!
Loving this series!!! 😃 The plugins I go to are these: Scheps Omni Channel, Fabfilter Q3 and R-Verb, Rbass, CLA-1176, CLA-2A, Rvox, auto tune pro, Izotope Nectar, SSL EV2, Abbey Roads Mastering Chain, Waves F6 EQ, Abbey Roads Verb, H-Delay, C6 Multipressor, Sibilance, Drumagog, CLA-NX, Waves Harmony, Clarity Vox Pro, S1 Stereo Imager, and more! But most of these I use at some point in my mixing process. 🙂
Great video! Thanks (again) Warren. I have tons of plugins (too much) but there is one I ALWAYS use, this is the UAD Capitol Chamber. That plugin is absolutely amazing on everything and magical on vocals. I love it. Cheers.
plugin alliance: lindell 80, maag eq4, SBC, shadow hills ik multimedia amplitude (just the free ones) anything slate digital xln addictive drums free version(I couldnt live without this one) beyond that pro tools stock plugins what plugin do I wish someone made? a creativity and self doubt plugin. lol. keep on keepin on. thanks again warren. love your channel and all you do for the small guys like me! hope you realize that you're a leading role in the records and music coming from peoples home studios! 🤘🤘
About plugins... I think Andrew Scheps said it very well:"Solve creative problems with technology." And I pretty much got the same feeling from this video!
All those plugins are great choices. I use in conjunction with those makes, UAD, which have some of the best emulations around. The trick with tuning vocals, as mentioned here, is never change the modulation in the waveform, of the vocal. Just move the block up and down, (in the case of using melodyne), this technique applies to other tuning devices, this allows the timbre of the vocal to remain intact for super realistic non-digital results..
Thank you for reaffirming to me that I dont need anymore plugins! I have most of these but finding myself still searching for something else.. but if you can use these on a daily and be content.. so can I!! Thank you my friend
Awesome selection of plugins! Here's a few of my favorites, some of them I feel are criminally underrated: - Analog Obsession, all of their compressors are fantastic - Chow Tape Model - Waves NLS Channel (for subtle saturation & gain staging, not 'analog summing emulation') - Youlean Loudness Meter 2 - NadIR - NUGEN Stereoizer 3 - ReEQ - AixDPS's Dynamic EQ - Dragonfly Reverb
If you are on Reaper, then try Tukan's Sumthing for summing... its beyond awesome.. it blows Waves NLS out of the water.. but.. its Reaper only. Also his compressors er stellar. Especially the N76B (1176 blue stripe)
Another marvellous, enthusiastic instalment Warren, thanks. I have a lot of these including the full iZotope range. One thing I will say is don’t be tempted to use pirated versions. Buying them helps the birth of the next generation of plugins and also keeps your computer clean of viruses etc. I had the Yamaha DSP2416 with the AX44 breakout panel many moons ago, an amazing PCI card in its day. Very frustrated when they didn’t release drivers for XP, I think Windows 95 was the last driver available which never worked with XP and certainly not Windows 7.
New "bedroom" Studio turned out awesome! My favorites: everything SSL, everything Waves Renaissance, MV2, Abbey Rd Chambers Reverb, Schepps Omni Channel, RBass and a few more. Another Awesome Video Warren! You Rock my friend!
I have been relying on rBass like a crutch for many years, but it is a rather over-the-top effect. If you ever have a larger budget to play around with, look into Root One
Believe it or not, but I have been using more of the stock plugins that come with Reaper. For whatever reason, they just work quite well and sound really good. They may not be the prettiest plugins, but that is the least of the problems. They sound good and they are super efficient on CPU and they never crash.
One of my bred and butter plug is TDR Nova . I startet with the free Version and after a shorts time I endet up with the payed one and I am really happy with it.
My favorite plugs of 2022- (most used). Bettermaker (amazing modern pul-tec) Waves- Rbass. &SSL EV2 API Bus Comp Black Rooster- Omni-tec , VLA-3A & VLA2Amk2, Edelweiss. SLATE VMC & verb suite classics
My drummer is recording in a good but not great room. I always send the drums into the Waves Abbey Road Chambers with the preset "Room in a room 2". The results are amazing.
You know what, Unfortunately I discovered that Waves is gang of thugs when I upgraded my system when I bought a new Mac Book pro. So I can’t work with Waves anymore. Luckily there a enough fine alternatives that I still can use👍
I mostly use Waves plugins, but lately I got hold of the SSL Native X-Valuecomp and I don't think I could mix without it anymore. It's incredibly smooth!
thanks warren you always inspire me to start mixing when i see you videos thank you i'm trying it out and it works great i tried on the kick and the bass sounds great but i'm using the maxx bass
Love watching your channel. I've done work at Robert Lang Studios so I've had experience at large studios and also the other end of the spectrum to bedroom studios.
Vertigo Sound VSM 4 is incredible , Sound Toys Little Plate - at last a vintage plate emulation that is convincing and lives up, Slate Trigger 2 - having used Soundreplacer and Drumagog in the early days Trigger is just phenomenal,
Using all of the above but I also use the Arturia FX bundle a lot and I find the products offer very versatile options with a great sound. Also a big fan of Eventides humble Micropitch plugin which I use as a general delay with the added pitching element, great for imaging. Thanks for your continued quality content.
Really awesome plugins Warren! Some of them I have and some don’t. But still brilliant collection of favorite plugins. I guess my fav plugins now are Waves and Slate plugins mostly! I use them all the time in all of my mixes. And GullFoss I guess. GullFoss is super amazing plugin!
After you played with it last week, I've woken up and just used the Arturia efx Fragments on everything including my cereal :D It's brilliant. Also the Kirchhof EQ
I started my second run (later in my life) music production career almost entirely as a Waves fanatic. But over the past 2 years I've slowly and unabashedly become a Arturia junkie! Their plugins are beautiful, scale beautifully to my 4K displays, sound incredible, have the sickest presets and now rival my Waves and Solid State Logic collections.
As a REAPER user quite a lot of my most used plugins are Reaper only. Including all Tukan plugin, esepcially Sumthing. Other Reaper stuff: Squashman is also awesome. ReEq. I also use Analog Obsession plugins quite a lot: FRANK is always somewhere on my channels, and RARE and FETISH being some of the usual suspects. RARE is to me the best sounding Pultec eq out there. My most used plugin? the stock RBJ hi/low parse ... use it on allmost all channels. Learning to use especially hi parse(low cut) was a game changer for me. Cannot believe I did not learn that as the first thing ever! Oh.. must not forget TDR Nova eq... to me one of the best dynamic eq's.
I'm still rocking a Mix system with a core card, 3 farm cards, 2 DSP farm cards. Started it on a 9600 but now on a G4, with an expansion chassis. Running pro tools 6 in os x 3.
Soothe 2, Fabfilter Pro Q-3 and L-2 pretty much on every mix I work on. Even editing for video. UAD Fairchild 670 primarily on my busses as well when mixing.
I am finding the Waves IR1 is great, as I have been going out and getting my own homegrown field reverbs in caves and and barns etc. This plugin allows me to use these captured environments. The CR8 by waves is also a game changer.
My favorite plugins right now: Brainworx Townhouse Buss Compressor Brainworx SSL 4000 G Lindell Audio 80 Channel Lindell Audio 50 Channel Waves SSL Buss Compressor Waves R-Bass Waves MV2 FabFilter Pro-Q 3 FabFilter Pro-L 2 FabFilter Pro-R FabFilter Saturn FabFilter Pro-DS FabFilter Pro-MB Soundtoys EchoBoy Soundtoys Decapitator Valhalla Vintage Verb Celemony Melodyne Nembrini Audio PSA1000 JR Voxengo Span Tokyo Dawn Labs TDR Nova Hear360 Ecoplate This is far from the full list. It doesn't even include all the amp sims I use. As you can tell, I really love Plugin Alliance, Waves, and Fab Filter in particular.
That's handy to know about the McDSP Analogue Channel. Next time I'm running low on CPU I'll whack a few instances into the project to help the computer out.
I have found R-Bass indispensable for mixing my band's current studio album. We are a 7 piece ska / reggae band with an acoustic bass player. We recorded the bass with a microphone and direct off his pickups. I'm blending both tracks in the mix as the mic sounds very round and warm, the direct has more attack, so I'm using mostly the mic track with just a touch of the direct track with RBass on it to fill out the sound wonderfully.
Amazing content, PLAP just keeps delivering! @Warren, maybe you could do a video as well about why & when you would use a certain compressor plug-in for which purpose. I know for example from your teaching that the RVox can give some warmth to the vocal and I would love to know why you choose the other compressors! Also about EQ: Why the Waves REQ at one instance or a Pultec at another? Keep up the amazing good work! You all rock! Cheers!
Great show as always Warren. Thank you. Would love if you did a special on IK multimedias new Tonex concept. Thanks again looking forward to the next 8 years :)
What are some of your favourite plugins? Share below
Kazrog - True Iron & True Dynamics
Brainworx - SSL, NEVE and API consoles
Exponential Audio Nimbus
Klanghelm - MJUC
Plugin Alliance - Black Box HG2
Waves - API 2500
Neold - Big Al
Noiseash - Pultec
Denise Audio - Bass XL
Valhalla - Super Massive & Vintage Verb
Unfiltered Audio - Indent
Brainworx - Townhouse & Shadow Hills
Fabfilter - Saturn
U-he - Satin
London Acoustics - Taipei
Plugin Alliance Lindell Audio 50 Series and SBC
Valhalla DSP Vintage Verb and Delay
IK Multimedia Sunset Sound Studio Reverb
Cubase stock plugins
Kirchhoff eq, Gulfoss, Softube console 1
I really love the new Clarity VX by Waves, it actually works. I have my home studio in a room in my house with the AC blasting to try to keep from melting down and that plugin really worked on an acoustic guitar track I just did taking out the AC noise.
My favourites are: Kush Omega 451a, Ubk1, Novatron, bx Townhouse comp, Spl Iron, Waves H-Reverb, H-Delay, Soundtoys Little Plate, IK White, Precision comp, Tape 24.
I’ve not only visited Sweetwater but I emailed my rep of almost 10 years right before I got there and he showed me around the campus. What a company and campus!
Thanks ever so much for sharing
I have a lot of plugins that I find useful pragmatically, but I haven't had a "wow, this changes everything" moment! with a plugin in the last few years EXCEPT with the Eventide SplitEQ. That really was the only one where I was like "holy crap! This is so good, I need to go back and re-mix everything i've ever done!!" Thanks for the great vid Warren
Thanks ever so much for sharing! Yes, Split EQ is pretty fantastic!
PSP vintage warmer. Just makes anything sound better.
Thanks ever so much
This is the 1st channel that didn't mention a single FabFilter plugin which I'm really happy because I learned a lot of new software that I didn't know existed.
Great to be able to help!
Softube & Kush Audio really deserve a look if you’re looking for fuzzy analog roundness and character EQ/Comp. They’re amazing & priced well. Blyss EQ by Kush ends up somewhere on every track i make now, and it’s great to have Softube’s Empirical Labs EQ and Distressor comp; there are so many good Softube plugins. Have seen lots of folks talk about Gullfoss, and I use it, though I always try to encourage people to take the ‘less is more’ approach. I usually start around 8% on both main controls, and A/B. If it the sound gets more focused, i leave it there, otherwise i start edging up to around 14-17% max. Will occasionally go higher on individual tracks, but Gullfoss is really best on subgroups or full mixes in small amounts, just enough to take the ‘gauze’ off but not enough to cause damage to a carefully-constructed mix.
Hi I always use:
Sonible Bundle
Rbass
Maag Eq 4
Softube transient shaper
Waves Vitamin
Manny Marroquin Tone Shaper
SSL Chnnel strip 2 and Bus comp
UAD 1176, L2A, Pultec Eq, Oxide, Massenburg eq, Ampex, Avalon vt737
Fabfilter Bundle
Oxford inflator
Studio One bitcrusher
Kazrog Kclip
Autotune
Melodyne
honestly I can't say enough about the stock plugins/channel strip in Cubase/Nuendo. They're just so good that these days I only use a handful of third party plugins, largely from Plugin Alliance
100% right
+1 on this.
Cubase now have a multiband transient shaper as well as a multiband harmonic exciter. I doubt how many DAWs out there offers this. And they sound damn good. Centerpiece of my studio!
But I do use Ozone in 100% of my projects. Vocal rider, valhalla vintage verb, vintage warmer (apart from the list that mentioned in the video) are some of my favorites as well.
Thanks ever so much for sharing Danial!
@@ulrichhermes1315 absolutely!
@@S9MusicProd thanks ever so much for sharing!
I open last few session and take out most used: Fabfilter Timeless 3, Q3 and L2, P42 Climax, MV2, API-550, Scheps Omni channel, NLS channel, Soothe2, Eiosis E2Deesser, Drawmer S73, SDRR2, Pulsar 1178 and Massive, Gem comp LA, 670 and 76, TDR Nova, Altiverb, different iZotope bundles, Novatron, Hammer DSP and Blyss, u-He Satin, Valhalla shimmer. P.S. Slate bundle a great deal and SoundToys sounds nice.
Before watching I hope I’ve learned enough to predict he will say Soothe2, MV2 and maybe RBass. Warren is the king I learn more with this channel each day
I missed analog channel! I use Satin by Uhe for this same effect I think it has slightly more control and with the headroom knob can genuinely be tape ‘compression’ both have the low end bump designer
I have an Audient EVO 16 on order and the free download Cakewalk and I'm getting ready to try my hand at recording and mixing some of my music. I'm absolutely clueless! But I watch your RUclips channel every day hoping some of your knowledge and wisdom will soak into my thick noggin! Man, I wish you lived next door! 😂
Wow! That's great tp hear Mark! Thanks for sharing
After thousands of dollars of plugins I have purchased…..FF proQ3, UAD Pultec EQ, ATR 102, PA Amek 250, Lisa , SPL IRon, Oeksound Spiff, sooth2, Softube Weiss EQ1 and DS1-MK3, …..literally, this is the core that will bring you to the next level if you’re willing to learn them on a deep level….these are not a complete list but a must learn and own list…
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Cool list. I would add the UAD Studer A800, Black Box HG-2MS, Elysia Alpha Compressor and BX Limiter True Peak
@@jimhardiman3836 great addition....my list was a core focus. There are many amazing plugins out there right now.....too many to list. They are artistic brushes to carve out your contribution. Literally....they are tools to identify your sound.
There's no such thing as "much learn and own." Listen to 50 interviews with 50 mixers and you'll get 50 different lists. There are a couple on here like Fab Filter Pro-Q3 and Soothe2 that almost everyone uses, but I bet you I could find very successful mixers that don't.
@@rome8180 I recently tried to mix a project with free and or inexpensive plugings and as much as I'd like to say is didn't matter......well, it does. It's like back in the day when you think you can get the same results from the RNC compressor vs the LA2A....its just not gonna happen. That doesn't mean you can't get to 85% of greatness.....it just means....you're at 85%. Assuming the same engineer was at the controls. ......because a great engineer will sore above an amateur with minimal tools....
I actually use TDR plugins everywhere, the ergonomy is so good to me I ended up rewarding the guys by getting the paid versions. I also use the analog obsession Rare a lot on drum buss for the highs and lows (pulltech like). Donate to the guy who makes this piece of gold. I have still to find a good deesser, I have the wave deesser but not satisfied, I guess for now I prefer to use TDR nova in dynamic eq mode, it helps a lot
Airwindows has two de-essers you might want to try, DeEss and DeBess
@@KariKauree Than you for letting me know about this one, much appreciated. Seems like using some kind of transients concept, interesting
Try Tukan plugins.. they are incredible. His deesser is also good. Simple and effective.
@@HR2635 Thank you for the tip, much appreciated, I will give that deesser a go
Dear Warren, I have been watching your channel for awhile but this plug in show is the shizzel! thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks ever so much!
Always appreciate your quick, yet unmatched information about these topics. A true expert in the field.
Thank you so much!
@@Producelikeapro Cheers!
Agreed!
@@RC32Smiths01 You Rock!
@@mikesparks3398 YES!
Split EQ.
Clarity VX
Waves Harmony
Elosis Desser and Air EQ are bomb.
MOTT for the WIN.
The Renaissance bundle is just overflowing with surprises. I doubt I’ve done any mix without at least one of those beautifully conceived plugs in the last 20 years. For the longest time, I wondered if they had forgotten to bill me fully, so delighted was I with them. I remember you and I are MV2 evangelists as well. Closest thing to a smart hand on a fader.
Wow! Thanks ever so much for sharing
You never disappoint Warren! Right now I'm really digging the Fab Filter plugs but also some of the PA BX & Lindell plugs.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
Love love love Mr Henson's channel too !!!!!!!
Sample Tank Free, Xpand2!, the L2 and 7band eq included in PT8LE, through my MBox2 interface.
On a 2009 Mac mini....
I'm kinda penniless.......
Sweetwater IS the only place to shop because of their Customer Service, Support and inventory !!!!
The Smooth made it sound like she sang into a u47, then you enhanced it a bit afterward.... sounded ace !!!!
Thanks for sharing! IK definitely have great products too
Nice video sir Warren, greetings here from Philippines. For me as an amateur, I always use the Plugin Alliance product for mixing and mastering like the bx_masterdesk, ssl_console 4000 E and G, bx_townhouse buss compressor, and bx_stereomaker. I also like to use Fabfilter pro Q and pro C. But when in times for quick mixing, i like use the focusrite fast plugins.
Thank you Warren!
I love how I’m always walking away from your videos with a new overall bit of mix genius to take with me to the chair. A flanger on the bottom snare going (that whoomph sound you made)!
Totally makes sense, can’t wait to try it!
Please extend my thanks to Jack 🙏
Wow!! Thanks ever so much
Lately, UAD Neve 1084, Soothe, UAD Curvebender, Transatlantic Plater, Massenberg EQ, SPL Iron
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Thanks Warren. Have a great day
Thanks ever so much Glenn!
Plugins that are criminally underrated imo: UVI Shade, a fabulous EQ, UVI Plate ultimate plate, Nugen Audio Paragon great hybrid reverb, Monofilter for lowend management, SigMod superb toolbox, Exponential Audio R4, still one of the best algorithmic reverb and dirt cheap, iZotope Trash 2, still one of the best distortion plugins, IK Multimedia T-Racks, so many gems, Newfangled Audio everything but especially Elevate for the finishing touch, Waves Ovox, incredibly versatile, Boomlibrary Enforcer for sub-bass delight.
I picked up soothe the fist day it was released. It has been on every mix or master I have put out.
I love the SSL drum plug-ins, Locness 2 for drum buss, the Plug-in Alliance Ampeg B-15N for bass and guitar, the T-Racks Sunset Sound and Fame reverbs / spaces, Waves CLA vocal, NEED 31102 EQ - so many!
Thank you so much Warren for your enormously interesting, and highly informative and accurate content.
Just beginning to use my RUclips channel
to post some of the songs I've written for myself and artists that were never intended for release and some not released for various reasons. I give away knowledge of things I've learned and experienced in music and life, but the way you package and present your experience is plum pleasing
and pleasant. Some of my favorite plugins are Waves Rvox and their LinEQ Lowband EQ.The Rvox is an amazingly simple and effective Compressor for Vocals, and getting some of the poorly recorded vocals I do,
I find the LinEQ to be magical in seamlessly removing the pop sibilants and low end noise from people hitting the mic stand, etc .
Again Warren, thank you so much for what you do!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Well, I’ve got ⅔ of your mentioned plugins (Waves Horizon Bundle, iZotope‘s Ozone 9, Nectar 3, Neutron and RX 8 in the Advanced versions, Soothe 2, Soundtoys’ Effect Rack, Noise Ash, and many more, but I also like the Baby Audio plugins very much! But I want to say that for an amateur like me the Logic stock plugins would fill my needs and I would be happy if I had the money again that all the mentioned ones cost.
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Great Video Warren! I'm working in voice over and podcast business, and aside from eqs and compressors, the one thing I use around 300x per day is a simple lowcut at around 300Hz (bx_cleansweep, typically, cause it saves the settings). Not as an insert, but rather instant-hotkeyed to be used as a direct offline process for plosives, breaths, and lots of typical German language sounds. Incredible how smooth and clean the results are.
Other than that: iZotope RX, Neutron, Ozone, Waves R-Comp, CLA76, SSL Bus Comp & E-Channel, Clarity VX. Oh and for music I absolutely love my RC-20, so easy to overdo!
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Pro-Q3, Soothe 2, RBass, and Gullfoss are the ones that end up on everything.
Thanks for sharing!
Loving this series!!! 😃 The plugins I go to are these: Scheps Omni Channel, Fabfilter Q3 and R-Verb, Rbass, CLA-1176, CLA-2A, Rvox, auto tune pro, Izotope Nectar, SSL EV2, Abbey Roads Mastering Chain, Waves F6 EQ, Abbey Roads Verb, H-Delay, C6 Multipressor, Sibilance, Drumagog, CLA-NX, Waves Harmony, Clarity Vox Pro, S1 Stereo Imager, and more! But most of these I use at some point in my mixing process. 🙂
Great video! Thanks (again) Warren. I have tons of plugins (too much) but there is one I ALWAYS use, this is the UAD Capitol Chamber. That plugin is absolutely amazing on everything and magical on vocals. I love it. Cheers.
My favorite plugins for 2023, 2024, 2025, . . . , 2049 must now be the new Waves Creative Access plan. To infinity and beyond!
plugin alliance: lindell 80, maag eq4, SBC, shadow hills
ik multimedia amplitude (just the free ones)
anything slate digital
xln addictive drums free version(I couldnt live without this one)
beyond that pro tools stock plugins
what plugin do I wish someone made? a creativity and self doubt plugin. lol. keep on keepin on. thanks again warren. love your channel and all you do for the small guys like me! hope you realize that you're a leading role in the records and music coming from peoples home studios! 🤘🤘
About plugins... I think Andrew Scheps said it very well:"Solve creative problems with technology." And I pretty much got the same feeling from this video!
Marvellous!
All those plugins are great choices. I use in conjunction with those makes, UAD, which have some of the best emulations around. The trick with tuning vocals, as mentioned here, is never change the modulation in the waveform, of the vocal. Just move the block up and down, (in the case of using melodyne), this technique applies to other tuning devices, this allows the timbre of the vocal to remain intact for super realistic non-digital results..
A few of my favorite plugs of all time? 1. Cytomic: The Glue. 2. MAAG: EQ 4. 3. Waves: Vocal Rider.
Thank you for reaffirming to me that I dont need anymore plugins! I have most of these but finding myself still searching for something else.. but if you can use these on a daily and be content.. so can I!! Thank you my friend
Didn't even know about MV 2. Thank you!
You’re very welcome
Awesome selection of plugins!
Here's a few of my favorites, some of them I feel are criminally underrated:
- Analog Obsession, all of their compressors are fantastic
- Chow Tape Model
- Waves NLS Channel (for subtle saturation & gain staging, not 'analog summing emulation')
- Youlean Loudness Meter 2
- NadIR
- NUGEN Stereoizer 3
- ReEQ
- AixDPS's Dynamic EQ
- Dragonfly Reverb
If you are on Reaper, then try Tukan's Sumthing for summing... its beyond awesome.. it blows Waves NLS out of the water.. but.. its Reaper only. Also his compressors er stellar. Especially the N76B (1176 blue stripe)
Another marvellous, enthusiastic instalment Warren, thanks. I have a lot of these including the full iZotope range. One thing I will say is don’t be tempted to use pirated versions. Buying them helps the birth of the next generation of plugins and also keeps your computer clean of viruses etc. I had the Yamaha DSP2416 with the AX44 breakout panel many moons ago, an amazing PCI card in its day. Very frustrated when they didn’t release drivers for XP, I think Windows 95 was the last driver available which never worked with XP and certainly not Windows 7.
New "bedroom" Studio turned out awesome!
My favorites: everything SSL, everything Waves Renaissance, MV2, Abbey Rd Chambers Reverb, Schepps Omni Channel, RBass and a few more.
Another Awesome Video Warren! You Rock my friend!
Thanks ever so much Doug!
I have been relying on rBass like a crutch for many years, but it is a rather over-the-top effect. If you ever have a larger budget to play around with, look into Root One
Believe it or not, but I have been using more of the stock plugins that come with Reaper. For whatever reason, they just work quite well and sound really good. They may not be the prettiest plugins, but that is the least of the problems. They sound good and they are super efficient on CPU and they never crash.
I believe! Thanks ever so much for sharing
One of my bred and butter plug is TDR Nova . I startet with the free Version and after a shorts time I endet up with the payed one and I am really happy with it.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
Same here. Super useful listen feature along with the dynamic eq and it’s free
My favorite plugs of 2022- (most used). Bettermaker (amazing modern pul-tec) Waves- Rbass. &SSL EV2 API Bus Comp Black Rooster- Omni-tec , VLA-3A & VLA2Amk2, Edelweiss. SLATE VMC & verb suite classics
ALMOST FORGOT! noiseAsh NEED stuff is PHENOMANAL
Hi Warren,
Just tried your MV2 /Rbass trick on the bass of a couple of songs and you’re right it works every time.
Damien Tremblay
PLAP academy member
That’s amazing to hear Damien!
looks just a beautiful and creative studio even from the outside in the heat
Thanks ever so much
another great show thank you warren have a great new year.
My drummer is recording in a good but not great room. I always send the drums into the Waves Abbey Road Chambers with the preset "Room in a room 2". The results are amazing.
I agree but nothing beats a legit space. I’m fortunate in that regard. But mixing wise this plugins come in great use. I have Altiverb 7
Thank you for the suggestions Warren. MV2 is one I haven't used before and Eventide Split EQ has been on my to-do list.
Here's my personal summary:
Control: iZotope | Fabfilter | Gullfoss | Soothe 2 | Eiois
Coloration: Sountoys | Arturia | Kush Audio | DDMF MDE | Softube | XLN Audio | Aberrant | Goodhertz | Neold | Fuse Audio Labs
Effects: Sound Toys | Valhalla | Eventide | Exponential Audio | Cable Guys | GRM Tools | Output | Relab | Zynaptiq | Sound Hack
40:14 called me out LMAOO. Love the vids Warren!
Haha Thanks ever so much
I use Arturia FX collection and SSL channel strip for the most part.
Thanks ever so much
Wow! Thank you, Warren. This plugin overview was so helpful.
Marvellous! Thanks ever so much
Missed Tokyo Dawn Labs Plugins. Great Plugins. Interesting that ik multimedia is not mentioned.
Apple Matrix Verb.
Pip Piano, Hi Octaves.. Big concert halls, Wet mix......
Just cause.
Underrated,
Warren, I must say I really like how you simulate autotuning with your voice 😁😗🤫👏👏
haha thanks!
You know what, Unfortunately I discovered that Waves is gang of thugs when I upgraded my system when I bought a new Mac Book pro. So I can’t work with Waves anymore. Luckily there a enough fine alternatives that I still can use👍
I mostly use Waves plugins, but lately I got hold of the SSL Native X-Valuecomp and I don't think I could mix without it anymore. It's incredibly smooth!
SSL Native X-Valvecomp
@@lorcazola lol yeah. I must have typed value because I got it for £6 which is a mega bargain! 😄
Thanks for the tips and live demos
Thanks ever so much
I’ll pitch some truly amazing plugs that won’t break the bank: Kazrog True Iron & KClip, TDR Kotelnikov, Valhalla Vintage & Room, StandardClip, & Goodhertz Tiltshift
Less affordable but amazing: FF Pro-Q3 & Saturn 2, Soundtoys Decapitator, Soothe 2/Spiff, RX, Ozone, Gullfoss, & Soundradix Drum Leveler
TDR Nova is on special right now too, I think its the best cheap dynamic EQ you can possibly buy
Nice to see you guys gettin' some sun for a change ; )
Haha yes, indeed!
thanks warren you always inspire me to start mixing when i see you videos thank you i'm trying it out and it works great i tried on the kick and the bass sounds great but i'm using the maxx bass
Thanks ever so much! Glad to be able to help!
My current favs are Steven Slate Lustrous Plates, the Drum Gate and the Shadow Hill Mastering Comp.
I need to check out Lustrous Plates still!
Thanks ever so much for sharing JB!
@@leefchapman marvellous
Mike Arango Is the man!!! I’ve been relying on him for almost a decade now.
sonnox oxford inflator is AMAZING! and sonnox Drumgate are just awesome!
Thanks ever so much for sharing
I love the Waves plugins as you demonstrated! Plus THE Scheps omni channel, also the CLA delay/reverb plug in.
Much of this is beyond my current needs, but EchoBoy Jr is such a great delay. It just works!
Thank you for creating tNice tutorials playlist in soft soft, just starting out in soft production and there is so much to learn
Thanks ever so much!
Love watching your channel. I've done work at Robert Lang Studios so I've had experience at large studios and also the other end of the spectrum to bedroom studios.
Vertigo Sound VSM 4 is incredible , Sound Toys Little Plate - at last a vintage plate emulation that is convincing and lives up, Slate Trigger 2 - having used Soundreplacer and Drumagog in the early days Trigger is just phenomenal,
Great video. Some plug-ins I've never used here. Thanks. Nice to meet you the other night at Lemontree Studios at the Atmos demo.
Using all of the above but I also use the Arturia FX bundle a lot and I find the products offer very versatile options with a great sound. Also a big fan of Eventides humble Micropitch plugin which I use as a general delay with the added pitching element, great for imaging. Thanks for your continued quality content.
A/C plugin is nice this time of year
Haha indeed!
I like your selection. Right the first two are in my top 5.
Really awesome plugins Warren! Some of them I have and some don’t. But still brilliant collection of favorite plugins. I guess my fav plugins now are Waves and Slate plugins mostly! I use them all the time in all of my mixes. And GullFoss I guess. GullFoss is super amazing plugin!
After you played with it last week, I've woken up and just used the Arturia efx Fragments on everything including my cereal :D It's brilliant. Also the Kirchhof EQ
ha! Thanks for sharing, Lee
I started my second run (later in my life) music production career almost entirely as a Waves fanatic. But over the past 2 years I've slowly and unabashedly become a Arturia junkie! Their plugins are beautiful, scale beautifully to my 4K displays, sound incredible, have the sickest presets and now rival my Waves and Solid State Logic collections.
@@Bronwyn031 thanks ever so much for sharing! I really appreciate it
As a REAPER user quite a lot of my most used plugins are Reaper only. Including all Tukan plugin, esepcially Sumthing. Other Reaper stuff: Squashman is also awesome. ReEq. I also use Analog Obsession plugins quite a lot: FRANK is always somewhere on my channels, and RARE and FETISH being some of the usual suspects. RARE is to me the best sounding Pultec eq out there.
My most used plugin? the stock RBJ hi/low parse ... use it on allmost all channels. Learning to use especially hi parse(low cut) was a game changer for me. Cannot believe I did not learn that as the first thing ever!
Oh.. must not forget TDR Nova eq... to me one of the best dynamic eq's.
I have used r-bass on piano
Great
Thanks for sharing
I'm still rocking a Mix system with a core card, 3 farm cards, 2 DSP farm cards. Started it on a 9600 but now on a G4, with an expansion chassis. Running pro tools 6 in os x 3.
I stated on a 9600 as well! Great computer! I had a D24, then a Mix plus, then HD!
@@Producelikeapro Yeah, I never made the leap to HD. I would have like to!
RX Music Rebalancer is magick
Thanks ever so much
Awesome review’s👍🏼✅
Soothe 2, Fabfilter Pro Q-3 and L-2 pretty much on every mix I work on. Even editing for video. UAD Fairchild 670 primarily on my busses as well when mixing.
I Started With a Mac 7600 And The Card And i Still Have it Stored In a Box Crazy
Very nice!
I am finding the Waves IR1 is great, as I have been going out and getting my own homegrown field reverbs in caves and and barns etc. This plugin allows me to use these captured environments. The CR8 by waves is also a game changer.
Looking good Warren! You're the man
because its hard doesn't make it impossible! Stay safe!
Very true indeed!
My favorite plugins right now:
Brainworx Townhouse Buss Compressor
Brainworx SSL 4000 G
Lindell Audio 80 Channel
Lindell Audio 50 Channel
Waves SSL Buss Compressor
Waves R-Bass
Waves MV2
FabFilter Pro-Q 3
FabFilter Pro-L 2
FabFilter Pro-R
FabFilter Saturn
FabFilter Pro-DS
FabFilter Pro-MB
Soundtoys EchoBoy
Soundtoys Decapitator
Valhalla Vintage Verb
Celemony Melodyne
Nembrini Audio PSA1000 JR
Voxengo Span
Tokyo Dawn Labs TDR Nova
Hear360 Ecoplate
This is far from the full list. It doesn't even include all the amp sims I use. As you can tell, I really love Plugin Alliance, Waves, and Fab Filter in particular.
Very, very helpful video! Thank you, Warren, so much!
good job male, thanks!
Thanks very much!
That's handy to know about the McDSP Analogue Channel. Next time I'm running low on CPU I'll whack a few instances into the project to help the computer out.
Yes, a big fan of McDSP plug ins!
@@Producelikeapro I'm a fan of any plugin that uses negative CPU! 😁
Soundtoys bundle is essential to producers and engineers. Hands down.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
ITS WORKING! nice job dude
I have found R-Bass indispensable for mixing my band's current studio album. We are a 7 piece ska / reggae band with an acoustic bass player. We recorded the bass with a microphone and direct off his pickups. I'm blending both tracks in the mix as the mic sounds very round and warm, the direct has more attack, so I'm using mostly the mic track with just a touch of the direct track with RBass on it to fill out the sound wonderfully.
Amazing content, PLAP just keeps delivering!
@Warren, maybe you could do a video as well about why & when you would use a certain compressor plug-in for which purpose.
I know for example from your teaching that the RVox can give some warmth to the vocal and I would love to know why you choose the other compressors! Also about EQ: Why the Waves REQ at one instance or a Pultec at another?
Keep up the amazing good work! You all rock! Cheers!
Your kermit the frog singing impression is impressive 👌 good work BTW
Great show as always Warren. Thank you. Would love if you did a special on IK multimedias new Tonex concept. Thanks again looking forward to the next 8 years :)
awesome!! as always!
Nice! Great assortment of tools. 👍🏻
Thanks for the kind words, I'm always happy to help! Let know if you'd like any videos on specific topics in the future. I wish you all the
I use mostly Slate and UAD stuff with an odd waves plug-in