Thank you! I love seeing these perspectives, especially when it comes from such a solid source. I've been much happier with plugins since I pruned off what I wasn't using and focused on tools that really get the job done. Here's what I most use & enjoy at the moment. - Reverb: Soundtoys SuperPlate & Waves Epic - EQ: Scheps Omni Channel, Waves PuigTec, Waves API550, TDR Nova, stock DAW EQ - Compression: Waves SSL, Waves CLA-2A & 76, FireSonic FirePresser, Waves MV2 - Loudess/Limiting: Sonnox Oxford Inflator, Waves L1, Waves Bass Rider - Guitar Amp: Strymon Iridium pedal, Overloud TH3 - Modulation: Soundtoys MicroShift, TAL Chorus - Mix/Mastering: Waves Abbey Road Mastering, Waves SSL, Oxford Inflator - Analysis: TBProAudio dpMeter, ADPTR MetricAB, Melda MLoudnessAnalyzer - Desert island plugins: Abbey Road Mastering, Oxford Inflator, SuperPlate, MicroShift
Thanks, Mike! Probably time to clean up my plug-ins soon. Busy gigging this summer so haven’t been in the studio for a few months. But definitely many I never use.
Thanks for the insight! I recently cleaned up my plugin list to about 140 from like 900+ 😂. Most of the plug-ins I do use and kept were suggestions by you 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing this video, truly I was also thinking about how to trash some out the list, and sometimes once a year or two a need might come for one, but but if possible to get rid of some it would a good idea. Thank You.
Excellent demo of your plug-ins, especially the instruments. The piano and drums selections were great. I'm in the gathering info stage, as I'm about to try composing an instrumental orchestral type.
Perhaps I can offer some advice. As a hobbyist, I also wanted to get into orchestral programming, so I bought a bunch of expensive orchestral libraries on sale. I got a laptop with an 8 terabyte SSD so I wouldn't have to always be attaching an external SSD. So far, I have filled up more than 5 TB, including Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra, which is almost 1 TB, numerous other Spitfire libraries, and Native Instruments Komplete 14 Ultimate Collectors (which has a lot of Orchestral stuff). This is overkill. It will take me the next 30 years to learn all the stuff I have. If I were to do it again with the software available today, I would still do Komplete 14, but instead of BBC SO, I would get a subscription to Musio (by Cinesamples), for $9.99/month or $99/year. A few months ago, I agonized over whether or not to buy a lifetime subscription for $500 on sale (normally $1,000). I decided against it because I already own libraries with all the orchestral instruments that I want. I hate subscriptions, but I think Musio is worth considering for one MAJOR reason: you can audition and download individual instruments without downloading an entire orchestral library. I have heard it is not ideal for a professional composer of movie and TV scores, but that is not me. Best of luck on your journey. Peter.
I guess it depends on whether you are mixing your own songs and style or whether you are producing for other artists and genre's which means you will need a wider variety of plugins.
Thanks Mike, very interesting. I love Pro-Q3 too - who doesn't? 😁 I must get around to looking at the T-racks plugin, I've seen you say before how much you like it.
4:04 BOG STANDARD? I'm sorry, but it's quite the opposite. It samples one of the THREE Yamaha C3 Neo grand piano from 2002 - made for the 100th birthday of Yamaha!
May I reccomend really awsome free plugin for your next video? Because I know that 1890 plugins in your system looks way more better than 1889 :) But if talking seriously, I have a point.
I have a question for you please. Is their a plug-in to pull music from a cd to create a midi track. I need to pull it into Studio One. A musician friend of mine sent me some of his music to perform by. He gave me permission to add lyrics. Thank you very much. Have a great day you abd your family.
Apparently they are discontinuing support for the free version and putting out some new paid programs. The free version 'may' keep working, but I'm not banking on it. Moving to Reaper.
That's my recurring nightmare too. It's a common problem I wish someone could find an easy solution for. Creative people usually don't have the organizational skills required to keep track of all the plugins and codes etc..
@@HouseMerlot Hopefully you've gave a Creative person a business idea to create a program to sort the mess out for us!. All I do for now is have a separate disc partition with installers and a text file with serial codes.
Always great to see a new video from you. I love that you didn't just share the 'what', but also the 'why'.
Thank you! I love seeing these perspectives, especially when it comes from such a solid source. I've been much happier with plugins since I pruned off what I wasn't using and focused on tools that really get the job done. Here's what I most use & enjoy at the moment.
- Reverb: Soundtoys SuperPlate & Waves Epic
- EQ: Scheps Omni Channel, Waves PuigTec, Waves API550, TDR Nova, stock DAW EQ
- Compression: Waves SSL, Waves CLA-2A & 76, FireSonic FirePresser, Waves MV2
- Loudess/Limiting: Sonnox Oxford Inflator, Waves L1, Waves Bass Rider
- Guitar Amp: Strymon Iridium pedal, Overloud TH3
- Modulation: Soundtoys MicroShift, TAL Chorus
- Mix/Mastering: Waves Abbey Road Mastering, Waves SSL, Oxford Inflator
- Analysis: TBProAudio dpMeter, ADPTR MetricAB, Melda MLoudnessAnalyzer
- Desert island plugins: Abbey Road Mastering, Oxford Inflator, SuperPlate, MicroShift
Thanks, Mike! Probably time to clean up my plug-ins soon. Busy gigging this summer so haven’t been in the studio for a few months. But definitely many I never use.
Finally someone who uses cakewalk, the best daw I've used tbh
I learned my plugin lesson years ago 😅 Now I'm very shy about adding ANY at all. Mostly I just use what comes with the DAW.
I tend to agree. You can get so caught up experimenting with VSTs that you forget that the point is to make music... ;-)
Thanks for the insight! I recently cleaned up my plugin list to about 140 from like 900+ 😂. Most of the plug-ins I do use and kept were suggestions by you 🙂
Mike, I always find your music very soothing.
I'm with ya on AD2 so simple to use and sounds killer!
Hey I love your videos, I'm learning about cakewalk and MIDI with your channel, thank you very much for your work 👍🏻
Thanks so much for sharing this video, truly I was also thinking about how to trash some out the list, and sometimes once a year or two a need might come for one, but but if possible to get rid of some it would a good idea. Thank You.
Excellent demo of your plug-ins, especially the instruments. The piano and drums selections were great. I'm in the gathering info stage, as I'm about to try composing an instrumental orchestral type.
Perhaps I can offer some advice. As a hobbyist, I also wanted to get into orchestral programming, so I bought a bunch of expensive orchestral libraries on sale. I got a laptop with an 8 terabyte SSD so I wouldn't have to always be attaching an external SSD. So far, I have filled up more than 5 TB, including Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra, which is almost 1 TB, numerous other Spitfire libraries, and Native Instruments Komplete 14 Ultimate Collectors (which has a lot of Orchestral stuff). This is overkill. It will take me the next 30 years to learn all the stuff I have.
If I were to do it again with the software available today, I would still do Komplete 14, but instead of BBC SO, I would get a subscription to Musio (by Cinesamples), for $9.99/month or $99/year. A few months ago, I agonized over whether or not to buy a lifetime subscription for $500 on sale (normally $1,000). I decided against it because I already own libraries with all the orchestral instruments that I want.
I hate subscriptions, but I think Musio is worth considering for one MAJOR reason: you can audition and download individual instruments without downloading an entire orchestral library. I have heard it is not ideal for a professional composer of movie and TV scores, but that is not me.
Best of luck on your journey. Peter.
As usual, I love your work!
I guess it depends on whether you are mixing your own songs and style or whether you are producing for other artists and genre's which means you will need a wider variety of plugins.
Good point!
Thanks Mike, very interesting. I love Pro-Q3 too - who doesn't? 😁 I must get around to looking at the T-racks plugin, I've seen you say before how much you like it.
great video.
Warp Academy suggested this plugin many many times, Fab filter Pro EQ.
4:04 BOG STANDARD? I'm sorry, but it's quite the opposite.
It samples one of the THREE Yamaha C3 Neo grand piano from 2002 - made for the 100th birthday of Yamaha!
If your DAW has an option to hide plugins from you that you don't want to see... It's kind of a nice option. you'd have to go looking for them.
May I reccomend really awsome free plugin for your next video? Because I know that 1890 plugins in your system looks way more better than 1889 :) But if talking seriously, I have a point.
Only plug in I use is helix native.
I have a question for you please. Is their a plug-in to pull music from a cd to create a midi track. I need to pull it into Studio One. A musician friend of mine sent me some of his music to perform by. He gave me permission to add lyrics. Thank you very much. Have a great day you abd your family.
Hi Paula,I hope you are well. I'm afraid I don't know of anything :(
@@CreativeSaucethank you very much for getting back to me. Bye bye you and your family have a great day.
Hi My friend! Thank a lot for share your plugins tools and tricks! Wich version of ozone do you use?
Well, although I have 10, I slightly prefer 9 :)
@@CreativeSaucesame (but only because I only owned Elements Suite v9, kinda sad they don't have a crossgrade promotion for 9>10)
@@CreativeSauce many thanks I have 9 too and I love your detail about it
Has anyone heard anything about cakewalk going to a paid program?
Apparently they are discontinuing support for the free version and putting out some new paid programs.
The free version 'may' keep working, but I'm not banking on it. Moving to Reaper.
I'm dreading the next time I reinstall Windows and then have to install my million plugins😅
That's my recurring nightmare too. It's a common problem I wish someone could find an easy solution for. Creative people usually don't have the organizational skills required to keep track of all the plugins and codes etc..
@@HouseMerlot Hopefully you've gave a Creative person a business idea to create a program to sort the mess out for us!. All I do for now is have a separate disc partition with installers and a text file with serial codes.
I have 1300 and I thought I was bad lol!
You've got 32 more than me 😂