ALL the PLUGINS that I ACTUALLY USE!

INDEX & LINKS:
01:34 Meterplugs Dynameter • NOT a LOUDNESS meter!
02:20 Meterplugs Loudness Penalty • IS YOUR TRACK LOUD ENO...
02:53 XFER Records OTT
03:10 Tegeler Raumzeitmaschine • TEGELER AUDIO RAUMZEIT...
04:00 Pure Analyzer • REVIEW: FLUX Pure Anal...
05:15 Elysia Alpha • Now I want one... agai...
05:55 Fabfilter Pro-C • Tutorial: Fabfilter Pr...
05:59 Fabfilter Pro-DS • Tutorial: Fabfilter Pr...
06:04 Fabfilter Pro-G • Tutorial: Fabfilter Pro-G
06:31 Fabfilter Pro-L2
06:44 Fabfilter Pro-MB • Tutorial: Fabfilter Pr...
06:50 Fabfilter Pro-Q3 • FABFILTER PRO-Q3 FIRST...
07:53 Fabfilter Pro-R • Fabfilter Pro-R Review
08:18 iZotope Ozone 8 • REVIEW: iZotope OZONE 8
09:20 Kazrog True Iron • VIRTUAL TRANSFORMERS??...
09:52 Fabfilter Saturn
10:37 iZotope RX7 • MUSIC REBALANCE?? | iZ...
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[@snowblindbeats797]

Im so early that this deserves to be pinned

[@phantombrainm]

You nailed it :P

[@meis18mofo77]

Hearing a professional producer outside of the EDM scene say that he should use more OTT is so surreal :D it's really got a unique sound, doesn't it?

[@OfficialDJTuky]

WOW no plugins from soundtoys , waves , UAD , NI ....... you are the first

[@urigeheadmot1196]

Two Key soundtoys as a mastering engineer ?

[@marshy_moo]

He does mixes as well, and regularly uses distortions and saturations, etc, so ST isn't that unthinkable. I noticed the absence of UAD as well, but with the classic units, WA, and other hardware clones of them, that's understandable. NI don't really hit too heavy in signal processing imo. No waves though... Hmm 🤔 not even Vocal Rider, Submarine, or Sibilance?

[@Newerasamearea]

Nothing revolutionary in waves anymore (back in the day they were good...but things have moved on faster than they have) and their mandatory ecosystem is aweful. Vocalrider was good at the time but hornet do it just as well for a fraction of the price. Once legendary limiters have been surpassed by Sonnox and Weiss. Most of their emulation stuff is either snake oil or matched/bettered by cytomic, plugin alliance, UAD, Apogee. RBass is perhaps the only standout that noone else is doing as well and that is worth the hassle. Soundtoys do some great stuff but more for production rather than mastering which is his focus. UAD stuff is good but not revolutionary. Plenty of others do emulations just as well (cytomic, ssl, apogee), NI is for sounds...see point about, mastering above

[@asawiggins]

I think that plugins like Soothe and Gullfoss (as with mostly any plugin) have the POTENTIAL to do as much harm as they do good. That said, I do a majority of my mixing in the live post realm, mixing multitracks from live recordings. That can mean a lot of DI’s, handheld mics, bleed, and sometimes poorly recorded tracks... Soothe is a big new tool for me to get rid of the big problems I face in eliminating 9-12dB moving resonances due in part to proximity effect and direct recording. It is FANTASTIC for that and doesn’t seem to damage the audio character or give me phase weirdness as much as trying to keep up with 4 bands of dynamic eq. I also know other pro guys who use it with success in standard mixing environments. As always, use your ears.

[@BluesLicks101]

This is a GREAT concept for a video, other than knowing you use some great analog gear in your signal chain, this video is not unlike looking at a great guitarists pedal-board. Much to be absorbed here, and the free OTT sounds terrific! You are the reason I left Pro Tools for Reaper after over 20 years, and I LOVE it: Thanks so much for that, Wytse!

[@hodshonf]

Big yes for True Iron. Really love PA Black Box HG-2.

[@chris.dillon]

Do you put it on every track? Do you put it on a submix? Do you put it on master? What preset do you start with?

[@theparkerilla7292]

The Klanghelm range is versatile (and good value) The Mastering The Mix plug-ins are good for finishing and monitoring. And the Arturia effects work well (any debate about how accurately they model the original kit is irrelevant IMO) A Fab Bundle would be nice but always out of my price range. Slate good, but the subscription package and marketing is APITArse

[@topchartvideo3776]

Klanghelm can be used on edm track mix? I have buy it but I'm not really impressed. I don't see the any difference. My Opto Compressor T-Racks is better in my "ears" opionion...

[@FSR-v9c]

Im a little surprised that you don't have some of if not all of the small bundle of the SONNEX Oxford plugs. I got hep to these guys years and years ago when they were first used over at GML and he was developing some code for them and the inflator and GML EQ and the verb are truly good. The inflator in some form has been used on every record i have tracked or mixed and for the longest time some guys were asking what or how i was accomplishing the inflator results. I kept it under my belt for many years. but that inflator is so diverse in what you will get from it in relation to how hard you hit it. check it out then old version was very good the new versions are realy like no other in what it does. and the HUI could not be any cleaner. Jeffrey Seattle Fullsound Recording

[@5o5kY]

I fell in love with gulfoss tbh, sometimes I use it on the master channel of the mix or on orchestral buses.

[@Prodby_duke]

Yup. I throw it on every channel then the master to tame a bit before I bounce the track to master it.

[@davelordy]

_"The best records are not being made by these types of plugins"_ Lol, the history of music making is littered with these kinds of statements, you'll find a hundred engineers telling you what's right and what's wrong - and somewhere in a bedroom an 18 year old will knock out a track that absolutely kills, using all the 'wrong' tools . . . whenever you hear an engineer telling you the 'pros' don't use something, then it's time to start playing around with that thing, from cheap drums machines, to 303s, from low end Akai samplers to low sample-rate reverbs, from distorted guitars (which engineers spent most of the 60s telling bands were 'wrong') to the 'wrong' plugins, eventually these things find their way into mainstream music, you could jump to any point in the last 50 years to hear someone declare "The best records are not being made with types of keyboards" or "The best records are not being made with these effects" or "The best records are not mixed in the box" or"The best records are not being made with distorted vocals" or "Hey Phil, that's way too much reverb on the drums, the best records are not made like that" . . . . all these things always get overturned. Gullfoss doesn't 'flatten your frequency response' at all, in fact 'recover' does quite the opposite, it accentuates parts of the signal, I'd encourage people to try it out.

[@4xle]

Amen, brother. :)

[@Prodby_duke]

Gullfoss is a game changer. Well worth every penny 💯

[@mrnelsonius5631]

Gulfoss is amazing. It’s just one of those “easy to overdo” tools. Took me back at first, because it’s an algorithm doing complicated things you aren’t directly controlling. But once you get a feel for how it all interacts it’s an amazing time saver for all kinds of applications

[@SONRIE.Official]

"Be the change you wish to see in the world" 🔊🔊🔊🙂

[@MonkeyBars1]

Spectral dynamics is an especially great tool for amateurs and quick & dirty engineering when you don't have time or need to get surgical. But in the hands of a professional it can likely work wonders. I can see why a freelancing mastering engineer wouldn't appreciate how automated it is though.

[@KlareAudio]

I was surprised not to see wavesfactory spectre in here on the grounds of ease of use, but then I realized you probably just use your actual analog gear for that stuff. Very interesting! Thank you.

[@drum877]

I like “cassette” as well. But he probably has a real reel to reel hence the snobbery.

[@drum877]

Lol I just noticed his reel to reel behind him.

[@scacchomattho]

Don't forget airwondows stuff. His console channel modeling vsts sound quite good. You also reviewed his tape emulation one and appreciated it. These console channel emulations, channel7 in particular, could really come in handy if a track needs a different flavour from your neumann console

[@Barncore]

Airwindows really is surprisingly good. I have all of the top plugins, and sometimes when i'm searching for something different i'll go to Airwindows and just go "wow". They're really underrated

[@scacchomattho]

@@Barncore also, they don't mess with your audio like some other plugins company introducing phase shifting, random noise and such (coff waves coff)

[@ArielTavori]

DSM v3 is my new 'desert island' plugin. Compression, expansion, exciting, automatic de-essing, EQ matching, noise reduction/multiband gating..... After the initial learning curve, it has a very fast and intuitive interface and workflow, fairly low CPU use, and the sound quality makes me keep asking "how is this possible!?" Tried it as an expander/gate on a noisy guitar D.I. after capturing a profile of the noise, and wow! So much more natural than a wideband gate, and none of those weird digital artifacts from iZotope RX.

[@Drfresh1402]

Auto De easing? Really? I have it but never knew that.

[@ArielTavori]

@@Drfresh1402 Indeed, I expect to be finding new ways to use this for many years! Auto de-essing is a 'feature' mentioned in many videos (and perhaps the manual?). It is actually just part of the natural behavior of this tool. Once you've captured a curve, the sibilance and boominess will not conform to it and will be corrected automatically like everything else. I suspect this would work miracles on a singer that keeps changing their distance to the mic!..

[@tarjiband9904]

This is probably the most important vid u've ever put out! Thanks man🙏🏽

[@IconicPhotonic]

I could see Valhalla DSP (Reverb/Delay/Modulation) being a good fit for you. They are workhorse plugins, and don't have any screws holding the panel up. Also, I get a lot of use out of Kush, U-he (mostly synths, but the compressor is great on drums), and the MJUC compressor.

[@IconicPhotonic]

I'd actually be really curious to see your review of the Kush Plugins. To my ears, they are some of the best sounding (doing the analogy modelling thing). Some of them are modeled after their own hardware, and stay pretty true to the design, while others are inspired by other gear and creatively deviate from the originals. The Electra DSP finds its way onto most songs I work on.

[@elad.lachmi]

The Black Box HG-2 is an amazing plugin for some quick saturation or even evil distortion. I use it on individual tracks and also on the master. Highly recommend checking it out

[@lambd01d]

Big shout out to Eric Racy who owns Black Box. I've learned so much from him over the years. Also love the HG-2 plugin.

[@Drfresh1402]

YAY!!!! You did it!!! For Deessing you need Waves Sibilance. Best deesser ever made. Pro R really is incredible. I might get that True iron. Rx is amazing!! You have to check out Arturia reverbs. Reverbs are my favorite type of plugins. Bx rooms, Abbey road chambers, Liquid sonics... But nice to see your plugins. I think your list inspired me not to buy anymore. I have over 300.

[@marshy_moo]

Yeh, liquidsonics Seventh Heaven is a glaring omission. Have you reviewed it @whiteseastudio? +1 for Sibilance. Incredible.

[@briancase6180]

Thanks for the video; it's a good video to watch during black Friday and cyber Monday or when other sales are happening. The only thing I would add is that it's good to have a variety of saturation plugins, clippers, and compressors with different characters and colors. But, as you say, you have analog stuff that covers those bases.

[@samueleduardoalvarezsepulv2753]

Soothe 2 Is great. I'm not agree with you on that point, but kinda like your minimalistic list of plug-ins.

[@lambd01d]

I use dynamic EQ all the time because you can focus on specific resonant peaks and it's more focused than a multiband compressor which will only respond to the loudest peak in the band and will turn down everything in the band rather than just the bad bit. Tokyo Dawn Nova GE can squish the most resonant peaks automatically.

[@MaybeLoveHate]

The plugins I use on most projects are Ozone 9 on the Master Bus for the Maximizer. Fab Filter Pro Q 3 for EQ. And Pro R for reverb. Neutron 3 mostly for the MB Compressor. If I am doing vocals I do like Nectar 3's optical compressor a lot. Not sure what it is about that compressor but I just like what it does for vocals. For Distortion and Saturation I use Trash 2 which I got as part of some black Friday bundle but I really do like it. Oh, and Waves Siblance for de-essing great little plugin

[@mixphantom0101]

Soothe 2 has become far more flexible/powerful - it's pure magic! Pro DSM3 in the right hands (or ears!) is also uniquely amazing. Sonible's Proximity is a very much overlooked plugin but can literally push back or pull forward frequencies in the mix - like the inverse of reverb! Eventide's Physion is also audio voodoo... you can isolate the transients from tones and process them separately! Amazing for tuning down drums without the transients going mushy.

[@ThomsenTower]

Thanks for this video. We all have different preferences, and that is fine. However, you made me feel bad, again, about my plugin acquisition syndrome of past years. I have waaaaaaay too many! This year I am down to zero buying so far, but I still have to justify to myself what I already own! And, in fact, they turn out to be an obstacle to getting things finished. Oh, well...

[@trentmiller6123]

Thank you for posting this! It’s so rare to see people actually say what they use on paying gigs!

[@Loopdepartement]

You can't compare Gullfoss and Soothe at all. They do completely different things.

[@Loopdepartement]

@@theostene4444 Kinda, there both automatic but way different in handling signals. There's a thread on gearslutz discussing that.

[@cankucuk17]

I also think that you're missing out by not using Soothe :) An eq can't do what it does to dampen a snare, making it much more suitable for funk/soul, or taming overheads in a way that doesn't dull down the sound. again again, appreciate the videos!

[@AGAU1022]

A manually automated EQ can do it and possibly also Fab-Filrer MB with the right settings. The question is would Soothe save him enough time to be worth the money.

[@Mrbambony]

@@AGAU1022 there's no way you could automate EQ to do what Soothe can do in a sensible timescale. However dynamic EQ can get you there to a degree but still wouldn't be as easy a solution as Soothe. Soothe is a brilliant plugin

[@chadhowat3392]

They are great plugins, especially on moving targets like a vocal. Setting up a dynamic EQ might work better for some notes or sounds than others. A multi band compressor would still effect a much larger band of frequencies. It’s like trying to swat a fly with a tennis racket vs. catching it with chopsticks. Plus, it’s not trying to make stuff flat like he said. You can control how bright or dark or midrangey you want it to be.

[@chadhowat3392]

BASS!C you can make Gullfoss ignore highs or lows by dragging over the bars on the side.

[@chadhowat3392]

BASS!C you can make Gullfoss ignore highs or lows by dragging over the bars on the side.

[@Mrbambony]

dynamic EQ is very different from Multiband compression

[@OWL.]

Will you check True Dynamics from Kazrog?

[@djGreenALERT]

I use a very similar list of plugins, except for Saturn. I have never been able to control it as I'd like. I still use and love Ohmicide for distortion. Thanks for the entertaining video.

[@chris.dillon]

Yeah, of course a Reaper video would be helpful. I know making a beginner video that is also in-depth is very hard but it's hard to know what to start with. I would be aiming to keep my shortcuts the same. There's an hour long video of someone helping their friend switch from Cubase on KZbin. I need to watch that again. But Reaper has this "heirloom configuration" thing going on around habits/workflow, like a lot of other personal and personalized tools. I started with the SWS and Extensions, some small and subtle skin change but muscle memory coming from other DAWs. A buddy of mine has been into it for 10 years and his two major versions upgrade just expired. Yeah, it runs really fast. I've been in Ableton and Bitwig (Logic, Cubase and older ones before that) but never use them live or as "loopers" or clip launchers. So Reaper or some linear DAW should really be where I glue and just track. (I know Reaper can loop, you know what I mean). There's like the idea production and then there's the mixing step. I'm more in the idea production but doing it linearly (on a timeline) is where I get stuff done. Anyway, continuing on ... I just need to track a project and not open the familiar DAW.

[@rheawest]

Waves R-Plugins and SSL Plugins, I couldn't get a great sounding mix without them! Credit to you!

[@EnervatedSociety]

I love RX7. I have a lot of old noisy gear from the 80s and that thing is pretty good at cleaning it up when I don't want to hear it. Oh, and the resampler is great as well.

[@NicStride]

Can you possibly make a video on why OTT is worth using? I don't get it.

[@rowegardner9673]

Nic Stride it has a very over the top (what the acronym stands for) way of handling multiband compression. You can mix in a tiny bit of it easily and it adds a lot of intensity and loudness. It definitely has a ‘sound’ to it. From my experience (not saying this is a catch-all statement), it’s used all over the place in EDM and is almost essential for a lot of producers. You have to be careful though because a little bit goes a longggg way with OTT.

[@NicStride]

@@rowegardner9673 Would it be cool in parallel or would it ruined the phase on a mix bus? :)

[@ayk9937]

Uses both expansion and compression. So quiet sounds are brought up a lot which can sound quite nice. You can obtain a very consistent flat high end on sounds like vocals, or synth and control mud in the low mids by compression and volume reduction

[@digitalnobody74]

It's for that very ugly modern sound... if you slam it on a master you get that spinnin records sound of 2014 :D

[@robinv7509]

Most people just use it as a sound design tool to brighten a sound. But there's a greater range of use for it in terms of using it to actually multiband compress sounds.

[@msp420]

Sound comes first interface comes second!!! HA!!! I love it man. You are one of my faves on youtube to watch.

[@msp420]

I've been recently getting into the Hornet Plugins out of Italy, I picked up their mastering bundle recently and I definitely have been enjoying the results. Highly recommend you check them out. Also Been using everything from Soundspot as well. They have a wonderful line of fairly inexpensive Plugins that rival some of the bigger names out there. I always tend to catch everything on sales or intro prices tho so I get lucky.

[@alf3k1]

Sonarworks does not do any phase nor early reflection corrections, you´d have to go with something like Dirac Live instead, huge difference to the Sonarworks shit.

[@braunhausmedia]

I can't for the life of me figure out how to set up reverb with side-chain compression in Reaper. Would love to see you demonstrate it.

[@Kkidzz]

Last. ps. I keep reading about the DynOne MB compressor used by quite a few professional mastering engineers...any thoughts?

[@chadhowat3392]

Super cool but taxes my CPU so much I can’t use it anymore.

[@benbenzon]

Leapwing Dynone v3 used in every track /buses/master bus on my mix😎 instant problem solver. Sound very transparent

[@andremigcasol]

You mentioned Loudness Penalty. Could you try the Melda's Loudness Analyzer? Though it doesn't measure penalties the same way, it does have presets for the main platforms, and the ability to autogain

[@xaosnox]

elysia alpha master is outrageous. Throw that on the master buss of "Sandstorm" by Darude and check out the "Uberwide" preset. It made me totally rethink compression.

[@MellowXBrew]

Harshness isn't tamed by EQ because its based on the order and arrangements of harmonics overtime, hence why something like Soothe is a frequency dependent automated plugin. It detectness harshness and the harmonics of overtime. A static EQ won't do that.

[@matteonolli]

OTT is game changer for me

[@Andy801_dawless_music]

EOS 2 is cool reverb as well. Thanks for the list!

[@Dan-kb2oz]

Recently discovered the free Shattered Glass Audio SGA1566 classic two stage tube mic pre. Also grabbed the Acoustica Celestial Mix Bus and Master Bus plugins for free over Christmas whilst they were giving them away. Really like those! Now available in their Big Ceil Collection with a mastering version. Love their GUIs. Loving the free Rev-PLATE140 too! Interested in getting the Kazrog True Iron.

[@sgfdancecompany]

try the Kush Omega transistor series!!!!

[@joshofsorts]

Eric Valentine has talked extensively on his video channel about his use of Soothe on major label releases.

[@KhiRhoBeats]

Yeap, it is a great plugin that a lot of pros are using.

[@TheTechsans]

Thanks for an inside look at your mixing gear!

[@TheTechsans]

Bow wow! That impressed my human!

[@agapeleone5847]

When he said "makes a track louder" (I think was the wording)... I wondered if he meant master or individual tracks. Imo it is very specific and obvious in usefull application (I am definitely not claiming to be some pro etc) but it seems better suited for certain sounds not master channel imo. If it can do wonders on a master I think THAT would be an AMAZING video for White Sea imo.... a "How I use OTT on a master" vid or something... because many all together knock OTT and joke about it... then most I have seen who use it only use it on certain sounds (including me.) It'd be interesting to see a breakdown of OTT doing master work if it is solid for that.

[@KTempo]

Tokyo Dawn Record's Limiter 6 GE

[@reedcrisis]

Tokyo Dawn Records CPU Limiter suite

[@4low395]

would like to hear your thoughts about TDR Limiter 6 GE.... think it's a great plugin

[@izvarzone]

Free one is no bad too.... def better than stock daw compressors.

[@JohanClymansComposer]

It would be interesting if you made a video about Mid/Side EQ. It's such a highly debated topic.

[@keithschwartzmusic9461]

Hi Wytse, one question: is this list specifically what you use for mastering? i.e.: I would imagine you have a slew of effects for mixing when you have a client that needs that which are not mentioned here, right? Thank you so much for your work, you've steered me to some great products and also helped me avoid some real dogs!

[@maximiliangassner1765]

can we just appreciate how well he says "raumzeitmaschine"

[@HorrendousDeathMetal]

So uh, how/why did Ozone 9 downgrade to 8 in the middle of the video?

[@michaelweinstein3056]

My guess is he had a trial version of Oz 9 and was still undecided about upgrading when he shot the video

[@davidpoulton7694]

YOU are the main reason I want to try Reaper eventually. I started with Sound Forge and Audacity. Then, transitioned to Pro Tools and Audition. When I got into composing, I started with Logic Pro, cakewalk, then my most hated DAW, FL Studio. Reaper reminds me so much of Winamp since it was the same creator, so I am familiar with how the developer lays out the IO and that glorious customizability. One drawback though, school gave me Ableton Live 10 free since they transitioned to Logic Pro and Magix developers gave me a special discount for Acid Pro as a longtime user. I will eventually make a switch to Linux, and only Reaper and BitWig professional grade daws are supported.

[@sickassbeats]

Why FL 😞

[@joshgodwin275]

I love you man straight to the point and valuable information

[@charley2070]

I always use the Plugin "Instant Hit" by Darude. He made Sandstorm with it

[@ViolenceOfWind]

Gulfoss, Newfangled audio Elevate , limitless

[@plasticpippo201]

+1 for limitless!

[@marekvoosen]

To me Toneboosters eq v4 is a real contender to Fabfilter proq3. And so barricade v4 to fabfilter prol 2. Maybe you should try Klanghelms Sdrr and mjuc? The next weeks the new Kazrog compressor is coming and I think you will be one of the first who will show it.

[@123sambryant]

Studio one is a pretty cool daw too..

[@GeorgeLocke]

Ozone exciters are so good. I had ozone v1 many years ago and they were phenomenal then.

[@jamarammagic]

You said that the Maximizer can create certain sounds the Pro-L can't do. Could you please explain what sounds exactly and why the Pro-L can't do it?

[@izvarzone]

I once used maximizer as distortion for synth pad.... found this trick accidentally. You need to set attack speed to fastest and choose one of IRC modes (don't remember which one)

[@michaelsilk6074]

UBK-1 is really old now but is still the fastest way for me to quickly sweeten up pretty much any sound. Have been using it for years. I don’t think you’ve ever reviewed any Kush stuff. It’s very good and always a bit different

[@xmsarx]

Bbe sonic sweet man, that thing shocked me when used with violins. Stay safe!

[@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849]

We have very similar plugin pools. I also eq in MS now (Pro-Q3) and also stopped using iZotope Imager in favor of Mathew Lane’s DrMS - it’s amazing what it does for your stereo field. Pro-G is my favorite gate, also Valley People Dynamite, and I like u-He Satin on my 2-bus.

[@jmula1963]

i thought you said you would start using Wavesfactory Spectre over FF saturn? Did you just not feel like purchasing at current price?

[@AGAU1022]

It's on sale until tomorrow...

[@niknayme3754]

One good cheap plugin is SKNote's SDC compressor (don't mention that it's a Shadow Hills emulator). It's obviously not the £8k hardware but it kind of does the same thing for vocals, drums and as a mastering compressor.

[@michaelsupryn7184]

I agree totally with your plugin-list! Mine looks pretty similar, the only additional thing ist the console 1 thing! There is actually no analog console in my studio, but the feeling of ''Hands on'' makes you less watching and more listening. :P Keep on doing, youre great! And yes, you dont like it, but you're such an influencer! .. a good one btw! ;)

[@soundsofthenewberlin]

Hey Snakeoil, the fact that best records are made without the new plug ins such as Gussfloss or Soothe or similar that doesnt mean they cant save you double the time you we were spending back then. Also back then they used to work on board and not in the box that much if ever.

[@andycarrillo48]

when is your song coming out bro that one song that sounds like an electronic song and it has vocals on it i heard it when you reviewed the waves distortion plugin berzerk. You should make a video on how you mixed it and all the plugins you used ;) appreciate your existence and nice studio !!!!

[@acimbobby]

nice run through of very useful tools, WHEN you need them

[@DonAlcohol]

for distortion combi of Ohmicide trash2 and bloodoverdrive(flstudio can be loaded as a vst), really like the ohmicide

[@devarni]

You have your focus on mixing and mastering and use your analog Neumann console... so I understand that you hardly need any plugins. No effects plugins, no saturation plugins, tape emulations, mastering EQs, etc. It's quite rare to see someone using so few plugins, very interesting!

[@lortakeover2129]

I watched this video 10x since it came out maybe more ,but today I learn something new , I’m tryna catch the deals on fabfilter and I wanted to get l2,mb,c2. But I don’t have enuff money so I’m looking at lots of videos to see what I need , at 9:03 you said that you used ozone maximizers and not really l2 unless you want to be extra loud I have ozone so that just help me decide to get ,Mb and C2. Thanks so much I love these video where people who review a lot of videos actually tell you the ones they have and not just the paid promo snake oil that try to sell cusomer ,this a ruff time for me because of corona my wife unemployed so I’m paying all the bills ,& music bring me peace I had a extra $200 so I wanted to get these plugins I been wanting ever since I got fabfilter q3 thanks again sir your work is not going in appreciated

[@user-yr9ze6gg6e]

I love fabfilter. And I use lexicon native reverb with a high frequency.

[@Bluelagoonstudios]

Aha, also a Reaper fan, I kicked ProTools out of house, because I had a version that they wouldn't upgrade for a decent price. So Reaper was my second choice. Look also for the free TDR VOS Slick EQ, you can toggle between EQ's from British to even Russian. Thanks. You have a great set of plugins. PS: you are right, keep it simple, simplicity is perfection.

[@LouisLinggandtheBombs]

Don’t have much to say accept that it is great that people mix in such different ways. I often record through LA2A plugins and SSL channel strips and all that stuff so actually, when it comes down to mixing, I suppose we’re not that different. Shimmer. That’s what’s lacking! Put it everywhere!!!

[@izvarzone]

and spectral shaper after it, because that screeching sound

[@MPHORROCKS]

I imagine that the MIX plugin just needs one (stereo )channel, as they'll both be the same ,L & R. You could use the master version and link the sides to have the same effect. I suppose it just means your eyes only need to see one side, so avoids confusion. Rea;;y want this. The hardware of all the Elysia stuff looks ####ing amazing (especially the Alpha!), but bit too pricey for me at the moment.

[@auctor11]

Tight, mate! Hello from Brooklyn.

[@kevinpettigrew4792]

Hey man! You DO have a spectral analyzer though, RX 7 is spectral analysis. I'm just being hard on you haha. Love your videos even though I'm a post sound engineer for film I still like hearing what you have to say. RX is abused in my studio because dialogue recording always need help and spectral analysis is great for taking out noise like birds and mic rub.

[@JustinNathanielAdams]

Excited to watch this one :D

[@TheJethrobull]

Another good video! Interesting to know what you use, thanks for sharing. True Iron is fantastic 😁

[@randyranson84]

My magic will be when I can mix my plugins through my computer into my vintage amps and sound system linked to my video section along with my sound speakers as a whole audiophile setup to romance the angels and touch Heaven's ceiling. As it is I've already got enough.

[@CryzorBeatz]

Hi ! I'm a logic user and I used cubase from version 5-9 I had Reason 3-4, Studio One 3-4 and of course FL Studio. For a short time maybe 2 month I used Pro Tools but I really want to give reaper a serious chance. I have the feeling that I need some better workflow or become inspired by opening a DAW sometimes. I hope Reaper is the answer for me. The most time I use Logic Pro X but I don't like the color management and the direction what logic goes with the "more loops and new features what is more for people who don't know how to compose without samples." it feels more and more like a kids app something like ejay you know ?. I feel great with the environment in Pro Tools but it's expensive and had no good image I think. Really limited functionallity. I hope I feel better with Reaper.

[@Piter32199]

Hi Boss! Can You please check Toneboosters EQ4 plugin.I'm curious what you think?:)

[@0lgarythm]

I was hoping that video for a long time. Thx

[@RooftopRecording]

Lots of interesting choices in there I don't use. I use a number of UAD plugins, but as I can, I'm replacing them with hardware when possible. I'm going to have to watch the studio tour to see what hardware your using which I might be running plugins for.

[@vkay121]

every daw should have that monitor plugin feature!! sonar works there is so useful

[@grantoverend1]

I'm surprised not to see Wavesfactory Spectre in your list, given its GUI and high quality algo with low aliasing. My faves: Pulsar Audio Mu, MJUC, Echoboy, DSM V3, Zynaptiq Intensity, PSP E27, Metric AB, brainworx SSL 4k, Eventide SP2016, Softube TSAR-1. Smart EQ for vocals.

[@J-DUB-F1]

Nice collection....Can't really afford to get all the Izotope and Fab bundles on my new system, but maybe at some point. I got True Iron right after watching your video on it. It really is such a great simple tool to have, and very affordable. For anyone who works completely in the box, it's a no brainer!. I'm curious if you use any delay plugs. Didn't see any on your list?. You may have analog units that we can't see?. I've recently started using Soundtools EchoBoy and Primal Tap. Both are great....I find them to be more than just good sounding delays....really fun creative tools as well.. highly recommended. As someone who works completely in the box......these are some plugs that I use regularly. They may not apply to you or anyone that uses a lot of outboard gear?, but they do sound very good, and worth checking out. Townhouse comp(mix buss, drum buss). BX Hybrid 2 EQ( mix buss, mastering). Both from Brainworx ACME Opticom XLA 2 comp(anything where you need serious color and saturation) SPAN-great RTA and it's free. Elephant-(mix buss limiter, mastering) both live on my mix buss, both from Voxengo. SPL Transient Designer. Indispensable tool when working on drums. Devil-Loc from SoundTools. Great crushing and distorting the hell out of anything. I use it mostly as a drum sub group. Black-Box from Analog Design. Really nice saturation plug. I've had it for a little while and it really does some special things....however, it does take some tweaking to really dial it in. Kind of the opposite of True Iron. Each section affects the other, so it's really a plug in you have to learn.

[@peterbrandt7911]

Nice collection, completely different from mine, except Ozone. Always on my 2-bus are the Townhouse comp by Brainworx and the Slick eq by TDR. I would really like to hear your opinions on the Klanghelm stuff.

[@chaddonal4331]

So, why Slick Eq? I have all of TDRs pack. Slick EQ I use the least. Have you tried Boz's Hoser XT? Or Maag4? Or Air EQ? Or Massive Passive? Or BX Digi 3? Or anything by Elysius or Lindell from PA?

[@peterbrandt7911]

@@chaddonal4331 I tried several PA plugins, as well as Waves. And for the subtle changes I like on the 2-bus I liked Slick most. I use the Maag on vocals quite often, or the UAD Pultec. I'll try to get my hands on the Boz one, never tried it.

[@nathanwilson8711]

Reaper... Sometimes I use the JS Band Splitter/Joiner to saturate/excite only the low frequencies. What Reaper FX are you using?

[@BrofUJu]

ReaGate rules. Excellent for doing triggers. Some of the MIDI ones are great too.

[@trevorclover]

Nice, less is more of course. Was wondering if you could review Vladislav Goncharov's molot (compressor) and limiter no. 6. They are both free and at least to my ears they sound pretty good. Especially the character. (They have oversampling by the way). Thank you for your high quality content. Cheers!

[@higltypig]

voxengo plugins definitely worth a look

[@RyRyTheBassGuy]

I love the Gliss EQ. Only one I'll use on my master bus since its 8x sampling isn't a CPU hog. Awesome that you can change the color of their plugins as well.

[@RyRyTheBassGuy]

Their are definitely times a dynamic eq is preferable over multiband compression.

[@changedahanddlessss]

dude the rta pick was dope.... i really like the ones on the desk though.

[@XDarkstarXUnknownUnderverse]

I use a few of the brainworx plugs from the bundle, most of softube (especially the console 1), some custom 500 series eq from Bart ('80s eq with a phat transformer) and Bart 500 series compressors and analog summing. I abandoned ozone since brainworx(Maag, Lindell MB, Spl Iron and Hawkeye, and Elysia) and softube sound better to me for mastering. I use motu AVB, of course (network engineer). I tried FabFilter, but it's just not my cup of tea. I am thinking of getting the new TC to supplement mastering. All of this in Studio One 4. I tried many plugs and found that slate sucks and waves sucks. Bundles I like are SSL, Plug-in Alliance, and softube.

[@TweakerRay]

"That's what I do... I drink coffee... I have seen a lot of plugins... and I know things ;-)" New T-shirt claim for you ? ;-) Keep up the good work !

[@mikeogle2283]

After watching at least 25 of your other vids' I could predict that Fabfilter was going to be in here, and probably no Waves' products. I was correct on both counts. I'm glad you did this video though because' a lot of us self-contained composers can learn from people like you'... who have intensely critical ears. You hear nuances in software like True Iron' by Kazrog' that I can't hear. Of course I could hear the (crush) control when you kicked it up, but the other aspects of this transformer modeling... I'm afraid I can't discern it. That aside, I knew I'd learn something from this video and I did'. The Elysia Alpha Compressor is now on my wanted list. I can clearly hear what it's doing. It's doing something that my 1201 other plugins don't do'.

[@TjMoon91]

You say you don't use Soothe or Gullfoss because you wouldn't use them if there was a ringing to get rid of. That's not the situation anyone would use them. If there is a ringing at a static frequency of course it makes more sense to use a standard eq.

[@drum877]

I always use the retro distortion on Ozone 9