Reacting to Andrew Huang's Top 10 Plugins of 2023

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[@infinitedurr]

Weaver coming in strong with those grumpy old man vibes 😂

[@izackpaz]

nah andrew’s just a shill

[@infinitedurr]

@@izackpaz 2 things can be true at the same time

[@TheJanda777]

He speaks truth, but is also a crab.

[@JethroDAvis024]

I dont dislike Andrew. He just shills products. Its his grind. And its catered to the "if i get this one piece, all my arrangments will be bangers" thought process.

[@made.online2149]

If you accept him for what he is- a product influencer- then his vids can be useful. I've never found his personal discography very engaging because it doesn't feel like there's anything there, no soul to it, just technical proficiency and finding use cases for products. Some of his Suture Sound stuff manages to let more earnest emotion creep in.

[@JethroDAvis024]

@made.online2149 yooy know I aught to give some credit where credit is due. Andrew has a considerable amount of knowledge when it comes to analog processing. And that shit isn't easy. I'm kot saying it's good. It's very generative lol. But I'll give some credit at least.

[@shummers]

Huang is a self-proclaimed entry-level creator. Mocking him is like turning on Sesame Street as an adult and mocking the characters because you already know how to count and spell. It's not meant for you. I learned some basics from him and don't watch him anymore. I think, relative to other creators who make comperable content to his, he's pretty fair, genuinely knowledgeable, and transparent. I watched the top 10 plug-in video which is featured in this video and I don't think I downloaded anything out of it, but I also recognize that it wasn't meant for me and it saddens me to see a Creator watch a video like this with the express intention of searching for things to disagree with. It's just a very hostile, borderline antisocial way of engaging with his videos. Like he's really grasping for straws whining about affiliate links. It saddens me because I really agree with a lot of these types of creators who are pushing against the commercialized music production industry but I find them to all have this unproductive pessimistic tone like in this video where it's just trashing on other creators but not offering any feasible solutions or alternatives. Like, I think that one knob plugins are bad for people who are learning these are production because they do not actually teach the skills and instead just offer a product which negates the ability to learn the actual Theory. But instead of actually taking a moment to fully explain what these plugins do, how they might be oversold or which other skills or effects could be used in their place, this guy among many many other creators just insult the creator in question? It's all built upon the logical fallacy of "brutal honesty". That's not an actual official logical fallacy but it's something that I've written about before, and it's rhetorically similar to the argument of "dark humor". Creators this lean into this assumption that just because they're being rude, it means they're somehow being more objective or honest than if they were to be polite. I think it's really cool that Andrew Huang included his own plug-in and made sure to disclaim that it was his own plug-in and actually took the time to explain in his video how each of the plugins work. This creator's response to that was to say that's "shitty" of him to include his own plug in his own video even though it's heavily disclaimed. Why? Imagine me sitting here criticizing, "Why are you posting your own videos on your own KZbin channel... Like... so desperate for attention like why do you want people to watch your videos so badly? If your videos are really that good then why don't other people post them?" It's a lot easier and less vulnerable to just be rude for no reason (aka bullying) when you can hide behind the excuse of "I'm just speaking the truth" etc. This guy is ultimately trying to make money off of trends, too. Offering to shave your eyebrows off as a reward for a subscriber goal is... embarrassing. Basically just admitting he has nothing left to offer other than to make a fool of himself, move further away from making real content of quality, towards devolving into yet another righteous-bullying channel. It's what all creators are doing nowadays once they run out of ideas. Just make videos that are stream highlights where you watch videos of other creators and point and laugh and make fun of them for a living. Instead of making his own videos about his own advice and tips about music creation, he's going for the low hanging fruit by just being mean to other creators who are out there working and making original content to say "look I'm better! At least I don't make that!". The irony that he's riding the largest media trend by making "righteous bullying" content while trying to posture like others are the culprits of cashing out on trends. He's SO not like the other girls that he's not even like the other girls who are not like the other girls.

[@sfuture08]

@@shummersExactly my thought. The only thing I’ll add is that as an end user, viewer, casual producer, it’s all information. There’s the good, the bad, and the ugly, and there is information in all of it. The truth is always in between. I value both approaches and the justice is the growth of the channels, the community around them, and the companies choosing who to work with. Huangs whole world is music and plugins, weavers whole world is criticism and apathy. I have moods that appreciate either.

[@jamescarlsmith710]

​​​@@shummersWeaver is criticising Andrew including his own plugin because it's a list of Andrew's Best of the Year. It's a bit egotistical to include your own plugin in a list of what you consider to be the best. It's unnecessary and just serves as another place in which to advertise something. Change the topic to best producers of 2023 and imagine Andrew listing himself as one of the best - there's nothing inherently wrong with that, but for people that dislike shill/business focused and/or constant self-promoting behaviour on their media its a major turn off. That's the perspective I think needs to be taken for this situation. I do agree that Weaver is a bit overly negative sometimes and that he uses "honesty" or "authenticy" as a cope for it. But his content personality is his, in the same way as Andrew's is uniquely his. Maybe stop typing university papers in KZbin and just make some music bro, it's really fun, trust me. I look forward to reading your next thesis on 2 hours. Happy typing❤

[@prod.offsun]

What is so wrong about affiliate links? It's just another thing they can make money with... It's not like they are scamming them.

[@user-ed1uc9ht2d]

Not even close to being worse than sponsored content. Affiliate links are basically a percentage based commission, versus sponsored ads being paid to shill. Weaver is absolutely wild for making such a claim, I don't agree with it in any way shape or form

[@AlexisLestrange]

I've watched a lot of your videos and while you talk some good points here and there, I can't help but feel a very super jaded and pessimistic vibe from you, lmao. It's kinda grating to hear all the time.

[@stevogamingth]

real

[@thisisxonyx]

i was surprised by it too tbh... it was like he wasn't giving those plugins the time of day... cause to me someone who doesn't make traditional music all those plugins with the exception of Live and Andrew's plugin would be really hand tbh.

[@MYSTIC5925]

i agree 100%

[@MusicFella]

There’s a reason bro sells a hoodie labeled Massive Hater

[@twinlens]

This dude just rips off Andrew Huang and Benn Jordan and others who are real musicians and have built huge audiences you YT. Hate these "comment videos" or whatever they are. Weak.

[@KenshoBeats]

Dang, I don’t agree with Huangs choices but harass his video.. really? Shouldn’t you put that time in actually produce music or something?

[@crnkmnky]

Who has time to make music, when it's more profitable to talk shyt about those that _do?_ 😕

[@KenshoBeats]

@@crnkmnky profitable.. indeed, there’s two kinds of artists, those who feel the need to create, and those who think making music is about making money.. sad, innit..

[@tenorca]

Best thing this year for me was the Serato Sampler upgrade that let you isolate drum, bass, vox, and music stems. And it was free.

[@ericktellez7632]

We got that for fl studio as well, separate any audio file into stems using AI.

[@Frikoppie]

@@ericktellez7632 I'd use higher order symplectic integration with something like the spectral editing tools in RipX *cough FL studio update hint?*. That's one issue RipX gets ripped off for, I mean that thing is made for ripping tracks and such, but when I contacted them and asked about their policies, an ai support thingy replied.

[@user-ed1uc9ht2d]

​@@ericktellez7632 absolutely love that addition. I use a whole bunch of DAWS but find myself favouring FL because of how ahead of the game it seems to be. Ableton live is just starting to copy FL with 12

[@blendertutorialdotnet]

OMG THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE SERATO I NOW I KNOW THISSSSSSS!!!!!!! RIGHT ON TIME!!!!!!!

[@mikedurden]

I actually mostly agree with your haterade on most occasions, but seems like you’re extra hatin today lol. I actually thought his list was pretty good, there’s some plugins I hadn’t looked into and ended up buying some from this list

[@itchyvinyl]

The jealous high school girl vibes here are super cringe.

[@zitronekoma30]

What's the point of doing this if you skip all the interesting ones??? Weird move, feels like you just needed an outlet for your frustrations here, maybe best to keep that in therapy and off youtube

[@MYSTIC5925]

Lmfao exactly

[@Tekkerue]

The free Solaris reverb came out this year and it is so good! It was also the winner of the KVR developer contest.

[@solidkeys]

yeah i agree, it's really good

[@cristianvaldezosorio7822]

Solaris god ❤ but maybe a shimmer Reverb is more for certain types of music?

[@GrootsieTheDog]

No plugin should be considered to win best drveloper unless it's available to all platforms imo.

[@matslarsson5988]

The only positive thing I have to say about 2023 is that its the year I more or less stopped buying plugins. Feels like everything is on a loop and the constant nagging of upgrading to the latest version and constant "sales" just pisses me off. The only plugin I kind of liked this year is Klanghelms reverb Tens. Did I need another reverb? Not even close. But I did like the sound and that company doesn't shove their marketing or copy protection down my throat.

[@JethroDAvis024]

I got down on cardinal. Free free free.

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

For the last 3 months, I've woken up and deleted 10 to 20 emails from audio companies that I bought or downloaded software, or ever bought hardware from. Every single email about how it's my last chance to get 83% off something I don't want.

[@crhkrebs]

@@JethroDAvis024agreed. Cardinal is brilliant and VCV free is fine too.

[@bugglebegger143]

There are great plugins to buy... I bought a ton of creative plugins year end and every one of them has upgraded my production! I don't buy synthesizers or "mixing" plugins though. Mostly creative stuff like pitch shifters, and innovative stuff.

[@hervai_]

could you give some examples which ones you liked? im looking for the same kind of softwares

[@buckycore]

Less plugins and more hug-ins. Hippie shit, I know. But we need more hugs in 2024

[@crnkmnky]

☮️ *Right on!* 🫂

[@aldo34]

Yes!

[@lucasgraeff5391]

what about me wanting to plugin you? 😋

[@mehmetcangider]

this was my first and last weaver video. good luck with the content man.

[@jessedasilva512]

You can tell which Plugin developers have an "impulse buy" business plan, and which developers actually want to make quality products, based on their marketing tactics.

[@LaghimaMusic]

Btw the whole point of that filter plug in was that it’s a dual mono filter meaning you can have different filters on the left and right channel Also current is def the best it’s just a way better version of serum and vital

[@venericanone]

I have a feeling you don't like this guy ..

[@WrathOfWood]

I like the one with the scary blob, I was able to make a synth patch like it. the drum isolation thing looks useful too if you are recording live drums

[@w.7258]

"life is so mid" - massive hater

[@buckminsterowski]

I felt that

[@macdesi4321]

Why on earth would I give Minimal Audio $15 a month for about 8-9 plugins, when I can get the full Slate digital suite + including ANA 2 + expansion packs and ALSO the full SSL suite, all together for $14.99 a month, thats over 100 high quality plugins..

[@lionbird7176]

Hear that Minimal Audio your pricing is going to wreck you sson

[@BeutNoise]

The filter is actually really good 😅 u kinda skipped the only thing that makes it unique, the CV

[@lacertaemusic]

He don’t deserve to know about it lol polyverse plugins are all unique and stunning. People saying otherwise just don’t know how they work 😅

[@BeutNoise]

@@lacertaemusic na, weaver is lit, prob skipped it cus he thought it was a normal filter 😅

[@ElectricAlien577]

@@BeutNoise He would have realized it wasn't a regular filter if he didn't skip over it.

[@nikhi1595]

I mean flume uses Synthplant as one of his main synths.. I think that speaks for synth plant enough

[@VentureNW]

After deep learning Pigments and Phase Plant, this year, I can't bury my face in Current. Looks cool, but so does Falcon. Just a heads up - UVI Falcon is a learning journey. There is a lot to it

[@buckycore]

12:18 last one. It's called Drumcomputer from Sugar bytes, Andrew. You get a lot more than just unique sounding snares with that bad boy

[@atetraxx]

Filtron is actually a good level filter. My main filter plugin now

[@alejandromagana1554]

Keep an eye on Polyverse regarding this

[@lukaxz]

tomofon is pretty good honestly. it's hard to control how you would a "normal" synth, but it's very interesting to play with

[@rockstar-technology]

I really didn't vibe with the presets, they all sounded like something off the soundtrack to a European Netflix import. Maybe you can get a broader sound palette by building your own patches though?

[@lukaxz]

haha that is a good description of the presets I feel you. yea you can definitely get different sounds out of it with your own design, but the way it works is not very predictable-in my experience, it's best to just mess around with it and find new tones that way rather than, say, trying to get it to give you a supersaw-style lead like the one you might hear in your head,@@rockstar-technology

[@Rhuggins]

Best thing this year was ironically, Acustica Audio’s new Hyper technology. For us mixing and mastering engineers- it really brought them closer to the whole “analog in the box” ethos they as a company are founded on. Also, the Metric Halo Sontec and the Relab Massalec are fabulous

[@AshleyKampta2]

Have you seen Weaver's video on Acustica Audio?

[@Rhuggins]

@@AshleyKampta2 i have

[@AshleyKampta2]

@@RhugginsDo you think this technology may improve their plugins performance and hard drive space? I always liked their older stuff like Nebula, but I can’t justify the hard drive space and raw power requirements at the moment. What are your experiences with their plugins? Are they too power- and space-hungry for you?

[@Rhuggins]

@@AshleyKampta2 one of the reasons I upgraded my computer was to use their plugins. Funny enough, with the improvements to space and processing efficiency of the newer ones I dont need a ultra powerful machine to run them. Im still happy I did, as not having to freeze ever is great. But yes thats one of the things the ceo was boasting about, the improvements to performance. It also depends on the DAW. In Ableton on my old build I couldnt even run 2 AA plugins. When I switched to Reaper for mixing, I could run 10-15. Now on the new build its not an issue

[@crnkmnky]

I just finished watching Eyepatch Wolf's video about "how to become a successful KZbinr" course scams. He described a journey of growing to one-million subscribers, and the changes it will make in one's self-identity and mental health. Ironically, he named the first hater "Andrew" (as well as the 999 other haters that eventually joined him). Anyway. It's not easy being king. I like and respect Andrew, and I still watch him sometimes. I didn't see a problem with this plugin video… except that dozens of GAS-bait videos just like it were also uploaded this month.

[@crnkmnky]

Some will insist that you are "calling out the BS." It seems to me you're just performing a live hate-fest for your Twitch audience. I took me a long time to subscribe to WB1. Moving Weaver Nightly News to WB2 is the only thing that could make me subscribe to… this.

[@djwickit]

Current's presets are very impressive, but I had a really hard time syncing them to my DAW. There's like 20 different places under the hood where you have to click "sync", and even then I was having a hard time.

[@buckycore]

9:34 he created a new genre of music with that beat: Wooden Leg-Stomp-Typewriter-hop

[@KnzoVortex]

Honestly I think there's a really interesting valley between the perspectives between someone like Andrew and someone like Weaver's perspectives which explains a lot about their hugely different takes, that being genre. Weaver is more hip-hop and adjacent genres focused and Andrew is more into very sound design oriented electronic music (among other things). (also Prepare for a Ted Talk lmao, it's important tho trust me) People who are more on the deep electronic side of things often have a lot more interest in deep sound design possibilities, really crafting your sounds to be how you wish. Further, with this kinda music, a lot of the aesthetics come from the sound of "synthesized" instruments, drums and synth patches, and all of the interesting unique stuff you can do when you approach things that way. As such more "raw" or "digital" sounds, such as more synth-y sounding drums or less ultra polished or complex synth patches are more accepted and appreciated. This is literally what the music was born out of anyways. If you make beats, the approach is different, there just isn't that same focus on sound design. Tell a guy making a trap beat to synthesize their own drums and you'll probably sound like you're coming out of left field. For instance, I never heard of either Thump One or 7DS and got quite excited as that shit is just really cool to me, I love being able to sculpt drum and percussion manually and really tailor them, but you can tell that without some good post processing they sound like "synthesized drums", and If you're a beatmaker type of guy you probably just want the drums to sound good and professional, and the sound of synth-ish drums is not really the vibe most of the time, so it just looks like more effort than it's worth. This also explains the difference in value between Andrew and Weaver around Synplant vs Current. Synplant is a bit more unique and out-of-the-box thinking, but frankly the synth engine is less modern, more digital and less polished, it's essentially a relatively simple subtractive and FM synth, but a damn unique one, there's just more value for unique creative sound design shit. If I wanted to be critical I'd say Weaver's kind of just kinda not seeing all the possibilities here and concluding it's all pointless, it's like a blind spot. If it doesn't sound like a modern hella polished and familiar kind of sound, or if it's too digital, it's just bad type of attitude. Current is a essentially a modern polished Wavetable synth i.e. Serum or Vital, and you will get more polished sounds from it out the gate. Weaver's main comment is even that the presets were great sounding. Look at the rest of the things, the "How would you use that, this is a gimmick/not something people will actually use, it's not that good in practice, it sounds bad" on Synplant and Random, and it all makes sense. And bro and the comment that 7 Deadly Snares "better be free" with 7 whole as unique algorithms, oh my god, like it's crazy how different the perspective is, I'll just say that much. But yeah, It's just different mindsets really. You could kind of read this whole thing as "trap beats are less creative", or what a certain insect might call "spinning a narrative via lying by omission", but that's not really the point, of course hip-hop has a lot of cool stuff going on as a genre, I just wanted to highlight the difference in mindset on sound design specifically.

[@PianoPlayerJames]

At this point Andrew and other 'producer' KZbinrs like him are just sales reps, so long as you watch his content with that in mind it's fine. I can't remember the last time I saw a piece of Andrew Huang content that didn't feel like a sales pitch.

[@KnzoVortex]

Yeah I feel like he kinda threw in the towel on his channel at some point and not it’s basically just the occasional promotional video. I mean man’s been at it for like a decade so I get it somewhat, but it does feel kinda like he’s exploiting the platform he’s built a bit

[@simonslee73]

UAD Sound City is hands down my favourite 2023 plug-in (but not a synth)

[@justinwilliam4644]

I bought Andrews plugin "transit" and I use it all the time, it's fkn dope

[@Snowness]

I just picked up "Transit" about a week ago, and I absolutely LOVE it! Yeah, you could get the same or similar effects with HOURS of tweaking dozens of plugins in an effects chain, but with Transit I can get the same result in 5 - 10 minutes. It's a HUGE time saver for me, and it's useful for so many more situations than just creating transitions, as you can build up and automate effects with ease across your track.

[@TheJanda777]

I feel like this has been the year of hardware. Thing is, I am just more productive in the box. Guess it's just a year to save money and wait to see what comes.

[@mygoogle1525]

Can ypu get reason rack stand alon,though? I thought you gotta pay a subscription or buy reason($500)

[@crnkmnky]

That's what I thought. That seems to be why people don't really talk about Objekt…

[@odhinnswrath]

I love Minimal Audio so much I was extremely disappointed when they released Current with a subscription model I still haven't purchased it.

[@cristianoalveirinho5303]

some ppl preffer subscription dont forget that, not everyone has the money right handed to fully buy the plugin in one go.....

[@odhinnswrath]

@@cristianoalveirinho5303 a rent to own option is the solution, that's what they do now.

[@odhinnswrath]

@@cristianoalveirinho5303 also I don't mind if a company offers a subscription but no option for a perpetual is no good.

[@jaminjones8784]

The coolest thing about Synplant is the preview it offers of what other companies will do better in the future. As it stands, genopatch just feels like a cool novelty to me - it's fun to play around with, but not something I can see myself using in tracks. Partially because I just really dislike the UI / worflow. I'd like it a lot more if it had a more conventional synth interface. If I could generate a Pigments or Phaseplant patch from any sound, and then use the standard controls on those instruments to adjust it, that would be WAY more useful to me.

[@laboriefabien]

Saaaame - I hate the UI

[@daguito81]

There's a free plugin that does basically what genopatch does, for Vital. I dont' quite remember the name but should be easy to find out EDIT: called micromusic, haven't tested it so YMMV

[@jaminjones8784]

@@daguito81 Oh yeah, I actually did come across that a few weeks ago. Didn't try it because the app is PC only and I'm on Mac, but I just noticed they've since added a web-app version to their website, so I gave it a try and ran a few samples into it. It can only do super simple sounds right now, which I can do manually myself, so probably won't use it much.... though I have gotten some interesting unexpected results feeding more complex sounds into it. Nothing like the original sample, but could be a fun way to get some inspiration as a starting point for a patch. The devs have acknowledged it's pretty limited right now and said it was a very early version with more to come, so hopefully they continue working on it. For something made by a couple college kids I'm pretty impressed, and it's cool of them to put it out for free.

[@lionbird7176]

your channel really seems to have taken a nose dive. Hit the reset button. Happy New Year.

[@Rowe4900candymachine]

The granular sampler on current is really fun I sampled a guitar tuned to an open c minor and just started plucking randomly, like what swans do a lot on their modern stuff and got a great sounding pad. I also like how the filter can spread in stereo without an envelope or lfo.

[@spaceiswater6539]

UVI Falcon 3 is my favourite I bought Current but I keep using Falcon more.

[@machinemademan]

master plan is dope af its so easy to get a good sound out of it. it takes longer for master assistant to scan a track than it does to get something closer with master plan manually

[@GG-jy8sb]

That first thing Huang made with Life would make a bad beat, but as the first step to get me inspired to create on top of, I think it's pretty cool.

[@Dixon_Cider]

Idk what’s worse, Andrews original video or Weavers for making me watch it again 😭

[@apoplexiamusic]

that is why you don't watch the originals, just Weaver's reactions

[@nyfal3193]

weaver is such a downer tho like i like andrew and yeah promos annoying but it aint that bad everyone gotta make money somehow just cause weaver dont like doing promos doesnt mean it makes u a bad person @@apoplexiamusic

[@le-berry]

His affiliate link is Plugin Boutique why complain. His review is not pushed or controlled so that's not a problem.

[@alejandromagana1554]

Filtron plugin slaps, wait to hear what is coming up from Polyverse regarding this plugin. Also what’s up on hating using affiliate links? Really honest question

[@sammotkov2593]

Sometimes i think Andrew likes plugins just for slick design 😅

[@luketj]

without a doubt. honestly most of my favorite plugins interfaces are boring or even ugly lol. looks can be deceiving

[@__teles__]

Reacting to Andrew Huang's ANYTHING :)

[@antonblam2]

You skipped the uniqueness of filtron

[@skullbonesandnumber]

The sinus in the filtron got the best sound of all the publins. Sine dude, drop blocks/ saws/ tooths/ sine is the purest of all. haha.

[@alejandromagana1554]

This 👆🏼

[@e_abstraction]

"I don't get the hype on mid" hahahah

[@_pokies]

Phaseplant 3 is my fav

[@imagitu6409]

I watch Weaver because he doesn't bleep the word fuck out but he still puts the quack sample in when he says it. Its the little things.....

[@gunnarschuettler]

For me the best plugin of 2023 is the Model N Channel. Just an amazing sound 😊

[@Juanitooooo]

transit is actually amazing

[@aadliafiq]

Andrew's video is so corporate feeling i avoid it at all cost. his theory video is good the rest i feel like he just try to sell me shit

[@colourbasscolourbassweapon2135]

I mostly make my snare with just serum no cap

[@5imian]

Objekt is really good. My favorite physical modeler is chromaphone 3

[@victorfunnyman]

if you want to know someone who did a song using only (or mostly) synplant 2, you can look up longestsoloever on youtube and one of his latest attempts with synplant 2 was making a drumset, some plucks and instruments and all that, even a cat meow, and eventually made a song with some of these

[@Ast3rixMusic]

Is anyone using any of these plugins here recommended? Only thing I saw useful was the reason plugins. This year really wasn’t good for plugins. Only other plugin I found useful is infiltrator 2. I found that one because of how much weaver beats uses it.

[@morgan0]

28:59 re the comment here about a plugin like disintegration loops, a while back i made a reaktor ens that was basically a delay that simulated the tape falling apart. it worked decently tho i never used it much, i vaguely remember using a version of it with no delay, just processing the sound normally, on the mix of something

[@aio8432]

bought synplant 2 when it first came out like 7-8 months ago and i was super disappointed that it could not replicate more complex sounding effects which is kinda why i got it in the first place. still cool to make one shots / drum samples with though. melodic elements are a no go for synplant 2

[@markquavertune2003]

I have enjoyed using HU-E filterscape .Twin 3 and the good old go too Massive X .I am not so much a preset person because I think that if you understand the instrument and have a goal of creating the sound that you want too and try to be original .Presets are good to learn from though .Current will be good to get into the future .I would not have subscribed to get current but I think you should forgive them by now .

[@bugglebegger143]

alogging andrew huang? sounds fun to me.

[@omerpozner]

🔥🤘🔥

[@compucorder64]

That throwaway comment about anime eyebrows was pretty nasty and with definite racist undertones. You know what's worse than affiliate links? Hooonestly, saying 'Hooonestly' and mumbling 'mid' as if it conveyed deeper meaning. While making money from reaction pieces to work others have put more effort into. Work by people who have created some value in the community, for example by inventing useful tools. And that contains some at least some useful information; rather than just being hateful and petty.

[@thelanavishnuorchestra]

I quit watching Rick Beato because his channel is a combination of infomercial and old man in his yard yelling at clouds. I never felt like I got any useful music theory content out of it. Adam Neely and David Bennett do actually deliver. Andrew's been heading for infomercial territory for a while now. And the stuff he's presented as his best of the year stuff here? Ugh. I think the only gear I bought this year were a couple of Cherry Audio old synth clones. Part of that is because I like building synths in Pure Data and being able to study the signal flow of different emulations is useful to me. But I mean like $150 for the year.

[@Peter-gu9ph]

I kept checking all through Nov - Dec to see if Synplant ever went on sale for Black Fri or Christmas but it never did. Not even 10% off!

[@leonadrian7257]

Damn bro. What plugins DO you like, lol?? Anyway, I don’t know how I feel about random. I’d actually have to play either it first, and to do that, I have to buy it. I think they do offer a money back guarantee if you aren’t satisfied though. Still, if you don’t watch the amazing visuals of the plugin- like, if you look away from your phone, and just listen to the sounds -it kinda sounds like utter rubbish lol. Do you listen me Pigments? It’s my new favorite plugin.

[@marshy_moo]

Grumpy grumpy weav-dawg!! 😂

[@ElTuristaTravel]

I feel like life is super over hyped too :(

[@morgan0]

i was about to say nothing but then i remembered tupe wow, it's like tupe but more and better, and free for those with tupe and wow control. and if im gonna be biased, the latest update to surge has some stuff i added and i think it's really neat

[@djjuno106]

Plugin of the year for me was arturia cold fire and falcon 3🎉

[@zvch.s]

Hi weaver

[@val_de_mez]

Affiliate link are a type of sponsorship. Damn what game is he playing there 😂

[@aethro]

plugin review reaction videos? This is a thing now?

[@kage-fm]

“life is so mid” 😂

[@sleepingstate1978]

Don't know about your resistance to synplant. I've created a huge library of samples using it. It's not the actual synth, at least not live. I'll have a rolling sampler recording when I'm using the synth and have so many uses. From weird shit to extremely similar drum hits with just enough variation I can use them to defeat the robotic nature of drum samples.

[@dman030]

I tested Life and would say that 20% of what it pops out is very usable (and you can pop through new stems quickly). It seems to work best with a certain frequency of sounds, midrange. I don't need it at that price thought either. Agree, Synplant is unusable.

[@Waighed]

the john hill of the producer game

[@corticallarvae]

Euclidean sampled rhythm glitch is its not isolated from other programs.

[@VDJ4500]

😎

[@jacobharlow63]

Aren't there M4L devices that do the same thing as life?

[@corticallarvae]

Dillon Boston and kentaro made some rad stuff

[@formnull5601]

Re minimal: don’t attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by ignorance. Not everyone is out to scam you, sometimes people make mistakes due to poor foresight/not reading the room better.

[@SeekTheLooper]

Why do people like auto slicers so much?

[@TheReal_E.IRIZARRY]

Andrew H. sounds like Philko, the Black American guy that goes to Russia

[@domakesaythink2]

The Reason Object one sounds a lot like Prism by NI.

[@ricochetsixtyten]

i can just do that slicing thing for free in Logic with a quick sampler and an arp

[@haro82]

Vengeance avenger 2. Id also have to say sonible eq4

[@SyncrisisVideos]

Yo, Objekt is great!

[@newth1ng782]

Good to know this man a yung lean enjoyer

[@bonsushi]

Personally a big fan of Autochroma

[@knobross6703]

that's that powder

[@keksosefko9978]

i would make a midi wizard 3. this guy killed him self with a one sentence xdd

[@sadmancaves]

Happy new year Weavsy, you're one of the only guys in the synthluencer/geartube space who actually has a shred of dignity, and isn't a complete shill trying to sell me some bullshit. Thanks for not being a total piece of shit, electronic music needs more of this.

[@mikrobi1981]

I'm a Vital Guy...is it still a thing?

[@Snowness]

Keep in mind, Andrew lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where the cost of living in this county is completely INSANE, so the "grind hard" mentality that comes off in his videos is just commonplace across the entire city. Nobody lives in Toronto without the same money-making mindset that Andrew has. Let's also not forget that Andrew has a VERY successful professional career in music beyond just his KZbin Channel, so he obviously knows his stuff.

[@joelizquierdo8624]

What are your top ten plugins?

[@AlayliDracula]

04:20 yeah you've seen that before. it's auto filter from ableton :d

[@apoplexiamusic]

Andrew's product shilling and self-marketing almost make him The Rock of YT. Everything is always just a promo for his own shit. Also the Life plugin sounds like baby's first try at IDM 20 years ago

[@KnzoVortex]

He was much cooler a few years ago, one of my favorite music youtubers, really passionate and interesting stuff, but he’s been at it for over a decade, and it seems he’s kinda “done” with KZbin, like moved on with his life, and he’s almost just using the platform he built over the years to occasionally promote his stuff. He is doing a somewhat interesting series on KZbin right now with Rob Scallon, possibly a bit corny, I’m not super aware of it, but yeah.

[@apoplexiamusic]

@@KnzoVortex i completely agree

[@markquavertune2003]

You can't overhype " THE BLOB " beware using this plugin and dont get too close to the screen !