If you had to limit your setup to live + 10 vsts

Grappadura · Post by **Grappadura** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:14 pm

Which would you choose? (Effects + Instruments altogether not more than 10, and live in its basic version without operator etc.; no external gear other than midi controllers)

Grappadura · Post by **Grappadura** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:39 pm

well its a tough one isn´t it?

Heres my proposition:

Synths: z3ta, Korg MS20 vst, Trilogy
Sampler: lives Sampler
Effects: Antares Autofilter, Sugarbytes Artillery II, Izotope Spectron, Izotope Ozone, Cambridge EQ by UAD, Izotope Trash.

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:49 pm

I've been doing this anyway. I can even get by with just these:

U-He Zebra 2
Sonic Charge Microtonic
Sugar Bytes Effectrix
Fabfilter Timeless

+ extensive use of the Ableton Sampler and drum racks

If I really had to though I could get by with just the Sampler + Ableton effects.

Grappadura · Post by **Grappadura** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:58 pm

Thats cool. I want to limit my setup. I´ve got so much stuff in the Plugins-Folder, I want to clean that mess up and stick with some favorites, and get to know them deeper. All the possibilities make me confused.

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:05 pm

Grappadura wrote:Which would you choose? (Effects + Instruments altogether not more than 10, and live in its basic version without operator etc.; no external gear other than midi controllers)

Limit? Man, for 90% of my music-making life that would have seemed an impossibly huge number of options. How about just 2 tape recorders and an acoustic guitar? Ok, I'm sounding like the old fart I am... why I remember, back in the old days...

Still, get a decent synth and you're pretty much set to go with Live's built in tools if you want to make music. Yes, I have way more than 10 plugins, but I would still be making music even if I didn't.

Grappadura · Post by **Grappadura** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:38 pm

Of course you are right about the number of possibilities. But the question is: Which would you keep, if you could only keep 10?

detroitechno · Post by **detroitechno** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:47 pm

Audiorealism:
ABL2
ADM

Native Instruments:
Absynth
Battery
Massive

PSP Audioware:
PSP42
Vintage Warmer 2

iZotope:
Trash

G-Force:
M-Tron

#10 would be a good reverb, but I use a KSP8 for them

I still rely on 80% hardware, so my software list isn't very broad. But whenever I do use software, those are the plugs I always make sure are around.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:52 pm

Operator, ohmicide, dblue glitch. I count three

Not difficult at all.

Grappadura · Post by **Grappadura** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:58 pm

Cool. Having too many vsts is probably like having too many friends. Better just a handful of good friends that you can count on, than hundreds of people you barely know and can´t rely on.

MojoTwin2 · Post by **MojoTwin2** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:00 pm

What a great question. You have inspired me to clean up my insanely cluttered VST subdirectory. After using Ableton for a year I have pretty much whittled my VST usage to the following:

EastWest Gold XL-1 Symphonic Orchestra Play Edition (purchased)
NuGen Audio Visualizer (purchased)
Kjaerhaus Audio MPL-1 Mastering (purchased)
Zebra 2.2 Soft Synth (purchased)
Cygnus Space Soft Synth (free)
Analogic Delay by Echo Chamber (free)
Elottronix - Frippertronics Emulator (free)
Waterfall by Synthedit (free) (okay - I like delays!)
dBlue Glitch (free) (so fun but haven't been able to get it into a song)

I got the free ones off Gersic - which is both a wonderful and an awful site because there's just too much good stuff - I could waste weeks going through all the VST stuff they have there.

That's only 9 - I couldn't decide on one more so I'll just keep it to that. Now I have a project!

alec...

Grappadura · Post by **Grappadura** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:04 pm

Glad to hear that! I will do that too! In the end it´ll have a lot of influence in the process of creating my own style.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:06 pm

nice thread!

Operator
Impulse
Electric
Utility
EQ8
Simple Delay
Sample Tank
Stardust
Dubstation
Rad Monkey Cowbell

I cleaned out my VST folder, started over with the basics.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:14 pm

In no particular order:

1. EQ8 (with HQ option)
2. Compressor (with sidechain)
3. ArtsAcoustic Reverb
4. Sampler
5. Sylenth1
6. PSP Nitro
7. Ping Pong Delay
8. Operator
9. Saturator
10. Guitar Rig

Grappadura · Post by **Grappadura** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:42 pm

I meant to say that lives native effects dont count. Lives basic version, but not the suite instruments. Thx for all the replies, its very interesting.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:45 pm

Grappadura wrote:I meant to say that lives native effects dont count. Lives basic version, but not the suite instruments. Thx for all the replies, its very interesting.

I suppose you got more than you asked for...the way I read the question, it's which 10 plugs can I not live without if I had a host like Live minus anything else...

and I would have added an 11. Elephant

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