Desert Island Plugin(s)

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Desert Island Plugin(s)

Post by evernaut » Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:15 pm

I know that these threads come up a lot, but after spending the best part of the last two years recording and mixing an album I'm more in favour then I ever have been of stripping down my plugin folder and just getting to know the ones I have inside out.

So, if you could only take one...what would it be?

I'd take Stillwell's Rocket compresser. Based solely on how much I've used it over anything else.
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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by twisted-space » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:40 pm

Reaktor 5
Bit of a cheat really cos it's more than a single plugin, but that would be my choice

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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by Android Bishop » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:42 pm

reaktor always wins these threads

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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by glitchrock-buddha » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:47 pm

Ya hard to beat Reaktor (because it's so many devices).

But, my desert island effect is definitely Sugar Bytes Artillery II. Low cpu, sounds great, good performance stuff. Has pretty much everything.

As for a synth, I'm thinking Omnisphere maybe.
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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by evernaut » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:56 pm

OK - I'll throw in the caveat of it not being an instrument plugin - or, yeah, Reaktor would probably mop up :)

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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by twisted-space » Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:14 am

evernaut wrote:OK - I'll throw in the caveat of it not being an instrument plugin - or, yeah, Reaktor would probably mop up :)

Spoil-sport :lol:
in that case it would have to be Nebula 3

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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by Android Bishop » Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:07 am

reaktor still cleans up as an effect plugin

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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by LoopStationZebra » Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:24 am

Camel Space. Hands down.
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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by glitchrock-buddha » Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:21 am

LoopStationZebra wrote:Camel Space. Hands down.
No way man, you can do that stuff with clip envelopes, except it's better because you're not stuck using the same pattern (or a limited set). Every clip can be different! Fun little plug but desert island?
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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by Android Bishop » Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:37 am

second on the artillery 2. its got pretty much everything you'll ever need and with handy key triggers to mix and mash em however you want

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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by aizo » Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:52 am

redux for me


as far as a synths go.... I could and am making an entire album with Sylenth
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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by trikster_b » Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:58 am

For synths, Absynth 4. I learned everything I know about synthesis from Absynth, so I know the program inside and out. Plus, since I'll be stuck on an desert island, I'll have all the time in the world to learn how to use the "create your own waveforms" section better.

As for effects, well, none of my plugins really stand out. Perhaps Absynth again, since it can be used as an effect...

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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by Leon Tricker » Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:09 am

Are we talking about non Live plug-ins? Because I wouldn't want to be without Simpler or Impulse - I get a lot of use out of those.

As fort third-party plug-ins, Synplant is the one for me.

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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by ollyb303 » Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:46 am

Synthwise, I'm torn between Sylenth1 and Albino3, and Breverb is pretty much the only non-Ableton fx plug I get any substantial use out of.
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Re: Desert Island Plugin

Post by necho » Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:47 am

Kontakt

.... if that's considered cheating (because of the endless 3rd party instruments), then Sylenth1
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