essential dj effect plugins

m-prez · Post by **m-prez** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:33 pm

i'm using live as an extern effects unit with my dj setup at the moment. I'm really into scratching and backspinning breaks and stuff.

I know there must be like tons of great vst effects i can use to spice up my set.

Anyone wants to share their list of effect plugins?

defunkt · Post by **defunkt** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:48 am

www.kvr-vst.com

robbmasters · Post by **robbmasters** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:26 pm

At the moment I just use Live's effects (EQ4 as a filter) and an inline sampler that a mate wrote.

But what I really want is a flanger like the one on the Pioneer DJM 500 DJ mixer. Unlike any other flanger I can find, this restarts the flanger cycle every time you turn the effect on, which is pretty essential for how I use it. Anyone know a VST equivalent? (Of course it would also need to sync to the beat.)

m-prez · Post by **m-prez** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:41 pm

Actually i'm using NI guitar rig at the moment.

@robbmasters; here some free vst flangers http://www.sadglad.com/flanger.html

kabuki · Post by **kabuki** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:33 pm

The ESSENTIAL Breaks/BnB plug: Supatrigga (Get the VST version for better response)

The obvious uses aside, try this.

Set the repeat really hight (64th or 128s)
Program a keystroke to the instant repeat slider/knob
Turn everything else down to 0

triggering the instant repeat will give you stutters that, when turned off, resume playing in time...

Also, it is a fairly obvious effect, so moderation is key.
I set all the randomness settings to >10 and NO Slow effect cuz it sounds crap.

Def worth the look.

kvraudio.com

montrealbreaks · Post by **montrealbreaks** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:58 pm

kabuki wrote: ... and NO Slow effect cuz it sounds crap.

Funny - I use it fairly often. Yah, it's a digital sounding slowdown, not like a nice stop on a turntable but...

It has it's uses. Try it when you're dirtying up your beats with a bit crusher - then the digital feel of the slow on supatrigga won't stand out.

m-prez · Post by **m-prez** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:38 pm

I'd really like to know what kind of effect jeff is using on the first break( 00:18 first vid ) . It's one of the djm-909 effects...

http://mfile.akamai.com/8096/wmv/toyota ... Win8Hi.asx

I'd like to have that kind of vst plug

, they should make a djm-909 vst

if you can't get enough: http://mfile.akamai.com/8096/wmv/toyota ... Win8Hi.asx

robbmasters · Post by **robbmasters** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:39 pm

Anyone know of anything approximating a manual for SupaTrigga? I don't think it's working right for me, but without a description of exactly what each parameter should do, I can't be sure.

(Posted details of my problems here.)

robbmasters · Post by **robbmasters** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:40 pm

m-prez wrote:@robbmasters; here some free vst flangers http://www.sadglad.com/flanger.html

Thanks for the link. One or two I haven't tried before. Trying them now.

Edit: Still not what I'm looking for, unfortunately. But thanks again anyway.

Harris.Andrew · Post by **Harris.Andrew** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:26 am

SupaTrigga. Is an amazing plug-in. Get it now, in fact get it _yesterday_!

heheh, there's a couple of good ones from DFX too, freeware - skidder, scrubber, turntablist, there may be a few others, that are just awesome for, kinda, unfreezing a static, frozen sound source . . .