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Hello all!

As much as I love Live, its native effects are not always ideal. I'm looking for a really compression, limiter, and eq plugins. Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks!
Softserv

Hi,

I really like the fabfilter EQ and also their compressor. That said I regularly use the compressor in Live, I personally think its top notch for lots of material.

softserv wrote:Hello all!

As much as I love Live, its native effects are not always ideal. I'm looking for a really compression, limiter, and eq plugins. Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks!
Softserv

i like the psp compressors, also the new old scool compressor of psp

hello !

maybe should try these freewares..

- tbt plugs : tls 2095 (la2a clone) ,tls 3127 + others on tbt site..

- varietyofsound : density mk 2 (fairchild clone) + all others plugs from bootsy

- antress modern plugins: pack vers 4.80 with 1176, la2a ,fairchild clones + others

- buzzmaxi free comps

- ddmf ny compressor (worthware..you can have it for one dollar if you want ..) i love it like ALL ddmf plugs !!

- digitalfishphones : blockfish ,endorphin


hope it can helps..




p.s : little advice ..the new ableton compressor is really nice tool ,so i dont understand...but as all plugs you shouldnt saturate the input and the output ..+ working at 24 bit + to have the same resolution between samples ,audio recordings , and the daw ..also , 24 bit is recommended ..plus .. record your sounds around - 12db not near 0 db , no need this , because of digital 24 bit recording .. so you have a beautiful creamy sound ..


salut !

compressor :try the amazing Sonalksis sv-315 compressor,awesome on anything

eq : try the Sonalksis sv-517,also amazing on anything.

www.sonalksis.com

limiter : voxengo elephant.most transparent i ever heard(regarding mastering).

www.voxengo.com

try them out yourself though,because i don't know what kind of sound you're going for.

In terms of best bang for the buck, definitely check out the Voxengo and DDMF stuff, great quality for the price (or any price).

petit nuage wrote:so you have a beautiful creamy sound ..

bahahaha I love it!!! Makes me appreciate 24-bit sound that much more. Descriptive words for the win!! Thank you for your insight sir!!

hey do you want to taste my creamy sound ? héhé !! ..its not my native langage .. for me its sound like that : creamy ,round ,fluid ,soft ,compared to a saturated ,clipping signal which is more squared than a waveform..

..full of transients ,headroom ,no clipping .. its less poetical and sexy no ?

its not my fault if you see sex everywhere..even in the sound ..maybe you should have a hidden polymorphic sexuality héhé

a plus ..

They're spendy, but the bx_digital and bx_dynEQ by brainworx are freekin' amazing. M/S eq/dynamics are the way to go.

http://www.brainworx-music.de/index.php ... =2&lang=en

Thank you all!

I recently got Live 8 and haven't tried all the compressors yet. Maybe there are some good ones I'm ignoring. When folks say the Ableton compressor isn't bad, which one specifically are you referring to?

Thank you!

softserv wrote:Thank you all!

I recently got Live 8 and haven't tried all the compressors yet. Maybe there are some good ones I'm ignoring. When folks say the Ableton compressor isn't bad, which one specifically are you referring to?

Thank you!

The compressor.

stillwell audio's Majortom and Rocket compressors are ace

Co-signed.

Stillwell rocks.