I use expensive plugins for eq/dynamics and some cheep ones
i spent a long time
finding and am happy with, that have the right sound.
Channel strips are not an option for me so i will
stick with Studio One until live or bit wig get it sorted.
Im just glad i have found something better then logic which
was getting on my tits! and it is by the way. take all of the rubbish
that slows workflow down on logic/cubase/protools/DP7 etc and
what your left with is Presonus Studio One 2.
When i started out i used octomed tracker on the amiga then cubase on the atari st
to sequence hardware synths via midi. reason 2.5 came out and i used that rewired
into logic. i did the same when ableton got good and ditched reason think it was live 4
although i had a copy of live 2 but only gained interest when midi support came in i then
realized lives full potential as a live performance tool, mental how it was only as far back
as 2004 when they introduced midi only 8 years ago for midi????
Now i have reason 5 just for kong/combinator not interested in any thing else in reason
i like the mixing desk in record/6.5 but not as much as i like my vst plugins and the sequencer
in reason is rubbish but kong rocks in a big way!!!.
I will stick to studio one with reason, and just use live for live stuff
thanks for the suggestion though. i am sure some will find that tip helpful
and it could work well! with the right channel strip of course
theophilus wrote:external VSTs can be dropped anywhere you want... this means that theoretically, if you use a channel strip plugin (like free-g, satson or slate VCC) then you could insert one into every channel and drop all those on a second monitor... voila, second monitor for mixing. might need to play with the auto-close settings in the prefs so they all stay open. and it isn't integrated into control surfaces; would have to prototype that too. anyways, while it's difficult, it is possible, in some sense. not completely though (dunno what happens if you expand a multi-chain drum rack, for instance).
really need a console plugin with a 'scribble strip'; none of them have a place to label what channel that vst is for.