Hey guys, just curious to see the type of answers I can get here… I’m always looking for that new VST to try out so maybe this can help me find something new ^^
What are your 5 must have plugins? I’ll start with mine…
Sylenth1… I make basically ALL of my sounds on Sylenth… Love this synth.
Kickstart… Drag and drop for instant sidechain compression
Valhalla Room… My personal favorite reverb plugin at the moment, really really worth the $50
Fabfilter Pro MB… A good multiband compressor, I love the simplicity.
A.N.A… Another synth that I am very fond off. I make some killer basslines with this sucker.
my go to is the 3xOsc
its in FL studio and you literally can re-create ANY sound you hear with it.
Everything from a kick to a bell and even wobble Dubstep bass sounds.
Layer it with other plugins and you can get MASSIVE sounds or even subtle instruments like strings, pianos, horns, you name it.
You are basically creating a SOUND WAV with it and by that i mean the actual WAV pattern of the sound, and alter it.
The ones you listed above seem to be really a one shot deal.
Baiscally made as the “do-all” vst
correct me if im wrong on that one please.
i did have the sylenth for a bit but removed it.
I’d say I’d love to check some of these out, but with my recent conversion to Live Suite and purchase of Komplete, I think I have more than enough to tinker with and try to learn before adding to the stable.
But at some point, I may look into some of these - especially the FX stuff.
Softtubes Amp room - simple great sounding amp sim
Fab filter Timeless - tape delay.
Uhe ACE - semi modular synth.
Uhe uhbiks - my go to fx suite.
Maschine - even though I have an mpc that I use daily it’s just so much better at sampling.
I’m a Logic guy so some of these are Logic specific
Maschine - for drum samples
Ultrabeat - for drum synthesis (using maschine pads to control it)
API 2500 - great bus compressor especially on a drum bus. I almost always have one of these on something
VC 2A - my go to compressor for vocals, pads, synths, non drum compression
Ozone - go to “shmastering” plug but also used on buses
Logic Channel EQ - I also use pultec and api eqs but I’ll have this on pretty much every channeel
Logic Space Designer - Convolution Reverb but I really like the plate and springs more than the realistic spaces.
I try to mainly use hardware synths but I’ll fall back on Massive and Reaktor
Don’t mean to get this discussion off topic, but are you using Logic 9 or X, Nick? I’m curious because I’ve been searching for information regarding how to map a pad controller to Ultrabeat in Logic 9 but haven’t been able to find a clear answer as to whether it’s possible/ways to do it.
Logic X and I pretty much just use what’s there, meaning each hit is already mapped to a note so I just put maschine into midi mode, find the right group to get the note range right and play. If I really want a note to be a different pad on the controller, I just move the voice up or down until it’s in the right place. I’m not aware of any “midi learn” type functionality like battery has. Of course Ultrabeat is a monster plugin so there might be some way I dont know about.
