wahrk Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Kinda tired of throwing the same 3-5 effects on most of my tracks that end up sucking up my CPU and hogging screen real estate. It'd be nice to have something slick that sounds great and covers all the bases. Gate, EQ, and compression are musts of course. A nice saturation/overdrive would be preferable. Multi-band compression, effects, etc are a plus but not necessary. Ready, go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Izotope Alloy /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adam Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1413.html free http://www.kvraudio.com/get/4574.html 8 pounds http://www.kvraudio.com/get/569.html 249$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 http://www.waves.com/ Get your wallet out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Izotope Alloy /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahrk Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 I figured the Waves stuff would show up here sooner or later. I guess I'll dig out the torrent I have and sift through it. The Izotope stuff looks legit, but I have a feeling that I might give myself a headache going through all the possible stuff it can do. I'll snag a copy of it and see how it works out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandi_B Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 You know I'm a cubase user, so forgive the noobness on this. But does Abelton not come with some sort of channel strip? The channel strip in Cubase is fantastic and I actually prefer it over the waves one. Anyway, I great free one that is highly recommended on other forums is: Striptool (Free) from VB audio http://www.vb-audio.com/ Look under vsts and "Striptool free". I just d/led it to try it before recommending and it's "quite good" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 ozone is more for mastering. alloy is marketed as a channel strip, and boy doggie is it ever. i dont use it on every track but man..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maus Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 if you're going to dig into the waves stuff, the SSL channel strips are unbeatable, IMHO. it's the only waves stuff i would consider buying. the metric halo channel strip is decent as well. i used to use the nomad factory analogue channel strip for a very long time... it sounds quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahrk Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 You know I'm a cubase user, so forgive the noobness on this. But does Abelton not come with some sort of channel strip? The channel strip in Cubase is fantastic and I actually prefer it over the waves one. Anyway, I great free one that is highly recommended on other forums is: Striptool (Free) from VB audio http://www.vb-audio.com/ Look under vsts and "Striptool free". I just d/led it to try it before recommending and it's "quite good" Cubase has a channel strip? Hmm. *checks out Steinberg website* I don't see it on their website, but damn are there a lot of at least great-looking effects that it comes with. I've got a copy of Cubase sitting around on my hard drive somewhere that I should fiddle with. I've been meaning to play with it anyway. And yeah, out of Ableton, Renoise, and Reaper, none of them have built-in channel strips. The only apps that come with channel strips that I know of are FL Studio and Record, though I'm sure there are a few others. Also, I know I should pay attention to sound more than looks, but man is Striptool ugly. if you're going to dig into the waves stuff, the SSL channel strips are unbeatable, IMHO. it's the only waves stuff i would consider buying. Based on SSL hardware, which rules, so it's only natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandi_B Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 You know I'm a cubase user, so forgive the noobness on this. But does Abelton not come with some sort of channel strip? The channel strip in Cubase is fantastic and I actually prefer it over the waves one. Anyway, I great free one that is highly recommended on other forums is: Striptool (Free) from VB audio http://www.vb-audio.com/ Look under vsts and "Striptool free". I just d/led it to try it before recommending and it's "quite good" Cubase has a channel strip? Hmm. *checks out Steinberg website* I don't see it on their website, but damn are there a lot of at least great-looking effects that it comes with. I've got a copy of Cubase sitting around on my hard drive somewhere that I should fiddle with. I've been meaning to play with it anyway. And yeah, out of Ableton, Renoise, and Reaper, none of them have built-in channel strips. The only apps that come with channel strips that I know of are FL Studio and Record, though I'm sure there are a few others. Also, I know I should pay attention to sound more than looks, but man is Striptool ugly. if you're going to dig into the waves stuff, the SSL channel strips are unbeatable, IMHO. it's the only waves stuff i would consider buying. Based on SSL hardware, which rules, so it's only natural. striptool is indeed nasty looking. Waves ssl is awesome actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Sonar does a nice strip. Gets snarky if you tip in dollars tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahrk Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Izotope Alloy /thread After fidgeting with it I've pleasantly surprised at its sound an user-friendliness. Also, it takes about 2% of my CPU power, which isn't the best, but is manageable for the quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandi_B Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 izotope makes quality products. ALloy is the only one of theirs I am unfamiliar with, but I don't doubt it's a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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