ryancolecreate Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Ok so for ages I've been using non-legal software, but now I'm getting a bit sick of it. I recently bought Numerology 3 SE, Mainstage (for sculpture and ultrabeat), and Microtonic. I'm looking to put together a solid kit of not-so-expensive synths and effects. High on my list to buy next are: Circle > http://www.futureaud...hop.com/circle/ Mini Spillage 2 > http://www.audiospil...um-machine.html Drum Spillage > http://www.audiospil...-drum-synth.php ABL 303 emulator > http://www.audioreal.../abl2/index.htm < sounds great but is a bit expensive IMO for something that is more or less a 1 trick pony. Eventually Logic, which is now only $200 for studio. I'll wait on this though as it pisses me off with lots of shitty UI issues, plus I'm in no hurry to give Apple more money. LOL. What are some other good and not so expensive (like under or around $100) plugins for osx? I'm looking for really versatile stuff. Effects, fun stuff. No NI stuff please hahah. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadarJammer Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 http://www.valhalladsp.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 sweet! Looks great. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foresense Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 get u-he zebra2, super versatile vst and vst fx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foresense Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 oh, not under 100 though.. but it's really big and diverse. http://loomer.co.uk sells nice, cheap plugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadarJammer Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 http://www.soundhack.com/ the pvoc kit is a steal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ryanmcallister Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 SDB, does mainstage include space designer and delay designer? i didn't know you could get mainstage as a standalone now and i'm tossing around the idea of picking it up, but the official mainstage site is a little vague... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 yes it does :D It's facking crazy that the whole shit is like $30. lol. Looks like death throes to me. HA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 I just realized how very nice Soundtoys' stuff sounds. Very nice indeed. Also this little filter is crazy >> http://tone2.com/html/bifilter2_vst_au_effect_plugin.html insane amount of weird options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 there's so much stuff out there it's really hard to decide what it actually valuable. Simplifying is not easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAh Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Some decent things i alway come back to - reaper, renoise, a sample library, era step sequencer (no longer sold), charlatan synth (free) , drumatic 3 (free), variety of sound free plugins, CSR classik reverb, SH-1 plugin pack (free), reverberate free, synth1. Keep it light, keep it cheap is what I go for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nil Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 When it comes to synth, all you need is : - Madrona Labs Aalto - U-He Diva Both are so much fun to use with Numerology. And you can't tell these are software synth, they sound beautiful. Same goes for AudioSpillage's MiniSpillage2 and DrumSpillage. Valhalla DSP Room and UberMod are stunning tools too. Room is my go-to reverb and UberMod is the most awesome delay based effect, from classic chorus/ensemble stuffs to unreal reverbs to alien delays with modulations. SoundHack's free pack is essential to me too. If you need a compressor, Kush Audio's UBK-1 is fantastic, a bit to expensive for your budget but it really worths considering. It's a magic dynamic tool, instant "betterizer". You could also check Klanghelm's DC8C, which is amazingly versatile and sounds pretty great. You should also check freeware Molot, great great character compressor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 What I really want is a good, simple sampler plugin. Strangely hard to find. The only sampler I've ever really gotten into is the one in reason. I had kontakt forever and that shit did nothing but piss me off. So hard to do simple things with. Any suggestions? I need to give reaper another shot too. Last time I tried it, it crashed a bunch of times. I'd also love to switch from Logic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ryanmcallister Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 What I really want is a good, simple sampler plugin. Strangely hard to find. The only sampler I've ever really gotten into is the one in reason. I had kontakt forever and that shit did nothing but piss me off. So hard to do simple things with. Any suggestions? I need to give reaper another shot too. Last time I tried it, it crashed a bunch of times. I'd also love to switch from Logic... Ableton Live & it's Sampler are dope. Jus' sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foresense Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 What I really want is a good, simple sampler plugin. Strangely hard to find. The only sampler I've ever really gotten into is the one in reason. I had kontakt forever and that shit did nothing but piss me off. So hard to do simple things with. Any suggestions? I need to give reaper another shot too. Last time I tried it, it crashed a bunch of times. I'd also love to switch from Logic... what you want for sampling is vember audio shortcircuit, but it's not for macs.. works excellent with Reaper. http://vemberaudio.se/shortcircuit.php I heard he stopped developing it because he used the internal sampler in live though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahrk Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 I was going to say shortcircuit as well. Bummer than it's not available for Mac. If you dig trackers, reViSiT is kinda the shit (read: definitely the shit). Also, DCAM Synth Squad's a tidbit above your range, but rad. D16's pretty awesome too. I love Phoscyon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 http://www.soundhack.com/ the pvoc kit is a steal +1 i love the shit out of shortcircuit as well, done many gigs with it. also, get audiomulch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blanket Fort Collapse Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Reaper is what 40 bucks? Never crashes for me, loads faster than anything else, updated like every week or two. you can easily ask for and recieve new features for it. I dunno why anyone wouldn't want to buy Reaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 I tried reaper but it didn't really strike me as something I'd get into too deeply. It's fine though. I'm just really used to Logic at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanratty Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 When it comes to synth, all you need is : - Madrona Labs Aalto - U-He Diva Both are so much fun to use with Numerology. And you can't tell these are software synth, they sound beautiful. Same goes for AudioSpillage's MiniSpillage2 and DrumSpillage. Valhalla DSP Room and UberMod are stunning tools too. Room is my go-to reverb and UberMod is the most awesome delay based effect, from classic chorus/ensemble stuffs to unreal reverbs to alien delays with modulations. SoundHack's free pack is essential to me too. If you need a compressor, Kush Audio's UBK-1 is fantastic, a bit to expensive for your budget but it really worths considering. It's a magic dynamic tool, instant "betterizer". You could also check Klanghelm's DC8C, which is amazingly versatile and sounds pretty great. You should also check freeware Molot, great great character compressor. off topic, sorry, but do you need a fancy midi controller to use Numerology? I have a little Korg knob/fader thing. is that enough? I keep hearing how great Numerology is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nil Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I use Numerology with a Korg NanoKontrol2, so I guess it's enough to have some fun ! ;) You can use several MIDI controllers at the same time with it, it's really a versatile and flexible piece of software. And damn powerful, deep and fun ! Jim, N3's dev, is always working on improving it. For example, monome devices and iPad support are coming soon. I can't wait to sequence directly from my monomes ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 oh no way. you can do Numerology with no midi controllers. It just lives things up. ATM it's a bit tedious to map stuff, but that's forthcoming in an update I'm pretty sure. The track I made for the new watmm compilation is made in NUM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 Drummspillage has been in heavy rotation. It's really nice sounding, but is lacking a few things still. A sample module would be amazing, as would more flexible modulation routing. Kinda lame that you can link things to velocity... Overall though totally worth it. I saw they had another sale recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlucharski Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 hm its hard to get around num for me, still can't find the 'bounce to disk' feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nil Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 beans : DS1.6 is a nice update tho. I really hope Stephen will add sample layering as in MiniSpillage2 (which is a great plugin too !) also if you're curious I posted some weeks ago a Numerology raw jam in the raw topic. schlucharski : then use it rewired to another DAW ? That's how I use N3, FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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