Personally I gain a lot of information on the how the meters move as well as reading level. Real ones have a ballistic that is incredible to watch. This refers to how the needles actually dance to the music. The main way is the ballistics of the various meters. They all will show the same 0 dB VU when the calibration is set right and the correct level sine wave is passed through them.īut they all differ in other ways.
I have several VU meter plug-ins and the real deal too. Be sure to track down the factory sounds for this and many other soundbanks as well. It is very much like Mai Tai excpet it uses a fraction of the CPU that Mai Tai does. This is a serious sounding JX8P and I would know as I used to own one. There is a very good free synth emulation of the Roland JX8P. (I know that is weird because I am sure he did not model MJUC on any Smart compressor but it just has a similar mojo for me) The C2 sounds better than any SSL hardware buss compressor)Ĭlosest thing I have encountered to the C2 is the MJUC would you believe, it is sweet. (Alan Smart is the designer of the actual SSL buss compressor, after he left SSL he really took this into the stratosphere with the C2. I have used a real Smart C2 compressor a lot on mastering albums. (EQ is nice too of course) It is one of the best and most transparent compressors I have used free or not. The real gem from Tokyo Dawn Labs is the compressor. The first thing I bought from Klanghelm was the VUMT VU meters and I still stand by the fact they are excellent and have one of the closest ballistic to the real thing. If I think of anything else, I'll add in subsequent posts. Expensive plugins, but insanely high quality. Honorable mentions to more expensive boutique plugin shops like DMG Audio and Exponential Audio. GSI - VB3 is currently the king of Hammond organ plugins and only costs $50. TAL - Looking for a spot on Roland SH101 and/or Juno 60 plugin on the cheap? Go here. Think of it as more of a convolution replacement (it's algorithmic but can sound like convincing real spaces) as opposed to a Lexicon style EQ. Toneboosters - Very wide range of inexpensive plugins here, can't speak for all, but Reelbus is a really interesting tape sim plugin for not much money.Īegean Music - Have probably the best Spring Reverb plugin out there at the moment.Īcon Digital - Verberate is a great sounding, more natural style EQ. Sonimus - The Burnley EQ is as good a Neve 1073 clone as exists and only costs $60.
Kotelnikov is just an amazingly transparent sounding compressor. Tokyo Dawn Labs - SlickEQ is a great versatile parametric EQ with a wide range of tone options. I put this up against other highly rated clones and The Glue always comes out on top. The Glue doesn't model the "entire circuit" of an SSL Buss Compressor, but it's still the best sounding SSL Buss Compressor plugin. That said, The Drop is the single most hardware sounding filter plugin out there, and is capable of filtering, crazy effects, and works as an incredible distortion box too. Then get Shimmer just cause bleep right!?Ĭytomic - $99 plugins might not be cheap to you, but only the first one is $99, the second comes with a discount. Valhalla - Buy everything, but buy Vintage Verb first! Then Ubermod. It's probably my favorite of all plugin compressors, and I'd put it up there with any piece of hardware. Klanghelm was making excellent plugins at great prices before, but the MJUC was really a HUGE step up IMO. Goes without saying they are worthy of their reputation. It would be more than cool to be able to use them natively as 64bit plugs. It's a shame, I do occasionally launch a 32bit DAW session just to use some of these. with lovely, lovely demo tunes for every ensemble, hah!Įareckon (the Eareverb) and Cytomic (The Drop, The Glue) are great too.Įdit: completely forgot to mention the Variety of Sound lineup as it's 32bit and thus almost totally off my radar by now. If you've got Reaktor, the free Boscomac instruments and effects are stunning. Another "is this small or not?" is of course Cockos, their Reaplugs VST pack is quite often forgotten, but I think it's both a robust toolset and a creative gem for mad experimets (for free). I guess Fabfilter doesn't count as a small developer any longer, but it's right at the top for me. Stillwell products I haven't used, heard a lot of good things about them though. Very (very!) versatile at a very affordable price. I can vouch for the Klanghelm stuff as well.
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