[LAU] Top DSP plugins?

[Jeremy Jongepier]

On 10/17/2011 11:22 PM, James Stone wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Just wondered if people could give me a list of their favorite DSP
> plugins for "normal" studio recording type jobs.
> 
> I guess I would need a parametric EQ, compressor and reverb.. Anything else?
> 
> Whenever I have tried to mix a live recording before, I have always
> got lost in the spectacular array of different plugins - but quite
> often never found one that quite fits the bill. So I'm wondering if I
> have everything I need installed at the moment - and what the number 1
> go-to effects are for people here?
> 
> James

Hello James,

Compressor: LADSPA SC4 and SC3 (the latter for being able to use
sidechain compression), LinuxDSP Pro Channel Dynamics and LinuxDSP
Multi-band Compressor. Personally I don't really like the Calf
compressor, it lacks warmth which otoh can be very useful in some
situations. The Invada compressor is nice but it quickly starts to 'pump'.
EQ: I tend to use little EQ, basically only to sharpen off the edges.
Most of the time I just type EQ in Qtractor's plug-in search field and
pick one of which I deem useful. I don't really have a favorite.
Reverb: Freeverb and for the short reverbs I use TAP. Sometimes I use
other ones too, like gverb or the CAPS one.

My personal number 1 go-to effects are not part of the above list
though. Like Louigi I really dig the Calf Vintage Delay because it is
the only delay that allows me to set it to a certain BPM instead of ms.
And it sounds quite good too. And I use vocoders too, my fave is the MDA
LV2 Vocoder plug-in. Other effects I really like are the LADSPA Comb
Filter, TAP TubeWarmth, Calf Saturator (that one is awesome) and various
distortion/phaser/flanger plug-ins (Crossover distortion, Calf Phaser,
Guitarix distortion). And gates, sometimes you'll need a gate, but with
gates it is a bit the same as for EQ's in my case, I just grab what's
available.

Best,

Jeremy