for anyone watching in the present , sixth sample have since released a genuinely good free autotune called Spoton. Recommended above Melda's.

Excellent video. Thank you. Best line: "Waves were ahead of the curve with their "update program". I often likened it to a protection racket"

I also love Orilriver (excelent reverb), Loudmax = waves L1, and Frontier (D16) comp/limitador. Bertom vocal compressor = waves R-vox

Waves have so shot themselves in the foot. The back lash is huge. TDR stuff is great.

thanks so much. i use most of these already, but there were a few that are new to me for sure. and, based on your reviews of the ones i already use, your assessments are spot-on.

Wow - you really opened up my eyes! Most of the plug-ins presented I have stored on my drives for ages, but barely use them. This will change! 😉👍

Thank you! This video is an absolute God-send! I'm still relatively new to mixing and trying to learn as I go. So, when I see all of these wonderful tutorials that use numerous pricey plugins, I end up at somewhat of a loss. _This,_ however, resolves that issue.

Excellent video! Some of us who've been doing this a while forget that not everyone knows these amazing tools.

One of the best things about Waves' Faux Pas is finding your channel, great video, thanks! I'm quite new to all this and have had my first experience of VST-itis but now I can feel quite good that I don't really have to spend anymore, probably, for now, I'm quite happy with what I have and with all these suggestions even more so though I'm probably not going to be a serious pro anytime soon, but if it happens by accident then eh.....have a fun day! 😆

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Welcome! You absolutely don't have to spend. Just you and a daw is all you need! It's all in the ear education. Practice active listening as often as you can and you'll get there with time.

Right on - the Ferric TDS is deceptively awesome - I've used in electric guitar submixes, acoustic tracks, and even snare drum.

This is a brilliant list of alternatives!!! Just found this channel! Well done!!!

nasty DLA might be the best delay plugin I've heard

@traezaX1

Жыл бұрын

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉yeahhh...

@tracyblair3064

Жыл бұрын

It is easily my favorite delay plugin including all of my pay-ware plugs.

@jorrickthole6505

Жыл бұрын

Best delay indeed. That thing is alive

@fullcircleaudio

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was my secret plugin..😅

Valhalla Supermassive is a favorite of mine; one of the best and very versatile. TAL Chorus is another one that I enjoy using a lot. Great video, very solid recommendations. Going to try some of these out.

@Novalarke

Жыл бұрын

Agree re: TAL Chorus. Amazing and simple.

@Gnurklesquimp2

Жыл бұрын

Tal Phaser is also fun for sound design when you set the speed at 0 and automate, iirc their filter is quite infamous and featured in some of their synths as well

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Tal chorus DX is one of the best emulations of the old Roland Juno chorus. Very distinct.

@meilstone

Жыл бұрын

TAL-Chorus is a perfect Juno emulation, doesn't get much better

I'm amazed at how many of these I already have (both Waves and Freeware) - my favorite of what you've listed is by far the Dragonfly suite of reverbs. Really flexible with unique characteristics.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they're great. I only use the hall, I had already solved my other reverb problems by the time I found them, but I was still needing a super long & smooth tail for atmosphere tracks, and hall is incredible for that. Nothing like a real hall haha, but gorgeous in its own way.

@relativetimeworx8459

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick agreed, nothing like a real hall, or like typical reverbs, which is kinda the charm. I'm actually using Dragonfly Early Reflections a lot recently. I call these types of plugins "character reverbs" because I use them when I want something unconventional. A couple of others I've found in that category - "Free Character Reverbs" - are Riviera and Cloud Seed.

Awesome vid. I pretty much did the same thing years ago with my plugins

I deeply thank you for all this info and I'm entirely grateful, thanks also for making the downloads much easier by including the links 💯 I as of from now is a subscriber

@vilanofficial

10 ай бұрын

is it possible you can make some vocal presets video on these plugins, and if you have already can you pin it in the comments

@Bthelick

10 ай бұрын

@vilanofficial it's not possible! Or should I say it's not desired. No preset I could possibly make Will be optimal for your song because I haven't listened to the vocal OR the song!! Presets on processors like eqs and compressors are useless for that reason. There's too many variables in sound for any preset to fit. What if your vocal has lots of sibilance at 10k but my preset is at 6? What if the instruments in your track cover up the mid-range so the vocal would need to be boosted there in order for it to cut through the track but outside the track it sounds bad, or what if that is only needed in the chorus? How would a preset know? The only software capable of anything like that is the AI products by izoptope and sonible but even then I haven't heard good results yet. There's no substitute for using your ears!

Really you deserve all the appreciation thank you✨

Great video, man. Great to see the pros giving up a bit of knowledge for the community. Much appreciated

Nice video, the thing about future compatibility is always a concern but that goes both ways for paid and free plugins. Anyways, it's awesome to have free options with such good quality

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Well it's still far better be beholden to technology change in general, than someone's rental payment. As a Windows user we have the privilege of clinging on to .DLL files for a good ten years! When whatever replaces vst comes around I'm fine with the change, it'll be a while. Certainly much much longer than someone 'turning off' my plugins manually when I don't make this month's rental payment.

I have many of those and most work well. I had some issues using the Hilton vst as a limiter getting a lopsided master but it could be me. I like all the free offerings from Klanghelm, especially the compressors. Also say I really enjoy the kilohearts essentials bundle, Just started using Waves Factory "Flash" transient shaper, its a keeper for sure.. and thanks for all the links

@esahm373

Жыл бұрын

Hilton A1? Thats not a limiter, but stereo / width control!

Great video, great layout.

The Melda Free bundle is a rabbit hole on its own. It's a great suite of plugins.

Thank you for making this video, Bthelick! I have a handful of Waves plugins I got during free giveaways over the years, but their protection racket put me off- your recommendations are solid all around, especially TAL, TDR, Valhalla and Variety of Sound. An additional delay I'd add is Sixth Sample's Deelay; it's a gem of a plugin 💎And I must say that I really appreciated you saying "hello guys AND gals" in your intro; hearing that made me feel seen. We need more gals in audio, production and DJing. Thank you 🥲

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Yes deelay is a good one, very versatile. We absolutely need more gals in music production and that is exactly why I used it. 👊 I actually stopped saying it on the last couple of videos though after more than one person mentioned it sounded like a certain J. Savilles intro! 🤦‍♂️ and I don't want to be the one to confirm that via Google 😩. I need to think of another.

@celaeno_

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick 🙌

great vids mannn!!! 100K subs soon. keep it up.

Amazing video. Love that mjuc jr thank you!

Excellent recommendations - will certainly check them out 👍

To be fair, we nowadays live in a world where you DAWs stock plugins are usually more than sufficient and the rest can be found as a freebie. This goes for both VST's as VSTi's!

Bootsy for the win!!..........I go way back with his stuff. It was a red letter day when VOS started re-releasing them in 64bit 😉👍 Ferric is SO damn good......I find myself using less compression or lite limiting on the mix buss when the Ferric is there 😏

Studio One user here... Top notch plugins included in the package. Apart a deesser, the reverbs, Eq, compressors, multi-fx are as good as any competition on the market. Specific plugins are my only add-ons.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

I use Nova to de-ess.

@nobodyspecialmusic

Жыл бұрын

Studio One deesser (within compressor) isn't THAT bad lol

@robertl.6919

Жыл бұрын

@@nobodyspecialmusic Hey ! Version 6.1…. New very good deesser in Studio One. So nothing to laugh about anymore… 😏Things get better quite fast with Studio One….

@nobodyspecialmusic

Жыл бұрын

@@robertl.6919 I gotta get 6 lol

@robertl.6919

Жыл бұрын

@@nobodyspecialmusic Good one. 👏👍🏼

well I drive a sweet little Cubase 12 Pro myself, so I don’t worry much about that! the steinberg plugins are amazing and so far no UAD can hold up to them ❤️

Great video, thanks so much! Earned a sub

Great work. You sound like a rather posh English DJ. Waves still has a couple of nice plugins (the RenVox is a sentimental favorite), but I moved on to more ‘drama free’ alternatives quite a while ago. This is a great list.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

"posh" 🤣 thankyou I'll take the compliment! 👊 I'm practicing my best eloquence for KZread's auto captions sake, and for your ears ' sake as neither would understand me if I spoke in my natural northern drawl 😂😜

As an extension: Literally anything TAL, Melda, and TDR are solid for freebies. Insanely good gems within them all. Great vid though, definitely a few of this will be making their way into my projects!!

So glad I found this channel! Have you considered doing a series where you review viewers tracks?

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

I'm in the process of getting videos together using viewers tracks as lessons on specific subjects, time is just a bit tight right now. but me 'reviewing' viewers tracks is a tricky one. I can't really comment on much, it all depends on the success criteria of the track, and why it exists in the first place. I can't just judge a track in a vacuum if that makes sense? Like what would you be hoping to get feedback on?

@jackcyster2782

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick good point, I guess the mix and master, maybe creativity? Also your personal opinion on whether you like it.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

@@jackcyster2782 yeah, like I say it's all gonna depend? What is it for? Who is it for? What does success look like for you?

@jackcyster2782

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick success for me would be making something that is unique and sounds good.

@jackcyster2782

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick and it’s for whoever wants to listen to it, usually I just share my music with my friends as I feel I am still learning.

Yes, me too. Slate has a similar problem with licensing (give us the ability to buy them outright too!) but they do better because the quality and uniqueness of those plugins holds leverage all its own.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Yeah back when slate introduced the subscription idea I petitioned Steven to do it another way. I said it would only make sense if we got our years subscription back in the form of a perma licence each year, so it becomes more like a rent to buy. and he actually listened and did that for the first couple of years, but sadly not any more. At least they still offer perma licences , although I hate that they still use ilok, probably the most apt example of a protection racket.

Thanks for this informative video... Also please don't forget analog obsession and air windows they are amazing as well...

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Air windows are great, and so is Chris!. I'm not a fan of analog obsession( yet) though. It's great that they're free of course but there is some ways to go sound wise.

On one hand you have Waves that are either subscription or update plan and their rrp is high (I know sales but talking rrp) on the other hand you have companies like audio assault and valhalla who's plugins rrp is cheap and yet they do major overhaul updates for no extra cost (the 2023 AA/SC IRs are great updates and the new VintageVerb Algo is delightful and worth the rrp by itself). I know who I like supporting... For SSL and NEVE eqs I'd go analog obsession, I believe for mac users theyve mostly all been updated to work.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Yup , unfortunately I've not heard any analog obsession plug I like the sound of yet. I always check back to see if he's improving but I think he's actually releasing too many plugins and spending more time on nice interfaces than good modelling. I love that it's all free and he's operating on a donation model (much like myself) but there's a long way to go on the modelling side imo.

Those packs of older stuff people put out have some good stuff but a lot of stuff one doesn't need. I don't like them but some good suggestions on other stuff. 👍🏿

Some excellent suggestions here, I have most of them in my arsenal and am using some of them on a regular basis. Re. Waves I had a lot of issues with their FX and 'Central' over the years and thought about ditching the whole mess more than once but then I wouldn't want to miss some of their plugins like the outstanding TG12345 or even the Electric88 (Rhodes) ... oh well ...

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

well I think the scarbe rhodes for kontakt is a great EP, and though I can't think of a direct alternative to the Abbey Road console, I do think Slate are infinitely better at analog modelling than waves and their rack has plenty of console flavour options.

Great vid

Good video and I share your opinion about all the thing we can do legaly with free pugins and those which are included in our daws, I use daily some of those you mentioned in your list. (valhalla supermassive or chow tape model, for instance)

Amazing video, thanks for investing your time and present the results in this episode..... I will check these alternatives thoroughly...I wonder what your advise would be re the Greg Wells bundle which I very much like (GW piano centric, mix centrix, vocal centric)

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Those are just combined fx tuned to taste, you can make your own hybrids using things like Ableton's rack system, but in practice just good ear education will mean you don't need to lean on specific plugins for specific instruments. I haven't for years. I do combine a lot of effects though to speed up workflow.

Thanks man!

Izotope also has a great free stereo widener. Also, analog obsession is a great alternative for emulation plugins.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Is it mono safe?

@jeremylarue4503

Жыл бұрын

@Bthelick yep. Sound just like the original mono file when mixed down to mono. The stereo widener is mono safe as well.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremylarue4503 good to know thanks for the clarification

@Tarnith

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was going to add this. The free version of Izotope Imager is amazing!

I love the TDR compressors (and bought the GE versions) but there is a drastic difference in CPU usage and they are not really a drop-in replacement to those shown. I wonder if some workalike patches can be found with good freeware like DC1A or FirComp

Thank you Sir....👍😎

Stillwell Audio has some great free plug-ins

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Weren't they the ones with the rocket ? That Dan Worral found code errors in?

Good Stuff 👍🏾 Thanks

Thanks man

I just wanna say, that in the 9/10 cases, free plugins do that better. Great video! Full support & new sub ;) (no hate to waves) however free plugins just work. TDR/Melda/ValhallaDSP/

thank you!!!

thank you

For pitch correction/auto tune you can use 'Alcohol' by 'Off License' !!! 🥰

I don't know who you are. All I can say is your a gift from God! I'd also like to thank your parents for raising such an awesome human being that you are I've learned more in just watching two of your videos. Free videos! At that. Then I learned spending months & money for subscriptions that supposedly was going to teach me everything I need to know and even help me get signed to a record label The information that you give is the information we all need and want to know. Yet I would have to sit through hours of webinars & livestreams and then would have to try and piece it together myself With you it's all facts and straight to them. There's no beating around the bush or only giving half of the knowledge away and keeping the other half as a secret. You teach it how it is and how it should be taught and I want to thank you very much for that On top of all that you share your free plug ins with us! You are an awesome person and the world needs more people like you. Thanks again! Damn right I'm going to buy you a coffee! I'd like to buy you a coffee every day for the rest of my life if I could 🙏🙏🙏

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words . Don't get me started on record labels though! Self release if you can. 👊

Orilriver Reverb is even better than those you mentioned. I did the shootout some minths ago. Add Convoligy XT as a convolution engine and you are set!

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Yes I was keeping it short. I used to use orilriver but I prefer the ones I mentioned these days. My channel is focused on dance music and river didn't fit many applications for me. It's a high quality reverb for sure though.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

And convolgy is indeed the best free convolution verb, but Ableton has one built in so I use that these days. I didn't want to get into where to find his impulses and all that.

@esahm373

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick Yeah, it's always best to keep the setup minimal. I just like the small included library in Convology XT so much, that I use it additionally to the Ableton Hybrid Reverb (which has it's own great library included ofc).

@esahm373

Жыл бұрын

​@@Bthelick Dragonfly, which I liked at first, turned out to sound a bit too artificial for my needs compared too Orilriver. I'm not into the overly artificial / synthetic sound.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

@@esahm373 yes, that's probably no accident. My channel is focused on dance music, which is my living these days, and the effects I've found myself using definitely compliment that direction more. The example Tal 4's digital tail takes up far less space and suits modern dance productions than a more realistic room , much like how a lexicon plate fits electronic records better than a real room, If I was called upon to mix a band or acoustic material I would be using more convolution and river for sure

Thanks for sharing!;)

analog obsession makes ones of best free vst stuff

@Bthelick

3 ай бұрын

They're getting better recently for sure. But I've not liked most of his output unfortunately.

Ozone Imager 2 is a great width plugin as well

The 'protection racket' is exactly why I never wasted my time with Waves.

Wow, you got some gems 💎 i never heard of, but I will check out

Como no me voy a suscribir??? Sos Crack

jebus I said "fantastic" a lot in this vid didn't I 🤣🤣

@timjames6173

Жыл бұрын

So did I when I was watching it!

@PavanMS87

11 ай бұрын

But it was indeed fantastic 🤣❤

@funmioh

8 ай бұрын

Truly fantastic tho

I guess WAVES is happy with your video !!! 👌( no answer needed)

Don't know if you mentioned pul tec but the free one from Kiive audio is great!

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

I use the one from ignite amps , pteq-x . they've been modelling valves for many years and that one was the most convincing to my ears. The klive one seemed to saturate really early and was harsh up top. Probably cool if you want a deliberately driven / lo fi version but it didn't sound like a pultec to me.

@mod3l

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick i've used the Ignite amps one for years, but recently the Analog Obsession version kinnda blew me away.

@the-real-rabizzlethedoctor

Жыл бұрын

Analog Obsessed Rare, maybe a better pick, but it all depends with your taste. I urge y'all to try it out.

@venericanone

Жыл бұрын

Everything analog obsession comes out with is great pretty much. I didn't notice any issue with Kiives but I only use on drums and bass pretty much. Depends on style of music and what you use pultec eqs on imo. But only been messing with it for like a week now.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

​ @Gipsy from the Future unfortunately I'm not a fan, I think that guy is making too many plugins and not paying enough attention to modelling. AO certainly aren't bad in any way but it sounds like wave shaping to me, the curves are fine but the non non-linear side has a long way to go imo, Also Rare suffers from high end cramping, certainly not a trait you want to see from anyone who claims to modelling analog. I remain unconvinced.

I'm new to all of this, but I realised fairly quickly that my DAW already has great quality processing. However, once I had signed up for even a few paid or free plugins (sale prices only!!), jeez but it's a bombardment of marketing! It all seems very "fashion based" to me... I can't recall how many offers for "vintage tape sound" I've already had, and I don't even know what that is!! I thought we were all about saying goodbye to that 'nasty' unreliable cassette or vinyl LP. These companies seem to strain every sinew to sell me things that make music sound "vintage". Next month it'll be some other sound fad they'll be pushing. Thanks for the informed, knowledgeable videos! :)

@Bthelick

11 ай бұрын

Yes, it's not even just the vintage thing either. most of these companies come from a time when early digital sounded terrible, especially the daw's built in stuff, if it even had any, were pretty bad. CPUs back then struggled with just playing back multiple audio tracks never mind processing them. Waves and pro tools were amongst the first to offer viable digital computer based systems. But we are way way past any of that. The built in processing in any daw these days is plenty enough to make great sound. But companies are still marketing like that didn't happen a decade ago. I like tape sound etc but even at the top level in a great room on great speakers with trained ears it's a 2% difference and certainly not anything that makes a difference to streaming performance. But again the marketing departments still behave like that isn't the case. Ignore it all. Learn the tools you have until you master them first. It takes long enough!

@rumblef1sh

11 ай бұрын

@@Bthelick Thank you. And yes, I shall learn first, spend later, and with great help from your content, thanks once again :)

If You don't mind I would like to add couple of plugins to Your list. Limiter - LoudMax by Thomas Mundt EQ - Luftikus by by lkjb (yes i know its not exactly waves alternative but its good maageq alternative so just check it out) Pitch Correction - Graillon by Auburn Sounds R Bass alternatives (low end exciters) - Bark Of Dog by Boz Digital Labs

@Heaven-dy9lj

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the loud Max limiter is great. Very transparent compared to L2.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Bx sub filter or bark of the dog aren't an R-bass equivalent, it's just a high pass filter with a resonance bump, no harmonics involved. Handy in it's own right but you can achieve that just as well with any stock eq now. I'm not a fan of the pitch correction in Graillon it has more audible artifacts adn quality reduction than the Melda.

@OWL.

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick My bad 😀

@RockstahRolln

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thank You!

i'd recommend the SN03 Tape Recorder by Sender Spike, i use it on every mix in the master channel followed by a soft clipper, a very nice plugin. i'd also recommend the VariMoon by Analog Obsession, good mastering compressor

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I've used them, not a fan of either brand personally, but as long as it's getting you results that's all that matters. Thanks for the input 👊

MeldaProduction has a free bundle with 37 high quality plugins!

Also Stereo Tool V3 is pretty useful in some cases

New sub here. Awesome video. What's the background track? Real solid sounding tune.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

it will be released soon I don't have a name for it yet!

Hey Bthelick, have you looked into any of the analogue obsession stuff? Some good free alternatives there for many plugins.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

yeah I have, I test everyone he puts out. Unfortunately I haven't heard any I have liked yet. Nothing super 'bad' , just no where to close to VOS for non-linear processing to my ears. Modelling analog behaviour is hard, and he simply puts out too many plugins every month for them to be well modelled. in fact I would wager he spends more time on the UI than the audio code tbh because to my ears it sounds like the same distortion algorithms each time but with a different skin. This could be true as he said on the gearspace forums he was simply copying spice code and converting it to c++. Also the company has a bit of a strange history. Including the owner tried to sell the company a few years ago , including all the UI's and code.

@RoscoeCoyote

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick Thanks for the response and the information, and also just want to say love your videos, best on the site.

Analog Obsession do some great plug ins.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't think they do a better job than what I mention here though. see my reply to Mr PIIN below here. AO has a long way to go before the modelling is there imo. The eqs cramp and the distortion algorithms still sound pretty digital to me. But then again so do wave's attempts sometimes. It's certainly not easy, but the plugins I mention in the video all outperform AO imo.

you are god!

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

That's high praise indeed! 🙏

Mic emulation? For example....LAVA Alternative? Good video!!!

@Bthelick

Ай бұрын

I'm not aware of any successful mic emulsion for free. Mic emulation requires that the source is known and consistent , or measured. Slate would be my go to recommendation for engineers that I think perform well (specifically Fabrice Gabrielle). But that's not 'cheap'

Thank you for the video :) What is the DAW in the background?

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

This is Ableton. Bear in mind my lessons are daw agnostic. You can do any of what I teach in any daw.

@Hyakman5408

Жыл бұрын

@Bthelick Okay :) I'm not familiar with Ableton, so I didn't recognize it. I'm currently using Presonus Studio One 5 and Traktion Waveform Pro.

Great video, don't suppose you know of some free alternatives to Shreddage and Guitar Rig?

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Not free, but I've always preferred line 6's technology to those 2. Their helix plugin / foot pedal is right up there with even fractal imo.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

The best free amps I have heard are the ignite amps stuff, but it's a small range, and you still need a good cab emulation to go with them, which I still don't know a good free solution to.

@martinriley7685

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick Cheers I'll take a look

Do you think we can also get a Top 10 for paid alternatives to Waves, too, please?

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

I could do, but I can tell you right now it's basically gonna be izotope, fabfilter and slate (perma licences of course) .

You may know already but Wider 2 was released recently 👍

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Yes cheers, I grabbed it! 👊 (I still prefer the sound of voxengo's though)

I would add the free Valhalla plugins to that list, e.g. Supermassive

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

It's in there

TDR for REAL !

The only Waves plugin that I think I can't live without is Infected Mushroom Pusher. I have some Infected Mushroom plugins but I don't think you can get Pusher without Waves. I would love to know if you have a suggestion for an alternative? I use it for Mastering mainly.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Sorry I'm the wrong guy to answer that one. I never have anything on the master buss and my releases go out like that. It's the completely opposite way of working so I just never use those kinds of plugins.

@timjames6173

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick fair enough! I always used to like an extra pair of ears to check my mix before release so always used to send them off for professional mastering. I did a module on mastering as part of my degree in music production, but most of it was about trying to 'fix' problems with the mix; but even when I master my own stuff I still like to export a 24 bit wav and then master it afterwards. Most of the time I'm just limiting to -8 dB LUFS and little else, (provided I get the mix right it doesn't need anything else) but Pusher does add a little bit of 'fairy dust' that I really like!

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

@@timjames6173 yeah I get ya. You might like plugins like sound theory Gulfoss or voxengo TEOTE in that case, they do a final dynamic curve tweak which people are using as final checks.

I am trying to find a vod about the free VSTS that you use. This is one of them but I thought you had one more with synths and other things or am I a mistaken? I know you use vital.

@Bthelick

11 ай бұрын

I don't think I have another vid. The synth list is really short, vital for 95% of sounds, or dexed (or ableton's operator) if I need full FM. I'm still looking into full granular and phase distortion synths. I love spitfire labs for pads even though it's sample based and their BBC symphony for orchestral sounds. I don't have all sample sound areas (non synthesised ) covered in free software unfortunately (although I'm sure it's possible) I do use kontakt a lot to fill in various sound gaps as I have an old komplete licence and speed is usually important. I'm always looking though.

@San7hos

11 ай бұрын

I have a lot synths baked in Reason but it's not a bad idea to try the freebies. Reason's Grain is nice for granular synthesis. What I like is you can resample one of the lead sounds and create a background using granular synthesis. I've actually never heard of phase distortion synthesis. Based on wiki, Casio is the Pioneer if that.

@Bthelick

11 ай бұрын

@@San7hos yeah there's a famous rave organ that's from the casio cz01 which was made using phase distortion , they couldn't get the licence to FM so they were forced to innovate and innovate they did!!

I have two PCs both have Waves on it. I have not yet moved to the new computer so it remains off while I use my old PC. When I finally move to the new PC I will be starting with Melda Productions and then Plugin Alliance. I will not be staying with Waves they seem to be unstable with their decision-making. I don't want to be thinking will they won't they.

Trying to get free F6 eq and Span master but cant find. Excellent info btw

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

F6 is the waves plug. TDR Nova is the equivalent I recommended. Span is voxengo's free metering plugin, I didn't mention it here but you can get from the voxengo website. All links are in the description.

Thank you kindly, ...Do you know anything for vocal rider?

@the-real-rabizzlethedoctor

Жыл бұрын

That one might be irreplaceable.

@Waltarian

Жыл бұрын

"Outlaw Lite" by "W. A. Production" is the closest, that I have found and it´s pretty close IMHO - their other free plug-ins are nice, too

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

There is an older plugin I'll have to look it up, but I don't consider rider an essential plugin at all. I work fast, I finish 3 - 6 tracks a week and I've not needed rider for at least 8 years now.

@kahyui2486

Жыл бұрын

In FL studio patcher plugin there is a vocal rider. U can create your own vocal rider with a compressor, idk how to explain it to u tho

I've never seen that TDR Limiter 6. The one I have here look like a WWII airplane panel.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Not sure if it's just the last version or a skin. It's been a while but if I recall correctly there's an alternate skin file you can swap in that comes with the download

I have a bunch of wave plugins that I don't use. I bought them way back as a beginner when I thought plugins were the secret sauce.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

happened to us all. Although to be fair to Waves, they were the first company to produce high quality effects back when computer digital audio was in it's infancy, much like pro tools, they have that legacy to lean on.

Mylo years ago wrote his debut album using only open source.

@don2nd650

Жыл бұрын

Open source plugins?

@synthoelectro

Жыл бұрын

@@don2nd650 Audacity I believe.

Any alternatives to GTR3 Stomps, my go to being the Pitcher, havent found anything like it

@ELLIOT8209

Жыл бұрын

Pitcher by which manufacturer?

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

There are plenty of free out there, but I haven't trialled them for a while. I use the line 6 stuff (helix) it's unsurpassed in my opinion.

@nofood1

Жыл бұрын

@@ELLIOT8209 GTR3 Stomp Pitcher (Waves)

@nofood1

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick did a little research and found MicroPitch and Pitch Monster but 99$ for a lil pitch shift is expensive, will see what helix is thanks

For SSL emulation try also DD channel.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Dead duck isn't an emulation is it? I thought it just looked similar. Last I checked it wasn't actually matching any of the sound / behaviour

@NickSuprun

Жыл бұрын

​@@Bthelick Now I am not sure. I thought it is, but I cannot find any proof for it on their github (or anywhere else). If DD are not stating directly it is an emulation - let's assume it is not. Anyway, thanks for the video, it is really usefull for me.

Unfortunately I could not get tone booster to work in my DAW, Any help would be appreciated Cheers

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm weird, i had no issues they just went straight in. You mean they don't work as in don't show up at all? Or they crash?

@rhodesy80

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick yes pal, not too worrie though I'll find something else. Cheers great video

👍🏾

I have most of these! But I wish u had toned down the bg music considerably, instead of the auto-pumping feature u had - it was driving me into insanity while I was trying to focus on the content! 😖💀

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

Noted, cheers. I don't normally make these types of vids, I usually do tutorials with live demonstration so just on auto pilot sorry.

@MaximusAdonicus

Жыл бұрын

@@Bthelick Yeah, I hope u remember next time 😛 Thanx for the vid thou!

Limiter No 6 is no longer supported and anyway it's the harshest sounding thing I ever had the displeasure of tormenting my music with. In any case, ToneBooster's Barricade is another legacy plugin that's now free from ToneBooster's [of course~!]

@oldchops525

Жыл бұрын

I’ve made a lot of money with the Limiter 6 I disagree buddy.

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

It's no where near the best I've heard for sure (that would be izoptope for me personally) but I can get far better results from 6 than the waves ones. Not in terms of stupid loudness figures in terms of musical results at good levels. I work in dance though, I imagine 6 is not kind to acoustic material etc.

u sound like that British food who travel soviet places..thoughts from toronto...

No analogue obsession stuff? What’s your take on them?

@ivandominguez6056

Жыл бұрын

They’re ssl emulation “SSQ” is great

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

I check every new plugin by AO, but every time I don't like them. Not a big fan personally. I like the fact they're all free ± donation model , and they don't sound objectively 'bad' per se, but I think the sound has long ways to go before he gets near vos. The eqs cramp (a very bad sign for someone claiming to model analog) and the non linear behaviour doesn't sound authentic to me at all. I'd like to see him release less plugins and focus less on nice interfaces and rather improving the modelling problems.

DEELAY!

Analog obsession has free stuff

@Bthelick

Жыл бұрын

I know, I test every one, but I just don't like the sound.

the very great TDR Nova is even a bit "older" than Waves F6 - so one might get the impression, that Waves saw an interesting idea in the freeware world and made their own version. So, oviously it can also be the other way around,. DISCLAIMER: I have only tried Nova free, but NOT Waves F6 so far!!! anyway, Waves have another plug-in that looks at least "inspired by" the good old "VST Dynamics" from Cubase

haha "i paid for mine line was golden" The amount of Broke guys I knew that had the platinum bundle!