Thanks for the advice. I will check out the UAD plugins. Any specifically that you recommend for EQ and compression?
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When you buy UAD plugs, you have to get a DSP card to process them. The cards come with 5 free plugs that sound great. From there you can purchase more. You can find used UAD-1's for not a lot of money. here's one available on ebay.
Universal Audio UAD-1e PCIe Express Card | eBay
Although the guy claims there are no plugs, I'm pretty sure the 5 free ones are still included.
They'd probably have all sorts of presets -- Generally, one is as useless as the next unless it just so happens to be precisely the preset that you need.For example a compression plug in with a preset for a bass drum..
presets are an ok place to start if you don't really know how to use a compressor, eq, or reverb. But, what you should really do is research how these things work so you can make your own presets which will actually work for you.
one thing to keep in mind with compressor presets is the threshold is totally dependent on your recording level, so pull the threshold up or down to get the preset somewhere near where you want it.
looking forward to playing with my Waves plugins.
Man, aren't those like REALLY expensive?
Yeah I was looking at the website and I was like - damn these things are the same price as hardware